[31] Mr. Puzzles [CAV]

Lord General is a massive monster-demon hellbot dawning a hulking stature alongside a head with 4 horns and green eyes. He has sharp claws, spikes on his shoulders, a gigantic ripped cape and chains wrapping around his body.

Lord General is a giant, dangerous brute in his late thirties whose only focus is being as violent, cruel, and angry as possible like an over-the-top wrestler with an evil persona. Despite this, he secretly has a soft spot with many issues for the happiest things he sees.

Lady Killer is a tall humanoid ninja-like mantis robot dawning green armor, with red glasses, a green wide-brimmed hat with a single feather and boots covered in many various stickers. She also wields a long, sharp sword.

Not much is known about Lady Killer personality-wise, but what is known is that she is silent, quick and agile. She also seems to have a special interest in stickers.

The Pink Thing is like what her villain name suggests.... a small pink rat-like thing. She has 4 ears and large glasses with a long hand tail. She also dawns a black coat with a skull-shaped buckle on her belt with cardboard shoulder pads as well as small boots.

The Pink Thing is a preppy, nerdy bookworm who tries to put on a "tough guy" facade, but despite her best efforts, she just can't help but coming off as cute. She is also shown to get excited at the prospect of doing evil things. Being a certified "nerd" and villainess amateur, she uses her books in order to figure out how to best deal with her victims (i.e. How To Kill book) However, she gets so into her nerdy behaviour she may waste too much time, allowing her victims to get away. The Pink Thing also loves collecting villain-inflicted injuries such as when she asked The Big Bad to smack her with his cane

Mr. WPNZ (or just WPNZ for short) is a major antagonist of the SMG4 series, specifically as the secondary antagonist of the PUZZLEVISION Saga & the Showgrounds Era and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Mr. Puzzles) of the 15th and final season of the show. He will be the deuteragonist of Calling All Villains, the non-direct sequel series to SMG4.

Once a former assassin who once undertook fierce missions, found himself falling in love with a young anthropomorphic cat named Katana (later changed it to "Karen"). After leaving her, he began to yearn for a connection with his family, especially as he wanted to be seen as the 'cool and fun' father to his children. Following a permanent divorce from his wife due to his past actions that harmed her family, he would then meet Mr. Puzzles, who offered him his hand in alliance and friendship. However, after breaking him out of prison, Puzzles started to unexpectedly form a strong bond with him and Toomp and believed he had found a friend at last. But he betrayed him as part of his scheme to portray himself as a hero, this betrayal left the cyborg assassin furious and hungry for revenge, but it also made Puzzles realize the depth of their bond they developed. Eventually, after a chase and battle through time and space, Mr. Puzzles admitted his guilt, and expressed regret for betraying their bond over somebody else, leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of their friendship. As they (and the Glitchy Gang) faced a time-eating anomaly, the two friends decided to seal it from the inside, knowing they might not return, and Puzzles says goodbye to Meggy. WPNZ's ex-wife reflected on his self-sacrifice, shedding tears for the man she once loved.

Following their self-imposed exile, he and Puzzles were separated after closing the rift, causing them to presumably end up in two different places. A few years later, he builds a memorial for his friend by piling up (most likely stolen) tv's and carving his face on the wall with the

Friends
Mr. WPNZ
The Pink Thing
Lord General
Lady Killer
Dave †
Bone Drones
The Big Bad
Toomp (still misses him)

Mr. Puzzles is a TV head man with a tall body. His head is a vintage CRT TV from the 70s, which has some buttons and two knobs. He also has a small black bowler hat with two antennae sticking out of it; a straight right antenna and a bent left antenna, and a "Puzzlevision" logo at the bottom framing. He uses the screen as his face, in which his face has mismatching eyes and six teeth individually colored as yellow, cyan, green, pink, red, and blue, which is intended to resemble the SMPTE color bars.
He wears a white shirt with long puffy sleeves and a gray vest, black bowtie, black pants with puzzle patterns on them which comes along with suspenders with puzzle buttons. He also wears white rubberhose-styled gloves and black and white shoes.

Unlike his original look, he now wears a magenta bowtie, his vest is now darker in color, and his facial expressions are now moving smoothly and fluidly. He’s quite tall. About 2 meters.

It's at this point that the Paper King realizes Puzzles is with the villains, but still extends the olive branch to him, recognizing that he isn't entirely happy with what he's doing. So Puzzles agrees, the king enthusiastically turns around, ready to start their new lives together... and Puzzles shatters his head using the blank blue notepad he was writing with previously to get the pencil. Then The Big Bad arrived to judge the group, and though they got the pencil, they failed at everything else, only being spared from elimination due to him seeing real potential in them before sticking them into Batch Z, with another unfortunate unnamed team already lost their lives.

In spite of ranking incredibly low on the scoreboard, the team still tries to treat the mission as a success and celebrate. Soon everyone realizes that to win, they will have to betray their companions since only one person gets to be the next big bad, with all that it implies. As a result, they decide that it's best they treat one another only as acquaintances before the Inevitable Mutual Betrayal that awaits their team. Unfortunately, Puzzles is already close friends with WPNZ, which they both realize, with WPNZ's attempt to put Puzzles at ease by claiming they can't die falling flat. The group returned to the lair to prepare for the next mission while trying to avoid the unfortunate price of failure, WPNZ is in a shooting gallery and imagines Puzzles in the target's place right before the shot hits. He's visibly horrified afterward, indicating he really doesn't want to hurt or betray him, and knows exactly what's at stake. Puzzles forcibly changes his mood from depressed to normal, with visible strain leaking through a twitching eye.

The group were sent to the planet, and though Mr. Puzzles tried to create a plan, it quickly fell apart as the group refused to accept one person as the leader, resulting in chipping the pencil. Furious, the king began using the pencil against the group, forcing them to flee and regroup, forming a plan using teamwork, thanks to Lady Killer's silent advice. Under the new plan, Mr. Puzzles dressed as a jester and distracted the king, allowing the others to attack the town, forcing him to send all of his guards out to protect the populace. Mr. Puzzles then attempted to steal the pencil, though the king's pacing impeded his efforts, until The Paper King pours his heart out to Puzzles while he's disguised as his jester, saying he hates his own life because of how miserable it is being the king and that he only took up the role because it's what his late father wanted. After Puzzles relates to him by mentioning him leaving everything behind in his universe after everything he did to a girl he once knew along with her friends, the king offers that they both run away, during which Puzzles tries to strike the latter to get his treasured Sacred Scribbler.

Upon arriving at the lair, Mr. Puzzles looks closely at the tournament's leaderboard, he notices the "Villains Eliminated" section and realizes he may not make it out of the competition alive, before being assigned to a room with The Pink Thing, who he tried to intimidate before Lord General intimidated him. Then Lady Killer revealed herself and attacked Mr. Puzzles, before giving him a sticker and revealing it to have been a joke. And then there's Dave. The last person to arrive was Mr. WPNZ, having gotten the same announcement, and he and Mr. Puzzles reunited and shared their personal stories of what happened following being separated before the group was called down to The Big Bad's personal lair. There's no bad blood between them, no lingering grudges over what had happened back in SMG4—the two have clearly patched up their old wounds and are lifelong friends again. Once the group arrived at The Big Bad's lair, following his "introduction" of scaring them and his musical number, he violently murders Dave and introduced the group's mission: steal the paper king of Origam-3's pencil to subjugate the population, but warns them that if they do a very poor job within his competition and fail, they will be met with a punishment so grave that even he has the decency to not say it out loud.

Years have gone by since SMG4 retired as a content creator and his show’s inevitable end. Although this story doesn’t directly follow its continuity, Mr. Puzzles and Mr. WPNZ have survived their heroic act to close a universe-threatening rift, leaving them stranded in a new unfamiliar world. Now, a directionless Mr. Puzzles permanently abandons all of his long-held obsessions with SMG4 and his gang, with having already done enough torment, and having accomplished one genuinely good act. After years of failing to find a purpose following a portal mishap, Puzzles' life has been rough since his literal departure from the SMG4 series; he's stuck working an office job that he hates, he's unable to make a success doing anything else, and is so desperate to make his way up in life that he's resorted to stealing lottery tickets. Back home, Mr. Puzzles has a drawing of Meggy and Toomp placed next to the memorial he had for Mr. WPNZ, showing that Mr. Puzzles has not forgotten about the two of them and still misses her. Mr. Puzzles was on the brink of "turning himself off" for good when the galaxy's most notorious villain, The Big Bad sent out his announcement that he's dying, before calling every villain who sees it to his evil lair to fill up his place. Succeeded, and he promises them the perfect chance at redemption. Fail, then well... They don't wanna find out. Reinvigorated by the announcement, Mr. Puzzles set his home on fire before leaving for the space castle.

Mr. Puzzles is driven by a deep desire for fame and companionship, presenting himself as a silly and lovable TV host, but beneath that goofy exterior lies a power-hungry and neurotic sociopath. His past of severe isolation has left him with an intense need for real friendship, which drives his actions. After committing serious psychological crimes in his quest for validation, he gained a reputation as someone who can never be redeemed.

Following the events of the SMG4 series, he faces the emotional consequences of his complicated past, trying to leave behind his old desires for fame and distance himself from the Glitchy Gang. Now, he sets out to compete against the universe's most heinous villains for the coveted title of the next Big Bad. The pivotal question remains: Will he make the ultimate choice of continuing on with his villainous path or will he truly become a better person?

Mr. Puzzles had a long complicated history with SMG4, he is depicted as a flamboyant and unstable sociopath fixated on fame and validation, often using manipulation and psychological abuse to further his entertainment goals while disregarding the traumatic pain he inflicts on others. His obsession with achieving "5-star ratings" reduces people to mere tools, and his insecurity leads to violent outbursts when things don't go his way. Rooted in a lonely childhood marked by a neglectful father and a lack of true friendships, his addiction to television serves as an escape, culminating in a act of self-mutilation where he replaces his own head with a TV set. After facing numerous setbacks and time in prison, Mr. Puzzles begins to recognize that his fame obsession conceals a deeper desire for friendship. However, his neurotic and manipulative nature obstructs genuine connections, causing him to betray those who care for him, and become not only both a stigmatized disgrace and public enemy number 1 to the Mushroom Kingdom, but also being the definition of a menace to society and the best of a bad situation, as well as becoming the worst human being known to the SMG4verse. Feeling genuine remorse for his actions and a desperate need to make amends, he attempts to rewrite his past, though others perceive this as evasion of emotional responsibility. Ultimately, his journey reveals the necessity of confronting his past misdeeds rather than trying to erase them, as this realization is crucial for alleviating his guilt and trying to improve the show, he decided to finally abandon his life long pursuit of fame and creative vision, then banish himself for every trauma he has inflicted.