Super Mario Richie (or SMR for short) is a plush Youtube channel run by Richie Vecsei. The videos follow the day-to-day lives of the Koopalings and other Super Mario Bros. characters. Most of the episodes are self contained, however Richie runs a sister channel called SMR Stories, with series such as Path of the Psycho, and Thug Life, which consist of multi-episode story arcs featuring original characters.
Can be found here.
This series provides examples of:
- Adaptational Nice Guy: The Kooplings were one of the main villains in the games but here, they’re have no animosity to Mario and are just trying to normal lives.
- Art Evolution: The quality of videos has increased significantly over the years.
- Didn't Think This Through: Twice in ‘’Kooplings Skip School’’.
- Once the Kooplings get to their home, they can’t get in because the door and windows are locked. Ludwig quickly calls Roy out on this.
- As soon Bowser gets back home, he quickly tears into the Kooplings for skipping school since Waluigi would notice that half of his students are missing.
- Early Instalment Weirdness: Richie has also moved house on a couple of occasions, so early videos will look different, simply because they were filmed in a different house.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: If you split the Koopalings and Bowser Jr.
- Nice: Morton, Lemmy, and Ludwig.
- Mean: Roy
- In-Between: Bowser Jr., Larry, Wendy, and Iggy.
- Pet the Dog: In ‘’Ludwig’s Girlfriend Simulator,’’ Waluigi Is nothing but sympathetic to Ludwig after he’s rejected by Harriet.
- Subverted Kids' Show: Since Richie makes use of colourful thumbnails and seeming kid-friendly plushies, this trope would seem to apply, especially considering the fact that series such as “Path of the Psycho” and “Thug Life” contain graphic violence with blood, profanity, and scenes of alcohol, drug and tobacco usage.
- Verbal Tic:
- Boom-Boom often says “buzz” at the end of his sentences.
- Morton often says "neya" at the end of his sentences.
- Roy often says “chomp” at the end of his sentences.
- Waluigi often says "wah" at the end of his sentences.
- Vocal Evolution:
- Quite a bit as, Richie was in middle school when he did his first videos. Early videos make use of his pre-pubescent voice, with later videos showing off his more adult deeper tones.
- It also took a while for some character voices to be established.
