The Never Ending Mario Story

"Mario and Luigi were watching ESPN when Toad walked in and said..."

The Never Ending Mario Story is/was a nonsensical Round Robin fanfic created by the users of Nsider2 Forums. As the name implies, the story's main focus is on the characters of the Super Mario Bros series, but as the plot went on it inevitably began to draw in elements from just about everything else. Surprisingly, however, the story was for the most part actually able to hold together a coherent plot, and featured several story arcs before becoming a Dead Fic.

Since then, a few brave individuals on Nsider have attempted to begin another "Never Ending _____ Story" on the forums, but none have been as successful as this one.

The Never Ending Mario Story contains examples of the following tropes:

 * Aborted Arc: The search for the Legendary Ruby Burritos.
 * Absurdly Spacious Sewer
 * All Just a Dream: Subverted.
 * Awesomeness Is Volatile: So volatile that it tears a hole in the space-time continuum.
 * Back From the Dead: Used occasionally, most notably with Death himself.
 * Bad Future:.
 * Batman Can Breathe in Space: Lampshaded.
 * Battle Couple: Toad and Kamelia.
 * Big Bad: King K. Rool in the first arc, Bill Murray in the second, Captain Olimar in the third.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Toad, when he assembles an army of Pokémon to save the others from Team Rocket.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall
 * Canada Eh: Luigi assembles an army of Canadians at one point, though they don't actually accomplish anything.
 * Cerebus Rollercoaster: Given the amount of writers with differing styles of writing, this was bound to happen.
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Cool and Unusual Punishment: Since "evil" Mario can't kill Mario and co., he attempts to do the next best thing by forcing them to listen to Twilight on tape.
 * Death Takes a Holiday: Death is killed, resulting in everyone else being unable to die until he is revived.
 * Depending On the Writer: Inevitable.
 * Distressed Damsel: Peach, as usual, though she eventually manages to escape on her own.
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu: Villainous example: Ridley somehow murders.
 * Don't Fear the Reaper: is actually helpful to Mario and co., though you still shouldn't get on his bad side.
 * Dropped a Bridge On Him: Alucard is crushed under a spaceship piloted by Kirby.
 * Enemy Mine: Bowser teams up with Mario yet again in this fic. Also, Mario and Luigi briefly join forces with Captain Falcon and Donkey Kong.
 * Eldritch Abomination:
 * Evil Twin: The "evil" counterparts. Also, Toad's twin brother Ignuf.
 * Fantastic Voyage Plot: King K. Rool and the Kremlings upon being vacuumed by Bowser.
 * Fire and Brimstone Hell
 * Five Man Band:
 * The Hero: Mario
 * The Lancer: Luigi
 * The Smart Guy: Kamek Kamelia
 * The Big Guy: Bowser
 * The Chick: Toad
 * Sixth Ranger:
 * First Law of Gender Bending: Kamek, er, Kamelia.
 * Follow the Leader: As mentioned above, a few users have attempted to make similar group fics since this one ended, but most of them lose momentum quickly.
 * Fusion Dance: Captain Falcon and Chuck Norris combine to become the most powerful being in existance: Bruce Lee.
 * Future Badass:
 * Gender Bender: Kamek is transformed into a woman by Toad's wish, and remains as such for the duration of the story. Heavy Weapons Guy also has a sex change,.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man: Mario and Luigi to Toad.
 * Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Several.
 * Groin Attack: Subverted, see Samus Is a Girl below.
 * Humongous Mecha: Peach and Bowser's Castles apparently still have their mecha components from Bowser's Inside Story, and they can even combine.
 * Laser Guided Amnesia: Toad, causing him to believe that he is Ash Ketchum.
 * MacGuffin: Several over the course of the course of the story, such as the Legendary Ruby Burritos the Dragonballs, and the Ultimate Power.
 * Magnetic Hero: Mario, natch.
 * Mega Crossover
 * Mirror Universe: Where the "evil" counterparts are suspected to have come from.
 * Non Indicative Name: "The Land of Chocolates, which in fact had no chocolate at all and no one there knew what chocolate was."
 * Off With His Head: "Evil" Luigi. He survives it.
 * The Psycho Rangers: The "evil" duplicates of the heroes, created by a space-time paradox.
 * Reset Button: Played straight and later subverted.
 * Round Robin
 * Samus Is a Girl:
 * Second Law of Gender Bending:...Kamelia again.
 * Sealed Evil in A Can:
 * Spot the Imposter: Mario invokes this by using his newfound shapeshifting abilities on the Heavy.
 * Superhero: Toad's alter ego, Mushroom Man.
 * Super Not Drowning Skills: Justified in that the Mario Bros. have been able to breathe underwater in the past.
 * Those Wacky Nazis
 * Took a Level In Badass: Toad.
 * Villainous Rescue: K. Rool unwittingly saves Mario and the gang from their "evil" counterparts.
 * Villain Team Up: K. Rool and Giovanni.
 * Well Intentioned Extremist: The "evil" twins of the heroes, who are actually
 * Wild Card: Mr/T
 * What Happened to The Mouse: Yoshi lampshades the fact that he doesn't appear until twenty pages into the story. Peach also ends up having to rescue herself when Mario and co. get sidetracked.
 * What the Hell Hero: Mario killing Prince Peasley for insulting his mother.
 * Yin Yang Clash: Bruce Lee vs..
 * Your Head Implode: Toad, upon witnessing the ritual of Zalgo.