History YMMV / SuperMario64CLASSIFIED

* FridgeBrilliance: The final communication from Stanley before "Epilogue" references the end of ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}''. So it's only fitting that the story then transitions to a reveal that [[spoiler:the events of the series are merely AnAesop about trying to accept the mistakes of your past and move on, which is also a central message of ''Earthbound'''s [[VideoGame/Mother3 immediate successor]]]].

* HilariousInHindsight: 03.11.97 consists of the player trying and failing to unlock Luigi via the fountain, with an Error message occurring afterwards involving a Japanese voice stating that Luigi was not in the game, and players shouldn't be trying to locate him. This video was uploaded on June 5th, 2020. Jump to July 25th of the same year, during [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2020-nintendo-source-code-gigaleak the giant Nintendo gigaleak]], when beta data from Nintendo's older games was made public. Among the information released was data from ''Super Mario 64'''s beta... including '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL4z43MLBeQ Luigi's player model]]'''''.

* NightmareFuel: The ending of 09.02.97, which shows a girl in a room with a creepy Mario holding a Nintendo 64 console as the image starts to distort and the music turns into screaming.

* BetterThanCanon: Although the official explanation for the Eternal Star as it appears in the ending of "Promo show" is that [[spoiler:the statue is made from Luigi himself, presumably through his singularity data and the Internal Castle Plexus]], the alternative theory that [[spoiler:the statue is instead a more traditional ShrineToTheFallen or tombstone, albeit one still erected by the AI]] is a more popular interpretation to the point where Greenio herself admits this to be a better version of events.

** TheReveal of "[[TheEndingChangesEverything Epilogue]]," where it's revealed [[spoiler:there were never any greater stakes, and the series only happened because Jim was ''so consumed by trauma and guilt'' from his experiences working with Stanley that he spent over a year unable to move on from it, further complicated by a TBI. Stanley is clearly trying to help him heal, but is running out of ideas fast and lives in constant pain from Jim's actions himself. Their final conversation before they part ways is incredibly bittersweet as they both know things could have been better, [[ItsAllMyFault and there's no one to blame but themselves]]. Stanley makes one final plea to be shut down, and this time, Jim does just that, laying the A.I., and all the madness that came with it, to rest... once and for all.]]

** The RepetitiveAudioGlitch on the title screen in 09.02.97 has garnered amusement for feeling like something out of a WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} corruption or a WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.

** TheReveal of "[[TheEndingChangesEverything Epilogue]]," where it's revealed [[spoiler:there were never any greater stakes, and the series only happened because Jim was ''so consumed by trauma and guilt'' from his experiences working with Stanley that he spent over a year unable to move on from it, further complicated by a TBI. Stanley is clearly trying to help him heal, but is running out of ideas fast and lives in constant pain from Jim's actions himself. Their final conversation before they part ways is incredibly bittersweet as they both know things could have been better, [[ItsAllMyFault and there's no one to blame but themselves]]. Stanley makes one final plea to be shut down, and this time, Jim does just that, putting the A.I. and all the madness that came with it to rest... once and for all.]]

** TheReveal of "[[TheEndingChangesEverything Epilogue]]," where it's revealed [[spoiler:there were never any greater stakes, and the series only happened because Jim was ''so consumed by trauma and guilt'' from his experiences working with Stanley that he spent over a year unable to move on from it, further complicated by a TBI. Stanley is clearly trying to help him heal, but is running out of ideas fast and lives in constant pain from Jim's actions himself. Their final conversation before they part ways is incredibly bittersweet as they both know things could have been better, [[ItsAllMyFault and there's no one to blame but themselves]].Stanley makes one final plea to be shut down, and this time, Jim does just that, putting the A.I. and all the madness that came with it to rest... once and for all.]]

* RealismInducedHorror: Despite being a gaming {{Creepypasta}}, the series gets much of its horror from placing its characters in very real situations, such as the toxic influence of the gaming industry, outright psychological abuse, [[spoiler:losing a sibling to a freak accident]], the danger of well-kept secrets, and [[spoiled:unknowingly abusing someone for an extended period of time]].

** TheReveal of "[[TheEndingChangesEverything Epilogue]]," where it's revealed [[spoiler:there were never any greater stakes, and the series only happened because Jim was ''so consumed by trauma and guilt'' from his experiences working with Stanley that he spent over a year unable to move on from it, further complicated by a TBI. Stanley is clearly trying to help him heal, but is running out of ideas fast and lives in constant pain from Jim's actions himself. Their final conversation before they part ways is incredibly bittersweet as they both know things could have been better, [[ItsAllMyFault and there's no one to blame but themselves]]]].

* RealismInducedHorror: Despite being a gaming {{Creepypasta}}, the series gets much of its horror from placing its characters in very real situations, such as the toxic influence of the gaming industry, outright psychological abuse, [[spoiler:losing a sibling to a freak accident]], and the danger of well-kept secrets.

** The twist in "Promo show," where [[spoiler:Luigi is KilledOffForReal in the annals of the AI's creations and is absorbed into the Internal Castle Plexus]], manages to be this ([[spoiler:losing a family member, particularly a beloved sibling, to an accident no one could have seen coming]]) and Mario's ThousandYardStare when he realizes what is about to happen but is powerless to stop it.

** The twist in "Promo show," where [[spoiler:Luigi is KilledOffForReal in the annals of the AI's creations and is absorbed into the Internal Castle Plexus]], manages to be this as a result of the AdultFear surrounding the incident ([[spoiler:losing a family member, particularly a beloved sibling, to an accident no one could have seen coming]]) and Mario's ThousandYardStare when he realizes what is about to happen but is powerless to stop it.

** The death of [[spoiler:the AI]]. As Mario destroys its core keeping it on life support, the game begins to glitch heavily and crash, which could easily be interpreted as [[spoiler: the AI screaming in pain]] as the ArcWords "LEAVE" and another message saying "IT'S OVER" flash on the screen. But as the static clears, it fades to an end card depicting Mario watching his brother Luigi and Princess Peach ascend to the great beyond - and instead of saying "The End," the text below simply says [[FamousLastWords one last show of gratitude]]: "Thank you." It's a simple yet surprisingly heartfelt message [[EarnYourHappyEnding at the end of a terrible journey]] that captures [[spoiler:the AI]]'s character very well: although the road to salvation was one riddled with trauma and would end with having to force someone to personally twist the knife one last time to end [[spoiler:the life of what could've brought joy to kids all across the world]], [[FaceDeathWithDignity it doesn't have to be so hard if it means saving the human consciousness from becoming Nintendo's plaything]].

** The twist in "Promo show," where [[spoiler:Luigi dies his FinalDeath in the annuls of the AI's creations and is absorbed into the Internal Castle Plexus]], manages to be this as a result of the AdultFear surrounding the incident ([[spoiler:losing a family member, particularly a beloved sibling, to an accident no one could have seen coming]]) and Mario's ThousandYardStare when he realizes what is about to happen but is powerless to stop it.