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 a idiot.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 bloopers by taking gameplay footage of a hacked version of the game and adding captions to make a cartoon.This was how smg4 originally made his videos but then slowly over time he started using gmods to actually animate the show.It is one of the most popular internet cartoons alongside happy tree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 shows creator.The show usually revolves around cartoony slapstick comedy reminiscnt of the looney tunes and silly simphonies,as well as pop culture references.

History
Though the show itself started in 2011,the history dates back to 2006 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.

Production
The videos are typically made using a variety of software such as super mario 64,gmods,and video editing software.

Reception
The show currently has an 8.6/10 on IMDB,being one of the highest rated cartoons on the website.