Upload Date: July 13, 2012
Completion Date: January 9, 2013
This is it. Goomzilla’s very first full-length movie, consisting of six parts.
One night at Mario’s House on a dark and stormy night, the Mario Bros. invite their friends over for the night. But Bowser and his troops attack, and once again kidnap the princess. They take her to their castle, which they fly into space to get closer to the moon, which is needed for their plan to put an end to Mario forever.
Remember that strange machine Bowser was working on in the last episode? It’s a generator that has the power to turn everyone in the entire Mushroom Kingdom into stone without its stars. Bowser punches the stars out of the generator and gives each of them to his minions, sending them to various locations in the Mushroom Kingdom to hide them well. Fortunately, they didn’t count on a snooping Peach, who manages to write down all the locations on a piece of paper, which she then folds into a paper airplane and sends Mario’s way.
Mario gets the message and the search for the stars is on. Their first stop is the underground tunnels, where they defeat a pair of Goombas guarding the red star…and a Whacka that just wanted to talk to them, which is gonna happen a few more times.
Meanwhile, Peach decides to explore Bowser’s Castle, since he can never seem to remember to lock her door. She eventually finds Bowser’s diary and decides to take a look. But Bowser catches her and orders his minion Goomfrey to beat her with a baseball bat to teach her a lesson. Goomfrey, however, can’t bring himself to do it and secretly lets her off the hook. This was the beginning of a secret friendship between the two, which leads to Goomfrey making Peach some excellent tea, and Peach sewing Goomfrey a new bowtie.
With the help of Yoshi, Mario and Luigi make their way to the desert pyramid to find the second star. They come across an archaeologist named Kolorado, who also helps them. After a scuffle with Wario and Waluigi, Yoshi tries to reclaim a power star that they dropped, only to get crushed by the pyramid in the process. Both Yoshi and the pyramid have been lost in the accident.
Mario and Luigi were deeply saddened by their loss, but know they have to move on. They come across the Mushroom Express, where the next star is hidden. All the passengers were there to greet them, but then something happens to the train driver, and all the passengers were deemed suspects. It turns out the quiet Toad was the culprit, and Koopa in disguise, who switched the direction of the train to a cliff to dispose of the pursuing Mario Bros.. Fortunately, everyone escapes before the train plunges down the cliff.
Mario and Luigi’s next stop is an old haunted house, where a Boo is guarding the star. He imprisons Mario, leaving Luigi to do the job. Fortunately, Luigi finds a vacuum cleaner that works just like the Poltergust 3000, and uses it to progress through the mansion, defeat the Boo, and save his brother.
With the moon almost full, Bowser orders Goomfrey to bring him Peach so they can live their life as the only two people in the whole Mushroom Kingdom free from the stone spell. But Goomfrey has other plans, and vows to escort Peach to freedom.
Mario and Luigi’s journey is nearing its end. Toad manages to convert their house into a rocket ship, which they use to pursue Bowser in space. But they’re in for a surprise when they find that Bowser doesn’t have the star they thought he had. Wario and Waluigi see their chance when they spot the bag of money they were after the whole time, and quietly take it back home with them.
While Goomfrey is helping Peach escape, they come across the last of the Whacka species. To his surprise, they don’t beat him up. But when a Boomerang Bro. catches Peach and Goomfrey trying to escape, Whacka swoops in and stops him—at the cost of his own life. To make matters worse, Koopa finds her and takes her to Bowser anyway. Goomfey tries to stop Bowser, but he easily overpowers Goomfrey, seemingly killing him as well.
As soon as both parties find that one of the stars are missing, the moon is full, and the petrifying process can begin. Bowser forces his and Peach’s hand on the generator once the stone spell takes place, everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom—including the nice people that helped the Mario Bros. on their journey—turns into stone, leaving nobody to challenge Bowser for Peach’s freedom.
But just when it looked like all of Mario and Luigi’s efforts were for nothing, Yoshi emerges from the pyramid, very much alive thanks to the power of the stars. He uses Peach’s bed—which Toad also converted into a rocket—to make it to Bowser’s Castle in space, use the last star to power the generator up, and send Bowser tumbling down to Earth.
The spell is broken, Goomfrey comes to, everyone makes it back home, the generator is destroyed for good, and Bowser catches wise to Wario and Waluigi’s deception. But not everybody lives happily ever after, as all the Whackas are gone for good, and Goomfrey has to leave Peach because humans and Goombas should not mix.
View Part 1 here
, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, and Part 6 here. You can also view the Hilarious Outtakes here. On June 10th 2022, Goomzilla released a remastered edition of the movie, with all six parts intact. See also this look behind the scenes released in July 13th 2022.
Tropes applying to Mario’s Quest:
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Kolorado.
- Aesop Amnesia: Any chance of Bowser learning his lesson from Bowser and the Koopas' Staff is ruined by his apathetic reaction to his minions being turned to stone along with the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom.
- Ahem: Bowser's first line in the Goomzilla series.
- And I Must Scream: It's heavily implied that everyone turned to stone is aware that they've turned to stone.
- Art Evolution: Starting with this episode, the backgrounds and settings get a lot more creative.
- Bad Boss: Bowser shows no concern for his minions getting included in the petrifying process.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: The reason Whacka protected Peach and Goomfrey from a Boomerang Bro.? They were the only people who didn't try to beat him up in any way.
- Big Bad: Bowser.
- Big Damn Heroes: Yoshi.
- Big Damn Movie: This is the very first Goomzilla movie.
- Bittersweet Ending: Bowser is stopped and the Mushroom Kingdom and Princess Peach are saved, but all the Whackas are extinct, and Goomfrey leaves Princess Peach because "humans and Goombas should not mix." And even after he assures Peach he's grateful for everything, she's clearly depressed by his leaving.
- Bottomless Pit: How Bowser’s generator meets its end.
- But Now I Must Go: Goomfrey has to leave Peach because "humans and Goombas should not mix."
- Butt-Monkey: Luigi is noticeably the victim of quite a bit of slapstick in this movie, although not nearly as much as Whacka.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: That poor innkeeper Toad has been kidnapped and tortured into telling Bowser how to repair the broken generator.
- Continuity Nod: Apparently, someone forgot to get rid of Luigi’s grave.
- Damsel in Distress: Peach, as usual.
- Darker and Edgier: Very much so compared to the previous five episodes.
- A Day in the Limelight: Luigi gets his chance to shine in Part 5.
- Disney Death: Everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom was turned to stone, except for Bowser, Peach, and Yoshi. The star he was trying to protect kept him alive so he could stop Bowser and restore everyone.
- Disney Villain Death: How Bowser meets his end. Subverted in that he survives.
- Distressed Dude: Luigi in Part 3, Mario in Part 5.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Bowser having Peach beaten with a baseball bat is scarily reminiscent of an abusive relationship, given his feelings for her.
- The Dog Bites Back: The innkeeper Toad manages to fight back against the Goomba that whipped him earlier.Innkeeper Toad: Pesky things...
- Fartillery: Wario uses this to knock out the heroes in the desert pyramid.
- Fetch Quest: Mario and Luigi must fetch all the stars to power the generator and stop Bowser.
- The Hero: Mario.
- Heroic Sacrifice:
- Yoshi gives his life to protect the star in the pyramid.
- Whacka also gives his life to stop the Boomerang Bro. from hurting Peach and Goomfrey. Unlike Yoshi’s case, this sacrifice is permanent.
- Hilarious Outtakes: This time, the outtakes are given their own separate video.
- Killed Off for Real: Whacka.
- Knight of Cerebus: Bowser’s sinister plans are portrayed much more seriously this time around.
- The Lancer: Luigi.
- Mad Libs Catch Phrase: "Don't [verb] me!" whenever people beat Whacka up.
- Meaningful Funeral: For Whacka.
- Minion with an F in Evil: Even before Goomfrey turned against Bowser, he was hardly evil to begin with.
- Near-Villain Victory: Bowser manages to turn everyone except himself and Peach into stone so that they can be the only two people alive. Had it not been for Yoshi and the power of the stars, it would have kept.
- New Job as the Plot Demands: A variation for the Toads. We've seen some Toads working for the princess, one Toad driving a train (with Toadette as the chef), and an innkeeper Toad.
- Only in It for the Money: The only reason Wario and Waluigi join Bowser's army was so they could get the moneybag that Bowser was keeping. When they see their chance, they quickly took the moneybag and tried to escape Bowser's castle with it, but Bowser eventually caught up with them and the predictable happened.
- Palette Swap: Kolorado is just a Koopa Troopa plush with a mustache and fedora hat.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner:Bowser: You have three minutes to entertain me before your body is frozen forever.
- Rejected Apology: Bowser tries to apologize to Peach for beating her last night, but Peach won't have it.
- Revenge Before Reason: This movie provides an interesting glimpse of a “shoot first, ask questions later” mindset for Mario, where he was ready to attack both Professor Kolorado and Goomfrey until he is assured that they're good guys.
- Sequel Episode: To Bowser Needs Minions.
- Shout-Out:
- The overall premise of Mario’s Quest is one big reference to Paper Mario 64.
- Mario beats the first Whacka with his hammer. In other words, Whack-A-Mole.
- Luigi progressing through a haunted mansion with a vaccuum cleaner is an homage to Luigi's Mansion.
- According to Goomzilla's Twitter page, Peach defending Goomfrey from Mario mirrors a scene from Sonic Adventure, where Amy defends Gamma from Sonic
- Suddenly Speaking: We finally get some dialogue from Bowser, as well as many other characters Mario and Luigi meet on their journey.
- Taken for Granite: Bowser's evil plan was to turn everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom into stone, except for himself and Peach.
- Tempting Fate: The first Whacka is confident that nothing could go wrong today...before Mario whacks him.
- Textile Work Is Feminine: Peach was shown sewing during her kidnapping. We later find out this was used for a disguise.
- Took a Level in Badass: Goombas in earlier videos were fairly as weak as they always are. But here, they were a bit more of a hindrance towards Mario and Luigi.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Bowser somehow manages to be even more of a monster to both Princess Peach and his own minions than he was in Bowser and the Koopas' Staff. He was barely sympathetic in that episode. Now he's even worse.
- Verbal Tic: Whacka has "Whackoo" and "whackadoo".
- Villain Has a Point: While Peach looking at Bowser's diary doesn't excuse him from beating her, she would arguably be violating a privacy law or two in real life.
- Would Hit a Girl: Bowser's reaction to Peach looking at his diary is to order Goomfrey to beat Peach with a baseball bat.
