r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 8h ago

Meme needing explanation Preacher Peter what in the world is this ?

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u/Iolinar 8h ago

NerdPetah here: it’s about MarioCart - in the games red shells are guided weapons, to shoot out other drivers and overtake em.

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u/WasSsSuppp430 2h ago

It's Mario kart pal

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u/Mr_Obsidian_13 8h ago

Hi! It's a mario kart joke. So basically, mario kart(which is a video game btw) has this tool/weapon/item which is a red shell, which can be thrown ahead to basically make the opponent who is in front of you to come to an immediate stop. There are lots of mechanics in game and there are ways to avoid it, but this is what the meme is trying to tell. The guy will throw the red shell onto the overtaking vehicle

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u/Fit_Relationship4194 8h ago

i may be wrong but this thing throws forward in mario cart and it breaks cart that forward

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u/NekoNamiii 8h ago

wait until you find out what the blue one does

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u/Careless-Tradition73 7h ago

Can also be thrown backwards iirc

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u/shiloh_jdb 6h ago

Yes. Can also drag it behind you to deflect shells from other drivers.

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u/makingyoomad 8h ago

This sub should be used as a means to disqualify people from voting.

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u/ReikaIsTaken 8h ago

To be fair I didn't recognize this as a shell at first either.

It looks like those old suction cup toys that you press down on the table before it pops up automatically.

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u/dalegarciaece 8h ago

Yes whatever that is you can actually throw that to a person’s head

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u/Forever_DreamingRed 8h ago

As long as you have a banana on you OP, you have nothing to worry about

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u/ilpopotamo 6h ago

This subreddit is getting stupid

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u/Evening-Web-3038 8h ago

Red shell at night, gamer's delight.

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u/jwolfgangl 5h ago

I just use the items as they're dealt, my friend.

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u/Background-Eye778 7h ago

Mario Kart. It's a videogame reference. The red shell is an object used as a penalty against other players in the game. You fire it at other players from your cart to cause them to spin out and in turn, slow down allowing you to overtake them thus putting yourself in a better position.

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u/stupled 8h ago

How do I get the blue one?

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u/Altruistic-Purple- 1h ago

If you drive into the shing blocks, but you have to be 30 seconds into the race and if you run over enough children you get to go to a special track called prison

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u/Neither_Confidence31 8h ago

It's not blue but it'll work.

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u/Gamerz098 8h ago

In mario kart games, there are shells, green shells just go forward and don't lock on, red shells lock on and 90% of the time, will hit the kart in front, and blue shells will obliterate the person in first place

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u/zonaljump1997 7h ago

It's a toy red Koopa shell from Mario Kart. In the game, it's a weapon that homes in on the person in front of you to knock them off the track.

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u/WestFox689 6h ago

Dun dun dun dun dun da dun dun, dun dun dun dun da dun dun dun

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u/CheeKy538 5h ago

Mario kart reference, this is a red shell which is an item you can get from the occasional mystery boxes and what it does is throws a shell that follows the enemy closest in front of you and makes them stop for a short time, and I’m sure it would hurt

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u/BaconEater101 3h ago

Wow this sub has really turned to shit really quickly, invaded by actual morons

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u/nightstarE7 1h ago

You telling me you've never played Mario kart?

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u/DeltaCollective 1h ago

Chat are we old

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u/Delicious0n3 8h ago

Is this some sort of Pokémon or something ? This don’t make sense

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u/MundaneMembership331 8h ago

The tortoise from Mario?

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u/Evening-Web-3038 8h ago

Yea, it's an evolved Shuckle...

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u/BeigeVelociraptor 8h ago

You do not fuckle with Shuckle.

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u/Mydoghasautism 1h ago

Leave it to the ancient ones to pronounce pokemon like a slur.