Wario first appeared as Mario's greedy rival in Nintendo's Super Mario Land 2 in 1992 and became a regular face in Mario spin offs and his own games. SMG4, the long running YouTube parody series that began in 2011, reimagines Mario characters in chaotic machinima stories, with Wario as a recurring comic figure. Clips from that style of fan parody circulate widely on soundboards and in short edits, where a familiar character voice and a PC gaming joke can be reused instantly out of context.