Script for reboot COMPLETE!

[DaKardii]

Hi. About a year and a half ago, I posted that I was in the process of typing a script to submit to Sony and Nintendo so I can try to influence how the upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated film. Since I made that post, negotiations may have fallen through, as Nintendo recently announced that it was planning to produce its own films (although it would almost certainly involve a collaboration with a more established studio, hence why I said negotiations MAY have fallen through). It's target is to have its first film come out by 2019. Meanwhile, I have been working on my screenplay. It is now complete. It is HEAVILY based off the 1991 "fantasy script," so I put down Tom S. Parker and Jim Jennewein's names at the beginning of my script so that they receive credit. While the overall story of my script is the same as the 1991 script, there are many differences. I'm having difficulty uploading the script (which is already registered with the WGA, so there's no risk of it being stolen), so I'll tell you the differences between the 1991 "fantasy" script and the 2016 "reboot script."

-The film is animated, not live action (duh!).

-It is explicitly stated that the film takes place in 1985 (1965 in the opening scene).

-The opening scene is significantly darker. When the old man dies, Koopa nearly flies into a rage, instead of joking about it.

-The scene where Luigi has constructed a pipe sculpture has been removed. Instead, Mario makes a passing reference to it when lecturing Luigi as they leave the apartment.

-A joke where Luigi gets his $10 by picking quarters off the street has been added.

-Hildy is renamed "Daisy."

-The scene where Hildy (now renamed "Daisy") sprays Vinnie has been removed. Instead, we have a scene where Luigi and Vinnie pass by each other, and the latter warns the former about Daisy "stomping his guts."

-The continuity issue where Hildy/Daisy and Luigi arrange a lunch date "for tomorrow" but the date actually takes place two days later has been fixed.

-The scene where Mario and Luigi are eating dinner has been shortened.

-Mario's reaction to Brenda being brought up is even angrier than in the 1991 script. He actually starts pounding his fist on the table while yelling.

-The scene where Luigi stands alone on the fire escape has been removed.

-Mario's reaction to Luigi waking him up after having the dream with the reptilian claw is one of apathy rather than anger. He just rolls his eyes and goes back to sleep.

-Mario now refers to Eddie Delpino as "Don Delpino" instead of "Eddie" or 'Mr. Delpino." He also shows more fear when meeting with him than in the 1991 script.

- The scene where Mario is inside the jewelry shop has been removed. Instead, we see him being kicked out for suspected theft and having the door slammed in his face. Mario then says "well, it's HIS loss."

-Eddie Delpino's dialogue has more Italian terms than in the 1991 script.

-Luigi does not have hallucinations when encountering Koopa in his human form. Instead, he sees Koopa actually sneezing fire when his back is turned away.

-Beeldeman is renamed "Kamek." He is also significantly less dim-witted and more loyal to Koopa than his 1991 counterpart.

-The game that Woltan plays with the other wizards involves gold coins as currency rather than ogre's teeth.

-The characters that are of royalty or are wizards now have different word choices when speaking than the other characters. They do not omit letters of words to merge two words into one. For example, they never say "don't," "I'm," or "he'll." Instead, they say "do not," "I am," or "he will."

-Woltan's manner of speech is significantly different than in the 1991 script. Because I re-wrote his character with Christopher Plummer as my first choice to voice him, he now speaks (and to a lesser extent, acts) in ways similar to Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music." For example, Woltan's line "I am afraid you don’t look very much like warriors" was directly inspired by the verbally similar line by Captain von Trapp: "I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess." Because of this change, many of Woltan's ad hominems, such as "you dizzle brain," have been removed.

-During the scene in the basement, Woltan makes a reference to "Hollow Earth," indicating that this film assumes that the "Hollow Earth" theory is true.

-Woltan has his daughter, Toadstool (who is very skilled at using magic and is very athletic), accompany Mario, Luigi, and Toad on their quest. Expect a plot twist to come out of this.

-Before they depart, Woltan has Toadstool demonstrate her fighting skills skills on a drunk bar customer who is harassing the bar boy.

-It is obvious from the beginning that Woltan and Toadstool have a strained relationship. When she is first introduced, they get into an argument about the nature of the prophecy, and whether or not the term "prophecy" is just a tool for people to control other people.

-Woltan's wife now has a name: Ursula.

-The bar boy does not have knowledge about the destination of the note, unlike his 1991 counterpart.

-When Mario and Toad fight, Toadstool breaks them up.

-The dialogue in the first scene in Koopa's throne room is completely different. During the conversation between Koopa and Beedleman/Kamek, Koopa says that he once had a bright future, but two kings, whose name dare not be mentioned is his presence, would not have it. Koopa also orders Beedleman/Kamek to create a love potion right off the bat, as opposed to Beedleman'Kamek coming up with the idea after Koopa tries and fails to seduce Hildy/Daisy. Because of this, the scene where Koopa tries to be nice has been removed.

-During the conversation between Koopa and Mugger (who is now a Boom-Boom, not a Koopa Troopa), it is revealed that the Wizard Union Hall is in "rebel-held territory," indicating that a rebellion is ongoing and that Woltan is playing a significant part in it.

-It is revealed that Koopa views Mugger as a friend, not just as a servant.

-During the scene at the dump, Toadstool expresses her disgust about how wasteful the "Outer World" is.

-When Koopa finds out that Hildy/Daisy must eat all the chocolates, he flies into a rage and nearly strangles Beedleman/Kamek. He only lets go when Beedleman/Kamek says, "It’s the only spell that will transform her into the image YOU desire!" Koopa lets go and responds despondently, "Thank you. The more distant I am from the image I was once proud to take, the better." This strongly implies that Koopa was able to take human form without the use of a wand, but for some reason, can't or won't.

-Luigi is now stated to have received the Swiss Army Knife at age nine, instead of ten.

-During the campfire scene, it is revealed that the fungus growing inside Toad's hat (the mushroom thing is no longer part of his head) are in fact Super Mushrooms. They are not poisonous. Toad thinks so, but Toadstool corrects him. It is then revealed that only Humans can grow large by eating them. Sorry, Toad!

-Toadstool's response to Mario's rant about brothers is much harsher than Toad's. She tells Mario that he should be ashamed of himself for taking family for granted, which starts a heated argument between the two before they both go to bed angry at each other.

-The campfire scene is extended to show Luigi waking up after Mario falls asleep and whispering to him, "If only you knew, Mario."

-Toadstool is the one who demands that Mario give up the map and then tackles him on the mountain path, rather than Luigi.

-During the dragon fruit cart scene, a running gag where Mario keeps placing his hand over Toad's mouth every time he tries to speak has been added.

-The Hammer Brothers actually throw hammers, instead of axes.

-A running gag where Toad throws up in his mouth whenever the hag kisses Mario has been added.

-When Luigi angrily confronts Mario about the map, Toadstool mediates between them with this speech: "I have seen far too many people, my father included, confuse destiny with prophecy. Prophecy involves people making wild predictions about others, and setting them up to fulfill them at all costs. It is nothing more than a control ploy. Destiny involves people making choices for themselves, under the impression that they are fated to do something. And if they have enough willpower, their fate will come true. (beat) I have always felt that I am destined to defeat Koopa. I have the willpower to do it. I want to save this kingdom, and help those in need. But my father will not have it. That is why he sent me off with three strangers who I didn’t think had a clue. Did that anger me? Absolutely. But now, I see differently. (to Luigi) Luigi...your reaction to what Mario did shows me that you too believe that you are destined to defeat Koopa, and have the willpower to do it, not because of what my father says, but because it is the right thing to do. You just rekindled a hope I thought was lost because my father’s obsession with prophecy and him forcing everybody to go along with it. I would be honored to work with you so we can achieve our common goal. (turns to Mario and Toad, stares at them intently) Are you two willing to continue this quest?"

-When Koopa finds out the Hammer Brothers have been defeated, he flies into rage and slams his crown (NOT THE CROWN OF INVINCIBILITY) down the stairs.

-It is revealed that Toad steals to survive.

-Junior is renamed "Yoshi." The gag from "Super Mario Adventures" where Yoshi can only say one word: "Yoshi," is re-used.

-The scene where Mario nearly falls when the steps to the Pit of No Return collapse is removed.

-The group does not toss around the Bob-omb in the Pit. Instead, Mario immediately throws it at the Thwomp.

-When in the room with all the items, Mario and Toadstool get into a minor argument on magic vs. science.

-The joke about Mushroom powder going good with food is removed.

-Toad finds the Super Leaf in a Question Block instead of a wooden chest.

-Toadstool's item from the Pit is a mysterious, glowing golden object.

-Toadstool, not Luigi, uses the wand to escape from the Pit.

-The scene with the ghost (actually a Boo Buddy) at the exit of the Pit is much scarier. Instead of dragging Mario into the wall, it begins to strangle him while invisible. It lets go when Mario drops the wand. Toadstool stops the Boo Buddy from taking the wand back into the wall, and negotiates to have Mario trade the ruby for the wand. She is not happy when she finds out Mario took more than one item.

-After Koopa shoves Luigi and Toad into the Pit, Toadstool finds a Super Mushroom on the ground while Mario and Koopa are fighting. She has Mario eat it, and he grows into a giant. Toadstool fights off the Koopa Troopas while Mario attempts to stomp Koopa into the ground. However, he shrinks back to normal size when Koopa bites his hand, causing him to bleed (the magic leaves the body when blood is shed).

-Junior/Yoshi is initially shown as a baby, but grows to normal size off-screen by eating fruit, just like in "Super Mario World." Once he's an adult, he can say words other than "Yoshi."

-Luigi does not lose his flying powers for no reason, like in the 1991 script. Instead, he loses it when a falling Koopa Troopa hits him.

-The scene in the forest after Luigi and Toad fall down the Pit is much longer and much more emotional. Toadstool heals Mario's hand wound with a magical potion she keeps in he knapsack. Mario and Toadstool then tell each other their backstories. Mario was a star football player in high school, and had been selected to play for Columbia University. However, his parents were killed in a car accident shortly before he was to leave for college, and he had to drop out to take care of Luigi. He has some resentments towards Luigi over having to raise him, and he feels great remorse for having those feelings. He also tells Toadstool about Brenda, his high school sweetheart, and how she dumped him three days before the wedding despite promising to be with him for richer or poorer. Toadstool tells Mario about how she was raised to become a rebel fighter against Koopa's forces, and that she greatly resents her father, Woltan, because not only has he treated her from childhood as just another foot soldier, but also because under his command, there is low morale among the rebels due to Woltan blabbing on and on about the "prophecy," which has resulted in the soldiers fighting under the mentality that they couldn't win. Toadstool believes that her childhood friends died in vain because of this. At the end of the scene, Toadstool admits that she has fallen for Mario, but Mario rejects her advances.

-Woltan's reaction to Luigi falling down the Pit is more emotional than in the 1991 script. He seems genuinely sympathetic towards Mario over it.

-After Woltan is zapped by the lightning, Toadstool admits to Mario her true identity: "Daisy is not the princess. I am. (beat) My father was the King of the Mushroom Kingdom. Shortly after I was born, Koopa invaded and took over. My mother was killed, but my father managed to escape with me. Even though he had been overthrown, he was still the true king. The Royal Crown of Invincibility can only be worn by members of my family. Koopa is not family, so he would have to marry into it to become king. I'm the only living female left, so he would have to marry ME. My father knew Koopa would search far and wide for me, so he decided to hide me away and change my name until the kingdom was freed. Everybody calls me Toadstool, but my REAL name is PEACH. Meanwhile, it turned out that a good friend of my father's had a baby girl born on the same day as me. He volunteered to abandon her in your world to trick Koopa. Daisy is that baby. Koopa kidnapped her because he mistook HER for ME." Mario is disgusted at this revelation, and storms off in anger.

-Before finding Mario at the false castle, Luigi and Toad find Peach, who is ecstatic to see them alive.

-Peach single-handedly defeats the Yeelah guards by using her mysterious item: a Starman.

-When dressed as knights, Mario makes a joke that references to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

-The scene where Mario and Luigi find Hildy/Daisy in her dressing room has been removed. Instead, they see her in her "grotesque wench form" during the bachelor party.

-Luigi uses the Mushroom Powder to restore Hildy/Daisy while he, Mario, and Peach are performing their song (which is much longer than in the 1991 script and is supposed to have Mario and Peach think about each other as they sing along), instead of during the wedding. He then accidentally exposes the group.

-Peach confesses to Koopa her true identity after the group is exposed, and offers to marry him if the others are let go, much to Mario's dismay. At first, Koopa doesn't believe her, but he is convinced when Peach uses the Ruby Locket to remove Hildy/Daisy's birthmark (which cannot be removed by magic unless it is fake) and shows off an identical birthmark of her own. Mario, Luigi, and Hildy/Daisy are thrown in the dungeon.

-During her confession, Peach tells Koopa that her father is dead, causing him to fly into a rage and wreck the stage.

-The reconciliation in the dungeon scene is more emotional.

-The melting ice floor scene has been removed. Instead, the floor is a trap door that opens when Toad accidentally pulls a lever during the escape attempt. Mario, Luigi, Hildy/Daisy, and Toad fall into a chamber filled with water, Cheep Cheeps, and Bloobers. They fight them off after Mario eats another Super Mushroom that is inside Toad's hat and grows giant again.

-Toad's confession is much more over the top and comical, to the point where Mario has to physically restrain him to get him to shut up.

-During the wedding, all jokes abut the guests not showing up have been removed.

-During the wedding, Beedleman/Kamek almost calls Koopa "Bowser," but Koopa gives him the stare of death, warning him not to.

-The final battle is much different and much longer than in the 1991 script. It starts with a giant Mario smashing through the floor of the great hall. As Koopa grabs the Crown, Peach tells Mario that the only reason she agreed to marry Koopa was because she knew that Toad would have the courage to bail the other heroes out, and together they would crash the wedding. Mario responds, "That was an awful risk! What if, let’s say, he DIDN'T have that?" When Peach gives no response, Mario says, "You're crazy." Peach thinks for a second and laughs, saying "I know!" Once Koopa grabs the Crown, Mario tries stomp him again. Koopa once draws blood from Mario, causing him to shrink, by slashing his cheek with his claw. Peach heals Mario with the Ruby Locket and then gives him a Fire Flower. Mario uses his new powers to blast a hole in the floor. Koopa falls down that hole but drags Mario down with him. The other heroes take fire flowers and begin fighting Koopa's minions in the great hall, while Mario and Koopa fall onto a bridge over lava deep in the bowels of the castle. During the duel in the great hall, Beedleman/Kamek makes an (unintentional) reference to "Animal House" by saying to the Koopa Troopas, "You're all worthless and weak! Now drop down and give me twenty score!" Meanwhile, Mario and Koopa duel with their fire balls until the battle in the great hall spills over into the lava chamber. Mugger accidentally falls into the lava to his death, and Koopa is greatly saddened and angered by this. Peach briefly enters the fight between Mario and Koopa, but is quickly rendered useless when Koopa rips the Ruby Locket off her body and sends her flying to the other side of the bridge (along with Luigi, Hildy/Daisy, and Toad), and seals the entrance to the bridge with a wall of fire. The rest of the battle on the bridge is virtually the same as the end of its 1991 counterpart, with Mario tricking Koopa into losing the Crown by growing too big (except Woltan doesn't appear, and we hear previous lines from Luigi and Peach playing in Mario's mind before he comes up with his idea). Mario hangs on to the bridge as it splits in half and the two halves slam against the ledges holding them up. Mario climbs up his half holding the Locket and the Crown, and throw them up to Peach. Before he could get to the top, Koopa, who didn't fall into the lava, claws him in the leg and tries to pull him down. Peach uses the Locket to shoot a light that would blind Koopa, but this backfires when Koopa lets go AND drags both her and Mario down with him. Luckily, Yoshi pops out of nowhere and save Mario and Peach by grabbing them with his tongue before they could hit the lava, and pulling them back up. Beedleman/Kamek escapes riding on his broomstick and on a stream of fire, and vanishing into thin air, while saying a variation of his last lines in "Yoshi's Island."

-When Woltan comes back, his response to Mario saying "No thanks to you, Merlin" has been changed. He now says, "(sighs) I have done many things that perhaps only I will understand." Mario responds, "Well, why don’t you try to get US to understand?" Woltan replies, "I will. But not at this time."

-The sending-off scene is more or less the same, but with added dialogue to accommodate the new characters. The only major difference is that Woltan's real name, "Natlow" is revealed.

-The movie ends when Mario, Luigi, Hildy/Daisy, and Peach travel through the warp pipe. The wedding and Italian restaurant scenes have been removed.


So, what do you think of these changes? Let me know!