SMG4: Mario and the Anime Challenge

Synopsis
Mario and friends have a contest on who can be the most weeb. Who do you think won?

Plot
Mario, for some reason is sleeping in the gardens right outside the castle. Tari comes running down the hill screaming at the top of her lungs; she is being chased by Meggy, who is shooting her down with a paint gun like a maniac. Tari attempts to save herself by hiding behind the oversized plumber, which unsurprisingly doesn't work out. Meggy, who jumps at least 7 foot into the air to just shoot both of them. The ink explodes and leaves both of them injured. Mario has his head chopped off but he still can't die since he is pretty much immortal. Meggy says that Tari is doing a shit job at training her for the next Splatfest because she doesn't shoot back at her, which is strange since Tari had nothing to shoot with in hand. Tari pulls the front cover of the game Duck Hunt out of nowhere and says that she wants to shoot things at a game rather then shoot AT each other (because you know, she likes videos games). Meggy replies that she desperately needs to train for her Splatfest that comes in a about month. Tari regains confidence and decides to keep helping her train and somehow overcome the pain that goes with it. She pulls out a gun that she has been hiding God knows where all this time. Suddenly Bob comes out of nowhere and scares Tari, made made accidentally made her shoot him. Tari and Fishy Boopkins asks if he is okay, while Mario and Meggy congratulates Tari. Meggy assumed that they are here to help her train, but Boopkins disputes that claim and before he can even say anything Bob shoots up to the sky and land on the castle roof and screams (loud enough that the people below can hear him) that they are having an anime battle to determine who is the most weeb. Everyone gains interest except for Meggy (as she hates anime due to its portrayal of girls). Boopkins also lands on the castle roof and screams (loud enough that the people below can hear him) that he is declaring Meggy as the judge. She immediately receives Vietman Flashbacks. Meggy of course declines this offer. Tari is wanting to be the judge, she quite literally teleports to the roof and goes full-on weeb mode. Boopkins accepts her request. Mario decides to join the competition as well and runs off with them, abandoning Meggy.

Challenge 1: Who can run like Naruto the fastest?
Tari gives them the signal to go, with the three running at superhuman speeds. Bob ends up tripping Fishy with his "super legjitsu skills", while Mario and Bob duel to see who would win. Mario, with his powers, splits into three clones of himself. Bob decides to counterattack Mario with four clones of Bob the Builder. Unfortunately, Mario's clones are superior to Bob and his duplicates, which results in the Bobs blasting off and Tari declaring Mario the winner.

Winner: Mario

Challenge 2: Who can do the best anime confession?
The gang tries confessing their love anime-style, but it makes Tari uncomfortable and confused. She declares it a tie despite Mario confessing his love like a normal person (and kidnapping Hideo Kojima, who Tari loves).

Winner: It's a tie!

Challenge 3: Who Can scream like Goku the Best?
The trio go to a park and start screaming like crazy, weirding out a Goomba mother and her children. Boopkins ends up losing, leaving only Bob and Mario. Unfortunately for the plumber, he couldn't take anymore and his head exploded, leaving Bob as the winner. Bob then transforms into a Super Saiyan 3 from Dragon Ball and claims himself to be all powerful, but is intimidated by Shaggy from Scooby-Doo (as a reference to the Ultra Instinct Shaggy meme) into shutting up.

Winner: Bob

Challenge 4: Who Can Speak The Best Japanese?
The challenge is to (as the title says) speak fluent japanese to Saiko. Mario and Bob fail at this, due to Bob barely knowing a thing about japanese language and Mario only knowing "Italian", causing Saiko to slap Bob into the other side and violently smash Mario's head with her hammer due to the latter raising the middle finger. Boopkins then shows his abilities to speak japanese (since he knows Japan stuff like the back of his hand) impressing Saiko and making him the winner.

Winner: Fishy Boopkins

Challenge 5: Who Can Win In a Anime Argument?
Fishy Boopkins and Bob get into an argument Phoenix Wright-style, but Tari was too confused so she declared Mario the winner despite him doing nothing.

Winner: Mario

Final Challenge: Who can win in a Anime Fight?
The trio are ready for battle. Boopkins is immediately defeated by Mario after letting his guard down while kicking Bob to a nearby mountain, and is set on fire by the Mario Finale, leaving Bob and the plumber as the only ones left. Mario makes the mistake of taunting Bob, causing the latter to charge and fire a KAMEHAMEHA at him, destroying Peach's Castle's roof, and the owner didn't noticed until too late.

Peach then stares angrily at the gang, especially at Bob for destroying her roof. The episode ends with Bob trying to put the blame on Goku from Dragon Ball, since he regularly does the KAMEHAMEHA technique.

Winner: Bob (possibly)

Actual Winner(s): Bob and Mario

Main Characters

 * Mario
 * Bob
 * Fishy Boopkins
 * Tari

Minor Characters

 * Meggy
 * Princess Peach
 * Saiko

Cameos

 * Hideo Kojima
 * Shaggy Rogers
 * Old Man Hobo
 * Goombas
 * Woody
 * Aku Aku
 * Monty Mole
 * Boo
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Conker the Squirrel
 * Lakitu

Mentioned

 * Toadsworth (mentioned by Bob when deciding who to be the judge)

Continuity

 * SMG4: Mario waits for pizza: Meggy still had a phobia of watching anime with Boopkins and Bob when Fishy Boopkins mentioned the anime challenge.
 * SMG4: Mario and the Waluigi Apocalypse: Saiko's hammer reappears.
 * SMG4: Mario The Boy Scout, SMG4: Mario waits for pizza - Bob's ninja hat reappears.

Trivia

 * This is Old Man Hobo's first appearance in the flesh since SMG4 Christmas 2018: The Most Important Thing. He previously appeared in a flashback in SMG4: Mario Gets Stuck On An Island.