#also can you tell i don't know how to draw inkling meggy-

[anartisticalniche]

Okay, I didn't get to finish it much but i want to post it anyway

Presenting... the Pirate AU *jazz hands*

In which I just cram in the SMG4 crew in a mixture of a Victorian era world and the Mushroom Kingdom ahah

I have a planned story and everything, with plot and such, but its going to be LOOONG while before I finish it, so now I'm just having fun drawing the characters and some comics

The synopsis is basically that Mario gets (seemingly) kidnapped from the Mushroom Kingdom by pirates, and Princess Peach basically enrolls SMG4 to get him back (mostly to have her "bodyguard" back for herself)

SMG4 accepts mainly because he actually wants to get his friend back and because Luigi has begged him before the Princess even asked him, and so they depart on a small vessel with Captain Tari and her second in command Saiko in the sea (I wanted Tari to be the Captain to allude at the fact that she was one in her Meta Runner series, but she's still pretty much a scaredy cat like in the SMG4 universe).

Alas, they find Mario, but the crew that "has" him is in fact one of the most notorious: SMG3's crew, in his Black Bomb vessel.

And with that they get captured and are forced to stay with him for the time being.

Im planning in adding so many more characters (like the Anti-cast, Chris and Swag etc.) and to also focus a lil bit on the magical side of the story, with creatures and curses to spice things up eheh

For example, you get this acquatic guys as a treat (the Outcasts of the sea if you will)

[duckapus]

Oops, all Phineas and Ferb Quotes

Mario: *walks into Meggy's apartment while looking at his phone* Hey Meggy, have you seen that video with the Inkling girl that went viral all of a sudden? It's hilarious! *notices that the apartment's completely dark despite it being the middle of the day, with lights off and curtains drawn* Uh...Meggy?

Meggy: *sitting at her desk with her head in her hands, staring blankly at the monitor, which is the only source of light in the room* Did you ever have an old box of junk that's been sitting in the attic forever, and you think, "I bet I could just get rid of this whole box, and my life would go on completely unaffected by the loss of whatever would be inside?"

Meggy: Like, for instance, an old forgotten video tape, made in high school on a dare?

Meggy: *finally turns to look at him, eyes haunted* Look in the box, Mario. Always. Look. In. The box.

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(during yet another attempt to use the Showgrounds as...well...a showgrounds)

Bob, standing in front of the entrance to a small tent: Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Step right up! It's only a dollar to see...the mysteeeerious Penguin-man. Is he Man? Is he Penguin?

Bob: Or perhaps some logic-defying amalgamation of Man and Penguin! A Manguin, if you will.

*cut to SMG3 with a Penguin Suit powerup, sitting in an animal pen inside the tent and scowling*

SMG3: ...I used to have goals.

SMG3: They were evil goals, but they were goals.

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Kaizo: *sitting in a small crater, covered in leaves, rope and scorch marks* Well, it's not the worst date I've ever had. There was the one that kept stabbing me with a fork.

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(context: the kids are trying to help Lily and Root with their first actual formal date, and Franky's somehow ended up in charge of the whole operation, and it's going...well, it's going. also Sage was the last one to get involved and due to some slight miscommunication initially thought Franky was finally asking her out)

Franky: Man, do I know romance or what?

Sage: What.

Franky: I said, do I know romance or-

Sage: I heard you.

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SMG4: *trying to come up with a new merch idea* What we need is a toy so stupidly simple...so basically bland...so idiotically uncomplicated...that it can do absolutely anything.

Elanore: *quietly building a full-size replica of Jub Jub with posable limbs out of wood and felt in the background while he talks*

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SMG3: *chasing after Eggpup, who's chasing Meggy's cat* No, Eggpup! Chasing after a cat is so cliché! You're better than that!

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Morton: You got tossed out too, huh?

Desmond: Yeah, for yelling.

Morton: You yelled in a museum? That is hard core!

Desmond: Why did you get thrown out?

Morton: Stole a pterodactyl. *gestures to the pterodactyl skeleton next to him* But it's not like I yelled.

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(Tulip's trying to come up with ideas for something to do for Dale's birthday and asked the rest of the Teen Squad for advice)

Ash: Well, do you have cherished memories with him that you could draw inspiration from?

Tulip: ...You know I think I might have just the thing. *rummages through her favorite toolbox and pulls out a whole photo album*

Pikachu: She keeps her cherished memories in a toolbox...

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Elanore: Dad, we don't build stuff to compete. We do it for fun.

Barney: And for the ladies... *rrrawr*

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Arle: Look at this! It's a doorway with ancient runes telling us how to open it! *pulls out a thick journal, presumably with notes on rune decoding*

Laharl: Forget that! Step aside. *punches the door in two*

Arle: Or we could do that.

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Bowser Jr: I don't get all the stress about naughty vs nice. We Koopas have a system, see? You act any way you want all year long, but then right before Christmas, you do one big selfless act of kindness and Santa will wipe your slate clean. Works like a charm.

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(back during halloween)

Franky: Nice fairy princess costume! Where'd you get it?

Sage: Actually, I'm not wearing a costume.

Franky, not getting the hint: Oh, okay.

Sage: ...Orbot makes character reskin mods in his spare time.

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Saiko: Tell me again, why do you have a life-sized plastic mold of Luigi?

Bob: I have life-sized molds of all my friends.

Tari: I am not sure how to feel about that.