1,000-Fold Arms

Artwork of Mario with the 1,000-Fold Arms

The 1,000-Fold Arms, also spelled without a hyphen, are an ability that appears in Paper Mario: The Origami King. True to their name, they are folded origami arms that Mario can use to peel walls, and open valves, similar to the paperize ability in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and the cutout ability in Paper Mario: Color Splash. They can only be used with Olivia and while standing on Magic Circles. The 1,000-Fold Arms can be used during boss fights; using it to finish off a boss rewards Mario with a "1,000-Fold Arms Finisher" bonus. Additionally, there is an option in the settings menu to control the 1,000-Fold arms with either motion controls or just with the controller buttons.

Unique 1,000-Fold Arms animations

• Earth Vellumental - Mario flips it over to stun it.
• Water Vellumental - Mario grabs it by the tail and slams it back down.
• Fire Vellumental - Mario plucks the feathers out of its head.
• Colored Pencils - Mario grabs the colored pencils and uses them to stab the case.
• Rubber Band - Mario grabs the last rubber band and flicks it.
• Hole Punch - Mario grabs and peels its lid off.
• Tape - Mario pulls out its remaining tape.
• Scissors - Mario flips over the ice chunk it is frozen in with Ice Vellumental similar to the Earth Vellumental, breaking the ice and stunning it.
• Stapler - Mario snaps its mouth open, breaking it.
• Handaconda - Mario plays rock-paper-scissors.

The Ice Vellumental and Boss Sumo Bro are the only bosses to not have a unique 1,000-Fold Arms animation.

Gallery

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  Alternate artwork of Mario with the 1,000-Fold Arms

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  Mario using the 1,000-Fold Arms in Peach's Dungeon

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  Mario using the 1,000-Fold Arms in Toad Town

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  Mario using the 1,000-Fold Arms move to interact with a valve in Graffiti Underground

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  Mario cannot use the 1,000-Fold Arms without Olivia

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カミの手 Kami no Te	Paper Hands; a pun on「神の手」(kami no te), a term for a master (literally "hand of God")
Chinese	神祇之手 Shénqí zhī Shǒu	Hand of God
Dutch	Vouwarmen	Folding Arms
French	Bras Multi-pliés	Multi-Folded arms (pun on multiplié (multiplied))
German	Faltarme	Folding Arms
Hebrew	1,000 הקיפולים מרחיקות 1,000 hkfvlm mrchkvt	1,000 Far-reaching Folds
Italian	Arti magni	Big Limbs (magni is an Latin word for "big")
Korean	종이손 Jong'i-son	Paper Hand
Russian	Руки тысячи приемов Ruki tysyachi priyomov	Arms of a Thousand Tricks
Spanish	Brazos desplegables	Foldable Arms