Courage Shell

This article is about the item from the Paper Mario series. For information about the armor from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, see here.

Courage Shell
Appears in:	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario
Made by:	Zess T., Saffron

A Courage Shell is an item found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario. In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, using one can boost Mario's or his partner's Defense by 3 points for two turns. Courage Shells can be bought in Petalburg and can also be stolen from Paratroopas. They can also be cooked up by Zess T. by cooking up a Mr. Softener and Point Swap together.

In Super Paper Mario, it reduced damage players took by half. To make it more effective, players had to play a Minigame similar to Koops' Shell Shield. The effect can last anywhere from 25 (minimum) to 40 (maximum) seconds. In this game, if one gave a Shell Shock to Saffron the cook, she would bake a Courage Shell. However, if one gives the Courage Shell to Saffron, she will bake a Mistake. Courage Shells can be purchased from Howzit's shop in Flipside for 10 coins. Various enemies can also drop Courage Shells.

The name "Courage Shell" applied earlier to a piece of armor available to Bowser in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. In this game, the Courage Shell could be bought in Monstro Town and was one of many "shell" armors that Bowser could buy and wear.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Concha Protectora	Protection Shell
French	Carapadur	Pun of Carapace (shell) and Dur (hard)
German	Hartpanzer	Hard shell
Italian	Guscioduro

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Main Characters	Mario • Peach • Goombella • Koops • Flurrie • Yoshi • Vivian • Admiral Bobbery • Ms. Mowz
Chapters	Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars	Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses	Armored Harriers • Atomic Boo • Blooper • Bonetail • Bowser • Cortez • Dark Bones • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus X • Gus • Hooktail • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Rawk Hawk • Red Bones • Shadow Queen • Shadow Sirens • Sir Grodus • Smorg
Minor Characters	Arfur • Bandy Andy • Black Chest Demon • Blooey • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chet Rippo • Cleftor • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express Conductor • Excess Express Engineer • Flavio • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitz Pit Security • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goom Goom • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma Jamma • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Kroop • King K • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pierre • Pine T. • Pine T. Jr. • Plenn T. • Podley • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni Elder • Rob • Rocko • Screamy • Shellshock • Sir Swoop • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • Swindell • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • The Traveling Sisters Three • Thriff T. • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toad waitress • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Vinny • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies	Amazy Dayzee • Arantula • Bombshell Bill Blaster • Badge Bandit • Bald Cleft • Beldam • Bill Blaster • Big Bandit • Bob-omb • Bob-ulk • Bombshell Bill • Boo • Boomerang Bro. • Bristle • Bulky Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cleft • Crazy Dayzee • Dark Boo • Dark Bristle • Dark Craw • Dark Koopa • Dark Koopatrol • Dark Lakitu • Dark Paratroopa • Dark Puff • Dark Wizzerd • Dry Bones • Dull Bones • Elite Wizzerd • Elite X-Naut • Ember • Fire Bro. • Flower Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Gloomba • Goomba • Green Fuzzy • Green Magikoopa • Hammer Bro. • Hyper Bald Cleft • Hyper Cleft • Hyper Goomba • Hyper Paragoomba • Hyper Spiky Goomba • Ice Puff • Iron Cleft • KP Koopa • KP Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopatrol • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Marilyn • Mini-X-Yux • Mini-Yux • Mini-Z-Yux • Moon Cleft • Pale Piranha • Parabuzzy • Paragloomba • Paragoomba • Paratroopa • Phantom Ember • Pider • Piranha Plant • Poison Pokey • Poison Puff • Pokey • Putrid Piranha • Red Spike Buzzy • Red Chomp • Red Magikoopa • Ruff Puff • Shady Koopa • Shady Paratroopa • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spania • Spike Top • Spiky Gloomba • Spiky Goomba • Spiky Parabuzzy • Spinia • Spiny • Spunia • Swampire • Swooper • Swoopula • Vivian • White Magikoopa • Wizzerd • X-Naut • X-Naut PhD • X-Yux • Yux • Z-Yux
Locations	Rogueport • Rogueport Sewers • Petal Meadows • Petalburg • Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle • Boggly Woods • Great Tree • Glitzville • Glitz Pit • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple • Keelhaul Key • Pirate's Grotto • Excess Express • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights • Fahr Outpost • The Moon • X-Naut Fortress • Palace of Shadow • Pit of 100 Trials

Super Paper Mario Items
Attack Items	Bone-In Cut • Fire Burst • Ghost Shroom • Ice Storm • Mighty Tonic • POW Block • Shell Shock • Shooting Star • Thunder Rage • Volt Shroom
Defense Items	Block Block • Courage Shell • Turtley Leaf
Recovery Items	Big Egg • Black Apple • Blue Apple • Cake Mix • Dayzee Tear • Dried Shroom • Fresh Pasta Bunch • Fresh Veggie • Golden Leaf • Honey Jar • Horsetail • Hot Sauce • Inky Sauce • Keel Mango • Life Shroom • Long-Last Shake • Mild Cocoa Bean • Mushroom • Peachy Peach • Pink Apple • Power Steak • Primordial Fruit • Red Apple • Sap Soup • Shroom Shake • Slimy Shroom • Smelly Herb • Space Food • Super Shroom • Super Shroom Shake • Ultra Shroom • Ultra Shroom Shake • Whacka Bump • Yellow Apple
Other	Catch Card • Catch Card SP • Gold Bar • Gold Bar x3 • Gold Medal • HP Plus • Mega Star • Mystery Box • Pal Pill • Poison Shroom • Power Plus • Sleepy Sheep • Slow Flower • Speed Flower • Star Medal • Stop Watch
Important Items	Ancient Clue • Autograph • Blue Orb • Card Key • Cooking Disk • Crystal Ball • Diet Book • Floro Sprout • Elemental Tablets • Golden Card • Goldfish Bowl • Helmet • Keys • Paper • Red Orb • Return Pipe • Training Machine • Yellow Orb • You-Know-What

Super Paper Mario
Main Characters	Mario • Luigi • Peach • Bowser • Tippi • Tiptron • Thoreau • Boomer • Slim • Thudley • Carrie • Fleep • Cudge • Dottie • Barry • Dashell • Piccolo
Minor Characters	Ackpow • Babs • Bestovius • Betsy • Bizzy • Blappy • Bleu • Blarfle • Blollop • Blubi • Boodin • Bozzo • Captain Gills • Carson • Chap (blue) • Chap (green) • Charold • Chaz • Cherie • Chet • Chip • Conn • Cragnon • Cyrrus • Ditto • D-Man • Dorguy the First • Dorguy the Second • Dorguy the Third • Dyllis • Ellie • Fallbi • Flamm • Flimm • Fret • Gabbro • Garamond • Garson • Gary • Gladys • Gertrude • Gnaw • Green the Bridgemaster • Hammer Bro. Captain • Harold • Helvetica • Heronicus • Hoodin • Hornfels • Hort • Howzit • Inga • The InterChet • The InterNed • Janbi • Jasperoid • Johnson • Juppi • Karla • Kerrie • King Grambi • King Sammer • Ledger • Lily • Lock • Lucy • Luvbi • Marbald • Merlee • Merlon • Merlumina • Merluvlee • Minnie • Mitsy • Monzo • Mort • Muffy • Nora • Notso • Nimbi • Nolrem • Norite • Novbi • Old Man Watchitt • Otto • Patch • Pearl • Pitta • Pook • Private Koopa • Puck • Rebbi • Red the Bridgemaster • Ruby • Sacre • Saffron • Sipsi • Skeet • Slim • Stock • Sumbi • The Three Hags • Tib • Tinga • Toad • Tribe of Ancients • Tribe of Darkness • Walter • Welderberg • Whacka • Whibbi • Winnie • Yebbi
Chapters	Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Bosses	Fracktail • Mimi • Francis • Mr. L • Brobot • King Croacus IV • Brobot L-Type • Bonechill • Count Bleck • Super Dimentio • O'Chunks • Bowser • Big Blooper • Dimentio • Underchomp • End Boss • Wracktail • Shadoo
Locations	Mario's House • Flipside • Flopside • Flipside Pit of 100 Trials • Flopside Pit of 100 Trials • Lineland • Gloam Valley • The Bitlands • Outer Space • Land of the Cragnons • Floro Caverns • Sammer's Kingdom • The Underwhere • The Overthere • Castle Bleck
Enemies	AirMeow • Amazy Dayzee • Atomic Boo • Back Cursya • Bald Cleft • Barribad • Beepboxer • BigMeow • Big Sammer Guy • Bill Blaster • Bittacuda • Blastboxer • Blomeba • Blooper • Blue Magiblot • Boing-Oing • Boo • Boomboxer • Boomerang Bro. • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Cherbil • Choppa • Chromeba • Clubba • Copta • Crazee Dayzee • Cursya • Dark Barribad • Dark Boo • Dark Boomboxer • Dark Boomerang Bro. • Dark Bowser • Dark Cherbil • Dark Chomp • Dark Choppa • Dark Cleft • Dark Clubba • Dark Cursya • Dark Dark Boo • Dark Dayzee • Dark Dull Bones • Dark Eeligon • Dark Fire Bro. • Dark Fuzzy • Dark Goomba • Dark Growmeba • Dark Headbonk Goomba • Dark Hammer Bro. • Dark Heavy Cursya • Dark Jawbus • Dark Koopa • Dark Koopatrol • Dark Longator • Dark Luigi • Dark Mario • Dark Megabite • Dark Magiblot • Dark Magikoopa • Dark Muth • Dark Ninjoe • Dark Paragoomba • Dark Paratroopa • Dark Peach • Dark Pigarithm • Dark Pokey • Dark Reversya Cursya • Dark Ruff Puff • Dark Shlurp • Dark Skellobit • Dark Spania • Dark Spiked Goomba • Dark Spike Top • Dark Spiky Skellobit • Dark Spiny • Dark Sproing-Oing • Dark Squiglet • Dark Stone Buzzy • Dark Striker • Dark Tech Cursya • Dark Tileoid • Dimentio • Dry Bones • Dull Bones • Eeligon • Fire Bro. • Floro Cragnien • Floro Sapien • Foton • Frackle • Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Gawbus • Ghoul Shroom • Gigabite • Gloomba • Goomba • Growmeba • Hammer Bro. • Headbonk Goomba • Heavy Cursya • Hedron • Hogarithm • Hooligon • Ice Cherbil • Jawbus • Jellien • Koopa Striker • Koopa Troopa • Mister I • Koopatrol • Lakitu • Longadile • Longator • Magikoopa • Megabite • Mega Koopa • Mega Muth • Meowbomb • MeowMaid • Moon Cleft • Muth • Nastasia • Ninjoe • Ninjohn • Parabuzzy • Paragoomba • Paratroopa • PatrolMeow • Pigarithm • Pink Fuzzy • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Poison Cherbil • Poison Pokey • Pokey • Putrid Piranha • Rawbus • Red Chomp • Red I • Red Magiblot • Reversya Cursya • Ruff Puff • Sammer Guy • SecuriMeow • Shlorp • Shlurp • Skellobait • Skellobit • Skellobomber • Small Sammer Guy • Sobarribad • Soopa Striker • Spania • Spiked Goomba • Spike Top • Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiky Skellobait • Spiky Skellobit • Spiny • Spiny Tromp • Sproing-Oing • Squig • Squiglet • Squog • Squoinker • Stone Buzzy • SurpriseMeow • Swooper • Tech Cursya • Thwomp • Tileoid B • Tileoid G • Tileoid R • Tileoid Y • Toopa Striker • Underhand • Warpid • Wrackle • Yellow Magiblot • Zoing-Oing • Zombie Shroom