MX (Mario 85/Marios Madness)

MX is a particularly ruthless and demented entity who will go to any length to claim as many souls as possible in order to integrate them into the game and make them his playmates for all eternity. Having existed since the beginning of time, all of his pent-up murderous sadism has been waiting billions of years to be unleashed on unsuspecting humans for his own amusement. He appears to have no remorse for his actions, dismissing his child victims' innocence and claiming that it won't get them far, confirming that he doesn't care about their age as long as he gets to torture and murder them.

He is also extremely intelligent and manipulative, having duped Lucas into believing he was trustworthy in order to gain an advantage over the child and eventually lead to his death. He's also astute enough to ensure that his victims have no way of retaliating against him, as evidenced by his removal of all powerups from World 1-1 and possibly the rest of the game, which may indicate a cowardly side to him if he's willing to remove anything from the vanilla game that can be used against him.

As False Hero, his personality is vastly different. He mimics both Mario's behavior and personality to a T, playing the role very well. MX uses this to his advantage to either lure in unsuspecting victims, or to mess with the ones he already has. MX's background is entirely unknown, but aside from being an ancient spirit, he is said to have existed since the beginning of time and was created alongside the universe.

In late-1985, MX possessed a copy of Super Mario Bros. that ended up in the possession of an eight-year-old boy named Lucas after being purchased by his uncle, Mark for his birthday. A week after beating the game, Lucas noticed that it had began acting strangely, and eventually made contact with MX, who encouraged Lucas to "go to sleep" and that "the lights wouldn't hurt". Soon after the two made contact, Lucas would be found dead of a seizure and MX claimed his soul, absorbing it into the game and placing it in the body of Luigi.

After capturing Lucas' soul, MX altered the game so that Lucas would have infinite lives, allowing him to hunt down the poor boy and kill him over and over again. When disguised, MX looks exactly like Mario does in the original Super Mario Bros. game, with dark tan skin, a red hat and overalls, and a brown-green shirt with matching mustache and shoes. His color palate, however, is slightly darker than normal Mario's, this being explained by his creators as him using the form so much that it is no longer as pristine as it once was.

In his default appearance, MX's skin is pale white, his mustache, shirt, hair, shoes and eyes are black, and his hat and overalls are a darker shade of red than the actual Mario's. He's also much bigger and broader, almost hulking, and all of his "clothes" are actually part of his body, which explains why they also change in appearance and size when he shapeshifts. His eyes are also obscured by his cap's brim to pronounce his murderous gaping grin.

Despite the fact that Mario being shorter than Luigi, MX is quite taller than Mr. L.

MX's true form is that of a black, flaming, eyeless spirit with several glowing white teeth.

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