Diagoras

"Imma gonna get you! It's-a me, SATAN!" - Diagoras in "Let's-a Go"Mario.EXE, later known as Diagoras, is a horrorbrew created by zeebeethedog with the intent of being vanilla Xenophanes in hiimmate's Sonic Shuffle AUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3gSl9mAfOE. He is the main opponent of Let's-a-Go (Too Slow), You Must Die (You Can't Run), and Superstar Saga (Triple Trouble), with an upcoming appearance in Star Chase (Final Escape), as well as being planned for Pumpkills (Slaybells) before being replaced by Skrunkly, his Grimbo counterpart.https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/598939821683113986/1228357405725950014/image.png?ex=662bbffb&is=66194afb&hm=04e5776a0663939679d905f6a4b9ea44da602b037ca785740842ad05a3608e99&
==Appearance==
He looks identical to Xenophanes in the Vs Sonic.EXE mod, only taking the form of Mario.
In Let's-a-Go, he looks like Mario but with a few noticeable differences; his clothes are notably darker, his eyeballs are glowing red and leaking blood, and his mouth is gaping open. He sports a red microphone while rapping with Boyfriend.
In You Must Die, he seems to have gotten a bit taller, now sporting an unkempt mustache, gaping eyes, and lips that are deformed and stuck together. He now takes a stance resembling Mario's peace sign from earlier games, as well as a slight pink and green hue. Midway throughout the song, he changes all of the graphics to those seen in Super Mario World, with his sprites resembling Mario's from that game, only with a darker color palette, deformed lips, and wider eyeballs. 
In Superstar Saga, he takes on a form known as Diagoras. He is way larger and bulkier than before, taller than every other character in the mix. He has a hot pink and green crystal-like substance on his hat, mustache, and back hair, and his hat is also deformed and spiky due to the crystals. He has hot pink blood running down from his eyes and mouth, and his eyes are pulled open wider, revealing more of his cracked skull on the inside. His ear is also pointer, similar to that of Wario, and he has blood-soaked fingertips on his gloves. His gloves in particular have a slit on them, like in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and he has a large "D" carved out onto his chest. He also has a large, open smile, revealing a dark red toned gums, tongue and teeth, as well as some crystallization on the sides.
==Biography==
His current written lore is the same as the original Sonic.EXE story, but modified to adapt his story; all references to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise are replaced with Super Mario Bros., the characters Tom and Kyle were rewritten to be Andy and DylanTheir names may be changing to Larry and Yana respectively. respectively, and various external references were changed.
In the story, Mario.EXE tortures Luigi, Yoshi, and Bowser through various means. Luigi stumbles across various dead enemies in Yoshi's Island 1, before ending up in "GAME OF TAG", where Mario kills him. Yoshi appears in the level "YOU MUST DIE", and eventually loses to Mario.EXE and dies, and Bowser appears in the level "...", where he walks down various flights of stairs before being caught by Mario.EXE.
As stated above, he was created due to lack of source material for locaderem's Sonic Shuffle AU to use for the respective mixes. 
== Abilities/Weaknesses==
===Abilities===
Same as Xenophanes. 
===Weaknesses===
Same as Xenophanes.
==Trivia==
* His laughter, as opposed to Kefka's laugh, was taken from Bekkler in Chrono Trigger due to their similar sounding laughs.https://youtu.be/JBXW9KDLKWw?feature=shared&t=84
* Diagoras's sprites in Phase 2 were drawn by JR1cked, as apposed to the old version, which was created by zeebeethedog.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFLZFk5zAV0e_Rt4W_RiFg/community?lb=UgkxKRFpqVktjx7goXPr4T0Q8JAL_ZeBlKDL
* His current design was also inspired by fanart that JR1cked made back in November of 2023.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxWTtB3gU9LK0uM6FvuDnHqJ42MGYdsAeV
* His Pumpkills design has him wearing this specific Halloween costume from Play Nintendo, due to the song's theming being switched to Halloween instead of Christmas.
* Contrary to popular belief, the old version of the Vs Mario.EXE songs aren't actually deleted, just unlisted, and can be publicly accessed through a playlist on zeebeethedog's YouTube channel.
* The song name "You Must Die" was inspired by both old YouTube Poop material and the CoolRash Mario.EXE game.
==Gallery==
File:Mario spooky.gif|Pixelated Diagoras as seen in You Must Die
File:Olddiagorasletsago.gif|Old Let's-a-Go design
File:Phase-2-Marioexe.gif|Old You Must Die design
File:Mario ycr.gif|Old Pixelated Diagoras
File:Old-Diagoras-Superstar-Saga.gif| Old Superstar Saga design
File:Skrunkly.png|Old Let's-a-Go (Deluxe) Design
Category:Friday Night Funkin'
Category:Mario-Based
Category:Male
Category:God-like
Category:Killers
Category:Sonic derivatives
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