Genesis Arc is a highly controversial story arc among the SMG4 fanbase.
Reason: Divisive tone, lore reveals and outcome (including the death of a main character), and split opinions on Melony.This must be filled out. If you see this message and you know the controversy source, please replace this message with the link to controversy.
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Its time we told you the full story of SMG4.
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The Genesis Arc is a science-fiction horror-mystery story arc in SMG4's channel. It is the fifth major story arc in the SMG4 series after The Waluigi Arc, The Rapper Bob Arc, The Anime Arc, and The YouTube Arc. It follows the mystery of the SMG's, the memes and the Zero. Seven months after the events of The YouTube Arc, we were attacked by a corrupted Morshu and taken to the Internet Graveyard where SMG3 gave the place upgrade on social life-
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SMG4 embarks on a quest to uncover the truth about his origins and the true history of his universe, with two mysterious strangers offering answers. When a powerful and sinister entity threatens to destroy everything, SMG4 and the gang must form unlikely alliances and realize their truepotential to stop their greatest enemy yet and protect the very being that keeps the universe alive. Will the SMGs and their allies save Mario and finish the fight against the monstrous being known as Zero, or will it all be too late?
This arc is tied with The Anime Arc for having the most episodes. It beats the Anime Arc in total runtime due to two episodes being 30+ minutes.
This also serves as the longest produced arc in the SMG4 series, taking up entirely 6 months, since most episodes came out once a month (SMG4: Perfectly Balanced in March, SMG4: SMG4's Origins in April, SMG4 Movie: 10 Year Anniversary Special in May, and SMG4: Into the Dark Web in June). The only exceptions are SMG4: If Mario Was In... Newgrounds and SMG4: The Other Universe, which both premiered in July, SMG4: The Day HE Arrived., SMG4: Doomsday, but Mario is Okay and SMG4: Mario and The Backrooms which all premiered in August, and SMG4: MARIOS OKAY MARIOS OKAY MARIOS OKAY MARIOS OKAY MARIOS OKAY MARIOS OKAY MARIOS OKAY, SMG4: The Final Piece, and SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2021 which all premiered in September.
This is the first arc in the series:
To not have the word "The" in the title.
It previously lacked the word "Arc" in the title as well when it was named "Super Meme Genesis." That was until it was renamed to "Genesis Arc" sometime during its run.
In which the main antagonist is a completely original character not in any way related to Nintendo, as Waluigi, Peach, Francis and SMG3 all come from or are related to the Mario franchise, Bob Bobowski is a Garo, which originates from the Legend of Zelda franchise, and Desti, Team Killer Ink and Shadow Meggy are all related to the Splatoon franchise.
Where one of the characters are brainwashed into being an antagonist.
Where the main antagonist was already excessively heinous before the arc, as Waluigi and SMG3 weren't that heinous before their arcs, Peach and Francis were initially allies of the heroes, Shadow Meggy came into existence during her 'arc', and Desti and Team Killer Ink are merely jerks.
Where in Axol plays an antagonist role, or otherwise being the main antagonist of an arc.
He is an antagonist as long as he is possessed by Niles.
Coincidentally, he was supposed to be the main antagonist of the The Anime Arc but was scrapped.
Where the main antagonist doesn't have a ludicrous motive for his plan (compared to the other arc villains, at least. Waluigi because he wasn't a fighter in Smash, Bob because he wanted to be famous, Francis because he wanted an island of waifus, and SMG3 because he wanted to exact his revenge on SMG4 for destroying his production studio, and, consequently, his chance at redemption.).
Where a major (main) character dies.
Where there is a romance subplot and confession.
Where the new surviving characters (SMG1 and SMG2) don't become series mainstays.
In which one of the main characters is a specific target in the villain's plan (Meggy Spletzer in The Anime Arc being the first, Mario in this arc).
In which SMG3 is a protagonist. The first one being the The Waluigi Arc where he and Wario are the ones who cause Waluigi's redemption.
In this arc, SMG3 serves as an 'Anti-Hero'.
Wherein a character dies. The first being the The Anime Arc
To end on a bittersweet note, considering the fact that, while Niles as Eldritch SMG0 is defeated and the universe is saved, Axol was killed by Melony in order to stop the Eldritch SMG0.
To be controversial among fans because of split opinions on Melony.
In which the mainantagonist is not redeemed, but is instead defeated, the first being the Anime Arc with Francis who was killed instead of redeemed and the second being The YouTube Arc with SMG3 who was defeated instead of redeemed. (Later redeemed in post-arc episodes)
This arc is widely considered the darkest arc in the series, above the Anime Arc and the YouTube Arc. This is due to the villain being played dead seriously, major dark themes like mass omnicide and forced possession, the death of a major character and being serious for all 12 of its episodes.
The beginning of this wiki page was read by SMG4 in SMG4: She's Back!, from a book titled 'Genesis Arc Wiki'.
After SMG4: Doomsday but Mario is Okay was released, the channel banner was changed to SMG4 and Mario heading towards Niles to save Axol, who is in front of Niles, represented by a black mass with tendrils coming out of it. After SMG4: Mario and The Backrooms was released, the channel banner was added with SMG3 and Niles covering more of the right side of the banner, while Axol changed into his possessed form. After War Of The Fat Italians 2021 (Official Trailer) was released the channel banner was added SMG2 and Niles covering more and more of the right side of the banner, while Axol had changed to his 2nd stage of his possessed form. After SMG4: The Final Piece was released, SMG1 joins the other SMGs and Mario as Ax0l now faces them in the final stage of his demonic possession, surrounded by the eyes of Niles.
Strangely, the majority of the bloopers in this arc accidentally use the 2018 - 2019 logo.
The Genesis Arc is very different from the other Arcs because the other Arc had existing themes, but Genesis Arc is about a theme that Luke had come up with all by himself.
For this arc, Luke & Kevin have created at 7 new ragdolls.
On September 16, 2021, SMG4 released the models for SMG1, SMG2, and all three Eldritch Axol models on the GMod workshop,[1] making this the first instance where the models for arc characters are released before the finale of the arc, they debuted in.
As Niles is defeated and Axol is now dead, this marks the only instance where "one-time models" are released to the public.
After the Genesis Arc ended, the channel banner was changed again to a picture by therealseawhale that includes Axol holding Melony in his arms.
The word "Genesis" is Greek for "origins". This is fitting since SMG4 is trying to discover who he is.
All episodes in this arc are rated TV-PG on IMDb, except for "SMG4 Movie: 10 Year Anniversary Special", which is rated PG-13.
This arc and the Revelations Arc were most likely named after the first and last books of the Christian Bible, the Book of Genesis and the Book of Revelations respectively.
The channel banner after SMG4: The Final Piece is released. And the darkness has completely taken over the background with drawings of eyes everywhere.
The full version of the latest banner
The banner after the Genesis Arc. Art by @therealseawhale on reddit.
Fan-made poster by Dvm2048
Another fanmade poster by u/Random_RHINO2006
Yet another fanmade poster.
Another unofficial fanart of the arc.
Unofficial Logo for the Genesis Arc (by OverDriver05)