Karl

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## Karl

* Redesign (current)
* Post-TMK (former)
* Pre-TMK
* Human
* TMK (human)

## Character information

### Allies:

Kirby (Most likely; one-sided)
TMK.EXE

### Enemies:

TMK.EXE (currently)
Donny Smith (arch-nemesis)

### Status:

Has TMK
Dead (Revived)

### Every Appearance:

Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1
TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1)
Marx. (Teaser video)
TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 2)

Kirby's Adventure Nes (indirectly mentioned)
Kirby.MP4 (2023)

Quote*"You can't hide him for long... No matter how far you take him... I will find and kill him 06.."*
*-TMK S3: TMK vs Marx*
**Karl** *(also known as **Noddy**, or **Marx**)* is a major character in Too Much Kirby. He serves as the main antagonist of Season 2, and possibly serving the role as deuteragonist in later Season 3.

Karl is a character who appears prominently in Season 2. He is the first Beta Tester for Kirby Super Star, and second victim to TMK (Virus). He is based off of the Noddy enemy from the Nintendo release of the game in 1996, though, has gotten redesigns to be slightly different.

Karl could also be considered part computer program, and part human, as his body was put into the files of Kirby Super Star for a short period of time, before being kicked out randomly sometime in 1996.

Eventually, later in Season 2, and early Season 3, Karl would start to transform into his true form, Marx, but, this process has not been complete yet.

## *Background*

Though not much is known about Karl's past, what is known is that he eventually got a job as beta-tester for multiple different gaming companies, such as SEGA, and Nintendo.

During his time as Beta-tester at SEGA, though it is unknown why, he no longer had his job as beta tester, and eventually moved on to beta testing Kirby 06, and been beta tester for HAL Laboratory until half-way through development. He had been fired after tampering with the code as much as possible to make him live in the world of the game.

After being fired, he had been shot by an unknown Nintendo employee (most likely The Assassin,) which gave him the opportunity to live inside of Kirby 06 just like how he wanted. Though after his replacement in the testing foundation became employed, Donny Smith, he had been removed from the game's world and infected by TMK in the process.

Later in his life, he accidentally encountered Donny Smith, he started to blackmail, and make his life living hell. He tried to blackmail Donny into giving him answers to why Karl is no longer in Kirby 06. He tries to kill Donny after he is told that he is being told he will not listen, though Karl dies before getting the opportunity.

## *Personality*

**Karl** is a series villain, debuting in "Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1," he made a cameo complaining about how he had been replaced. Though he only had a cameo, this episode would set a standard for the rest of his personality traits. He reappears in "TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1)," acting more civilized toward Donny Smith, informing him about many things related to the virus as Donny hallucinates. He explains that he is a sentient being, and that Donny is not hallucinating. Karl explains to Donny everything, how he isn't dead, and doesn't get angry until his discussion with Donny.

Karl is also seen as smartass (lack of a better word), during "TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1)," he just called Donny out for "being pissed." He is also quick to finish sentences for other people. He does this in both parts for Donny vs Karl, though he is seen more civilized, and calm in Part 1.

After finding out Donny Smith is the beta tester who had replaced his job in the Beta Testing Foundation, he changes his mood which has since been the standard for his actions. He interrogates Donny to explain "what went wrong" during the development process for Kirby 06 and lectures him. He is shown to exaggerate when he is angry as well, stating he is "not a drunk meathead," which leads to the possible events of Donny being beat up by Karl. Though this is left unconfirmed.

During the second part to Donny vs Marx, his personality shifts to be more antagonistic towards Donny, calling him a "nobody." He is also clearly seen as angrier about being fired from the testing foundation. He also declines Donny's apology for the way things went, and after being called an asshole, he punches Donny in in the cheek, and eventually too the neck, causing Donny's tooth to fall out.

After getting angry at Donny's apology, he is seen to black mail Donny into answering his questions, threatening to kill him if he doesn't. After being told that Donny didn't do anything, Donny says that it is "Karl's problem for not believing him," which reveals Karl daydreams random people going insane before getting pissed off at another person. Karl then tries to kill Donny, though, he gets stabbed through the head before he has the chance.

## *Appearance*

Karl takes the appearance of a **Noddy,** enemies who are mostly seen sleeping. Karl's sprite is based off of the sprite while awake, but his face has been altered.

For the hat, he has a orange and yellow-spotted Nightcap with a white puff-ball on the tip. The edge of the had has a white brim, which is at the bottom of. The hat is also going down. His hat from his true form, which is rarely seen, is a two-sided Nightcap, which has blue on one side, and red on the other. The left, which has blue, is covered in white spots, and has a white puff at the tip of it, similarly to his regular hat. The red side has triangles instead of circles, and has the white puff.

He is a purple sphere, he isn't really that tall, and has a wide smile. His eyes are mostly black, and has a small white pupil on each eye. His eyes are also much bigger than other characters in the series. He has small stubby feet, which have orange shoes on them, which match with his Nightcap.

His Human appearance is a tall man, he has short black hair, and has a small head. He seems to be wearing a black suit, and he has a tie under it. During effects of TMK, a hole opens where his right eye normally is, which reveals pink under his skin, and eyes very similar to his Kirby-styled appearance.

## *Marx*

**Marx** is an alter-ego of Karl that appears as a winged version of himself, with much greater power compared to him as a Noddy. He is an incredibly fucked up, and much different looking version of the Karl who debuts in "Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1."

    Marx has many different features to his appearance than Karl, such as having much sharper teeth, similar to a dog's, and his eyes are both different, having one eye that is White, and has a purple pupil, and another smaller eye on the right side (looking at him) that is black, with a purple pupil. Though, these facial features appear on Karl before his permanent transformation to Marx. Marx also has yellow wings, which are incredibly similar to the spear-like objects coming out of Karl's head. The final feature different to Karl, is strangely his hat, which is shown in TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1), where it kind of just... appears.

Karl's ultimate goal after transforming, is to both end Donny, gain ultimate power, and become more important than just being known as a Noddy. Potentially to end TMK.EXE and take the power of TMK for himself. There is currently not much else yet known about his goals, so fans can only theorize what he wants until it is fully revealed.

So far, many viewers of the series have discussed how far into the transformation Karl really is, and what people have managed to gather, is that 2 phases may be finished. Those phases being:

* Gaining the laugh of Marx himself.
* Being able to temporarily appear as Marx.

Since he already has already gone through both phases listed, he may go the next phases even faster, but that's only theoretical.

After going through a transformation, he gains sudden power that only TMK.EXE manages to have, the 2 shown in Kirby.MP4 (2023), is either Time Travel, or Dimensional Hopping, depending on how Donny transferred to Kirby's Dream Land, and the second, is to change how the world around others looks, as he changes the Gameboy world from being low in pixels, and white, to high quality, and having a ton of color. Nothing else has been shown since, though.

## *Prominence*

### *Season 1*

Though never making an appearance in Season 1 officially, he has been hinted near the end of Season 1, the hint is located in Kirby// The Truth will come out, where he tells Donny Smith to "stop lying."

* Kirby// The Truth will come out "How long can you keep up the lie donny?"

The evidence of Karl being hinted is supported by the fact that Donny doesn't say anything, besides to tell King Dedede to get out of his house. Later in the series, around the end of Season 2, Karl blackmails Donny to tell him "the truth."

### *Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1*

**Karl** makes his first speaking debut in "Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1," where he is seen after the game over screen at the start of the video. He introduces the idea that he had been replaced by an unknown man, and that he should not have been replaced by someone other than him. Near the end of the video, he states to "have fun with the monster," most likely referring to TMK.EXE. This all happens before being hit by Donny Smith via his car.

### *Donny vs Marx*

#### *TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1)*

Karl reappears in **Donny vs Marx** as the primary antagonist. He meets Donny Smith for the first time in this series, and later finds out that Donny is the man who had replaced him long ago in the SNES testing foundation. Because of Karl's discovery, he tries to find answers to why he is no longer inside of Kirby Super Star. He said he dedicated his whole life to the game, and wanted to live inside of it, but thinks Donny messed something up in the code. After Donny does not give him answers, he tries to beat Donny Smith, though nothing is ever seen, and the next episode is in a completely different setting.

#### *TMK S2: Donny vs Karl (Part 2)*

After Donny Smith does not give Karl the answers that he wants, he walks away complaining. Before leaving though, he finds that he should stay in the room he is currently in with Donny, because he did not get the answer he wanted. Karl punches Donny Smith, and later blackmails him into giving him answers, saying that he would kill Donny if he doesn't give Karl answers. Though Karl gets incredibly pissed off after Donny said that it is his problem that he is not listening to Donny. He threatens to kill Donny, but he begins transforming into the true Karl from the Kirby Super star boss fight. TMK.EXE knocks Donny out, and confronts Karl, saying this wasn't part of the deal. The episode ends with Karl's misshapen silhouette floating in the distance.

## *Relationships*

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### *TMK.EXE*

During Karl's debut in "Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1," it is revealed that he refers to TMK.EXE as "Monster." This shows that Karl does not like TMK.EXE that much, though it is revealed that the TMK virus made Karl feel powerful, and gave him the addiction to Kirby 06, and made him want to live in Planet Popstar. Though it is unconfirmed, this shows that Karl likes TMK.EXE for what good it can do for him.

Though, in "TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 2)," TMK.EXE appears at the scene of Karl's transformation, stating that something had not been part of a specific deal, which means Karl must have made a deal with TMK about something important. Though there is no definitive answer, it may be either finding answers from Donny Smith to it's creation, or to Kill Donny in the process of meeting him. Though they are confirmed enemies between each other in "TMK S3: Marx vs TMK," which has been confirmed to have action inside of it.

It is also revealed in the Maple Riot discord server that Karl knows a lot about TMK.EXE, such as it's creation, which is confirmed to be part of the Season 3 plot. This may confirm that Karl created TMK.EXE for one reason or another, but it may be so Karl can live to ultimate power, a similar fate to Karl in Kirby Super Star.

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### *Donny Smith*

It has been made very clear that Karl does not like Donny. After Karl had been fired from the Testing Foundation, he had began a hunt to find who had replaced him at his job. it has been shown in "Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1," that he is both really mad about being fired, and how harmful TMK.EXE is. He later meets Donny Smith in a circus like room, though unaware of Donny's background, tries to be respectful. He tries to be nice to Donny and explain things relating to the virus.

Though Karl tried to be respectful in "TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1)", he finds out at the end that Donny had been the one to replace him, and becomes furious. He becomes Donny's arch-nemesis from actions such as blackmailing, threats, and acts of violence against him. Karl tries to find answers from Donny to why he can't live in Kirby 06, and tries to kill him when he does not receive an answer.

## *His TMK infection*

Karl explained how he had gotten TMK. This event never happened in video timeline, but there was a memory made for the video. He explains that he was a beta tester for Kirby 06 (Most likely Kirby Super Star,) and that throughout his time, he was infected by TMK. When he had been infected, he was fired by King Dedede.

## *Kirby Super Star termination*

Sometime during the development of Kirby Super Star, he had applied to become a bug tester. He got the job, and tested the game, but eventually got infected by TMK, though, that did not affect his position in Kirby 06. After growing an addiction to Kirby Super Star, he tampers with the game's code as mush as possible, which gives him power to live inside of Dreamland*.* His job from **Beta Tester 1, in the** **TFC / SNES Division** was given to Donny Smith. Karl met Donny in person, when Donny tries to apologize for how things went. Karl brushed off the apology and walked away, but Donny told him he didn't need to be a jerk about it. This is when Karl snaps, calling Donny stupid, and then physically assaults him. He punches him once in the cheek and once in the throat, causing Donny to lose a tooth. Karl stands over his replacement, telling him an idiot like Donny could never replace him. This hasn't been confirmed, but by Donny's line "I saw your death," We can assume this is when The Assassin hits Karl with his car, and shoots him in the head.

## *His "death"*

Marx was revived inside of Kirby Super Star, due to his infection. It was his wish coming true, but Kirby 06 wouldn't let him. This is when he encountered Donny inside the Kirby Guide Rooms. Donny had also become infected with TMK, and took the form of a Waddle Dee. Karl threatened Donny to tell him what he messed up with Kirby 06, but Donny didn't give any answers. When Karl tried to kill Donny again, he transforms into who he wanted to be (Marx from the game.), Karl is interrupted when TMK.EXE knocks Donny out, which inadvertently saves Donny Smith's life in the process. TMK tells Karl their deal is off. He is however confirmed to return in Season 3.

## *Other Media*

### *"Kirby" Series*

*Main article: Marx on the Kirby Wiki*

**Karl** is a character based off of the main antagonist of Kirby Super Star, and nicknamed **Marx** in video titles, and commonly referred to Marx in episodes he appears in.

He is the final boss of Kirby Super Star, and is fought in Milkyway Wishes after Kirby awakens the Galactic Nova. Marx steals Kirby's chance of getting to earn one wish, which happens after Marx says that he needs to use his wish to save Dreamland. After Marx steals Kirby's wish, he wishes to have ultimate power. After earning his wish, he tries to take over Dreamland by taking out Kirby first. Though after being defeated, he loses his powers, and Kirby kicks him into the Galactic Nova, ultimately causing the Nova to be destroyed.
Marx reappears in Kirby Star Allies, as a protagonist other than his appearance in Kirby Super Star. He is found in both the Dream Palace and in "Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!" after an updated commonly known as the "Dream friends update Wave 1" released.

Though he is named Karl, he takes the appearance of Noddy, sleeping enemies who debut in Kirby's Adventure, and force Kirby to fall asleep after being inhaled. The ability is also seen in capsules, which are represented as obstacles in Kirby's Return To Dreamland in many stages found in the **Egg Engines** level. They are usually seen over areas without safety.

The ability is also seen as a proper ability in Kirby Battle Royale, which has Kirby hitting another player with a pillow, forcing the opponent to fall asleep temporarily.

### *FNF: Traumatized*

**Karl** is an upcoming boss fight to both the **Lies** music stage and the remix to **Abuse**. Both he and Donny Smith concept art of them battling in a room over on **Unioni24k's** YouTube channel, a developer for the mod, and popularized on the **Funkipedia Mods Wiki.**

A different form of Karl, taking place in his **True Form** appears in the story mode for the mod, and is featured fighting Boyfriend, in the stage known as "Fun," a grasslands stage. He appears after fighting Dark Matter, and before the fight featuring Vibe Check Kirby.

*To view the boss gallery, view Marx (FNF: Traumatized) Sprite Gallery.*

## *List of (known) Beta tester Jobs*

* An unknown Mickey Mouse Game (most likely for the SNES)
* Sonic CD
* Kirby Super Star

## *Quotes*

* "Oh wow... You look really pissed."
* "LIAR! I AM NOT THAT GOD DAMN DRUNK MEATHEAD! SO YOU CAN QUIT THE ACT, AND TELL THE TRUTH FOR ONCE DONNY."
* "Sorry? As if I need something so backhanded from you. If you were even sorry, I wouldn't be seeing your ugly face now, would I?"
* "YOU SEE NEWBIE!! Someone like you could never replace me."
* "My "problem"... You ruined my goal... You ruined me... And you have the call... To say... My... Problem... I'll wipe that dumb fucking face of yours clean off."
* ***"Oh I must have the wrong idiot, then."***
* "You really are fucking stupid. As if I would ever work with a bunch of code.

## *Gallery*

*For more images, check the main article: Karl/Gallery*

Prototype MarxFNF: TraumatizedRedesign artwork
## *Trivia*

* Karl was replaced by Donny Cole in the Kirby 06 testing foundation
* According to his portrait in TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 2), his legal name is **Karl**, and not **Marx** like video titles claim.
* In TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 2), despite being stabbed through the head, survives.
* Despite Karl's sprite being Noddy from Kirby Super Star, his true from has only appeared once.
* During the middle of Season 2, a different design is used, depicting his mouth being much higher than the final sprite.
* Being known as both **Karl** & **Marx** in TMK-canon may be a reference to the German philosopher known as **Karl Marx**.
* There are 2 different Karl prototype sprites used in "Super Kirby Bug Reporter 1," one being used in the video, and one in the thumbnail. It is currently unknown why this is, but this may be because of the video already being finished, and Maple Riot not liking the sprite, though, this is unconfirmed.
	+ It should also be noted that emotions expressed by Karl, and the drawing of him at the end of said video are very close to his final sprite.
* The name "**Karl Noddler**" was popularized by the Funkipedia Mods Wiki during mid 2022, though, this is confirmed non-canon.
* Karl is the only character to have a redesign, not counting TMK.EXE, which has multiple different forms.