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War of the Fat Italians (series)

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War of the Fat Italians (commonly abbreviated as WOTFI) is the annual series of fighting videos created by Luke Lerdwichagul and Aaron Rogers (better known as Nintendofan997), with the tradition dating back to SMG4's second season in 2011. It has been considered the most long-awaited event on SMG4 every year.

Originally displaying the rivalry between Mario and SMG4 (the latter formerly a Mario recolor - hence the name), with challenges submitted by either X (formerly Twitter) or, in later years, the Youtube comments section or Reddit. X hosted the battle from inception until 2017, and a brief return in 2019. A rap battle (although in recent years it's more of a musical) has traditionally been used to settle the war since 2015 and has been used to end a story arc since 2018, except for 2019, 2023 and 2024, the latter two instead ended mini-arcs. Since 2020, the war has been mainly between the "good vs. evil" parties, mostly related to the arc, with SMG4 and Mario still taking part, now with the rest of the crew.

In 2022, the Meme Games has been established as WOTFI's spinoff, but sadly only has one edition to date.

Videos in the series[]

The War of the Fat Italians series started in 2011, and progresses with one episode made every year, almost always in October. As of 2024, fourteen editions had been held.

No. In Series Title Card Title Airdate
1 Super_mario_64_bloopers_war_of_the_fat_italians_2011 war of the fat italians 2011 October 29, 2011
SMG4 and Mario are in a fight after they pranked each other.
2 Super_mario_64_bloopers_war_of_the_fat_italians_2012 war of the fat italians 2012 October 21, 2012
Yes, the 2 troubled friends are seeing who are more awesome
3 Super_mario_64_bloopers_war_of_the_fat_Italians_2013 war of the fat italians 2013 October 13, 2013
The war is back! Where the two idiots challenge each other to see who's more awesome...at doing useless crap!
4 SM64_War_of_the_fat_italians_2014_(200k_special!) War of the fat italians 2014 October 24, 2014
Woo 200k already? that was quick and I couldn't have done it without you!. what?! MARIO SAID I WAS FAT!? ROFGRKHT I'MMA KILL HIM! but I'll guess we'll settle this WOTFI style.
5 SM64_War_of_the_Fat_Italians_2015_(600k_special) War of the Fat Italians 2015 September 27, 2015
It's time to fight once more, seeing who's better than the other weirdo. its SMG4 vs Mario in War of the Fat Italians! (btw thanks for 600k)
6 SM64_War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2016_(900k_Special) War Of The Fat Italians 2016 August 15, 2016
SMG4 and Mario duke it out to see who is the...BEST, SEXIEST MAN who is worthy of...taking out the garbage?
7 SMG4_War_of_the_Fat_Italians_2017 October 7, 2017
War of the Fat Italians is a long-running annual series on SMG4 where we get you fans to post a bunch of challenges for Mario and SMG4. They then duke it out to see who can do them better!
8 SMG4_War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2018 War Of The Fat Italians 2018 October 6, 2018
It's finally here! The epic battle between Mario and SMG4 AND the grand finale to the Waluigi Arc has arrived...
9 SMG4_War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2019 November 2, 2019
WOTFI 2019 IS HERE! And Mario & SMG4 are ready to duke it out once again. Only... it's all video game themed!?
10 SMG4_War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2020 August 22, 2020
WOTFI 2020 is finally here, bringing the entire Youtube Arc to a close. This has by far been one of the biggest WOTFIs I've ever worked on. I really hope you guys enjoy :)
11 SMG4-_War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2021 September 18, 2021
WOTFI 2021 is here. Bringing an end to the Genesis Arc and a big change to SMG4, Mario and friends.
12 SMG4-_War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2022 October 15, 2022
WOTFI 2022 is finally here... This marks the end of the Lawsuit Arc and also a turning point for Mario, SMG4, Meggy, and friends.
13 SMG4-_War_of_the_Fat_Italians_2023 October 28, 2023
AHHHHHHH IT'S WOTFI 2023! And we did something VERY different this year. SMG4 & SMG3 have to infiltrate Marty's casino but Mario is his bodyguard and has riddled the casino with traps! We got the fans to vote and help plan out what to do... and the choices they make affect the WOTFI and ending! LETS SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT!
14 War_Of_The_Fat_Italians_2024 October 19, 2024
WOTFI IS HEREEEE!!!!! And Mr. Puzzles has turned into a literal theme park... this WOTFI is gonna be pretty different.

Scores[]

Current Score
Year Winner
2011 Mario
2012 True Tie
2013 SMG4
2014 Mario
2015 SMG4
2016 SMG4
2017 Mario
2018 Mario
2019 SMG4
2020 SMG4 Crew and Anti-Cast (minus SMG3)
2021 SMG4 Crew
2022 SMG4 Crew
2023 SMG3 & SMG4
2024 Mario & SMG4
Current Score
Mario SMG4 (& crew) SMG3 Anti-Cast Tie
6

(2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024)

9

(2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

1

(2023)

1

(2020)

1

(2012)

Note: Years in bold refer to victories within a group.

Format variations from the original concept[]

Originally, the WOTFI series was meant to display a rivalry between Mario and SMG4, in which they would settle a dispute between each other through various means. However, since WOTFI 2018 was used to end the first story arc of the SMG4 series, the reasons behind the following WOTFI's have changed:

  • 2018: Waluigi forced SMG4 and Mario the play each other off as his very own Smash Bros.
  • 2020: The event was triggered by the ghost of the YouTube remote.
  • 2022: Judge Kirby used the WOTFI format to decide a court case.
  • 2023: SMG3 and SMG4 break through Marty's Casino Paisano to retrieve the former's Sussy Notebook.

Additionally, the opposing parties involved have also changed from just SMG4 vs. Mario:

From 2014 to 2022, the challenges came from comments straight from social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. However in the past two years, community involvement in the WOTFI have varied:

  • 2023: The WOTFI and its outcome was decided by a series of polls a few days earlier.
  • 2024: All challenges (disguised as minigames in Puzzle Park) are sent through a custom website, wotfi2024.com. This was previously puzzlevision.tv, relating to the Puzzlevision streaming service.

Related Videos[]

  1. A war is coming... [#teamSMG4]
  2. A war is coming... [#teamMARIO]
  3. War Of The Fat Italians THE GAME -- GMOD
  4. War Of The Fat Italians 2018 - Official Trailer
  5. WALUIGI'S MINI GAMES -- War Of The Fat Italians 2018 THE GAME!
  6. WOTFI 2019 ANNOUNCEMENT
  7. WOTFI 2019 THE GAME
  8. War Of The Fat Italians 2020 - Official Trailer
  9. The WOTFI 2020 Party Game
  10. Hobo Theatre: SMG3 prepares for WOTFI 2020
  11. Talking about our VERY FIRST WOTFI...
  12. SMG4 reacts to WOTFI 2013
  13. SMG4 is very proud of WOTFI 2014
  14. SMG4 on WOTFI 2015 and why he started rap battles
  15. SMG4 talks about WOTFI 2016
  16. The WOTFI where we started doing things differently...
  17. War Of The Fat Italians 2021 (Official Trailer)
  18. War Of The Fat Italians 2022 (Official Trailer)
  19. You're going to help me... (WOTFI 2023 TRAILER)
  20. CHOOSE WOTFI'S FATE! - THE MISSION PREP LIVESTREAM
  21. Step Right Up

Spinoff[]

Main article: Meme Games
The Meme Games

Meme Games

The Meme Games is a game show video created by Luke Lerdwichagul. It is hosted by Mario and the contestants has to go through a lot of challenges sent by the viewers. It serves as a spinoff to War of the Fat Italians series.

Trivia[]

  • The original idea of War Of The Fat Italians came from X, which explains why X was usually the host.
  • War of the Fat Italians 2014 (200k Special!) is the first video that celebrates SMG4's subscriber count.
  • (2011) In the first WOTFI episode, Toad was the one who first came up with the name.
  • (2014) SMG4 dancing can be also seen in the outro of Who Let The Chomp Out?
  • As the years go by, the challenges get weirder and weirder.
  • (2014) The Gay Sex challenge shows Mario might be gay because he went on with the challenge, while SMG4 was pretty freaked out by the challenge.
  • X always breaks up their fights before the wars.
  • (2018), (2020), (2021), (2022), (2023), (2024) War of the Fat Italians was usually hosted by X and as well judge. However by 2018, he was replaced by Waluigi, since then X has gradually been discontinued from the following WOTFI episodes (with 2019 as his last appearance) and was replaced by various people, which the series now mostly served as story arc finales.
  • (2014) When SMG4 was dancing, Michael Jackson's Thriller could be playing on the dance-off.
  • (2017) TheOdd1sOut, a fellow YouTube animator, helped animate a scene in "who is better at animating".
  • The eighth in the series was actually revealed in a CHANNEL update of all things. It was shown in SMG4 Direct (HUGE CHANNEL UPDATE), alongside SMG4's own series Hitbox.
  • (2018) In the end, the first teaser trailer for Glitch Production's new series Meta Runner is shown. It features Tari offscreen controlling Theo in his game.
  • (2017) In the rap battle, the song that can be heard is actually Napal Baji made by PSY.
  • Since 2017, the trailers for both episodes are made using Source Film Maker (SFM).
  • (2016) The episode may have been paying homage to the WarioWare series because of how the jingle from the games played in the Triple Round and the Boss Round against Bowser during the Rap Battle. (Note that the Jingle also plays during the Triple Round in WOTFI 2017)
  • (2015) The music that plays after you enter a single-player minigame in the WarioWare series plays at 7:23.
  • The first Rap Battle in the WOTFI Series was actually made in WOTFI 2015, rather than the first battle (2011).
  • October is usually the month where WOTFIs are released, with 9 uploads.
  • Since 2017, WOTFIs are no longer subscribers specials.
  • Since 2018 (with the exception of 2019), all WOTFIs are part of a story arc.
    • Additionally, the 2018 one was the only arc WOTFI to be released before 2020.
    • The Lawsuit Arc marked the third year in a row that a WOTFI ended an arc.
    • No matter what happens in an arc or saga, WOTFI proves time and again that this event always solves every problem in the respective arc/saga.
  • War Of The Fat Italians 2020 is the first episode to have an original rap battle, composed by AJ DiSpirito.
  • Out of all the WOTFIs, 9 of them have featured a boss battle:
  • When a trailer is released for a WOTFI, the actual video usually comes after 10 days.
    • For War of the Fat Italians 2024 however, rather than being 10 days since the trailer released, it was only a week since the trailer released.
  • Since 2017, all WOTFIs are held on Saturdays due to the series' Saturday schedule. Prior to this, the only other Saturday WOTFI was the first edition in 2011. In three occasions it has been held on a Sunday (2012, 2013 and 2015), and one time to be held on a Friday (2014) and Monday. 2015 is the only WOTFI to have aired at the beginning of the week for some countries.
  • Of the 14 editions held, 9 of them are on October, which was the month where the inaugural WOTFI was aired and became a tradition since. The times when a WOTFI wasn't held in October are 2015 (September), 2016 (August), 2019 (November), 2020 (August) and 2021 (September).
    • WOTFI 2019 was the only WOTFI to date to be held after October. The earliest day of the year where the WOTFI aired is August 15, where the 2016 edition premiered.
  • WOTFI 2014 has the most challenges voided with 9, and the most voids and draws combined. The following year's WOTFI has the most challenges drawn with 6.
  • Assuming the winning side gets one point for winning a challenge (draws and voids are worth nothing):
    • WOTFI 2022 has the biggest margin of winning, by 6 points, with SMG4's Crew winning 11 challenges to Nintendo IP's 5.
      • Of the editions in the Mario vs. SMG4 era (2011-2019), the highest margin is 4, set by Mario winning 5-1 in 2017 and SMG4 winning 6-2 in 2019.
    • There are only two overall draws: WOTFI 2012 where both fat italians tied 2-2, and WOTFI 2020, where both the SMG4 Gang and Anti-cast tied 4-4. Both parties jointly won that edition after they defeated SMG3.
  • The first two WOTFIs has the least number of challenges with 8. The WOTFI with the most challenges is 2015, with 25.
  • Counting rap battles, missions and minigames, there have been 209 challenges in WOTFI's history.
    • "Who can build the best paper airplane? Farthest one to fly wins!" (2018) is the 100th challenge in WOTFI's history.
    • "Who can last longer in hide and seek? In IKEA" (2021) is the 150th challenge in WOTFI's history.
    • "Knife Throw" (2024) is the 200th challenge in WOTFI's history.
  • (2022) FightingMario54321 used to made a confirmation on the official SMG4 Discord that WOTFI would no longer serves a competition between Mario and SMG4, that it now serves as a story arc finale.


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