Starman

=== Concept ===
Starman is TheGoodBoi's explanation to the question everyone circa 1989 was asking: "Who owned a bathtub that led to the mushroom kingdom?" and "What if a regular person took in a Starman?"
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== Backstory ==
Sometime Around (1988 - 1989), ____________ was simply taking a bath, in his apartment complex, in New York, New York. This is the biggest mistake of his life right now, it's going to cost him quite dearly! You see, the original plumbers of his apartment complex had found that the underground acre that the complex resided over had strange properties that made their piping transport its contents to an unknown place. They ignored that, and never told anyone. _____________ was about to find out just how big of a mistake that was. It got up to drain the bath, and pulled the cork. But as soon as it had stood up, it had become unnaturally hard to keep his footing. The water was draining fast enough to take the friction from under his feet, and he fell into the pipes. As it tumbled down 50 meters of piping, it sustained many injuries.
Finding himself in a world of fungus and magic, It tumbled down to find some koopas and goombas, which immediately attacked him, seeing it as a potential prisoner. Despite it's clear inability to defend himself, they just started kicking it while it was down. Fortunately, a brigade of toads were around, and in greater numbers. Finally, some friendly faces in this strange new land. 
They took his practically lifeless body to a medic camp to fix it up. The toads didn't have much in the way of medical expertise for humans, save for princess toadstool, but she was never so badly damaged as this case. They decided on giving it the strongest magic they had on hand, A Starman. But the same way our bodies can't handle high drops, they can't handle power star energy. The near-corpse began to rise, contort, and become more mario-like, making the body more hostable for starman power. (it just as easily could've become luigi, peach, toad, or king koopa, but mario's vessel was chosen as it was the strongest, and easiest to turn into, as the corpse was most similar to him. It also could’ve turned into a toad, mushroomians can also absorb star energy with moderate results. [remember that one time toad became a biker because he took in a starman? weird stuff.]) 
The power star revived this corpse, and the body regained consciousness. But something was very off. No, in this world, we follow the old story. Items are the deceased or transformed, and retain their dormant souls, but without any sense of self. The Starmen contain the strongest spirits, no matter how they manifest. (It doesn't matter if it's a doozy star or a naturally occuring one, they all contain souls.) For those with compatible bodies, the souls merge temporarily, granting "Pasta Power" and/or "Pasta Might", and the species compatible are Mushroomians, and maybe particularly strong humans, but you'd have to be stupendously strong, maybe resulting from being heavy and doing hard labor day-in and day-out (Wonder if that matches anyone in the show...) But when you're not that guy, ho-oh-ho... 
The floating body fell after the time a starman normally lasts ran out, but the power couldn't leave it's shell. It was trapped. And when it's exit was denied, it decided to stop trying to leave. And boy, if I could just say a word? I'd rather not share a body with some who-knows nobody. Overpowering The Man, the Starman took control, and calmly surveyed it's surroundings before finding nothing interesting. So the clear course of action is to look inward. What kind of memories does this Man have? "What's this? Comics, Carpentry, and a Complete lack of any kind of education!? Boy, I was woken up for THIS!?" Just before it had decided to self-detonate (Which it DEFINITELY can't do, we hope.), It found something. Emotions. Fear, at the koopa army. Anger, at a rival business. Envy, for it's own efforts to be shut down by some tWO NOBODIES FROM BROOKLYN, 
He flew through the ceiling (causing a toad to get knocked out because of head trauma) directly to where it's memories stopped, eventually finding some koopas. Ravaging brigade after brigade, relieving koopas of their shells and goombas of their feet, Starman turned the army on it's head. He eventually found King Koopa, who remains missing to this day. Starman renovated the castle and began to think about that Mario again. 
Now that one of the two goals it had was fufilled, Starman found himself now only wanting to find that plumber and serve him the most delectable knuckle sandwich. Thankfully, it wouldn't take very long for those plumbers it called only hours ago to show up to his house, beginning the great and terrible war between the Mario Brothers and this freaky double. 
== Strengths and abilities ==
* Toon Force: The ability to do anything, as long as one person present finds it funny (humorous, a kneeslapper, even some forced exhalation). That includes: Creating or destroying mass/energy , ignoring energy inputs / outputs (ex: punches, but also electricity and gravity), Enhanced human abilities, and whatever is available in "The Budget".
* Shapeshifting: Starman can mold his goop into anything he likes, and if the situation is dire, the rest of his body can also be contorted as well.
* Minor 4th Wall Breaking: Starman has knowledge of events outside of his own universe, but thinks that they happened in his own town or country. 
* Special Carpentry: Aside from toon force, Starman only has his skills, or skill, at his disposal. He's still very talented with a hammer, being able to create doors that act as "Warp Zones" to effectively anywhere that doesn't have interdimensional travel protection. 
*Acting: Starman is a fine actor. Even without toon force to fool anyone, he can still act his part well enough to trick some people. 
*Cartoon Immortality: After you kill him, whenever you're not looking, Starman will come back to life. As if it was "off-screen". This can take any amount of time, and does not depend on the method used to kill Starman. This can be bypassed if he is fated to die or if it is sealed away, though be warned, no matter how strong a seal, Starman never stays in one spot forever.
== Weaknesses ==
* Simplicities: Starman is not incredibly intelligent, often putting his vices before his body. Indulge him in some small successes, let him land a few hits, and it's easy to get to his head.
* Impaired judgement: If an enemy appears weaker than their attitude allows, starman will pick a fight, even if the opponent hasn't shown all their cards.
* Power-Drainable: The only thing keeping Starman alive is the Starman that flows within him. Removing that power will make him drop like a stringless puppet. He has backup plans in case this ever happens, however.
*Fate: Starman is essentially fated to lose. No matter how perfect a plan, plot, or purpose, he will fail at every attempt to succeed in a malicious plot. Something of a side effect of being a bad guy in a cartoon.
*Water: Starman's goop can be diluted with water, forcing him to fight one handed. 
== Who is Starman? ==
First and foremostly Starman is a cartoon villain. It doesn't affiliate with anyone who isn't evil and will suck up to anyone who is (especially people like Executable M, since he's the very being of evil), Aside from that it loves a good scrap. If it believes it can win and is a little bored it's not afraid to start goading people to fight. Starman greatly values his ability to influence everything around him, and will have a modicum of respect for anyone who has the power to make change. Starman also holds within itself the personality of an Actor, a Mystery, and a small hamster named hampton the hamster. We don't know how that got in there.
Some notable interactions include:
Executable M, as before mentioned Starman acts as a sort of jester to him, and ExeM tolerates him in return, even laughing at his behaviours.
Daweegee- what? I'm not joking! It says right here that he's best friends with David Weegee Blaine, from the Weegee Universe! It probably has something to with their love of entertaining audiences with violent acts and commonality of having someone they torment!
End.smc (Jennifer Mays), Enemies, but only really make light banter with each other. Starman steers clear of fighting her cause she's got a sick ass laser beam. Oh, and that husband of hers has a wicked punch. 
Artemus, treats them like a good ol pal that's been around since college. Starman doesn't know they're a huge mario fan, and Artemus doesn't tell it. Starman likes calling him "Arty". It's funny though, since Starman must be at least 6x older than Artemus.
Starman (emihead), The Starman (Marco Antonio), and any other "Starman" out there: I am Starman. You are not Starman. You failed to be me when you started trying, cry about it. (I apologize for starman’s rudeness.)
Damsel, Starman would notice the way Damsel uses her hands and immediately recognize the fact that she didn't always have four fingers, she used to have 5. And since a small part of him knows what it's like to be forced into a new world, I suppose starman would give her a fragment of the karoobi, for her crown. "Can't be a princess without a pretty gem, that's right."
== Miscellaneous Facts ==
* We refer to Starman's "Pre-Toonification" self as just. Man. We never really cared to ask him his old name.
* We think Man was born in the early 1900s. We can't say how early, since Starman always avoids the question.
* Starman's off-shoot universe has three main factions, the Humans/Mushroomish, the Koopa-alligned, and Toonish. They are self-explanatory. 
* A great amount of the Koopalligned would have turned to Starman for leadership, and has yet to be revealed what has happened to them.
* Starman's story uses elements from both the Super Mario Brothers Super Show and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
* We are the Artist, the Narrator, and the Writer. We only do what our names tell us to do. We draw him, we tell his story, and we write it. [I only do it because it makes me laugh, but I like thinking of myself as 3 people Starman works with to get his "Superer Show" on air, and maybe talk casually outside of work.]
* No, he doesn't say "oh my stars". That would be stupid. 
* Starman would notice small toony details about someone, it could be as small as noticing someone has 4 fingers instead of 5. It could be being able to recognize two different characters' relation by their similar artstyle.
* Starman can dance and sing, doing the latter quite often as it finds the SMBSS Soundtrack quite catchy. 
* Starman cannot breathe underwater, and must convince itself that it's in fact not underwater in order to chase any submerged fleers. 
* Starman's hair has become mostly goop, and as such is wobbly when poked. It also means he goes bald when sprayed.
* Starman's goop holds it's shape when surrounded by water, and when not under too much water pressure, and only becomes diluted when sprayed at a small point or area.
* Starman can move parts of it's body even when detached, whether they're limbs or goop.
* Starman believes in strength. If you're strong, you matter and can change your surroundings. If you can't make change, you're not strong. And if you're not strong, you don't matter. And if that's the case, who would care if you got hurt?
== PATCH: CRUEL CONNIVING CONSTRUCT ==
Patch is a figment of Starman's imagination, come to life with the power of rubberhose. 
As a creation of Starman, Patch is incredibly strong. And to our amazement, competent. An excellent strategist; unburdened by ego or toon law. She'd rule the Mushroom kingdoms if it wasn't for Starman hampering her potential. 
Weighing more than three entire Mario's (and approximately 4 Starman's), she still moves swiftly and on a dime. We've narrowed down the reasons for this being the same force that allowed stick figures in 2010's stickfight flipnote animations to fight with such ferocity, or that being a figment of a toon's imagination really messes with reality. 
She'll use most any weapon- a result of being the hired muscle for someone who can create just about any weapon on the spot- though favors basic extending arms or a mace on a chain. We have no idea where this choice comes from, seeing as Toadstool never uses such brutal weaponry, not even after swapping out her name for her father's middle name. (Peach would only ever go so far as to use a halberd; definitely spiky but not the same as a mace.)
She's not afraid to use starman as a meatshield every chance she gets, uninterested in his preservation. And while Starman doesn't hold any care for Patch, he benefits from her survival and respects her utility.
Robotic and uncaring, she'll never yell or cry, speaking to everyone in the same tone no matter the intention. 
Should Starman ever stop holding her back, she'd become a threat to the world the likes not Toadstool, not King Koopa, and not even Starman have ever seen before. She operates on an energy and physics law not like the Mushroom Kingdom's, making her unimaginably stronger than anyone in it can fathom. 
Being cruel, she likes to drag fights out, while always holding the fact that she's both a robot and stronger than her opponent always in their mind. She is pure evil. No envy. No Showboating. She wants things and she gets them; She hunts things and they die. Starman mostly lets her distract the Mario brothers when he wants to go after Toadstool herself, but always has to call her back to base before she can inflict the damage she wishes she could. 
Enjoys what Doppel (Doppelganger by Plasma3031) does to Starman (give it several diseases that cannot kill Starman on account of being a toon but still hurt a lot) but not enough to disobey orders to remove them from the area.
File:Starman NEW.png|Starman chasing someone, probably mario.
File:Starman(TBG).png|Starman's old design, where it was going to have the Ka-Ruby as a power source, yellow buttons, and lots of stars on his hat.
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File:Screenshot 2023-12-26 010525.png|Hit the second tower, starman.
File:Screenshot 2023-12-26 000710.png|A drawing of Starman, by UltraInferno64
File:Starman Color.png|A scratchity full color drawing of Starman, in case his anyone needs to see its color palate.
File:Screenshot 2023-06-07 175552.png|Starman (As a Mii), enjoying the little suit the artist gave him
File:EarlyStarman.png|The earliest drawing ever made of starman, often described as having "jon arbuckle hair"
File:Screenshot 2023-07-12 152521.png|If Starman were to play an instrument, It would have to be the biggest one.
File:STARMAN2.png|Starman, ready to swing!
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