Although among the most popular things ever made by human hands, the Super Mario Bros. games are, by definition, very silly. Just think about it for a second: you’ve got a fat Italian plumber stomping his way through level after level, trying to rescue a princess who we all know is just gonna get herself kidnapped again. It seems like Bowser’s minions should have an easy time taking the guy down, as he starts off with no discernable powers other than the ability to use a plunger. So why doesn’t anything ever go right for the Boos and Chain Chomps of the Mushroom Kingdom? And whatever happened to all those baddies from Super Mario Bros. 2, anyway?

Well, my friends, this video is about to answer all of the questions you didn’t even know you had.

Now, I know that what the U.S. got as SMB2 was actually another game with Mario’s face slapped on, but that doesn’t mean some of those enemies weren’t genuinely badass. And Phanto, the little mask that floats around? Yeah, that guy’s a jerk. See what can happen when everyone works together as a team?

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