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|greater_location=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
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|inhabitants=[[Bumpty|Bumpties]], [[Toad]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
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'''Poshley Heights''' is a posh village that [[Mario]] travels to by riding the [[Excess Express]] to get the [[Garnet Star]], in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It is also the home of many wealthy celebrities, including [[Goldbob]] and [[Toodles]]. It also has very expensive items. Many [[Bumpty|penguin]]s live here as well. [[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] vacation here after Mario and company defeat the [[Shadow Queen]]. [[Sir Grodus]], [[Lord Crump]] and the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] are also shown to have ended up in Poshley Heights after the Shadow Queen's defeat, however, when Mario goes to the place where they can be seen in [[Goombella|Goombella']]s [[Mailbox SP|e-mail]], they can't be found there.
'''Poshley Heights''' is a posh village that [[Mario]] travels to by riding the [[Excess Express]] to get the [[Garnet Star]], in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It is also the home of many wealthy celebrities, including [[Goldbob]] and [[Toodles]]. It also has very expensive items. Many [[Bumpty|Bumpties]] live here as well. [[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] vacation here after Mario and company defeat the [[Shadow Queen]]. [[Sir Grodus]], [[Lord Crump]] and the [[Secret Society of X-Nauts|X-Nauts]] are also shown to have ended up in Poshley Heights after the Shadow Queen's defeat, but when Mario goes to the place where they can be seen in [[Goombella|Goombella']]s [[Mailbox SP|E-mail]], they can't be found there.


Poshley Heights has the only [[inn]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' that has more than one room. (Not counting Rogueport.) This inn is similar to the [[Marrymore]] suite from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
Poshley Heights has the only [[inn]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' that has more than one room (not counting Rogueport). This inn is similar to the [[Marrymore]] suite from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
==Characters Found==
*A [[Toad (species)|Toad]] worker in black and blue uniform checks train tickets.
*The [[Ratooey]] [[businessman]]
*[[Toodles]]
*[[Goldbob]]
*[[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]]
*[[Bub]]
*[[Bumpty|Penguin]] residents
*[[Dupree]]
*A green Toad girl who sells [[Fresh Pasta Bunch|Fresh Pasta]] in her stand
*[[Traveling Sisters 3]]
*An orange Toad, who is the receptionist of the [[Inn|Royal Poshley Park Tower]]. When Mario rests here, the staff will prepare an [[Omelette Plate|Omelette Meal]] for him for the next day.
*[[Toadia]]
*[[Pennington]]
*[[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] (after completing the game)
 
==Items==
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!width="20%"|Location
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|[[Chocolate Cake|Choco Cake]]
|[[File:Choco Cake TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|Given by [[Toadia]] after finishing [[I wanna meet Luigi!|her trouble]].
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|[[Fresh Pasta Bunch|Fresh Pasta]]
|[[File:Fresh Pasta TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the second area, it can be bought for 50 coins from the shop in the left.
|-
|[[Goldbob Guide]]
|[[File:Goldbob Guide.png|25x25px]]
|Given by [[Goldbob]] during the General White hunt in Chapter 7.
|-
|[[HP Drain P]]
|[[File:HP Drain P.png|25x25px]]
|In the first area, it's in a chest in the back room of Goldbob's house. Accessible using Paper Mode.
|-
|[[Inn Coupon]]
|[[File:Inn Coupon TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the second area, it's behind the pasta-selling little shop in the left.
|-
|[[Omelette Plate|Omelette Meal]]
|[[File:Omelette Meal TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the second area, it appears in the desk to the left of the inn counter after sleeping at the [[inn]].
|-
|[[Package (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Package]]
|[[File:Box TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|Given by [[Goldbob]] during [[Delivery, please!|his trouble]].
|-
|[[Platinum Card]]
|[[File:Platinum Card.png|25x25px]]
|Given by [[Toodles]] after finishing [[I must have that book.|her trouble]].
|-
|[[Present (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Present]]
|[[File:Present TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|Given by [[Bub]] while doing [[Help me make up.|his trouble]].
|-
|[[Shine Sprite]]
|[[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the third scene, it's high to the right of Poshley Sanctum.
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Star Piece TTYD.gif|25x25px]]
|In the first scene, it's under a panel in the red floor at the center.
|-
|In the first scene, it's behind the chair to the left of Goldbob's house.
|-
|In the first scene, it's inside the hedge to the right of [[Toodles]]'s house.
|-
|In the second scene, it's in the corner of the hedge to the northwest of the penguin's house.
|}


==Area Tattles==
==Area Tattles==
* This is the Poshley Heights Station. The Excess Express to Rogueport is here. This place is sooooo upscale. It's like, the polar opposite of Rogueport. You can tell that movie stars and millionaires live here. It just REEKS of cash.  
*"''This is the Poshley Heights Station. The Excess Express to Rogueport is here. This place is sooooo upscale. It's like, the polar opposite of Rogueport. You can tell that movie stars and millionaires live here. It just REEKS of cash.''"
* This is Poshley Heights. It's a relaxed town that positively reeks of money. There's a very nice hotel here, too. Wouldn't it be nice to stay there sometime?  
*"''This is Poshley Heights. It's a relaxed town that positively reeks of money. There's a very nice hotel here, too. Wouldn't it be nice to stay there sometime?''"
* That's Poshley Sanctum. I guess the sanctum grounds are used as a public square. That fountain out front is unique, huh? Yeah, but that water... I bet Nibbles would still chomp your tush if you fell in...
*"''That's Poshley Sanctum. I guess the sanctum grounds are used as a public square. That fountain out front is unique, huh? Yeah, but that water... I bet [[Nibbles]] would still chomp your tush if you fell in...''"
 
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==In-game map description==
*''A town famous for all of the rich and famous people living in it. There are plenty of extravagant vacation homes and hotels in town.''
 
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ピカリーヒルズ
|Jap=ピカリーヒルズ
|JapR=Pikarī Hiruzu
|JapR=Pikarī Hiruzu
|JapM=Pikarī Hills
|JapM=Diminutive of「ピカり」(''pikari'', a Japanese term for "dazzling") + "hills"
|Fra=Picaly Hills
|Chi=
|FraM=From the Japanese name.
|ChiR=
|Ger=Bad Glimmerich
|ChiM=
|GerM=Some German and Austrian villages start with "''Bad''", which is literally meaning ''bath'' and is used as a town title for a spa town. "''Glimmer''", literally ''mica'', refers to the social status of the people living in this place. The ending "''-rich''" means that something is ''like something'', so here this all means ''Spa Town Mica-Like''.
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Picaly Hills
|FreM=From the Japanese name
|Ger={{nowrap|Bad Glimmerich}}
|GerM=From ''bad-'' (meaning "bath", a prefix in German place names indicating a spa town) + ''glimmer'' ("to gleam") and possibly ''-ich'' (a German suffix for place names)
|Ita=Sfoggy Hills
|ItaM=Diminutive of ''sfoggiare'' ("to flaunt) + "hills"
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Villa Preciosa
|Spa=Villa Preciosa
|SpaM=Valuable Village
|SpaM=Valuable Village
|Ita=Sfoggy Hills
|ItaM=From the verb ''sfoggiare'', meaning "to splurge".
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In [[Goldbob]]'s pool, there are [[Nibble]]s.
*In the house adjacent to the hotel, the [[Bumpty|penguin]] at the far end of the room references [[Shiver City]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'', while [[Tattle|tattling]] the penguin near the front door reveals that he bought the house because of the sales of [[Herringway]]'s novels, as the penguin is a relative of Herringway.
*The name, Poshley Heights comes from the word "Posh", meaning fashionable.
*In the purple house, the back [[Bumpty]] references [[Shiver City]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
*After Chapter 8, [[Goombella]] says that [[Grodus]], [[Lord Crump]], and a few [[Elite X-Nauts]] currently resided in Poshley Heights, but they are never seen in-game.
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Latest revision as of 18:56, April 28, 2024

Poshley Heights
Poshley Heights.png
Mario and Mini-Yoshi standing in front of the hotel's entrance
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Greater location Rogueport's surrounding areas
Inhabitants Bumpties, Toads, Bob-ombs

Poshley Heights is a posh village that Mario travels to by riding the Excess Express to get the Garnet Star, in the game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It is also the home of many wealthy celebrities, including Goldbob and Toodles. It also has very expensive items. Many penguins live here as well. Lady Bow and Bootler vacation here after Mario and company defeat the Shadow Queen. Sir Grodus, Lord Crump and the X-Nauts are also shown to have ended up in Poshley Heights after the Shadow Queen's defeat, however, when Mario goes to the place where they can be seen in Goombella's e-mail, they can't be found there.

Poshley Heights has the only inn in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door that has more than one room (not counting Rogueport). This inn is similar to the Marrymore suite from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

Characters Found[edit]

Items[edit]

Item Icon Location
Choco Cake Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Given by Toadia after finishing her trouble.
Fresh Pasta Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door In the second area, it can be bought for 50 coins from the shop in the left.
Goldbob Guide Sprite of a Goldbob Guide in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Given by Goldbob during the General White hunt in Chapter 7.
HP Drain P Sprite of the HP Drain P badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In the first area, it's in a chest in the back room of Goldbob's house. Accessible using Paper Mode.
Inn Coupon An Inn Coupon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In the second area, it's behind the pasta-selling little shop in the left.
Omelette Meal Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door In the second area, it appears in the desk to the left of the inn counter after sleeping at the inn.
Package Sprite of the Box and the Package from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Given by Goldbob during his trouble.
Platinum Card Sprite of the Platinum Card in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Given by Toodles after finishing her trouble.
Present Sprite of a Present in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Given by Bub while doing his trouble.
Shine Sprite A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door In the third scene, it's high to the right of Poshley Sanctum.
Star Piece A sprite of a Star Piece. In the first scene, it's under a panel in the red floor at the center.
In the first scene, it's behind the chair to the left of Goldbob's house.
In the first scene, it's inside the hedge to the right of Toodles's house.
In the second scene, it's in the corner of the hedge to the northwest of the penguin's house.

Area Tattles[edit]

  • "This is the Poshley Heights Station. The Excess Express to Rogueport is here. This place is sooooo upscale. It's like, the polar opposite of Rogueport. You can tell that movie stars and millionaires live here. It just REEKS of cash."
  • "This is Poshley Heights. It's a relaxed town that positively reeks of money. There's a very nice hotel here, too. Wouldn't it be nice to stay there sometime?"
  • "That's Poshley Sanctum. I guess the sanctum grounds are used as a public square. That fountain out front is unique, huh? Yeah, but that water... I bet Nibbles would still chomp your tush if you fell in..."
RogueportPetalburgPetal MeadowsHooktail CastleThe Great TreeBoggly WoodsPirate's GrottoKeelhaul KeyTwilight TownTwilight TrailFahr OutpostCreepy SteepleMoonX-Naut FortressGlitzvillePoshley SanctumRiverside StationPoshley HeightsA map of Rogueport and the surrounding areas visited during Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Click an area to open the relevant article.

In-game map description[edit]

  • A town famous for all of the rich and famous people living in it. There are plenty of extravagant vacation homes and hotels in town.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ピカリーヒルズ
Pikarī Hiruzu
 Diminutive of「ピカり」(pikari, a Japanese term for "dazzling") + "hills"

French Picaly Hills
 From the Japanese name
German Bad Glimmerich
 From bad- (meaning "bath", a prefix in German place names indicating a spa town) + glimmer ("to gleam") and possibly -ich (a German suffix for place names)
Italian Sfoggy Hills
 Diminutive of sfoggiare ("to flaunt) + "hills"
Spanish Villa Preciosa
 Valuable Village

Trivia[edit]

  • In the house adjacent to the hotel, the penguin at the far end of the room references Shiver City from Paper Mario, while tattling the penguin near the front door reveals that he bought the house because of the sales of Herringway's novels, as the penguin is a relative of Herringway.
[Edit]
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)
Main characters Admiral Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Yoshi • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian
Species Bub-ulb • Business Bro • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
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 • Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • Shadow Sirens • Sir Grodus • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Billy • Blooey • Bob • Bob-omb Squad • Bobolink • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Cranberry • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Dead Bones • Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Four heroes • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • Hamma Jamma's father • Hamma Jamma's grandfather • Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Hizza • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Magikoopa Masters • Maitre Delish • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • Mind-Bogglers • Minister Crepe • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Old Man Skoo • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • Poker Faces • Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Princess Eclair • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Ronnie • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • Thriff T. • Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters 3 • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (B.) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riddle Tower • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Sewers • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spin Hammer • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Veil
Objects Badge • Big bomb cannon • Black chest • Black Skull • Blimp • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Ship • Yellow block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous ? Block locations (Hidden) • 65th Super Fun Quirk Quiz • 66th Annual Quirk Quiz • Badges • Bestiary • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Enemy formations • Gallery (GameCube · Switch) • Glitches • Goldbobbington's • Goombsley University • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Mushroom Ball • On Golden Toad 2 • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–K · L–Z) • Recipe • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Staff • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
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