Karen (SMG4)

Template:Not to be confused with Template:Character Tab 2

## File:Karen logo.png

```
Template:Quote2 **Karen** is a modern reaccuring character in the SMG4 series, debuting in SMG4: The Mario Documentary. She is an anthropomorphic cat who works at Starbucks as a barista, and in later appearances works as a clerk in various stores throughout the Mushroom Kingdom.

```

## History

Karen debuted in SMG4: The Mario Documentary, working as a barista at a local Starbucks. She gets annoyed by Mario sneaking around her and scared him away with her shotgun. She is then seen again trying to get Mario off the store for trying to camp outside of Sundays but was kicked in the face. She would later send him and his tent to a garbage dump.

She made a cameo in SMG4: Mario Goes To The Zoo, where she was at the zoo being burned at the stake by the pig army.

She made her first major role in SMG4: Mario Does His Laundry, working as a laundry aide in a laundromat.

Her kids debuted in SMG4: How To Train Your Mario.

## Appearance

Karen is an anthropomorphic cat with white fur and hair (with a bit of turquoise underneath her hair and on front of her ears), wearing yellow reading glasses matched with a Starbucks-like uniform with a light green T shirt and a average green cap and apron with her name tag. She wears black leggings with black shoes, and also has a bow on her tail.

In her normal clothes, Karen wears only the light green T-shirt along with her black leggings and shoes. She speaks with a New England accent.

## Personality

Karen appeared to be laid-back personality, evidently with her calm face. She also takes her jobs very seriously, to the point that she had to seriously deal with others who annoy her working, such as Mario. Despite this, she seems to be enamored by cuteness, as she took a liking towards JubJub Boopkins in SMG4: Mario Does His Laundry.

Despite this, she is shown to not like working, whereas it is shown in SMG4: Mario Gets His PINGAS Stuck In Car Door, she was relieved when the store she was working at was robbed and blown up by the Mushroom Robber.

## Trivia

* Several fans had compared her to Tasque Manager, from Deltarune. FM had to point out that she was designed far before Deltarune Chapter 2 came about.
* Her name was inspired by the slang term "Template:Wikipedia Link" Which is a term for people perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. The term is often portrayed in memes depicting rude women who use their perceived power to demand their own way. Depictions may include demanding to "speak to the manager" or sporting a particular bob cut hairstyle (The notable examples are: Whitney and Peach Toadstool). However, during her screen time, she displays behavior that is the opposite of a Karen as she doesn't seem to entitle herself, only focuses on her work, and rarely complains to anyone. When Bob goes "full Karen" in SMG4: The Meme Games 2022, she even seems to have a dislike towards Karen's as well.
* Karen working at multiple jobs is similar to that of Larry Needlemeyer from *The Amazing World Of Gumball* series.
	+ Coincidentally, Larry had a fiancée named Karen.
* She shares some similarities with Gloria Sato from the animated Disney Channel series *Big City Greens*, both characters having a job at a local barista & always putting up with shenanigans from the main protagonist (Mario/Cricket Green).
* She is also similar to Brooklyn T. Guy as they both have a lot of different jobs; both get easily annoyed.
* She may have severe depression, this is hinted to by the fact in SMG4: Mario Does His Laundry, she is reading a book titled "How to Be Happy Again"
* She said she has 1000 children in SMG4: Mario Does His Laundry. However, In SMG4: How To Train Your Mario, she has only 3 children. It is likely that since Karen is stressed of taking care of them, She feels like taking care of 1000 children despite she is actually taking care of 3 children.
* Most of her lines came from Scout from Team Fortress 2, however rather than using the Scout's voice pack, instead pull from the The Female Scout Voice Pack, voiced by Sandra Espinoza.
	+ Coincidentally, she has also voiced a sound pack for the Female Spy sound pack.
* In SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2022, during the rap, she is voiced by Elsie Lovelock.
	+ This makes her the third character that Elsie has voiced.
* Karen's hairstyle bears a resemblance to those of Rival Octolings, the species that Desti and the Octoposse are part of.