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Bum is a horrorbrew created by @plumbadumba. He is the product of an unfinished Super Mario Maker concept brainstormed by the headquarters of Nintendo, having gained sentience through his unfinished code being left in the game's files. He now resides in his birthplace known as The Grid, a blank world in which acts as a creative intermission for himself while he awaits the next person to encounter him while playing.
==Origin==
Planned in the early days of Super Mario Maker's development, Bum was supposed to act as one of the 'mascots' of the game, similar to the Undodog, Mr. Eraser, and so forth. Bum would have assisted the player in creating their own levels, even going as far as playtesting them and kindly critiquing them on what they can improve in terms of design and mechanics. He was meant to spread joy, to feel as if the player would have their own digital companion to support them with their work. However, after weeks of pondering and consideration, the developers decided that Bum would not be added into the final product of the game, having said that he would "limit the players' creativity". What they were unaware of, however, is his unfinished code itself being left in the game's database.
As time passed, the piles of code would soon gain sentience, crafting a whole new world in the core of the game known as The Grid, as well as providing Bum himself with his own physical form. Ecstatic, he now uses this blank world to express his creativity and curiosity, all while awaiting for a new copy of Super Mario Maker to inhabit so he can meet his new best friend.
==What Went Wrong==
One of Bum's earliest concepts had involved the idea that he would be able to mimic any powerup that the player would equip ingame, taking a similar appearance to their form as well as their abilities gained. After he gained sentience, he carries this ability as it was in his code rather early. However, there is one powerup in particular that is not directed in Bum's code for him to mimic..
The Weird Mushroom.
The code for this powerup was planned and concepted much later after Bum was scrapped, so naturally, it would not register for him to mimic properly. Curiously, if a player were to equip a Weird Mushroom while Bum is ingame with them.. His form would shatter. Trying its best to replicate the data the mushroom provides, but to no avail in finding proper results, his internal code would begin to melt and rebuild itself in its greatest attempts to create what could have been the proper form. Bum's body shifts; squelching, cracking, extending to make a proper image, and he feels every second of it. Every inch of his structure stretching and melting, resulting to be the worst pain imaginable for him, until he ends up as an oozing monstrosity of the code's last breath in mimicking the Weird Mushroom. His body contorted, his anatomy all wrong.. He wants this suffering to end.
And what is the only way for him to get rid of said pain?
To eradicate the source of the mimicry.
==Abilities/Weaknesses==
===Abilities===
*Bum has the ability to fabricate any block or item from either Super Mario Maker game into his own hands.
*Although in the limitations of both Super Mario Maker games, Bum can mimic any powerup from said games.
*When transferred from the different game styles, Bum's appearance will change to fit with each respective style, excluding 3D World.
===Weaknesses===
*As stated above, it is not registered in Bum's code for him to mimic the Weird Mushroom correctly. As a result, his body will undergo an excruciatingly painful process in its best attempts to create a similar form anyway.
*Bum can feel physical pain, as long as it is caused by the players' actions themselves. For example, if you were to drag Bum into a pool of lava, he would feel it. If you dropped him into a pit, he would also feel it. Unfortunately, Bum is very prone to these actions, as a good percent of players who encounter him find him to be 'annoying' or 'in the way'.
==Trivia== 
*Bum remains in a fully black and white palette, even in levels or worlds full of bright and lively colors.
*Bum is specifically coded to keep a positive and joyous behavior at all times, even when put up with the most dire of situations. Adding onto this, if he were to ever feel upset, or even cry, his body would melt out of unregistration.
*He gets along with all of the other SMM mascots, especially the Undodog, treating it as his own pet.
**Except for Mr. Eraser. Bum is terrified of Mr. Eraser.
*When Bum is shifting into his Weird Mushroom form, his lower chin will extend, and soon shoot inwards to form the shape of individual teeth. The same process happens on the upper jaw, except they shoot from his nose and through his mustache.
*Bum's Weird Mushroom form was initially inspired by the Nekoluga Family from The Battle Cats.
*The oldest design of Bum is jokingly and commonly referred to as 'Homeless'.
*Bum's hair and mustache is incredibly soft to the touch, remaining with a puffy texture throughout.
*In fanon, Bum is best friends with The Door by @RadioPixelCtive, sharing an almost brotherly bond with one another.
*There is a noncanon counterpart of Bum known as Tramp, acting as the embodiment of "What if Bum looked like Luigi instead of Mario?"
*Bum is very skilled in Kaizo Mario-styled levels, knowing a handful of popular tricks featured such as shell-jumping, spring-dropping, etc.
==Gallery==
File:Bum old ref.png|An older reference of Bum
File:WM Bum old ref.png|The other half of the reference
File:Bum evolution new.png|The evolution of Bum
Category:Mario-Based
Category:SMM based EXEs
Category:Male
Category:EXEs with faker forms