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"Hey! It's the character page for the ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' subseries! You know, it really does have a lot of characters, huh? Max HP is 10, attack is 2, defense is 0."
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=== Mario's Partners ===
==== Goombario ====
{{quote|''"Hey Mario! I'm Goombario. I'm your biggest fan!"''}}
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Mario's first partner throughout the entire series, Goombario is a small but highly intelligent young lad who knows something about everything. His main ability is his "Tattle" ability, which doesn't do much for you gameplay-wise, but which can provide advice to you and make HP bars for enemies you've used it on visible.
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* [[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
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Of Mario. He's a fan of all of his adventures!
* [[Blush Sticker]]
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* [[Monster Allies]]: He's one of the earlier examples of a friendly Goomba in the series.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: He's basically a walking encyclopedia with GPS.
* [[Use Your Head]]: His primary attack is the Headbonk attack.
==== Kooper ====
{{quote|''"I, Kooper, will follow you to the ends of the Earth!"''}}
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Mario's second partner is Kooper, an adventurous Koopa. He idolizes the famous explorer Kolorado and wants to be just like him. He has the ability to fling his shell and come back like a
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: {{spoiler|Of Kolorado at the ending of the game.}}
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: How do you know he's the Koopa who's going to join you? Because he's the one with a blue shell!
* [[The Generic Guy]]: He's pretty much the most normal of Mario's partners.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: His last attack sets his shell on ''fire'' before attacking. It's one of the few attacks that will put down a Dry Bones permanently.
* [[Naked People Trapped Outside]]: This is what befalls him when you first meet him. You have to hunt down his shell from a rampant pack of Fuzzies.
==== Bombette ====
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Mario's third partner is a fiery young Bob-Omb named Bombette. After he saves her from imprisonment in the Koopa Bros. Fortress, she pledges to join him on his quest. She can blow things up to destroy rocks and cracked walls, among other things. What we'd like to know, though, is how she's still... Actually, [[MST3K Mantra|never mind.]]
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* [[Action Girl]]: Explosive in every which way, and can kick some ass when fully leveled up.
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: She appears to be one of the few Bob-Ombs to actually be pink.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Her specialty.
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: In addition to being [[The Nostalgia Chick|piiiink]], she has a blonde braid for a fuse and a heart-shaped key.
* [[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 ====
{{quote|''"Mail call!"''}}
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* [[Almighty Janitor|Almighty Mailman]]: He can kick ass for someone who's always delivering packages and mail.
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* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: According to Goombario, despite his personality, he is downright intimidating in battle.
==== Lady Bow ====
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Mario's 5th party member is a member of the [[Ojou|Boo gentry]] and is... ''just'' a little bit on the [[Tsundere]] side. She likes to smack people around with her fan. She can also make Mario briefly invisible... and intangible. Useful for avoiding enemy attacks!
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* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: We never get to hear it, but the way she puts her fan by her head definitely suggests she ''has'' one. Then eventually, we get to hear it... {{spoiler|...in the second game: "'''''GWAH HEE HAH!'''''"}}
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]: It can even make people dizzy!
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Don't
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She may have her rough edges, but she's all around pretty nice.
* [[Tsundere]]: Type A.
==== Watt ====
{{quote|''"You're super great! You're the greatest great guy! I think you're the best!"''}}
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Mario's 6th party member is also his youngest. She's a Sparky (specifically, the daughter of the original Li'l Sparky) and can light up, showing Mario hidden things. She ''also'' has the ability to attack people [[Armor-Piercing Attack|''through'' their defense]], making her incredibly useful in battle. [[Armor-Piercing Slap|Armor Piercing Zap]]?
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* [[Ambiguous Gender]] /[[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: The game refers to her both as male ''and'' female. [[Word of God|Nintendo confirmed she's female.]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Attack]]: Makes her quite useful against shelled enemies, especially [[Bonus Boss]] Kent C. Koopa.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Very, ''very'' adorable coupled with very, ''very'' badass.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Young as she is, she's capable in a fight and immune to electric damage.
* [[Shock and Awe]]
==== Sushie ====
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* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: You pick her up right before the fire dungeon. ''[[Suspicious Videogame Generosity|Hmmm.]]''
* [[Kill It with Water]]: One of her primary methods of attack.
* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: Literally a
* [[Powerup Mount]]: She can give you rides across bodies of water.
* [[Team Mom]]: She has aspects of this. Especially for the Yoshies she works for.
==== Lakilester ====
{{quote|''"World peace? Isn't that a bit melodramatic? But still, I gotta admit that there's a certainly manly charm to having such a noble purpose."''}}
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* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Mario must defeat him in battle before he joins.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: No wonder he wants to be called Spike.
* [[Good Feels Good]]: He decides that this is the case after helping you destroy the Puff-Puff machine, firmly cementing his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Upon his defeat, he will join Mario's party.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Well, sort of.
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=== Villains and Bosses ===
==== Kammy Koopa ====
{{quote|''"Congratulations on your victory, Your Viciousness! That's why you're the king!"''}}
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
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* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Up until the introduction of Kamella in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
* [[Squishy Wizard|Squishy Witch]]: To ludicrous extremes in ''Paper Mario'', where she has only ten HP, and only uses one attack over and over again. It's not ''nearly'' the case in the second game, however.
* [[Took a Level
* [[The Unfought]]: In the first game, Mario never fights her. She is however the enemy in a [[Scripted Battle]] fought by {{spoiler|Twink}}.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: The Koopa Troop are pretty outgoing in general, but she stands out because of her attempts to organize picnics in peaceful meadows, and she enjoys watching Glitz Pit fights.
* [[Wicked Witch]]
==== Jr. Troopa ====
{{quote|''"Don't think you've won, Mario! I swear to you, I'm gonna beat you SO bad next time!"''}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Switched with the Koopa Bros.}}
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* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Jr. Troopa, after his swimming trips, takes notice that his HP has dropped from the swim.
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Possesses a spike of villainy later in the game, right on top of his eggshell cap.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Warmup Boss]]: At first... but he later gets much, MUCH tougher.
* [[We Will Meet Again]]
==== Koopa Bros. ====
{{quote|''"HI-YAAA! Here come the Koopa Bros!! Uh-huh! Oh yeah! We're the coolest of cool!"''}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Their reappearance as stated above.}}
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* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: It's mentioned that, growing up, they were a fairly normal and nice group of brothers until Bowser started paying attention to them and giving them things.
==== Tutankoopa ====
{{quote|''"You shouldn't mess with Tutankoopa, a faithful follower of King Bowser! Ooops... I mean... You shall regret this!"''}}
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* [[Black Mage]]: Attacks Mario with
* [[Evil Is 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.
* [[Exit, Pursued by a Bear|Exit, Pursued by a Chain Chomp]]
* [[Flunky Boss]]: Calls his Chain Chomps out several times when fought.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: To King Tut.
==== The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba ====
{{quote|''"I smell delicious ghosts! Open the dooooooor!"''}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Anticlimax Boss]]: He seems imposing at first due to having immeasurable health before his invincibility is gotten rid of. When he's reunited with his heart he has a whopping ''10'' HP, making him the weakest boss in the game! Justified though as his heart is the proper boss fight with more health and more dangerous attacks.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Beat Still My Heart]]: You have to fight his heart that's been separated from him in order to beat him.}}
* [[Big Eater]]: Eats tons of Boos.
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: To the point where he somehow ''devours ghosts.''
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: The Boos ''loved'' to scare the crap out of him when he was a weakling.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: If you accidentally run into him, ''RUN''. There's no way you can beat him {{spoiler|until of course, you reunite him with his heart}}.
* [[Man Child]]: He's a big crybaby, which is why he begged Bowser to make him invincible in the first place.
* {{spoiler|[[Not So Invincible After All]]}}
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: Having had enough of the Boos scaring him, he is granted invincibility by Bowser and comes back to teach the Boos a lesson.
==== General Guy ====
{{quote|''"Prepare to fight me, sir! TASTE DEFEAT! CHARGE!!"''}}
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* [[Flunky Boss]]: Summons his army during the fight, making Mario go through two waves of his Shy Guy troops (One enormous swarm, two Stilt Guys) before they can tangle with the good general himself.
* [[Four-Star Badass]]
* [[King Mook|General Mook]]: To the Shy Guys serving Bowser.
* [[Large Ham]]: He's quite charismatic and bombastic, fitting for a military commander.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: His standard attack.
* [[Nice Hat]]: His cap is very impressive indeed.
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Not the general himself, but the instant his army sees Mario, they flee in terror, indeed screaming loudly.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: His tank's lightbulb shoots bolts of electricity at you.
* [[Tank Goodness]]: Yes, really, he drives a freaking tank. And you have to fight it.
==== Lava Piranha ====
{{quote|''"WE MAKE THINGS HOT FOR YOU!"''}}
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* [[Clipped-Wing Angel]]: When he revives himself [[Incendiary Exponent|set on fire]], the real second phase of the battle begins... and can be easily [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomped]] by using an Ice Power Multibounce, a Snowman Doll, or Tidal Wave.
* [[Cognizant Limbs]]: The Lava Buds.
* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]
* [[Expy]]: He's pretty much the Naval Piranha from ''Yoshi's Island'', [[Recycled in Space|IN LAVA!]] And no navel.
* [[Hive Mind]]▼
* [[Hive Mind]]: The main head presumably speaks for the Piranha himself and his buds.
* [[Hulk Speak]]: "''YOU NO TAKE STAR''."
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: Obviously, being a Piranha.
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* [[You No Take Candle]]
==== Huff N. Puff ====
{{quote|''"You asked for it...Now you'll witness the full power of my storm!"''}}
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* [[Blow You Away]]: Like miniboss Buzzar, he can do this to you.
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: He built the Puff Puff Machine to mass-produce clouds, after all.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: His special charged attack.
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== Crystal King ==
{{quote|''"First I shall defeat you, and then I will present to King Bowser an iced Mario gift!"''}}
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* [[An Ice Person]]
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=== Other important characters ===
==== Twink ====
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A tiny star who's only just ascended to Star Haven. When Peach wishes for Mario's safety, he comes down to help her, and becomes her "partner" for the rest of the game.
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* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: None of the Koopa Troop ever seem to notice Twink until he starts up and flying right in Bowser's face. [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|But then, given everything else...]]
==== Professor Kolorado ====
{{quote|''"By the Stars, I'll risk my life for that treasure!"''}}
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* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Described by Goombario to be a professor of archaeology as well as an explorer.
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* [[Badass Crew]]
* [[Character Development]]: All of them receive mild to moderate development as the game progresses.
* [[Deadpan Snarker
* [[Expy|Expies]]: All of them are expies of the first Paper Mario's partners barring [[Large Ham|Madame Flurrie]], whom even then shares her hairstyle with [[Super Mario Bros 3|Ludwig von Koopa]] .
* [[Multinational Team]]: All of them represent a particular region within the Mushroom Kingdom, with them being all different species to boot.
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==== Goombella ====
{{quote|''"Never, ever give up! That's the most important thing I've learned from you, Mario."''}}
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* [[Aborted Declaration of Love]]: She seems ready to do this in the closing words of her mail to Mario in the epilogue, but chooses to keep it to herself.
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* [[Valley Girl]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. She is like this in speech patterns, but not in mentality.
==== Koops ====
{{quote|''"Listen Mario! Traveling with you [[Character Development|has taught me bravery]]... [[Determinator|I will fight to the end]]!"''}}
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* [[Adorably Precocious Child|Adorably Precocious Koopa]]: Has shades of this in the beginning, with his father missing, and most of Petalburg considering him to be a crybaby of sorts. Koopie Koo even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this if you speak to her in a certain portion of the game.
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* [[Barrier Warrior]]: His [[Deflector Shields|Shell Shield]] ability is an odd example of this, due to the shield itself being a completely visible koopa shell. Despite this however, in terms of offensive capabilities, he's still on par with the other party members.
* [[Cowardly Lion]]: He starts out as a coward, but will gladly take on a multitude of enemies and everything else to come.
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: He has great single-hit damage, but is almost useless against flying enemies, since all of his attacks are ground-based.
* [[Dance Battler]]: Not exactly fighting, but his hidden stylish moves consist of [[Everything's Better with Spinning|breakdance spins and handstands]].
* [[Expy]]: He's similar to Kooper; sharing mostly the same skills, but has a vastly different personality.
* [[The Fifties]]: Speech patterns including [[Verbal Tic|Gee Whiz and Golly]]? Check. The only thing he's missing is the mentality of a fifties kid/teen.
* [[Grew a Spine]]: Throughout the game, he tries to be more self-assertive.
* [[Pointless Band-Aid]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: He's first introduced as this, but [[Character Development|eventually becomes a...]]
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* [[Stone Wall]] / [[Glass Cannon]]: A surprising mix of both. Unlike the other party members he has one extra defense point by default; but has the lowest [[Hit Points|HP]] out of them. In addition to this, he's still certainly capable of dealing out damage.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Stomp and earthquake attacks knock him on his back like any other koopa, eliminating his defense and rendering him unable to battle for a while.
** 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.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|When All You Have Is A Koopa Shell]]: All of his abilities involve his shell in some form, and all but one involves plowing it into enemies.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: It never amounts to anything, really, but he's quite jealous of [[Chick Magnet|Mario]] getting all of [[Classy Cat Burglar|Ms. Mowz's]] attention whenever they [[Crowning Moment of Funny|cross paths.]]
==== Madame Flurrie ====
{{quote|''"Here we go, darling! Time to shine!"''}}
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* [[Blow You Away]]: Her Gale Force blows enemies out of the battle when it works.
* [[Big Beautiful Woman|Big Beautiful Cloud Woman]]
* [[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.
** Played straight with her hair to another Mario character. It's Ludwig von Koopa's 'do.
* [[Gainaxing]]: Of all the characters in the game to have it... [[Fan Service|though some may not mind.]]
** Her breasts have their own ''sound effect
* [[Large Ham]]: Comes with being a former actress!
* [[Life Drain]]/[[Kiss of Death]]: Her Lip Lock ability.
* [[Smooch of Victory]]: She tries to give one to Mario. He's... not very receptive.
* [[Spoony Bard]]:
* [[Stone Wall]]: When used properly, she can be a very good tank.
* [[Super Breath]]
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: Apparently, she used to, erm, have less stage presence. Nevertheless, she remains popular, and even returns to the stage at the end.
==== Yoshi ====
{{quote|''"Lemme at 'em! Yeah! Bring it! You ready for a beating?"''}}
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* [[Badass Adorable]]: For someone fresh out of the egg, he can hold his own in a fight.
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* [[Cherry Tapping]]: His attacks do 1 point of damage several times over.
** Except for his Gulp attack, which does the opposite by [[Armor-Piercing Attack|ignoring armor]].
* [[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).
** [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: One possible, and common result.
* [[Egg McGuffin]]: How Mario first meets him.
* [[Expy]]: In terms of field abilities, he's an expy of Parakarry, being able to carry Mario across gaps. Outside of that, he completely averts this.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: The only character in the series to be so! Justified in that he had no name prior to meeting Mario.
* [[Huge Rider, Tiny Mount]]: He's barely half the size of Mario, but he lets the guy ride him anyway...
** And then there's when Flavio follows you and [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|you both jump on Yoshi.]]
*** [[Fridge Brilliance|Then again, are they not just made of paper?]]
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]
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* [[Passing the Torch]] - In the epilogue, he calls himself "The Great Gonzales Jr.". {{spoiler|...as his ring name.}}
==== Vivian ====
{{quote|''"Mario! I'm fighting by your side from now on! I've made my choice… and I'm not turning back!"''}}
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* [[Aborted Declaration of Love]]: Appears to be ready to make a love confession to Mario in the ending, but stops herself.
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type II]].
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: Why she joins Mario in the end.
* [[Cute Witch]]: She is absolutely ''adorable''.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. She ends up joining Mario's team, and isn't cut out to being
* [[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
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[The Hecate Sisters]]: She was the Maiden in the Shadow Sirens.
* [[Living Shadow]]
* [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal]]: The last straw is finding out that the grenade Beldam tasked her with finding is broken.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Some of her attacks can ignite your enemies.
* [[Redemption Promotion]]: She can end up much stronger when she was when she first fought you. The only element of [[Redemption Demotion]] is her not having Fiery Jinx until you upgrade her (and when she uses it, it's much stronger).
* [[He's a Friend|She's A Friend]]: Mario has to explain this to the party even after they realize that Doopliss has tricked them. Her being with Mario is seen as evidence against him being the real one.
* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Vivian's gender is a
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Ships Mario/Peach in the ending.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Doopliss taunts Mario, suggesting that he's having a "fight with (his) girlfriend," when she becomes hesitant to fight alongside him after learning his identity.
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{{quote|'''Vivian''': I'm with Mario all the way! [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Today, Sis, I am going to punish YOU, do you hear me?]]}}
==== Admiral Bobbery ====
{{quote|''"I suggest you try a bit harder against the likes of us, hm?"''}}
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* [[Action Bomb]]
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* [[Stock British Phrases]]: He uses quite a few of them, mostly "old boy".
==== Ms. Mowz ====
{{quote|''"Who is this handsome piece of cheese?"''}}
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* [[Action Girl]]: As a thief/treasure hunter, she's quite proactive even before joining Mario, and being able to steal items and pierce through enemy defenses with her attacks doesn't hurt either.
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Quite literally. One of her attacks is a slap that bypasses defense.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar|Classy Mouse Burglar]]
* [[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
** She's also [[Alternate Company Equivalent|somewhat similar]] to [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Rouge the Bat]].
* [[Intimate Healing]]: Her final skill is a kiss that restores HP to Mario.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]:<ref>
* [[Recurring Traveler]]: In the first few dungeons, anyway. She stops appearing when she becomes an...
* [[Optional Party Member]]
* [[The Nose Knows]]: She can sniff out treasure.
* [[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.
=== Baddies ===
==== Grodus ====
{{quote|''"Once you fools are gone, no one will stand in my way! Grodus will rule the world!"''}}
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Leader of the shadowy X-Naut group, Grodus already has one [[Mineral MacGuffin|Crystal Star]] in his possession and plans to gather the rest, preferably by gaining the magical map. To this end, he employs armies of [[Mooks|X-nauts]] and the [[The Hecate Sisters|Shadow Sirens]].
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* [[Big Bad]]: The main villain of the game, leader of the X-Nauts, and plans on world conquest.
* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: He learns this the hard way at the end of the game.}}
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* [[Oh Crap]]: When he realizes that {{spoiler|the Shadow Queen is ''not'' bound to serve the one who revives her.}}
* [[Shock and Awe]]: His attacks are primarily lightning-based.
* [[Take Over the World]]: His main goal.
==== Lord Crump ====
{{quote|''"I've got some ammo to spare! How's THAT for boom–bassa–boom?!?"''}}
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Most of the X-Nauts are kind of weird, but Crump takes the cake.
* [[The Dragon]]: Sir Grodus's righthand man.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Buh! Buh! Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh huh!
* [[Expy]]: Could easily be one of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Dr. Eggman]] because:
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* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Magnus Von Grapple.
* [[Number Two for Brains]]: Sort of. He is a bigger [[Cloudcuckoolander]] than the mooks, which is saying something.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: In the 5th chapter, on the island, his disguise as an ordinary sailor is... not great. {{spoiler|He even [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|addresses the audience directly]] and tells them that, sure, ''they '' know who he is, but they can't tell Mario about it.}}
* [[Recurring Boss]]: Twice on foot (Prologue and Chapter 5), and twice in Magnus Von Grapple (Chapters 2 and 7).
* [[Warmup Boss]]
==== Beldam ====
{{quote|''"We would've won if you two lumps had pulled your weight! Both of you, prepare for a world–class punishment session when we get home!"''}}
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The bossy eldest sister of the Shadow Sirens. She has a tendency to make errors and blame her
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* [[An Ice Person]]
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* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dragon with an Agenda]]}}: {{spoiler|She is actually [[The Dragon]] to the [[Bigger Bad|Shadow Queen.]]}}
* {{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.}}
* [[The Evil Genius]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: In the ending, {{spoiler|she apparently stops her evil scheming and becomes nicer to Vivian}}.
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* [[Wicked Witch]]
==== Marilyn ====
{{quote|""GUUUUUUHH!""}}
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* [[The Brute]]
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* [[Wicked Witch]]
==== ?????/{{spoiler|Doopliss}} ====
{{quote|''"Well, all right then, Slick. Fine. Yes. I turned the villagers into pigs. Big deal."''}}
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A prankster Duplighost who lives in Creepy Steeple. He cursed the residents of Twilight Town so that whenever its bell tolls, someone becomes a pig! He "becomes" Mario and intends to erase him, but is foiled. He later joins the Shadow Sirens.
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* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: If you don't state his true name, you enter a battle where he cannot take any damage. It's not [[Hopeless Boss Fight|hopeless]], as he can't deal any damage either. The only option is to run.
* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: His abilities remain terrifying throughout the chapter, but that doesn't change the fact that the one responsible for the town's curse is a [[Bedsheet Ghost]] in a party hat and bowtie who is sitting in an easy chair watching TV when you first meet him. [[In-Universe|Your partner tends to agree]].
* [[The Sixth Ranger]]: To the Shadow Sirens.
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: After Mario successfully states his true name.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Like all Duplighosts, he is able to do this.
==== The Shadow Queen ====
{{quote|''"You are foolish to oppose me. Yesss... and that foolishness... will have to be punished..."''}}
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=== Bosses ===
==== Hooktail ====
{{quote|''"Snack time, my little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?"''}}
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* [[Big Eater]]: Is capable of devouring a huge portion of the audience during her fight.
* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]: Capable of powerful fire breath.
* {{spoiler|[[I Surrender, Suckers]]:}} {{spoiler|Pretends to give in to the party when her HP is reduced, but if you agree, she'll attack you}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Interface Screw]]:}} Whether or not you {{spoiler|fall for the ruse}}, she {{spoiler|proceeds to ''eat the audience members'' to recover HP.}}
* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: She's been around since the Shadow Queen's time as one of her pet dragons. This puts her around at least ''1000 years old''.
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: What a shocker.
* [[Warmup Boss]]: The first proper boss in the game.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Cricket sounds, of all things.
** [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Defeating her without this weakness. It can be done, but you'll need to go in well-equipped, as she is quite the hard-hitting [[Stone Wall]] normally.
==== Grubba ====
{{quote|''"One day, you'll look back on all them small–dreamers 'n LAUGH!"''}}
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* [[Blood Knight]]: He is heavily implied to have enjoyed fighting in the ring when he was younger. {{spoiler|Confirmed when he goes toe-to-toe with Mario and co.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Damage Sponge Boss]]: His [[One-Winged Angel]] form has a lot of HP compared to the bosses that come before and after him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Faux Affably Evil]]: He comes off as incredibly friendly and outgoing, but it's just a cover for his evil narcissistic self.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Jerkass]]}} {{spoiler|Isn't above taunting his first victim's sister regarding her brother's "death".}}
* [[Nice Guy]]: He's incredibly friendly and genial to just about everyone he meets, and takes a special liking to Mario. {{spoiler|Of course, this is just a façade for the twisted, self-centered madman underneath the surface.}}
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Can you believe he's sixty?! {{spoiler|Draining the life away from young and energetic fighters can really help a guy age well, it seems}}
* [[The Reveal]]: A shocking one, too.
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: For someone who likely hails from the south, he's definitely a hell of a technical master {{spoiler|as Mush, King K, Bandy Andy, the rest of his unnamed victims can attest to}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Status Buff]]: In battle and out, he likes to bulk up his own attributes. He almost does it more often than he actually attacks.}}
* [[Walking Spoiler]]: There is a LOT more to this guy than meets the eye.
==== Rawk Hawk ====
{{quote|''"Feel the horror of a world–class RAAAAAWWWKING!"''}}
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Launches himself from the walls of the arena, and even grabs onto the ceiling beam at one point (putting him beyond the reach of most attacks) and shakes it to drop objects down on Mario.
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: In spite of all of his bragging, his boss fight is quite easy. (And he doesn't get any tougher for rematches.) In addition, when he later challenges Bowser to a fight, Bowser [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps him]]. (Literally!)
==== Cortez ====
{{quote|''"Hear my voice, spirits! Take their ship and show them the meaning of fear!"''}}
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* [[Badass Spaniard]]
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** Actually, that's unavoidable. However, he only uses it in his third phase.
==== The Smorg ====
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* [[Cognizant Limbs]]
* [[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 [[
* [[Synchronized Swarming]]: They're intelligent little creepers, for one.
* [[Tentacle Rope]]: It can even form into a CLAW!
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=== Other Characters ===
==== Punio ====
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* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: He is '''very''' concerned about his little sister Petuni's safety when the Great Tree gets taken over.
* [[Unlikely Hero]]: A lot of conversations imply that the other Punis generally don't think the world of him, or at least think he's a little dimwitted.
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==== Jolene ====
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* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* {{spoiler|[[Reverse Mole]]}}
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Is all business while on the job, but shows a warmer side around {{spoiler|her younger brother}} and in her email response to Mario after he finishes her Trouble Center request. {{spoiler|It's also implied that she's the woman at the juice bar when she's off the clock.}}
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==== Flavio ====
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* [[Dirty Coward]]: Yes, he's a complete coward, but in the end, he still risks his neck to save his crew by going to reason with Cortez.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: He insists that he's responsible for everything good that's happened in chapter 5 and also seems to assume that everybody in the group loves him.
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==== Pennington ====
{{quote|''"Rudimentary, my dear Luigi!"''}}
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* [[Expy]]: Of the various penguins that were involved in the murder mystery in the first game.
* [[Thoroughly Mistaken Identity]]: He spends the entire game believing that he is talking to Luigi, and there's no telling him otherwise.
** He does overhear somebody referring to Mario as Mario at the end of the game, at which point he seems to realize his mistake.
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==== TEC-XX ====
{{quote|''"Princess Peach, teach me this feeling you call... "love.""''}}
The world's best computer, designed to be absolutely perfect, which runs the X-Naut Fortress. After Princess Peach was kidnapped and placed in her holding cell, TEC observes her and begins to fall in love with her. TEC tries to [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|understand this feeling]], and in exchange TEC allows her to contact Mario. {{spoiler|Sir Grodus finds out about this soon enough, however...}}
* {{spoiler|[[
* {{spoiler|[[Almost-Dead Guy]]}}
* [[Could Say It, But...]]: Gives Peach a "quiz" that. after a few questions to which she already knows the answer, reveals the villains' true plan.
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* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: {{spoiler|Although, was TEC really evil to begin with? TEC just happened to be a supercomputer that the villains have made.}}
* [[Plot-Based Voice Cancellation]]: After Chapter 6, when telling Peach {{spoiler|the villains will use her body to host the Shadow Queen}}.
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]: When Princess Peach types up her message to Mario on TEC's keyboard.
* {{spoiler|[[Staying Alive]]}}: {{spoiler|TEC caused the X-Nauts' base to self-destruct, but after the game is completed, not only is TEC still alive and well, but ''even the damn base'' is intact. [[Fridge Logic|Not even he has a fucking clue how it is possible.]] [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]], maybe?}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: On the {{spoiler|moon base}}, it's revealed that the X-Yux is pronounced Cross Yux, meaning that the X-Nauts and TEC-XX could be the same, so TEC-XX becomes {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn|TEC-double cross]]}}.
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=== Characters from Super Paper Mario ===
==== Tippi, AKA {{spoiler|Lady Timpani}} ====
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* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Invoked to create a Pure Heart in the final battle.}}
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|With Bleck.}}
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==== Count Bleck, AKA {{spoiler|Lord Blumiere}} ====
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* [[All-Encompassing Mantle]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]]: He killed his father after the latter [[Parental Marriage Veto|cursed Timpani to wander all dimensions for eternity]].}}
* [[Star-Spangled Spandex]]: The inside of his cape. {{spoiler|When he's about to destroy the multiverse, it changes into a black hole.}}
* [[Third Person Person]]: Always refers to himself in the third person.
** Although it's possible that he's actually narrating his part of the Dark Prognosticus. Something very interesting about his usage of this trope is that {{spoiler|after he changes to the good side, he speaks normally for the rest of the game}}.
* [[True Companions]]: With his [[Five-Bad Band]]. {{spoiler|Maybe not so much with Dimentio, though.}}
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* [[Waistcoat of Style]]
==== Nastasia ====
{{quote|''"I'm just gonna pencil you in for a ten O' clock brain washing, K?"''}}
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* [[The Unfought]]: Really, though, how would you think a fight with her would work out?
* [[Verbal Tic]]
* [[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 ====
{{quote|''"C'mere un' I'll introduce yeh to Fist Jr. an' his wee pal, Slappie!"''}}
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]: {{spoiler|Considers Bowser to be this after O'Chunks is defeated by him in Count Bleck's castle.}}
==== Mimi ====
{{quote|''"I like getting what I want, so I do whatever I need to get it."''}}
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* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Even beyond her transformations, she's almost always in a different outfit each time she appears.
==== Dimentio ====
{{quote|''"It would be so very DULL if your journey ended so easily... Instead, it ends with... magic!"''}}
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* [[Affably Evil]]: He comes off as incredibly goofy and likable, not unlike Fawful. {{spoiler|But is much, MUCH nastier in reality.}}
* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: His basic goal. Why does he want to accomplish this? No reason whatsoever; he's just NUTS.}}
** {{spoiler|Went into a full blown [[Omnicidal Maniac]] after he ended up defeated for the final time.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Dragon Ascendant]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dragon with an Agenda]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]]: Possibly. His [[One-Winged Angel]] form? Definitely.}}
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: The reason why he ultimately failed. See [[Lack of Empathy]].
* [[The Evil Genius]]
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka Palazzo]]. Both are [[Faux Affably Evil]] [[Ax Crazy]] [[Monster Clown
** He also has the tendency to make odd similes, a trait seen in [[Mario & Luigi|Fawful]]. {{spoiler|Not to mention, they're both [[Dragon Ascendant
** To some fans, however, he may also be partially an Expy of [[The Joker]] from Batman (whom coincidentially Kefka Palazzo, another character Dimentio acted as an expy of, also was an expy of).
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]: As [[One-Winged Angel|Super Dimentio]]}}.
* [[The Jester]]: Heck, Dimentio is the trope picture.
* {{spoiler|[[Lack of Empathy]] - He only viewed Count Bleck's depressed state and feelings for Timpiani/
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Laughably Evil]]
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* [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter]] - He gives out an "Ah ha ha" after {{spoiler|"killing" Mario, Peach and Bowser}}.
* [[Reality Warper]] - He can summon his personal dimension called "Dimension D" at a whim. Considering that he's implied by Carson to be {{spoiler|a descendant of the magician who created the original Pixls}}, it's not surprising.
* [[Send in the Clones]]: His rooms in Castle Bleck make use of hundreds, if not thousands of clones.
* [[Slasher Smile]] / [[Psychotic Smirk]]: It is heavily implied that he constantly smiles with several horrific acts.
* [[The Sociopath]]: It's pretty evident that he is one, including constantly smiling when doing horrific acts as well as making cruel jokes when killing and doing other atrocities.
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* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: "''And now we must duel, like [[Deliverance|two glimmering banjos]] [[Shout-Out|on a moonlit]] [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|stoop!]]''"
* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|Double Subversion: At first after Luigi defeats Dimentio, Dimentio seemingly attempts to invoke this trope on Luigi, apparently in order to keep him from Bleck's "velvet-lined hands" by trapping themselves in his explosion barrier (the same one that killed Mr. L/Luigi the first time as well as killed Mario, Bowser, and Peach). However, it was later revealed that Dimentio actually softened the blow so it only knocked Luigi unconscious and allowed himself to survive, as part of a [[Plan]] so he could then implant a [[Hypno Trinket|floro sprout]] on Luigi so that he could then brainwash him into merging with the Chaos Heart (and then merge with the both of them). However, after his final defeat, Dimentio decides to take the multiverse with him to the grave.}}
* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|Vile Villain, Saccharine Game]]: It is very jarring to find a character who is as insane and murderous as he in a ''[[Paper Mario]]'' game. The only one comparing to him is the Shadow Queen from the previous game, and she only showed up [[Final Boss|at the very end.]] {{spoiler|Grubba as well, but on a smaller scale.}}
* [[Villain Teleportation]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: He becomes an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] after being defeated by Mario and company for the last time.}}
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