Paper Mario (franchise)/Characters: Difference between revisions

==== Goombario ====

[[File:Goombario 1684.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* [[Angel Face, Demon Face]]: In order to signify that he's a "good" Goomba, after years of evil ones, he has more rounded teeth and [[Blush Sticker]]s on his cheeks.

* [[Use Your Head]]: His primary attack is the Headbonk attack.

==== Kooper ====

[[File:200px-PM Kooper 816.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* [[The Generic Guy]]: He's pretty much the most normal of Mario's partners.

==== Bombette ====

[[File:200px-PM Bombette 1587.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Her specialty.

* [[Unwanted Harem]]: A rare female example! Bombette has several admirers (including a ''really'' persistent [[Dogged Nice Guy]]), but isn't interested in a one of 'em.

==== Parakarry ====

[[File:pdstfseg 18.gif|framethumb|250px]] This harried courier is Mario's 4th party member. He's a Parakoopa who uses his wings to help him deliver mail. He can carry Mario across short gaps, but he's also involved in a lengthy sidequest to nab one of the game's rarer badges.

==== Lady Bow ====

[[File:dsfvwzrgfestrhgrdyhuyt 6994.gif|framethumb|250px]]

* [[Tsundere]]: Type A.

==== Watt ====

[[File:Watt 924.gif|framethumb|250px]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Very, ''very'' adorable coupled with very, ''very'' badass.

==== Sushie ====

[[File:Sushi1000yeardoor 3160.gif|framethumb|250px]] Mario's 7th party member swings it right back around in terms of age—Sushie the Cheep-Cheep is getting up there, but she's still got it! She can swim, and helps ferry Mario across water. Her water-type attacks are also pretty useful when fiery baddies come a-knockin'.

* [[Powerup Mount]]: She can give you rides across bodies of water.

==== Lakilester ====

[[File:Lakilester1000yeardoor 6838.gif|framethumb|250px]] Mario's final party member is a Lakitu—and he prefers to go by Spike. He starts out as a member of Bowser's cronies, but joins Mario so that he can shape up for his girlfriend, Lakilulu. He can carry Mario across hazardous surfaces—and it also happens to be faster than walking speed.

* [[Good Feels Good]]: He decides that this is the case after helping you destroy the Puff-Puff machine, firmly cementing his [[Heel Face Turn]].

==== Kammy Koopa ====

[[File:kammykoopa 7634.jpg|framethumb|250px]] An elderly female Magikoopa adorned in purple robes, Kammy Koopa is one of Bowser's top henchmen, seemingly on par with Kamek. Despite showing signs of senility, she is an adept magic user and strategist, at one point being described as "the brains behind Bowser".

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Like stated above, she's much more powerful in ''The Thousand-Year Door''.

==== Jr. Troopa ====

[[File:JrTroopaPM 1870.png|framethumb|250px]] A young Koopa that still wears his eggshell. He fancies himself a bully, but is easily beaten at the start of the game. He returns with a vengeance multiple times at various points in the game.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Takes several levels, he goes from a little squirt who can only ram you to a genuine threat who grows a spike to prevent any jumping attacks from striking, gains flight, and learns some magic.

==== Koopa Bros. ====

[[File:Koopa bros 9148.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A quartet of masked Koopas that rely on teamwork to defeat their opponents. They start as the first major boss as the game, but return later for revenge... {{spoiler|but are promptly defeated by a deranged Jr. Troopa}}. [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|They look familiar]]...

==== Tutankoopa ====

[[File:Tutankoopa 2804.png|framethumb|250px]] A pharaoh Koopa that seems to have magical powers and control over several pet Chain Chomps. Hides in a hidden pyramid and tries to be intimidating, and when beaten, his Chomps turn on him.

* [[Evil isIs Hammy]]: Really chews the scenery whenever Mario and co. go through the Dry Dry Ruins, but when they actually get to him he drops the creepy pharaoh shtick.

==== The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba ====

[[File:TubbaBlubba 5541.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A giant Clubba (although one with no weapon) that eats Boos for snacks. Bowser made him unbeatable {{spoiler|by removing his sentient heart}}, but once Tubba Blubba is reunited with it, he becomes a complete pushover.

==== General Guy ====

[[File:GeneralGuy1 7189.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A white-cloaked Shyguy and the leader of an army of bumbling Shyguys. While not much of a fighter himself, General Guy drives a large tank that delivers a powerful punch.

==== Lava Piranha ====

[[File:Lava Piranha 7786.png|framethumb|250px]] A mutant Piranha Plant that is magically transformed by magic into a multi-limbed, flaming monster. Lives in a raging volcano on an island of Yoshies.

==== Huff N. Puff ====

[[File:Huff N Puff 2681.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A giant Ruff Puff that is terrorizing Flower Fields.

[[File:Crystal King 8366.png|framethumb|250px]] An invisible creature that is only seen due to the clothing he wears. Resides at a palace of ice and likes to make copies of himself when fighting.

==== Twink ====

[[File:twink 7225.gif|framethumb|250px]]

==== Professor Kolorado ====

[[File:Kolorado 9546.gif|framethumb|250px]] An adventurer, explorer and treasure hunter. He's Kooper's role-model and spends much of his time looking for some new artifacts.

==== Goombella ====

[[File:180px-Goombella 6162.jpg|framethumb|250px]] Like in the first game, Mario's first partner is an intellectual Goomba who provides information about the world (and enemies). This time around, it's a college-aged gal named Goombella. Although she sounds like a bit of a [[Valley Girl]], she's sharp as a tack.

==== Koops ====

[[File:200px-Koops2 6936.jpg|framethumb|250px]] Mario's second partner is a Koopa once again, this time wearing a hoodie. Koops, however, is a diffident and awkward fellow who's unsure on his feet. He joins Mario in order to help save his father, but stays around so that he can become stronger for his girlfriend, [[Tsundere|Koopie Koo]].

* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: He has great single-hit damage, but is almost useless against flying enemies, since all of his attacks are ground-based.

* [[Grew a Spine]]: Throughout the game, he tries to be more self-assertive.

** Amusingly, [[Exploited Trope|you can use this to your advantage]] when facing {{spoiler|the Shadow Sirens in the Palace of Shadow}}, where {{spoiler|Doopliss}} can copy him AND inherit the weakness as well.

==== Madame Flurrie ====

[[File:250px-Flurrie2 5749.jpg|framethumb|250px]] Mario's third partner, a wind spirit of a kind not seen before or since in the series (though she might actually be a modified Puff). She's a former star who decided to quit early for the sake of her health. She lives peacefully in the Boggly Woods until joining Mario to help the Punis. She can blow things away with her powerful wind-breath.

* [[Expy]]: Averted, which is worth mentioning because almost all of your other party members are expies of the first game's partners. Her personality is unique and her abilities are only slightly similar to Lakilester's, although her field ability is unique.

* [[Smooch of Victory]]: She tries to give one to Mario. He's... not very receptive.

* [[Spoony Bard]]: Not terrible, but her attacks are less powerful than those of other partners, and she has few advantages apart from hitting enemies at the top of the battlefield, which is later replaced by Vivian. She does become a good[[Stone Wall]] due to her higher HP and her [[Life Drain]] ability, but in other areas she's outclassed by other partners.

==== Yoshi ====

[[File:Yoshi-Kid 1526.jpg|framethumb|250px]] Mario first meets this baby Yoshi in the [[Inevitable Tournament|Glitz Pit,]] where he hatches from a strange egg. "Yoshi" isn't his real name, though—his name is whatever the player decides to name him! He can carry Mario across gaps, functionally equivalent to Parakarry's ability, and Mario moves much more quickly while riding him.

* [[Easter Egg]]: The official art always shows a green Yoshi baby, but he comes in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114141411/http://www.mariowiki.com/images/7/76/Yoshi_kids.PNG eight different colors] in-game! However, getting a specific color requires getting from the point where you save him from the hotdog vendor to when you run away from the Iron Clefts in a certain amount of time (or waiting a long time for the timer to reset).

* [[Egg McGuffin]]: How Mario first meets him.

** And then there's when Flavio follows you and [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|you both jump on Yoshi.]]

==== Vivian ====

[[File:Vivian2 7031.jpg|framethumb|250px]] This shadowy witch first shows up as a mini-boss in the "care" of her older sisters. However, she eventually decides that she's [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal|had enough of it]] and becomes Mario's ally because he showed her kindness. She can pull him into the shadows to hide, and attack with fire.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type II]].

* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: Why she joins Mario in the end.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. She ends up joining Mario's team, and isn't cut out to being evil—plus, she can't stand being picked on by Beldam.

* [[The Dark Chick]]: When on the side of the villains.

* [[Expy]]: She's an expy of Bow in terms of her shadow-evasion field ability, though her fire abilities are unique to her.

==== Admiral Bobbery ====

[[File:bobbery 6707.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A Bob-Omb sailor with an explosive personality and a ''killer'' mustache. He used to sail the high seas freely, until {{spoiler|his wife died while he was away.}} Like Bombette, he can explode at will. However, he has some additional abilities, including defense and time-release bombs.

==== Ms. Mowz ====

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/200px-[[Ms Mowz 2]]_1161.jpg This thief has a tendency to keep popping up wherever Mario is. She hunts down rare badges and other treasures. But is it possible to win her over to your side...? (Yes, it is.) Her nose can literally sniff out treasure, and in battle, she can steal items, which becomes an excellent source of income.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: In the first few dungeons, she shows up as a rival treasure hunter who is indeed competing with Mario for certain treasures. Nonetheless, she openly flirts with him.

* [[Expy]]: In terms of combat and field abilities, she's somewhat like a [[Nerf]]ed Watt. She has attacks that are somewhat similar to Watt's from the first game: Out of battle, she reveals secrets, and in it, she can bypass defense. However, since Watt's defense-piercing abilities were a total [[Game Breaker]], her damage is cut, making her the physically weakest party member with a maximum of 4 damage done by her base attack.

* [[Intimate Healing]]: Her final skill is a kiss that restores HP to Mario.

* [[Video Game Stealing]]: She can steal items (and badges!) off enemies. She apparently does this by, um, [[Show Some Leg|"distracting" them]] while she rifles through their pockets.

==== Grodus ====

[[File:200px-Sir Grodus 2272.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* [[Big Bad]]: The main villain of the game, leader of the X-Nauts, and plans on world conquest.

* [[Take Over the World]]: His main goal.

==== Lord Crump ====

[[File:LordCrump2 6041.gif|framethumb|250px]] A high-ranking agent of the X-Nauts, Lord Crump is a rather weird fellow who is your first fight in the game. He eventually develops a grudge against Mario for his repeated defeats.

* [[The Dragon]]: Sir Grodus's righthand man.

* [[Number Two for Brains]]: Sort of. He is a bigger [[Cloudcuckoolander]] than the mooks, which is saying something.

==== Beldam ====

[[File:Beldam 2445.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dragon-in-Chief]]}}: {{spoiler|She [[Manipulative Bitch|manipulated]] the [[Big Bad]] in order to resurrect the [[Bigger Bad]]. While Sir Grodus is the main villain, the fact that he was outsmarted by this woman is saying something.}}

==== Marilyn ====

[[File:1109061-marilyn thumb 6367.jpg|framethumb|250px]] One of the shadow sirens. The biggest and quietest of the three, who is unintelligible when she does try to speak.

==== ?????/{{spoiler|Doopliss}} ====

[[File:150px-Doopliss2 7015.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* [[The Sixth Ranger]]: To the Shadow Sirens.

==== The Shadow Queen ====

[[File:Shadow Queen 2115.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

==== Hooktail ====

[[File:Hooktail 9905.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A huge dragon residing in a castle named for her, Hooktail is one of few remaining vestiges of the age in which the Shadow Queen ruled, and continues to guard a Crystal Star until Mario puts an end to her once and for all. As her gender is not mentioned when she is faced, Hooktail is mistakenly assumed by the party to be male. With her queen gone, Hooktail has taken to terrorising the nearby village of Petalburg, the skeletal remains of many former Koopa inhabitants of which may be found in her castle.

==== Grubba ====

[[File:Grubba 6013.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A sixty year-old Clubba and fight promoter {{spoiler|that is secretly sapping strength from his fighters to remain looking young and in shape.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Faux Affably Evil]]: He comes off as incredibly friendly and outgoing, but it's just a cover for his truly monstrousevil narcissistic self.}}

==== Rawk Hawk ====

[[File:Rawk-Hawk 9134.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A giant, yellow bird and champion of the Glitz Pit, a fighting arena. He's loud, brash, obnoxious, and thinks he's the best fighter around. He uses some dirty tricks during fights, but insists that he'll fight clean once Mario finds the Crystal Star.

==== Cortez ====

[[File:600px-Cortez 2642.jpg|framethumb|250px]] An old pirate that has long since died. All that remains of Cortez is a giant, floating skull wearing a pirate hat, although he can possess a pile of bones to get some form of a body again. Upon defeat, Cortez befriends the heroes and provides travel to a deserted island.

==== The Smorg ====

[[File:640px-Smorg2 1162.jpg|framethumb|250px]] Strange creatures inhabiting an abandoned train station. When Mario chases them off to throw a switch, the creatures stow away on the train he is riding and take all of the passengers hostage, growing into a multi-tentacled monster. The Smorg flee the train when defeated.

* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Originally, Smorg was something Beldam sent after Mario (you were supposed to fight the Sirens in Riverside Station), but this was cut, leaving Smorg's appearance a damn near [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]]. Using this information, just believe that the Sirens summoned this thing off-screen behind the scenes.

==== Punio ====

[[File:Punio 9044.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A member of a race called Punis. A headstrong little guy that is apparently intended to lead the tribe one day. He doubts himself and, when the X-Nauts invade his home, he enlists Mario's help to get rid of them.

==== Jolene ====

[[File:Jolene 4201.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A Toad woman and secretary of Grubba in the Glitz Pit. Mysteries surround her, and it's apparent that there's more to her than meets the eye. {{spoiler|It's eventually revealed that Jolene's little brother, a former Glitz Pit champ, vanished, and Jolene got the secretary's job to get answers. The two are happily reunited after Grubba's defeat.}}

==== Flavio ====

[[File:Flavio 4694.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A flamboyant, eccentric, rich adventurer that lives in Rogueport for reasons unknown. He claims to be a fearless sailor, but in reality, is a complete coward that makes Mario do all the dangerous things.

==== Pennington ====

[[File:Pennington 3973.png|framethumb|250px]] A penguin that resides in a town for the rich. He runs a museum, but secretly pines to be a detective, which he isn't really that good at.

==== TEC-XX ====

* {{spoiler|[[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]}}: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted.]]

* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]: When Princess Peach types up her message to Mario on TEC's keyboard.

==== Tippi, AKA {{spoiler|Lady Timpani}} ====

[[File:tippi 7303.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

==== Count Bleck, AKA {{spoiler|Lord Blumiere}} ====

[[File:rgdgdfg 4778.jpg|framethumb|250px]] The [[Big Bad]] of the game. Using the Chaos Heart, Count Bleck wishes to destroy all worlds and starts off the apocalypse by [[Divide by Zero|marrying Bowser and Peach]].

* [[Third Person Person]]: Always refers to himself in the third person.

==== Nastasia ====

[[File:2295 7841.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Variation. She doesn't kill those who manage to disobey or fail a mission, but she does punish them with having them write a thousand word essay and singing praises to Count Bleck multiple times (as she demonstrates with O'Chunks).

==== O'Chunks ====

[[File:220px-Fighter 9216.jpg|framethumb|250px]]

==== Mimi ====

[[File:150x182 mimi 3228.png|framethumb|250px]]

==== Dimentio ====

[[File:spm-dimentiodsgvzwergfd 1264.jpg|framethumb|250px]] A magical jester who serves as one of the main lieutenants of Count Bleck. Completely psychopathic, he is always smiling and enjoys speaking in strange similes. Although he appears to be a mere minion, there is more to him than meets the eye.

* {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]]: Possibly. His [[One-Winged Angel]] form? Definitely.}}