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* ArmorPiercingAttack: [[spoiler:According to Waluigi in the GrandFinale of ''Stupid Mario Brothers'', Snake has been loading his gun with armor-piercing rounds out of paranoia regarding Liquid Snake's survival in their first duel in The Movie.]]



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His armor-piercing rounds end up backfiring on him when Blaire Vherestorm shot him with his own gun, as Snake had the I.D. Lock removed due to FOXDIE constantly changing his DNA.]]




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* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Whenever Snake uses [=CQC=], it always consists of two front hooks and a front kick. [[spoiler:While this initially works against Blaire Vherestorm in Episode 69, it leaves him vulnerable when Blaire does a low sweep kick just as Snake aims his gun at him.]]



The mysterious leader of The Trifecta. [[spoiler: Originally named John, he was an insecure, bullied, and ambitious teenager. Thr Darkness met with him and offered him the power that he always wanted so he can reach his aspirations. He mentions Vherestorm, a wizard that John wrote a story about for English Class which no one liked and made everyone think he was crazy. Darkness only asked that John help him with his situation and he'd give him the power that he wants to become "Vherestorm". John accepted and took on the name Blaire. Darkness gave Blaire some of his power and built a "power transfer compulsion system", or the beacon. He however screwed up and was killed by The Darkness for trying to kill Mario which in turn would make him more powerful than the Darkness.]]

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The mysterious leader of The Trifecta. [[spoiler: Originally named John, he was an insecure, bullied, and ambitious teenager. Thr The Darkness met with him and offered him the power that he always wanted so he can could reach his aspirations. He mentions Vherestorm, a wizard that John wrote a story about for English Class which no one liked and made everyone think he was crazy. Darkness only asked that John help him with his situation and he'd give him the power that he wants to become "Vherestorm". John accepted and took on the name Blaire. Darkness gave Blaire some of his power and built a "power transfer compulsion system", or the beacon. He however screwed up and was killed by The Darkness for trying to kill Mario which in turn would make him more powerful than the Darkness.]]


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* LogicalWeakness:
** This is something Blaire learns the hard way just before getting a beam sword stab in the gut. Despite Blaire's power allowing him to "learn power", he can't do so on the Darkness as, in the Darkness' own words, he "creates power".
** [[spoiler:While it isn't explicit, his power seems to have been "reset" after being brought back from the dead in Season 5. As shown where he wasn't able to mentally block his presence from Ness' [=PSI=] abilities like in Season 4, nor could he block any of Waluigi's fireballs. Also, his hand-to-hand combat skills are greatly lacking compared to Season 4.]]
* PowerCopy: According to the Darkness, he "learns power". This could mean that he either observes or battles to obtain the power used or mimics the form of the abilities used by others.
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: In both the main series ''Mario'' games and the spinoff series, ''Yoshi's Island'', the two Yoshi's were separate characters. Here, he's treated as a single character who [[spoiler:saved the infant Mario Brothers]] and acts as their current companion in the present time.


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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:At the end of the first episode of Season 5, he died from a fatal heart attack due to his RapidAging.]] [[spoiler:Though Noami was able to save him by [[FountainOfYouth reversing his aging process]] before the start of the next episode.]]


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* DoubleTap: After his failed killing of Liquid Snake in The Movie, Snake would thoroughly shoot any enemy in fatal areas to ''make sure'' they're dead.


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* TheGunslinger: He's got very, very good aim. He was able to shoot Liquid Snake dead (though he was wearing a bulletproof vest) in their duel in The Movie.


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* RapidAging: He suffers from advanced aging after Season 4, Episode 46 due to Mario stealing his "medical chocolates" to keep the FOXDIE virus at bay. By Episode 51, he looks like an old man. [[spoiler:It's then PlayedForDrama by the end of the first episode of Season 5; dying from a fatal heart attack.]]
* StealthExpert: He masters the art of stealth and can infiltrate enemy bases without being spotted...most of the time.

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* InterfaceSpoiler: As revealed through Merlin about the beam swords in the third SeasonFinale, Wario had never turned "evil" in Season 3 as seen through the "core" of the Nethersaber. Instead of having a "black" core like Nox Decious, it had a "bluish-grey" core (also with an initial green outline on the yellow) to showcase his inner conflict.

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* InterfaceSpoiler: As revealed through Merlin about the beam swords in the third SeasonFinale, Wario had never turned "evil" in Season 3 as seen through the "core" of the Nethersaber.Nether Saber. Instead of having a "black" core like Nox Decious, it had a "bluish-grey" core (also with an initial green outline on the yellow) to showcase his inner conflict.



* PutOnABus / WrittenInAbsence: Happens a lot due Waluigi's actor living far away.

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* PutOnABus / WrittenInAbsence: Happens This happens a lot due to Waluigi's actor living far away.



* UnusualEuphemism: Tends to use the names of pokemon as swear words.

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* UnusualEuphemism: Tends to use the names of pokemon Pokemon as swear words.



* AdaptationDyeJob: Brown fur in the videogames, black fur in the series.
* AdaptationalUgliness: While Donkey Kong isn't really a "looker" due to being a great ape in the videogames, at least he doesn't look like a CheapCostume in the series.



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%%* * CloseRangeCombatant: He doesn't have a long-range attack and simply engages his opponents' up close. [[spoiler:This gets deconstructed and lampshaded by the Plumber Knight in ''Stupid Mario Brothers: Legacy'', resulting in his death by one of Wrathnar's AlternateSelf, Alpha.]]
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%%* TheBigGuy* TheBigGuy: He serves as the "muscle" on the heroes' side, preferring to use his great strength to engage his opponents.



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* TheUnintelligible: He doesn't talk in a way that the audience can understand, but some characters like Ness and Pauline could understand what DK is saying.



* TrainingFromHell: Makes the Mario Bros. endure rigorous training in order to be ready to fight [[spoiler:Nox Decious]].

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* TrainingFromHell: Makes He makes the Mario Bros. endure rigorous training in order to be ready to fight [[spoiler:Nox Decious]].



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* BatterUp: His signature weapon is a baseball bat.
* ComboPlatterPowers: His [=PSI=] abilities include a plethora of uses such as:
** {{Teleportation}}: He's capable of teleporting to any place he wants, including traveling between dimensions.
** SuperSenses: He can sense things from afar.
** SpiderSense: He senses incoming danger moments before it'll happen.
** ShockAndAwe: In The Movie, he uses [=PK=] Thunder on the Darkness.
* JustAKid: This is often lampshaded
by Ness himselfhimself in regards to avoiding really dangerous battles.



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%%* PsychicPowers* PsychicPowers: His [=PSI=] abilities.



* SuperIntelligence: While it's unknown if it's a result of his [=PSI=] abilities, Ness is incredibly intelligent and is regarded as a genius.



* DarkIsNotEvil: He wears black clothing but is firmly a good guy.



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* PublicDomainCharacter: He's ''Myth/Merlin'' from the Myth/ArthurianLegend.

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* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler:In the GrandFinale of ''Stupid Mario Brothers'', it's revealed that ever since the beginning of Season 3, Mario has been crippled with only "half of a spirit" after being momentarily possessed by the Darkness and losing the other half as it went away. This means that he was unknowingly suffering TheWorfEffect regarding his fights against the power-hungry Wario in the third SeasonFinale (where Waluigi stated that he should've been able to take Wario one-on-one despite the latter's SanitySlippage at the time), with his full power only temporarily restored after being BackFromTheDead with the Fire Flower Power-Up in The Movie. Then, he remained at "half-strength" for the rest of the series until he's strengthened by Merlin, Link, and the Darkness just before his final battle against Ganondorf.]]



* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler:While Wario lacks the raw power that Mario has, he's proven to be a better swordsman between them. Before Mario gets half of his spirit sap away by the Darkness moments before the start of Season 3, Wario can corner Mario through a beam sword duel and has him at his mercy in the first SeasonFinale.]]



* ArcVillain: While he wasn't really "evil", Wario serves as an antagonist for Season 3 before he gains a JerkassRealization at the end.



* BigBad: Serves this for Season 3 before he pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the end.



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%%* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead]]* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:When he took a seemingly fatal stab to the abdomen by the Darkness in their fight in ''The Movie'', Wario was able to survive thanks to the power of the Truth Stone. Allowing him to catch the Darkness off-guard to launch a SneakAttack from behind.]]



* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: Happens at the end of Season 3.

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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: JerkassRealization: Happens at the end of Season 3.3, with Waluigi explaining to him that he was never "evil", but thought he had to be.


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* InterfaceSpoiler: As revealed through Merlin about the beam swords in the third SeasonFinale, Wario had never turned "evil" in Season 3 as seen through the "core" of the Nethersaber. Instead of having a "black" core like Nox Decious, it had a "bluish-grey" core (also with an initial green outline on the yellow) to showcase his inner conflict.

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* BadassNormal: He lacks superpowers (unless one counts the {{Nanomachines}} in his bloodstream), but is still a trained, skilled, and experienced FOXHOUND agent.



* HandCannon: He usually wields a gun and shows mastery of his aim.
* TheImmune: {{Justified|Trope}}. Since he doesn't have any superpowers, Snake is the only one who isn't affected by the "beacon" in ''Operation Blind Storm''. This means that Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Ness were the only ones to lose their powers to the Darkness.



* SpottingTheThread: He was the only one to express doubts about the "beacon" being an anchor for everyone else to use their powers, as he tells Mario that something that powerful would require ''more'' than a single bullet to be destroyed. In the fourth SeasonFinale, his doubts were confirmed as the "beacon" turns out to be a "power transfer compulsion system" that, upon being destroyed, anyone within the confines of the cave it was in [[{{Depower}} would lose their powers]] and [[PowerParasite it'll be transferred over to the Darkness' spirit]].




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* WeakButSkilled: For a given matter of "weak", Snake is one of the few characters to lack superpowers. However, he makes up for it with his lifelong military training and field experience, stealth expert skills, great aim with his gun, and proficiency in [=CQC=].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged. While Mario doesn't perform his trademark [[InASingleBound superhuman jumping abilities]] on-screen (nor perform any of his SuperStrength and SuperSpeed from the videogames), he's still a tough and capable hand-to-hand fighter, capable of wielding a [[LaserBlade beam sword]] with good proficiency and using [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] akin to a [[Franchise/StarWars Force user]]. [[spoiler:Season 5 involves him learning "wizardry" from Merlin at an incredible rate, allowing him to become more "wise" and sense his surroundings to an unknown radius.]]


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* BlueIsHeroic: He wears blue overalls and initially wields a blue-colored beam sword until it gets destroyed in the second SeasonFinale. [[spoiler:Though he wields a new blue beam sword in ''The Plumber Knight Returns'' and ''Stupid Mario World''.]]


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* RedIsHeroic: His primary ColorMotif is red and from the third season to the end of ''Stupid Mario Brothers'', he wields Wario's red-colored beam sword.

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** Fitting as they're played by the same actor.

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** Fitting as they're played by the same actor.actor plays them.




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* RunningGag: In each SeasonFinale, Mario was never able to defeat/kill the ArcVillain and has been in danger of being killed by ''them'', forcing another character to save him.
** In Season One: Mario is saved by Peach when Wario nearly kills him.
** In Season Two: Wario eliminates Nox Decious with the Nether Saber before he can kill Mario, although only so he can kill the hero himself.
** In Season Three: Mario was arguably saved by Waluigi from Wario, as he would've likely died in the battle against Wario without his help.
** In The Movie: Though Mario weakened Mr. L, Luigi killed Decious to regain control of himself; therefore, Luigi saved Mario because Mario could never kill his brother, possessed or not.
** In Season Four: Blaire is killed by the Darkness before he can kill Mario.
** In Season Five: [[spoiler:Mario finally manages to kill Ganon at the end of the series, but Link, Merlin, and the Darkness merge their spirits with his so he can do this.]]



* BreakTheCutie: Season 5 got him stuck in leading the good guys in Mario's absence, as a result he got stuck making bad decisions and lost several fighters.

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* BreakTheCutie: Season 5 got him stuck in leading the good guys in Mario's absence, as a result result, he got stuck making bad decisions and lost several fighters.



* [[spoiler: TheHeavy: Serves as this as the Blue Hood in Season 2 of The Plumber Knight Returns.]]
* IdenticalGrandson: If Nox Decious hadn't had his mask he would've looked a lot like Luigi.

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* [[spoiler: TheHeavy: Serves [[spoiler:Serves as this as the Blue Hood in Season 2 of The Plumber Knight Returns.]]
* IdenticalGrandson: If Nox Decious hadn't had his mask face destroyed by Merlin (necessitating the use of his mask) he would've looked a lot like Luigi.



* CainAndAbel: Despite being the older brother, he's the Abel to his younger brother Nox's Cain.



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Subverted. Although he was last seen confronting a resurrected Nox Decious, Wario confirms through the Nether Saber (which is connected to Merlin) that he is still alive. However he is in fact dead and the Nether Saber continues working because his immortal spirit lives on.]]

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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Subverted. Although he was last seen confronting a resurrected Nox Decious, Wario confirms through the Nether Saber (which is connected to Merlin) that he is still alive. However However, he is in fact dead and the Nether Saber continues working because his immortal spirit lives on.]]



After a fall out with Ken (over their friend Tamari leaving), Ryu met Mario and the others to help them stop the Trifecta and the ninjas. After Mario and the Darkness's Armies join up he and Ken make up.

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After a fall out fallout with Ken (over their friend Tamari leaving), Ryu met Mario and the others to help them stop the Trifecta and the ninjas. After He and Ken make up after Mario and the Darkness's Armies join up he and Ken make up.



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* EyesAlwaysShut: Brock's perpetually-closed eyes from the games and anime are reinterpreted as him being blind.

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* EyesAlwaysShut: Brock's perpetually-closed perpetually closed eyes from the games and anime are reinterpreted as him being blind.



* ManipulativeBastard: In Season Four, he willingly tricks Gary and Brock into doing several mundane tasks for him just so they could find out from him which one of them sucks more. [[spoiler: Oak eventually claims they equally suck for not turning down the tasks. As a result the two fight over which one of them hates each other the most which Oak uses to his advantage once more.]]


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* ManipulativeBastard: In Season Four, he willingly tricks Gary and Brock into doing several mundane tasks for him just so they could find out from him which one of them sucks more. [[spoiler: Oak eventually claims they equally suck for not turning down the tasks. As a result result, the two fight over which one of them hates each the other the most which Oak uses to his advantage once more.]]




* KissKissSlap: Simple driving lesson turns into a shouting match and break up.

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* KissKissSlap: Simple A simple driving lesson turns into a shouting match and break breaks up.



Walugi's girlfriend. Unlike most of the characters, she is a natural resident of the real world. The two met and became a couple during the course of five minutes, while Wario was reporting back to Bowser. Wario doesn't like her and [[spoiler:her presence eventually drives his and Waluigi's alliance to the breaking point]]. She is absent for most of season 3, looking [[spoiler: for Walugi]]. Afterwards she and Waluigi somehow break up. Waluigi claims creative differences a.k.a. she wanted him to stop wearing purple. [[spoiler: He was however lying and the two are still together but she was hiding to avoid the war. Waluigi left at the end to find her and live a normal life with her.]]

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Walugi's girlfriend. Unlike most of the characters, she is a natural resident of the real world. The two met and became a couple during the course of five minutes, while Wario was reporting back to Bowser. Wario doesn't like her and [[spoiler:her presence eventually drives his and Waluigi's alliance to the breaking point]]. She is absent for most of season 3, looking [[spoiler: for Walugi]]. Afterwards Afterward, she and Waluigi somehow break up. Waluigi claims creative differences a.k.a. she wanted him to stop wearing purple. [[spoiler: He was however lying and the two are still together but she was hiding to avoid the war. Waluigi left at the end to find her and live a normal life with her.]]



* AscendedExtra: When she first appears most people think she isn't that important but by Season 3 she had a larger role [[spoiler: searching for Waluigi]].

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* AscendedExtra: When she first appears most people think she isn't that important but by Season 3 she had has a larger role [[spoiler: searching for Waluigi]].



* {{Hypocrite}}: Wanted Waluigi to stop wearing purple when she herself wore it, which lead to their break up.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Wanted Waluigi to stop wearing purple when she herself wore it, which lead led to their break up.up. [[spoiler:Subverted as it's a lie concocted by Waluigi to protect her.]]



A random coconut, Link found in a forest in his dream, the coconut followed him back into real life and kept him company. [[spoiler: He turns out to be a Gerudo King who's soul was trapped in a coconut. He assists Link and Wario in three acts of heroism in order to free his soul and make him human again.]]

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A random coconut, Link found in a forest in his dream, the coconut followed him back into real life and kept him company. [[spoiler: He turns out to be a Gerudo King who's whose soul was trapped in a coconut. He assists Link and Wario in three acts of heroism in order to free his soul and make him human again.]]



* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler:Unlike Ganondolf, he was a benevolent king to the Gerudos.]] [[spoiler:It also helps that, retroactively, he wasn't an incarnation of Demise's hatred for the Goddess and her chosen hero.]]



After a fall out with Ryu (when his girlfriend Temari left), Ken became his enemy and joined the Trifecta. [[spoiler: He is the only member of the Trifecta to survive and joins The Darkness's Army in Season Five. After Mario and Darkness's Armies join up he and Ryu make up.]]

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After a fall out fallout with Ryu (when his girlfriend Temari left), Ken became his enemy and joined the Trifecta. [[spoiler: He is the only member of the Trifecta to survive and joins The Darkness's Army in Season Five. After Mario and Darkness's Armies join up he and Ryu make up.]]



* CainAndAbel: Despite being the younger brother, he's the Cain to his older brother Merlin's Abel.
* DarkIsEvil: His name means "night to fall down", he wears all black, and he's capable of using dark magic.



* GreaterScopeVillain: serves as this in Season 1 to Bowser and to The Darkness in Season 3.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: He serves as this in Season 1 to Bowser and to The Darkness in Season 3.3.
* MeaningfulName: "Nox" is Latin for "night" and Decious for "to fall down" or "fall," so his name loosely translates to "Nightfall" or "Night to fall down."



* RunningGag: Throughout Season 5, Luigi or Wario would mention Captain Morgan, and then it would show him being hungover drunk. He finally wakes up in the finale.

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* RunningGag: Throughout Season 5, Luigi or Wario would mention Captain Morgan, and then it would show him being hungover drunk.hungover. He finally wakes up in the finale.



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* TheChick: In Wario's band, at least.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: His name is pronounced Rai-Yu instead of Rie-Yu. Which is because creator Richard pronounced the name as such. It eventually changed to the actual pronunciation with Ryu lampshading it by claiming it was pronounced as such the entire time.
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!'''[[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]] (Tim Muller)'''

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* TheLoad: InUniverse. Both Ash and Snake feel this way about him, although Ash is only a little better than him.



* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse. Both Ash and Snake feel this way about him, although Ash is only a little better than him.

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* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse. Both Ash and Snake feel this way about him, although Ash is only a little better than him.

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Rather than beginning where Season 2 left off, Richard Michael Alvarez opened Season 3's first episode with a clip from a fictional show called "Mr. Puzzler". Mr. Puzzler is portrayed as a carefree man, unconcerned whether he offends or annoys anyone. He sports a '''fantastic vest''' and is fond of at least one [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-inducing joke]]. Apparently, he lacks human integrity, if Mr. Intelligence is to be believed.

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Rather than beginning where Season 2 left off, Richard Michael Alvarez opened Season 3's first episode with a clip from a fictional show called "Mr. Puzzler". Mr. Puzzler is portrayed as a carefree man, unconcerned whether he offends or annoys anyone. He sports a '''fantastic vest''' and is fond of at least one [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} groan-inducing joke]]. Apparently, he lacks human integrity, if Mr. Intelligence is to be believed.



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%%* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
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%%* HotScientist
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* PinocchioSyndrome: [[spoiler: He was formerly human and needs to be one again.]]

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* PinocchioSyndrome: BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler: He was formerly human and needs to be one again.]]

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