Wario Apparition

The Wario Apparition is a Super Mario 64 creepypasta that circulated online as a meme in 2020, inspiring various fanmade screenshots and animations.

The creepypasta involves a giant disembodied Wario head in the hallway to Dire, Dire Docks, often saying "You want fun? Wario show you fun!" This is based on footage taken out of context from Nintendo's 1996 E3 conference. A recurring element original to the creepypasta is the Wario head chasing Mario down a hallway.

The Wario Apparition is part of a greater Super Mario 64 creepypasta mythos, claiming that every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized to its player as part of a psychological operation conspiracy. The apparition is allegedly caused by players' desire to see Wario in the game, and is empowered by observing it, with the implication of ill psychological symptoms if the console is not quickly turned off.

Disconfirmation
Due to the game's popularity, the assets and source code of Super Mario 64 have been exhaustively analyzed, and these efforts fail to substantiate the creepypasta. The source code had even been decompiled prior to the circulation of the Wario Apparition hoax.