Editing Tayce T.

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:TayceT PM.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
}}
{{quote|Oh my goodness, it's Mario! My name is Tayce T. I looooove to cook! ♡|Tayce T.|Paper Mario}}
'''Tayce T.''' is a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] cook in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. After escaping from [[Peach's Castle]] at the beginning of the game, she serves as the local cook in [[Toad Town]] who would cook items for [[Mario]] if he brings ingredients to her. She can be found in the yellow building in the scene which is south of the [[Toad Town Post Office|Post Office]]. Her cooking ability improves after Mario finds the [[Cookbook]] for her in Chapter 4. She is a kind Toad who enjoys cooking. Her name is a pun on the English word "tasty".

Her role is fulfilled by [[Zess T.]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and [[Saffron]] and [[Dyllis]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
==History== 
===''Paper Mario''===
[[File:PM Tayce T Screenshot.png|thumb|Mario in Tayce T.'s kitchen]]
Tayce T. is first found in the kitchen of [[Peach's Castle]] at the beginning of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', when Mario is invited to the party. If Mario talks to her, she will say that she has cooked all the food for the party. She also has to go shopping after having used up all the ingredients.<ref name=dialogue1 /> There is another [[Toad (species)|Toad]] who has been practicing cooking here and thinks that it is fun.<ref name=dialogue2/> After [[Bowser]] takes control of the castle, Tayce T. manages to escape. There will be full supply of ingredients when [[Princess Peach|Peach]] bakes a cake in the kitchen later in the game, implying that Tayce T. has bought them prior to Bowser's invasion.

After Chapter 1, Tayce T. can be found in a house near the entrance of the southern area in [[Toad Town]]. There is a kitchen in the house. She offers to cook dishes for [[Mario]] if he brings ingredients to her. If Mario gives her an item, she will cook it using the kitchen, usually making it into something better.

Her [[Frying Pan|frying pan]] is stolen during Chapter 4 when the [[Shy Guy]]s invade Toad Town, leaving her sad since she cannot cook. After Mario retrieves it for her from [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]], she will gratefully cook Mario a [[Cake]], which she swore never to bake again because it was what won the heart of her late husband.<ref name=dialogue3 /> ([[Wonky]] states in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' that Zess T. has an almost identical issue with [[Couple's Cake]].) With the frying pan, she can also cook additional cakes from [[Cake Mix]]es found in the Blue Station area of the toy box. Mario has to use the cake to move [[Gourmet Guy]] in order to proceed further.

If Mario picks the [[Cookbook]] dropped by Gourmet Guy and gives it to Tayce T., she will be able to use two items as ingredients at once, resulting in more food she can cook. She will then write Mario [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Tayce T.|a letter]], telling him one of [[Egg Bomb|her new recipes]].
====Tattle====
*"''She's Tayce T., by far the greatest cook around. Trust me, [[Goomama|my mom]] is a really great cook, but even she admits that she could learn a thing or two from Tayce T. Tayce T. will cook for you if you take ingredients to her. C'mon, let's ask her!''"

====Letter====
[[File:Letter8PM.png|thumb|Tayce T.'s letter.]]
<blockquote>Hi there, Mario. Are you eating regularly? You know, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!<br>
The [[Cookbook]] you gave me really comes in handy.♡<br>
I already knew a lot about recipies, but with this book, I can cook a world of new dishes!<br>
I want to tell you about the [[Egg Bomb|latest dish]] I've been cooking. It's unique!<br>
It takes a [[Fire Flower]] and an [[Egg]] to fix it. When I first made it, it blew me away!<br>
It might help you on your adventures. Please come visit me with those ingredients!♡<br>
::::Tayce T.
</blockquote>

====Recipes====
{{main|List of Tayce T. recipes}}

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:TayceT SuperMarioKun.png|thumb|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'']]
Tayce T. appears in the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' adaption of ''Paper Mario''. As in the game, a Shy Guy steals Tayce T.'s Frying Pan. Mario attempts to beat the Shy Guy, but he ends up beating up her instead. Soon, a Shy Guy steals her mushroom cap, revealing a shiny bald head inside, making her cry.
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==General information==
Tayce T. is famous for her cooking ability around the world in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. She has taught several characters cooking on occasions,<ref name=dialogue4 /> earning her admiration from many people in the Mushroom Kingdom. Some of [[Koopa Koot]]'s favors specifically request Tayce T.'s recipes, which are assumed to be of fine quality. One piece of gossip on the [[Toad Town]] notice board mentioned that Tayce T. runs a cooking class that had to be canceled, likely due to [[Princess Peach]]'s kidnapping at the hands of Bowser at the beginning of the game.<ref name=dialogue5 /> Another piece mentions unpleasant experience when getting served Tayce T.'s food.<ref name=dialogue6 />

According to a certain Toad in ''Paper Mario,'' Tayce T. is [[The Master]]'s sister.<ref name=dialogue7/> This same Toad reveals that Tayce T. used to live in [[Toad Town Dojo|the Dojo]] alongside her brother before moving to her own place in South Toad Town and was taught to cook by a [[Goomba]] implied to be [[Gooma]]. One of [[Wonky]]'s stories in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' mentions that [[Zess T.]], a similarly aged female Toad who parallels Tayce T. in terms of her role (although she has the polar opposite personality), has a sister who "married and moved away a long time ago." If it is true, this tale has several implications, chiefly that the sister in question is Tayce T., since Toad Town is "away" from Rogueport. The story also implies that Tayce T. was once married and may have originated in Rogueport but later moved to Toad Town. Since Tayce T. appears to live alone and there are no other elderly male Toads aside from the [[Chancellor|Toad Minister]], given that she mentions her "late" husband, a third implication is that her husband passed away. If Tayce T. is Zess T.'s sister, then the relationship between [[Saffron]] and [[Dyllis]] becomes even more analogous, as the pair have personalities and abilities that parallel those of Tayce T. and Zess T., respectively.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=キャシー
|JapR=Kyashī
|JapM=Kathy
|Ger=Omle T.
|GerM=Pun on "Omelette" (omelet)
|Fre=Goû T
|FreM=From "goûter" (to taste)
|Chi=凯茜
|ChiR=Kǎixī
|ChiM=Cathy (from iQue's localization of ''Paper Mario'')
|Spa=T. Tais
|SpaM=From the English name
}}

==References==
<references>
<ref name=dialogue1>Tayce T.'s dialogue:
:Oh, hello there, Mario! I'm Tayce T. I really love to cook!♥
:You may not know this, but I cooked all the food for this big party. I made all of my most delicious dishes!♥
:But... Oh dear... I got so into my cooking that I used up all of my ingredients!
:Now I have to go shopping!
</ref>
<ref name=dialogue2>The Toad's dialogue:
:I've been practicing cooking.
:I hope that someday I get good enough to cook food as delicious as Tayce T.'s.
:Do you know how to cook, Mario? You really ought to learn! Personally, I think cooking is exceptionally fun!
</ref>
<ref name=dialogue3>Tayce T.'s dialogue:
:This is my most delicious Cake.
:One taste of it won my late darling's heart...♥
:I swore I would never make it again, but you're very special, Mario.♥
:Just one bite will make anybody go ga-ga!♥
</ref>
<ref name=dialogue4>From a Toad outside Tayce T.'s house in Toad Town:
:Doesn't something smell good?
:Tayce T. lives in this house. She's an incredibly good cook.
:She just taught me the recipe for delicious [[Fried Shroom Plate|Fried Shroom]]. You make it with a [[Mushroom]].
:Someday, if I keep practicing, maybe I'll become a master chef.
</ref>
<ref name=dialogue5>Toad Town notice board, back side: (see also the [[list of Toad Town News in Paper Mario]])
:☆　Toad Town Underground News　☆
:Miss Tayce T.'s cooking class will be canceled for a while.
:Miss T. is very sad to make this announcement. Her beauty has faded because of her sadness.
:You'd better not eat dishes cooked by Miss T. or you might just turn pale.
::[[A gossip-loving Toad]]
</ref>
<ref name=dialogue6>Toad Town notice board, back side:
:☆　Toad Town Underground News　☆
:A few days ago, I ate some of Miss Tayce T.'s homemade food. They say she loves to cook, don't you know.
:Unfortunately, we were served [[Mistake]]s. 
:The guy I was with really liked his but mine was so disgusting I almost barfed. It was that foul.
:I guess I was just unlucky but I'm nervous about trying again...
::Unlucky guy
:::with an upset stomach
</ref>
<ref name=dialogue7>From the Green Toad standing next to the [[Odd House]] during Chapter 3:
:Mario, Mario, Mario. Have you ever met Tayce T.? She lives in a house just over there.
:She always cooks great dishes for the townspeople.
:I heard that when Tayce T. used to live in the Dojo, a powerful Goomba teacher was training [[The Master]].
:Tayce T. learned to cook from the Goomba teacher's wife.
:What? You don't know why Tayce T. lived in the Dojo?
:The Master and Tayce T. are brother and sister. Everybody knows that!
</ref>
</references>
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