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'''''Something''''' is the name of a ''[[Super Mario World]]'' [[Game Mod|Rom Hack]] by [[Yogui]], known for its well-made levels.
 
The plot is... there is none., Becausebecause someone went and stole it -, and it's up to Mario to thwart whoever the villain is and retrieve it. It's slightly oddball in that aspect - just as well, since many people know of the ROM hack series from [[raocow]]'s playthroughs.
 
[[Yogui]] also created a sequel, ''[[Something Else (ROM Hack)|Something Else]]'', which focuses on Luigi and his adventures in another world.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: The recolored Rip Van Fish, fromwhich appear in "The Only Water Level" chase Mario as usual if woken up, with the creator suggesting that they're dreaming about finding love, since they create hearts when they're sleeping.
* [[Acrofatic]]: Ballser.Bow-- er, ''Ballser'' speeds up during the last boss fight in ''Something''.phases Inof his lastboss phasefight, Ballserincluding gainsgaining a pair of wings to become even faster, and uses his weight to create earthquakes and stun-lock Mario.
* [[Action Bomb]]: In addition to Bob-ombs, the pink Bullet Birds, the red Bomb Boos and the dull red Yoshi Koopas explode.
* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: The game brings up the save prompt after every level completion., Thisas makes the game easier in the saving aspect in comparisonopposed to the original ''Super Mario World'', which only brings up the save prompt after completing a Ghost House, Castle or Fortress level.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Yogui likes to put crude penises in various places. He also likes the ''[[Mega Man]]'' series, with many references to those games appearing in the ''Something'' series.
* [[Author Avatar]]: Yogui's Avatar shows up when you achieve [[100% Completion]] and congratulates you for completing the game.
* [[Auto-Scrolling Level]]:
** "Perilous Ice", which is made even more dangerous because of the ice physics, Pokeys and tiny Mario clones. Luckily, Yoshi is there to make things easier., and Youyou'll need him for the Switch Palace Exitexit.
** "Vertical Chao", where Mario has to dodge many enemies and obstacles while riding on a very tiny platform.
* [[Big Bad]]: Ballser is the one responsible for stealing the plot.
* [[Book Ends]]: The game begins with a description of the stolen plot, and ends with a description of the plot itself.
* [[Boring Return Journey]]: Mario calls a Taxitaxi and heads back to the Mushroom Kingdom after recovering the plot scenario from Ballser.
* [[Born as an Adult]]: Some of the eggs in "Kinder Surprise" skiphatch the larval phase and attack Mario as adultinto Pidgit Bills, Masked Koopas, and Caped Koopas.
* [[Boss Arena Idiocy]]:
** The boss of the Chateau du Vent has plenty of throw blocks in its arena. If these blocks were replaced with an ordinary platform, the boss fight would be impossible.
* [[Boss Rush]]: {{spoiler|The [[True Final Boss]] in Somethinglevel. To make things more difficult, [[One-Hit Wonder|Marioyou'll hashave to do it as Small Mario]].}}
* [[Breath Weapon]]: The Sakura Tori is a pink bird that spits fireballs at its foes.
* [[Brutal Bonus Level]]: They'reAs usuallyis thestandard finalwith challenges''Super andMario'' thegames player must jump through hoops in order toand unlockROM themhacks.
* [[Bullet Hell]]: The boss of Yosu"Yōsu no Tera", who forces Mario to dodge patterns of sprite-swapped bullets in a room of spikes.
* [[Cool Shades]]: All of the Galoombas wear shades, not unlike their appearance after beating the Special Zone in the original ''Super Mario World''.
* [[Collection Sidequest]]: Something and Something Else have sidequests where you collect 75 of the item required and the gatekeeper allows passage. Both levels have alternate exits, so the sidequests can be skipped.
* [[Cyclopean Creature]]: The Banzai Bill sprite-swap replacement in Somethingenemy has one red eye covering its face.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: King Dedede gets possessed by Dark Matter in the boss fight for "DDDark Castle". He even coughs up tiny Dark Matters for the second phase of the fight.
* [[Double Jump]]: When Yoshi is hatched for the first time, he says not to drop him in a pit. [[Foregone Conclusion|Guess what you have to do to access either exit in Happy Horse Bridge]].
* [[Eternal Engine]]: "The Space Hideout", because thewhose graphics are ripped directly from [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Scrap Brain Zone Act 2, another Eternal Engine level]].▼
* [[Electric Jellyfish]]/[[Flying Seafood Special]]: The main obstacle in Electricave. They cluster at the top of the ceiling and try to attack Luigi in great numbers.
* [[Evil Knockoff]]: The Monty MolesMole in Somethingsprites are replaced with tiny Mario clones.▼
* [[Elite Mooks]]: The pink Yoshi Koopas in Something Else. They take two hits to kill and their only attack has long invincible frames.
▲* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Space Hideout, because the graphics are ripped directly from Scrap Brain Zone Act 2, another Eternal Engine level.
▲* [[Evil Knockoff]]: The Monty Moles in Something are replaced with tiny Mario clones.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: The plot of ''Something'' is to retrieve the plot stolen by Ballser, which turns meta when Mario reads the sheet describing the plot of the game.
* [[Faceless Eye]]: [[Captain Obvious|Bigeye is a giant eyeball]]. [[Warmup Boss|He's quite easy to beat]].
* [[Feathered Fiend]]: The Pidgit Bills and Bullet Birds, in the Something series. The Pidgit Billswhich get a Mario-seeking variation and the Bullet Birds get an exploding variation respectively.
* [[Frogs and Toads]]: They appearAppear as enemies in both games, but they arethat're immune to fire and they ride on pogo sticks.▼
* [[First Town]]: Firstep Village in Something Else. It is the first level in Something Else, which lets the player get familiar with the game if they never played a Mario game before.
* [[Fundamentally Funny Fruit]]: Jumping Piranha Plants and regular Piranha Plants appear as pumpkins, which is borrowed from their appearance after beating the Special Zone in the original ''Super Mario World''.
* [[Floating Water]]:
** [[Gender Flip]]/[[Pink Means Feminine]]: The Rip Van Fish are femaleedited into Something because they arebe pink, and their [[Catching Some Zs|sleepy Zs]] are replaced with [[Say It with Hearts|hearts]].▼
** Rainy Clouds has a section where Luigi has to swim in shark-filled water and another section where the water is floating next to the clouds.
** Ballser[[Generic inDoomsday SomethingVillain]]: Ballser. In fact, the scenario describing the game does not even mention his name at all.▼
** The Secret Exit route in Cat Beach in Something Else is based around this particular gimmick. One false move and Luigi plummets to his death.
* [[Flying Face]]: [[Touhou/Memes|Yukkuri Reimu]] is the main adversary of Yukkuri Take. Since she is a sprite-swap of the Angry Sun, she can fly and mercilessly pursue Luigi.
▲* [[Frogs and Toads]]: They appear as enemies in both games, but they are immune to fire and they ride on pogo sticks.
* [[Fundamentally Funny Fruit]]: The Piranha Plants here are replaced with fruit. Jumping Piranha Plants and regular Piranha Plants are pumpkins in Something. Regular piranha plants are apples in Something Else. Venus Fire Traps are watermelons in Something Else.
* [[Fusion Dance]]: {{spoiler|The [[True Final Boss]] in Something Else is a merger of the Evil Guy and Ballser.}}
* [[Gender Flip]]/[[Pink Means Feminine]]:
▲** The Rip Van Fish are female in Something because they are pink and their [[Catching Some Zs|Zs]] are replaced with [[Say It with Hearts|hearts]].
** The Pokeys are female in Something Else because they have large pink lips and their spikes are also pink.
* [[Generic Doomsday Villain]]:
▲** Ballser in Something. In fact, the scenario describing the game does not even mention his name at all.
** The Evil Guy in Something Else. All he wants is supreme power. The game does not even delve into his motivations.
* [[Gimmick Level]]: All of the levels in the ''Something'' Seriesgames have a unique gimmick to make them stand out. In fact, many people praise this series for making each level stand out.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Yosu"Yōsu no Tera", andwhich allmay ofroughly thetranslate levelto names"Temple of World 3 in Something ElseSigns". There's also a Miko who spouts off random Japanese words like Piston Honda in ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* [[Green Hill Zone]]: An unusual example in "Night Of Spikes".
* [[Gusty Glade]]: "Chateau du Vent" has wind constantly blowing in from the east, making rightward movement much more difficult.
** Night Of Spikes in Something. It's unusual because it takes place at night and it has a lot of spikes.
* [[Goomba Springboard]]: The gimmick ofIn "Bouncing Training.", Mario has to jump on Koopa Paratroopa headsParatroopas to cross the wide gaps and the lava pits. Spin-jumping on Torpedo Teds is also the primary gimmick of "Pain Fortress".▼
** The Flower Island in Something Else. A major portion of World 5 takes place on said island.
* [[Hailfire Peaks]]: World 4 is a desert/ice world. One of its levels is "So Sand or Snow?", where Mario can use pipes to switch between the desert and ice halves.
* [[Gusty Glade]]: The gimmick of Chateau du Vent. The wind tries pushing Mario to the left, which makes moving to the right much more difficult, especially with obstacles in the way.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Wigglers as usual.
▲* [[Goomba Springboard]]: The gimmick of Bouncing Training. Mario has to jump on Koopa Paratroopa heads to cross the wide gaps and the lava pits.
* [[HailfireHard PeaksMode Filler]]: World"[[Punny 4Name|B inGhost SomethingHouse]]" is a desert/iceremix world.of Onethe offirst itshalf levelsof is"A Ghost House"So, Sandbut orwith Snow?"black fog, wherePidgit MarioBills, canand useno pipescoins to switch betweenindicate the desertlocations andof the iceceiling halvessmashers.
** The[[Helpful gimmickMook]]: ofIn "Punches on Cold Ice.", Mario has to be punched by the Punches in order to cross the vast gaps in the level.▼
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Wigglers are still around. They even got a level in Something Else called Wigglers' Dwelling.
* [[Hard Mode Filler]]: B Ghost House in Something is a remix of the first half of A Ghost House, but with black fog, Pidgit Bills, and no coins to warn Mario of the locations of the ceiling smashers.
* [[Helpful Mook]]:
▲** The gimmick of Punches on Cold Ice. Mario has to be punched by the Punches in order to cross the vast gaps in the level.
** The gimmick of spin-jumping on Torpedo Ted is used in both games <ref>Pain Fortress in Something and Crazy Night in Something Else</ref>.
* [[Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: The Masked Koopas. They dress up like Mario in Something and dress like Yoshi in Something Else.
* [[Invincible Minor Minion]]: Gordos, Munchers, Spikitus and Boss Bass. The Munchers even get a level, Hungry Vegetation, to themselves
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