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The plot is [[Darker and Edgier|noticeably darker]] than the previous entries. Mario and Luigi hear that Princess Peach has been kidnapped (again) and go off the Bowser's Castle. Except that [[Not Me This Time|he didn't do it]]. At that moment, a strange guy named Count Bleck appears with Peach and takes Bowser, the Koopa Troop, and Luigi to his stronghold, Castle Bleck. Mario is left out cold until he is awoken by Tippi, a Pixl. She brings him to the town of Flipside. Meanwhile, Bleck forces a marriage between Bowser and Peach, summoning the Chaos Heart and causing a rift called The Void to appear. Mario must fight Bleck and his strange [[Five-Bad Band]] to save the multiverse.

 

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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Mimi.

* [[Action Girl]]: Princess Peach, believe it or not, after getting rescued in the second chapter, decides that it's time to [[Continuity Nod|stop getting kidnapped]], go out there, and kick some ass.

** Dimentio actually turns Fracktail into this, forcing you to fight him.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Count Bleck, who - despite wanting to unmake the world - genuinely cares for his henchmen, and {{spoiler|is driven by the loss of his love rather than actual evil (even helping the heroes near the end after being reunited with her)}}.

** [[All There in the Manual|It's also implied]] that [[The Dragon|the cold and heartless Nastasia]] is loyal to him because she used to be a bat which he freed from a trap, leading her to [[Humanity Ensues|take on a humanoid form in order to repay him]]. {{spoiler|After Count Bleck dies/disappears at the end of the game, she has a complete breakdown and starts... crying!}}

* [[Big Good]]: Merlon.

* [[Blackout Basement]]: Underwhere Road.

** Flip to 3D; her head is full of gears.

* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: Two, and one has to be done twice!

** 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.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]] : It's implied that {{spoiler|Blumiere's}} first act as Count Bleck was to kill his father. It's also implied that he wiped out the Tribe of Darkness.

** Don't forget the part where Luvbi {{spoiler|discovers her true identity as a Pure Heart.}} She believes that Grambi and Jaydes's overprotectiveness was not out of love, and that they did not let her enjoy life, knowing that her time was short.

** Though the phone in question belonged to the Queen of the underworld.

*** And she was being called by her husband in another part of the Afterlife.

** 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.

* [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]]: Mocked with one of the True or False questions Francis's door gives to Peach before entering Francis's room, and provides the page picture.

* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: Mimi, judging by the [[Painting the Fourth Wall|jagged purple]] [[Speech Bubbles]]. Of course, in that form, she's not so much "cute" as [[Nightmare Fuel|OH MY GOD WHAT IN THE NAME OF]] [[Shigeru Miyamoto|MIYAMOTO'S]] [[Nightmare Fuel|FLOOPY HAIR IS THAT]].

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: A Koopa in World 3, who upon seeing Mario actually collects a [[Invincibility Power-Up|Mega Star]] to power himself up and chase down Mario.

** [[Not So Invincible After All]]: Too bad for him there's a 2nd Mega Star block in the area...and that ''your'' [[Super Mode]] is just a ''little'' more invincible than ''his.''

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: As creepy as the Underwhere is, the people there are all pretty nice.

* [[Dating Sim]]: Spoofed in Chapter 3-4.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Peach, surprisingly enough. The standout example is her [[Crowning Moment of Funny|scene with Francis]].

* [[Deep South]]: Specifically, Louisiana. Taken to the extreme that Mario actually [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|becomes a slave]] on Mimi's estate.

* [[Defictionalization]]: [http://digibutter.nerr.biz Digibutter.nerr] is now a fansite for ''Paper Mario'' games.

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Castle Bleck. Nothing but pure blackness with white outlines.

* [[Disc One Nuke]]: It's possible to clear the first Pit of 100 Trials and get the {{spoiler|optional Pixl, Dashell}}, before you finish Chapter 2.

** Not sure that counts because {{spoiler|it only makes you run a lot faster}}.

* [[Disney Death]]: Damn near ''every heroic character'' by the end.

** [[And Zoidberg|And the]] [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]].

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: The Pixl Cudge.

* [[Duel Boss]]: In Chapter 3, there's Mario vs. Bowser. Chapter 8 brings us Bowser vs. O'Chunks, Peach vs. Mimi, and Luigi vs. Dimentio, all followed with both opponents suffering [[Disney Death]]s.

* [[Global Currency Exception]]: 1 million ''rubees'' to pay for the vase.

* [[Go Out with a Smile]] + [[Dissonant Serenity]]: {{spoiler|Dimentio.}}

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: "DOOFUSES!" from Mimi; it makes sense, though, as she's [[Psychopathic Manchild|intentionally meant to be childish]].

* [[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''}}.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Brobots.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Listing all the punny names, events, and other innuendos in this game could take up an entire article on its own.

* [[Hypnotize the Princess]]: Peach in the beginning of the game, to make her cooperate with being married to Bowser.

* [[Incoming Ham]]: BLEH HEH HEH! BLECK!

** Dimentio. "We meet again, like two angry, burly dinosaurs with indigestion!"

* [[Inn Between the Worlds]]: Flipside and Flopside, which are said to exist between dimensions.

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: A lot of what Squirps says, like wanting to be ''squeezed'' and ''twisted'' into small spaces and also twice asking the player if they were in love with him (whether it was Mario, Peach, or Bowser didn't matter).

* [[Invincibility Power-Up]]: The Super Star turns the character into a giant 8-bit version of themselves.

* [[It Makes Sense in Context]]: "Look, nobody likes having their butterfly kidnapped by a geek, but it's dangerous!"

** 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.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: The Pal Pills are very similar to a brigade of miniature Marios who briefly appeared in the ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show|Super Mario World]]'' [[Animated Adaptation|cartoon]] episode "Rock TV". They also use the 8-bit Mario sprites, complete with death animation.

** That's not the only one. These types of gags make up much of the game's humor, to the point where listing all of them would make this page even longer than it already is.

** Actually, during the [[Final Boss]] battle, {{spoiler|Dimentio}} says "dies" when relating to {{spoiler|Count Bleck.}}

** And the queen of the afterlife says that she has power over life and death. It seems more like the word "life" is simply interchangeable with "game".

** 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.

* [[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]].}}

** {{spoiler|He was actually a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] from the start, as the reason why he even attempted to summon the Chaos Heart in the first place is because the love of his life was believed to have been killed, and spent a lot of time trying to search dimensions for her, never finding her.}}

** "Um... Um... Um..."

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Paper]] [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Thin Disguise]]: No one on Mario's side ever knows who Mr. L really is. Not even Mario himself, who only finds him "familiar".

* [[Party in My Pocket]]

** To the point where if a cutscene calls for more than one playable character to be on camera, the others have to appear or disappear [[Behind the Black]]. A notable instance takes place during the Overthere Stair level -- in the cutscene where Peach returns to your party, whichever character you are using (Mario, Luigi, or Bowser) feeds her a black apple to wake her up, which tastes disgusting. Her [[Wild Take]] knocks the single character off camera, then Mario, Luigi, and Bowser all walk back on camera. After a while of discussion, Luvbi interrupts, and the camera moves to get her in frame, conveniently leaving Mario, Luigi, and Bowser out of the shot again. Peach remains on camera for the rest of the cutscene, and when gameplay returns, Mario, Luigi, and Bowser are no longer standing there -- you're controlling Peach now, but you can switch back to one of the others.

* [[Robot Maid]]: '''''[[Mega Neko|Giant cat]]''''' robot maids, in fact.

* [[Rousing Speech]]: Debatable, but when Dashell is obtained, he gives quite the rousing speech, including the line "You! Must! Treasure! Life! You've got to! Got to! GOT TO!"

* [[Save the Villain]]: {{spoiler|As she begins to fall, Peach grabs Mimi, [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|surprising her]] [[Rousseau Was Right|into turning]] [[Heel Face Turn|good]]}}.

* [[Saving the World]]: Or worlds, rather.

* [[Serious Business]]: It's implied left and right that Francis lost friends over arguments about their favorite shows.

* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: This game gives us the "Dark Dark Boo", a dark version of an ''already dark'' enemy.

** This is arguably an example of [[Fridge Brilliance]], since Luvbi is {{spoiler|actually one of the Pure Hearts and would thus be made completely out of love, so it is absolutely logical and perhaps even expected for her to be interested in the love affairs of others.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: Tons.

** Let's not forget that Francis has a [[Ace Attorney|Pink Princess poster]].

** It may just be a coincedence, but the Queen of Underwhere is named [[The Chronicles of Narnia|Jaydes]].

* [[Spider Limbs]]: Mimi.

* [[Spoiler Title]]: Once you enter the second segment of Chapter 6 and see that it's titled {{spoiler|"The End of a World"}}, you know what's coming.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Count Bleck and Tippi}}, on account of the [[Parental Marriage Veto]].

* [[The Starscream]]: {{spoiler|Dimentio actually usurps the throne}} at the end of the game.

** 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.}}

** Squirps and most of the Cragnons also do this.

* [[Throwaway Country]]: {{spoiler|Sammer's Kingdom}}.

** Your whole party is seemingly given a [[Game Over]], and end up in The Underwhere. Luckily, the Queen is pretty friendly and gives you a Continue when it's revealed that you aren't really dead and shouldn't be there.

** And then the door to Chapter 7 brings you right BACK into the Underwhere, because that's where the final [[Plot Coupon|Pure Heart]] is located. And then you get back. So it's a double dose of this trope in the same game. Although the second trip was via dimension-hopping both ways, not death.

* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: The Dark Prognosticus.

* [[Tomes of Prophecy and Fate]]: The Dark Prognosticus and the Light Prognosticus.

* [[Totally Radical]]: The {{spoiler|Floro Sapiens}}, once you get to know 'em. Their hippy-like speech patterns may be a bit of a [[Stealth Pun]] - they're flower children!

* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: Besides the [[Unexpected Shmup Level]], there's the Underchomp battle, which plays like a ''Dragon Warrior'' battle.

* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Mimi, in one of the few video game examples of this trope.

** She's a [[Shape Shifter]], though.

* [[Vague Age]]: Mimi.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: ...said Count Bleck!

*** Afterwards you can find a woman in his place waiting for him. She figures out he's gone and cries "Bring back my Whackaaaaaa". As if you needed to feel even worse.

** And if you talk to him in between the whacks leading up, he apparently becomes [[Sanity Slippage|more and more incoherent and confused.]] So not only do you kill him, but you give him brain damage leading up to it as well.

** Do you know what? You don't even NEED to whack Whacka at all in Super Paper Mario. Do you know why? Because you can buy Whacka Bumps in the Flipside Arcade.

*** Makes you wonder where the Arcade gets those Bumps...

* [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler|A twofer in Sammer's Kingdom succumbing to the void, making the Pure Heart useless, followed by Dimentio sending the party to the Underwhere.}}

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: Chapter 7 is full of it, such as the forbidden apple that brings trouble when eaten, the chapter boss being {{spoiler|a former Nimbi who was exiled to the Underwhere}}, the Nimbis' battle with the Skellobits, and the fact that {{spoiler|the daughter of a seemingly deistic figure sacrifices herself to save the universe}}.

* [[Where I Was Born and Razed]]: It is implied that, after the heartbreak of Blumiere/{{spoiler|Count Bleck's}} love, Timpani/{{spoiler|Tippi}}, being exiled to multiple dimensions by his father and presumably killed, that Blumiere ended up wiping out his race, the Tribe of Darkness.

* [[White Void Room]]: {{spoiler|Sammer's Kingdom becomes a blank white expanse after being consumed by the void, only leaving behind small bits of debris}}.

 

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