#grubba answers

[seandwalsh]

Sorry for asking you again, but I’m just so curious sorry 😅😅

Can you explain the fast aging from Cranky Kong aka Donkey Kong Sr., Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong III?

We know that after Mario Clash he was basically an adult but in Clash he was still a Baby.. than it’s like big huge Timeskip where he even starts getting his Child Donkey Kong III.

And in Donkey Kong Country he was a full grown Adult at this point but the Classic Mario Cast like Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser usw. didn’t she at all. How can you explain that ?

There exists a Theory that the Collecting Power Stars (not the Invincible Stars) have the Power that they make you stop aging if you collect enough. What if the Kongs where the exception because they didn’t get Stars at all before Mario Party and that’s why they aged normally and there only Tiny Kong didn’t use them until Post Barrel Blast??

An Explanation would be nice :)

In short, Kongs are a different species from humans. They mature faster because different species age at different rates, just as in real life. No magic at play, just plain old biology.

The Bananas the Kongs use are a form of Power Star, so if they influenced the ageing process of Mario’s friends, that would also apply to the Kongs from the start. Star Power can seemingly be used to reduce the effects of ageing, but the Mario characters don’t use this magic on themselves. It’s usually reserved for villains like Grubba from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

I hope this answers your question!

[dooxliss]

yeah, definitely!

keeping under the cut for anyone who wants to go into the remake blind:

okay so chapter 3 takes place in a small city flying above the clouds called glitzville! the gold crystal star is hosted there, and after acquiring blimp tickets from don pianta in the chapter interlude mario and co (goombella, koops, and flurrie at this point) fly there to look for the crystal star.

they find out that the crystal star is hosted on the glitz pit champion’s belt, and as per the rules set by the charasmatic southern showrunner grubba and enforced by his assistant jolene, mario has to enter as a fighter to get the belt so most of the chapter is going through the fights in the minor and major league before challenging the champ, rawk hawk

while this is happening, mario starts getting messages on his mailbox sp from a mysterious X asking him to do different things around glitzville. during all of this you also rescue a yoshi egg and yoshi kid becomes instrumental to moving onto the major leagues, where mario starts getting threatening messages from a different anonymous person. different fighters you meet in both leagues start disappearing, things start getting weird, etc. eventually X directs mario to spy on grubba and acquiring blueprints for an odd machine.

(bowser also shows up in the chapter. not important he’s just nosy)

mario becomes the champ (the belt star was fake. sorry), and he eventually uncovers the whole secret that X was trying to get him to find:

grubba had been kidnapping promising fighters and using the real crystal star to siphon their youth/potential/whatever to soup up his own body and stay young

so the boss fight is against macho grubba! who would’ve guessed!

concluding this boss fight, jolene shows up and turns off the machine. she reveals herself as X, saying that the whole reason why she decided to work for grubba was because her brother, the first champ prince mush, had suddenly disappeared and she suspected foul play. mario coming into the mix was the perfect opportunity for her to find answers, which is why she sent the messages.

all of the fighters that were used for the machine were released, and jolene and her brother prince mush are reunited :^) (jolene later takes over running the glitz pit)

so i’m assuming they were asking about this end bit with the boss fight and the sibling reunification? or maybe even how grubba pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes but yeah that’s what happens in chapter 3!

my icon comes into play in chapter 4 👍🏽

also fun fact: this is the second time a member of the spike/clubba family was a chapter boss! coincidentally, the invincible tubba blubba was the boss of chapter 3 as well in pm64 :^)

i am the ttyd fixator so if you want me to explain any ttyd chapter i gotchu 👍🏽

Oh that's very kind of you 😊

Could you explain what exactly happens at the end of chapter 3? 👀

[mrs-luigi-vargas]

i've been listening to Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi soundtracks at work recently (and the Super Mario RPG OST as well) and i've gotta ask. Why is Thousand Year Door's soundtrack Like That (derogatory)

[skeletalheartattack]

what's your favourite music track from thousand year door?

ohhhhh that's a tough question to answer honestly, so much so i had to go through the entire OST again to see it there were any that stuck out for me.

i can't say there's been any tracks that i would want to listen to on their own over and over, but there's a lot of good songs. but to pick between a few, it'd be between: Doopliss' theme, Cortez's theme (had to be the skeleton boss), Bowsers battle theme, and Macho Grubbas theme.

[steeleagle]

Game Grumps Live in Milwaukee, WI

It’s been a couple days since the show but there still some stuff that I thought to be worth remembering.

Amy, our blind Super Mario player, tossing her Danny Sexbang cosplay wig

Amy playing the Super Mario Brothers level and doing remarkably well the first life, then lost her rhythm for the other two.

The cheering for how good Wisconsin’s cheese is was much louder than the cheers for each side of the theater

Vernon killing the hype of the blind playthrough by talking about LA pets

“Hey I’m Grump!” “I’m not so grump!” To summon Danny and Arin was fricken awesome

Nix dressed as Princess Arin standing next to Arin while Danny had a mini me (Andy? I can’t remember all the guests names)

Andy was super shy and awestruck they got picked so Danny knelt down to talk to them and be super sweet before belting out Andy’s answer and helping Andy select the mini game

The Wendy’s cosplayer screaming “Fresh never frozen BITCH!”

The rebuttal: “Wendy’s may be fresh, but you’re in Wisconsin and we’ve got fucking Culver’s.”

Vernon coming up to the balcony and sitting in the same row but a couple seats away from me and my friend

Vernon picking the guy (Zach) sitting in the row in front of him and his friends were wholesome af taking pictures and cheering for their friend while he was on stage

“Do a gesture to hype your team up.” *Jumps and poses like Waluigi* “WAAAHHH!”

Zach doing his gesture made Arin laugh and also feel old because he didn’t understand some gesture he did (something about being tossed a water bottle? Feel free to correct me on that)

The 12 year old who screeched ‘fuck’ story

Danny fucking over team Waluigi and taking all their stars in a single round

Danny then promising that if Waluigi doesn’t get a single star by the end of the game, Arin would make out with each and every audience member of that team

The Brian story (“I LOVE YOU A LITTLE LESS”)

Team DK obtaining 72 stars by the end of the game while Danny, Arin, and Team Waluigi maybe had 40 combined

“Arin sucks!” Chant by team Waluigi followed by Arin saying “well that’s a childhood nightmare of mine”

Team Donkey Kong following that with a chant about how we loved him.

The girl who cosplayed Plurmp "Dankenstein" McFlurntin the Cat, Esq. from Sonic Forces

That one 2 vs. 2 game where it was the Grumps vs. the audience and the mood changed

“SPAAAANNNTTZZZ”

Arin and Danny talking about Phoenix

“MY P*SSY!!”

Followed by “Dan, whats your least fav voice Arin does?” “The one he did forty seconds ago.”

Arin doing the Grubba voice

Danny talking about Medival Times and how the horses shit a lot

“GET MY CELEBRATORY CLEAN DIAPER” reference that made Arin laugh pretty darn well

Starting the Q&A with Danny and Arin stating “No nudity” but the audience booooed so Danny replied “Okay...a little bit of nudity ;)”

Talking about making the Milwaukee show the next 10 minute power hour

Asking about a Christmas album

The origin story of Danny Sexbang’s costume (a cute but sad dedication)

Danny dancing on stage while Arin was rapping at the end of the show

The audience made the show just as much as Danny and Arin did! All the audience members that made it on stage were awesome and on point with the jokes and references. I regret not talking to more people there!

[violent-violims-archived]

game grumps asks 21-30? love ur blog! keep up the good work fam :P

aw, thank you for the compliment💙

21. matt & ryan or kevin or barry?: i think i have to go with barry on this one

22. suzy or holly?: AAAAA WAIT THIS IS SO HARD UMMM IM GONNA PICK HMMMM IM GONNA GO WITH HOLLY

23. suzy & arin or holly & ross?: UM DO I REALLY NEED TO CHOOSE? IM GONNA GO WITH SUZY AND ARIN BC I CHOSE HOLLY IN THE LAST ONE.

24. ross or barry?: imma go with ross on this

25. ross’ baby voice or arin’s grubba voice?: ross’ baby voice (im so sorry arin)

26. matt & ryan or vernon, leighton & tyler?: vernon, leighton, and tyler!

27. ninja brian or professor brian?: ninja brian

28. starbomb or nsp?: nsp. but i really really love starbomb

29. good game or dream daddy?: dream daddy

30. supermega or kitty kat gaming?: kitty kat gaming!!! i havent really watched supermega yes so my answer was easy.

[grumpysweetheart]

AWW THAT WAS ADORABLE :D Arin called him and Danny answered with "What's up baby, talk to me" And Arin was doing the Grubba voice and Danny was just laughing the whole time ;v; Then they said they raised $25,000 so far and he was like "Aww that's awesome!" Vernon said hi Danny: "Hi Vernon! Congratulations man, I hope you all have a good night!" Vernon said something like "I love you and miss you!" Danny: "Aww, samesies!" That was really sweet 💜

[askthegrub]

Hi, I want to fully support that last Anon, I've been following for a long time and I've always thought your art was a huge inspiration and beautiful to look at. I love seeing your gijinkas and asks and I'm really excited to see your art again!

ohhh my god, i’m... (starts crying) you are so sweet??? hhhh i’m so HAPPYYYYYY BWEEEHHHHHH 

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS ALWAYS!! HHH I’M LIKE.. OOGHHGHGH.... I’M REALLY REALLY HAPPY YOU THINK THAT.... UUGHH.. my only goal in life is to make art that makes other people laugh or just- that makes them happy so this and all the other messages make me so happy!!!! qwq thank you!!!

thank you for liking my art and thank you for liking my gijinkas and asks!!! (esp the gijinka thing LOL that was always a source of self-doubt for me honestly-) and i’m really happy to hear you’re excited! look forward to it- paper mario content is on the way!

[askthegrub]

hello! i know you haven't been on for a while, but i just wanted to tell you that your art/content in general is a very big insp for me!! sometimes i catch myself thinking about blogs like yours when i'm unmotivated to draw anything, and i'm just happy you put so much creativity into ur pm canon and put sm colour into it kjdkhkjhskdl i just really love what you've worked w in this game!! also ur art is SOO gorgeous !im in love w all your character interpretations aa..a.. just thank u sm💖💖!!

uwaa... uuuwwaaaaa.. THIS IS SUCH A NICE MESSAGE TO COME BACK TO.. OHHHH... ngl this actually made me tear up sgkjsgkjgvksgkvsfvs i’m like. really really really happy you like the canon i work with... ive always been nervous about showing my headcanons to the world because i’m always terrified theyre going to get made fun of for being so outlandish/just going so Far offgame, so to know that you and other people here enjoy seeing them makes me really really happy.. q_q

there are many more stories i want to tell within the paper mario universe- and ill hopefully get to do it! this isn’t the end for me just yet- even if i can only do it through crude doodles, i want to try again.

thank you again!!!!!! ahhh this actually made me so so happy q_q and thank you for liking my art also! yours is beautiful too!!!!

[askthegrub]

Hey Grubba, what's your policy on sexual harassment in the pit?

“Break these rules, EVERYONE gets into trouble. Simple as that, hyuk hyuk hyuk! I ain’t laughin’.”

[askthegrub]

✮ for Terry. Be honest this time.

[Grubba stares for a moment, head tilted, eyes narrowed in confusion. There is a pause, before he reels back, looking absolutely, positively offended.]

“I- HUH?! I just did lil’ br- Theodore!! C’mon, gimme a break! I said my stuff on him, whaddaya WANT from me?! What, d’ya want me to be the good, role model big brother who’s all “oooooooh, offf COUUURSE I looooove my precious lil’ brother! I could never hate hiiiim! How couuuld a biiig brooother hate his fuuuCKIN’ DARLIN’ LIL’ BROTHER!!” Puh-lease. Ya really think I’m THAT kind o’ sappy person?!”

[The ginger haired man looks to be slowly getting more heated as he continues to speak. His sentences get longer and longer and he doesn’t seem to really be paying attention anymore.]

“’SIDES, what’s th’ point in givin’ a shit ‘bout someone who doesn’t give a shit ‘bout ya’ll, huh?! Terry chose t’ leave, I said shit, yeah, but did I do anythin’ to kick ‘im out fer real? No! He left on his own ‘cause he thought I was fucked up ‘nd definitely not someone HE could handle bein’ around so he left and I dunno why ya’ll keep askin’ me ‘bout him ‘cause there’s no point and there’s no way I’m ever gonna see him again anyway and even if I did I bet he’d show up just t’ hoot ‘nd holler at me once he saw where the heck I’d ended up after the Glitzville whacko mess thin’ happened ‘nd honestly he was probably real disappointed when Gonzales didn’t finish th’ job when he had th’ chance and y’know the only reason he would show up is t’ remind me that the whole machine shenanigan shit was my fault but y’know what I don’t need lil’ bro remindin’ me ‘cause I know it’s my fault-”

[Grubba suddenly freezes up, eyes widened, visibly sweating, mortified at his own words. The air is suddenly filled with nervousy as the washed up manager slowly, absentmindedly, pats his clothes down and runs a hand through his hair, though there isn’t really anything to pat down or straighten out.]

“I’m through with talkin’ ‘bout this. Next.”

[askthegrub]

(asktheheadlessboo) star symbol for jodie ;}

[Grubba looks up for a moment, his expression unreadable- and then it quickly brightens, the ends of his lips curling up in a joyful grin that actually looks genuine for once, and he claps his hands excitedly.]

“HOOOO-wee, now OL’ JO’S somethin’! I mean that in a real, good way, and y’know what? I’m ALWAYS right! Hyuk hyuk hyuk! Ol’ Grubba’s makin’ Jodie’s coolness official!”

[He stops talking for a split second, fingers tapping on the desk, and opens his mouth to excitedly babble some more.]

“Really though, Jodie’s great! One heck of a punch, a love fer food, diggety dang nice hair- she’s got the whole package! And those ice powers o’ hers- HOOOOOOO-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Now THERE’S a sight t’ behold if I’ve ever SEEN one! Heck, I woulda LOVED t’ see her perform in th’ Glitz Pit back when I still ran th’ place- those icy breezes o’ her woulda blown the crowd away! And possibly turned ‘em int’ frozen humansicles, but that’s beside th’ point.”

[Grubba pauses once more, raising a hand and running it through his hair, appearing to be staring into nothingness as he brainstorms more things to say.]

“Th’ thing with Jodie’s that- mm, I’m sometimes worried ‘bout the gal, y’know? We’re best friends, yeah, but she... I dunno, it seems like she’s hidin’ a ton o’ stuff! I know that, yeah, maybe friends dun’ HAVE t’ tell each other everythin’, but I still wish I at least had SOME idea of what’s goin’ on in her lil’ head! Would make things easier fer me to handle whenever she gets kinda down, y’know. I don’t wanna press her buttons either, y’know? I wanna know, yeah, but if I get too nosy- she’s gonna break my nose against her knee like a axe comin’ down on a piece o’ lumber!! And possibly ditch me, and HOO, that is the LAST thing I need right now.”

[askthegrub]

✮ FOR TERY FOR TERY

[....There is a long, uncomfortable silence before Grubba, though hesitantly, opens his mouth to speak.]

“Uh.... well, I... uh... Huh. Uh. Well.... y’know, as much as I wanna deny it, forget about it, all that shit, lil’ br- I mean, Ter- uh, I mean Theodore’s still related t’ me, and he’s still my lil’ brother. I guess. Haha, y’know, back at Glitzville, back when I still had th-the-.. the, uh, Crystal St-Star, back when he ran the fuck off, I used t’ daydream ‘bout him comin’ back one day, mouth overflowin’ with sorries ‘nd beggin’ fer me t’ forgive him, all that cheesy fuckery. Not that I wanted him t’ come back, before ya start callin’ me a sad lil’ cheeseball, ‘cause if he did.... I woulda- pounded- th-that fucker’s- fa-....”

[He seems to choke on his own words. How embarrassing.]

“.... Shit, why ‘n tarnation can’t I... gh... my point bein’ is, that dumb plant lover’s an asshole and a fuck-up. Nothin’ more.”

[He pauses.]

“................. But hey, I guess that makes two of us, haha.”

[askthegrub]

✮?

[As if having to take time to register the question, Grubba visibly squints, looking a bit baffled-- before he proceeds to inhale deeply, and exhale just as hard.]

“Th’ king o’ boos, huh? Didn’t I see this fella floatin’ ‘round that there New Year’s party from a while back? Man, now that I think ‘bout it, I met a TON o’ folks at that mess of a castle. Hoooooo-wee.”

[The redhead crosses his legs, leaning forward slightly and smiling a mocking grin, tapping his fingers rhythmically against the rough wood of the desk in front of him]

“Hyuk hyuk hyuk, this guy’s seriously supposed t’ be a king? What ‘n tarnation d’ya expect me to say here, huh? That th’ guy looks like a real force t’ be reckoned with? That I bet he has a toooooon o’ subjects, what, with how diggety dang strong he looks? HYUK HYUK HYUK!! Now that’s a good one. King, shming- th’ guy looks like a walkin’ marshmallow with a plastic purple crown! What th’ heck’s that get-up for, even-- It looks like somethin’ he bought from th’ Halloween costume store and then just never bothered takin’ it off!! What a joke!!”

[Grubba pauses, fingers ceasing their constant tapping motion as he proceeds to lean forward even more, the smirk etched on his face only widening.]

“This flour covered piece o’ putty’s got another thin’ comin’ if he really thinks he’s strong, a real ruler, all that shit. Heck-- I bet he ain’t even a king, I bet he’s just sayin’ that to look cooler than th’ pile o’ solidified frostin’ he actually is. Hyuk hyuk hyuk! My one piece o’ advice to th’ guy’s plain ‘nd simple, though-- watch yer back! Ya never know when those boos o’ yours’re gonna get tired of some ol’ undead guy constantly callin’ himself their king, and well, I dunno what th’ undead can do to th’ undead, but... heh! I bet it’ll be interestin’!”

[askthegrub]

✮ yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

“Y’know, I remember this chick. From waaaay back at th’ New Years thing, right?” 

[Grubba pauses for a moment, lost in thought, before his expression twists into something that is horrid and ugly, taking a menacing step forward.]

“Well, first of all, th’ bitch needs t’ get off her high horse for once in her goddamn life. Don’t think I forgot what she said t’ me, that goddamn tone o’ hers- noooo sirreeeee, ol’ Grubba does NOT forget these lil snippets o’ detail. What ‘n tarnation makes that lil’ brat think she can talk down t’ me like that?! Not earnin’ enough- HA! What, so she thinks that JUST ‘CAUSE she knows a LIL’ BIT o’ shitty magic ‘nd firepower, she thinks she’s some unstoppable superwoman? HA! Stars, just shut th’ fuck up. There’re so many loose lil’ threats flyin’ outta that shitty turtle’s mouth daily, I’ll bet, and I’ll ALSO bet she thinks she sounds soooOOooo menacin’ ‘nd inviiinciiibleeee when she says ‘em! But y’know what?”

[He takes a step back, casually sliding his hands into his pockets and giving a laidback grin, thought there is something.. noticeably… off about it.]

“Lil’ girly better hope her fairy tale magic doesn’t fly off like lil’ fairies ‘nd ditch her one day, ‘cause if they do? WELL, hyuk hyuk, I ain’t too sure people will wanna miss the opportunity to get sweet, satisfyin’ payback!”

[askthegrub]

✮

“Of all th’ people t’ get undyin’ youth, why’d it have t’ be YOU?”

[Grubba stares at you, gaze unmoving and words laced with venom.]

“The fact that yer even still alive and hangin’ in there pisses me off t’ no end.”