M.A.R.I.L.L.A.

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MARILLA or M.A.R.I.L.L.A, backronym for Minecraft Antiquated Robot Inadequate Loves Lying Audaciously, is a character in the official Minecraft YouTube channel voiced by Rill Askey, formerly known as Marilla Wex.

She hosted the series Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft and then co-hosted The Secrets of Minecraft, Around the Minecraft World in 80 Biomes, and How We Make Minecraft with Narrator.

MARILLA is an old box computer with a creamy tan colored base, dark brown casing, a green and white screen, a gray keyboard and a "Team Player Mode" switch on the back. A ROM cartridge with Minecraft on it can be seen sticking out and a joystick sits on the right side connected by a cable. She is able to run programs such as Minecraft on herself.

MARILLA is lighthearted, sarcastic, confidant, and audacious. She is quick to give false trivia and can be a little superstitious but always does so with positive boldness. She likes endermen, but doesn't like Narrator, in spite of constantly working with him on various projects.

Being a computer, MARILLA is able to compute large amounts of information, possessing full access to the internet and several applications. These include some that augment abilities not typically possible by computers, such as a program for crying.^[1] In spite of having a backlit screen, it does not constitute as light in Minecraft, due to her soul possessing great darkness.^[2] At one point she even claims to have the power to access every computer in the world, able to see any person's "other tabs" and folders,^[3] later explained as her being a virus.^[4][5]

During the first season of her show, she reveals that she has a "Facts Meter" that goes up every time she shares a piece of trivia. Once this is filled, she ends up "fulfilling [her] purpose," causing her to be permanently deactivated. However, this is instead shown to cause her to spontaneously teleport to some sort of Heaven-like landfill full of other computers, which she manages to return from.^[6]

Supposedly, in the distant past MARILLA was a human, who came into contact with a witch, potentially Baba Yaga. She was offered three magic beans, but ended up being tricked, her soul being trapped inside of a computer inside Mojang Studios.^[7] At one point, she claimed to have been discovered in the Nether,^[8] but later claimed to have been found in the End.^[9] Another time, she claimed to have been created in Britain.^[3] She would end up being used for many projects prior to the company's official founding, apparently as far back as the 1980s, before being deemed obsolete and left to rot inside of a broom closet by Steve.^[10]

Desperate for a purpose, she would begin to make videos from inside, reciting various pieces of trivia from her own twisted perspective.

At an unknown point in time, M.A.R.I.L.L.A. began collaborating with Narrator on a new series where they explained the secrets of Minecraft.

After filming 2,893,000 episodes, the two agreed to be interviewed by Tom Stone.^[3] During this, she appeared to suffer bouts of amnesia, not remembering she filmed the show until it turned out they would only be releasing nine episodes, 0.00031109574835811% of what was filmed. Through the interview she frequently mocked Narrator, and suffered multiple hardware failings, before lying about one to get out of the interview.

In the final episode of The Secrets of Minecraft, and Narrator learn that Jonathan Minecraft (Narrator's ex-husband)^[11] has been planning to add Mobbo into Minecraft using a machine that puts things inside Minecraft.^[12] Learning this, Mojang first sends Tiny Jens and Tiny Agnes as two incredible heroes. However, unfortunately, they both spawn in the middle of the ocean, so Mojang decides to send the less incredible and Narrator, as they're cheaper and agreed to accept Minecoins as payment.^[13][14] So they go on an adventure around the world through many biomes to kick Mobbo out and save the Overworld, while also making a show that gets good ratings again.

This becomes the series known as Around the Minecraft World in 80 Biomes.

A frequent running gag is her infatuation with endermen. Marilla often shows affection and adoration for the enderman. She calls him a "total cutie!" and crashes from excitement when the enderman comments on her video.^[15] She even has a personal ship folder about her and enderman being together.^[16] However, in a later episode, it turns out that the enderman and Marilla went out on a date. However, according to Marilla, the enderman teleported immediately after the bill arrived and never responded to any of her texts again. Later in that same episode, Marilla encourages a bunch of hostile foxes wearing diamond armor to visit that enderman for revenge.^[17]

• The introductory sentences has minor differences depending on the video, some being in the greetings: "Hello!", "Hello there!", or "Hello again!" along with the glitching. The modem sound is also occasionally "[MODEM SOUND VARIATION 3582]" instead of the usual "[OLD MODEM SOUND]".^[18][19]
• MARILLA is the second computer character in the Minecraft franchise after PAMA.
• The description card on Minecraft's YouTube channel has her as "Artificial Untelligence", ^[sic] "Sentient computer/worryingly immortal", "Excellent liar", etc. This changes each episode.
• Narrator believes that "MARILLA was created a few thousand years before rocks were invented."^[20]
• Her name is likely based on her actress Marilla "Rill" Askey, as seen by the acronym having random words that spell out "MARILLA."
• The glitchy introductions feature MARILLA displaying a mockup of the boot loader 'Kickstart' from the Commodore Amiga line of computers.
• MARILLA is apparently worth less than a non-fungible token.^[21]
• MARILLA has a deep disdain for blue wool and wishes to see it burn.^[22]

• 👁 The screen showing a mockup of the Commodore Amiga's 'Kickstart'.
  
  The screen showing a mockup of the Commodore Amiga's 'Kickstart'.
• 👁 MARILLA in the dark.
  
  MARILLA in the dark.
• 👁 MARILLA showing her name.
  
  MARILLA showing her name.
• 👁 MARILLA glitching.
  
  MARILLA glitching.
• 👁 MARILLA hacked.
  
  MARILLA hacked.
• 👁 MARILLA sinking in the ocean with the silhouette of a giant squid behind her.
  
  MARILLA sinking in the ocean with the silhouette of a giant squid behind her.
• 👁 MARILLA's screen with a dating simulator.
  
  MARILLA's screen with a dating simulator.
• 👁 MARILLA and Narrator from The Secrets of Minecraft.
  
  MARILLA and Narrator from The Secrets of Minecraft.
• 👁 MARILLA from her "anime spinoff".[23]
  
  MARILLA from her "anime spinoff".^[23]
• 👁 Ditto.
  
  Ditto.
• 👁 MARILLA with green eyes from her "anime spinoff".
  
  MARILLA with green eyes from her "anime spinoff".
• 👁 MARILLA being consumed alive by a giant frog.
  
  MARILLA being consumed alive by a giant frog.
• 👁 MARILLA looking like a Guardian.
  
  MARILLA looking like a Guardian.
• 👁 Artwork for the 15th anniversary rerelease of the game, showing it running on what appears to be M.A.R.I.L.L.A.
  
  Artwork for the 15th anniversary rerelease of the game, showing it running on what appears to be M.A.R.I.L.L.A.
• 👁 The Blockatron 500, a computer similar to MARILLA from the instructions of Lego Minecraft: The Dungeon.
  
  The Blockatron 500, a computer similar to MARILLA from the instructions of Lego Minecraft: The Dungeon.

• 👁 MARILLA’s spot in the opening.
  
  MARILLA’s spot in the opening.
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• 👁 Riding a minecart.
  
  Riding a minecart.
• 👁 Fighting an Elder Guardian.
  
  Fighting an Elder Guardian.
• 👁 Watching a raid on the sidelines.
  
  Watching a raid on the sidelines.
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  PAMA, a similar computer character with an online presence appearing in Minecraft: Story Mode