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“Jesus Christ Mario. What’d you do?”
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Saturday Night Live wasn’t shy about leaning on the success of HBO’s The Last of Us whereas Pedro Pascal hosted, with their Mario Kart skit performing as proof.
Shown throughout the Feb. 4 episode, the skit performs out by way of a pre-produced trailer for a pretend Mario Kart status drama. It pulls parts virtually one for one from HOB’s The Last of Us, giving every thing a grittier, grungier really feel to make issues seem as bleak and hopeless as doable within the title of a status really feel.
The skit kicks off with a monologue about how the Mushroom Kingdom has fallen to break because of an unexplained disaster, and the one means of getting from one place to a different is Karts. Mario, performed by Pedro Pascal, should transport Princess Peach from one level to a different by way of his Kart, and should enlist the assistance of characters like Luigi and Toad to help him.
There are references to each the Mario Kart sequence and The Last of Us all through, both by way of sound results from the video games or characters’ well-known catch phrases. on the identical time although, there are moments which mix the 2 franchises and their most well-known parts into a brand new, extra dramatic amalgamation. Luigi and Toad are decked out in post-apocalyptic variations of their ordinary garments, whereas Mario is hooked on Mushrooms as a result of they make him “feel big.”
It’s extremely foolish and cringey, but in addition fairly humorous all issues thought-about. It additionally manages to poke enjoyable at parts of status tv that will by no means be relevant to the light-hearted facet of video video games ought to they ever get The Last of Us-style HBO variations.
It’s nicely price giving the skit a glance by way of the official video down beneath.
Those seeking to discover out why HBO’s The Last of Us was sufficiently big for SNL to parody can test it out by way of HBO Max, with outdated episodes accessible for streaming and new episodes premiering each Sunday at 6 p.m. PST. For extra on the present, we’ve bought lots of associated articles you’ll be able to peruse down beneath.
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