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The third installment in the ''[[Paper Mario (Video Game)|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.

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.

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.

For characters, see the [[Paper Mario (Franchise)/Characters|series Character Sheet]].

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

* [[And Now You Must Marry Me|And Now You Must Marry Each Other]]: [[Divide By Zero|Bowser and Peach]]. Peach is [[Mind Control|literally forced]] into saying "I do". Bowser obviously doesn't have to be forced to say the same.

* [[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)}}.

* [[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!}}

* [[Apocalypse Maiden]]: {{spoiler|Luigi}}. No, really. {{spoiler|He gets [[Brainwashed]] by Nastasia and further manipulated by Dimentio.}}

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Count Bleck's plan is to bring about a class Z.

* [[Applied Mathematics]]: The first few levels feature "joke" equations in the background, made up of random numbers and mathematical symbols combined with famous Mario icons such as the Fire Flower and mushrooms.

* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: In Chapter 7-2, when you encounter Bowser, he complains that he's hungry, among other things.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: In Chapter 7-2, when you encounter Bowser, he complains that he's hungry, among other things.

* [[Artifact of Doom]]: The Chaos Heart.

* [[Ash Face]]: Subverted; after tricking you into opening an exploding chest, Mimi complains when this ''doesn't'' happen.

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

* [[Chain of Deals]]: There's a ''very'' long one that makes you backtrack across all the worlds you previously visited, but thankfully, it's optional.

* [[Chaos Is Evil]]: The [[Five Bad Band]] is trying to destroy [[The Multiverse]] with the ''Chaos'' Heart.

* [[Chaos Is Evil]]: The [[Five-Bad Band]] is trying to destroy [[The Multiverse]] with the ''Chaos'' Heart.

* [[Check Point Starvation]]: You cannot save during the [[Marathon Level|Pit Of 100 Trials]] at all.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: When it comes to Mario characters, Dimentio is the best of this trope of the bunch.

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* [[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]].

** Said purple [[Speech Bubbles]] were previously used by {{spoiler|the Shadow Queen}}, an ''ancient demon'' who served as the [[Final Boss]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.

* [[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.

* [[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.''

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: This may well be the darkest ''[[Paper Mario (Video Game)|Paper Mario]]'', let alone any ''[[Super Mario Bros|Mario]]'' game, out there.

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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: This is Bowser's reaction to {{spoiler|seeing what happens to worlds consumed by the Void}}.

* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: {{spoiler|Dimentio used the Heroes to get the Pure Hearts, and allowed them to use them on Count Bleck so that he could get the Chaos Heart easily. He honestly thought that the heroes using the Pure Hearts meant that they were gone for good. He ended up legitimately shocked when, due to Bleck/Blumiere, Tippi/Timpani, O'Chunks, and Mimi's love for one another, the Pure Hearts had returned and stripped him of his invincibility.}}

* [[Evil Detecting Dog]]: After you free it, the guard dog creature in Merlee's Mansion immediately proceeds to chase after Mimi. His reaction to seeing "Merlee" for the first time in the chapter is also a nice bit of foreshadowing.

* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: After you free it, the guard dog creature in Merlee's Mansion immediately proceeds to chase after Mimi. His reaction to seeing "Merlee" for the first time in the chapter is also a nice bit of foreshadowing.

* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]: Bonechill.

* [[Evil Versus Oblivion]]: Bowser and Count Bleck. Later, {{spoiler|Dimentio and Count Bleck}}.

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* [[Fartillery]]: O'Chunks uses this as his exit in the first three encounters, but he actually uses this as an attack against Bowser as Super O'Chunks.

** In Super Paper Mario, this is possibly how the Cherbils attack. If you use Tippi to tell you about the creatures, she says "some say the gas comes from its mouth. Others say it comes from... elsewhere." Due to the creature's appearance (basically a set of eyes and a large pair of cheeks), it's difficult to tell which end it's coming from.

* [[Five Bad Band]]

* [[Five-Bad Band]]

** [[Big Bad]]: Count Bleck.

** [[The Dragon]]: Nastasia.

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** [[The Dark Chick]]: Mimi.

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Mr. L.

* [[Five Man Band]]:

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** [[The Hero]]: Mario.

** [[The Lancer]]: Luigi.

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* [[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).

* [[In the End You Are On Your Own]]: {{spoiler|Subverted when Mario gets separated from his teammates one by one in Chapter 8, but they come back together to assist him in the final boss fight.}}

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

* [[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!"

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: The Hag Sisters.

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** 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 ~~Stationattendant~~]]: Mimi.

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

{{quote| '''Mimi''': ''[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Stupid-heads]]... I'd mimicked her perfectly! You know it! ...I guess I'll congratulate you... [[Family Unfriendly Violence|by tearing you to little bits like stupid confetti]]!''}}

{{quote| '''Mimi''': ''[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Stupid-heads]]... I'd mimicked her perfectly! You know it! ...I guess I'll congratulate you... [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|by tearing you to little bits like stupid confetti]]!''}}

* [[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]]:

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

{{quote| '''Mimi''': ''But... But... That explosion didn't even turn you black with soot! That totally didn't even hurt you at all! This stinks!''}}

* [[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]].}}

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{{quote| "Shayde B buys 667 pens for [[Thirteen Is Unlucky|13]] coins and buys [[One Hundred Eight|108]] notebooks for [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|42]] coins each.}}

* [[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]].}}

* [[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.}}

** {{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.}}

* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]: [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|Castle Bleck]].

* [[Optional Party Member]]: Barry, Dashell, Piccolo and {{spoiler|Tiptron}}.

* [[Overly Long Gag]]: ''Super Paper Mario'' loves these, least of all being the repeated block-hitting and hamster-wheel running in Merlee's Mansion.

** "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".

* [[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".

* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: {{spoiler|Blumiere's father to Timpani and Blumiere. Of the 'she's the wrong race' type. This involved banishing Timpani to the edges of the universe, as well as damn near ''killing'' her. Let's just say it didn't turn out well for the father.}}

* [[Party in My Pocket]]

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* [[Punny Name]]: Every Pixl has one based on their ability - Tippi gives you tips, Thoreau throws things, Boomer blows obstacles and enemies up, and so on.

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Your partners are the lady who's typically your [[Damsel in Distress]], the giant monster who's typically your arch-nemesis, and your typical sidekick, who bears a [[Paper Thin Disguise|striking resemblance]] to one of the [[Big Bad]]'s minions. And you have about a dozen [[Fairy Companion|Fairy Companions]], all of whom have their own eccentricities from thinking a princess in a pink dress is worth lots of girth to constantly singing in a French accent.

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Your partners are the lady who's typically your [[Damsel in Distress]], the giant monster who's typically your arch-nemesis, and your typical sidekick, who bears a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|striking resemblance]] to one of the [[Big Bad]]'s minions. And you have about a dozen [[Fairy Companion|Fairy Companions]], all of whom have their own eccentricities from thinking a princess in a pink dress is worth lots of girth to constantly singing in a French accent.

* [[The Reason You Suck Speech]]: Mimi gives on to Peach. [[Unstoppable Rage|Big mistake.]]

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Mimi gives on to Peach. [[Unstoppable Rage|Big mistake.]]

* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Happens to the music played during [[Exposition Fairy|Tippi's]] [[Flash Back|Flashbacks]] when she realizes {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Count Bleck]] is really her [[Love Makes You Evil|lover, Blumiere]], who [[Self Made Orphan|kills his father]] in vengeance for [[And I Must Scream|banishing Tippi to walk all the worlds until she dies]].}}

* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Tiptron for Tippi, despite a mild identity crisis on whether she really is Tippi or was created by Francis. Trust me, you will ''want'' to buy Tiptron -- still heartbreaking to see the circles at the ends of her antennae, though}}.

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** 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.

** Just about every Sammer Guy's name is a reference to something in the series. Some highlights: Hill With Eyes, [[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Shoe of]] [[Blind Idiot Translation|Kuribo]], [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Another Castle]], [[~~Powerup~~ Letdown|Useless Badge]], [[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Sunshine Flood]], [[Warp Whistle|Mystical Whistle]], [[Action Commands|Action Commander]], Warping Pipe, [[Good Bad Bugs|The Negative One]], [[Unwinnable By Mistake|Over The Flagpole]], [[Mario and Luigi (Video Game)|Mustard of Doom]], [[Infinite One Ups|Infinite Jump]], [[Secret Level|Alternate Path]], [[Pop Quiz|Quizmo Question That Has No Answer]], and [[Final Boss|End Boss]].

** Just about every Sammer Guy's name is a reference to something in the series. Some highlights: Hill With Eyes, [[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Shoe of]] [[Blind Idiot Translation|Kuribo]], [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Another Castle]], [[Power-Up Letdown|Useless Badge]], [[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Sunshine Flood]], [[Warp Whistle|Mystical Whistle]], [[Action Commands|Action Commander]], Warping Pipe, [[Good Bad Bugs|The Negative One]], [[Unwinnable By Mistake|Over The Flagpole]], [[Mario and Luigi (Video Game)|Mustard of Doom]], [[Infinite One Ups|Infinite Jump]], [[Secret Level|Alternate Path]], [[Pop Quiz|Quizmo Question That Has No Answer]], and [[Final Boss|End Boss]].

** 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]].

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* [[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.

* [[Stalked By the Bell]]: Mimi on level 2-4 and the game's Pit of 100 trial levels.

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

* [[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.

* [[Storybook Opening]]

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** And another when {{spoiler|Mimi!}}Merlon makes you hit a block, opening a pit beneath you that you fall into, despite her dialogue heavily hinting that something is amiss.

*** No way is this not deliberate though. If you refuse enough times, she even lampshades it, {{spoiler|explaining how event flags work and how you need to fall for the trap to progress the game.}}

* [[Super Not Drowning Skills]]: Unlike the previous games.

* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: Unlike the previous games.

** Except for a small pool of polluted water in the Cromag village.{{spoiler|Which {{Foreshadowing foreshadows}} the true motive behind the Floro Sapiens' invasion}}

* [[Super Speed]]: {{spoiler|The secret pixl, Dashell, allows your character to run much faster.}} Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach can be seen to outrun a sound wave without {{spoiler|Dashell}}, though Bowser is just barely slower.

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* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|Dimentio}} does this. You can accept for a [[Nonstandard Game Over]].

* [[Wedding Day]]: The game opens with Peach being forcibly wed to Bowser. Amusingly, he insists on referring to himself as her husband for the rest of the game, and even <s>sort of</s> ''acts'' like it, lending credence to the theory that he's in love with her.

** When Bowser {{spoiler|sacrifices himself in Count Bleck's castle}}, Peach ''turns around to look at him one more time before she goes''. It [[Star Crossed Lovers|may not]] just be Bowser.

** When Bowser {{spoiler|sacrifices himself in Count Bleck's castle}}, Peach ''turns around to look at him one more time before she goes''. It [[Star-Crossed Lovers|may not]] just be Bowser.

* [[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}}.

** In Sammer's Kingdom, you might notice lycoris flowers growing along the path. In legends, they're often believed to grow when people who meet shall never see each other again. Pretty epic foreshadowing for {{spoiler|[[The End of the World As We Know It]]}}.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: In Chapter 1, Tippi instantly recognizes Dimentio when they first meet him. How Tippi knew him or why she recognized him was never explained or mentioned again afterward.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: In Chapter 1, Tippi instantly recognizes Dimentio when they first meet him. How Tippi knew him or why she recognized him was never explained or mentioned again afterward.

* [[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}}.

* [[Whole Plot Reference]]: Chapter 7 is the [[Divine Comedy]].

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Chapter 7 is the [[Divine Comedy]].

* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Dimentio

* [[Wild Teen Party]]: It is implied that the {{spoiler|remaining unbrainwashed members of the}} Koopa Troop intended to throw one of these while guarding Bowser's fort in the Bitlands when he joins Mario and Peach.

* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Count Bleck.}} Hoo boy.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Count Bleck.}} Hoo boy.

* [[Word Salad Title]]: Parodied with Francis's manga collection: ''Android Love Patrol''.

* [[Wutai]]: Sammer's Kingdom. {{spoiler|[[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Which is completely wiped off the map by the BigBad.]]}}

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** He does it again later {{spoiler|- and to Count Bleck, no less}}.

* [[Your Makeup Is Running]]: Mimi taunts Peach this way right before their duel. As if she needed more of a reason to tick her off...

* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: Catch Cards capture an enemy's soul and turn them into Cards. The more Cards one has of a species, the more power Mario (and the other heroes) have in their attacks on them. This includes Koopas and other creatures we ''know'' are fully sentient. [[What the Hell Hero|What the Hell, Mario?]]

* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: Catch Cards capture an enemy's soul and turn them into Cards. The more Cards one has of a species, the more power Mario (and the other heroes) have in their attacks on them. This includes Koopas and other creatures we ''know'' are fully sentient. [[What the Hell, Hero?|What the Hell, Mario?]]

** Making it worse is the fact that many players use capture cards to make huge fortunes by capturing vast numbers of [[Metal Slime|Amazee Dayzees]] with them, which are also fully sentient. It's no wonder that the species is so rare, [[You Monster]]

** Making it worse is the fact that many players use capture cards to make huge fortunes by capturing vast numbers of [[Metal Slime|Amazee Dayzees]] with them, which are also fully sentient. It's no wonder that the species is so rare, [[You Monster!]]