Author's note
Hey folks, JusSonic here ready to do a prequel of shorts which takes place before "Sonic's Cars II". Time to have some fun!

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As our short begins, we see a familiar shack with a logo on it.

"Sonic's Cars Toons: Mario's Tall Tales"

A horn honked from out of nowhere as the door fell. Mario came out, smirking as he spoke, "If I-a lying, I-a crying!"

Mario the Greatrio

It was a fine day outside of Daisy's café. Sonic, Emerl, Luigi and Yoshi were drinking having fun. But then, they yelped as they saw Mario in his tow truck flying from the ramp, screaming. He hit some oil cans nearby, safe and sound.

"Mario! Are you all right?" Sonic exclaims as he and Emerl rushes over to see if he's all right.

"What were you thinking?" Emerl ask Mario as the plumber got out of his vehicle, knocking some cans down while doing so. "That was nuts!"

"Awww, that-a was nothing!" Mario chuckles as he fixes his hat. "I-a used to be a daredevil!"

"Wait, you?" Sonic ask Mario skeptically.

"That's-a right! Folks want to-a come all over to-a see my stunts."

"Stunts?" Emerl ask, giving a concerned look to Mario. "Mario, no offense, but I don't think I recall hearing about your events. And I doubt you were good enough for them."

"You-a were too busy to notice." Mario said, not offended by his friends' skeptic looks. "And I-a don't need-a be good for anything! Why, I-a remember like it was yesterday!"

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In some sort of stadium in one of Mario's flashbacks, we see a stadium. A blimp flew high in the sky as folks sat in their seats, chanting eagerly, "Mario! Mario!"

"Ladies and gentlemen...here he is!" A voice exclaims excitedly. "Mario the Greatrio!"

A billboard with Mario's name mentioned is seen as Mario jumps through it in daredevil clothes, riding a motorcycle. Reporters didn't waste time in snapping photos of the daredevil as he stopped right near the ramp, giving a proud look.

Mario winks to Tessa and Vanessa James, wearing daredevil clothes of their own as well as fake mustaches, cheering, "Yahoo!!!"

"All right, get your Mario merchandise! Two mustaches for a set!" A vendor exclaims, selling off Mario merchandise to the excited fans.

Mario comment, "It would be SO easy to just use a Super Leaf or Cape Feather and then build up my speed enough to fly far enough to guarantee this stunt is successful. Unfortunately, it would ALSO be an unfair advantage. So let's just get this done on sheer skill and nerve."

Mario glance at a long row of old cars lined up from one ramp to the other. Men are inside them, shivering a bit. The daredevil narrows his eyes as he backs away. The crowd watch anxiously, one of the girls' jaws dropped, making her mustache fall off. Will he make it?

"Wow..." Tessa comments as she put her mustache back on.

Mario backs away towards the edge as a voice calls out, "Yeah! You're the man, man!"

Mario yelps as his bike bumps into the edge of the bumpers. Two of the officials motions him to "go ahead". The plumber nods as he made his tires screech...then zooms off towards the ramp.

"There he goes!" The announcer booms as Mario passed by folks behind cones, sending the said cones to the ground. As the audience watches on, Mario begins to speed up the ramp in slow motion, much to the anticipation of the crowd and the girls. Mario...

...then plopped down onto a car, making a man hit his head on the tires. Mario didn't waste time in zooming a bit, hopping as he apologizes, "Sorry. Excuse me. Coming-a through! Good-a to see you. My bag. Oh, hey Toad! How's the kids? Watch your head!"

Mario soon made it to the other ramp. The announcer booms out, "Yeah, he did it!"

The crowd cheers wildly, the girls squealed in delight while the officials high-five one another. Although it seems rather lame, Mario has done it!

"Yeah! That guy is greatrio!" A reporter exclaims eagerly to another one.

"You're the man, Mario!" A fan calls out excitedly to Mario.

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As the logo shows up, we see Mario enters a canon as his present self narrates these scenes, "Mama mia. I-a did all-a kinds of stunts."

The cannon was aimed carefully at the target as one of the boys set fire to a ring that the daredevil must land into. Mario smirks as he exclaims, "Fire!!!"

Mario was fired right to the ring...except the rope that is on the daredevil made him twirl, yelps a bit before falling down. The crowd cringes as a flame burst appears where he was followed by a flame cloud. Luckily, Mario survived although he is blacken and coughing.

One of the officials quickly rushes over to put the flames out on the extinguisher as he groans out, "Mama mia! Hokey-smokes!"

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Mario was trying out another stunt, whopping as he sat in a plane before flown, "YEE-HAW!" The plumber chuckles as the pilot twirled his plane around. Mario would've fell out, but the rope held him as the laughing daredevil was able to do that stunt with no problem!

"I-a almost broke every part in my-a body!"

Sonic's voice begins to spoke awkwardly, "Uh..."

Mario's voice adds, "Seriously, I-a did. Thank goodness for-a 1-Ups!"

The officers held a tub of water as they carefully put it on the X mark for Mario's next stunt. The spotlights shined on Mario who is wearing a swimsuit and snorkel. What crazy stunt is he gonna do now?

Mario prepares himself as he looks down then dives off the board. The daredevil yelps as he crashes into the water...causing it to break and send water spilling out all over. Mario, surviving once more, spits/coughs out water as the folks cheers for the daredevil wildly.

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And now for Mario's biggest stunt which involves him wearing a rocket, glancing at a long ramp near a canyon. This will be the biggest stunt ever attempted by man!

"But my-a biggest stunt that Mario the Greatrio has ever-a done was jumping the Grand Canyon!"

Mario glances at the big chasm and the ramp on the other side. If one messes this up...

"What?!" Sonic's voice interrupted the story in disbelief.

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"Jumping the Grand Canyon?! That's crazy!" Sonic protests to Mario in disbelief. There's no way that the plumber could survive that!

"Well, yes, don't-a you remember?" Mario ask his best friend with a nod. "You-a was there too!"

"Huh, what?" Emerl ask in confusion upon hearing that. "When did that take place?"

"Allow-a me to tell you!"

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Sure enough, we see Sonic in his car with rockets attached to it, the hedgehog is wearing a daredevil costume and fake mustache of his own. Mario smirks to his best friend as he ask, "You-a ready, buddy?"

"Ready?" Sonic ask confused. How did he end up in this story?! What's more shocking is that the rockets that he's wearing begin to be lit.

"Okie dokie! Get her done!"

Sonic suddenly yelps as the rockets pushed him down the ramp, zooming through while screaming like mad. The fake mustache fell off of him as everyone else watches him goes zooming into the air, flying in slow motion. Will he make it?

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"So what happened?" Sonic ask Mario in the present in disbelief.

"Sadly, you-a didn't make it." Mario said to Sonic in disappointment.

"Awwww." Some of the folks listening said in disappointment.

"Err, Mario? If Sonic didn't make it, how could he be here now?" Emerl ask awkwardly as he points out one flaw in Mario's story: Sonic is here and alive!

"Oh, I-a didn't say he died. He-a crashed and was-a in the hospital for two weeks." Mario said, pointing out how Sonic is still alive: he crashed and have to be in the hospital for 2 weeks!

"Oh, well, that makes sense."

"Give me a break!" Sonic exclaims with a frown. No way can Mario's daredevil story be real!

"Well, see ya you two later!" Mario exclaims as he hops back into his tow truck. "Hey-a guys! Let's-a go!"

Mario quickly drove backward, heading back to the way he went. The two racers look surprised as two familiar officials arrive, picking up the cameras for a moment. One of them looks at Sonic for a moment then heads off with his colleague.

"Why do I have a feeling that these stories may be true?" Emerl ask as Sonic looks more confused by that.

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We now see Mario, the officials, and the girls in daredevil posing with the daredevil grinning eagerly. Of course, they hear Sonic screaming, causing the plumber to back off as the hedgehog zooms by the group, crashing off off-scream, as seen by a tire rolling off. As an ambulance heads to help Sonic, Mario shrugs as he goes back to posing.

The End

Author's note
Wow, how crazy! Next chapter, Mario the Rescue Squad hero! Read, review and suggest!