The mysterious creepy laugh explained! - 10 Cool Things About Super Mario 64 (Part 2)

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Bowser's laugh is actually made by phase distorting and slowing down a sound file from an asset pack that Nintendo used frequently in the N64 era. By complete coincidence, it's Charles Martinet!

[@SECONDQUEST]

Whoa really?

[@ninjaguyYT]

@@SECONDQUEST if you think that's crazy, Charles Martinet is also the name of the guy that makes Mario noises.

[@taliadransfield537]

He also makes the laugh of the boos but the file is sped up

[@mrboost4186]

I heard the rumour that it was Charles Martinet about a year or two ago and it has since spread like wildfire but I have not come across a single reliable source actually saying that it is Martinet, so I doubt it's him

[@Vextrove]

I always thought it sounded like a Mario laugh.

[@alejandrovelez6358]

Here’s an actual good note: Speaking about that glitch, in the Final Bowser fight, I don’t know if it only happens in the first initial Japanese version of the game, but if you do that glitch by throwing Bowser at the one of the bombs blowing him far away, he actually jumps back in the arena, but if he lands on one of the weak spots of the arena, he somehow jumps off the arena committing suicide, and he doesn’t jump back in, so Bowser will be permanently soft locked, but you can still move around, but Bowser won’t jump back in unless you like die by falling. I found that very funny tbh lol xD

[@MishKoz]

I knew about the low pitched Boo laugh, but I never knew there was a setup to get it consistently. Thank you for teaching me something new!

[@TheCosmicChicken]

Thank you for your great Mario 64 Iceberg video, Mish. It was a really fun introduction for me!

[@MishKoz]

@@TheCosmicChicken Thank you!

[@brucebaird-]

That’s why this is my favorite video game. Mario is put in vague atmospheres with no explanation and it’s our job to discover it

[@BR-jw7pm]

20 years of playing this game and I can't recall EVER hearing that boo laugh by the door. Maybe I did but forgot but that is ONE OBSCURE secret

[@thundergodgamer118]

Do you know where mountain slide is in Mario 64

[@thundergodgamer118]

Where is mountain slider? Or is that a mod ?

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@thundergodgamer118 you mean the secret slide in tall tall mountain? Climb up till ya jump across a waterfall and pass a cloud enemy. There’s a wall that ripples and can jump into it (the DS remake includes a trail of coins to it)

[@thundergodgamer118]

@@BR-jw7pm really? I had this game since the first day it came out in 1996 and I still have it for my N64. I have it for my Nintendo switch as well. I don't remember that slide. I'm Going to try and find it, thanks a lot 🎮🎮

[@thundergodgamer118]

I got the star from the slide without going through the slide. If you jump off of the cliff and kick in the air Mario will wind up inside the little area where the star is. I actually did it by mistake. A enemy hit me and when I fell off of the cliff I kicked in the air with Mario and i wind up getting the star.

[@eduardodias3707]

The Bowser / Boo laugh using the same FX Sound could explain the same strategy used in Ocarina of Time with the Poes and Ganondorf.

[@Banjeoin]

The whisper sounds like it might be the same sample as the background wind sound effects! Maybe the MIDI notes for the indoor music get loaded in before the MIDI instruments’ patch numbers get updated, so the wind/Boo laughter instruments have a very brief opportunity to play a note they weren’t intended to play?

[@NFITC1]

I was just thinking that it might be a side effect of the crossfading from exterior to interior ambience.

[@TheBester7]

yea, maybe its that. its nice to see others knowing how the game works

[@Noper12KSKx]

I've been testing this glitch and studying it ever since the all stars version came out, and your theory is the same as mine!

[@chompythebeast]

The Creepy Boo Laugh seems to be the result of one of the outdoor ambient track's Boo laughs being pitched and slowed down when it begins in the same frame as the game switches to the lower-pitched, lower-tempo _interior_ ambient track. The Creepy Whispers also sound like the wind effect receiving the same treatment. Maybe they're less intentional and more happy coincidences?

[@phattjohnson]

You nailed it! The same thing is happening to the wind. I wouldn't be surprised if it was picked up in testing but they decided to leave it in anyway :P

[@IvanFranco120]

Wow, i guess that's one trick used for saving N64 resources...😅

[@ShadowSora8491]

I didn't know about it before, but it adds to the atmosphere of Big Boo's Haunt, even if it was unintentional.

[@knightman528]

Besides that distorted creepy laugh, like it said, you could sometimes hear that disturbing whisper instead. Like WHAT THE HECK. 😲😲😲

[@dem0n0maniac]

The REALLY cool thing about that laugh, is that it turns out it's Charles Martinet! It's from an old set of stock sound effects that he contributed to

[@GameDjeenie]

It actually does sound like him... when you listen to him in interviews, he kind of laugh like that when he does his Mario voice lol

[@mrboost4186]

I've heard that for a while now, but still can't find a reliable source.

[@varietychan]

Fun fact: Mirror Mario A-posing is actually what normal Mario does, but his model is changed to be invisible

[@adirblazkowics7717]

I thought mario's static pose was that weird laying-down one you get when you do some cart tilting lol. neat.

[@varietychan]

@@adirblazkowics7717 That's used when coming out of a painting

[@lunarkomet]

5:25 sick maneuver That bomb knockback made me laugh out loud

[@tbtb66]

I could figure out what the root of the Boo laugh was but never knew there was a consistant setup to get it working, super neat stuff! SM64 has some funky pitch bending stuff going on, even pausing and unpausing messes with music and sound effects

[@Kafei2006]

5:58 I never noticed until now but the level of detail on the doorknob of the doors swaps to a higher polygon count model for a second or two while the door is being opened by Mario. Weird!

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah, i noticed too, briefly seen...

[@RedstoneItems64]

Why does this happen?

[@JMFSpike]

4:56 I didn't know about this, and it's actually quite brilliant. Saved them a tiny bit of space on the cartridge too I bet since they didn't have to create another sound file. 5:54 Big Boo's Haunt just got a little bit creepier then it already was.

[@ahums16]

This whole time I thought hearing the Boo laugh near the door was the Big Boo on the Balcony still reacting to your general direction! Interesting.

[@dg_777player5]

That was one of the biggest scares I ever got from a videogame, I was so afraid of the laugh at the time.

[@robertlauncher]

3:58 Meanwhile in Sunshine *Tossed into pits the instant a slope gets too steep with no warning in Mario’s physics

[@IvanFranco120]

The physics in Sunshine are nuts, LMAO. 😅

[@Mrtyjr]

For a future video, regarding the enhanced triple jump from talking to Yoshi, at the third jump you won't receive fall damage (the initial third as well as the smaller jump that is automatically executed when landing the third). Also you're even invulnerable from lava and insta kill sand (only after landing the initial third jump).

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah, i saw that detail too

[@thundergodgamer118]

It's hard to get up on the castle. I tried but could never make it.

[@Ever-ultra-rune]

Cool vid! I think that the 'whisper' in nr 10 is the bowser laugh sample one time slowed down than normal bowser laugh. kudo's in finding all this strange facts😎

[@WhyTrashEarth]

It's always an awesome day whenever Looygi Bros. uploads 😎

[@Nemer49994]

Bowser: YOU CAN CLIMB WALLS ? Mario: No, walk good.

[@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988]

Samurai Jack references for days

[@odinvolk6973]

the bowser surviving the bomb thing: can you do that with all 4 bombs and basically glitch yourself into an unbeatable boss?

[@IvanFranco120]

Yes. And this was then patched on the DS version, by making one bomb mine respawn, if all mines are destroyed...

[@SteffyCush]

omg finally the explanation behind the laugh, i remember being absolutely stumped about this 2 yrs ago

[@liquidluck8594]

Your attention to detail is amazing

[@IvanFranco120]

Yes. 😉

[@michaeloverton04]

I don't know if that "tapping to climb slopes" trick is present in DS, but I do know you can actually crouch walk to do it in that version. Be careful to not stop as doing so will cause you to slide down.

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah

[@JeffIndigo]

The laugh is apparently Charles Martinet's laugh. It was either from a sound effects CD a team would use to make sounds or it was audition tape reused.

[@kingnewcomer2029]

Just when you think you've seen EVERYTHING in this game, new stuff STILL pops up! I've been playing Super Mario 64 for over 20 years, and it still amazes me how much more is in it! :D

[@blackzero786]

Still wondering why they removed the Mini Chill Bully from Snow Man's Land though.

[@MK-od9tm]

Great to see another Good piece of Content released!

[@Hwarming]

I always wondered why those coins were under the castle's moat bridge

[@JacobDragyn]

The hangable ceiling in the castle courtyard is curious. Might this be because it was simpler to load the properties from one type of ceiling instead of multiple, and since they had the wooden bridge they needed that type? Or might it just be leftover design from early builds since there's no real reason that any of the bridges need to be hangable either.

[@jflor9594]

Aren’t they just reskins of the chain link ceilings?

[@elianewinter2638]

Nice, i always learn at least one new thing through your videos. :) By the way: before fighting King Bob-omb you avoid those two rolling balls in the pit by the mountain, right? however after defeating (or murdering, i guess) him the pit will actually contain three balls.. One of the bob-omb buddies even remarks that 'the king is a dud' after the fight -scary

[@sethdusith6093]

These remind me of something a cool older cousin would do and you would spend months trying to copy him and failing lol

[@OhBoysPaintball]

“So long gay Bowser!” - Mario (1996)

[@jackson5116]

1:31 what everyone in 1996 wished they could do when trying to get that last damn star!

[@Moonstrider]

This was great! *whispering*

[@nintendoborn]

I love seeing Mario 64 videos

[@IvanFranco120]

Same. 😉

[@gasman1155]

“So long gay Bowser!”

[@argai1978]

Ah, you are making fun of the Italian accent. I assume you have an accent too.

[@Drogie]

So cool you found a creepy laugh setup!

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

I feel like I knew the underside of the bridge was hangable, but I didn't put two and two together to assume it would be the case for all ceilings in the courtyard. What the heck did they make that castle out of?

[@GameDjeenie]

The only bridge I knew you could hang from was the first bridge in Bob-Omb Battlefield...

[@chompythebeast]

Peach's Castle was originally a set built for Mushroom Kingdom Ninja Warrior This also explains the complete lack of bathrooms

[@johnny2920]

1:00 the realest ones call that one a moon jump

[@aHardReset]

The fact that the creepy laugh appears in the boo's mansion makes it special.

[@hfplaysrblx6964]

2:31 for some reason I always thought it was a bridge down there near a dead end skeleton face..

[@IvanFranco120]

The dead end skull path has an invisible wall, to prevent the player slipping an huge portion of the slide course...

[@EdgarTheFan]

it's from a beta

[@TheCosmicChicken]

5:12 It's days like this where Bowser questions whether kidnapping the princess was really worth it.

[@Herumbra]

6:55 i cant believe part of the setup is mario having to knee down and worship satan

[@lexihunnel4024]

herumbra can’t

[@IvanFranco120]

Good oddities. 🤔😅

[@detectivej9786]

Pretty secret’s in Mario 64 how cool and good 👍🏾

[@tickmothy]

the whole boo laughing segment was genuinely creepy especially since its a mario game

[@Carboy45]

I slightly knew about stopping on slide

[@IvanFranco120]

Same, but on Cool Cool Mountain slider at the top

[@hedgydoodles3164]

In Bob-omb battlefield if you pick up a bob-omb and throw it at the chain chomp it will send the chain chomp upwards then it will fall back down.

[@cecillewolters1995]

Best episode yet, knew nothing outside of the slides :O Awesome facts! 👌🏻

[@King_of_the_Shrooms]

I have the feeling That a Literal Parkour-Mario-Game With Mario bring able to hang on to many ceilings might be quite good!

[@MarvinMarin_507]

I always thought boo's creepy laugh was a glitch in the game or a code tampering or something that only happened once

[@nintendoborn]

#2: Mario has some incredible grip strength

[@foxfamilyfox]

i used to know EVERYTHING about this game and i was REALY good at it

[@scoob1551]

Lol dude that boo laugh fact has to be one of the oldest things on the internet.

[@mrboost4186]

I remember videos back in probably about 2008 about how they were the same laugh

[@jellysquid8077]

Jesus can you imagine being the first kid to discover the whisper at the door to the mansion?

[@GameDjeenie]

Geez... Next video, you're gonna tell us that you found the "Ghoul Medal". They speak about it on one of the signs near the main entrance of Boo Mansion... Also, the whispers remind me of the creepy voice after a note is played in the game Jam Sessions on the DS...

[@lady1kaka]

Come on... The Boo laugh is like saying Mario Bros 2 was actually Doki Doki Panic...

[@meroisratatata7559]

7:55 creepier than the boo laugh

[@bgamer5124]

These videos are always so cool!

[@mathprodigy]

Never noticed you could hang above the castle front door. I knew you could under the bridge, you inevitably find out by side flipping and wall jumping to get those coins, but I have never ever tried it at the door in all these years and I owned the game in 1997 lol

[@erintheangry]

you can sleep in shallow water. Sleep long enough for mario to turn on his side and he will happily snooze and dream while completely submerged.

[@IvanFranco120]

Does mean Mario can drown while sleeping?

[@erintheangry]

@@IvanFranco120 Nah. He's fine as long as the water you are standing in is not deep enough to make him start swimming. You can do it under the bridge near the cannon outside the castle for an easy spot to try it.

[@RyanBlazeheart]

The top of his hat is breathing fir him

[@greenlightning6803]

One time I legit heard the boo laugh in cool cool mountain room and I was terrified

[@IvanFranco120]

How!? 😳

[@greenlightning6803]

@@IvanFranco120 I honestly don’t know I was just walking around and if it helps this was the 3D all star version

[@greenlightning6803]

Not to mention no one else was home when it happened so no one believed me so I think that’s the creepiest thing about it

[@official_meelees]

Probably the game triggering the boo scene thinking you were in the hall ttto the back garden

[@ramullajuggalo3077]

Bro lemme tell ya after I watched all your OOT videos my feed has been nothing but informational shit similar to this and I’m so happy bout it these videos are fucking awesome you are the pinnacle of the KZbinr you wanna watch when at work or something you don’t talk in your videos so it’s just all around great content please keep it up

[@crabwaluigi]

Oot was wild now this? Subbed

[@ezee_pz5080]

I don’t recall ever hearing that creepy laugh but I’m gonna pay more attention in my next playthrough for sure

[@IvanFranco120]

@@ezee_pz5080 Same...😅 Was this even present on the DS remake?

[@ezee_pz5080]

@@IvanFranco120 good question! I loved the DS remake. It’s been ages since I’ve played that

[@gamemanadvance1128]

Why is throwing bowser with more momentum so hilarious LOL

[@Shenn3165]

I've hung from the two bridges but didn't know about the castle entrance

[@kallenordvall]

The man behind the laughter of Boo and Bowser were none other than Mario’s voice Charles Martinet.

[@RyanBlazeheart]

He also did the thwomp noise

[@knightman528]

Dont forget whomps to👍

[@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988]

2:00 Now that was epic

[@Endinos]

We need a pannenkoek video about the whisper

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

ok that end was too cute 😍

[@silverthehero1295]

Mario doing jumping jacks to tease the Boos for having such stubby arms.

[@SECONDQUEST]

I love this channel.

[@knightman528]

Every copy of mario 64 is personalized.

[@AlexB-W33gee]

The place where you go to the clouds looks like Navi, please mention this 😭

[@mii20thcenturyfox26]

The mysterious creepy laugh is big boo trying to juke mario with his laughter

[@CaptainRed65]

the first bridge in bob omb battle filed also has a hangable ceilings

[@astrotheunhingedguy]

the boo's laugh sounds like king boo's laugh in super mario 64 ds

[@neonguy5990]

I used to do some high jumps instead of continuesly tapping

[@tailtactics1681]

@7:28 could it be possible the same wind sound effect heard here is the same as the wasteland in oot?

[@phattjohnson]

Cheats don't count, but 9 out of 10 ain't bad :)

[@CaptainRed65]

another cool fact is that whomps fortress and wet dry world has the same textures

[@Dash120z]

the creepy Boo laugh sounds like a witch..

[@IwillloveY4ever]

the question is, does the laugh still trigger if the boo on the roof is gone or if you take out the big boo in the merry-go-round? I have always been curious to know if that laugh came from said boos, would make sense in the fact that they're one of the few boos that have a deep voice

[@knightman528]

The disturbing whisper is what I mostly got. It sounds like it's breathing out or exhaling.

[@sopix7761]

why did ya flex on the peach slider on the fact that you can stand on pillars? you didn't need to do that triple jump, im not complaining, just amazed

[@hipersonicc9736]

3:15 i used to go there with Friends on super Mario 64 ds multiplayer mode

[@jackpenber8959]

I wonder why these random spots were programmed to be climbable like that, so odd

[@official_meelees]

Probably easier to just copy and paste a surface rather than make a new one

[@chuchu9649]

Glad you stopped using dark colors for your text boxes, it was very hard to read

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome video

[@phantomwolfy1]

Very spooky

[@Venat18]

Does Mario really say "so long gay Bowser "??

[@TheBester7]

the outro is funny

[@Eyebrowsincorporated]

Shoutout to Simpleflips.

[@SanicTheHidgehag]

Here's another fun fact: every copy of SM64 is personalized.

[@mrtesticlease4638]

is the boos really the bowser laugh sped up? it doesnt sound like it at all

[@IvanFranco120]

Its also the pitched sound changed...

[@mrtesticlease4638]

@@IvanFranco120 thats not what i mean. the laugh itself is a completely different laugh. it doesnt have the same tone at all

[@heroknaderi]

Cool

[@Firemarth]

The tricks 5, 6 and 7, are well known by we olds schoolers who played this game at launch, cause them were tricks that were posted in different gaming magazines (no easy internet back then!), in my lands, the magazine was the Club Nintendo. Such memories! Thank you very much!

[@sethdon1100]

3:44 or we can simply BLJ lol

[@idkwhattoputhere8100]

no you cant

[@pumpkin.lantern.mp8]

Bowser laugh is reversed and slowed King Boo's laugh

[@blackzero786]

Every copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalized. its a tentaquil