The Mario Minion Movie

The Mario Minion Movie is a horror comedy film.

## Poster

The poster shows Pikachu holding a bloody axe, Mario with half of his robotic face and his robotic right arm exposed, Minion Pig with sharp teeth and holding a bloody hammer, and Minion remaining unchanged.

## Plot

Jacob Harrison is a huge fan of *The Mario Minion Show*, a successful children's television series featuring four animatronic characters — Mario, Pikachu, Minion Pig, and Minion — along with their human co-star Jordan. As a surprise birthday present, his parents Martha and Peter take him with his step-brother Joseph and his classmate Ellie to a live taping of the show at Nintendo Studios. Upon arrival, the family meet several audience and staff members, including show hostess Pauline and her assistant Cole, fan couple Scott and Vicky, aspiring young performer Julie with her father Thomas, and security guard James.

As the taping is getting ready, the studio's new vice president of programming, Henry, informs show's producer Dawn that he is cancelling the show after the recording as it does not go with his network's vision. The animatronics' new software updates malfunction after Minion Pig overhears this through a drunken Jordan, with Pikachu kidnapping Henry while Minion Pig kills Jordan by thrusting a prop lollipop down his throat. Outside, Martha learns that Peter has been cheating on her with another woman. When she returns to the studio, Peter finds James' decapitated corpse and is then chased and run over by Minion.

Meanwhile, Vicky accepts Scott's marriage proposal while live streaming the backstage before Mario arrives and murders Scott by sawing him in half. Mario leaves Scott after he hears Jacob and Ellie looking for Minion; taking them to the workshop. He traps them with Julie, who Pikachu kidnapped while Minion Pig burned Thomas' face as they were searching Henry for an audition. The remaining survivors learn about the animatronics' carnage after finding a seriously-injured Thomas. Pauline finds all phones disconnected and the confiscated cell phones destroyed while Martha manages to subdue Pikachu before she and Joseph find Vicky and convince her to join them.

At the same time, Dawn and Thomas are forced to participate in the show's obstacle course until Mario stabs Thomas to death in the back with a key while Dawn completes the course, only for Minion Pig to smash her face with a hammer. Jacob, Ellie, and Julie meet the animatronics' creator William, who considers his creations' actions justified by the show's cancellation and conflicts over freeing the kids. Minion Pig brings Pikachu for repair, causing William to get distracted enough for the kids to escape and lock him in the cell. While looking for a way out, Jacob, Ellie, and Julie come across Minion and convince him to help them.

Marha, Joseph, Pauline, and Vicky arrive at the workshop to ask William how to stop the animatronics but he does not provide any information. The group hear music coming from a hatch in the floor and go down. Vicky notices the mask of an unused fifth animatronic named "Kit". Losing her sanity, she puts on parts of the costume and kills William as revenge for Scott's death. Finding the underground passage littered with the corpses of Cole, the studio's staff, and the adult audience members, the group find Mario and Minion Pig holding all children hostage while performing gruesome variants of their acts, like burning Jordan's corpse and brutally murdering Henry by ripping his limbs off.

Minion arrives and chains Jacob, Ellie, and Julie to be with the other children but secretly gives Jacob the keys to free them. While Martha and Joseph manage to kill both Mario and Minion Pig, Julie guides all the kids to the exit. Martha, Joseph, and Jacob meet up with Pauline and Ellie before being cornered by Pikachu. Suddenly, Minion appears and attacks Pikachu, killing him before dying from critical damage sustained on the fight. As the police and paramedics arrive to attend survivors, Joseph and Pauline start a relationship while Martha divorces a heavily-injured Peter. Left behind on the parking lot, Peter is run over again; this time being killed by a now-insane Vicky with the animatronics' remains in the back of the vehicle. While she drives and sings *The Mario Minion Show* theme song, Mario reactivates and laughs maniacally.

## Tropes

Token Good Teammate: Minion. He even fights Pikachu.

Magic Trick Death: How Mario kills Scott.