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'''The Result:''' Bowser [[CurbStompBattle kicks Mario's ass]] and lightning bolts him out of the castle. Mario only survives through sheer dumb luck.

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'''The Result:''' Bowser [[CurbStompBattle kicks Mario's ass]] and lightning bolts him out of the castle. Mario only survives through sheer dumb luck.luck while Peach remained trapped in her now airborne castle.



** On one of the occasions that the princess escapes from being kidnapped, Bowser spots her while he is talking with Kammy Koopa about what Mario may be afraid of.\\

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** On one of the occasions that the princess escapes from being kidnapped, her bedroom, Bowser spots her while he is talking with Kammy Koopa about what Mario may be afraid of.\\



** In chapter two, when she tells Vivian to present the sketch of Mario to them, Vivian gets defensive and tells her that Beldam was entrusted with the sketch. At the same time, Mario and his partners arrive as they have their conversation. \\

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** In chapter two, when she tells Vivian was holding Flurrie's necklace, Beldam tells her to present the sketch of Mario to them, Vivian gets defensive and tells her that Beldam was entrusted with the sketch. At the same time, Mario and his partners arrive as they have their conversation. \\



'''Instead:''' She accuses Vivian of lying and refusing to show them the sketch and confiscates the necklace as punishment. During their argument, Mario and his friends quietly slip by at first.

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'''Instead:''' She accuses Vivian of lying and refusing to show them the sketch and confiscates the necklace as punishment. During their argument, Mario and his friends quietly slip by by, at first.least just this one time.



** During the confrontation with Mario when they learn who had Flurrie's necklace, Beldam agrees to introduce the Shadow Sirens to them when asked and they each recite their pieces of their title to them, with Vivian accidentally said "Shadow Beauties" when it was her turn. \\

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** During the confrontation with Mario when they learn who had Flurrie's necklace, Beldam agrees to introduce the Shadow Sirens to them when asked and they each recite their pieces of their title to them, with when Vivian accidentally said "Shadow Beauties" when it was her turn. \\



'''The Result:''' Her latest form of abuse against her ends up being the last resort for Vivian and when she meets with Mario, who recently lost his identity to [[spoiler: Doopliss]] and helps him fight his impersonator and ended up becoming Mario's partner from that point forward due to his unconditional kindness towards her which Beldam never did. [[SarcasmMode Congratulations, Beldam,]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal you treated your poor sister so badly]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain that she ended up finding family in your mortal enemy.]]

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'''The Result:''' Her latest form of abuse against her ends up being the last resort straw for Vivian and when she meets with Mario, who recently lost his identity to [[spoiler: Doopliss]] and helps him fight his impersonator and ended up becoming Mario's partner from that point forward due to his unconditional kindness towards her her, which Beldam never did. [[SarcasmMode Congratulations, Beldam,]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal you treated your poor sister so badly]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain that she ended up finding family in your mortal enemy.]]


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* The Shadow Sirens greeted [[spoiler: the Shadow Queen for the first time in millennia and the latter meets Mario and his partners, who both refuse to serve as her subordinates and they get into a battle and after the Crystal Stars send positive messages from people he met around the world, the Shadow Queen loses her invincibility by this point.]] \\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: The Shadow Sirens to help the Shadow Queen fight against Mario now that she can now be hurt by their conventional attacks. They are loyal to her and have served her up until she was sealed by the four heroes for a thousand years.]] \\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: They just stand there and watch the battle without assisting their mistress.]] \\
'''The Result:''' [[spoiler: Mario and his friends managed to defeat their queen, who is now completely destroyed and Princess Peach is set free from her grasp and the Shadow Sirens have to flee now that all of their efforts they worked so hard to achieve end up being [[AllForNothing]].]]
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** To start off, Valentina took over Nimbus Land by locking up the king and queen and their attendants inside Nimbus Castle, and lying to the citizens outside that the king is gravely ill. Oh, and she supposedly "found" Prince Mallow. Out from the door comes from a big black bird that needless to say, looks NOTHING like the other Nimbus people, much less like the missing prince.\\

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** To start off, Valentina took over Nimbus Land by locking up the king and queen and their attendants inside Nimbus Castle, and lying to the citizens outside that the king is gravely ill. Oh, and she supposedly "found" Prince Mallow. Out from the door comes from a big black bird that needless to say, looks NOTHING like the other Nimbus people, much less like the missing prince.\\
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'''Later:''' Garro disguises Mario as a gold statue and sends him to Valentina in order to sneak him and the rest of the gang into Nimbus Castle. Dodo, the black bird everyone thinks is the prince, constantly pecks the other statues. Should the player screw up the minigame, Dodo will notice that Mario is moving and runs off to tell Valentina, but [[CassandraTruth she doesn't believe anything he says]].\\
'''You'd expect:''' Dodo to just drag Valentina to the room with the "statue" and constantly peck said statue in front of her until Mario eventually breaks character and either falls off the stand or jumps to avoid the peck. If that happened, Valentina could have him and the others locked up in the castle or kicked them out, ruining their plan completely.\\
'''Instead:''' Nope, he just goes back to the room like nothing happened. Should you fail the minigame again, he tries to kill Mario, but loses, and should you successfully avoid his pecking, he just gives up and leaves, allowing Mario and the others to continue their mission.

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'''The result is the events of the game, which include:''' The place unsurprisingly turning out to be [[EldritchLocation haunted]], Mario and the other being trapped in frames for the umpteenth time by King Boo, and Luigi having to risk his life AGAIN in order to save them.

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'''The '''Unsurprisingly, the result is the events of the game, which include:''' The place unsurprisingly turning out to be [[EldritchLocation haunted]], Mario and the other others being trapped in frames for the umpteenth time by King Boo, and Luigi having to risk his life AGAIN in order to save them.


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* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': [[IdiotPlot The Nimbus Land section]]. Oh, where to begin...
** To start off, Valentina took over Nimbus Land by locking up the king and queen and their attendants inside Nimbus Castle, and lying to the citizens outside that the king is gravely ill. Oh, and she supposedly "found" Prince Mallow. Out from the door comes from a big black bird that needless to say, looks NOTHING like the other Nimbus people, much less like the missing prince.\\
'''You'd expect:''' The citizens to easily be able to tell this is not Prince Mallow and that Valentina is lying under her teeth.\\
'''Instead:''' These airheaded morons completely fall for the ruse, hook, line, and sinker, welcoming the supposed "Prince" back home.\\
'''During this:''' Mario and the gang just witnessed the whole scene. Mallow is surprised that there's someone out there that shares his name and just so happens to be a prince.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Mallow to realize that this can't just be a naming coincidence, put 2 and 2 together, and discover that he and the Prince Mallow everyone's talking about are one and the same. If he's too stupid to figure it out himself (this being the guy who thought he was a tadpole his whole life until being told otherwise), have the much smarter members of the group tell him the very obvious truth.\\
'''Instead:''' He never figures it out, and the others don't bother correcting him (unless of course they fell for the lie too, making them just as stupid), until Garro tells them the truth.\\
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'''Or Better Yet''': If he really wanted to take over Mushroom World so badly, [[MundaneSolution that he would just]] [[TheKingslayer kill her]] [[MundaneSolution along with the Mario Bros, and be done with it]] so [[KlingonPromotion he would have uncontested reign over her kingdom]], especially considering the toads, as a species, are almost always too cowardly to stand up to him, especially when their ruler and protectors are dead. In fact, of the entire species, only 3 members have been able to stand up for themselves in Bowser's presence, those being Toadette and the playable Blue and Yellow Toads.\\

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'''Or Better Yet''': If he really wanted to take over Mushroom World so badly, [[MundaneSolution that he would just]] [[TheKingslayer kill her]] [[MundaneSolution along with the Mario Bros, and be done with it]] so [[KlingonPromotion he would have uncontested reign over her kingdom]], especially considering the toads, as a species, are almost always too cowardly to stand up to him, him. Double especially when if both their ruler and protectors are dead. In fact, of the entire species, only 3 members have been able to stand up for themselves in Bowser's presence, those being Toadette and the playable Blue and Yellow Toads.\\
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'''Or Better Yet''': If he really wanted to take over Mushroom World so badly, [[MundaneSolution that he would just]] [[TheKingslayer kill her]] [[MundaneSolution along with the Mario Bros, and be done with it]] so [[KlingonPromotion he would have uncontested reign over her kingdom]], especially considering the toads, as a species, are almost always too cowardly to stand up to him, with only Toadette and the playable Blue and Yellow Toads having anything remotely resembling bravery when staring down him.\\

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'''Or Better Yet''': If he really wanted to take over Mushroom World so badly, [[MundaneSolution that he would just]] [[TheKingslayer kill her]] [[MundaneSolution along with the Mario Bros, and be done with it]] so [[KlingonPromotion he would have uncontested reign over her kingdom]], especially considering the toads, as a species, are almost always too cowardly to stand up to him, with especially when their ruler and protectors are dead. In fact, of the entire species, only 3 members have been able to stand up for themselves in Bowser's presence, those being Toadette and the playable Blue and Yellow Toads having anything remotely resembling bravery when staring down him.Toads.\\
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* Another series staple is that Bowser's reason for kidnapping the princess is due to his love for her and wanting to rule the Mushroom Kingdom, even though Peach isn't cooperative.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Bowser to just give up trying to win Peach over and target another kingdom, preferably one that isn't diplomatic allies with the Mushroom Kingdom.\\
'''Or Better Yet''': If he really wanted to take over Mushroom World so badly, [[MundaneSolution that he would just]] [[TheKingslayer kill her]] [[MundaneSolution along with the Mario Bros, and be done with it]] so [[KlingonPromotion he would have uncontested reign over her kingdom]], especially considering the toads, as a species, are almost always too cowardly to stand up to him, with only Toadette and the playable Blue and Yellow Toads having anything remotely resembling bravery when staring down him.\\
'''Instead''': Bowser never does this and keeps trying to kidnap and win Peach's heart, [[StatusQuoIsGod with each and every attempt doomed to fail]].
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* The plot of ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'' is that the Sparkle Theater is being overrun by Grape and her Sour Bunch, all for the goal of creating the ultimate tragedy.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Grape would carefully study theater tropes, which would lead to her to realize that A) tragedy can happen to anyone, even the villains, and B) so long as a play is meant to be joyful and has a hero, Peach in this case, the good guys will not be subject to tragedy (at least not permanently). Thus her best chance for success is to take out Peach now and let her minions have the run of the place, eventually creating enough despair in the plays to bring about her perfect tragedy.\\
'''Instead''': She let's Peach work her way through each play fixing what the Sour Bunch is wrecking, all for the sake of building up enough hope that her tragedy will be that much more perfect.\\
'''Result''': Peach is able to completely ruin the Sour Bunch, and through the use of an EleventhHourSuperpower, delivers Grape the tragedy she wanted... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Her own downfall.]]
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'''Instead:''' That's exactly what happens, and King Boo somehow escapes the painting, makes another plan to destroy Luigi, and shatters the Dark Moon, which causes the ghosts of Evershade Valley to turn hostile, thus kicking off the events of the game. This your fault, E. Gadd!

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'''Instead:''' That's exactly what happens, and King Boo somehow escapes the painting, makes another plan to destroy Luigi, and shatters the Dark Moon, which causes the ghosts of Evershade Valley to turn hostile, thus kicking off the events of the game. This is your fault, E. Gadd!
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'''Instead:''' Just like in chapter, she tells Vivian to get the bomb ready when it was clear that she never had it which she then gets into another pointless argument with her by accusing her of losing it and threatens her with punishment if she doesn't find it once she and Marilyn return. \\

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'''Instead:''' Just like in chapter, chapter two, she tells Vivian to get the bomb ready when it was clear that she never had it which she then gets into another pointless argument with her by accusing her of losing it and threatens her with punishment if she doesn't find it once she and Marilyn return. \\

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** Bowser successfully invades Peach's castle, seals her and her entire staff into the walls, and disperses the Power Stars among his lieutenants.\\

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** Bowser successfully invades Peach's castle, Castle, seals her and her entire staff into the walls, and disperses the Power Stars among his lieutenants.\\



'''Following This, You'd Expect:''' Bowser to wise up and either treat the bombs surrounding his other two boss arenas (i.e. the Fire Sea and the Sky) as the destructive weapons that they are, or get rid of them so they can't be used against him.\\

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'''Following This, You'd Expect:''' Bowser to wise up and either treat the bombs surrounding his other two boss arenas (i.e. the Fire Sea and the Sky) as the destructive weapons that they are, are or get rid of them so they can't be used against him.\\



'''The Result:''' Her latest form of abuse against her ends up being the last resort for Vivian and when she meets with Mario, who recently lost his identity to [[spoiler: Doopliss]] and helps him fight his impersonator and ended up becoming Mario's partner from that point forward due to his unconditional kindness towards her which Beldam never did. [[SarcasmMode Congratulations, Beldam,]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain you treated your poor sister so badly that she ended up finding family in your mortal enemy.]]

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'''The Result:''' Her latest form of abuse against her ends up being the last resort for Vivian and when she meets with Mario, who recently lost his identity to [[spoiler: Doopliss]] and helps him fight his impersonator and ended up becoming Mario's partner from that point forward due to his unconditional kindness towards her which Beldam never did. [[SarcasmMode Congratulations, Beldam,]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal you treated your poor sister so badly badly]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain that she ended up finding family in your mortal enemy.]]



* A very humorous one; Bowser's segment after chapter five, he finds Lord Crump at Twilight Town, who is searching for the Superbombomb that Beldam had misplaced earlier, and they would end up clashing when they meet up and they each would summon their armies and Lord Crump throws the Superbombomb at Bowser, which did not go off. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Bowser to realize that the Superbombomb, like all bombs, is flammable and refrain from trying to light it and use a different attack as an alternative. \\
'''Instead:''' Bowser, in an attempt to show off how a "real expert" pulls it off by ''literally breathing fire on it!'' Even Lord Crump realized that it was a bad move since he knew how powerful the bomb was. \\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' Bowser to realize what he just did and throw the Superbombomb at Lord Crump or better yet throw it as far away as he can before it explodes. \\
'''Instead:''' He just stands there and the Superbombomb ends up blowing up both armies.



* The Shadow Sirens [[spoiler:minus Vivian]] learn that the sixth Crystal Star is [[spoiler:in Poshley Heights and is at the famed Poshley Sanctum]] and they were able to find it there after Mario and his friends arrive. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' That the Shadow Sirens will realize that there is no maximum security at the [[spoiler:Poshley Sanctum]] which would make their theft too easy and check to make sure it is real first and investigate in case it wasn't. \\
'''Instead:''' They immediately steal the [[spoiler:red herring Crystal Star]] and flee without a second thought. \\
'''The Result:''' Detective Pennington, [[spoiler:the manager of the Poshley Sanctum]] informed Mario that what the Shadow Sirens stole was a fake and the necessary precautions were taken to ensure that the real Crystal Star is safe, [[spoiler:which was hiding in the mural version of the sanctum the whole time.]] Sir Grodus was NOT happy to hear that they were so easily fooled by a fake.
* Sir Grodus, despite being a careful planner throughout the game, isn't immune to this either. [[spoiler:After he successfully awakens the Shadow Queen, who demonically possessed Princess Peach, he ordered her to take out Mario and his partners and the Shadow Queen is annoyed at him for his disrespect towards her.]] \\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Grodus to ask for mercy and forgiveness and offer to be her right-hand man instead. He may not end up being a supreme ruler of the world, but he will at least be given some position of power to help her achieve world domination. But even if that doesn't work out considering that the Shadow Queen is willing to break any promise she makes and gets some form of punishment, he would have at least tried.]] \\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He ends up learning the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy as he, a mortal being, tries to make the Shadow Queen, a demon with numerous supernatural powers, do what he says and had the absolute gall to threaten her to send her back to the depths.]] \\
'''The Result''' [[spoiler: He only ends up angering her enough for her to use her dark power to reduce him to a mere head. While he survives, it was still very much an idiotic move on his part.]]



** Mimi also does the same thing Kammy did before her final battle and asks you what you are afraid of.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Mimi would know something was up.\\
'''Instead''': She gives you the items you've asked for, which can range from cute to creepy (even providing an optional rematch with Francis from chapter 3). At least she wises up before she challenges Peach to battle.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'', [[spoiler:Bowser arrives at Port Prisma and gets an eyeful of the rainbow-hued Prisma Fountain, filled to the brim with life-giving paint provided by the Big Paint Stars, and gets the idea in his head to have a rainbow-colored shell]].\\

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** Mimi also does the same thing Kammy did before her final battle and asks you what you are afraid of. \\
'''You'd Expect''': That Mimi would know something was up.up, if the chosen answers were helpful items.\\
'''Instead''': She gives you the items you've asked for, which can range from cute to creepy (even providing an optional rematch with Francis from chapter 3). At least Princess Peach even points out that she recalls that she had already disguised herself as Merlee during their first encounter and her doing it again was enough to raise suspicions about her. At least, Mimi wises up before she challenges Peach to battle.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'', after Kersti makes an entrance and sees that the Comet Star was destroyed by Bowser and the Royal Stickers were scattered across the land. She blames Mario, who then explains that it was Bowser who caused these events to unfold. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Kersti to immediately listen to Mario's side of the story and apologize for the misunderstanding. \\
'''Instead:''' She accuses him of lying and only stops yelling at him when he agrees to help her find the Royal Stickers. [[spoiler:At least, during the ending when Bowser tries to get to the Comet Star the second time around, she immediately stops him from repeating the scenario all over again.]]
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'', [[spoiler:Bowser arrives at Port Prisma and gets an eyeful of the rainbow-hued rainbow hued Prisma Fountain, filled to the brim with life-giving paint provided by the Big Paint Stars, and gets the idea in his head to have a rainbow-colored shell]].\\

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* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'':
* Beldam is perhaps the worst offender in regard to many of her actions, which especially includes the drama that occurs between her and Vivian:
** In chapter two, when she tells Vivian to present the sketch of Mario to them, Vivian gets defensive and tells her that Beldam was entrusted with the sketch. At the same time, Mario and his partners arrive as they have their conversation. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Beldam to check to see if she herself has the sketch to confirm Vivian's claim and pull it out. \\
'''Instead:''' She accuses Vivian of lying and refusing to show them the sketch and confiscates the necklace as punishment. During their argument, Mario and his friends quietly slip by at first.
** After Mario and his friends leave Flurrie's House to find her beloved necklace since she refuses to leave without it around her neck, Beldam continues her squabble with Vivian, and Beldam pulls out the sketch of Mario and they realize that they ended up realizing that Mario passed by. \\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' Beldam to realize that she had the sketch the whole time and apologize to Vivian for the misunderstanding, plus she literally pulled out the sketch a few seconds earlier which literally proves that Vivian was telling the truth. \\
'''Instead:''' She blames Vivian ''again'' for her supposed rebellion and never realized that she had it herself to begin with.
** During the confrontation with Mario when they learn who had Flurrie's necklace, Beldam agrees to introduce the Shadow Sirens to them when asked and they each recite their pieces of their title to them, with Vivian accidentally said "Shadow Beauties" when it was her turn. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Beldam to calmly correct Vivian about who they are. \\
'''Instead:''' [[DisproportionateRetribution She rages at Vivian for getting it wrong, refuses to listen to Vivian's reasoning,]] and [[FelonyMisdemeanor punishes her further by refusing to return it to her]].
**During chapter four, the Shadow Sirens prepare the Superbombomb to use against Mario, Beldam was given the responsibility of holding onto it. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Beldam to remember that she has the Superbombomb on her and keep it on her at all times. \\
'''Instead:''' Just like in chapter, she tells Vivian to get the bomb ready when it was clear that she never had it which she then gets into another pointless argument with her by accusing her of losing it and threatens her with punishment if she doesn't find it once she and Marilyn return. \\
'''The Result:''' Her latest form of abuse against her ends up being the last resort for Vivian and when she meets with Mario, who recently lost his identity to [[spoiler: Doopliss]] and helps him fight his impersonator and ended up becoming Mario's partner from that point forward due to his unconditional kindness towards her which Beldam never did. [[SarcasmMode Congratulations, Beldam,]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain you treated your poor sister so badly that she ended up finding family in your mortal enemy.]]



'''The Result:''' Mario and a recently [[HeelFaceTurn side changed]] Vivian guess his real name, beat him up again, get Mario's body back and take his Crystal Star for good measure.

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'''The Result:''' Mario and a recently [[HeelFaceTurn side changed]] Vivian guess guesses his real name, beat him up again, get Mario's body back and take his took back the Crystal Star for good measure. measure.
* [[spoiler:Beldam and Marilyn have recently recruited Doopliss after Vivian defected from them]]. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler:Beldam to realize that her mistreatment of her youngest sister has resulted in her leaving and resolve to treat Doopliss better.]] \\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: She clearly learned nothing from her mistakes and treats him just as bad as she did with Vivian.]]
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'''You'd Expect:''' Rabbid Peach to listen to Mario and move out of the way.\\

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'''You'd Expect:''' Rabbid Peach to listen to Mario and move get out of the way.\\



** Beep-0 himself isn't any better, he has a terrible habit of TemptingFate that when something good happens after they save a Spark or get out of danger.\\

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** Beep-0 himself isn't any better, he has a terrible habit of TemptingFate that when something good happens happens, after they save a Spark Spark, or get out of danger.\\



'''You'd Expect:''' Beep-0 to stay on-topic and keep his reasons more innocent by telling her if she knew someone else besides the Spark Hunters about how to deal with the shields, which would have made the conversation less tense for Edge, [[spoiler: especially since she has a dark past that she never told anyone about.]]\\
'''Instead:''' Beep-0 goes off-topic and starts to corner her about her knowledge of the Spark Hunters and she is not telling them something about herself.\\

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'''You'd Expect:''' Beep-0 to stay on-topic and keep his reasons more innocent by telling asking her if she knew someone else besides ''besides'' the Spark Hunters about how to deal with the shields, which would have made the conversation less tense for Edge, [[spoiler: especially since she has a dark past that she never told anyone about.]]\\
'''Instead:''' Beep-0 goes off-topic and starts to corner her Edge about her knowledge of the Spark Hunters and she is not telling them something about herself.\\

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