#what a wonderful toad

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

There's always something about this ending in the film that gets me choked up whenever I rewatch it.

Just seeing the two brothers together as they jump around the platforms in their new home in the Mushroom kingdom, laughing, goofing off, and having a good time.

Then, in the very last shot, we see them jump into the warp pipe, waving back to the other Toads, and then they seemingly look back directly at us, the audience, almost as if they're saying "Thanks for watching the movie, we'll see ya soon", that sort of thing as they disappear.

It's makes it more emotional since it's the very last shot we see before the title card comes up, and it gets me EVERY, DAMN, TIME.

I guess I miss them too much at this point 😢

That and I'm never going to hear Mr. Blue Sky the same way ever again after watching this film. XD

#also does anyone ever wonder what those two do know that they're in the kingdom? #i mean they have adventures and all of that jazz but what else do they do? #Luigi had their plumbers kit with them so i assume they still do plumbing jobs around the kingdom for the Toads #with is a nice thing to think about #the super mario bros movie #mario movie 2023 #mario movie #mario #luigi #mario and luigi #movie mario #movie luigi

[roninkairi]

It's October 20th. You know what that means...

If you are expecting any pics of Spider Man 2 for the PS5, then send me $600 ASAP.

So, we are visiting a brand new kingdom that is just next door to the Mushroom Kingdom. Hopefully everything will be peaceful---yeah no.

Bowser: (Sees Daisy is there) HEY, YOU'RE VIOLATING THE RESTRAINING ORDER!!

Daisy: You knew the rules the second I was allowed to be in Smash!

This could complicate my mission.

I'm glad someone does!

Goomba: I REGRET EVERY LIFE CHOICE THAT LED ME TO THIS MOMENT!!

You have been in at least 2 games. So, yes.

Bowser out there asking the important questions.

#nintendo switch #super mario bros. #super mario bros. wonder #mario #luigi #princess peach #princess daisy #toad smb #captain toad #toadette #bowser #goomba #elephant mario #you know what that means #castle bowser

[duckapus]

If Mario Was in Sonic Heroes (...Sort Of)

We begin with what's left of the SMG4 Crew, Cubot, and Marcy already sneaking through the streets of Robotropolis, heading towards the overgrown Eggman Base that Metal Madness is attached to. Floating high above the metallic blue skyscrapers is the airship, shielded from view with an invisibility spell by Kamek and Sig.

Soon enough, they're in an alley only a street crossing away from the base, and Cubot starts looking for something on the wall, "Okay guys, there should be a side entrance just across from us, and with any luck Metal's been too out of his mind to bother changing the access codes. All we've gotta do is get past the guards."

At that, he points up at a nearby watchtower, where a mechanical Toad looks out over the dark streets. Another robot, this one a pink-and-white knight with a basketball-patterned faceplate, swoops down to address him for a moment before resuming his patrol.

4 winces, "good thing Toadsworth isn't here to see that."

Cubot manages to spot the entrance, and as soon as the group sees an opening they make a break for it. There's a brief scare when Mario accidentally kicks a can (why is there even litter when everyone is in a robot hivemind) and catches Mecha Franky's attention, but thankfully the side of the base has plenty of alcoves to hide in, and a few more "civilian" level robots happen to walk by at the same time.

As it turns out, Metal Sonic really didn't bother changing the access codes, so Cubot's current status as leader of the Eggman Empire gets them in without issue. When they get inside, 4 realizes something pretty important.

"Uh, do you have any idea where they'll be keeping the Seed? 'Cause this is a pretty big place and I really don't thing wandering aimlessly would be a good idea."

"Well, the base is pretty different from how it was the last time I was here, but based on the structure there's a few spots in particular that would make sense. Plus the scanner's still working," he waves the tablet a bit for emphasis.

With that out of the way, the group keeps going, doubling their efforts at stealth now that they're this deep into enemy territory...and also doing their best to keep the more chaotic members of the group from getting distracted by the various robot-related memes they encounter along the way.

As they're moving, Root notices Tari scratching at the elbow of her Meta Runner arm, "Are you okay Tari?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah, my stump just started itching a bit. Haven't really had a chance to take my arm off in the past few days. I'll be fine."

"It comes off?"

"Yep! Just because I didn't get a prothesis the normal way doesn't mean I don't have to take care of it like everyone else."

"Oh, that makes sense. Just, make sure you tell somebody if it starts getting worse, alright?"

"Of course. Sorry if I made you worry."

As it turns out, she's not the only one having slight problems. Lil Coding's got a slight headache that's causing a bit of static on the edges of his hearing. Or...is the static causing the headache? Eh, either way it's probably not a big deal, so he doesn't bother to mention it.

Eventually they reach a dark room that seems as though it used to be a command center, with some sort of containment unit on the other side from the door.

"Well, according to the scanner this is the place. I'm betting the seed's in that thing."

"Mario's on it!" immediately he grabs Meggy by the legs (she's got a deadpan "oh not this shit again" expression but dutifully goes into a T-pose) runs at the container with intent to Smash, "Here we GOOOOO!!!!"

Unsurprisingly, this doesn't work, and he drops Meggy and shrugs, "Well, I've done all I can do."

The rest of the group just rolls their eyes, and Cubot floats over to the main console, "I'll handle it."

It takes a bit to find the right program, but soon enough he finds the controls for the containment unit and opens it, revealing a yellow Wonder Seed.

"Alright!" 4 walks over to grab it, "Just two more and-" Suddenly the room is bathed in red light, and the central monitor changes from Eggman's desktop to a mechanical-looking black-and-red eye.

"Did you really think it would be so easy to steal from me?"

The group quickly backs away from the monitor, 4 remembering to grab the still-accessible seed in the process.

"Fortunately for you, that trinket matters little to me. Still, you are intruders, and intruders must be either converted or destroyed."

While most of the group is shaking in fear, Marcy scoffs, "And how do you plan on doing that? There's no weapons in this room, and if your troops were close enough to catch us before we were ready and able to fight our way out they'd be here by now."

"You are correct...for a few more seconds, at least."

"What do you-" She's cut off by the rippling colors and chime of a wonder effect, and the group turns to a horrible sight, "no, not them..."

The mechanized Lil Coding points his claw at his stunned and horror-stricken father, "PRIORITY_1: ELIMINATE_INTRUDERS."

Mario pulls SMG4 out of the way just before Mecha Coding can hit him with a powerful energy blast, "RUN BITCH, RUUUUUN!"

And so the group books it back the way they came, their roboticized friends hot on their tail and Badniks and other conversion victims closing in around them, with Mario still having to drag 4 along.

Eventually they manage to get outside, where they see that the Airship, now in full view, is heading right towards them with pursuers of its own. They thankfully all manage to grab onto a hastily dropped ladder and climb up to help the crew fend off the robot army in their mad dash to the mercifully-nearby barrier between Robotropolis and the next Zone.

Unfortunately, their luck runs out, as Mecha Desmond appears high above them and uses his Galacta Knight powers to summon dozens of Heart Spears, which rain down and tear through the ship. It ends up crashing down just barely on the wrong side of the barrier, and the main group comes to in the flaming wreckage, robots closing in on all sides and the assorted minions and badniks all either unconscious, trashed, or beginning to convert themselves.

Desmond stands before them, eyes locked on Meggy's prone form because of course he'd be just cognizant enough to remember hating her, and in the blink of an eye lunges-

Only to be stopped short by Toadsworth's cane, the old toad shaking with the effort and half-metal already, but smirking up at his adopted grandson, "Come on my boy, I know you can move faster than that! This conversion nonsense really isn't doing your training any favors, is it?"

He looks back at what's left of the group, "Go on then, get out of here! We'll hold them off for as long as we're still ourselves!"

True to what he says, all the other half-converted characters jump into the fray, many fighting several full robots at once. Bomberto's among them, "Just like old times, eh?"

"If this is "just like old times," then you and I remember those times very differently, old friend."

Not wanting to squander this chance, the group follows Toadsworth's orders as soon as he gives them and runs for the barrier, which apparently when approached personally at ground level like this is opaque with a similar shifting rainbow color pattern to the unsprayed versions of the Super Mario Sunshine level portals.

They burst through with a bit of resistance, and then it's just SMG4, Mario, Meggy, Root, Marcy, Sig, Kamek and Cubot collapsing to the ground...and into deep snow, in the middle of the night, with a few errant bits of the ship half-buried nearby and the muffled sounds of the battle they just escaped behind them.

#smg4 #smg4 ocs #what a wonderful game au #the wonder arc #cubot #franky the toad #desmond the basketball #metal sonic #metal madness #mario #root #smg4 tari #lil coding #meggy spletzer #marcy bobowski #toadsworth #bomberto #...well shit #to be fair i did say in the last part it was about time for things to start going horribly wrong #at least they got the seed? #somehow this is the first time i've drawn franky and desmond #i'll eventually get around to drawing their normal designs but not tonight #just know for now that franky looks pretty close to normal and desmond looks Nothing At All like normal

[toadallytickles]

Apologies if this is on your blog somewhere and I've just missed it, but I'm curious where the Toad name/identity came from? Was it something you chose, a nickname that was given to you, or just something you identify with for a personal reason? Your blog is awesome btw!!! :)

No need to apologize! :)

My favourite animal is the toad!! When I created this blog back in 2016, I had a friend in highschool who would snoop all my social medias, she found my secret Twitter when I wrote Justin Bieber fanfiction LOL, and this embarrassed and scared me. I then discovered the tickle community on Tumblr and really wanted to join, but was so scared she would find that account, so my online persona name was “Toad!” I then revealed my real name in 2019(?) and have been going by Jess since! It’s rare, though some people still call me Toad, even in person! :)c

Thank you for this question! :D

#then I wanted a unique Tumblr URL! so toadallytickles! because I like toads and tickles! :) #I’ve never really been nicknamed- like not even as a kid. #My younger sister was monkey- kiwi- piggy. I was just Jess LMAO #But yeah I always wished I got a cool nickname! I wonder what it would’ve been! #my posts #answered #ask #anon

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

Out of all the things that threw me through a loop in the mario movie, the bros taking their gloves off was the most oddly jarring. I said out loud “they have flesh hAnds!-”

#y'know among other things #beating an absolute decomposed horse here but. Chris Pratt's voice acting was somehow. worse. than I was expecting. #the um. the random real songs? Mr. Blue Sky and Thunderstruck? that was weird #the other music was WONDERFUL #I know Mario has been canonically like 25 for a while but it's still weird seeing him with his young parents and being fussy about food #and playing video games in his lil teenager bedroom #speaking of- the Mario-hates-mushrooms thing? what? #and his personality in general was just fucking weird but it would have been less jarring without the. lazy shit voice. sorry. dead horse ik #thought there'd be more luigi tbh #kamek and bowser absolutely stole the show they were fucking great #peach was generic... I didn't dislike her but. myeh. another Illumination quirky girlboss go off I guess #Donkey kong was fun actually I rly liked him #his beef with Mario was entertaining #anyway ok enough about characters #the movie was a visual feast and the action scenes were. fucking excellent. so clever. #which. says. a. LOT. given how much I normally hate illumination movies visually #oh yeah toad. he was there. same way I feel about him in the games so #dude I kept my eyes PEELED for Funky Kong. he should've absolutely been the mechanic or SOMETHINg. so sad. #it's funny the longer the movie went on the more and more and more I realized. oh. this is an illumination movie alright #take that as you will #anyway I sound like I hated it I didn't I fucking loved every second of it #when you go into a movie with the mindset of ''I'm going to tear this to shreds as light-heartedly as possible'' you have a great time #and you get pleasantly surprised along the way! #like I said! visual feast! clever fights! some fun characters! music! background gags and easter eggs! #bowser!

[ur-local-neighborhood-scene-kid]

SAW ONE OF THESE GUYS ON MY DOOR TONIGHT

The pic isn’t mine, it’s just the same type of moth. bc didn’t have my phone at the time. Artistic rendition style y’know?

#plume moth #bugs #insects #moths #he looks like an airplane #first one I’ve seen here where I live. didn’t know they even lived here!! #also saw a huge cricket and TWO TOADS!!!! #didn’t get a pic of any of em cuz I still didn’t have my phone #and my mom said she saw a huge millipede before I joined her #what wonderful creatures are out at night!!!!!

[clavainov]

29 June 2019

The morning of our wedding, we discover a stag beetle on the grass. immediately, I lean down to take photos and examine it. Normally I don't wear dresses for gender reasons, but for this most special occasion I have found a cream lacey dress with long sleeves I am wearing as a form of adoration and subversion, to truly mark this day as exceptional. I get grass stains on my cream wedding dress taking photos of the bug and rush to show my fiancée the insect. She laughs. We kiss.

#diary #clavain takes photos #such a precious day #what a wonderful memory #it was in our garden #I have never smiled like I did during the ceremony before or since #the maire had never done a gay or trans wedding he was excited to marry us it was cute #the next day we went to our favourite lake and saw the freshly transformed baby spiny toads #I held them in my hand with the new wedding ring #I love my wife so much #joy #she is everything she is everything

[forthedancingandthethriving]

(little snip from the next episode)

"Okay guys, from what Kamek's told us this Zone's conversion trigger is depression. Now, I know things have been pretty rough so far and none of us are feeling too great, but I'm sure that as long as we all support each other and stay focused on the plan, we'll make it though without...any...losses," 4 sees that most of the group looking at something behind him and gets a deadpan expression, "Toad's already a ghost, isn't he?"

"Yep."

Bob shrugs, "Well, at least it wasn't anyone important."

"BOB!"

"What? We were all thinking it."

OH NO TOAD AKFIRNRKF

Well.. I wouldn't lie if I said I didn't kind of expect it.

#what a wonderful game au #the wonder arc #smg4 toad #smg4 #code: lil coding #bob bobowski #fanfiction: my frens! #duckapus art!

[emile-hides]

Little Mario Movie headcanon: Toadtown use to look more like the Toadtowns of Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario, just with a lot more stairs because Mountain.

Peach, who had just recently learned the power of moving platforms and floating blocks with her Mario Maker Obstacle Course, revamped the town when she was like 14 to include these and pipes so all the stubby legged Toads wouldn’t have to climb so many stairs to get everywhere.

#Mario Movie #I just #I was thinking about her cool Obstacle Course and it's relation to like. Mario Maker spesifically #And like SOMEONE had to make it and something tells me it wasn't the Toads they just don't seem like the types #And then how the town is clearly constructed by someone with the same design signature right? #What I'm saying is; Architect Peach #Mario and Luigi are plumbers Peach is an Engineer are you picking up what I'm putting down? #I just think a Peach who likes to work with her hands and Make Things is very canon #She likes to Bake she likes to Paint she likes to Sculpt she likes to Build #She's a hands on kind of Princess she always has been that's!!! A canon Peach character!!!! #And I like the idea She's the reason Toadtown looks like that!!!! #Peach built the course when she was like 10 or so and ran it like a champ #All of this would give Toadsworth a heart attack btw no wonder he wasn't in the movie he's already dead Peach stressed him to death

[tenshiharmonia]

Did I die and wake up in Heaven ?* Super Mario RPG and The Thousand-Year Door ? Words cannot describe how excited I am right now. And I'm not even talking about how exquisite Showtime looks...

* Which would be quite surprising, actually. Wait a second, I'm in Hell, aren't I ? They are enticing me with all those fantastic games, only to crush my soul and hopes by taking them back at the last moment. By Satan's shaggy scrotum, what did I do to deserve such an insidious torment ?

#really #what we've seen so far of those remakes looks positively beautiful #that purple toad in glitzville though #i wonder what other tweaks they have in store for us #haha #i'm on cloud nine right now #super mario rpg #legend of the seven stars #paper mario #the thousand-year door #ttyd #princess peach showtime #princess peach #super mario

[bmpmp3]

so i’ve always been of the opinion that the whole twist ending of Drawn to Life The Next Chapter is wack as HELL but i will say it is a bit of a power move to do an “it was all a dream” ending where the person dreaming isn’t even the perspective character. just some guy

#nowadays i see people praise that ending and im sorry. i think it was really narratively unsatisfying #i thought it was dumb as 10 year old and i think it still kinda dumb nearly 15 years later HKJDSFJRKF #i want to be kind and i dont mean to sound a little elitist but i wonder if people are blinded by a nostalgic thing having a dark twist #and thinking its well written because of that rip. like im sure its fine but i do think it kinda sucks ass LOL #but it is a little funny to have ur game be the dream of some random kid. and like the random kid is just like #a random kid even in his own dream. hello #imagine u played all of mario 2 but instead of it being mario's dream it was like. some 3rd grader named jeff #you dont even play as jeff or anything. he just shows up as like a toad for a little bit #real life is a banger tho #edit: actually the more i think about it. how depressed where these game designers when making both games honestly #like i dont mean this in a ouuuuhhhh its so dark ouuuuuhhhhhhh i mean like #a lot about these games now that i remember as an adult feels oddly like. bitter? #maybe its just the messaging in both games seems to be so at odds with the arts and crafts aspects of the gameplay #what does that video essayist call it. ludonarrative dissonance? yeah #but like where those game writers like. okay? the plotlines feel mildly like the product of some crazy game dev burnout

[vampiremansionpoolboy-moved]

It was right then and there when I realized, I was screwed.

#shfgisefcehi im sorry ik this was supposed to be writing prompt from literally April 27th 2021 and I knew exactly what I was gonna write #but now it just haunts my inbox #sorry anon I dont even remember which mutuals u were anymore bc they sent another ask off anon #toad talks #we just got a letter #i wonder who it’s from #anon my beloved #st #stranger things #st spoilers #stranger things spoilers #eddie munson

[duckapus]

It's Time to Raise the Curtains, It's Time to Light the Lights...

In a random, nondescript field somewhere in the Mushroom Kingdom, a portal opens, and SMG4, Mario, Luigi, Meggy, Tari and the Bobowski twins come through it, having just finished their trip to the new SMG universe (which went predictably off-the-rails, of course). However, Tari notices something strange about this particular field...

"Um, is it just me, or is this grass actually felt?"

Sure enough, when everyone stops to look it's revealed that the ground is made of bright green felt as far as the eye can see. The group lets out a collective groan as they each come to the most likely conclusion; they must have accidentally gone to the wrong universe.

"Goddamnit, this is the fourth time today." Bob turns to glare at 4, "You have got to start practicing your portals more instead of just letting 3 do it all the time."

"But he's so much better at it..." realizing his whining isn't helping his case, he shakes off the frustration and gets back to business, "Alright, this time for sure!"

Meggy leans over to Mario, "That's what he said the last three times."

Not hearing her whispers or Mario's muffled laughter, 4 readies the Command, visualizes the Showgrounds in his mind, snaps his fingers with a flourish...and nothing happens.

"...wot"

After a few moments of shock (and enduring everyone's blank stares) SMG4 chuckles nervously, "Lemme just-just try that again." once again, he readies the Command, visualizes, snaps...and nothing.

It's at this point that Luigi, predictably, starts getting nervous, "Ooooh boy."

"C'mon, this can't be happening..." snap! snap! snap!

While 4 and Luigi quickly spiral into a panic, Marcy realizes something, "So, I'm not exactly an expert on all these Computer Person things, but don't your powers only do absolutely nothing like this when they're being blocked?"

This snaps 4 out of his...snapping, and he pulls up his command box, "Yeah, that's right! Lemme just look here and...aha! Looks like the interference is coming from over that way!"

Now with a goal in mind, the group starts walking in the direction he points, occasionally passing trees and bushes that seem to be stage props rather than actual plants. Eventually, they crest a decently sized hill and spot what seems to be a small town.

"Alright, let's ask around, see if the people here have noticed anything strange lately."

However, as they walk into town, they discover that the inhabitants are plenty strange themselves. The fact that they're all made of felt and other fabrics is of course to be expected given what they've seen so far. The real trouble is that they all seem to have the same blankly cheerful expression, made immediately obvious due to every single one of them stopping in their tracks and turning to look at the group as soon as they pass the threshold...and the fact that some of them feel eerily familiar.

One of the townsfolk approaches them, suddenly much more animate during his greeting, "Well howdy there, newcomers! What brings you around here?"

Seeing that everyone else is still to unnerved to respond (not that she can blame them), Meggy takes the initiative, "Uh, hi! We're a little lost and were hoping we could get some help?"

"Why, we'd be glad to help you folks! What kinda help do you need?"

At this point 4 manages to get past his own nerves, seeing as this is actually going surprisingly smoothly, "Would you happen to know if there's something or someone around here that messes with computers? The travel method we use isn't working because of some kind of local interference."

"Hm...can't say that I know about anything like that. The king might though."

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, the king knows all sorts of things, and he absolutely loves helping people find their way! Come on, I'll take you to him!"

"Thank you so much!" as she and 4 start following the townsperson, Meggy calls back to the rest of the group, "Let's go, guys!"

Mario, who's been inching away from another blank-faced townsperson who's been leaning into his space this whole time, runs to join the now-moving party, "don't have to tell me twice!"

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As the group continues traveling, the townsperson (who hasn't actually given them his name, interestingly) has been chatting away. It's through this that they've found out that the area they're in is called Muppetopia, and that the king is a local version of Kermit the Frog. After some travel time, they reach Kermit's castle, a vibrant, welcoming-looking building. By this point, Marcy is the only one still on-edge. Something about this place just feels off to her. She only half-listens as the townsperson assures them that they won't have to stand on ceremony with the king, seeing as he is just Kermit at his core, instead focusing on the castle staff.

Due to this, she notices something strange out the corner of her eye; a figure in red and black with wild white hair that has some dark shapes sticking out of it. As she turns to face them more directly, they're suddenly gone.

"You okay sis?"

She shakes off her confusion and focuses on Bob, "I'm fine. Just thought I saw someone I knew for a moment."

"Yeah, I've been getting that feeling on and off since we got to that town. There's something weird going on here."

So she wasn't the only one who'd noticed. Good.

The two end their brief conversation as the group approaches the throne room. And what they see when they enter is...most unusual.

The king is, in fact, Kermit. He looks exactly how they'd expect, except for the crown on his head, his strangely glowing blue eyes, and the fact that he's about 15 feet tall, "Ah, newcomers! Welcome to Muppetopia! Now, my friend here tells me you're in need of help."

4 steps forward, admittedly a bit intimidated by the massive frog "Uh, yes your majesty. You see, we're from a place called the Mushroom Kingdom and ended up here by accident while trying to get back from a trip. And now some kind of electronic interference is keeping us stranded here."

Kermit takes a moment to think this over, "The Mushroom Kingdom, huh? You know, Muppetopia's actually had a few visitors from there before."

"You have?"

"Yep. They were lost, too, just like you guys. But thankfully, I know a great way to help the lost find their way. Observe!" He dramatically gestures to the door with a flippered hand, and into the room walks...

"Kaizo!?"

Sure enough, the person who walks in is very much Kaizo Koorumaniru. He is also very much a Muppet, with the same vacantly cheerful gaze as the inhabitants of that town.

"Hey everyone! Check out my awesome new look!" he...well, he almost sounds like the Kaizo they know, but there's something fundamental missing from his tone.

Mario glares at Kermit, "what's-a going on here?"

"Like I said, I helped him find his way. The true Way. And I can help you too, Mario, SMG4."

Tari steps back from him, "Y-your our version of Kermit, aren't you? This is the Mushroom Kingdom!"

"It was the Mushroom Kingdom. A lot's changed around here in the last few days. Allow me to demonstrate," as he says this, shadowy, extremely dark green hands emerge from the ground around him, reaching out to grasp the group.

"Oh tits!" Bob makes a break for the exit knocking aside Muppet Kaizo in the process, "RUN, BITCH! RUUUUUUUN!"

Everyone else follows his lead, dodging shadow hands and guards as they go.

Unfortunately, when they exit the castle they find more Muppets who've closed in from the surrounding area, many of which are now quite clearly people they know.

"What do we do now?"

Marcy takes a ready stance, her blades flashing in the sunlight, "We fight our way through."

"Through to where?" 4 gestures around them, "For all we know the entire planet's like this!"

Meggy then realizes something, "We could get to wherever that interference was coming from! You had a trace on it before we stopped to ask for directions, remember? Maybe it has a connection to whatever happened to Kermit!"

Now with a plan in mind, the group checks which way they should be going and gets to fighting, each using their usual skills to get past the Muppet horde. Unfortunately, there's a lot of Muppets to get through, Tari and 4 aren't exactly great at fighting in the first place, and the signal is still really far away, so they quickly start to wear down, made worse by the fact that Kermit's caught up by this point so his mysterious shadow hands are back in play.

4 bats away a Muppet version of Jubjub with his keyboard, then leans on it like a cane while panting, "It...it's no use. There's too many of them." As if on cue, a shadow appears over him, and he looks up to see Kermit's massive form looming over him.

"Don't worry SMG4, everything will be better soon." On of his shadow hands appears and begins to move down towards the prone Guardian...only to pause as another massive shadow passes over him, and the sound of propellers prompts him to look up, "What on Earth..?"

He and nearly everyone else look up to see a Mario-style Airship hovering over the battle. It holds position for a moment before opening fire, sending Bullet Bills screaming down to blast away Muppets and hands, taking the pressure off the tired group. A rope ladder is dropped to dangle off the side, and a P. A. system activates, blasting Kamek's voice.

"All right youngsters, get up here if you don't want to end up as Sesame Street rejects!"

That's all the prompting everyone needs to find their second wind and book it for the ladder. Bob is the first one there, but ensures that Tari starts up the ladder before him. Then 4 and Marcy reach it, with her having saved him from the frog king while he was distracted. Finally Meggy and the Mario Bros run together, only for Luigi to stumble and fall behind a bit. As they're the last ones for the pickup and are known for how well they can jump, Kamek and whoever else is piloting the airship begin to move up and away so none of the Muppets have a chance to climb up.

After Meggy and Mario jump for the ladder, skipping a few rungs in the process, Mario reaches down to his brother, "Take my hand bro!"

Luigi nods in acknowledgement and leaps for his brother...only to suddenly stop in midair. Mario and Meggy look on in horror, seeing that the reason for this physics-defying maneuver is one of the shadow hands reaching into his back, a pained, terrified expression set on his face. Before their eyes, he begins to rapidly transform. Skin becomes pink felt, trembling lower lip becomes a Beaker-like flap, fingers become floppy and indistinct. Throughout all of this, his arm remains outstretched, still reaching for the hand it will never grip.

"LUIGI, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

With tears in her eyes, Meggy forces herself to look away so she can drag the hysterical plumber up the ladder and ensure they won't share their brother's fate. The two tumble onto the deck, Mario sobbing uncontrollably in a fetal position while Meggy and the now-approaching Tari doing their best to comfort him.

As this is happening, 4 and the twins are greeted by the crew of the Airship, consisting of Kamek and some of the Koopa Troop (obviously), Eggman, Cubot and a few dozen badniks, Toadsworth, Toad, Juliano, Root and Lil Coding (Coding, of course, immediately snuggles into his dad), and finally Sig.

"Okay, what the hell is going on around here? Why's Kermet some kind of massive psycho puppet master all of a sudden?"

Kamek sighs and shakes his head, "I'm afraid that Muppetopia is the least of our worries."

To show them what he means, he brings the group to the other side of the ship, which is now much, much higher up. From there it can be seen that the Mushroom Kingdom is now a massive circle bordered by a dome force field, split into seven equally sized wedges that each have their own unusual biome (with Muppetopia being just one of them), and a tower in the center as tall as the dome and very clearly made of bits of Peach's old castle and the all-too-familiar meat moss.

The sight of this madness is enough to snap Mario out of his grief, "Dear God..."

To be continued...

(also here's a picture of King Kermit and part of Muppet Kaizo. it technically has a spoiler for how he became That but if you payed attention to the end of the previous post it's pretty obvious where his powers and madness came from.)

#smg4 #smg4 ocs #the muppets #what a wonderful game au #mario #luigi #meggy spletzer #smg4 tari #bob bobowski #marcy bobowski #kermit the frog #kaizo koorumaniru #jubjub boopkins #kamek #eggman #cubot #toadsworth #toad #juliano #lil coding #root #sig puyo puyo #welcome to: #the wonder arc #the airship crew will explain what exactly happened while 4's group was gone in the next post #which is also where I'LL explain what exactly happened of course #i'm sorry luigi you made the most dramatic sense as the first on-screen conversion #and i didn't really have anything for you to do later on #yeah it's based on the adventure time arc where the four elementals get supercharged and take over the four corners of ooo

[toadallytickles]

There’s SEVERAL reasons why we think so! It’s something that has been brought up in conversation from time to time 😅

We think you’d be an incredibly fun and energetic person in general, which we love of course, but we ALSO have always been a huge fan of your content and the reactions you have in them. My partner and I have had sessions recently with other friends and it’s been an absolute blast. We also really admire your experience with tickling and think us giving it our best shot against you would undoubtedly be memorable 😌

Oh my goodness.. maybe I shouldn’t have asked because now I’m all shy and flustered.. ahh~ (〃^▽^〃)ゞ also I get brought up? Multiple Times?? Verbally? In-person?? SSHH-

This is so sweet and lovely! Thank you so much for sharing!! 🥰 And thank you for enjoying my content! I’m so happy to hear! Also awesome you have local kink friends to play with! That is what I’m seeking! If our paths ever cross and we get to meet, I would LOVE to connect and have a session with you both! That would be awesome to make this come true! ❤️

#welp I’m already excited even tho you’re anonymous asfkllgjk!! #i was hanging out with local community friends over the weekend. we still discuss how surreal it is to be fans of each other online and #dreaming of meeting them- and then you eventually do and you’re actually good friends now?? like how crazy and wonderfull #wonderful* gd #can I wear a blindfold so I don’t have to look at you both because I’ll be big embarrassed 🥹 #WHY AM I NERVOUS ITS JUST AN ASK OMG #(you can say no I don’t wear one because I like mean :) ) #oh but you see I can be stiff and awkward during the first sessions.. guess you’ll just have to play with me more and then I’ll be more #susceptible and you know what breaks me~ 🤭💕 #‘remember that time we destroyed Toad~?’ b y e ♡ #my posts #answered #ask #gang tickles #tickle community #tickles

[floridamanmike]

Insanely curious so..

#just wondering bc i was obsessed as a kid #and nobody knew what it was #and then one day it was just. fukn everywhere #frog and toad #lgbtq #lgtbqia+ #gay #queer #frogs #poll #tumblr polls #books #lgbt

[direbeastrex]

Matt Smith is a pompous swine who has no idea what the fuck he's talking about wrt: content warnings on theatre plays and he can kindly fuck off until he goes and blind reads Titus Andronicus and then maybe he'd like to walk back his statement on how 'content warnings will sanitize theatre'. I'd love to see him cope with *that* without being given a fucking heads up.

for context he was in an interview on some program that my dad was watching but it's 2am and dad was mumbling a vague agreement until I stormed in from the other room to explain how fucking stupid and pointless the argument was so i wasn't really in the mood to ask 'which program' but i'll try and get the exact source for the sake of verifying my annoyance when it's a more reasonable hour.

until then fuck Matt Smith

#I thought he was a perfectly bland agreeable white man and now i am so annoyed to discover that he is worse #an irritating entitled englishman who has no empathy for his fellow theatre goers #literally its just in the fucking playbill matt it's not gonna kill you for a little synopsis in the playbill to cover the heavy shit! #what a little toad #wonder if he's a conservative or he just gets off on their talking points vis a vis theatre elitism