Board Thread:SMG4 Discussion/@comment-33613830-20180907000355/@comment-36596195-20180907035320

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Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to expand on the theory I made a while back about Tari's inclusion and how she fits into the Arc. Dinosaurus1 already knows what I'm talking about, but for those who don't, here is the rundown. Back when Tari first came out I made a very long comment on her page that talked about why she shouldn't be a reocurring character. TL;DR, I said how she could potentially lead to drama in the community out-of-universe, and that creating ANOTHER reoccuring character would stretch the SMG4 formula too thin and that it would crash in on itself. But after making that comment, I came to realise that there IS a way to appeal to those who want her to return, while at the same time not stretching the series too thin. That way is for her to be an Arc-Only character. "But how would he do that?" I hear you ask. I have some evidence that I believe will clue us in.

Lets start with her debut episode. Something that I would like to point out about Tari right away is that unlike every other new (post-2015) character, her origins are basically unknown. What I mean by that is every character had an excuse as to why they weren't in previous videos. Boopkins had lived in the ocean detatched from all other life, Bob was trapped in Ganondorf's sewers, Meggy lived in Inkopolis and was unaware of the others' existence, etc. Tari doesn't have one of those. She just showed up one day and asserted herself. Strange, isn't it. Continuing on the episode and analyzing Tari's behavior reveals that she appears to be making a considerable amount of effort to NOT make new people. At face value, this could be seen as being shy. However, I think there is something more complex at work here. If she really were as shy as she seemingly is, then she would basically have a mental breakdown when going to a video game tournament, where you have to interact with a LOT of people. I believe she is actually FAKING her shyness.

It wouldn't really be that hard to do, and being shy has the benefit of people wanting to "protecc" you. If a psychopath wanted to take advantage of someone, faking shyness would be a very effective way of doing so. That's enough of that for now, let's get back to the episode. The first game that Tari has Mario try is the "Whack-a-Luigi" game. What is significant about this is the fact that out of all the games she could have possibly chosen, she chose the one which involved having Mario hurt his brother as much as he can. When he can't do this, Tari gives him the talk he needs to whack his brother in the face multiple times. When they are at the crane game, Waluigi can be seen standing right behind them, probably making sure Tari is doing her job, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

"What is the significance of all this?" I hear you ask. Well, I believe that Tari is a spy for none other than Waluigi himself. How else would you explain things such as shyness despite going to national tournaments, the lack of an origin, the Waluigi shadow, among others. Obviously Waluigi can't spy on them himself otherwise he would get caught, but having a new "friendly" character would allow him to see their every move. The robotic arm she has probably has the abitity to give and recieve signals. The Law of Conversation of Detail states that every detail is important, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Even if I am wrong on everything else, I am 100% confident that her robotic arm will be used for SOMETHING. Otherwise it wouldn't be there. That's basically all that I have. I could be totally wrong about all of this, but it's fun to speculate.

So what do you think of this theory? Let me know! In the meantime, thanks for reading.