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Turning into Leggy was really taxing on my body but... I think that version of me has escaped off to a better place... |
” | —Meggy mentioning that her inner Leggy has moved on to a better place in War Of The Fat Italians 2024 | ||
Leggy is a small, stupid, and gullible form of Meggy Spletzer who holds all her strength that sometimes appears in the SMG4 series as a slapstick gag or plot device. Meggy can transform into her whenever she either sees something scary and acts cowardly or is just Leggy for simply a small gag. She is also a major antagonist of the series and the PUZZLEVISION Saga.
Leggy can speak normally, though most of the time she deliberately chooses to express herself in a squeaking language akin to a Goomba. The species are shown to share an only marginally better intelligence than Mario, being childish and hyperactive. However they are rather co-operative in numbers. However, the clones disappeared without any reason or clue after the events of the Meme Factory mini-arc.
Leggy is also the secondary antagonist in Season 14 during the fifth and sixth chapters of the PUZZLEVISION Saga. Nicknamed Mr. Puzzles' Leggy, she joined Puzzles in his quest to conquer the Comedy Zone of SMG4's Meme Factory, thus making her one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Marty) of Season 14 before turning back into Meggy.
During the events of Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse, Mr. Puzzles broke into Meggy's house after giving Mickey Mouse an "early retirement" and used his new employees to kidnap Meggy before having them forcibly attempt to revert Meggy back into her Leggy state and allow the alternate personality to take over again. Later, Meggy was able to dominate her Leggy personality and thus win against Mr. Puzzles.
After the arrest of Mr. Puzzles, Meggy had presumed that taming his need for attention had caused Leggy to escape off to a better place. However, this was proven false during the events of SMG4: SPLIT, where Professor E. Gadd's machine meant to "cure" dementia has instead caused Leggy to physically separate from Meggy and become her own person, but this came at the cost of Meggy's physical strength going into Leggy when she split apart from her original persona, leaving Meggy physically helpless and unable to walk on her own.
Realizing the split would've become permanent if she failed to rejoin with Leggy before sundown, Meggy called upon help from Mario, SMG4 and SMG3 to track down Leggy, who became determined to find Mr. Puzzles and join back together with her boss, unaware that he was imprisoned. Angered by Leggy's desire for her friend, Meggy told her other persona that he was a horrible person who didn't deserve anything good for all the things he had caused or started, angering Leggy as she fled to Mr. Puzzles' old hideout to sulk and hate the SMG4 crew for what they did to her old friend and partner. Leggy has amnesia and has no memory of Meggy's past traumas, such as the suffering that Puzzles inflicted on her. This would explain why Leggy was able to befriend Mr. Puzzles so innocently, unaware of his past actions. For Leggy, her friendship with Puzzles was all she knew.
Realizing that Leggy couldn't live without Mr. Puzzles, Meggy instead gave Leggy hope that she could try to use her lawyer experience to try and reconnect her with Mr. Puzzles by finding out what his sentencing would be in prison and making him change for the better, appeasing Leggy as she rejoined back with her original self to become whole. Unfortunately, after Mr. WPNZ and Toomp exposed Mr. Puzzles' false redemption, however, Meggy has lost all sense of trust, hopes, and second chances for Puzzles to become better, now seeing him to be completely irredeemable, thus abandoning him to his fate by The Death Cube and never trusting him again, leaving her in tears and wildly weeping in remorse as she felt she had broke her promise to Leggy.
It can be presumed that seeing Puzzles' deceit as Meggy lets go of her hope for Puzzles' redemption, Leggy was deeply shattered and heartbroken by Mr. Puzzles' false redemption. She felt deceived by his decisiveness and believed her trust had been completely violated. Leggy's belief in Puzzles's redemption was shattered, and like Meggy, she no longer wanted anything to do with him, and the connection between Puzzles and Leggy, along with the link that tied her to Puzzles and Meggy, is severed forever.
History[]
SMG4: You Made Mario Do This[]
Meggy sets up a Killer Wail to try to remove Marty but misses and makes it spray on Satan instead. This then causes her to transform into Leggy for the first time.
SMG4: THE NEW CASTLE!![]
Meggy accidentally lights the kitchen on fire, which makes her transform and scream.
SMG4: The Watermelon Man[]
Leggy was one of the many things used to prevent Watermelon Man from coming in.
SMG4: We Don't Talk About What Happened in the Elevator[]
Meggy had a plan to acquire the spinning chips, which involved her and Mario sneaking as leg creatures.
SMG4: Mario Goes Coo-Coo Crazy[]
While Mario plays Pokémon: Gotta Catch em’ Asses for almost a whole week, Leggy is seen walking outside the window.
SMG4: Super SMG4 Wonder[]
Several Leggys stole Mario's flag to play with it. Mario got rid of them by imprisoning them in bubbles.
SMG4: No TV Make Mario No Okie Dokie[]
When Meggy meets Clench, she mentions that maybe she has a sentient leg, and it could be named Leggy.
SMG4 Movie: PUZZLEVISION[]
Leggy is indirectly mentioned in Meggy's Survivor introduction.
I Put Mario In Danger For Views[]
During the "Hunted by Goombas for 24 Hours!" challenge, Meggy transformed into Leggy in order to convince the Goombas that she is one of them. She succeeded, until Mario stomped on her.
MEME HUNTERS[]
Leggy is used as a Pokémon Against Eggdog and Luigi the Meat Mallet.
SMG4 and the Meme Factory[]
Somehow, SMG4 managed to reproduce/clone Leggy and have her work as employees in his meme factory where they obey SMG4's every word. The whereabouts of the real Meggy or where she is at this point is currently unknown.
Despicable Mr. Puzzles[]
Leggy plays the role of the Minions here. After they came out of the show world with Mr. Puzzles, One specific Leggy became friends with Mr. Puzzles and let him into the factory. Whether this is a trick or a side-change is unclear at this point. Another thing to note about the Leggies is that they go feral when they've gone a whole 3 hours without internet.
A Night At SMG4's[]
Leggy helped Mr. Puzzles get through the Meme Factory, but after SMG4 crushed Mr. Puzzles by Mario's Glass Elevator, and Leggy tried to get revenge on Mario, Mario unceremoniously gave Leggy a Super Mushroom and brought the real Meggy back.
Mr Puzzles' Lowest Point[]
Upon seeing how "low" Mr. Puzzles' newest attempt at fame had become, Meggy told the others to simply ignore him but noticed the image of Leggy appearing on her shoulder for a second. She just brushed it off as her seeing things. Later, after rejecting Mr. Puzzles' offer to join the "winning team", Leggy once again spoke to Meggy and tried to convince her to join up with him again, only for Meggy to toss her away into her unconscious mind again.
Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse[]
Following his latest defeat in the previous episode, Mr. Puzzles resorts to throwing knives at pictures of the entire SMG4 Crew, specifically at Mario and SMG4, but looks to Meggy's picture which remains untouched before folding it to make her look like Leggy as he remembers his partner in crime was taken away from him by Mario. Later, after the construction for his own amusement park to replace Didney went underway, Mr. Puzzles realized that the Didney characters wouldn't suffice as efficient employees to operate it and remembered his former ally and broke into Meggy's house with Goofy and Pete to kidnap and ultimately, attempt to force Meggy back into Leggy once more.
Welcome To Puzzle Park[]
Leggy, mistaking for Meggy at first, invites the Glitchy Gang to Mr. Puzzles' theme park. Naturally, despite his friends' warnings and skepticism, Mario eagerly drags them all to the park, where the SMG4 cast try to make the most of it. Suddenly, Mario and SMG4's friends disappear one by one, As Mario and SMG4, finally catch on that something is wrong, opt to head for the park exit despite Leggy's wishes for them to stay, dodging the various animated objects that the park sends after them. With the exit being blocked, Mario and SMG4 find themselves in the park's Engine Room, they found Mr. Puzzles being physically fused with the machine, to where his upper body is covered in cables and wires.
War Of The Fat Italians 2024[]
Leggy was a host of the other mini-games before getting knocked down by Mario in Free-Fall Frenzy, and turned into Meggy by him before reverted back into Leggy again by Mr. Puzzles, As a result, Whack a Leggy started. Mr. Puzzles tried to interfere the two, but SMG4 covered all the security cameras with insulting memes, thus allowing Mario to turn Leggy back into Meggy for good. After the rap battle, Meggy entered Mr. Puzzles' mind and saw his kid self, and tried to convince him that he has a friend using her Leggy form as she separated herself with her Leggy form for good. Following Mr. Puzzles' sentence to solitary confinement along with his "new friend", Meggy mentions that her Puzzle-Leggy persona is no longer present, as Puzzle-Leggy has moved on to a better place, meaning that Leggy will most likely never appear again. (or so at least she thought).
Mario Gets Lost In A Shopping Mall[]
Leggy shortly reappeared, as a rage reaction to Melony's long decision making time, which assumes that Meggy could willingly change into Leggy in certain times.
SMG4: SPLIT[]
In Professor E. Gadd's lab, Leggy is separated from Meggy and her new invention, along with her strengths and weaknesses. Realizing this separation would be irreversible by sundown, Meggy enlists her friends to help her find Leggy, who is determined to locate Mr. Puzzles and reunite with him. Frustrated, Meggy reminds Leggy of the actions that led to Puzzles' imprisonment, leaving Leggy troubled by the thought of never seeing him again. Meggy tracks Leggy to Mr. Puzzles' old hideout, hoping for a conversation, but Leggy, hurt by her disdain of Puzzles, refuses to talk. While Meggy understands Leggy's valued friendship with Puzzles, he must face the consequences of his actions. Leggy, however, holds a strong belief that Mr. Puzzles is fundamentally good, insisting he should be released.
Meggy promises her to look into Mr. Puzzles' legal release and Leggy re-merges with her. When her friends ask how she got Leggy to rejoin with her, Meggy admits she claimed she would be Mr. Puzzles' lawyer. They suspect she may have fabricated this promise to deceived Leggy, considering Mr. Puzzles' past actions, and she reluctantly, agrees with their assumption. Meggy feels conflicted by her promise, leading her to investigate Mr. Puzzles' background. As she reviews his criminal record, she was shocked to find that Mr. Puzzles' sentence was more severe than she had expected.
SMG4 Movie: Guns N' Puzzles[]
Meggy has lost all sense of trust and second chances for Puzzles, now seeing him for the criminal that he truly is. She felt heartbroken after Mr. WPNZ exposed his plan to everyone, with her tearfully saying that he will never change, while also blaming and calling herself an idiot for giving Mr. Puzzles a second chance, not listening to her friends in the first place, and letting him make a fool of her, but SMG4 reassures her, that Mr. Puzzles's action were his alone, and that he was the idiot for not taking it, though that statement still brought Meggy to tears because she truly failed Leggy's promise. Witnessing this, Leggy was deeply hurt and shattered. She felt deceived by his false redemption and believed her trust had been completely violated. His deceptive actions broke Leggy's heart after all the times she cherished her friendship with Mr. Puzzles.
Relationships[]
- SMG4 - Owner Formerly
- Mr. Puzzles - Friend, boss To Mr. Puzzles' Leggy
- Meggy - Original Self
Abilities[]
- Meme Damage: She is able to damage memes that are immune to normal conventional damage.
- Power-Down: If Leggy feels unwell or terrified, she can shrink even further.
- Super Speed: She is able to run fast.
- Teleportation: She can teleport sometimes.
- Universal Power: due to her being a Meme then she technically has the powers of the other Memes which are stated to be the Life Energy of Universes.
Weakness[]
- Intelligence loss: If Meggy apparently stays in her Leggy form for too long, she loses some of her IQ. But if she becomes normal again on her own or with the help of a Super Mushroom or getting stepped on (as per Goomba logic), her thinking ability returns to normal. (*)
- Memory loss or memory gaps: If Meggy is Leggy for too long, it can happen that she can only remember the time when she was Leggy in a vague way. (*)
- Taxing the Body: After Meggy's inner Leggy moved on, Meggy made it clear that being in Leggy's small body puts an uncomfortable strain on her body, probably because her bones have to go somewhere when she shrinks.
- Meme Damage: as a Meme, she is still able to take damage from other memes.
Criminal Record[]
- Murder: Leggy murdered Grandpa Joe.
- Aiding and abetting a criminal: Leggy helped Puzzles break into the factory.
- Aiding and abetting a kidnapping: Leggy helped Mr Puzzles kidnap almost the entire SMG4 gang.
- Deprivation of liberty: Leggy has suppressed her true ego, which can also cover for itself.
Variations[]
- Feral Leggy - Leggy's who spent 3 hours (or more) without internet will turn into feral Leggies, resulting in them breaking everything.
- Mini Leggy - An EVEN smaller version of Leggy, appears when they're scared.
- Mr. Puzzles' Leggy - Leggy which decided to help Mr. Puzzles. Meanwhile, the True Leggy is suppressed.
GMOD Models[]
Trivia[]
- Leggy was created by MediExcalibur2012 and rose to popularity from multiple memes on the SMG4 subreddit.[4]
- He was also given the chance to write SMG4: You Made Mario Do This, which may explain Leggy’s debut on there.
- In SMG4: Super SMG4 Wonder, Meggy's Leggy form was used as a Goomba reference in the series for the first time.
- Leggy is mentioned in SMG4: No TV Make Mario No Okie Dokie, as a name Meggy would name her foot if it was alive.
- Leggy was cloned by SMG4 for his Meme Factory as "slaves".
- Meggy turned out to be the Leggy who joined Mr. Puzzles in the episode, Despicable Mr. Puzzles. But she changed back to her normal form after Mario had given her a Super Mushroom.
- Leggy's weaknesses almost resulted in Mr. Puzzles regaining his powers.
- After the events of SMG4 Movie: Guns N' Puzzles, it is quite possible that even Leggy has now lost faith in Mr. Puzzles, but it is also possible that she lost faith in Meggy as well for failing her promise to Leggy.
- Just as Shadow Meggy embodies Meggy's negative thoughts and feelings, Leggy represents her desire to find the good in Mr. Puzzles. Both aspects have completely disappeared from her life.
References[]
- ↑ https://x.com/MediEx2012/status/1812486803250954312
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MediEx2012/status/1680946888084959232
- ↑ Also includes Landmine form from Mario's Mysteries
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MediEx2012/status/1680944476523737089