YMMV / Goomzilla E8: "Luigi's Quest"

• Alternative Character Interpretation: When Hypnotized!Peach fights Luigi, you can briefly hear one of her voice clips go unaltered. Did Goomzilla forget to alter that voice clip, or was she trying to fight it?
• Captain Obvious Reveal: Plenty of people saw Solus' betrayal coming from a mile away, though his compelling backstory more than makes up for it.
• Even Better Sequel: To the people who think it's better than Mario's Quest.
• Genius Bonus: Mushrooms are essentially drugs that can give people hallucinations, so it makes sense that the living poisoned mushroom that resides in Rogueport would be a hypnotist.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The mushroom hypnotist looks suspiciously like Dr. Toadley, but doesn't share the former's hypnotic powers...that is, until the remake of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
• I Knew It!: People have correctly guessed that Solus is Evil All Along, that he was a Dry Bones this whole time (given that there were clearly grey hands and boots to match the Dry Bones plush used), and that the way Peach would be "made more loyal" to Bowser was through hypnosis.
• Jerkass Woobie: Solus was clearly in the wrong, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him anyway.
• Moral Event Horizon: Solus crosses this by taking all of Mario's power from Peach at the last minute.
• Narm: It's hard to take Peach's distorted voice seriously.
• Squick: Peach being forced to give Bowser arm massages.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: P. Shroom (if that's even his real name). He's an incredibly skilled hypnotist who resides in Rogueport. Bowser hires him to hypnotize Peach to be loyal to him, and not only does he not suffer any consequences for this, Bowser has presumably rewarded him nicely for his efforts. While Solus isn't a weak antagonist by any means, you'd think somebody with the power to make you forget everything about yourself would be a more active threat in the movie. Instead, he quickly works his magic on Peach, and just walks away.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
  • With Captain Toad on the team, Goomzilla missed a perfect opportunity to include Draggadon as the guardian for the red Energy Cell. It would have worked, since he's a neutral party like all the other guardians. Instead, that role is given to Lady Bow.
  • When Peach flashes back to all of the good times she had with Mario to undo her hypnosis, Goomzilla could have used more moments than the three he went with. Sure, he used a different plush for her back in the beginning, but a more complete collection would have been a great 5th anniversary treat for around the time Part 5 came out.