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Well... at least you made one hell of a rival... |
” | —Oneshot Wren's last words to Meggy Spletzer before being buried alive, SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI | ||
Wren (going by the alias known as Oneshot Wren) was a minor character-turned major antagonist in the SMG4 series, being mentioned in Meggy Answers Your Questions... and made his physical debut in SMG4: Mario Babies, albeit in a flashback. He later became one of the three secondary antagonists (alongside Demonic Goop and Marty) of Season 13, serving as the main antagonist of SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI, which marked both his only in-person debut and demise.
He is voiced by Sean Chiplock who is known for voicing Thad from Murder Drones, Kinger from The Amazing Digital Circus, and most notably of all, Revali from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
History[]
SMG4: Mario Babies[]
A legendary Splatfest champion, he once defeated an unnamed green Inkling team and saved a young Meggy Spletzer, who was unknowingly about to get splatted from behind when she rushed to meet him. Due to her bravery, Wren gave her his beanie and headphones before leaving, inspiring the young orange-haired Inkling to become like him.
SMG4: Mario's Tunnel Of Doom[]
Meggy watches a video of him winning his third Splatfest cup and telling the audience to never give up and take a shot.
SMG4: We Interrupt This Broadcast[]
A group of Inklings are hired by Wren to steal Meggy's beanie, prompting her and Tari to chase after them. After reclaiming it, however, they learn that Oneshot Wren was no longer considered a legend, with the statue of him being regularly vandalized. Not wanting to believe this, Meggy and Tari head to Wren's home, only to discover it abandoned. However, while exploring the house, Meggy watches an old western commercial, which reveals that he's currently in the Wild West. She quickly convinces Tari to come with her, claiming that meeting Wren will help with her training, and they (along with the rest of SMG4's Gang, who were planning a vacation while the new castle was being constructed) board a train to the Wild West.
SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI[]
He is revealed to be the main antagonist of this movie, manipulating Meggy into bringing herself and her friends into his simulation. After Meggy and Mario seemingly escape the simulation and confront Wren, he reveals his fall from grace. Once a legend that everyone loved, now has hit rock bottom as his as his skills became dulled overtime and losing one title to another Inkling, he fell off and lost everything, his fame, his fans, even his home. Left alone on the streets, he was given a simulator by a mysterious benefactor (the same entity who sold SMG4 the Mysterious Keyboard) to continue being the hero. He confesses to having been the one who hired the Inklings steal Meggy's beanie to lure her and her friends into the simulation, having kidnapped everyone while they were still on the train. Enraged, she tries to shoot Wren, only for herself to be shot, as she never actually left the simulation. Wren then forces Meggy in a death loop where he hunts down and shoots her over a month so she can "play along". However, it all falls apart when Meggy, with help from Tari, eventually breaks free of the simulation for real, and in a desperate bid to "not be left behind", brings the simulation to the real world to drag Meggy and Tari back in. As the machine breaks down, and everyone Wren had captured flees the collapsing lair, a somber Meggy states her wish in wanting to have been friends with him, and he responds at least she at least made "one hell of a rival" before quietly accepting his demise, but Meggy still has trauma from the event to this day.
SMG4 Movie: PUZZLEVISION[]
While he may not appear in this movie, Mr. Puzzles does bring up SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI which brought him into tears, reminding her of how many times Oneshot Wren killed her. This shows that Meggy still has trauma over the ordeal with him and his simulation over a month. This is an example of Wren completely traumatizing her for years as well as scaring her for life. After the gang enters Channel 999, Meggy furiously bolts at Mr Puzzles and attempts to punch him for turning her idol into a monster and giving her trauma, but no avail. When Mr Puzzles gets blasted away by SMG4, it indirectly serves payback for what he has done to Wren and for trapping her and the crew for a month, as well as indirectly giving her trauma.
Personality[]
On the surface, Wren came off as a charismatic and passionate player who loved to score top victories in Splatfests. He also had a big following and would motivate younger individuals to become star players like him. However, he came off as being rather arrogant, boasting a rather big amount of pride into his career.
However, after a downward spiral in his status, he resorted to immoral and heinous methods to try to regain some status by trapping others in his simulation, although it is unclear how much of this came naturally and how much was the result of Mr. Puzzles manipulating him. His callous actions were enough to mentally break Meggy into insanity, with the goal of breaking her spirit so she would stay in the simulation. Unfortunately, his arrogance came at the cost of his own life, as when he attempted to summon his minions through the simulation, it resorted into the collapse of his headquarters. Before perishing in his last moments, Wren made one last honorable remark towards Meggy, showing even as a fallen hero, he still possessed a shred of respect.
Appearance[]
Oneshot Wren was a light skinned Inkling Boy with cyan eyes and dark grey hair that fades to black. He has a tattoo on his right cheek.
When Oneshot Wren was famous, he wears a black V neck tee, black shorts, and red work boots. He used to wear a red beanie, pilot goggles & studio headphones, but he gave it away to Meggy when she was a toddler.
In SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI, Oneshot Wren now has a scar shaped like an X above his right eyebrow. He now wears a black jacket with a jade green shirt underneath, a Green tie with Inking symbols, and olive-green boots. He has a black and grey cowboy hat on his head. Around his waist is a brown leather belt.
Appearances[]
- Meggy Answers Your Questions... debut/mentioned
- SMG4: Mario Babies flashback
- SMG4: Mario Harms The Environment mentioned
- SMG4: Mario's Tunnel Of Doom Video
- SMG4: We Interrupt This Broadcast Flashback, statue and TV screen
- SMG4: Ready to Ride?... mentioned
- WESTERN SPAGHETTI (Movie Trailer)
- SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI First physical appearance and death
Criminal record[]
Oneshot Wren committed these crimes because he wanted to relive his glory days of being on top after being abandoned and forgotten by everyone due to him no longer winning Splatfest.
- Mass kidnapping: He kidnapped Meggy and SMG4's Gang in the train while on their way to the Wild West, and forcibly put them in his simulation for a month.
- Psychological abuse: During the simulation, he murdered Meggy repeatedly, resetting the loop every time she dies, all the while she remembers each loop, and he terrorizes her for an entire month, driving Meggy into sheer paranoia to the point Tari had to step in to save her.
- Torture: He attempts to hang SMG4 and the gang in the simulation, and planned on keeping them and torturing them in the simulation forever.
- Stealing and trespassing: He enters Meggy's house and stole her beanie, the one he gave her when she was a child, and gave it to three Inkling kids.
Trivia[]
- His name being "One-Shot" Wren could be a pun that he was known for defeating his opponents with a single shot, hence "one-shotting" them.
- Aside, from being a fully vocal inkling, he spoke with a Southern accent.
- Wren was a typical villain example where the protagonist meets the role model/idol, and he turns out to be the bad guy. However, his role is more akin to a fallen hero, having lost his reputation and admiration.
- Wren is akin to Mark Jefferson from the Square Enix game, Life is Strange; both were famous and respected celebrities of their time and were even idols to female protagonists, Meggy Spletzer and Max Caulfield. Both use methods of psychological trauma and influence the protagonists into a nightmarish limbo.
- Wren also shared a few similarities with "Turbo" from Wreck-It Ralph.
- Wren lending his beanie to Meggy mirrors Shanks giving his Straw Hat to Luffy from One Piece.
- Wren also shares some similarities with Niles, both having been corrupted by a mysterious source in a tough spot under a facade of helping them (Mr. Puzzles and the God Box respectively), lost something close and dear to them (Wren’s fame and Mage respectively), manipulating and mentally torturing a female main character (Meggy and Melony respectively), and being defeated in the end by accepting death.
- Oneshot Wren is the fourteenth character whose death was taken seriously, after Clone Mario, Desti, Francis, Greg The Alien, Spudnick, Auri Bori, Axol, Box Club Leader, Fred, Terrance, SMG0, Niles and the God Box.
- He is the first character to be voiced by someone who also worked as a voice actor for Nintendo.
- Wren's death mirrors the same way Francis died; both in chambers during the destruction of their lairs.
- Coincidentally, they both tormented Meggy in a similar fashion.
- Wren is easily one of the most darkest villains in the entire series due to him trapping the crew in a simulation for a month and traumatizing Meggy.
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Notes[]
- ↑ If we assumes that in the flashback shown in SMG4: Mario Babies Meggy was a young child and Wren was a late teen, then he would have most likely been in his 30s at the time of his death.