Big Paint Star

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Big Paint Star
The Orange Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash.
Official artwork of the orange Big Paint Star from Paper Mario: Color Splash
First appearance Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
“Port Prisma without Big Paint Stars is like...like...a tuna-fish sandwich without ketchup! *sob*”
Huey, Paper Mario: Color Splash

The Big Paint Stars are the source of color that appear in Paper Mario: Color Splash and are housed at the Prisma Fountain. They are larger versions of the Mini Paint Stars. There are six of them in the game, each one being a different color (specifically the primary colors followed by the secondary colors): red, yellow, blue, purple, orange and green. Each one is guarded by one of the Koopalings (except for Roy). Collecting all six restores color to Prism Island and allows Mario and Huey to go to Rainbow Road to face Black Bowser and rescue Princess Peach at Black Bowser's Castle. Big Paint Stars resemble Grand Stars from the Super Mario Galaxy games and Shine Sprites from Super Mario Sunshine.

Bowser, possessed by the black paint, threw them far away from Port Prisma. Each Big Paint Star, when rescued from the Koopalings, repaints big areas which can't be painted by Mario's hammer normally and tells a little part of the game's story, although disordered. Finally, when the last one is obtained, it reveals what actually happened to Bowser. The red star repaints the Scarlet Gate in Sunglow Ridge, the yellow star repaints a giant coin in Mondo Woods, the blue star repaints the entire sea in Violet Passage, the purple star repaints the gigantic sinkhole in Mustard Café along with the entire rest of the world map's sea, the orange star repaints the Draggadon fossil in Marmalade Valley, which results in it transforming into the real monster, and the green star repaints Luigi's kart somewhere else on Prism Island.

List of Big Paint Stars[edit]

# Image Color World Guarded by Paints Memory
1 Red Big Paint Star.png Red World Map icon of The Crimson Tower from Paper Mario: Color Splash. The Crimson Tower Morton Koopa Jr. in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Morton Koopa Jr. The first sighting of the Red Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash Gate in Sunglow Ridge Black Bowser is seen throwing each Big Paint Star out of Port Prisma.
2 Yellow Big Paint Star.png Yellow World Map icon of The Golden Coliseum from Paper Mario: Color Splash. The Golden Coliseum Iggy Koopa in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Iggy Koopa The first sighting of the Yellow Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash Coin in Mondo Woods Slurp Guys start to drain Toads of their colors. A Toad is then sent to Peach by Kamek and the little bridge is destroyed by Bob-ombs.
3 Blue Big Paint Star.png Blue World Map icon of Fort Cobalt from Paper Mario: Color Splash. Fort Cobalt Ludwig von Koopa in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Ludwig von Koopa The first sighting of the Blue Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash Sea in Violet Passage Shy Guys are seen stealing paint of their true colors and pouring it into the giant buckets attached to Bowser's airships.
4 Purple Big Paint Star.png Purple World Map icon of Fortune Island from Paper Mario: Color Splash. Fortune Island Wendy O. Koopa in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Wendy O. Koopa The first sighting of the Purple Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash Sinkhole in Mustard Café Bowser's minions start to invade Port Prisma and steal the paint from the environment and its inhabitants.
5 Orange Big Paint Star v2.png Orange World Map icon of Sunset Express from Paper Mario: Color Splash. Sunset Express Larry Koopa in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Larry Koopa The first sighting of the Orange Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash Draggadon fossil in Marmalade Valley Scared Toads witness Bowser being possessed by black paint. Meanwhile, airships arrive and Shy Guys fall from them, starting the invasion.
6 Green Big Paint Star.png Green World Map icon of The Emerald Circus from Paper Mario: Color Splash. The Emerald Circus Lemmy Koopa in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Lemmy Koopa The first sighting of the Green Big Paint Star in Paper Mario: Color Splash Luigi's Standard Kart offscreen Bowser watches Toads having fun with paint. After watching the fountain, Bowser then has an idea of having a multicolored shell. After jumping in it, he mixes all of the paint to his shell, unaware of the process of creating black paint. Bowser is then possessed by it.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ペンキスター
Biggu Penki Sutā
Big Paint Star

Dutch Grote verfster
Big paint star
French (NOA) Grande Étoile peinte
Big paint Star
French (NOE) Grande étoile de couleur
Big color star
German Großer Farbstern
Big Paint Star
Italian Mega vernistella
"Mega" + a portmanteau of "vernice" (paint) and "stella" (star)
Portuguese (NOE) Megaestrela de Tinta
Mega Paint Star
Russian Мегазвезда краски
Megazvezda kraski
Mega Paint Star

Spanish (NOA) Macroestrella cromática
Big chromatic star
Spanish (NOE) Maxiestrella iris
Grand Rainbow Star

Trivia[edit]

  • The jingle played when collecting a Big Paint Star consists of the opening theme of Paper Mario, followed by a portion of Paper Mario: Color Splash's title theme.
  • The Big Paint Stars match the color of the wand of the Koopaling that guards it.