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“

Like you, Meggy! Your performance in Western Spaghetti brought me to tears! Watching you DIE OVER AND OVER– oh, the emotion was so RAW! And SMG4! Who knew you could play an antagonist so well? High marks from me. You are all the best cast a producer can ask for!

” —Mr. Puzzles mocking both Meggy and SMG4, PUZZLEVISION (2024)

Mr. Puzzles was a major character and one of the two final antagonists of the SMG4 series, alongside Mr. WPNZ. He was introduced as the titular main antagonist of the PUZZLEVISION story collection and was the final storyline saga antagonist in the SMG4 series, making him a reoccurring villain.

He was a powerful TV entity who started out as an ordinary person before replacing his head with a television set, which gives him many powerful but dangerous abilities centered around television and an obsession for control. His childhood loneliness and the dismissal of his "creative" dreams by his father and those around him fueled an obsession with media and a desire to gain fame and recognition through entertainment, which ultimately led him to establish his own entertainment company and streaming platform, "PUZZLEVISION". His self-centered nature often lauds his own achievements and prefers to work independently. Known for his insane perfectionism, he strives for impeccable results from his plans and creations with the belief that they are flawless, and wants as little interference from collaborators as possible. He was the longest-running opponent of the SMG4 crew as he has instigated numerous chaotic events and committed various crimes in his relentless pursuit of achieving his goals.

After all his plans failed which included getting an 5-star rating through his Puzzlevision streaming service, take control of the Comedy Zone in SMG4s Meme Factory to regain his ratings, and follow his childhood dream of opening his own amusement park, he would experience friendship for the first time initially with Leggy but Mr. Puzzles was then arrested by the SMG4 crew after his amusement park dream failed. During his time in captivity, he became disillusioned about his desire for fame and made him realized that what he truly needed was a friend of his very own. He later learned of an assassin named Mr. WPNZ, whom was recently divorced, and together they plotted an escape from prison. Mr. Puzzles aimed to gain the trust of the SMG4 crew through an act of redemption, but he unexpectedly formed a genuine bond with Mr. WPNZ. However, Mr. Puzzles' neurotic tendencies and indecision to go along with his revenge plan towards the SMG4 crew or to win Meggy’s trust for his changing his evil ways led him to betray his friendship with Mr. WPNZ, resulting in the latter revealing his deceit to the Glitchy Gang. This betrayal shattered Meggy Spletzer's faith in him, ultimately concluding that he will never change his ways.

Mr. Puzzles comes to a painful realization that not only he has permanently lost Meggy and Leggy's trust in him because of his duplicity, he has also lost the budding friendship he had recently formed with Mr. WPNZ. With nothing left to lose, he resolved to make amends by seeking the "key" within the Internet Archives, intending to use it to "fix his past wrongdoings" at any cost.

After some time traveling and some reconciliation, a massive time rift emerges, threatening to cause total extinction to the universe. With everything on the line, Puzzles sacrifices himself to seal the rift from within, and WPNZ steps in to help, knowing they won't return. Puzzles shares his final words with Meggy, acknowledging that no amount of atonement can erase the pain he caused her and her friends over the past two years, yet he hopes his sacrifice signifies he did something right. With gratitude for the life he lived, he thanks everyone before the rift engulfs both him and WPNZ, sealing their fate.

Roles[]

He served as the titular main antagonist of the Puzzlevision Saga, serving as the overarching antagonist of Season 13, SMG4 Movie: IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT, and War of the Fat Italians 2023, one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Francis) of SMG4 Movie: Western Spaghetti, the main antagonist of Season 14, SMG4 Movie: PUZZLEVISION, and War of the Fat Italians 2024, one of the two villainous main protagonists (alongside his Leggy) of The Meme Factory Arc, the villainous tritagonist/central antagonist of Season 15, one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Karen's ex-boss) of the Karen Arc and SMG4 Movie: Silence of the Cats, and one of the two main protagonists (alongside Meggy Spletzer) of the breakout mini-arc. He is also the main protagonist of SMG4 Movie: Guns N' Puzzles, and SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2025.

Appearance[]

In his first appearance, Mr. Puzzles takes the form of an TV adware, heavily inspired by BonziBuddy and other internet virtual assistants—he was simply a dark gray analog television with googly eyes and a cartoon-ish grin on it.

Physically, Mr. Puzzles is a tall and thin humanoid, with a gray 50s/60s television box head that is identical to his adware form, minus his face. His real face is a light gray static background with differently shaped eyes with his left eye being larger than his right eye along with a large grin taking up most of the lower half of his face. His teeth's colors, which are yellow, cyan, lime green, pink, red, and blue, are intended to resemble a TV ‘s SMPTE color bars. Although his face is depicted as a screen, it is implied that his face is actually behind it as it remains intact even after the screen is shattered by Mario, implying it is made of light or plasma. The bottom edge of his head has the word "Puzzlevision" printed on it, which is an entertainment streaming service platform that he owns. His original face prior to his self-decapitation is never fully seen.

He also seems to have a black cable-like neck that connects to the back of his TV head, which bares similarity to what actual cables do with TVs. He wears a black bowler hat with a gray band on his head, with two TV antennas sticking out, though one is bent. He wears a grey vest with a white undershirt and a black bow tie, as well as white elongated four fingered rubber hose gloves and black and white dress sneakers. His pants are dark grey, with silver puzzle patterns, his pants also come with suspenders with grey puzzle pieces as buttons. His pants are also a tad bit short and thin black cable-like legs are visible if one looks closer. Then sad, paranoid, crazy or slowly descending to anger, he shows one cyan pupil on his left eye.

He cycles through different facial expressions that appear on his screen, using the same colored grin, gray eyes, and eyebrows for majority of them and he is capable of showing random images on his screen to show expressions or project something. But when he is really upset or goes insane, he cycles through more eerie and creepy faces which represents his rage and frustration. These faces are more distinct than then the usual faces he displays and has different features than the normal ones. Face features include creepy looking eyes, unsettling grins and darker backgrounds. This is usually dubbed by fans as Photoshop Mr. Puzzles or just the Insane face. (See faces below).

In his childhood, during flashbacks, his appearance was identical to Ninten and Ness (model wise). His body was shown as a silhouette with white glowing eyes and he presumably wore a baseball cap of some kind.

During his time in prison, he had changed into a orange outfit akin to a prison jumpsuit, retaining bow tie and there is a noticeable amount of rust around the edges of his TV screen.

In SMG4: Mr Puzzles Works At Walmart, when he was an employee, his clothes changed from orange to blue representing a Walmart uniform.

Personality[]

Mr. Puzzles had a rather complex personality rooted in his strong ego and an expectancy for control along with his desire to make a friend that he can call his own because deep down inside his heart, he is actually a very lonely individual who does terrible things out of finding real friendship due to his loneliness throughout his childhood and his father’s dismissal of his dream of running an amusement park because he believed Puzzles’ lacked creative vision. This would plague him and motivate him to prove to the world that he does have creative vision and would watch every form of television media ever made in his passtime and became a TV media creator after replacing his head with a TV set. He would then start creating his own shows in order achieve fame and recognition from everyone and to find acceptance within in the world. Due to his attention-seeking nature, he often loved it whenever he does receive attention and praise, evident from the name of his entertainment company, "Puzzlevision.” His huge obsession to achieve his dream for gaining fame and recognition from his works was the driving force for his manipulative and egotistical nature, as he had no problem manipulating those around him for his own gain and benefit, including the SMG4 crew, making them obsess over their objectives, and turning them into adversaries for his twisted shows.

In his first appearances, Mr. Puzzles was portrayed as a charismatic and friendly TV host who loved to make shows. However, this was a facade to hide his true personality and motives and to keep his reputation safe while attempting to expand his Puzzlevision streaming service. After the facade drops, he is shown to have unstable mental tendencies and sociopathic traits, demonstrating a troubling lack of empathy and a talent for exploiting others for his benefit which he demonstrated many times throughout his appearances. For instance, he showed enjoyment in seeing Meggy tortured and becoming emotionally scarred by Oneshot Wren and took delight in SMG4's ability to "play an antagonist so well." His unstable mentality made him have severe breakdowns when something kept going wrong, and his temper reflected it, as seen in Mr. Puzzles' Incredible Game Show Spectacular! due to his plan not going the way he intended and the fact that he was striving for perfectionism for his Puzzlevision service to dominate the world.

His dedication to entertainment was so compulsive that he transformed into a cyborg with a television set for a head; and once he took over Didneyland and replaced it with Puzzle Park, he fused with the engine room of his new amusement park, becoming its power source. All of this symbolized his obsessive nature to gain fame from his creations and his willingness to sacrifice his dignity and sanity in order to achieve his dreams. Even though he possessed ruthless ambition and craved for control over his entertainment platform, Mr. Puzzles was still able to be affable when he wanted to, as evidenced by his temporary bond with Leggy. He experienced deep emotional distress when she was taken away, revealing his underlying vulnerability and shreds of humanity, as he has never had friends before which was the main reason that contributed to his malevolent villain persona.

Following Mr. Puzzles’ imprisonment, he would most likely never be able repent on his flagitious acts, nor change his ways due to his deteriorating sanity and desire for vengeance on the SMG4 crew for destroying his plans of achieving fame and recognition. However, as of the events of SMG4: A VERY Unlikely Friendship, SMG4: The Final Step, and SMG4 Movie: Guns N' Puzzles, Mr. Puzzles's affability and ability to make friends began to develop again. For the first time since his friendship with Leggy, Mr. Puzzles achieved normalcy with Mr. WPNZ and Toomp. However, when Meggy offered to consult with him and determine whether or not he has changed, Mr. Puzzles became torn over choosing Meggy's offer or going through with the "kidnapping" with Mr. WPNZ and Toomp. Over the course of his prison break, Mr. Puzzles had shown signs of self-doubt, wondering if his plans for revenge against the SMG4 Crew were really worth it, or if he should keep putting Mr. WPNZ and Toomp through the mangle to put his staged kidnapping plan into action, especially after being called "pal" by Mr. WPNZ on many occasions. This indicated that deep down, Mr. Puzzles appreciated being seen as a friend to someone else. Additionally, after a long talk with Mr. WPNZ about letting go of the past and moving on, Mr. Puzzles seemed to want to let things go, but he still had trouble deciding on whether to move on or continue with the staged kidnapping. His indecisiveness and anxiety, combined with his attempts to maintain his villainous persona, ultimately costed him his friendship with Mr. WPNZ and Toomp, as well as Meggy's trust.

Mr. Puzzles' life came crashing down when Meggy found out that he lied about changing for the better, even though he tearfully admitted to wanting to show her he could change. After failing to gain Meggy's trust, he succumbed to depression and remorse for his actions. This was his final and most excruciatingly painful regret, as he realized his betrayal shattered his chances for redemption and his actions from the past has eroded the trust of everyone he ever knew. Witnessing the consequences of his two years of tormenting the crew finally led him to an emotional breakdown. His tears were not from the loss of a scheme, but from a genuine, painful recognition of the damage and trauma he has caused over the years, realizing that his obsession with fame had led him to hurt others and betray true friends. With nothing left, a dejected Mr. Puzzles vowed to mend the damage and atone for his mistakes, beginning his newfound desire to become a better person.

Aside from his dilemmas and faults, Mr. Puzzles demonstrated another interesting quirk—the willingness to teach others. This example was shown in the episode, Mr. Puzzles Teaches Cinema, where he disguised himself in his Professor P. persona and taught Zack, Cory, and Katie about cinema. Mr. Puzzles also demonstrated surprisingly great skills in drawing comparisons between classic cinema and modern-day trends like Minecraft and "chicken jockey," as well as inspiring the Katphish kids to utilize cinema as a means to pursue their dreams. He used this quirk in order to break the ice with the Katphish kids and to help them develop an interest creating their own films. When Zack, Cory, and Katie successfully created their own film while Mr. Puzzles and Mario clashed with each other behind their backs, Mr. Puzzles actually exhibited pride and appreciation for the kids' interest and efforts in making their own movie, blending modern-day trends with classic cinema elements.

Mr. Puzzles realized with remorse for what he had done.

Mr. Puzzles realized with remorse for what he had done.

Despite the fact Mr. Puzzles regretted manipulating WPNZ and Toomp and wanted to redeem himself, he still maintained his obsession over entertainment and fame, as shown in SMG4: Mr Puzzles Works At Walmart. Furthermore, he expressed disbelief and disdain at the fact he stooped so low as to work a part-time job at a Walmart against his will, describing it as "subpar customer service." If anything, this obsession grew stronger, as he went completely manic at the idea of making something as mundane as a Walmart into something big and popular. This was likely due to the fact he had been in complete obscurity for over a year and had very little chances to use his creativity like he used to compared to when he was making shows for his PUZZLEVISION service and running Puzzle Park. This trait remained unchanged, but was not directly responsible for the ruination his friendship with Mr. WPNZ to start with. Mr. Puzzles' impulsiveness and obsession with entertainment and fame lead him to make dramatic, unnecessary, and even outright ridiculous changes to the store, ranging from redesigning the bathroom to make it aesthetically pleasing for the employees, driving Wild Wing cars throughout the store instead of pushing shopping carts, "reforming" Wario, Dr. Pootis, Marty, and El Bombo by forcing them to watch a 28-hour training video, and changing the Freddy Fivebears toy aisle into an entire Blockbuster revival section for pure nostalgia, much to Karen's chagrin and the store manager's delight. However, despite his obsession and mania, Mr. Puzzles' creative vision had undergone significant improvement, as it had actually earned him a promotion as deputy store manager.

On a side note, Mr. Puzzles took pride in his appearance. He was very particular about his clothes and his TV head and did not appreciate either one getting touched or dirty. Mr. Puzzles also didn't like his TV dials being fiddled around with by anyone other than himself, as he reprimanded Leggy for doing so in A Night At SMG4's… when she fiddled with them, even though it ultimately helped the duo defeat Bob in the Monster Energy River. He especially disliked getting his TV screen smashed in or collecting rust on his TV head. This was evidenced when Mario would punch his screen on multiple occasions, and when he looked at his appearance in the mirror outside of Walmart and became hysteric over his head collecting rust, becoming desperate to shoplift for a container of TV polish before Karen stopped him.

When visiting The Internet Archives, he found the perfect key to "fix his mistakes." With his reputation ruined, his friends gone, and his Puzzlevision empire in shambles, he genuinely desired to fix all of his mistakes by rewinding time and returning to the exact point in time where he, Mr. WPNZ, and Toomp had escaped the Death Cube and began discussing letting go of past mistakes and grudges. However, in reality, Mr. Puzzles began to realize that he wasn't rewriting the past just to make amends with Mr. WPNZ and Toomp, but to use that chance to erase his own guilt despite the consequences of rewriting the timeline. In the end, Mr. Puzzles showed a great deal of humility and decided to no longer go through with rewriting history and decided to talk it out with Mr. WPNZ in the present and allow him to vent his frustration on him without resistance.

In SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2025, he proved his humility and newfound maturity once again by sacrificing himself to seal the time rift, which would potentially mean ending his life. But before sealing the time rift, Mr. Puzzles' remorse and gratefulness was put on full display, calling out to Meggy and telling her that he knew he could never truly atone for all of his actions, but that he hoped his sacrifice would mean something. Furthermore, he wished that his final act of heroism would allow Meggy to find peace in the future to come. His final moments are filled with a tearful apology to Meggy, acknowledging the harm he caused over three years by manipulating their ambitions and obsessions for his own selfish desire to be considered better. He fully understands his ambitions for fame was corrupting him throughout his entire life. Before the rift closed, Puzzles spoke his last words to Meggy, tearfully apologizing for the torment he caused. He admitted that his actions to make their lives "entertaining" were not worth the pain and that he could never forgive himself. He hoped his sacrifice would give her a brighter future.

Overall, although Mr. Puzzles has displayed multiple sociopathic traits and his abilities to manipulate, torment, and gaslight those around them in an act to be famous and to have control over the SMG4 show, which was his long term goal before abandoning it altogether, after all of his plans failed at the hands of the SMG4 crew, it is shown that he wasn’t really evil on the inside, just very lonely and willing to do anything in his power to be recognized and accepted by anyone after he was lonely as a child and his dreams to make people happy was dismissed which would plague him and motivate him to become a TV media producer in order to prove his creative vision which was the main reason for his sociopathic nature. He really wanted to have someone to accompany him, although he wasn’t used to having anyone by his side, hence why he was still trying to act villainous when he bonded with Leggy, even though in reality, he was really happy that he had made a friend, even if he didn’t want to show it. It was only until he met Mr. WPNZ that he shows his more sympathetic side and normalcy compared to the villainous persona that he tries to portray by when he was with Leggy in the Meme Factory and he genuinely wanted to make things right after he betrays both Meggy and WPNZ.

After he realized that his ways of achieving his goals weren’t worth it if it was impacting everyone around him so negatively, he would then turn into an anti-hero, becoming one of the few villains to team up with the SMG4 crew (apart from SMG3) when trying to escape with the SMG4 crew from the time portals and when the time rift was threatening the universe. He is also among the few villains who had an major change in motives and character development, from being the crazy and sociopathic TV media producer to wanting to have friends of his very own and feeling normalcy over his newfound relationships he made along the way even when he still retained a bit of his creative obsession after abandoning his plan to become famous. He also is among the the few villains to finally learned to face the consequences of his actions rather than trying to avoid them in order to get rid of his guilt and went out on his own terms rather than going out through the result of the consequences of his actions (although he accidentally created the time rift in the first place.) making him slightly redeemed with the SMG4 crew.

Powers and Abilities[]

Mr. Puzzles is one of the more dangerous enemies the SMG4 crew has faced, having been at odds with the crew for two and a half years ever since his first interaction with SMG4 indirectly as an adware on his computer. Despite his numerous face-offs with the crew, which always end in failure, he has shown a multitude of different ways to confront them, such as lying and manipulation, technological, imitation and most notably, his brainwashing ability that allows him to enslave people inside his of his TV-themed mindscape or by being blasted by his finger beam to control anyone who comes in contact with it in the real world. Whilst no means physical fighter, his ability to tap into the digital world can make him nigh unstoppable.

  • Genius-Level Intelligence: Mr. Puzzles is a calculative, cunning, and intelligent entity who is capable of exploiting people who are their lowest by giving what they want, at the cost of them falling to villainy due to the power, and is a capable strategist, able to use the SMG4 Gang's tendencies to get him to 5 Stars due to how entertaining it is. This ingenuity also extends with certain tools in his arsenal such the YouTube Remote.
  • Digital Omnipotence: Due to his nature of being one with television itself, Mr. Puzzles is practically a god within the digital world, able to shape the laws of reality and existence to his preferences.
    • Creative Control: An ability he obtains by achieving a 5-star rating; Mr. Puzzles is able to harness all of his immense powers in the real world.
  • Television Manipulation: He can cause TVs to turn on or off and play commercials.
  • Omniscience: It has been shown that he watches and spies on the SMG4 Crew. This is amplified in the digital world where his awareness to other shows implies he has well versed knowledge of them.
  • Reality Warping: His capability to manipulate reality, such as creating alternate dimensions, scenarios or altering the internet, showcases his immense power and control over the environment.
    • Complete control of Puzzle Park: Once he fused with Puzzle Park's engine room, he's able to control all of the machines of the park with the strength of his will, as well as being able to change the reality around the park to his will, like summoning a door that leads to a strange, eerie setting with mirrors.
  • Creation: The ability to create objects like the Mysterious Keyboard and the Wild-West simulation demonstrates his creativity and proficiency in crafting tools to achieve his goals. These creations are able to cause mass devastation, even outside of the digital world.
  • Technological Manipulation: His capacity to manipulate various forms of technology, from computers to printers, extends his control over the digital and physical realms.
  • Charisma: Despite his malevolent nature, Mr. Puzzles' charismatic demeanor enables him to manipulate and persuade others effectively, making him a formidable adversary.
  • Shapeshifting: The ability to take on different forms, such as an internet pop-up adware or a humanoid figure, this grants him versatility and stealth in his interactions with others.
  • Sound Manipulatoon: He was able muted Mario and SMG3 using his remote when they annoyed him. Even without it, Mr. Puzzles can adjust the volume of his voice, as shown in Despicable Mr. Puzzles.
  • Self-Decapitation: While unconventional, the ability to detach and control his head suggests a unique aspect of his nature.
  • Time Reversal: Mr. Puzzles can reverse time, as shown when SMG4 referenced Mario's Mysteries, and when Mario and Luigi discovered a room they weren't supposed to enter.
  • Brainwashing: His most common power is his brainwashing ability, he has the power to brainwash people when making shows for himself, he was even capable of brainwashing The SMG4 Crew (especially Melony) with his western simulation. He even managed to brainwash himself.
  • Fourth Wall Awareness: In addition to his range and awareness of shows outside of SMG4, Mr. Puzzles' awareness of the audience and occasional direct communication with them adds an meta-fictional layer to his character, putting a gradient between the lines of both fiction and reality, he also created the PuzzleVision website which was able to be interacted from the real world.
  • Teleportation: Mr. Puzzles is shown to be able to teleport to other TV's within the real world and can grow his full body out of a TV (granting him a new vessel to control) This is shown when he comes out of the TV back at the Castle to capture Mario. This requires the TV to have Puzzlevision branding, however it is revealed in Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse that he can come out of any TV as Meggy’s TV formed into his actual TV head, saying he had to put her TV out of his misery.
  • Screen Shifting: He has shown to be able to switch his screen
  • Regeneration: While he has gotten his screen shattered before, he is capable of restoring it, such as transporting to a new TV.

Weaknesses[]

Despite his threat level, he is by no means a physical powerhouse as his abilities are far more finite in the real world. Compared to the digital world such as his TV Dimension where he can control those who end up inside it against their will, he has noticeable weaknesses which makes him far more vulnerable and prone to defeat, especially in a fight as he is mostly incapable of directly fighting against people like Mario and Meggy Spletzer, while being no match against much more seasoned, capable fighters such as Mr. WPNZ despite having a size advantage to all of them. Thus, he relies on his intelligence and ability to lie and contort people's feelings to his advantage and manipulate them rather than facing them and fighting head on, as he has shown multiple times against people like SMG4 and Meggy.

However, his gaslighting isn't infallible as someone with a much stronger will like Mr. WPNZ is capable of breaking through his facade and turning the tables against him through sheer anger alone, which leaves Puzzles in a state of shock when his greatest weapon fails and leaves him in a vulnerable state long enough for his enemy to retaliate, which WPNZ and Toomp succeeded in doing after they managed to defeat him inside of his own TV Dimension, a feat of which the SMG4 crew were incapable of doing as they were far more like insects to Puzzles in his mind.

  • Vulnerable Screen: His weakest spot is notably his screen, as it is easily breakable and can weaken him.
    • Electricity (to his head): If enough electricity is discharged straight at his head, it can cause a malfunction which results in him and anybody else around him to be sucked into a TV parody. This also results in him becoming brainwashed himself, not having any awareness that he is trapped in his own show.
    • Fluids (ex. water, Monster Energy): Just like an actual TV, Mr. Puzzles is weak against liquid matter because they can cause his TV head to malfunction and break upon contact.
  • Digital Environment Dependence: While in the digital world he can rival forces such as that of SMG0/Niles or the YouTube Remote, in the real world Mr. Puzzles powers are much more limited, along with having the vulnerability of an average person. This can be seen when he fled and barely escaped a fat Italian whose TV time was stolen by Mr. Puzzles. And despite having a brief size advantage against the other crew, he was weakened and eventually taken out.
  • Show Upstaging and Interference: Though a 5-star rating allows Mr. Puzzles to retain his god-like status in the real world, this effect is nullified if any sort of media surpasses his ratings, even reducing him offline. His powers are also threatened if his own show is disrupted, such as Mario causing chaos.

Crimes[]

  • Murder: In Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse, Mr. Puzzles usurps Mickey's role as owner of Didney by throwing him to his doom off of Didney Worl's Engine Room balcony. He also murders Donald by choking him to death, to prevent him from accusing him and calling 911.
  • Stalking: Mr. Puzzles stalked SMG4 through his computer while he was making his "Perfect Video". He also continued to watch the SMG4 Gang ever since and possibly before.
  • Assault and Battery: Numerous occasions.
  • Attempted mass murder: Through the goop his keyboard created, he has endangered SMG4's Gang when they tried to stop it from escaping the castle. Later in Mr. Puzzles' Incredible Game Show Spectacular!, he endangers the lives of everyone in the room by crushing them with all of his show props.
  • Destruction of property: The Goop from the Mysterious Keyboard resulted in the destruction of Peach's Castle and what remained was left to rot inside the caverns, which he pronounces the event as "High Marks". This has also forever changed the lives of the SMG4 gang.
  • False Imprisonment: He imprisoned and SMG4 unlawfully in order to make him complete his "Perfect Video", even when SMG4 broke free of his influence and wanted to leave. He later has forced the entire gang to perform shows for him under his Puzzlevision banner.
  • Bodily Mutilation: The Demonic Goop his keyboard created resulted in SMG3 temporarily mutated and fused to a monster. As well as forcefully transforming Meggy into Leggy to be his mascot in Puzzle Park.
  • Mass kidnapping: He helped Oneshot Wren kidnap SMG4's Gang and trap them inside of Wren's Wild West Simulation.
  • Psychological torture and abuse: Mr. Puzzles helped and deliberately enabled Oneshot Wren to psychologically and mentally torture Meggy as it has "brought him into tears". Possibly one of the most despicable and most darkest things Mr. Puzzles has ever done, he's also indirectly responsible for the trauma she still has of him.
  • Theft: In Mario Loses His Mustache, Mr. Puzzles steals Mario's mustache.
    • Inciting theft: By sending a fax to Marty, he convinced him and Mario to steal SMG3's Sussy Notebook for his own personal gain.
  • Coercion: Through the Demonic Goop, he was able to corrupt both SMG4 and SMG3 during the events of SMG4 Movie: IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT. Since SMG4 still shows some signs of sane sentience while corrupted and is aware of his actions after escaping, this can be considered an extreme form of coercion.
  • Attempted Mass Enslavement: With a 5-star rating under his possession, Mr. Puzzles has sought to turn the entire world into a TV show (forcefully enslaving its inhabitants), with him as the main character, only to be neutralized by the antics of Mario (who Mr. Puzzles had come to view as the source of his shows' bad ratings).
  • Manslaughter(possible Gross Negligence Homocide): Oneshot Wren's death was caused by the collapse of the simulation equipment Mr. Puzzles gave him, his death would not have occurred if the equipment did not allow the user to warp reality, and makes Mr. Puzzles liable for his death.
  • Trespassing: In Despicable Mr. Puzzles, he entered the Meme Factory without SMG4's permission.
    • He breaks into Mario's House in Mario Loses His Mustache
    • He enters Karen's house without her permission in Mr Puzzles' Lowest Point.
    • In Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse, he breaks into Meggy's house by hijacking her TV
  • Intimidation: In Mario Loses His Mustache, when SMG4 and SMG3 decide to rig the votes to get Mario's mustache back, Mr. Puzzles threatens them with violence if they don't stand down.
  • Shoplifting: In SMG4: Mr Puzzles Works At Walmart, Mr. Puzzles shoplifts for a container of TV polish. Even after receiving his first paycheck, when Karen scanned the item, the TV polish turned out to be one dollar higher than Mr. Puzzles' paycheck, prompting the TV man to snatch it and run away.

Trivia[]

  • Mr. Puzzles was designed by Matt Gaglione, modeled by Guillaume Coquel-Danchin, and was rigged by Evan Huang.
  • He is generally considered to be one of the most sadistic villains in the series due to the permanent effects he inflicted on the main cast.
  • In SMG4: Our New Home, when SMG4 buys The Showgrounds, his theme plays when Boopkins is talking. In addition, the Showgrounds purchase has a Puzzlevision icon next to its name, showing he used to own it. His theme plays in several other important places in the series:
    • When the Adware appears in It's Gotta Be Perfect.
    • In the War Of The Fat Italians 2023 rap battle, from 31:51 to 31:57. It can also be heard at the end of the rap on the official song on Spotify. During when Marty received the fax, his theme is playing too. It is also heard when his physical form is finally revealed.
    • In the intros for the first four Puzzlevision originals, albeit a slightly different version made to sound like an old TV program.
    • As the background of TV Time
    • In Scooby Mario, Where’d You Go!, his theme can be heard in the ad for his pizzeria.
    • In Mr. Puzzles’ Incredible Game Show Spectacular!, his theme can be heard for most of the intro.
    • In COMING UP NEXT, during the ad segment where he asks the viewer to rate them, his theme plays multiple times. After the 45-hour mark, it sounds almost like it’s playing at a distance. After the 21 hour mark, the song is corrupted heavily.
    • In SMG4 Movie: PUZZLEVISION, the Puzzlevision Original remix of the song plays, but repeats a note at the end several times as the screen goes corrupt.
  • During the events of SMG4: We Interrupt This Broadcast, several signs are pointing that Mr. Puzzles was the one behind the events of the episode and the gang heading for the "Wild West" to spend their vacation:
    • Meggy and Tari come across a TV that plays a commercial about Oneshot Wren's whereabouts just as Meggy enters the room. This is so coincidental that Tari herself believes something to be wrong due to the TV somehow showing this commercial just as they appear and turns off on his own.
    • The description of the thumbnail is just a TV emoji, identical to the one that appeared on the Showgrounds advertisement on the real estate website and Boopkins himself being suspicious of how he came upon their website in the first place, further hinting that he is manipulating these events behind the scenes and attempting to trick the SMG4 gang into doing what he wants for his own amusement.
  • Meggy appears to have seen his symbol before, but it is currently unknown where she's seen it. In WESTERN SPAGHETTI, she sees the logo and thinks that she's seen it before. This may be an error due to only SMG4 seeing the logo in the previous movie, or he could have shown her the listing for the Showgrounds with the logo offscreen.
  • He is the second character with a screen head as an original character.
  • In the credits of WOTFI 2023 he is listed as "Mysterious TV Guy", the first time he was given some sort of official yet unnamed alias.
    • In Mario's Mysteries, his real name is revealed to be Mr. Puzzles.
  • He is the second villain to possess supernatural god-like powers, the first being Niles. Coincidentally, both of them have been responsible for crossing as well as creating dimensions.
  • He is the second character to become a marketable plushie but later be defeated in the same episode he was promoted. The first being Axol.
  • He is the first SMG4 villain to be voiced by Brendan Blaber, who is also known for creating Epithet Erased. He is also Blaber's first villainous role in general.
  • His voice is shown to get out of tune when his screen has been punched in. This has been seen in SMG4 Movie: PUZZLEVISION and SMG4: Mario loses his moustache.
  • A fan-animatic created by former MOB Entertainment artist Opossol, entitled "Creative Control", features Mr. Puzzles (voiced by official SMG4 writer, Zachary Preciado) battling against Eliza, one of Opposol's OCs, and was uploaded on April 8, 2024. It was recognized and respected officially by SMG4 himself, in a X/Twitter post on April 9. What’s ironic is the fact that Mr. Puzzles' song is also called “Creative Control”.
  • Some people have stated he is quite similar to Vox from Hazbin Hotel and/or that Tenna from Deltarune is similar to him as both are eccentric entertainers who revel in media control albeit with varying moralities;
    • Vox controls the media, to exert tyrannical control over Hell and Heaven, Mr Puzzles wants to make good media for his own selfish desire of achieving recognition for his work, and Tenna simply wants to not be lonely and is somewhat rejected by the Dreemurrs.
    • Humorously, Vox would later make a cameo in SMG4 Movie: PUZZLEVISION in which he is mistaken for Mr. Puzzles by Mario and gets attacked as a result.
  • Despite never being put on a official tier list, he is considerably powerful amongst characters in the entire SMG4 series due to his fourth wall awareness and brainwashing abilities, even overpowering characters such as Melony who attempted to use the Fierce Deity (though it's worth mentioning she was in state of atrophy, having never trained in two years.)
  • While the silhouette and white glowing eyes make him look like the humans from Murder Drones, his young form model looks like Ninten as well.
    • Although, Ness's model was used once in Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse before the custom Ninten model was repurposed. It can be easily confusing due for both sharing the same body shape.
  • As revealed in the PUZZLEVISION movie, he is shown to smoke cigarettes, despite his face being behind a screen.
  • The new faces that first appear in the episode "The Despicable Mr Puzzles" are the fan made works of Richard Animations ™ as well as a Twitter/X user by the name of Sapphzeal, ported to GMOD by JustSomeDrone.
  • In YOU WILL SEE, he says "Thank you!" in 3 Languages: Italian, French and German[7]
  • As shown in A Night at SMG4’s…, Mr. Puzzles has an Android phone.
    • This is a reference to Apple's 'no villain' clause, where Apple does not allow villains or bad guys to use their products on-screen in movies or other forms of media.
  • In Mr Puzzles' Lowest Point, when he's near reaching his breaking point, the background of his “deranged” face has a warning sign on top of it.
  • Mr. Puzzles' core form may have came from a piece of fanart from the discord user Sunhex, in particular as the clothes appear to be based off this fanart and there's an indication he has a director’s gun.[8]
  • In SMG4 INSIDE OUT, on the milk cartridge, Mr. Puzzles appears to resemble a similar appearance to Leggy.
    • Apparently, this version of Mr. Puzzles is called "Goomba Puzzles," and was made by a Discord user by the name Blue Doofus on May 17. She has a DeviantArt profile of the same name where she posted him the day after.
    • This is an indirect reference to how Leggy resembles a Goomba, as Mr. Puzzles had a Leggy for a temporary sidekick.
  • Ironically, he resembles Mario in terms of history, because just like Mario, they both had a father who scorned them. In Mario's case, a father who hated his son to death. And Mr. Puzzles, his father told him that he would never be anything in this life.
  • He serves as a dark reflection of SMG4, specifically, him in SMG4 Movie: IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT, as both of them are directors and are known to create videos that's entertaining and hilarious, but while SMG4 is a compassionate person who cares for his friends and doesn’t manipulate them for his own benefit and lets go of his obsession with the perfect video, Mr. Puzzles is a downright sociopath who manipulates both physically and psychologically his victims for him to get his 5-Star Rating and plans to involve everyone in the world in to his platform, to the point of devoting his time to torment SMG4 and his friends just for the sake of his entertainment. If SMG4 hadn’t let go of his obsession for perfection and having people he cared for, he would've ended up like Mr. Puzzles.
    • Their similarities are later mentioned in SMG4: The Final Step when Mr. Puzzles names SMG4 as a “nitpicky little perfectionist,” Mr. WPNZ replying with the phrase “pot calling the kettle black,” which led into their brief argument.
  • His appearance in Welcome To Puzzle Park seems to be similar to Omega Flowey from Undertale, a reference to the game.
  • Mr. Puzzles has sung in five whole songs; TV Time, Creative Control, Tunnel of Puzzles, Puzzle Park (Rap Battle) and Worlds Collide.
  • Unlike most villains who are killed (Francis and Niles) or reformed (Waluigi, Bob Bobowski, SMG3 and Lawyer Kong), Mr. Puzzles is the only villain who was imprisoned for his actions in his villainous arc.
    • While Marty was arrested in the preceding WOTFI, he was apparently released from custody. Although Marty has recently been incarcerated again.
    • Ironically, Mr. Puzzles along with Mr. WPNZ would later sacrifice their lives order to save the crew and ultimately the entirety of the universe.
  • Mr. Puzzles is the second character besides Mario and SMG4 to have a major focus in more than one WOTFI (WOTFI24 and WOTFI25), the first being SMG3 (WOTFI20 and WOTFI23)
  • Of all the main antagonists in SMG4, Mr. Puzzles is the one who holds the record of most merchandise, having a total of 11.

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Notes & References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Within the Puzzlevision Universe.

References[]

  1. ↑ Our New Home (2023)
  2. ↑ Mario's Mysteries (2024)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mr Puzzles' Lowest Point (2024)
  4. ↑ Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse (2024)
  5. ↑ PUZZLEVISION (2024)
  6. ↑ War Of The Fat Italians 2024
  7. ↑ "Grazie! Merci! Danke!"
  8. ↑ Mr. Puzzles' Core Form Origin Fanart by Sunhex
  9. ↑ Used in Despicable Mr. Puzzles and A Night At SMG4's…
  10. ↑ Used in SMG4 INSIDE OUT as a brain juice carton brand

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