Bandcaster

Bandcaster is a scrapped Anti Piracy Screen/Measure + Ai Host Character for The Origami King and Thousand Year Door Remake
(Created By ArcyThePuppet, With Art by Sonic)
==Biography==
Nintendo hired a 3rd Party company to make Bandcaster as a way to ride of the Anti Piracy trend going around in 2020, they didn't want to waste their money on a wanting to make a whole new game just for a Anti Piracy thing.
So they hired a 3rd party company to develop an Anti Piracy Screen/Measure + Ai Host Character for The Origami King. The company had gained a small attachment to this character they made so they named him "Showman Flint" other then the file name Bandcaster.
By the time the 3rd Party company has finished Flint, Nintendo said the Anti Piracy Hype died down, and if they went through with fully adding Bandcaster, this would lead to more people pirating/emulating their games. So the Ai + Files made for Flint was left behind in a USB in the creator of Bandcaster's design desk at his work space. But Flint is still alive waiting for his use, he's chilling in the world of the Origami King in the shadows
==Anti-Piracy Measures== 
*Showman Flint's many Anti Piracy measures was replacing a scrapped version of "Snifit or Whiffit!" for The Origami King but instead of "Snifit or Whiffit" it would be replaced with "Survive Your Time" a gameshow where Flint would summon the hardest bosses in the game to make sure you don't win, even if you did beat all the bosses Flint would not like the pirate winning and use a one shot move to kill Mario and break the game.
*If the pirate has cheats on and can avoid Flint's Anti-Piracy Measures, Flint will doing ANYTHING is his power to make the pirate fail
*Bandcaster's Anti Piracy measures also work for the remake of TTYD On the switch
==Abilities/Weaknesses==
===Abilities=== 
*Creating Holes that are unfixable and unpassable 
**Mario is forced to fall in after a while and is forced into a VERY HARD Boss Rush
*Able to Travel through different Paper Mario Games + Universes
* Summoning a Giant Pair of Scissors
* Summoning Weapons that are made out of Origami and can cause a lot of Paper Cuts
**Swords
**Ninja Stars
**Police Baton
***The weapons do paper cuts while also still doing damage/harm like the original item they are based on 
===Weaknesses===
*N/A
==Trivia== 
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|-|Canon Trivia=
*Showman can recognize his creators if they are playing his game, so he goes easy on them, knowing none of them are pirates and mostly are just using his level to beat bosses.
*Showman is a reformed Bandit, and cause of that is also another major reason Nintendo never wants Showman to be shown to the public. since there are no Bandits in Origami King
* Showman shows NO MERCY for people who pirate
*Showman is a pleasant guy once you get to know him
*Showman prefers Rock and Pop Music
*Showman has Access to every other Paper Mario game + The universes held there
*A Death of someone who pirated Origami King could be linked to Showman. Paper cuts were found all over the body and multiple scissors were stabbed into the body
*His Face is the Mask he wears 
**He does have another face under his mask but no one has dared to rip off his mask yet and or look under it
*his personality would be a mix of Caine (TADC), DJ Hallyboo and StickyBM (on stream) or UniqueGeese (on stream) when hosting "Survive Your Time" or Dealing with pirates
*When he's not on "Survive Your Time" or Dealing with pirates, he's just a pretty normal guy with the slight Ringmaster type personality and very childish
*Showman's Code/Anti Piracy Measures also works for the TTYD remake cause it was made with the engine from Origami King
*Bandcaster will give bootlegs a very big side eye though, and consider them a threat if he finds any pirated games in the bootlegshttps://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1801866439613133078
**Even if there is no pirated stuff in the game he will still give the bootleg a major side eyehttps://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1801867503380926755
*He would not try and harm any Horrorbrews unless they Harm him or Pirate a Paper Mario Game
**He would throw them in a cell till they go back to their universe if they Pirated a Paper Mario Game while being alive
**he would feel bad for Horrorbrews who used to be human and are now just possessing Characters (Unless they have Pirated Origami king or TTYD)
*Bandcaster would NEVER fight and or tell a horrorbrew to leave a game UNLESS they are breaking the current Paper Mario Game Bandcaster is visting
**Also unless they attack him to he would stay neutral unless they attack him
**Bandcaster will tell Gooner/Horny Bait EXEs or Horrorbrews to fuck off out of a game as soon as possible. (Check Extra images for an idea of smthg he would say)
**Bandcaster hates all JMC EXE/Horrorbrews
*Bandcaster has some similar moves to Shuriken from Phighting 
*Bandcaster has access to the internet
**he hates twitter
** He mostly uses the internet to listen to music, he likes the Cabinet Man Song
|-|Semi-Canon Trivia=
* Showman is a pal of ST4R's, not really a big fan of his origins but is glad someone outside of his universe can tell him tales of all the other games/universes out there. and also is happy there's someone similar to him
* If Showman met Fallen.Mov he would feel terrible for what has happened to Bobby, and offer him shelter in a home he has in a VERY bare bones version of Rougeport (the remakes Rougeport but VERY WIP). But he would consider Fallen a friend.
*if Showman met .Devour he would consider him a Frenemy/Semi Friendly Rivals, Since Devour messed with codes for Mario, Luigi, Peach etc.
**Devour and Bandcaster would have a Sonic/Shadow type of Rivalry with Bandcaster being over the Sonic Spot while Devour is over Shadow 
* if Bandcaster ever found out he was inspired by DJ Hallyboo (in universe) he would try to find a way to get to Mario Party DS and figure out if Hallyboo is real
|-|Extra Trivia=
*Arcy Doesn't want Bandcaster or ANY of his Horrorbrews/EXEs in any Tierlists Or Those Popularity Based Twitter Polls of HorrorBrew Vs HorrorBrew
https://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1811517155038330995
*Arcy doesn't want any Genderbents of Bandcaster
*Bandcaster's scar on his mask was from being abused in prison before he joined in helping the law
* The 3rd Party Company that created BandCaster was a Indie Company 
**The 3rd Party Company didn't realize anti piracy screens are meant to be scary, so they just made Bandcaster look badass as a reformed Bandit to convince people to give up pirating the game and maybe you will look as cool as him someday
*Showman sometimes hosts "Snifit or Whiffit!" if the host is feeling sick.
*Showman can actually still appear for some who pirate Origami King
*Showman was Originally just gonna be a Host Shyguy + Bandit Fusion
**Despite this he is only A BANDIT. not a ShyGuyhttps://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1801737351493742811
*Bandcaster has a Toyhouse Pagehttps://toyhou.se/27340935.bandcastershowman-flint and a ArtFight Pagehttps://artfight.net/character/4087722.bandcastershowman-flint
*He also used to work with all the Bandits in Rougeport
**The Bandits used to like Showman a lot and found him charming, but ever since he works with the law they cut contact.
** Some of the Bandits do keep contact but in secret
**The Bandit who robbed Mario in Rougeport would throw hands with Showman if he ever tried to contact him again
*Bandy Andy from Glitzville is also someone who is friends with Showman
**Showman was a Major support for him after what happened to at Glitzville
*Showman has a bin in SBRP
**Arcy Rather not give out the bin code right now
*Bandcasters' IRL form is meant to make him look like just a weird Kid thats 7 ft
*Showman would look up to DJ Hallyboo as an Idol, as MPDSAP caused the spark of the Start of his creation (In his Universe)
*Arcy had multiple names for Bandcaster before going with his main names, Some of the names were: 
**The Entertainer
**Host Tojio or Host Stripe
**The Announcer
**Announcer Blu or Announcer Flint
*Bandcaster COULD go to Animal Crossing New Horizons as TTYD's Remake uses the same Dialogue code that ACNH Uses.
**Bandcaster wouldn't even be a Animal or Villager he would just be himself but 3D and more Chibi to match the style of ANCH
**He Would also just go to the game just to chill and not catch people Pirating.
|-|Joke Or Non-Canon Trivia=
*Bandcaster has never played Wii Musichttps://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1801853374461034614
*if Kirby inhaled Bandcaster he would get either get the Beam Ability or Copy Ability or Ninja Ability if he inhaled Bandcasterhttps://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1801856131905487289
*Bandcaster would main Link in MarioKart 8https://x.com/ArcyThePuppet/status/1802119112879185928
*He Bites Ankles
*Bandcaster supplies Steel chairs for Incendrix
*Bandcaster would main MX in Pillar Chase 2
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==Gallery==
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|-|Canon=
File:Bancaster1.png|BandCaster's Maskless Alt
File:BandCaster.png|BandCaster's Concept image
File:BandCasterUnmaskedRealCrop.png|BandCaster's Maskless Concept image
File:WowieZowieBandcaster.png|Bandcaster being laided out for a Bin on SBRP
File:BandcasterRef.png|BandCaster's Ref Sheet (art by Sonic) (WIP)
File:Untitled155 20240604124308.png|IRL Bandcaster Image Full
File:Bandcasterreal.png|BandCaster Model (By Wah-San)
|-|Non-Canon=
File:Rn image picker lib temp 234efc97-f9bb-4857-97c1-fa9c34380518.jpg|BandCaster,Crump X, Itchy Mario and Mudkip (art by Blacklight)
File:869 20240604125625.png|Bandcaster Deimos!!!! (Art By Wah)
File:MIBANDCAS.png|BandCaster meeting MI (Art By Reby)
File:LEVIBAND.png|Bandcaster and Leviathan (Art by KPG)
File:HeySonicLOok.png|Bandcaster telling Sonic he has his Family
File:TemBandcaster.png|Bandcaster being told hes short by TemDoodlez CoolRash Retake
File:Cool.png|Bandcaster Red Plumber Obby (So Cool woah)
|-|Old/Concepts=
File:ShowmanConcepts.png|BandCaster's Semi Older Concepts
File:Maskless Concept ooooooooooooooooo.PNG|BandCaster without his mask concept
|-|SBRP=
File:BandcasterSBRP.PNG|Bandcaster in SBRP
File:FreakCaste.png|Bro Cant Speak Freaky
File:Bandcasterletsgogambling.png|"Lets go gambling!!"
|-|Extra=
File:Yea.PNG|Arcy CLEARLY stating that they dont want ST4R,Bandcaster or any future Horrorbrew or EXE of His in a Tierlist
File:Bandcasterbutfuckingawesome.png|Bandcaster in Minecraft
File:Bandcaster hates Gooning.png|Bandcaster's Reaction to a horrorbrew based around being Gooner Bait while also being analog horror slop with a Cameo of Aleph (Image is a discussion with Arcy and L3N3R)
|-|FanArt=
File:BosianBand.png|Bandcaster Doodle (By Bosnian)
File:Bandcasterstealingababy.png|Bandcaster stealing a baby (Inside joke) (art by Sonic)
File:83035661 8kcRXkuIciYhRNj.png|Bandcaster Doodle (By Wah-San)
File:82782498 jzzbAZWQwzancWu.jpg|Bandcaster Doodle (By TD)
File:BandCasterMiiVerse.png|Bandcaster drawn on the Pretendo Miiverse Art Community (By Ryan)
File:Static-assets-upload10247341806141380875.webp|Peak. (By Corvi)
File:Sillycaster.png|SillyCaster Drawn by 2
File:AP97eKFTRhgxXiAOAA1M8RCDbYarVH6iJc9Rh24yfvmXJt4x7rT9YcHR1yY7.jpeg|Bandcaster Drawing by OctoTape
File:Idam.png|Bandcaster Doodle by Diamond
File:BAwGpNjonh3vTXKSDI4x0LA9HbF3hatSFLt6k9bQeU82cVsFpSjvxCe07gFQ.png|Bandcaster Drawing by Rotten
File:7TzifzTKZfqG5DJCj5bGpAFEXkiJhH4GgzYyWoKBQhCGnv8PbpAWMl0q9cNh.png|Yaper's Goofy Ass HeadCanon of Bandcaster being british (HES NOTTTT)
File:5tu8HK2eX2Cj4GRCelRvHncxRClBmpmltyeNLZWNFIB0s6modbsrSFHdQdCH.png|Bandcaster Drawing by Nathan/TD
File:VtHhdParhXjC7akeDkFNvfKYGVBp8ifycEglqmkrpbSlgKscf90CSzDXpmbO.png|Bandcaster Drawing by Pete
File:KG80MHbqJayyJ4t8Re9BbNKmKnHmUAOU7LHFENtRsRn8qyZI1GdPElwliN8p.png|Bandcaster, ST4R , Rift (Arcy's Sona) and Shadow (Arcy's IRL Cat) Art by Sonic
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Category:Paper Mario based
Category:Paper Mario
Category:Anti-piracy
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Category:SBRP
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Category:Bandit
Category:ArcyThePuppet's Horrorbrews