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Room 101 is back, but this time there's a twist. It's solely based on games but, there's a catch. Only the characters get to decide what has the chance to go in. However, due to copyrighting and some annoying 53-year-old midget woman in reception, the name of the show had to be changed. So, welcome to Room 101B (Room 101A is Room 101's store room).
The host, Bobby Nunhouse, starts the introductions. "Our first guest is Luigi Mario. The more forgotten half of the Mario brothers. He's starred in many games and has recently come into his own fame in the hit, Luigi's Mansion, on the Nintendo GameCube. Welcome to the show Luigi."
"Allo!" replies the tall, skinny plumber.
"First of all, may we ask you why you have your brother's name as your surname?"
"To fool-a online search engines into-a finding me rather than-a him." Luigi looks sternly at Bobby Nunhouse, also adding a touch of envy to his glare.
"I see. You're jealous of the guy, then?" asks Bobby, trying quickly to avoid the cold look of the pale-skinned plumber.
"Everyone knows-a why I'm-a better. I did just-a save him from a measely Boo... -a." Luigi tries to look as if he stuttered.
"Yes, you can drop the accent, too. We saw the episode of 'Like To Meet' that Mario was in. We know that you are both, in fact, not Italian. Where do you actually come from?" There is a short pause. Then Luigi looks at the floor and strokes his moustache, as if in shame, before clearing his throat and quickly admitting the truth.
"Ahem... Harlow."
"Let's move swiftly onto your first choice. What is it?" asks Bobby.
Luigi pulls out a pile of papers and places them on the stage. Looking at them, Bobby seems puzzled. Before Mr. Nunhouse can start asking, Luigi starts to explain.
"This pile of papers is anything with the surname Mario on it. I hate it! And what's more, Mario opened all my mail. Whenever something came for Mr. Mario, he would open it thinking it was for him. So, I want to get rid of the surname."
Bobby Nunhouse looks into the audience.
"Let's see if anyone wants to add anything. That man there in the green shirt and purple tie. You have your hand up. What would you like to add?"
"Well, I think that it's wrong to just disown a name. Your mother and father gave you that name. You can't just give that all up" The audience cheer as he adds "You're just a sad, lonely, crappy plumber who is jealous and can't get a girlfriend." The audience uproar.
"Fanboys" Luigi shouts "Fangirls. What do you know?"
"OK everyone calm down. Let's take an audience vote and get quickly onto the next choice. All those who think Luigi's surname should not go in, shout now." The audience outburst is almost deafening. "And those who think it should, shout now." The audience is silent apart from one man on the back row who starts to shout out. He then quietens and apologises, saying he was still cheering for it not going in. "Right then, it doesn't go in. It looks like your fate is to be called Luigi Mario for a long time."
"Now, your next choice is a bit unusual. You want to put it someone that isn't famous. Who is it?" asks a bemused host.
"His name is Tom Holden. No one will know him but I do. He owned every single game that I was in" said a slightly glassy-eyed Luigi.
"What's wrong with that Luigi. He seems to be a loyal fan."
"He never picked me. On the first Super Mario Bros. he would only play as Mario, even if his friends came around to play. On Super Mario Bros. 2, he picked the stupid blonde cow more over me 'cos she could hover. Oooh, so what? Lookie me, I can float, and you can see up my dress when I do. Don't even get me started on MarioKart. Do you know how much punishment I got on that game? It was worse when it got onto the N64. I mean, jeez, it's only a kart racing game. Why did he always have to target me. I always ended up finishing in last 'cos of him. I know it was him who used that lightning bolt on Wario Stadium. He KNOWS where I mean. Why did he do it? I was just singled out."
At this point, Luigi broke down into tears. He ran out of the studio and recording stopped. 20 minutes later, Luigi was presuaded to come back and the recording resumed.
"I don't think this choice needs any thought. You obviously feel strongly about this, so I'm gonna put it in." explains Bobby sympathetically. He pushes the big red button and in goes a small cardboard cut-out of the Luigi hater, Tom Holden.
"OK. Let's move onto your final choice. What have we got here?" Bobby pulls out something resembling a green piece of lead piping. "I'll let you do the explaining here, Luigi"
"It represents the way into the Mushroom Kingdom. If we hadn't have found it all those years ago, Mario would never have become famous and we'd still have a successful plumbing business. I mean, you wouldn't find me chasing after some ditsy blonde Princess who secretly enjoys being kidnapped by that fat guy in the dinosaur costume. No, if we hadn't found that pipe, I wouldn't have annoying mushroom people come up to me, asking me if I know where Mario is. Where's Mario? Where's Mario? Ack. It's all about Mario. NO! I don't know where he is! Jeez!"
"I can see this one annoys you a lot. Well, we can't just put the Mushroom kingdom into Room 101B. What else about it annoys you?"
"Ack. There are these annoying creatures all around the place that seems to want to walk/fly/swim towards you and no matter where you go, they follow you. Then, you find these huge bullets flying through the sky for no reason. And, finally to top it all off, there are these ghosts that you can't get rid of unless they can't see you looking at them. You have to hit them from behind usually or use a Dyson."
"Well, let's take a look at this video to see what other people thought of the Mushroom Kingdom a few years ago."
A video starts to play. It looks a clip of a documentary from a few years back. The narrator sounds like Alan Partridge but you continue to watch. The narrator asks some people in the street what they thought.
"If I told you that I knew a plumber who said his friends were mushrooms and he was in love with a Princess, what would you think?" asks the narrator to three passers-by.
"He needs to get out tha' mushroom field and get some real mates, yeah? I don't think tha' bird appreciates 'im there either. He should be buying 'er stuff" replies the first.
"He's a dellusional drug addic' in'he. Magic mushrooms, yeah? They can do that to ya. Mad stuff in'it?" replies the obviously cockney-accented young woman.
"And that bird of his, yeah. She's thick. She wants a real man, like tha' Jensen Button off the tele." her suspiciously blonde-looking friend adds.
The clip ends. The audience clap and cheer and laugh at the replies the three young women gave in the clip.
"Well" Bobby Nunhouse says, "it seems that no one knows what this place is. And, judging by that first woman's comments, it seems it's probably better that way. I think the Mushroom Kingdom can go in."
The audience cheer, and Luigi's face seems to lighten up. Bobby Nunhouse is about to push the big red button to watch the green pipe, representing the Mushroom Kingdom, drop away into the abyss. However, Luigi jumps up and is in the air for a few seconds before falling slowly downward. He then lunges over and presses the button himself.
"Ha-haaaa" Luigi cries out, while turning to the camera and accidentally swearing with two fingers. "Finally I've gotten rid of that stupid place and that damn woman"
"Well folks" Bobby Nunhouse says, "that's all we have time for today, so we'll see you next time on Room 101B. To take us out, here is what happened at the moment the Mushroom Kingdom went into Room101B."
The audience cheer and applaud as they video comes on, followed by the credits. The video shows a still of a green pipe in the middle of nowhere. Then, all of a sudden, a gang of mushrooms jump out of the pipe followed by Mario and the Princess. One of the mushrooms is even the mushroom King. Then, all of a sudden, there is a loud bang and the pipe folds away within itself. The gang who just arrived from the pipe look shocked. The video cuts away to a shot of Luigi's face. It goes red, his eys bulge... a lot.. and the screen goes blank.
Thanx for reading guys...
-Shadow-Dragon-
The host, Bobby Nunhouse, starts the introductions. "Our first guest is Luigi Mario. The more forgotten half of the Mario brothers. He's starred in many games and has recently come into his own fame in the hit, Luigi's Mansion, on the Nintendo GameCube. Welcome to the show Luigi."
"Allo!" replies the tall, skinny plumber.
"First of all, may we ask you why you have your brother's name as your surname?"
"To fool-a online search engines into-a finding me rather than-a him." Luigi looks sternly at Bobby Nunhouse, also adding a touch of envy to his glare.
"I see. You're jealous of the guy, then?" asks Bobby, trying quickly to avoid the cold look of the pale-skinned plumber.
"Everyone knows-a why I'm-a better. I did just-a save him from a measely Boo... -a." Luigi tries to look as if he stuttered.
"Yes, you can drop the accent, too. We saw the episode of 'Like To Meet' that Mario was in. We know that you are both, in fact, not Italian. Where do you actually come from?" There is a short pause. Then Luigi looks at the floor and strokes his moustache, as if in shame, before clearing his throat and quickly admitting the truth.
"Ahem... Harlow."
"Let's move swiftly onto your first choice. What is it?" asks Bobby.
Luigi pulls out a pile of papers and places them on the stage. Looking at them, Bobby seems puzzled. Before Mr. Nunhouse can start asking, Luigi starts to explain.
"This pile of papers is anything with the surname Mario on it. I hate it! And what's more, Mario opened all my mail. Whenever something came for Mr. Mario, he would open it thinking it was for him. So, I want to get rid of the surname."
Bobby Nunhouse looks into the audience.
"Let's see if anyone wants to add anything. That man there in the green shirt and purple tie. You have your hand up. What would you like to add?"
"Well, I think that it's wrong to just disown a name. Your mother and father gave you that name. You can't just give that all up" The audience cheer as he adds "You're just a sad, lonely, crappy plumber who is jealous and can't get a girlfriend." The audience uproar.
"Fanboys" Luigi shouts "Fangirls. What do you know?"
"OK everyone calm down. Let's take an audience vote and get quickly onto the next choice. All those who think Luigi's surname should not go in, shout now." The audience outburst is almost deafening. "And those who think it should, shout now." The audience is silent apart from one man on the back row who starts to shout out. He then quietens and apologises, saying he was still cheering for it not going in. "Right then, it doesn't go in. It looks like your fate is to be called Luigi Mario for a long time."
"Now, your next choice is a bit unusual. You want to put it someone that isn't famous. Who is it?" asks a bemused host.
"His name is Tom Holden. No one will know him but I do. He owned every single game that I was in" said a slightly glassy-eyed Luigi.
"What's wrong with that Luigi. He seems to be a loyal fan."
"He never picked me. On the first Super Mario Bros. he would only play as Mario, even if his friends came around to play. On Super Mario Bros. 2, he picked the stupid blonde cow more over me 'cos she could hover. Oooh, so what? Lookie me, I can float, and you can see up my dress when I do. Don't even get me started on MarioKart. Do you know how much punishment I got on that game? It was worse when it got onto the N64. I mean, jeez, it's only a kart racing game. Why did he always have to target me. I always ended up finishing in last 'cos of him. I know it was him who used that lightning bolt on Wario Stadium. He KNOWS where I mean. Why did he do it? I was just singled out."
At this point, Luigi broke down into tears. He ran out of the studio and recording stopped. 20 minutes later, Luigi was presuaded to come back and the recording resumed.
"I don't think this choice needs any thought. You obviously feel strongly about this, so I'm gonna put it in." explains Bobby sympathetically. He pushes the big red button and in goes a small cardboard cut-out of the Luigi hater, Tom Holden.
"OK. Let's move onto your final choice. What have we got here?" Bobby pulls out something resembling a green piece of lead piping. "I'll let you do the explaining here, Luigi"
"It represents the way into the Mushroom Kingdom. If we hadn't have found it all those years ago, Mario would never have become famous and we'd still have a successful plumbing business. I mean, you wouldn't find me chasing after some ditsy blonde Princess who secretly enjoys being kidnapped by that fat guy in the dinosaur costume. No, if we hadn't found that pipe, I wouldn't have annoying mushroom people come up to me, asking me if I know where Mario is. Where's Mario? Where's Mario? Ack. It's all about Mario. NO! I don't know where he is! Jeez!"
"I can see this one annoys you a lot. Well, we can't just put the Mushroom kingdom into Room 101B. What else about it annoys you?"
"Ack. There are these annoying creatures all around the place that seems to want to walk/fly/swim towards you and no matter where you go, they follow you. Then, you find these huge bullets flying through the sky for no reason. And, finally to top it all off, there are these ghosts that you can't get rid of unless they can't see you looking at them. You have to hit them from behind usually or use a Dyson."
"Well, let's take a look at this video to see what other people thought of the Mushroom Kingdom a few years ago."
A video starts to play. It looks a clip of a documentary from a few years back. The narrator sounds like Alan Partridge but you continue to watch. The narrator asks some people in the street what they thought.
"If I told you that I knew a plumber who said his friends were mushrooms and he was in love with a Princess, what would you think?" asks the narrator to three passers-by.
"He needs to get out tha' mushroom field and get some real mates, yeah? I don't think tha' bird appreciates 'im there either. He should be buying 'er stuff" replies the first.
"He's a dellusional drug addic' in'he. Magic mushrooms, yeah? They can do that to ya. Mad stuff in'it?" replies the obviously cockney-accented young woman.
"And that bird of his, yeah. She's thick. She wants a real man, like tha' Jensen Button off the tele." her suspiciously blonde-looking friend adds.
The clip ends. The audience clap and cheer and laugh at the replies the three young women gave in the clip.
"Well" Bobby Nunhouse says, "it seems that no one knows what this place is. And, judging by that first woman's comments, it seems it's probably better that way. I think the Mushroom Kingdom can go in."
The audience cheer, and Luigi's face seems to lighten up. Bobby Nunhouse is about to push the big red button to watch the green pipe, representing the Mushroom Kingdom, drop away into the abyss. However, Luigi jumps up and is in the air for a few seconds before falling slowly downward. He then lunges over and presses the button himself.
"Ha-haaaa" Luigi cries out, while turning to the camera and accidentally swearing with two fingers. "Finally I've gotten rid of that stupid place and that damn woman"
"Well folks" Bobby Nunhouse says, "that's all we have time for today, so we'll see you next time on Room 101B. To take us out, here is what happened at the moment the Mushroom Kingdom went into Room101B."
The audience cheer and applaud as they video comes on, followed by the credits. The video shows a still of a green pipe in the middle of nowhere. Then, all of a sudden, a gang of mushrooms jump out of the pipe followed by Mario and the Princess. One of the mushrooms is even the mushroom King. Then, all of a sudden, there is a loud bang and the pipe folds away within itself. The gang who just arrived from the pipe look shocked. The video cuts away to a shot of Luigi's face. It goes red, his eys bulge... a lot.. and the screen goes blank.
Thanx for reading guys...
-Shadow-Dragon-
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Well done, SD, you'll probably win for this, y'know.
Great stuff Shadowdragon! Shame a few select idiots had to ruin it, but a darn good read nevertheless.
:D
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Er.. okay. Well *I* think you can be forgiven you spammer spammerson but it's just ShadowDragon you've got to get past now.
And you don't want to see HIM angry.. ;)
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Er.. okay. Well *I* think you can be forgiven you spammer spammerson but it's just ShadowDragon you've got to get past now.
And you don't want to see HIM angry.. ;)
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> Tiltawhirl wrote:
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