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The third installment in the ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' series of [[Role Playing Game|RPGs]], ''Super Paper Mario'' mixes it up a bit by being...well, ''[[And Now for Something Completely Different|totally different]]'' from its predecessors. Instead of being a turn-based RPG with action elements like the first two games, ''Super Paper Mario'' is a side-scrolling platformer with RPG elements. One of the most interesting features of the game is the ability to switch between 2D and 3D view at will - a lot of puzzles can only be solved in 3D, and switching to 3D will often show enemies and items that you couldn't see (or interact with) before.

** And also if you refuse to look for Nimbi when Jaydes asks.

** In a different vein, the interaction with Carrie the Pixl in Fort Francis has her asking you what you thought of Francis. She'll agree completely with you no matter what you said.

* [[The Caligula]]: {{spoiler|The poisoned}} King Croacus.

** Bowser, too.

** More heavily implied by the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQcYsXsCjo0 wacky theme you hear every time you meet one].

** Although, given the fact that some of them have been locked up for 1,500 years, it's somewhat understandable that they wouldn't be fully sane.

** Although, even the ones like Barry and Dottie that weren't imprisoned anywhere (we don't know how Dottie got in the Floro Caverns, and Barry was just kinda wandering around the Bitlands) are a little strange (although, they may be the most normal).

* [[The Collector]]: Francis.

* [[Gravity Screw]]: On the Planet Blobule, Mario can jump much higher than usual. The Whoa Zone allows him to walk on the walls and ceiling.

* [[Green Aesop]]: The Cragnons learn one at the end of chapter 5.

* [[Hand Wave]]: The game doesn't even bother coming up with a decent reason for why {{spoiler|Luvbi comes back}}.

** Simple. {{spoiler|She wished on ''herself''}}.

** Count Bleck's theme undergoes many repeats and variations, forming the [[Musical Pastiche|backbone of the soundtrack]], along with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEK4n3wCN1Q&feature=related main fanfare] and the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxtbIkAK3IA&feature=related Memory]" theme.

* [[Living Crashpad]]: Bowser and O'Chunks were last seen holding up a [[Descending Ceiling]]. The camera cuts to Mario and his friends in another room, and we hear the ceiling come down, suggesting Bowser and O'Chunks were crushed. Later, we see Princess Peach and Mimi fall down a hole in the floor, into their apparent doom. Eventually, Bowser and Peach return unscathed during the battle with Count Bleck.

'''Peach:''' I fell through, too, and landed right on Bowser! It was a surprisingly soft landing... }}

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Francis. He gets incredibly nervous once Peach shows up.

** Interestingly, it seems that the afterlife in the games is laid along the same lines as in Greek Mythology.

* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Mimi.

* [[No Fourth Wall]]

* [[No Hero Discount]]: Bestovius outright asks you why you, as the hero, should be able to learn his world-saving technique for free. (You can if you resist paying for long enough.)

* [[Non-Fatal Explosions]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]:

* [[No Sneak Attacks]]: Averted; at one point, {{spoiler|Dimentio DOES appear in Merlon's house as the heroes are delivering the petrified Pure Heart, and, after a brief dialogue, kills them without giving them a chance to fight}}. {{spoiler|However, he only did this to send them to the afterlife so they could get the eighth Pure Heart, as well as to reunite Mario and Luigi, as part of his grand [[Batman Gambit]].}}

* [[Nostalgia Level]]: A room in chapter 3-1 is identical to level 1-2 from the original ''Super Mario Bros'', complete with warp zone.

* [[The Not-Secret]]: Merlon claims that only he and Nolrem know about Flipside and Flopside existing within their own towns. There are a few NPCs who mention the opposite town and mention having been to the opposite town. Also, it's mentioned that Bestovius only teaches his flipping technique to the hero. Several NPCs make reference to going places they can't possibly go without flipping, and many [[Mooks]] can flip as well.

* [[Number of the Beast]]: Well, sort of referenced. They used 667 instead of 666 for one of Dorguy's questions referencing the unlucky numbers.

* [[Oh Crap]]: More specifically, "OH CRAG!"

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Count Bleck. {{spoiler|Until he learns that the love of his life is still alive, that is. Then he becomes more of a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].}}

** A Sammer Guy deep within the Duel of 100 is a dig against [[Real Is Brown]].

* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: Dimentio. His talent for weird similes that still somehow make sense is rivaled only by his prowess in dimensional magic.

* [[Ted Baxter]]: Flint Cragley.

* [[That Man Is Dead]]: Subverted; {{spoiler|Count Bleck gives this speech, but ends up [[Heel Face Turn|turning good]] at the end all the same.}}