Penny-Arcade on Super Mario 3D Land’s Invincibility Leaf (click for a larger image with legible text):

“Upon missing that same jump that you missed many times previously, you may find that a magical leaf has been provided.

This leaf is a kind of Super Tanooki Suit, which transforms you into a kind of sparkling megaraccoon which cannot be harmed. You don’t have to take it. You can just leave it there and continue to fail again and again, as you have so miserably.  But the strong implication is that you need this leaf very badly. 

You will most likely accept it, but you won’t like it; you’ll resent the leaf. You’ll feel the leer of a Koopa Troopa hot on your neck, its beak curled in disgust. You’ll get to the end, you’ll get the flag; you’ll tick your adventure forward one Standard Destiny Unit (SDU). But a taste will accompany the proceedings.

This taste will be bitter.”

I love that smarmy Goomba on the bottom right of the second panel: “Don’t jump on me, Mario.”

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