Editing Marv Murchins (section)

=== Home Alone ===
One evening while driving, Marv listened as his partner, Harry, boasted about how he had tricked the neighborhood residents into revealing their holiday travel plans, identifying the McCallister house as their prime target.

The duo attempted to break into the McCallister home during the day, unaware that young Kevin McCallister was still there. Kevin noticed their shadows and turned on the lights, making the house appear occupied and forcing the burglars to flee.

While robbing the Murphy residence, Marv and Harry came across a message left on the answering machine by Kevin’s father, [[Peter McCallister|Peter]], who provided the Murphys with the phone number to his brother’s apartment in Paris. This confirmed for the duo that the McCallisters were out of town, solidifying their plan to target the house later that night.

Before leaving the Murphy home, Marv left his infamous “calling card” by clogging the drains and leaving the water running, much to Harry's irritation. This led to a heated argument as they drove off, during which they nearly ran over Kevin. Recognizing Harry from his gold tooth, Kevin fled, prompting the burglars to grow suspicious. They followed him but lost track of him at a local church. Unwilling to enter, they left, while Kevin, hiding among the nativity scene figures, made his way back home.

Later that evening, the duo attempted another break-in, only to find the house seemingly occupied. Kevin had cleverly staged a scene with mannequins and moving lights, creating the illusion of a lively party. Fooled once again, Marv and Harry decided to return the following evening.

The next day, Marv tried to enter the McCallister home through the doggy door but got his shoe stuck, which he quickly retrieved. Kevin, alarmed by the attempt, used a recording of ''Angels with Filthy Souls'' and set off firecrackers to simulate gunfire. Confused and startled, Marv mistakenly believed a murder had occurred inside the house. While he initially wanted to flee, Harry convinced him to investigate further.

Later, the pair spotted Kevin decorating a tree in the yard and realized he was home alone. They decided to return at 9:00 p.m., a plan Kevin deliberately overheard to prepare for their arrival.

That night, Marv and Harry set out to plunder the McCallister home as planned. Marv, claiming he was Santa Claus and Harry his elf, was met with unexpected resistance when Kevin poked a BB gun through the doggy door and shot Harry in the groin, causing him to squeal in pain. When Marv tried to peer through the doggy door, Kevin shot him in the face with the BB gun.

Undeterred, Marv entered the basement, only to slip and tumble down a flight of frozen concrete stairs. Once inside, he attempted to turn on a light but triggered a trap that sent an iron crashing onto his face.

As Marv climbed the tar-covered basement stairs, he lost his shoes and socks and stepped on a nail, driving it deep into his left foot. He screamed in agony and fell backward. Abandoning the basement route, he tried entering through a window, only to step on glass Christmas ornaments scattered on the floor, further enraging him. His fury boiled over as he screamed that he would kill Kevin.

Eventually, Marv reunited with Harry, who, after enduring his own share of traps, was covered in feathers and resembled a chicken. They pursued Kevin together but slipped on toy cars laid out on a flight of stairs. When they tried to ascend, Kevin sent a swinging paint can hurtling toward them. Marv was struck in the face and fell, followed by Harry, who also took a hit and landed on top of Marv. Dazed, Marv noticed that Harry was missing teeth.

They regrouped and chased Kevin upstairs. Harry tripped over a wire and fell, but Marv avoided the trap and managed to grab Kevin’s foot. Kevin, however, placed [[Buzz McCallister|Buzz’s]] pet tarantula on Marv’s face. Marv let out a blood-curdling scream and flung the spider onto Harry’s chest. While Kevin escaped, Marv grabbed a crowbar and attempted to smash the tarantula but ended up hitting Harry instead. Enraged, Harry retaliated by hitting Marv with the crowbar.

The chase continued into the backyard, where Kevin climbed into a treehouse. Marv reluctantly followed, with Harry close behind, but Kevin used hedge clippers to cut the rope ladder, causing both burglars to crash into the house and fall to the ground.

Determined, the duo managed to ambush Kevin at the Murphy home. Just as they threatened him, Kevin's neighbor, Marley, intervened and incapacitated them with a snow shovel.

As the police arrived to arrest them, Marv foolishly bragged about their crimes, confessing to a string of burglaries. Harry, furious at Marv's slip-up, kicked him and told him to shut up as they were placed in the back of a police car.