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"Wanna snake balloon?" | ||
— Screwball at his birthday parties.
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"Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na! Which one of you kids is the birthday boy?" | ||
— Screwball's entrance
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Screwball is the possible ex-husband of Joseph's Mother. He is also a registered sex offender and pedophile who disguises himself as a clown. He makes snake balloons and sells "candy", which is actually meth to kids.
He served as the secondary antagonist of "Jeffy's 18th Birthday!" (also known as The SML Movie!), in which he collaborated with Nancy to kidnap Jeffy. Though his incompetence led to Mario's capture instead and forced Nancy to use Mario as ransom, Screwball and Nancy nearly succeeded in their goal before Jeffy delivered a fatal gunshot wound to Nancy's head, causing Screwball to fearfully flee the van moments before the van exploded along with Nancy's body. He later attempted to make amends with Mario, though the latter would angrily refuse and call the cops on Screwball.
Background[]
As a child, Screwball wanted to be a kidnapper and even wrote it down and drew it on his paper growing up when he was in elementary school,[2] as he explains in "Bowser Junior's 1st Grade! Part 4". His skill in drawing seems to have gone down over time, due to his art in "Bowser Junior's 1st Grade! Part 4" being less detailed than in "Jeffy's 18th Birthday!".
At some point, he was in a horrible accident, causing 'them' (implied to be doctors) to have to screw both of his balls together, thus giving him one big ball. This is why he is called 'Screwball' instead of 'Screwballs'.
Screwball once committed several atrocities around town (probably related to kidnapping). When a scandal happened to have him caught by the police and swiftly arrested. He disappeared out of sight some time before the trial. He moved to Florida dressing up in clown makeup to avoid being exposed as a felon.
He attended Junior's sixth birthday party, along with Joseph, and made snake balloons for Junior and his friends. Screwball is good friends with Hansel. In the SML movie trailer, Screwball is the secondary antagonist, as he is seen driving the ice cream truck and possibly kidnapping Mario.
In "Bowser Junior's Halloween", Screwball is seen in a box. He doesn't have any candy but instead offers leftover rocks from his "Rock Party" to Junior, Joseph and Toad because he recently had a rock party. Cody receives a used condom and its wrapper, as Screwball didn't have any rocks left. He offers Junior and his friends to go in his box. When Junior and his friends leave, Screwball announces that he loves them.
Personality[]
Screwball is a perverted man disguised as a clown who is Pedophilic, Necrophilic, sneaky, creepy, and evil.
Quotes[]
- "Hey Joseph, your mom's giving me a boner."
- "I'm goin' for both eye holes this time."
- "I made you a snake balloon."
- "Hey kid."
- "Uh, want some meth?"/"You want some meth, kid?"
- "Nnh-nnh. (Pats himself) Screwball." (When someone calls him a clown or something other than his name)
- "Which one of you kids is the birthday boy?"
- "Hey everyone, I'm Screwball."
- "Oh Shit"
- "Fuck"
- "Sounds broken."
- "Beat up and pissed on."
- "Taken"
- "Snake or worm?"
- "Cause I pissed in it."
- "I'm sorry."
- "Gonna go catch me some food!"
- "Good news, everyone! The coke balloon is still in my ass!"
Trivia[]
- The origin of Screwball's name was revealed in Jeffy The Clown! The story is that he had a terrible accident & had to get both his balls screwed, and ended up turning into one big ball making him "Screwball" and not "Screwballs".
- Screwball is portrayed by a sunny bald black clown puppet. He is out of stock just like Jackie Chu. In 2020, a kid emailed the manufacturers about the discontinued puppet and got the last scrap puppet of him and was on the news.
- In Jeffy's 18th Birthday, Screwballs number is revealed to be +1 (555)-555-5556.
- Some characters don't believe Screwball exists due to his name (such as Margaret and Black Yoshi, albeit they never met him).
- His voice is similar to Rowlf the Dog from The Muppets, Telly Monster from Sesame Street, Strong Bad from Homestar Runner and Misha from Honey Girls.
- In "Bowser Junior's Halloween", it appears that Screwball doesn't know Junior and his friends, and that Junior and his friends don't know him, despite having met each other in earlier videos. It is possible they forgot.
- Screwball is named after a clown who visited Logan's birthday party when he was young.
- Screwball was actually originally intended to kidnap the kids in "Bowser Junior's 1st Grade! Part 5", which would've caused the school to shut down and everyone pass by default, but Logan decided not to go down that route.
- Screwball has a meth problem.
- Screwball believes meth is candy.
- Screwball has gone on dates with Joseph's Mother multiple times, despite the fact that she's presumed to be dead.
- Despite Screwball having weird actions, almost nobody in the SML Universe notices any of his strange, illegal, or perverted actions.
- Screwball's character may have taken inspiration from a notorious serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy, known for acting as a clown for parties, parades, and events. With the only difference being that Screwball doesn't kill people.
- It's rumored that either him or Bowser kidnapped Judy in the park when she was 5 years old, along with her friends, as revealed in "Cody's Amiibo!".
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