Marshie

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"Don'tcha like me?"

Appearing in puppet-form along with Homestar and They Might Be Giants in their September 25, 2004 concert in Atlanta, Ga. (HS & TMBG not shown)

"You can't destroy me!"

Marshie (capital "M", and then "arshie", as he would put it), a large, smiling white marshmallow with a bite taken from its side, is the genuinely alarming mascot for Fluffy Puff Marshmallows. He serves as a caustic and slightly absurd satire of any number of mascots hawking products to children. In particular, his face seems to have been inspired by that of the Kool-Aid Man. He also shares a resemblance to both the Carl's Jr./Hardee's star and the characters on the Elyon kosher marshmallows bag (in particular, the middle one on the bag). His slogan "Made from the best stuff" is directly from Snapple's slogan of "Made from the best stuff on earth".

Marshie has no known relationships with any H*R characters, save Homestar Runner, who "hates that freakin' marshmallow," probably because Marshie took his job as Fluffy Puff pitchman. Also, Strong Bad seemed annoyed when Marshie tried to make a buck or nine off his heart-drooping loss, and believes Marshie's commercials should be rated NC-17.

Marshie is infamously - and intentionally - creepy. His commercials have featured non-sequitur rantings, disturbing close-ups, inappropriate sound effects, faintly desperate pleas and even a behind-the-scenes nervous breakdown. He also tends to announce his appearances by uttering hackneyed slang phrases such as " 'Sup fools!" and "Oh snap!" in a heavy-handed attempt to convince kids to like him. However, this technique is essentially nullified by Marshie's innate creepiness, leaving the acceptance he seeks safely out of reach.

The use of Nibbles as a mascot in bottom 10 may be evidence for Marshie's increasing unsuitability as a mascot, or at least in specifically promoting Fluffy Puff's bite-sized Nibblers product.

Beyond his creepy demeanor, it is insinuated that Marshie is not simply disturbing but actually evil. He is named as a "bad guy" in the song "Strong Bad is a Bad Guy," a vaporized version of Marshie in candy product cheerily warns that "you can't destroy me!"

According to Cheat Commandos...O's, Marshie is a "Ser-g-geant".

Filmography

• Fluffy Puff Commercial (as a picture on the bag)
• Debut: Meet Marshie
• Complete Filmography

Also known as...

• Mr. Shmallow (Old-Timey)
• Ser-g-geant Marshie (Cheat Commandos)
• See other Nicknames

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