Why the Shroobs are Mario's most evil villains 

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Partners in Time is Basically a Horror Movie

The scariest part of the shroobs is, it reminds us of how Humans used to be, and some still are. Psycho killer genre is more scary for me than ghost stories movies, because psycho killers do exist irl.

I could imagine that if they found out about the Dark Star and got to it first, Fawful would've teamed up with the Mario Bros and Bowser to stop them.

Shroobs may come from a dying planet, but that does not justify all the atrocities they committed throughout Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time. The Shroobs could have lived peacefully with their new home's native creatures. But nope, they decide to torture, kill, and destroy everything in sight, and their presumed extinction is the price they paid.

I mean despite their merciless genocidal nature, at the same time, the shroobs are oddly charming in a way that's enough to make me smile. Mainly their interactions with each other that lack dialogue during awkward situations.

Elder Princess Shroob is an amazing plot twist. If you didn’t see it coming. Throughout the game several characters get scared of the Cobalt Star, claiming they saw someone looking at them. But later the game she disguises herself as “the spirit of the cobalt star” which makes you lower your guard. So its a twist that is unexpected, but not one that comes out of nowhere.

Well, if you really pay attention to the shroobs' dialogue, there is a very freightening yet clever detail: One specific combination of letters they repeat more than anything over and over... At the very end of the game we get subtitles and it is revealed that this word means "DESTROY" So for the majority of the game you get shroobs saying "DESTROYDESTROYDESTROY" They literally just want to destroy.

Because to them, as the unnamed goose would say, “peace was never an option.”

Very good cover. But they are also cute/childish and have great character (especially the environments) design. They are also intended to be humourous as a parody of jingoism. Another factor is that you don't know how far they'll go next, especially when in the gigantic castle.

*Cough cough* Dimentio tried to destroy the entire multiverse *Cough Cough* He also was like the only Mario villain to actually kill off Mario.... *Cough Cough*

Why does RU-vid only decide to recommend me this video now? Well better late than never I guess. Honestly I think you really hit the nail on the head, the Shroobs were and still are some of the best Mario antagonists. Getting to slowly see their plan unfolding over the story is chilling, and it was done so my better here than it was with Fawful or Cackletta. They succeeded in their goal, the past is theirs, and they aren’t pushovers either. They will destroy small villages, large towns, take advantage of innocent creatures and do whatever it takes to stay in control. I’m really glad Partners in Time came out when it did, otherwise if I came out today with all the dark undertones and plot points, so much stuff would have to be changed considering how safe the Mario brand has gotten as late. They’re still capable of making great games, Mario Wonder looks to finally be branching out, but there’s no doubt in my mind we’ll never get a Mario game quite like Partners in Time again. Sorry for the long essay lol, I just love this game so much and the Shroobs are a big reason why.

I love this video! I've never seen someone talk about how messed up the Shroobs actually are, they definitely ran with the alien invasion trope really well! Also those comics are really cute!

One thing you didn't mention about Shroobs: There was one unfroozen Shroob in Bowser's Inside Story in Fawful Threater when Bowser was looking for a seat.

This is a great video! I found the toads in the trees really scary when I was younger and looking back this game is really dark

I think Dark Star from BiS might have been more evil than the Shroobs. I'm not quite sure what his motivation was. I know he wanted to create black holes. The Shroobs, as awful as they were, at least had a motivation and seemingly had a few lines they wouldn't cross (very few, but they were there, if Dark Star had his way, the Mushroom Kingdom planet would've bit the dust and likely so would have the entire solar system.

Rewatching this video and noticing I didn't edit out the breathing noises lol.

Interesting take. This was my first RPG too, after playing Mario games like SMW, SM64DS and MKDS. These guys terrified me. I straight up feared the final boss when I couldn't beat it. Needless to say I was kind of stupid at RPGs back then. I didn't understand how to upgrade gear really. I think this is mostly spot on, but thinking about it more, the Shroobs may have their motives. I see the final boss as the ruler of a dying kingdom who has gone maniacal. It's possible that they aren't truly evil but feel they have no other choice but to invade since their planet was dying. The final boss is simply Princess Shroob's last stand. That and you just killed her sister before it.

Partners In Time was a great game for having some surprisingly evil villains, the total mood whiplash early on is jarring and downright haunting. You have a peppy version of the Super Mario Bros theme and a friendly grassland, then you get a sample of what's to come and it's still "okay, these alien dudes are our enemies" then playtime is over as you enter Hollijolli Village, everything's dark and desolate, the music is depressing, and your first boss battle of the game is initially unwinnable. I totally agree that Toadwood Forest is the darkest part of the game, the Vim Factory being a close second. Things brighten up a bit afterwards and the game for awhile loses the grim bleakness of the beginning, at least until Toad Town. It seems the mood of the game changes after the Shroobs suffer their first big defeat. Despite all the darkness within, there's also tons of funny moments, but I gotta love how the box it came in makes it sound like it'll be a lighthearted comedy game, but then reality gives us a cold slap in the face when we enter Hollijolli Village. I like that AlphaDream didn't hold back, though. On a side note, the grasslands on the first 2-3 screens in the outskirts of Hollijolli Village before the stairs is a special part of the Mushroom Kingdom, it's the only part of the game that remains completely untouched by Shroob invaders (even Bowser's castle indirectly was when the Koopa Cruiser crashed there after being shot down by Shroobs). PS: I wasn't aware of RPG/platformer separation of universes until you mentioned it in this video. I, too, wondered why in Galaxy there's no mention of the Shroobs, I'm 23 and just learned that, haha. But I would like to see the two universes combine together. I do like that a lot of the same characters, including minor ones, are used in both, though, like E. Gadd

I never thought of the shroobs this way

R.I.P. The Shroobs? (2005-2019)

They should have put in a translator for the Shroobs, because I couldn’t understand a word they said.

I think there is one detail that is missing. The intro narration states why the Shroobs are doing this. Because they grew bored of their old planet. They literally conquer, suck the planet dry and when there is nothing left, they grow bored and repeat the process.....

excellent vid!!!! highly informational and enjoyable, really makes me wanna play this game

The one moment that absolutely shook me was when you find Princess Peach and she turns around and has a shroob mushroom on her face

One thing that you touched on that I love about the Shroobs is how much you can infer about their culture from their actions. Their home planet was depicted as being pretty desolate. It was dying, and the Shroobs most likely had to fight hard to survive. Whether it was against the elements, local wildlife, or maybe even against rival Shroob clans, they developed a warlike culture to try to conserve and gather as many resources they could for themselves. It was to the point that, when they arrived to the Mushroom Kingdom, it's like they couldn't fathom that a species could live peacefully. Granted, they instantly went on the offense and couldn't speak the language, but it's like they assumed that because they had to live this way, ALL life lived this way. Or perhaps, since the Shroobs are obviously parodying extreme patriotism and jingoism, it is one of those things where the two Princess Shroob leaders convinced the Shroobs that invasion was the only option because if the Shroobs saw the peaceful life of the Mushroom Kingdom, it would cause them to defect, which threatened the sisters' power. Peace might've led to questioning the sisters' leadership and tactics. This could've especially been the case because Elder Princess Shroob actually understands and speaks English/the Mushroom Kingdom language; she and her sister might've been manipulating their troops the entire time, which makes their sacrifice as EPS shoots them out of the sky even more somber with that music playing. They're such fascinating villains and by far some of me favorites in the Mario series; love seeing people check them out!!

I have a video idea. Top 5 best Mario villains of all time. Here my list. 1.dimentio:a magical psychopath who wants to destroy all worlds so he can create new ones. 2.shroobs:they are a brutale race that wants to kill and tortured everyone on earth to create a new Place to life. 3.fawful:he is a entertaining Villain who is perfect in making plans and is One of the only two villains(alongside bowser) in the Franchise who appeared in other mario games. 4.bowser:he's the oldest villain in the Franchise and the archenemy of Mario.despite being the main villain he has a good side because he Teamed up with Mario some Times and is more like a i want to impress the princess guy. 5.count bleck:First you can think he is the ultimate villain because he wants to destroy all worlds,but in the course of the game we see that he has no joy in what he is doing. I like to see your list even i Know the shroobs will be nr.1 in your list.

After all i still want to pet one shroob in his adorable shroom head!

I remember playing this game as a kid I am still somewhat scared of it to this day

i really love partners in time. even after years, I still play it to this day, the atmosphere of the game really stands out as well as the story, for me the Shroobs are one of, if not the best, Mario villains I've ever seen, and I'm REALLY sad that there hasn't been anything done with them other than being a cool easter egg in Bowser's inside story, to be honest they might even be the main reason i still love and play the game...and im glad abd happy whenver i find a video about anything related to the game, Good video! (even if old)

The fact they suck the toads soul to death Disturb me

Yo glad I found your channel it's pretty entertaining so far!.

The shroobs not attacking bowser out of fear is also supported by bowser inside story where we see that bowser and his minion had captured and frozen the shroobs proving that had they tried to fight him they would’ve been easily defeated

You should do more of this type of videos. They are so informativ to watch and the Thema was really cool.

*Mars Attack: Mario edition*

I’m hoping we can get Partners in Time on Switch or some kind of remaster. This game is too good to be stuck in DS hell

Excellent video and I completely agree. The shroobs were so creepy!

I wish we will see them again

I’d say the younger Princess Shroob is the worst.

4:16 meanwhile in paper mario origami king: toads are collectible.

See ? This guy gets it. Partners in Time was creepy game that was clearly NOT made for kids. Glad I'm not the only one out there who got traumatized by this game as a kid.

im not a mario fan but i love the shroob

6:15 I almost thinked they spoke in weird hashtags when I was playing this

My headcanon has akways been that the time machine created a butterfly effect that lead to the shroobs star to exstiguish

the shroobs are vile it's possibly the darkest mario and luigi game ... maybe up there as the darkest mario game overall? good video. thank you

Shroobs are one of countless reasons why Partners in Time is PEAK

Honestly if a remake of this game came out I feel it would be a lot scarier, could you imagine seeing the Shroobs demolishing toad town in the remake

When I was younger I thought that the shroobs abducted the toads to make more shroobs because one toad was abducted and there was shroob that looked like that toad btw I never played partners in time

I was 5 when I played this game, so I didn't understand the lore. Now, Since I understand, it's a very weird experience... Especially the Toadwood forest!

Spoilers: I woudln’t have felt much sympathy for the shroobs until I arrived at the final fight against elder princess Shroob, that is when it hit me that they are human just like us, they are basically some concept of ‘evil’ just like humans but they are also alive, their world was dying and they desperately needed a new world to live, they just happened to find the mushroom kindgom world to invade because of how perfectly habitable is for them, the final fight against elder princess Shroob basically describes the entire premise of this war “Which race gets to live on or die?” There is no in between, its a battle between two living races, only one of them has to die to conclude the war. They did all of these genocidal actions not because they wanted to, but because they have to to live on, There was probably no way for both races to live on in harmony because shroobs probably live differently than humans so their technology and way to live is vastly different than ours. The song itself describes this final fight perfectly well.

Í like the sounds of the shroob ufo and i play mario&luigi parnents in time and shroobs are a HORRIBLE villains

I just realized something, if they tweak PiT it would make a great finale of the Mario and Luigi series

Just wait until you see dimentio

Honestly my only real problems with the Shroobs are that the princesses are pretty bland characters to me. I wouldn't really say the younger princess is much more intimidating than any of the other villains and while the older sister is, she only appears at the very end

Am I the only one who likens the shroobs to the Nazis? They both conquered and colonized foreign realms, they deemed these realms’ inhabitants as inferior races, they sought to execute them or otherwise end their lives in order to make “living space” for their own populations, they both punished opposing journalists for disagreeing with the ideals of their regimes and did what it took to shut down political opposition, they both had long banners featuring relatively simplistic emblems that were hung across many of their important buildings, and the list goes on and on.

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I always find that RPG game quite dark, looking back at it now.

Duuuude. This is SO planned out??

Although in terms of villains who have caused the most death I'd say Shroobs, King Olly (origami King), and Count Bleck/Dimentio are the top 3 in that category alone.

There was something so uncanny abour the shooms, that's why partners in time is my favorite game

Great Video.like it.

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4:21 LMAOOOO "Yeah, this game is totally 3+"

I believe that dimentio is the most evil At least shroobs value each others and had a reason for their evil doings Meanwhile dimentio wanted to destroy all worlds and recreate them for no reason

I think dimentio is the Most evil Mario Villain ever.unlike any other mario villain that is guided by instict(shadow queen,megabug) or treated comically(fawful,kooplings),dimentio is much more cunning,sinister and manipulative in the war to accomplishing his goals.and his goal is to destroy all worlds so he can create new worlds.he is like a Fusion of Bill cipher and thanos.he manipulate the heroes and even his own companions to make his dream true.dimentio is Most evil for me.don't even forget that he is the only villain who killed mario and his friends.

ngl this game is so f**king cool, i like this plot more than bowsers inside story

Dimentio:Allow me to introduce myself

You are wrong though. We can understand one word of their language. Destroy. Yeah that doesn't help ^^' Especially with how often they say it. I think it's interesting how Younger Princess Shroob acts refined and classy, but when she gets mad at Peach before her fight, she starts repeating "Destroy", showing her true nature, the same as her people's. The Shroobs, and even Younger Princess Shroob, are a species with a violent nature. They're probably the ones who turned their planet into the wasteland that it currently is, by draining its resources, and they would have eventually done the same with the Mushroom world if they won.

That was the first rpg y played to when y was a little kid

What would this Shroob galaxy you spoke of in the intro be called? Starshunned Galaxy?

This was legitimately the only game where I would fear every cutscene because something new and awful would show up. I remember visiting the shroob castle timehole well before I had the cobalt star, looking at it for 2 seconds, and then promptly noping the hell out of there because it was so creepy.

partners in time is the best ds game

I just feel like crying when I think of all the blocks I’ve hit in Mario😭

What's the song that you used at the end of the video, pls tell me

yeah the shroobs are very cool and cute

about this gam its weird the shroobs only take over the kingdom in the past and the future is just fine?

Wild guess: What if the reason both shroob princesses are refered as such is because there is a higher ruler of their species?

It The Last Of Us was a Mario game…

*cough ahem* Dimentio. For real though, Dimentio is more evil, but he has unfair advantage of almost destroying entire Multiverse, so Shroobs are second place, but if we talk separate series, yeah, Shroobs are the evilest of M&L. I guess what I'm saying is "You're half-right"

The most evil Mario villain is Dimentio. He’s an absolute psychopath.

I can agree with that, but I still find Grodus is one of the worst mario villains of all time. He just lacks personality and I can never give him any support for a villain at all. I actually care more about Lord Crump (save for his 2 awful boss battles) and even when you fight Grodus, it's made as a joke as Bowser comes in koopa-ex-machina only to fight you with the most frustrating gimmick in video games I hate (Back to back boss battles with no saving or healing) Still, The Shroobs are definitely the most evil of the villains

Marx the jester is more evil. He tries to take over the universe, only cares about taking over more land, and betrays Kirby just to execute his evil plan. Well not that I would never do that too if I wasn't arrogant, selfish and weak like Cackletta. Let alone a crybaby like King Smoothcheeks.

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Dang, RU-vid algo recommending this video to me only now? But yeah, I agree. The Shroobs are, from an objective standpoint, the villains with the least amount of empathy. Dimentio is very close, but he doesn't go for the slaughter off the bat. He's playful and has banter with others before revealing his full intentions. We don't know what the Shroobs may have done prior to the game events, and they feel… cold and calculating entirely. Despite that, the Shroobs and Dimentio, despite being so horrible, are very likable and charming… they aren't the most HATEABLE Mario villains despite their actions. (to me, Beldam from TTYD is third in most evil but most hateable)

The Shroobs Languages with text bubbles word Destroyed

Plus bowser turnd loads of toads into blocks and each time you hit a block you kill a toad. Every block you see in Marrer you was a toad. 😭

Well i’d say the most evil villain in Mario history is like the shadow queen or dark star because they’re pure evil. Meanwhile the shroobs do this because they need a new home to assure the survival of their species. Like to me thwt’s why the final battle is so good you’re essentially killing an entire race to preserve your own can you really live with that feeling?

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The difference between all of the Mario villians compared to the Shroobs, is that, the Shroobs want to live, because, if you remember at the very begining of the game, we seen how his race is almost stinguish and also they're are dying, so, when tey saw a compatible planet, they wanted to conquer it, and you know that conquering requires death, so, they wanted to live at the cost of the citizens of the Mushroom Kigndom.

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You have no idea how dark the Mario franchise is. search film Theory Mario. Mario is evil!