Paper Mario (franchise)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Almighty Janitor|Almighty Mailman]]: He can kick ass for someone who's always delivering packages and mail.

* [[The Cameo]]: Appears in "Thousand Year Door" to deliver mail to Mario.

* [[The Klutz]]: He has a habit of loosing mail whenever he tries to make a delivery

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: According to Goombario, despite his personality, he is downright intimidating in battle.

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* {{spoiler|[[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Switched with the Koopa Bros.}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: So much that by the time you defeat him near Shiver City, he's encased in a block of ice by the time you come back around.

* [[Determinator]]: Swims all the way to Yoshi's Island ''and all the way back'', {{spoiler|and somehow makes it all the way to the top of Bowser's floating castle at roughly the same time as Mario to knock out the Koopa Bros}} to put up yet another fight against Mario.

* [[Expy]]: While they're obviously parodies of the Ninja Turtles, they could be indirectly influenced by [[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|the Axem Rangers]].

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Their Toad disguises and their Bowser costume.

* [[Surfer Dude]]

* [[Totally Radical]]: They speak like this.

* [[Flunky Boss]]: Calls his Chain Chomps out several times when fought.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard|Hoist By His Own Chomps]]: He ends up getting chased out of the ruins altogether by his own Chain Chomp on his defeat.

 

== The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba ==

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* [[Flunky Boss]]: Summons his army during the fight.

* [[Mad Bomber]]: His standard attack.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Not the general himself, but the instant his army sees Mario, they flee in terror, indeed screaming loudly.

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* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Described by Goombario to be a professor of archaeology as well as an explorer.

* [[Lovable Coward]]: It's really hard to get mad at the guy.

* [[Redundant Researcher]]

* [[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.

** 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?]]

== 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.

* [[The Hecate Sisters]]: She was the Maiden in the Shadow Sirens.

* [[Living Shadow]]

* {{spoiler|[[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: During the final battle Vivian seems to have the least problem with harming Peach, seeming almost giddy at the idea of getting Peach out of the picture. }}

* [[Playing With Fire]]: Some of her attacks can ignite your enemies.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Well, not so much friendship, but Rawk Hawk garners a begrudging respect for Mario after losing to him.

* [[Large Ham]]

** In fact, for the Spanish dub, Rawk Hawk is actually called ''Hawk Hogan''.

* [[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!)

 

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

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]}}

* {{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}}.

* {{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]]}}.

* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]

 

[[File:rgdgdfg_4778.jpg|frame]] 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]].

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* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I and II.]] Genuinely cares for his minions and is motivated by deep sorrow rather than evil.

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: He's a ''count'', of ''course'' he's evil! {{spoiler|...or [[Anti-Villain|is he?]]}}

* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|...or are they?}}

* [[Expy]]: Of Count Dracula from the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series. Both characters nearly devastate the world due to the pain of the loss of their loved ones. In at least one game, it is also hinted that they feel regret for their actions when learning that their actions were not what their {{spoiler|(presumed)}} deceased lovers would have wanted.

* [[High Collar of Doom]]

* [[Invisible Anatomy]]: He's got [[Raymanian Limbs|Raymanian arms]] and no legs. It's been debated if he even has a torso under that shirt of his.

* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Became this after Timpani was banished by his father. {{spoiler|So much so, he became an [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. He gets better after he finds out that Timpani is still alive in the form of Tippi.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Bleck's true goal is to bring about a [[Apocalypse How|Class Z Apocalypse]], as he felt life was meaningless without his love Timpani.}}

* [[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}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues]]: It's implied that she used to be a bat that Count Bleck saved, and she became a human to serve him out of gratitude.}}

* [[Hypnotic Eyes]]

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: She appears to be this at first, with her business-like attitude about doing evil. {{spoiler|It turns out to be a subversion: she doesn't serve Count Bleck just for a job, she serves him because she's deeply in love with him.}}

* [[Sassy Secretary]]

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Her eyes are almost never seen through those things... {{spoiler|at least until the reveal, when Dimentio hits her as she takes a hit for Bleck. They're closed until she wakes up, however.}}

* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|She ends up taking an attack from [[The Starscream|Dimentio]] that was meant for Count Bleck.}}

* [[The Unfought]]: Really, though, how would you think a fight with her would work out?

** {{spoiler|Went into a full blown [[Omnicidal Maniac]] after he ended up defeated for the final time.}}

* [[Ax Crazy]] - Oh yes.

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: [[Dragon Ascendant|Takes this position from Bleck]] at the end of the game. Since he manipulated him and orchestrated the events of the game, Dimentio could be considered the true [[Big Bad]].}}

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]}}

* [[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.]]

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