SMG4 (series)

SMG4 is an Australian adult internet cartoon created by Luke Lerdwichagul. The show is a parody of the Nintendo franchise Super Mario Bros. where Mario, rather than being a hero, is usually an idiot (however despite this, he did do some heroic things in the older episodes). It had its first episode on may 7th 2011 with its first episode,the cake is a lie. The humour at first was more dialogue based, but later on the show slowly changed to cartoony slapstick humour and pop culture references. The shows origins date back to 2006 when other YouTubers started making Super Mario 64 by taking gameplay footage of a hacked version of the game and adding captions to make a cartoon. This was how SMG4 originally made his videos but then slowly over time he started using more G-Mods. to actually animate the show.It is one of the most popular internet cartoons alongside happy tree friends,RWBY,and homestar runner.It is also the most popular australian cartoon outside of its country.

Premise
The show is a parody of the Japanese video game franchise Super Mario. It is about Mario,who in here is depicted as being a moron,getting in crazy adventures and his friend SMG4, who is a fictionalized version of the show's creator. The show usually revolves around cartoony slapstick comedy reminiscent of the looney tunes and silly symphonies, as well as pop culture references.

Characters
SMG4

Mario

 SMG3

Teletubbies

Bowser

Toad

Luigi

Peach 

Bowser 

Fishy boopkins 

Bob 

Steve 

Wario 

Shy guy 

Old Hobo 

Waluigi 

Yoshi 

Rock 

Toadsworth 

History
Though the show itself officially started in 2011, the history dates back to 2005 when the Super Mario 64 bloopers started. What they were was basically gameplay footage of a hacked version of Super Mario 64 with added captions to make a cartoon. They were made by various YouTubers. A kid named Luke Lerdwichagul used to watch these cartoons and one of them named megaman 765 inspired him to make his own bloopers. He uploaded his first video on May 7th, 2011.It was an episode called The cake was a lie and was rather unprofessional since it was rather choppy and only took up 1/2 the screen.A year after the show first aired,in june 2012 to be specific, Lerdwichagul's got 1,000 subs.In feburary 2013,he got 10,000 subs.In the may of the same year,he got 30,000 subs.In march 2014,he got 100,000 subs.2 years later he got a Million subs.

Production
The videos are typically made using a variety of software such as Super Mario 64,G-Mods, sprites and models and stuff from games, movies, TV Shows, etc. and video editing software.

Episode types
Sm64 bloopers: The original and most popular variant of smg4's bloopers.They are a genre of machima that various youtubers made starting in 2006 and they were the first kind of blooper SMG4 made. They are about Mario and his crazy antics in the Mushroom Kingdom. They also involve Mario and SMG4 going on adventures of sorts and other things.

Retarded 64 :Introduced in 2013,Retarted 64 is similar to the bloopers but a lot more stupid and surreal.The humour of them are similar to looney tunes.They were discountiuned due to YouTube's new video policy, but they were merged with the normal bloopers. Such videos were renamed to R64 instead.

Ssenmodnar : Ssenmodnar episodes are usually released to celebrate a milestone.They are a collection of 15 second skits thats are over the top and well-recieved by fans.

War of the fat italians: A yearly special where SMG4 and Mario compete in wacky dares by commenters.Who wins is decided by a poll

If mario was in :These episodes revolve going to the world of another video game and causing havoc their while trying to get the job done.

Guards n retards : Guards n retards is about two guards,chris and swagmaster,working at a spaghetti factory and going on crazy adventures.

Sonic the derphog :Its about sonic the hedgehog and his crazy adventures to stop robotnik

The wacky wario bros: The wacky wario bros revolves around the Wario bros crazy antics to get money.

Spinoffs
TheAwesomeMario:The show is where smg4 puts his extra content such as shorts and extras.

Hobo bros:A show where the creators of the show do a lets play of weird games

Reception
SMG4 was met with critical acclaim and insane popularity making one of the most popular cartoons using the machinima process,as well as being one of the best recieved western cartoons of the 2010s.The show currently has an 8.6/10 on IMDB,being one of the highest rated cartoons on the website.

Critisism
In recent years the show has gotten critisism for overuse and removal of various things in the show.These include the removal of youtuber cameos,recycling and rehashing plots,overuse of gmods,loss of character traits,and overuse of pop culture references.

Trivia

 * The show shares a lot of similatires with the 90s cartoon animaniacs .They both are centric around cartoony humour and obvious pop culture references,have adult jokes that arent kid friendly but dont cross the line,and have varoius episode types.
 * Due to being animated ,people have assumed the show is for kids.This is not true as the show has tons of swearing and sexual references.
 * Though the show dosent have an offical rating due to being a web series,IMDB says its rated TV-14