The Contender

The Contender, previously known as Player 1 is a vile, evil, animal-like EXE. He was created on March 21st, 2022 by Twitter user @ferno_again. He was originally a Mario version of his creator's only (at that time) other EXE, Genesis.GOR. He has since evolved to become a take on Coolrash's Mario.EXE. His origins relate that a cosmic entity put a piece of itself inside of the code of the Super Mario Bros. Fan-Game, SMB1: Overhauled, which it used to challenge the players to beat it, in a bet for their lives.
==Biography==
====By the General Public====
Nothing is known about the true origins of The Contender other than he's a chaotic entity that can show up in your copy of the Fan-Game SMB1: Overhauled.
====In Reality====
The Contender is a piece of a cosmic entity called Junsuina; who travelled millions of light years to leave a piece of itself in a planet with life, to destroy it from the inside.
This piece was put inside of the Fan-Game in question, because it seemed innocent enough to get the attention of enough people for Junsuina to have fun.
As for his in-game self, his purpose is just to torture and kill the players he runs into. He challenges them to different "innocent" games, like playing tag/you're it (running away from him), hide and seeking, racing to the end of a stage, etc.. He makes it clear that the player's life is in game from the start.
==Modus Operandi==
The Contender will find a player running their version of SMB1: Overhauled at random, and he'll appear in the game, blocking the option to play as Mario. After this, he will chat with "Luigi", mocking him before revealing himself, this can happen at any level (which means you can be playing as Mario and all of a sudden, you're now Luigi, encountering yourself with a twisted version of your previous playable character), but Contender will usually show up as soon as he can (normally at the end of 1-1).
==Abilities/Weaknesses==
===Abilities===
The Contender can perfectly and instantly change any aspect from the game in order to subdue the player. There is no limit as to how much he can change and it doesn't affect the code of the game at all. He can even hold the game back from closing itself if it runs into a crash or if the user tries to manually close it, even to the point of slowing the computer down so it doesn't shut off if the user tries to do so.
He can also contort his body without feeling any pain, which is perfect to pretend being Mario with his meatsuit. Only problem is that he has to create a new one every time he bursts out of it.
===Weaknesses===
The Contender only has one weakness. Because of his chaotic nature, he can't fully control himself nor his powers and therefore can make mistakes. 
This also plays into his cocky personality which may cause some players to outsmart him and defeat him.
==Trivia==
*The Contender's first name was PLYR_1_MARIO.ISO, which then transformed to just PLYR_1.ISO, then to PLYR_1 and finally The Contender.
*The Contender isn't aware that Luigi isn't alive, reason as to why he talks to him and mocks him, which often makes him refer to himself as "Mario" or "your brother".
*His meatsuit is essentially just normal Mario except with a different palette, pose, teeth and no skeletal structure so Contender can fit inside him, this means that the meatsuit can bleed and spill organs.
*He would be disgusted if someone referred to him as "God". This is because he believes that there is no reason for anything in the universe, and as such, there shouldn't be a god dictating what we do.
*His (non-canon) bestie is Drowned Fiend, another Coolrash take.
==Gallery==
<tabber>Canon=
Contenderfull.png|Both forms of Contender together.
Fullcontendergif.gif|Contender's Sprites (Including one where he bursts out of his Mario meatsuit)
Fullcontender.png|Ditto but static.
|-|Non-Canon=
Plyr_1_ref.png|Contender's Old Ref
Contenderdrownedbowser.png|Contender next to his nemesis, "Drowned Bowser".
</tabber>
Category:Male
Category:Antagonist .EXEs
Category:SMB1 based EXEs
Category:Genderless
Category:Haunted
Category:God-like
Category:Mario-Based
Category:Coolrash retakes