Dial L For Luigi is a comedy web series created by Mashed. It centers around the Mario Universe, which takes place a grimy city, in which Luigi is a private investigator, who is caught up in a mystery in which he’s been poisoned, and must find out who poisoned him.
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- Adaptational Villainy: All of the main characters has different shades of these:
- Mario ran a large successful drug ring and tried to murder his brother when thinking he was cheating with Peach.
- Peach also shows to have rapid mood swings after getting injured by Luigi and ruining her life.
- Toad became a massive crime lord in Bowser’s criminal organization.
- Wario is also portrayed as a depraved crime lord with drug trafficking and underground fighting rings under his rap sheet.
- Even Diddy Kong has shades of this, being the one to have poisoned Luigi for not paying his rent.
- Accidental Murder: Bowser gets shot accidentally by Mario when he tried to aim for Luigi.
- Anti-Hero: Luigi is this in shades, as despite being a private investigator, he is quick to sell out his own friends and family to make a quick buck, such as tipping the police off to Mario in his drug ring just to get money.
- Big Bad Ensemble: Mario, Peach, Wario and Toad serve as this, all trying to murder Luigi for various reasons, although they didn’t poison him with the blue shells.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Bowser is set up as a major threat in his appearance, immediately gets killed by Mario, albeit by accident.
- Crapsack World: The setting is a grimy city with drugs and crime running muck.
- Everybody Did It: Zig-Zagged, as it turns out while Mario, Peach, Wario and Toad all wanted to murder Luigi, but, much to Luigi’s insistence, none of them actually poisoned Luigi, that title goes to Diddy Kong.
- Evil Is Petty: Diddy’s motivation was simply out of revenge for Luigi not paying his rent and wanting his life insurance policy.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Luigi’s anti-heroicness, such as selling out Mario, injuring Peach during a race car track, and not paying his rent to Diddy, caused everyone to target him and him possibly dying.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: Turns out the one to poison Luigi was Diddy Kong, Lugi’s own landlord.
- The End... Or Is It?: The series ends with Luigi seemingly succumbing to his wounds after being shot by Mario and/or the Blue Shells. However, despite this, after the end card pops up, a 1-Up sound is heard, suggesting Luigi may not be done yet, same can be said with the series.
- Pink Is Erotic: Wario's bar and strip club is decorated with pink sofas and lighting.
- Uncertain Doom: Luigi possibly succumbs to his wounds from the fight with Mario, Wario, Peach and Toad or from the poison, however, it’s implied the story is not over yet.
