Lunky

Lunky is Mark's original character serving as a crude facsimile of Lixian. He was created by Mark as a joking replacement for Lixian while he was away on vacation, later becoming a more prominent figure and Lixian's background rival.

Appearance
Lunky appears as a simple stick figure character, comprised of two squares that constitute his head and torso. His head consists of three small lines of hair and a blank expression, and his torso has four straight lines coming out from all sides to represent limbs with four fingers on each of his palms. At times, Lunky manifests photorealistic eyes and mouth, along with minor eldritch features, such as a pulsating heart within his jaws and a scribbled mouth.

After being bifurcated by Lixian and later resurrected by an unseen figure, Lunky's eyes turn pure white and his severed corpse is loosely stitched back together with fangs protruding inward from each side of the body.

Biography
Lunky first appeared in "LIXIAN IS GONE. LUNKY IS HERE.," jokingly substituting Lixian, Mark's editor at the time, while he was away on vacation. Throughout the video, Lunky makes several abrupt appearances, often interrupting Mark's recording with quick jump cuts, accompanied by short and disturbing sound effects.

In "3 SCARY GAMES #60," Lunky continues to disrupt the video at random intervals with jump scares.

In "3 SCARY GAMES #61," Lixian returned from a brief hiatus and assumed the role of Mark's editor. The video's prologue features a short animation of Lixian cornering and imprisoning Lunky in a cage, while watching over him with a sadistic grin.

In "He Escaped...," Lunky, consumed with rage, amasses his powers and blows up the gate to his cell, with the explosive impact knocking Lixian several feet away from the cage. Emerging from the burning environment, Lunky levitates above the blazing surface and strikes down his former captor from the distance with a ball of fire, before fleeing into the darkness. On the day of the video's release, Mark's imagery on his YouTube icon and banner were crossed out and swapped with Lunky's. Likewise, Lixian's YouTube and Twitter accounts featured his avatar with crossed out eyes and a banner with a close-up shot of Lunky. In addition, Lixian also posted a YouTube video that featured Lunky's leitmotif used in the aforementioned episode, and his Twitter account was renamed to "LIXIAN IS DEAD," suggesting that Lunky did in fact kill him and took over his channel.

In "3̴ ̵S̸C̸Ȧ̴̜͍̤̉R̷̜̣̄Y̶̰͛͝ ̴̠͛́G̷a̸ḿ̴̡̡͎̯̩̦̪̮͍͗̆͋͒e̷S̵̙̭̪͒," a short recap showcases the events behind Lunky's escape, ending on a series of title cards that read "LIXIAN IS DEAD, MARKIPLIEЯ, YOU'RE NEXT." Throughout the video, Lunky would appear with an abrupt jump scare whenever Mark would refer to Lixian by name. In a short post-credit animation, Lunky comes to attack Mark, before being bifurcated by Lixian with an axe. As the video's about to come to a close, the two introduce Marcus and Rachel, two new editors alongside Lixian, who had previously worked on Unus Annus.

In "Spooky Scary Horror Compilation," Mark's jump scare scene from "3 SCARY GAMES #57" is edited over with a picture of Lunky.

In "3 SCARY GAMES #69," a shadowy figure opens up a rift and summons a giant spider with Mark's face, before turning their attention to a ritual site containing Lunky's, seemingly lifeless, bifurcated body. As they exclaim "IT'S TIME. RISE!," Lunky is resurrected once again. Once the intro concludes, Mark reintroduces the revived stick figure to his audience, stating that there is nothing to be afraid of, as Lunky proceeds to jump scare the viewer. For the remainder of the Let's Play, Lunky, with his head covered by a mask of Lixian's cartoon face, would abruptly appear on the screen every time Mark requested a jump scare from his editor. At the end of the video, Mark asks Lixian if he could help him remember the video's introduction. As Mark fails to recall his thoughts, Lunky's face mask falls off, before the video cuts to black.

In "3 SCARY GAMES #70," Lunky appears as the video's opening and closing jump scare.

In "Leenie Boog," "Analogue Horror," and "The Test," Lunky appears several times in the background of Mark's facecam for a few brief moments, disappearing shortly after Mark turns around to look behind him.

List of appearances

 * LIXIAN IS GONE. LUNKY IS HERE.
 * 3 SCARY GAMES #60
 * 3 SCARY GAMES #61
 * He Escaped...
 * 3̴ ̵S̸C̸Ȧ̴̜͍̤̉R̷̜̣̄Y̶̰͛͝ ̴̠͛́G̷a̸ḿ̴̡̡͎̯̩̦̪̮͍͗̆͋͒e̷S̵̙̭̪͒
 * Spooky Scary Horror Compilation
 * 3 SCARY GAMES #69
 * 3 SCARY GAMES #70
 * Leenie Boog
 * Analogue Horror
 * The Test

Trivia

 * The term "lunky" is an adjective that refers to a stupid or unintelligent person.
 * The shriek that Lunky makes in a number of videos is an excerpt of SCP-096's scream from SCP - Containment Breach.