mnlcleanupcrew
The Character Commentary and Ask Blog for Mario & Luigi: Cleanup Crew!
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Luigi: Took you long enough! Toad: Oh, sure, blame the short guy! Mario: Let’s-a Go!
Toad: 'Join the Mushroom Retainers!' they said. 'YOU'LL FLY FOR FREE!' THEY SAID.
The Gooey Kablooey
Author's Note: It is with heavy heart that I must inform you all that my hard drive went kaput earlier this week and that my ability to produce Cleanup Crew will be severely limited in the coming time. And if that telltale clicking noise it makes means anything, it probably means damage I can't afford to have professionals repair. Luckily not everything is lost. I have a few outlines of yet to come arcs still preserved and might be able to set ship back up before the week is out. But that's the optimistic interpretation. Maybe I'll have to go on hiatus for a time (I hope not, but no promises). If I do have to go on hiatus, I want to thank all of you who supported the comic for the past year. It's always encouraging to know people enjoyed my work enough to come back for more. So Thank You, one and all.
Toad: Satisfaction Achieved!
Toad: I sense satisfaction to be imminent.
Toad: Whoa, sorry, dozed off for a second. …Er, wait, was drowning part of my script? (Author’s Note: Whoo! One year anniversary!)
Toad: Really dark in here. Hello? HELLOOOOH? (Author's Note: Sorry I forgot to share last week's graphic).
(Author;s Note: Hat Tip for awesome nerd art).
A while back, I had the idea of Bleck’s crew being their own “Elite Four” (with Bleck as the champion) and decided to make the old-school sprites (based on the Gameboy Pokemon games) to match. Since then, I’ve decided to work through requests and my own whims to make a lot of other Paper Mario characters in this style. I’ve never really done pixel art, so it’s been a lot of fun and I’ve learned so much! But right now I’m going to rest on this series for now and move onto something else. Almost all of these fit within the size constraints of the original Pokemon sprites, but I wasn’t holding myself to the same standards on some of the earlier ones, so they might be a wee bit too wide or tall. Enjoy! dA link
If you want to use one of these as an icon, feel free! Just please credit me.
Director: Sorry, Toad. I know how much effort you've put in, but we the writing staff botched it and you have to do all your comics over. Toad: I would like to submit a formal complaint to the effect that 'this is not a well-organized endeavor'.
Peach: Toad, I don't think we're allowed to take breaks in the middle of a scene. Toad: Speak for yourself. I've been running everywhere.
Toad: I can't help it if you're still sore about my counterattack. It's not my fault I'm one hundred percent hitbox!
Toad: You know, this is somehow both infinitely better and worse than if you had been one of those door-to-door salesmen.
Toad: The things I do on this job. Peach: I told you I can float! Perry:So do I, but I make it a policy to never turn down free rides.
Toad: Y'know, I remember when the weirdest thing that happened on this job was getting turned into bricks.
Mario: Woohoo! (Author’s Note: Woohoo!)
ok but, what if more peach
Toad: I keep a list of all the bad ideas I encounter in life. This is now Item 7.
Princess Peach: I’m not sure what I’ve just stepped in, but I want it dead.
Toad: Are paint monsters even really alive? Or are they just animated?
I am quite pleased to announce that the Cleanup Crew Patreon is (finally) back on schedule! There are actual previews!
Doing some research into the Mario universe (I don’t know how I feel about being able to say that with a straight face) and discovered that Princess Daisy has a sister, of all things.
Toad: It’s time for another Good Idea, Awful Idea.
Apropos of that textdump on villains I had last week, here’s some neat analysis of demented the clown Dimentio.
ϡ Dimentio?
OH BOY NOW FOR THE FUN PART
I could go on for days about Dimentio, so I’ll try to keep it short (YES THIS IS SHORT FOR ME) and game-specific. More than mental state, I guess, these are the behavior rules I try to stick to for him, and why I think he does the things he does.
Dimentio is not a fighter.
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Peach: My goodness, it’s nice to be appreciated!
(Author’s note: So I was doing a check on the blog settings yesterday when I discovered that I had somehow accumulated more followers than the amount of actual content I’ve posted. As a huge thank you, here’s a fully colored picture of Her Highness from that fashion sketch.)
Toadette: Say, there’s a nice-looking monster!
Toad: For the last time, we are NOT stopping for directions!
Peach:They just don't make ominous disasters like they used to. Toad: Wish THEY knew that.
“DEAR, RICH PRINCESS DAISY! HOW I LOVE HER (father’s money)!”
CONFOUND THOSE MARIO BROTHERS
I HATE MARIO, I HATE LUIGI, I HATE YOSHI
One Day Delay
Happy Monday! Unfortunately, due to extra demands on my time, this week's Cleanup Crew will be (officially) pushed back until tomorrow, Tuesday. Thank you for your consideration.
Cloop: Ungh! Sorry! Not happen again!