Lakitu is a classic main character in the SMG4 series.
He is a cameraman, mechanic and nerd who is constantly filming Mario, and constantly riding a cloud that sometimes becomes invisible. He had more frequent appearances in the earlier seasons, and since then, he has been a background character.
History
In Super Mario 64, two particular Lakitus known as the "Lakitu Bros." do not serve as enemies, instead of becoming important characters. As self-proclaimed "seasoned cameramen", the Lakitu Bros. are tasked with filming Mario live on his latest journey: the Lakitu Bro. holding the camera could be rotated and zoomed around Mario with the C-Pad, allowing better camera angles during gameplay. The Lakitu we know from SMG4's bloopers is likely a parody of or reference to these characters. Lakitu, it seems, has grown tired of filming Mario's idiocy. He is quick to make snarky interjections to anything Mario says, rather than giving game advice as the Lakitu Bros. did.
Personality
Lakitu is a snide, sarcastic techie who seems rather fed up with not only Mario but also his current occupation. He is also a nerd and has much knowledge about technology, cameras, and photography in particular. He also seems to be pretty lazy/inconsiderate himself, as shown in Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Mario at the Olympic Games, where he forced Mario to train for the Olympics to get a 1,000 cash award for him against his will (rather than simply entering the Olympics himself). In the episode Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Darkness Takes Over It is confermed that Lakitu is a Nerd/Engineer.
Appearances
2011
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers Short: The Cake Is a Lie! debut
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Dreams
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Flashbacks Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Blooper Problems
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Just Like Any Other Day Offscreen
- SM64, MK64, PM64 Bloopers: Quest for a Console Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Have you seen this Polygon? minor
- Mario Kart 64 Bloopers: An Adventurous Drive minor
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Darkness Takes Over Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Master of Fail Disguises Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Mario Quits
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: A Random Day
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Losing Your N64 Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Bowser the Unhappy Fat Turtle
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Enter X
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Visitor (2011)
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Account Loss
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Restoring Normality
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Mario at the Olympic Games
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Italian Kidnapping
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Time Travel Tells Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Blooper Competition Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Crime Time Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Scatman's Revenge minor
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Forgotten Door
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Mission For Peach Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: WEEGEE Disease Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Toad Gold Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: P-O-I-S-O-N-E-D Computer minor
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: How Mario was Born Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Crazy Fighters Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Crystal Funhouse Offscreen
2012
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Desert Head Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Breaking Walls Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Mushroom Mafia Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Short: Mii Channel Teleport Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: A Murder Without Peach Offscreen
- Super Mario 64 Guides: Mario's Guide to Defeating Bowser 2.0 mentioned
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Lie that was the Cake that is a Lie
- Super Mario 64 Commercial: Join the Evil Side Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Starman3 Gets 5,000 Subs! Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Chinese Elves and Gay Cashiers minor
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: тнє ριик ρяσвℓєм Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: §§ënmØÐnÅr 2 (100th vid)
- Super Mario 64 Halloween Special 2012 Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Sup' Bro? Cameo
- SM64: The Adventures Of Mario And Luigi Ep 1 minor
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: President Toad Washington mentioned
2013
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: 99.5% Crazy
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: §§ënmØÐnÅr 3 (10,000 subs :D) Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Hotel Mario
- 101 Ways for Mario to Die (The Right Way!) 50,000 subs!
- R64: Idiot karts 101 Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Birthday Freakout. Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Halloween 2013: Luigi's Retarded Mansion
2014
- SM64: Meet the Mario.
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: SwagQuest
- R64: Mario for Hire. Cameo
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: The Visitor. (2014)
- SM64: Mario In Real Life!? (200 Vid Special)
- Super Mario 64 Bloopers: Problematic Pipe Problems Cameo
- SM64: Meet the Steve Cameo
- SM64: The Retardness of 2014 Cameo
2015
- SM64 bloopers: The Idea block. Cameo
- Mario 64: M. K. Nature Channel Cameo
- SM64 Bloopers: Smexy Soccer Cameo
- SM64: The SMG4 QNA (400K subs :D) Offscreen
- SM64: Meet the Luigi
- SM64 Bloopers: Casino, Cards and Chaos Cameo
- SM64: The Weird Ticking Sound (Parody) Cameo
- DerpTV: Super Happy Fun Fun Gameshow Cameo
- SM64 Christmas 2015 - Christmas Crazies
2016
- SM64: Meet the Bowser
- SM64: ṩṩἔᾗмὄḋᾗᾄʀ 11 (800K Special) Cameo
- SM64: War Of The Fat Italians 2016 (900k Special) Cameo
- SM64 Bloopers: SECRET LIFE OF GOOMBAS On poster
2017
- The Mario Channel: Mario Vs Wild
- R64: Stupid Mario Party Cameo
- SMG4: Welcome To The Kushroom Mingdom Cameo
- SMG4: AREA 64 Cameo
- The Mario Channel: MARIO'S CHALLENGE Cameo
- Mario's EXTRAS: MARIO'S CHALLENGE
- SMG4: Stupid Mario Odyssey 2 Cameo
- SMG4: The Movie Audition Cameo
- SMG4: Mario University Cameo
2018
- SMG4: Mario Gladiators Cameo
- SMG4: Mario's Fancy Dinner Cameo
- 2 MILLION FAN COLLABERATION SPECIAL! (SSENMODNAR)
- SMG4: Luigi's Lesson
- SMG4: Freddy's Ultimate Custom Spaghetteria Cameo
- SMG4: The Mario Café minor
- SMG4: Mario The Ultimate Gamer Cameo
- SMG4: Mario's Late! Cameo
- SMG4: The Mario Concert Cameo
2019
- SMG4: Super Challenge 64 Cameo
- SMG4: Mario and the Anime Challenge Cameo
- SMG4: 3 MILLION SUB FAN COLLABORATION!
- SMG4: If Mario Was Smart Cameo
- SMG4: Mario Waits in Line For Some Spaghetti Cameo
- SMG4: Super Mario Taxi Cameo
2020
- SMG4: If Mario was in The Sonic Movie Cameo
- SMG4: Lord Of The Memes Cameo
- SMG4: Mario Is Cancelled. Cameo
- SMG4: Mario The Supreme Leader Cameo
- S̶M̶G̶4̶: I Can't Believe It's Not SMG4! Cameo
- SMG4: A Totally Normal S̷͍͖͉̙͚͎̑̃̿͑̆̇̚͠M̸͇͇̦̮̌̿Ğ̴̫̗̖͎͔̳4̶̞͇̰̎̀́̚ Episode Cameo
- SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2020 Cameo
- SMG4: If Mario was in... Fall Guys Cameo
- SMG4: Stupid Mario 3D All-Stars Cameo
- SMG4: SMG4 🅴🆇🅿🅰🅽🅳🆂 His Brain Cameo
- SMG4: Mario's Corn Trip Cameo
- SMG4: If Mario Was In... Cyberpunk 2077 Cameo
2021
- SMG4: SMG4's Origins Cameo
- SMG4 Movie: 10 Year Anniversary Special Cameo
- SMG4: Stupid Mario Golf Cameo
- SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2021 Cameo
- SMG4: If Mario Was In... Nickelodeon Cameo Appearance of him shown during Mario's look at the SMG4 wiki
- SMG4: What If Mario Had $10,000,000? Cameo
2022
- SMG4: Uncanny Mr Mario Cameo
- SMG4: Mario Goes To The Zoo Cameo
- SMG4: Mario Gets His PINGAS Stuck In Car Door Cameo
Trivia
- He only gained more prominence in the first season. Starting in 2012, Latkitu started to decrease in appearances.
- He is the shortest-serving major character in the entire series, with his role only lasting for the first season.
- It's possible that the Boo cameraman shown in recent videos has replaced Lakitu as SMG4's cameraman; with the exception of the opening scenes for WOTFI 2020 and the 10 Year Anniversary Special, which could have simply been a reference to Super Mario 64 and/or The Cake Is a Lie!.
- According to Mario, no one loves him.