Shadoo

Shadoo
Shadoo's entrance.
Full Name	Shadoo
Species	Unknown
First Appearance	Super Paper Mario (2007)

“Oh, heroes... Blessed souls... I must destroy you all with the power of shadow!”
—Shadoo, Super Paper Mario

Shadoo is the boss of the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials the second time the four heroes reach Room 100 in Super Paper Mario. While it was created by the Ancients, it works for its "own cursed powers". When the four heroes make it to Room 100, it copies their abilities and uses shadowy clones to try to defeat them and take their places, in a bid to get revenge on the Ancients. Shadoo's name is a play on the words shadow and duplicate; it may also be a pun on the words ado and doom.

With all four forms combined, Shadoo is the strongest enemy in the game (having 400 HP altogether), even stronger than the game's final boss, Super Dimentio, similar to how The Master, Bonetail, Culex, and Bowser X are the strongest in their respective games (Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story), even more so than the final bosses (Bowser, the Shadow Queen, Smithy, and Dark Bowser/Dark Star Core, respectively). Despite being the hardest boss, Bowser can easily defeat each form of Shadoo using his fire breath. Also, much like the fight with Mr. L, when Shadoo is about to heal with a Shroom Shake, the player can steal the shake by using Thoreau.

Shadoo's true identity and backstory are never revealed; however, it bears some semblance to the Pixl Queen discussed by Carson. The Pixl Queen was created by an Ancient, and after developing a grudge against her people due to how they used the Pixls, she attempted to overthrow the Ancients by taking control of the Pixls, similar to how Shadoo hated the Ancients and wished to use the Heroes' Pixl companions to exact its revenge. The Pixl Queen was also said to have "powers of illusion", which she used to hide from sight, just as Shadoo hid itself, a Warp Pipe, and the clones. Furthermore, the details Pixl Queen's fate is not revealed, with Carson only stating that she was "defeated", with the Dark Prognosticus being "taken from her" after her defeat, suggesting she survived the battle (unlike the Pixl that helped defeat her).

History

Shadoo's true form is never revealed, and only appears behind the screen as a blinking eye upon its first meeting with the heroes. It introduces itself (albeit without saying its name) as a servant of the Ancients, sent to the bottom of the Pit to grant power to the Heroes of legend. However, the first time Mario and the others reach the bottom of the Pit, Shadoo makes a Warp Pipe appear and asks them to beat the Pit again in order to prove that they are the Heroes. Upon the second meeting with the heroes, Shadoo reveals that while it was created by the Ancients, it does not work for them, and was actually using the pit to test the Heroes so that it could scan their abilities and make clones of them (however, even if the player does the Pit before Luigi or Bowser join the team, Shadoo will still present clones for all four heroes). However the Luigi clone has Mr.L's bandanna possibly not to spoil the fact that Luigi will join the team. Shadoo then says it planned to use the clones to defeat and replace the Heroes in order to use the Pixls to get revenge on the Ancients.

The first clone to appear is a dark version of Luigi. Upon Dark Luigi's defeat, Dark Bowser will appear on the battlefield, then Dark Peach, and finally Dark Mario. Each form has 100 HP and an attack of ten, although damage done from Dark Mario's hammer, all of Dark Bowser's attacks, and Dark Luigi's Super Jump is doubled, causing twenty damage.

Upon Shadoo's defeat, eight Catch Cards appear: one of each of the heroes and their dark forms. In the the NTSC-J and PAL version, Dark Luigi's Catch Card is Mr. L's silhouette, rather than plain Luigi's, to match the clone's appearance. The hero cards will double the attack power of the character on it, and the Mario card will also allow him to remain in the third dimension indefinitely.

Catch Cards

Super Paper Mario Enemy
Dark Mario
Max HP	100
Attack	10
Defense
Location(s)	Flopside Pit of 100 Trials
Card Type	Rare
Card Description It's Mario's dark-power doppelganger! One of the last foes in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.
Tattle That's Dark Mario. This fake Mario lives in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials... Max HP is 100. Attack is 10. He has high attack power and jumps and hammers well... If you don't plan your stomp, he might hit you with his hammer. You share weaknesses, so if you can exploit that, you'll win... After all, he's not the real Mario... He's just a bad copy...
List of Catch Cards 173           174           175

Super Paper Mario Enemy
Dark Luigi
Max HP	100
Attack	10
Defense
Location(s)	Flopside Pit of 100 Trials
Card Type	Rare
Card Description It's a dark duplicate of Luigi! One of the last foes in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.
Tattle That's Dark Luigi. He lurks in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials... Max HP is 100. Attack is 10. He has the same incredible jumping ability as Luigi. Watch out for that super jump of his when you go to stomp him. But his jump could be an interesting opportunity for an attack as well... After all, he's not the real Luigi...He's just a bad copy...
List of Catch Cards 174           175           176

Super Paper Mario Enemy
Dark Peach
Max HP	100
Attack	10
Defense
Location(s)	Flopside Pit of 100 Trials
Card Type	Rare
Card Description It's a dark duplicate of Peach! One of the last foes in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.
Tattle That's Dark Peach, a phony Peach that dwells in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials... Max HP is 100. Attack is 10. This Peach uses her parasol just like the original. And if she uses it in midair, she might mess up the timing of your attack... But that might also give you an opportunity to attack... After all, she's not the real Peach... She's just a bad copy...
List of Catch Cards 175           176           177

Super Paper Mario Enemy
Dark Bowser
Max HP	100
Attack	20
Defense	4
Location(s)	Flopside Pit of 100 Trials
Card Type	Rare
Card Description It's a dark duplicate of Bowser! One of the last foes in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.
Tattle That's Dark Bowser. This fake Bowser rules the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials... Max HP is 100. Attack is 20. Defense is 4. He has spikes, so you can't stomp on him... He has high defense, so you'll need to use Boomer and Cudge... Watch out for his ferocious fire attack... But after all, he's not the real Bowser... He's just a bad copy...
List of Catch Cards 176           177           178

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カゲ軍団 Kage Gundan	Shadow Army
Spanish	Umbrius	Derives from umbrío meaning Shady
French	Ofzeunaïte	Pun on "of the night", spelled phonetically
German	Schatti, pronounced "Shatty"	Derives from "Schatten" meaning Shadow
Italian	Ombroso	Shady

References

Super Paper Mario
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