Editing Chosen Toads

{{group infobox
|image=[[File:PMCS Blue Chosen Toad.png|80px]][[File:PMCS Yellow Chosen Toad.png|80px]][[File:PMCS Red Chosen Toad.png|80px]]
|members=[[Justice Toad]]<br>[[Mountain Sage]]<br>[[Surfing Kinopio]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' ([[List of games by date#2016|2016]])
}}

The '''Chosen Toads''' are a trio of [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s imbued with god-like powers in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. The red Toad calls himself [[Justice Toad]], the [[Surfing Kinopio|blue Toad]] is unnamed (but is called "Surfing Kinopio" in the game files), and the yellow Toad is known as the [[Mountain Sage]].

Their purpose is to give [[Mario]] and [[Huey]] access to [[the Crimson Tower]]; however, they are not immediately found at the gate of the tower. Instead, they are located in different areas that correspond to their color, and certain prerequisites must be fulfilled before Mario is given their help. Justice Toad is located in [[Cherry Lake]], Surfing Kinopio is in [[Bloo Bay Beach]], and the Mountain Sage in [[Daffodil Peak]]. The Chosen Toads have key-shaped heads which fit into the gate of the Crimson Tower, and they possess telekinetic powers as well as the ability to fly.

After assembling the trio together, Mario needs to hammer them into their keyholes to open the gate. After doing so, the gate opens and they seemingly disappear. However, they are then shown to be alive and are able to communicate through the small holes on the gate. They then encourage Mario to go after the Red [[Big Paint Star]]. They are seen again at the [[Port Prisma]] festival after Mario defeats [[Morton Koopa Jr.]] and reacquires the red [[Big Paint Star]], and once more after the defeat of Black Bowser at the Port Prisma celebration.

Mario can return to the gate of the Crimson Tower at any point, and the Chosen Toads have new dialogue after each Big Paint Star is collected.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Chosen Toads.png|The Chosen Toads in front of the gate at [[the Crimson Tower]]
PMCS The Crimson Tower Chosen Toads talking.png|The Chosen Toads inside the gate.
PMCS Chosen Toads Prism Samba.png|The Chosen Toads during the "Prism Samba" dance
PMCS Art 14.png|Concept art for the Chosen Toads
PMCS Red Chosen Toad Icon.png|The icon which appears in [[Cherry Lake]] after finding Justice Toad
PMCS Blue Chosen Toad Icon.png|The icon which appears in [[Bloo Bay Beach]] after finding Surfing Kinopio
PMCS Yellow Chosen Toad Icon.png|The icon which appears in [[Daffodil Peak]] after finding the Mountain Sage
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=選ばれしキノピオ
|JapR=Erabareshi Kinopio
|JapM=Chosen Toad
|SpaA=Toads Elegidos
|SpaAM=Chosen Toads
|SpaE=Tríada Toad
|SpaEM=Toad Triad
|Fre=Toad élus
|FreM=Chosen Toads
|Por=Toads-Poderosos
|PorM=Powerful-Toads, a play on ''todos-poderosos'' (all-powerful)
|Ita=Toad prescelti
|ItaM=Chosen Toads
}}

==Trivia==
*When the player looks at the Chosen Toad's keys on their heads in the order of blue, yellow, and red, the keys spell out the word "KEY."

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