The Mushroom Kingdom Reality Show.

DISCLAMER:I don't own any of the characters or places mentioned in this story. It is for entertainment purposes only.

Chapter 1-Ratings

The Mushroom Kingdom television network, or MKTV for short, has been desperate for ratings lately. Broadcasting soap operas and old Yu-gi-oh repeats just didn't seem to cut it. Sure, when Mario and his friends went on an adventure of some sort they covered it instantly. But things had been slow in the kingdom. Bowser has been at bay and nothing exciting was going on. But boring was bad. Boring equals poor ratings.

Mr.Toadagami was the network executive at MKTV and was in the middle of a conference working on the next big thing. The middle-aged toad had been working at the network for almost thirty years now and he was not about to let it go under.

"We need to find what the people want and show it," Mr.Toadagami said. "Sure, everyone is crazy about Mario, but Bowser has been in seclusion, so there has been no need for Mario to take action. What do we do?" The entire table was quiet for a few minutes, then a koopa troopa spoke up.

"I have an idea. We make Mario and his friends play sports spin-offs, such as racing, parties, tennis, and baseball. We make the people watch the same stuff everyday for the rest of their lives until they get tired, then they'll love it!" Everyone stared at him for three seconds.

"Your fired Johnson," said Toadagami, and the koopa troopa left the table to gather his belongings. "Does anyone else have any ideas?"

"Well, if Mario isn't doing anything exciting, then maybe we should show the people what his life is like as a normal person," said a goomba. Again, everyone stared at him for a few seconds. "I'll get my stuff," he said.

"That's BRILLIANT!" Toadagami said. "What an idea! We can get Mario and his friends to live in the same house for a month until they drive each other crazy. It will be a successful reality show. Davis, you've been promoted to Assistant Network Executive!"

"But, that's my job," said a paratroopa.

"Your fired Anderson. Davis, you get his job," Toadagami replied. The sad paratroopa sulked away from the table to see if he could get a job in Bowser's army again. Jobs were typically tough at MKTV. Only two people got fired today, so that means Mr.Toadagami was in a good mood. But aside the point, Toadagami's secretary got on the phone with Mario and his friends, and they decided to be on the show. The chaos was about to begin.