Mr. Puzzles is the main antagonist of the SMG4 series, acting as the overarching and true antagonist of Season 13 and the main antagonist of Season 14, being introduced in the PUZZLEVISION story

He is a supernatural humanoid television cybernetic being and content creator who was originally a human. His purpose is to entertain viewers with his own media company and streaming platform, which he created and owns, called Puzzlevision. He's egocentric, as he frequently praises himself and produces his work without help from anyone else. He is also known to be quite a perfectionist, wanting little interference from his performers, and wants everything to go as smoothly as possible.

Growing up, Mr. Puzzles dreamed of building his own creations, like an amusement park, and getting appreciation for it, but his father dismissed him for lacking "creative vision." Disheartened, he became obsessed with watching every piece of media, dedicating his life to television. Eventually, he beheaded himself and replaced his head with a cybernetic TV set, somehow surviving the transformation. Now a living embodiment of television, he created Puzzlevision and, after discovering SMG4—the "stupidest show [he's] ever seen"—he began curating its chaotic misadventures, determined to make them more substantial to his taste.

Before presenting himself to the SMG4 crew, he worked in secret, indirectly providing personalized yet questionable products and powers to both members and associates of the group. These individuals were often disadvantaged and desperate for success, and his actions set off a chain reaction of events that would eventually become one of his "shows", to test how well his experiments with the SMG4 series would do.

Mr. Puzzles is a tall and thin humanoid, with a gray 50s/60s television box head that is identical to his adware form, minus the face. His real face is a light gray static background with differently shaped eyes with one big and one small, along with a large grin taking up most of his lower face. His teeth's colors, which are yellow, cyan, lime green, pink, red, and blue, are intended to resemble a TV ‘s color bars. Although his face is depicted as a screen, it is implied that his face is actually behind it as it remains intact even after the screen is shattered by Mario. The bottom edge of his head has the word "Puzzlevision" printed on it, which is an entertainment streaming service platform that he owns. He also seems to have a black cable-like neck that connects to the back of his TV head, which bares similarity to what actual cables do with TVs. He wears a black bowler hat with a gray band on his head, with two TV antennas sticking out, though one is bent. He wears a grey vest with a white undershirt and a black bow tie, as well as white elongated four fingered rubber hose gloves and black and white dress sneakers. His pants are dark grey, with silver puzzle patterns, his pants also come with suspenders with grey puzzle pieces as buttons. His pants are also a tad bit short and thin black cable-like legs are visible if one looks closer. One of his eyebrows also forms a lightning bolt. He cycles through different faces that appear on his screen, using the same colored smile and grey eyes. However, when he has an insanity rush, his face goes into a creepy face without the smile, nicknamed Photoshop Mr. Puzzles or just the Insane face.

Mr. Puzzles maintains a complex personality rooted in a strong ego and an expectancy for control. He often craves attention, evident from the name of his entertainment company, "Puzzlevision," and his persistent desire to be in the spotlight. He manipulates those around him, including the SMG4 crew, making them obsess over their objectives, and turning them into adversaries for his twisted shows. Despite his friendly façade, Mr. Puzzles has unstable mental tendencies and sociopathic traits, demonstrating a troubling lack of empathy and a talent for exploiting others for his benefit. For instance, he showed enjoyment in seeing Meggy mistreated by Oneshot Wren and took delight in SMG4's ability to "play an antagonist so well." His unstable mentality can make him have severe breakdowns when something keeps going wrong, and his temper reflects it as seen in Mr. Puzzles' Incredible Game Show Spectacular!

Powers/Abilities :

Genius-Level Intelligence: Mr. Puzzles is a calculative, cunning, and intelligent entity who is capable of exploiting people who are their lowest by giving what they want, at the cost of them falling to villainy due to the power, and is a capable strategist, able to use the SMG4 Gang's tendencies to get him to 5 Stars due to how entertaining it is.

Digital Omnipotence: Due to his nature of being one with television itself, Mr. Puzzles is practically a god within the digital world, able to shape the laws of reality and existence to his preferences.

Creative Control: An ability he obtains by achieving a 5-star rating; Mr. Puzzles is able to harness all of his immense powers in the real world.

Television Manipulation: He can cause TVs to turn on or off and play commercials.

Omniscience: It has been shown that he watches and spies on the SMG4 Crew

Reality Warping: His capability to manipulate reality, such as creating alternate dimensions or altering the internet, showcases his immense power and control over the environment.

Technological Manipulation: His capacity to manipulate various forms of technology, from computers to printers, extends his control over the digital and physical realms.

Charisma: Despite his malevolent nature, Mr. Puzzles' charismatic demeanor enables him to manipulate and persuade others effectively, making him a formidable adversary.

Shapeshifting: The ability to take on different forms, such as an internet pop-up adware or a humanoid figure, this grants him versatility and stealth in his interactions with others.

Mute: He muted Mario and SMG3 using his remote when they annoyed him.

Self-Decapitation: While unconventional, the ability to detach and control his head suggests a unique aspect of his nature.

Time Reversal: Mr. Puzzles can reverse time, as shown when SMG4 referenced Mario's Mysteries, and when Mario and Luigi discovered a room they weren't supposed to enter.

Brainwashing: His most common power is his brainwashing ability, he has the power to brainwash people when making shows for himself, he was even capable of brainwashing The SMG4 Crew (especially Melony) with his western simulation. He even managed to brainwash himself.

Fourth Wall Awareness: Mr. Puzzles' awareness of the audience and occasional direct communication with them adds an meta-fictional layer to his character, putting a gradient between the lines of both fiction and reality, he also created the PuzzleVision Website which views the Verse as Fiction.

Teleportation: Mr. Puzzles is shown to be able to teleport to other TV's within the real world and can grow his fully body out of a TV. (basically a new vessel to control) This is shown when he comes out of the TV back at the Castle to capture Mario. This requires the TV to have Puzzlevision branding, however it is revealed that he can teleport to other TV's without the Puzzlevision brand in Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse

Volume Adjustment: Mr. Puzzles can adjust the volume of his voice, as shown in Despicable Mr. Puzzles.

Screen Shifting: He has shown to be able to switch his screen

Screen Fixture: He somehow manages to get his screen fixed after it's been shattered, although it's fixed off screen.

his goal is to create amazing shows and get a five star rating , then control everyone in the world as his 'actors and actresses' in a massive show ( Mr. Puzzles's Wacky Fantabulous Epicentric Variety Show )