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| group1 = Idle
| group2 = Squinting
| group3 = Happy
| group4 = CrafterFace
| group5 = Email
| 1-1 = MARILLA In Minecraft Idle.png
| 2-1 = MARILLA In Minecraft Squint.png
| 3-1 = MARILLA In Minecraft Happy.png
| 4-1 = MARILLA In Minecraft Shocked.png
| 5-1 = MARILLA In Minecraft Email.png
| gender = Female
| species = {{BlockLink|Computer}}
| residence = {{AreaLink|Broom closet}}
| status = Operational
| affiliations = * [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]]
* {{AreaLink|Jomang Studios}}
| allies = {{CharacterLink|link=Narrator (YouTube)|Narrator}}
| enemies = {{CharacterLink|Jonathan Minecraft}}
| actor = [[Minecraft:Rill Askey]]
| first_appearance = [[Minecraft:Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft#Village & Pillage|Village & Pillage]]
| aliases = * Suspect #002
}}

'''MARILLA''' or '''M.A.R.I.L.L.A''', backronym for '''Minecraft Antiquated Robot Inadequate Loves Lying Audaciously''', is a character in the official [https://youtube.com/Minecraft ''Minecraft'' YouTube channel] voiced by Rill Askey, formerly known as [https://marillawex.com/2019/06/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-minecraft Marilla Wex].

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

== Appearance ==
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 {{MC}} 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.

== Personality ==
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 [[Minecraft:endermen]], but doesn't like [[Minecraft:Narrator (YouTube)|Narrator]], in spite of constantly working with him on various projects.

== Abilities ==
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.<ref>{{YouTube link|z8fF4yb0aGc|Update Aquatic: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|June 28, 2019}}</ref> In spite of having a backlit screen, it does not constitute as [[Minecraft:light]] in ''Minecraft'', due to her soul possessing great darkness.<ref>{{YouTube link|Rn0KNAi1BsY|Around the Minecraft World in 80 Biomes: Episode 1|Minecraft|November 13, 2022}}</ref> 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,<ref name=":0">{{Mcnet|new-show-alert--the-secrets-minecraft|New show alert: The Secrets of Minecraft|July 26, 2021|[[Minecraft:Tom Stone]]}}</ref> later explained as her being a virus.<ref>{{YouTube link|cd7cVNeb0Uk|The Secrets of Minecraft: How We're Making the Warden|Minecraft|January 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube link|IXu7yKUmBEw|The Secrets of Minecraft: The Allay|Minecraft|March 29, 2022}}</ref> 

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 {{Wikipedia|Heaven}}-like landfill full of other computers, which she manages to return from.<ref>{{YouTube link|OS5LMnCg5_g|The End: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|February 7, 2020}}</ref>

== Biography ==
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=== Pre-series ===
Supposedly, in the distant past MARILLA was a human, who came into contact with a witch, potentially [[Minecraft:Baba Yaga]]. She was offered three magic beans, but ended up being tricked, her soul being trapped inside of a computer inside [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]].<ref name="witch">{{ytl|2zrD0ijjbUk|Passive & Neutral Mobs: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft @ 0:11|Minecraft|August 30, 2019|t=11s}}</ref> At one point, she claimed to have been discovered in [[Minecraft:the Nether]],<ref>{{YouTube link|EtKcphC4fIc|The Nether: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|October 31, 2019}}</ref> but later claimed to have been found in [[Minecraft:the End]].<ref>{{YouTube link|JhgN2FVENSE|DESERT OF DOOM: Episode 2|Minecraft|December 9, 2022}}</ref> Another time, she claimed to have been created in {{Wikipedia|Britain}}.<ref name=":0" /> 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 [[Minecraft:Steve]].<ref>{{YouTube link|YUM7XiEX1DI|Items: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|November 29, 2019}}</ref>

=== ''Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft'' ===
Desperate for a purpose, she would begin to make [[Minecraft:Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|videos]] from inside, reciting various pieces of trivia from her own twisted perspective.

=== ''The Secrets of Minecraft'' ===
At an unknown point in time, M.A.R.I.L.L.A. began collaborating with [[Minecraft:Narrator (YouTube)|Narrator]] on a new series where they explained [[Minecraft:the secrets of Minecraft]].

After filming 2,893,000 episodes, the two agreed to be interviewed by [[Minecraft:Tom Stone]].<ref name=":0" /> 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.

=== ''Around the Minecraft World in 80 Biomes'' ===
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=== ''How We Make Minecraft'' ===
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== Relationships ==

=== Endermen ===
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A frequent running gag is her infatuation with [[Minecraft:endermen]], frequently pining for their affection.

=== Narrator ===
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== Quotes ==
{{Quote|Hè-... hè-hè-h-h-h-Hello again! My name is [OLD MODEM SOUND]|M.A.R.I.L.L.A glitching awake at the beginning of every episode.|image=MarillaFace.png}}

== Trivia ==
* 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]".<ref>{{ytl|YUM7XiEX1DI|Items: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|November 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{ytl|OS5LMnCg5_g|The End: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|February 7, 2020}}</ref>
* MARILLA is the second computer character in the [[Minecraft:Minecraft (franchise)|''Minecraft'' franchise]] after [[Minecraft:Minecraft Story Mode:PAMA|PAMA]].
* The description card on ''Minecraft''<nowiki/>'s YouTube channel has her as "Artificial Untelligence",<sup>{{Sic}}</sup> "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."<ref>{{ytl|Z4haZTbU9ZA|The Secrets of Minecraft's Deep Dark @ 0:54|Minecraft|June 24, 2022|t=67s}}</ref>
* 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 {{Wikipedia|Commodore International|Commodore}} {{Wikipedia|Amiga}} line of computers.
* MARILLA is apparently worth less than a {{w|non-fungible token}}.<ref>{{YouTube link|PCrbr_ann7I|The Secrets of Minecraft: How We Invented Frogs|Minecraft|April 22, 2022}}</ref>
* MARILLA has a deep disdain for [[Minecraft:blue wool]] and wishes to see it burn.<ref>{{YouTube link|pEMW_HMYtBQ|Blocks: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft|Minecraft|October 11, 2019}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:MARILLA Disc.png|The screen showing a mockup of the Commodore Amiga's 'Kickstart'.
File:MARILLA Dark.png|MARILLA in the dark.
File:MARILLA Name.png|MARILLA showing her name.
File:MARILLA Glitch.png|MARILLA glitching.
File:Squid Marilla.jpeg|MARILLA hacked.
File:MARILLA Water.png|MARILLA sinking in the ocean with the silhouette of a giant [[Minecraft:squid]] behind her.
File:MARILLA dating screen.png|MARILLA's screen with a dating simulator.
File:MARILLA and Narrator.png|MARILLA and [[Minecraft:Narrator (Character)|Narrator]] from The Secrets of Minecraft.
File:MARILLA Anime Smiling.png|MARILLA from her "anime spinoff".<ref>{{ytl|IXu7yKUmBEw|The Secrets of Minecraft: The Allay|Minecraft|Mar 29, 2022|t=139s}}</ref>
File:MARILLA Anime Saddened.png|Ditto.
File:MARILLA Anime Angry.png|MARILLA with green eyes from her "anime spinoff".
File:MARILLA being eaten by a giant frog.png|MARILLA being consumed alive by a giant frog.
File:MarillaGuardian.jpg|MARILLA looking like a [[Minecraft:Guardian]].
File:15th Anniversary Marilla.png|Artwork for the 15th anniversary rerelease of the game, showing it running on what appears to be M.A.R.I.L.L.A.
File:Blockatron 500.png|The Blockatron 500, a computer similar to MARILLA from the instructions of [[Minecraft:Lego Minecraft]]: The Dungeon. 
</gallery>

=== [[Minecraft:Around the Minecraft World in 80 Biomes|Around the Minecraft World in 80 Biomes]] ===
<gallery>
File:Starring Marilla.jpeg|MARILLA’s spot in the opening.
File:MARILLA with Narrator.jpeg
File:Around the Plains.jpeg
File:Marilla Minecart.jpeg|Riding a [[Minecraft:minecart]].
File:Elder Guardian Battle.jpeg|Fighting an [[Minecraft:Elder Guardian]].
File:Witness.jpeg|Watching a [[Minecraft:raid]] on the sidelines.
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File:Ominous Mobbo.jpeg|alt=
File:Mobbo statue.jpeg|alt=
</gallery>

== See also ==
* {{SMCharacterLink|PAMA}}, a similar computer character with an online presence appearing in ''[[Minecraft: Story Mode]]''

== References ==
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