Triple Click cover image

The 1993 Mario Movie Sure Was Weird (BONUS)

Triple Click

00:00

The Importance of Character Transformation in Movies

The movie doesn't really have any arcs or changes and the characters don't change. The closest a character comes to changing is daisy just kind of being like oh i have learned my place in this world and it turns out i'm not from this world but even that you're never really learn enough about her in the pre-dino-haten world to work as an arc so mario and louisie are essentially in the same exact place they were at the beginning. Mario and Luigi never need to have an emotional arc that isn't what the point of the mario games is, he says.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app