#joke's end

[titleknown]

Mario Headcanon: In the darkest depths of the Underwhere, where the greatest sinners are held, there's a spot where the music from Jokes' End is played endlessly on loop.

Queen Jaydes has no idea why it happens and can't turn it off. It slightly scares her.

[inspriteofeverything]

Glurp from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake.

I had so much fun doing the Lava Piranha that I figured I should do another Mario RPG sprite. I thought trying another Paper Mario sprite would be limiting, so I took a look at the only other Mario RPG I've beaten and picked out the one that thought would be the easiest to translate [for an easy transition ;)] Glurp it is! Glurps are such cuties and interesting enemies for how far into the game they are, all the while creating a weird sense of danger.

I initially thought Grimer would be the base for this sprite, but it turned out that Ditto had a better shape for what I wanted to do. From the ground up, we have Loudred's mouth, Duskull's eyes, and Combee's antennae. Vaporeon provides an excellent blue for this guy, and Jolteon does the eyes. In a strange twist, the last part done was coloring the inside of the mouth- palette provided by Grimer.

[octopeachy]

Eh? Me? I’m Jojora. I’m the buddy of a cousin of the descendant of the spirit who once guarded this place.

joke’s end! i hope jojora gets some more attention in the remake, i like her

(if you just like the background, here’s a post of that)

[pasdeseul]

Steven Universe Spoilers!

The new home world gems are Jojora and Chucklissa straight outta Joke’s End

[octopeachy]

joke’s end!

just the background of this picture

[6clawdy6]

Draw Your OTP and Mariotober 2020 Day 12!

1st picture: "When all else just kinda failed, I just...picked her up! Seemed to work, at least. Pays to be big."

2nd picture: Crylauda was meant to be antagonistic, but she ended up becoming more peaceful instead, opting to become the master of Joke's End, with Jojora as her first line of defense.

[ruckis-kingstarr]

Since analyzing certain aspects of the Mario & Luigi RPG series is a common trope today I think now is a better time than ever to discuss and or analyze how Joke’s End is the true climax to Superstar Saga as a whole.

Let’s just start off by saying that the name in itself is a HUGE piece of symbolism.  The name “Joke’s End” is spelling it out as clearly as it possibly can, that the jokes end here.  No more fun, no more jokes.  This is no longer a game and what happens to the denizens of this kingdom and the world is entirely up to you.  Everything you know and love is at stake and you can’t afford to make a slip up.  Now does this mean that absolutely all signs of comedy disappear for the entire rest of the game?  No of course not!  This game was purposely made out to be a big joke with the whole game pretty much revolving around beans and laughter, but that still doesn’t change the fact that the fate of the entire world rests on you shoulders.  One little tip of the iceberg and the whole thing could collapse, pun VERY MUCH intended.  Speaking of icebergs...

Let’s talk about the location.  It’s not just a coincidence that the place is practically isolated at the top right corner of your screen, oh no.  There’s a reason people don’t go there and it’s very clearly stated that it’s were jokes come to die.

“A crypt for cruddy jokes”.  Yes it does say cruddy jokes, but jokes are jokes regardless.  It’s also the ONLY area in the game that’s cold and gives a harsh sense of foreboding pushed onto you unlike the entirety of the rest of the map which is filled to the brim with warm and very tropical areas.  The very nature of Joke’s End helps to emphasize the fact that this very well could be the end of everything that you’ve come to know and love.  The music and the actions of the characters placed there help to emphasize this as well.

You know how Lavender Town’s theme is only a few chords played on a loop and yet somehow it’s still eerie enough to make your arm hair stand on end?  “Hold the Corny Jokes, Please!” Is the exact same way.  The simple repetition of the instruments that sound like bones and ice shattering like glass followed up by the icy ambience sets the place up so well that it slaps you in the face 10 fold just to make sure that you know this place stands out from the others.  It’s unlike anything you’ve experienced beforehand.

There are various little actions that set of red blinking lights for the turn of the story, but I want to talk about the main one that I find particularly makes the sirens blare louder.  You all know him, most of you love him, give it up for Fawful!  You already know that he’s a huge goofball for the most part and mostly anyone wouldn’t expect it to be any other way, but you know what we didn’t expect?  For him to be the one to see through that fake Beanstar ruse.  Yeah, him of all people.  The one that’s supposed to be the getup of this whole charade, pretty much fries and scrambles Luigi’s brains before taking the real Beanstar and leaving.  If that doesn’t seem a bit out of place for that specific character then I don’t know what is.  He goes from a carefree goof of a villain to a serious and deadly force to be reckoned with.  The symbolism of Joke’s End is backed up so well that even the setting of it says that this is the true turning point of the game.

[piraticoctopus]

I had to cross the bridge before it disappeared.

This is literally as close as you can get to success and still fail.