. . Mr. Puzzles || Pretty... <3

APPEARANCE:

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 in a ligature type font, which was 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.

PERSONALITY:

Despite the charismatic and showmanship demeanor he portrays, Mr. Puzzles in reality is an attention seeking sociopathic TV host with a strong ego and an expectancy for control due to his desire to become famous and to hopefully find a friend he can call his own. This is because, deep down inside his heart, he was actually a very lonely individual who did 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 pastime and became a TV show creator after replacing his head with a TV set. He would then start creating his own shows in orders to prove to the world that he does actually have creative vision. Due to his over-obsession and desperation for attention, he often loved and savored any amount of attention and praise he receives from anyone, even from his enemies. 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 a charismatic and joyful TV host who seem liked he only wanted to entertain his viewers with his show. 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 to her about changing, even though he 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 The Minecraft Movie with "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 of 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 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 for five star reviews and fame (although he accidentally created the time rift in the first place.), then he sacrificed himself and he tearfully apologized to the crew for everything he has done for the past 2 years. making him slightly redeemed with the SMG4 crew.

In the "Calling All Villains" announcement trailer, Mr. Puzzles is revealed to be still alive. Years after the events of "SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2025" and "SMG4: THE END" with the permanent cancelation of Puzzlevision and fame no longer an option, Mr. Puzzles has a choice to make, between still remaining a villain and seek power, or discover who he truly is deep down.