Marty is a character in Mario Kart 64. The being is a Thwomp that can be seen in N64 Bowser's Castle immediately when the player enters the castle itself. Unlike his fellow thwomps, "Marty" is green. He is unreachable as he is locked up in a cage. It also laughs upon entering the castle. It officially has no name, but fans liked him a lot and named him Marty.
His name is edited using a program, cutting "MAR" of Mario, "T" of Toad and "Y" of Yoshi. In the course's remake in Mario Kart Wii, Marty is the same color as the normal Thwomps, but he still laughs, although the sliding Thwomps no longer do so. However... he is a BLUE thwomp caused by the lighting, so there's no green thwomp in MK64 so, this Rumor is FAKE. But it's also entirely real, as video games often use effects to provide the definitive colors in the finished game. Many characters in the medium are defined visually by colors achieved through effects of the same sort. So, there is a green Thwomp in the game. Still waters run deep. Marty deep.
Hypotheses to unlocking Marty[]
A lot of people like to speculate if Marty is an unlockable character. He is not unlockable (except in hacked versions of the game). Theories include:
- Power-slide turbo boosting (pressing R to jump while steering to the left or the right) around the Bowser Statue in the castle garden clockwise.
- Doing the same thing, but counterclockwise.
- Driving Bowser's Castle the other way around (impossible, because you cannot drive up the stairs).
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