The Starmaniac

The Starmaniac is a horrorbrew created by MX-Enthusiast. He's a version of Mario that goes insane whenever he comes into contact with a Super Star powerup (Otherwise known as a "Starman"), being overwhelmed by its power and wielding it to attack anything and anyone that he comes across.
==Appearance==
By default, Mario appears just like he does in canon: Peach skin, blue eyes, brown hair, black mustache, red shirt and cap with an "M" on the patch, blue overalls with yellow buttons, white gloves and brown shoes.
As The Starmaniac, his teeth turn sharp, his hair and mustache become unkempt and spiky and his eyes gain red swirls for pupils.
==Personality==
Normally, Mario is just like his canon self: kind, cheerful, playful, encouraging, courageous, and headstrong with the occasional cockiness.
As The Starmaniac however, Mario is a completely different person. He becomes insane, violent, bad-tempered and sadistic and enjoys inflicting pain on anyone he comes across, regardless if they're innocent or a member of Bowser's Army. The only thing he has in common with normal Mario is the cockiness, though in Starmaniac's case it's more present as he flaunts his power. His bad temper means he quickly gets upset when something or someone is preventing him from attacking others and will get tunnel-visioned as he focuses on dealing with whatever is upsetting him, usually to his own detriment.
==Biography==
It started out as a "standard" adventure for the Mario Brothers: Princess Peach had been kidnapped by Bowser, and it was up to Mario and Luigi to rescue her. The bros were making their way across the plains, grabbing coins and stomping on goombas and koopas, when suddenly, Mario hit a ? Block and out popped something neither he nor Luigi had seen before: a shiny golden star with a pair of dot-like eyes, which proceeded to hop out of the block and bounce around in front of Mario. Intrigued, Mario approached the star and reached out to grab it. Upon making contact with his outstretched fingers, the star disappeared, much like any other power-up Mario would've normally picked up, but suddenly, Mario came to a stop. He just stood in place, not moving a muscle and his eyes staring straight ahead and not looking at anything in particular. The nearby goombas and koopas looked on in confusion. Luigi looked on in concern.
"Mario?" He asked meekly, "Are you alri-"
"GAH!" Mario gasped as he suddenly jumped into the air and clutched his head. He could feel a surge of power as a result of the star, and it was overwhelming. He stumbled back and forth while grinding his teeth before suddenly falling to his knees with his head down and going completely silent. Everyone looked at him in shock.
"M-M-Mario?" Luigi asked again, now deeply concerned for his brother's well-being. He cautiously approached his brother with an outstretched hand.
Then, Mario started to cough. They were tiny coughs, which slowly turned into a chuckle. As he chuckled, a smile spread across Mario's face as he got up. He then turned to the goombas and koopas in front of him, who had approached him while he was on his knees in hopes of using the moment to attack him, and the chuckling turned into full-fledged laughter as Mario threw his head back and raised his hands and the mooks got a good view of his face: His teeth were now sharp, his hair was all spiky, his eyes had red hypnotic swirls and he was surrounding by twinkling colorful flashes. Luigi took a small step backwards.
"Mario?" He called out for the third time. "Are you okay, bro?"
"Okay?" His brother responded, "Why, I've-a never been BETTER! That felt like a refreshing cup of coffee. Now then", he looked directly at the goombas and koopas, who were now slowly walking backwards and visibly shaking with wide eyes. "Who wants-a to play?"
As he said this, the mooks stood completely still. No one wanted to move. Then, a koopa sneezed. Mario immediately turned in the koopa's direction, his smile wider than before. "Oh, boy! A volunteer!"
The koopa hid in his shell, not wanting to engage, but it was already too late. Mario dashed at the cowering turtle and kicked the shell as hard as he could. The shell ricocheted around the area and collided with the other mooks, knocking them out cold. Mario didn't stop there, though. He then rushed toward the bodies and gave each and every one of them a series of punches and kicks until they were as good as mush.
The whole time, Luigi stood back and looked on in horror. Whatever this star had done to his brother, he didn't like it one bit. While sure they had stomped on goombas and koopas before, this was flat-out brutal murder, and he was sensitive to that.
"Oh YEAH!" Mario shouted triumphantly once he was done with the goombas and koopas. "The power of this star is AMAZING! With it, nothing shall stand in my way! Shame the fight ended so quickly. Now there's nothing left to kill here, except-"
Luigi gasped loudly as he saw Mario staring at him. After what he had just witnessed, he had a bad feeling about what would happen next.
"No no NO NO NO! Please-a don't hurt me!" Luigi begged, but his pleading was futile, for Mario lept at him with his arms outstretched and proceeded to grab him by the neck, squeezing very tightly.
"Yes, yes, YES! Oh-ho-ho, I'mma gonna enjoy every second of this!" Mario exclaimed with unnerving glee, laughing while Luigi slowly lost his breath.
"MARIO!" Luigi barely shouted admist the choking, "SNAP OUT OF IT!"
Suddenly, the laughter stopped and Mario went silent again as his hands loosened their grip on Luigi's neck and the flashing lights surrounding him fizzled out. He fell backwards as Luigi caught his breath and got up.
"Ugh, my head." Mario groaned as he clutched his head and stood up, feeling dizzy. He then looked around and noticed Luigi catching his breath, as well as the corpses of the goombas and koopas.
"Mamma mia, what-a happened here?"
"YOU happened!" Luigi shouted suddenly, "After you grabbed that star, you went-a cuckoo crazy and killed-a all those minions, and THEN you tried to kill ME!"
"I DID?" Mario shouted as well, in complete horror. "Oh NO! Luigi, I'mma so sorry!"
"It's ok, bro." Luigi responded, calming down. "Clearly, you weren't in control of yourself. We should definitely stay away from those stars, so you don't become a maniac again."
"Gotcha" Mario replied, and the bros resumed their journey to rescue Peach. But ever since that incident with the star, Mario didn't feel the same. He felt like there was a voice in the back of his mind, calling out to him, telling him to grab another star and wield its power once more, but he ignored it. He didn't want to end up harming his brother again.
As they continued to advance through the many lands of the Mushroom Kingdom, at one point the bros found themselves surrounded by a lot of Bowser's minions, namely Lakitus, Spinies and Hammer Bros, and they were low on power-ups. Quickly, Mario and Luigi checked all nearby ? Blocks for something to aid them against the swarms of minions, but all they found were coins. The situation looked dire. As the minions drew closer and closer, Mario desperately racked his brain, hoping to find a solution to get him and Luigi out of the situation, but unfortunately his mind went blank. Luigi, noticing his brother's distressed state, concluded this was the end and closed his eyes in anticipation, when suddenly he heard something unsettling. Mario's panting slowly turned to laughter as his hair went spiky and his teeth turned sharp once more. Luigi opened his eyes at once and realised what this meant: Even after the star's power had worn off, it never fully went away. It still lingered within his brother, and could now manifest should Mario experience heavy stress.
"I'MMA BACK!" The now crazed Mario shouted. "And you terrible turtles are as good as soup!"
The Lakitus, Spinies and Hammer Bros freaked out at the sight of Mario's maniacal state and attempted to flee, but their attempts were pointless, for he easily caught up to them and gave them brutal beatings. Not even the Lakitus were able to escape, despite doing their best to move their clouds as high into the sky as possible, for they learned too late that the star's power allowed Mario to fly up to them and finish them off.
Meanwhile, Luigi, not wanting a repeat of the first time, made a run for it while Mario was distracted with the Koopa King's minions, hoping to get as much distance as possible so that the star's power would wear off before he got harmed again. As he ran, he heard his brother's voice shouting at him, "Hey, Luigi! WHERE DO YOU THINK-A YOU'RE GOING? COME BACK HERE!" Luigi continued to run, ignoring the voice as best as he could, but decided to look back only to find that despite his best efforts, Mario wasn't too far behind, and eventually caught up to him. He tackled Luigi to the ground and had his hand around his brother's neck once more. "So, you say the power of the star turned me into a maniac, huh? Well, in that case, you can call me 'The Starmaniac'. Sounds cool, doesn't it? Of course it does. But after this, the only thing you'll-a be calling me is THE GRIM REAPE-"
Before he could finish his sentence, "The Starmaniac" could feel his powers wearing off again, and once more, he let go of Luigi and fell backwards, followed by Mario regaining his conciousness. Fortunately for Luigi, he regained his breath much quicker than the previous time, for "The Starmaniac" didn't choke him as tightly this time.
"Oh, MAMMA MIA! Not again" Mario cried out as he got up, noticing the carnage around him as well as his brother gasping for air.
"Well bro," Luigi said as his breath returned to normal, "Looks-a like our situation has gotten more complicated. Not only do we need to avoid any stars, but now we also need to make sure you don't-a get all worked up."
"Admittedly, we weren't careful that time and rushed straight into danger without having a plan of escape", Mario added. "From here on in, we proceed with complete caution, deal with any bad guys we encounter before they get-a out of hand, and make use of any powerup we find that isn't a star."
"Okie dokie", Luigi agreed, and the brothers resumed their journey. While they still dealt with Bowser's minions with ease and made good use of any powerups they found, the bros were on high alert, especially Mario. He knew The Starmaniac was still somewhere in his mind, having effectively become a split personality just waiting for his next chance to be in control of the body again. The Starmaniac knew Mario wouldn't collect any stars, so all he had to do was wait until Mario got worked up.
"It's not a matter of 'if', just a matter of when", he said to himself. "You WILL get yourself into another sticky situation, Mario. And when you do, this body WILL be mine, and NO ONE will stand in my way. ESPECIALLY not you, Luigi."
==Powers & Abilites==
*Super Star Power: With the power of the Super Star/Starman, The Starmaniac is a very powerful being with a bunch of abilities at his disposal.
**Invincibility: The Starmaniac is completely immune to any attacks against him.
**Super Strength: The Starmaniac is very strong, being able to deal significant damage to anything he hits.
**Flight: The Starmaniac can fly, allowing him to catch airborne targets (Example: Lakitus) and fly over pits with ease.
**Super Speed: The Starmaniac is very fast, making attempts to escape him futile as he can both run and fly very quickly.
==Weaknesses==
*Limited Time: Just like how the star powerup lasts for a few seconds in the games, the Super Star's power wears off after a short amount of time, upon which The Starmaniac's powers will wear off and Mario will regain control of his body.
==Gallery==
The Starmaniac Render No Eyebrows.png|Render of The Starmaniac without eyebrows.
The Starmaniac Alt Render No Eyebrows.png|Ditto, but surrounded by the twinkling flashes.
The Starmaniac OG Render.png|thumb|The original art of The Starmaniac.
The Starmaniac OG Render With Eyebrows.png|Ditto, but with eyebrows.
The Starmaniac OG Alt Render.png|Ditto, but surrounded by a glowing aura akin to a Super Saiyan.
==Trivia==
* The Starmaniac's name is a portmanteau of "Starman", the original name for the Super Star powerup, and "Maniac". Alternatively, it can just be a combination of the words "Star" and "Maniac".
* The Starmaniac was conceived as a Mario equivalent of Super Sonic as he's depicted in the Fleetway-published comic series Sonic The Comic, alternatively known as "Fleetway Super Sonic" or just "Fleetway".
** If he and Fleetway Super Sonic were to meet, they'd be arch-enemies.
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