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30 Mr. Puzzles Coloring Pages and Free PDF Printables
Free printable Mr. Puzzles coloring pages from SMG4 — the TV-headed showman with the colour-bar grin. Fan art, free to print at home or save as a PDF.
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Who is Mr. Puzzles?
Mr. Puzzles is the main antagonist of SMG4, the long-running Mario parody series on YouTube produced by Glitch Productions. He arrived in Season 13 as a faceless "adware" pop-up and turned out to be the showrunner behind several earlier storylines, feeding characters exactly what they wanted so their disasters would become episodes of his own streaming service, Puzzlevision.
His backstory is the reason the design works. He was a lonely kid who wanted to build things — an amusement park, shows — and whose father told him he had no creative vision. He responded by watching television constantly, and eventually by removing his own head and replacing it with a CRT set. The character is a man who decided that being a screen was better than being a person.
He was defeated when the SMG4 crew made their own show and out-rated him, but he came back, and he has since moved from straight villain to recurring nuisance — and then to lead of the spin-off Calling All Villains.
What he looks like, part by part
Few characters have a colouring sheet this specific. Every element below is fixed:
| Part | Colour | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| TV head shell | Mid grey | 1950s–60s set; "Puzzlevision" printed along the bottom bezel |
| Side knobs | Dark grey | Two, on the right of the set |
| Face / screen | Pale grey static | Not flat grey — it reads as noise |
| Left eye | Large, white | Wider than the right |
| Right eye | Small | Uneven, often with a coloured pupil |
| Teeth / grin | Yellow, cyan, green, pink, red, blue | Horizontal bars, in that order — SMPTE colour bars |
| Bowler hat | Black, grey band | Two antennas, one bent |
| Waistcoat | Grey | Over a white shirt |
| Bow tie | Black in SMG4, red in Calling All Villains | Both exist |
| Gloves | White | Long, four fingers, rubber-hose style |
| Trousers | Dark grey with silver puzzles | Suspender buttons are puzzle pieces too |
| Shoes | Black and white | Two-tone dress shoes |
| Neck | Black | A cable, not a throat |
How to colour a TV for a head
The screen is not flat grey. This is the whole page. A television face is lit from inside, so the centre is lighter than the edges, and there is a faint grain over the whole surface. Colour a pale grey base, darken only the four corners, then leave the middle almost as light as the paper. Add scan lines with a fine liner afterwards if you want texture — a ruler helps, and it is the single detail that makes the page look like a real broadcast.
The grin has to follow the order. Yellow, cyan, green, pink, red, blue — left to right. It is not a random rainbow; it is the test pattern that used to run on television when nothing was on. Get the sequence right and anyone who knows the character will recognise it instantly. Get it wrong and it just looks like a colourful mouth.
Three greys, not one. The head shell, the waistcoat and the trousers are all grey, and they need to be different greys or the character turns into a single grey mass. Keep the head lightest, the vest mid, the trousers darkest.
Let the white do the work. The gloves, the shirt collar and the eyes are the only large light values on the page. Leave them as paper wherever you can — gloved hands look cleaner unpainted than painted with white pencil.
If it is the Calling All Villains version, swap the black bow tie for red. That is the only colour difference between the two designs, and fans will notice.
Mr. Puzzles coloring pages FAQ
Why does Mr. Puzzles have a TV for a head?
He put it there himself. As a child he was told by his father that he lacked creative vision, and he dealt with it by watching television obsessively until he decided to replace his own head with a set. The show plays it as body horror comedy — he survived, and the TV became his face.
What is Puzzlevision?
Both his streaming platform and the name of the story arc. In the show it is a service where the SMG4 cast are forced to perform in genre parodies — a Western, a game show, a spy thriller — and the ratings decide how much control he has over reality.
Is Mr. Puzzles in anything else?
Yes. After the SMG4 arcs he became the lead of Calling All Villains, a Glitch Productions spin-off, where his design was slightly reworked — a red bow tie, thicker antennas, and a face he can move rather than one that cycles through fixed expressions.
Are these official SMG4 coloring pages?
No. These are fan-made colouring pages. SMG4, Mr. Puzzles and related characters belong to Glitch Productions. These pages are not licensed or endorsed by them and are not official merchandise. They are free printable fan art for personal and classroom use.
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