Flipside

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Flipside
Merlon's house in Flipside
Appears in	Super Paper Mario (2007)
Inhabitants	Flipside residents, Sproing-Oings, Squiglets, Squigs

“Of course, our fair Flipside is in no dimension at all! No! it is BETWEEN dimensions!”

—Merlon, Super Paper Mario

Mario in front of Howzit's item shop.

Flipside is an interdimensional town in Super Paper Mario, created by the Ancients. Flipside is odd and irregular compared to most places in the Super Mario franchise, introducing a whole new style of its own. There is a mirrored version of Flipside called Flopside. The people of Flipside are pixel-like and have bodies made of separate layers. Flipside is the home of some very important characters, including Merlon, Howzit the item shop owner, Saffron the chef, Merluvlee the fortune teller and many more.

Flipside has three different "floors" and two basement ones which can be accessed by elevators interconnected with each other. They are numbered sequentially in the North American version, but in the PAL version, the first floor is known as the "Ground Floor", the second floor becomes the "first floor", and the third floor becomes the "second floor". Almost every structure in Flipside, except a few places and roofs, is whitish or gray with a hint of yellow, and the sky of Flipside is also whitish-yellow, with many geometric cubes and symbols hovering about. There is an area outside of the town of Flipside, simply called the Flipside Outskirts, which seems to be a strange, interdimensional wasteland filled with monsters. Flipside also houses a Pit of 100 Trials, and both Flipside and Flopside are depicted on the walls of the first 25 rooms, paired with Mario's first Pure Heart.

The mural of Flipside and Flopside in the Pit of 100 Trials

Within Flipside, there exist several structures called Heart Pillars. Mario must place the Pure Hearts that he finds throughout his adventure into these structures to open up a path to the next world and the next Pure Heart. Flipside Tower, located in the middle of the town, controls the flow of dimensional energy to teleport people to other worlds. Heart Pillars and a different Tower are also found in Flopside.

A city hall of Flipside is referenced by the broken-down elevators in the early stages of the game, as well as by the sign warning players of the Pit of 100 Trials. Tippi's tattle of Merlon implies that he may be considered the leader of the town, as she claims that many people living there put their faith in him.

Features

Flipside Tower

Flipside Tower

Flipside Tower is a tall, white tower that has the first 7 dimensional doors and an elevator in the left side leading to the base of the tower on his flat, elongated roof. If the Return Pipe is used, the player is transported to this location. The entrance of the tower, located in the Second floor, is decorated with three circular windows and two vine-covered columns along with a glistening elevator door that leads to the tower's roof. Its Flopside equivalent, the Flopside Tower, is black in color and only contains the final dimensional door, which leads to Castle Bleck.

Third Floor (Second Floor in PAL version)

Mario placing the First Pure Heart on its pillar

This floor consists of two parts. The innermost part features an elevator leading to the second floor and the first Heart Pillar at the left side. It hosts the Red Pure Heart, given to Mario by Merlon at the beginning of the game; the fifth Heart Pillar can be found on the same location on Flopside. A Gold Bar can also be found in a grass patch by buying Map 1 from Flamm. A few characters can be seen walking on the road:

• Pook, a child with a yellow square head, blue body, brown shoes, and a fascination for sea creatures. He gives the heroes the Helmet after they find a new home for his pet in the first basement floor. His Flopside counterpart is Puck, who is fascinated by the sky. Puck has a blue head, light brown body and dark brown shoes along with a pointier nose.
• Skeet, a young man studying architecture with a passion for the Flipside Tower, praising it for its simple design. He also imagines a dark counterpart of it and shows great distaste for the idea. His Flopside counterpart is Pete, an interior decorator with admiration for the Flopside Tower instead. Skeet has a rectangular turquoise head and nose, a body consisting of three thin stripes and brown shoes. Pete's head is a darker tone of blue and has a triangular nose.
• O'Chunks, who appears only if the game has been beaten. He is seen searching for Nastasia to give her some of Saffron's treats. Nastasia is encountered in the same spot on Flopside.

The outermost part is accessed by a pipe on the second floor and features various stone pillars. The easternmost reveals a Merlee Catch Card in a treasure chest if it is removed by Piccolo. Near the pipe, there are three blocks in a row; if Tippi is used, she reveals a path of blocks directing to a platform above with a chest containing Cooking Disk R.

Second Floor (First Floor in PAL version)

• Howzit's Shop
• Merlon's House
• Tinga's Inn
  • Tinga
• Merluvlee's House
• Chap
• Fret
• Minnie
• Muffy
• Nora
• Welderberg (in 3D, sometimes)

Outskirts

• Fourth Heart Pillar

First Floor (Ground Floor in PAL version)

• Walter and Gladys's House
• Sweet Smiles
  • Saffron
• Sacre's House
  • Ellie
• Cherie
• Muffy
• Otto
• Pitta

(After using Boomer to explode the wall)

• Heronicus's House
• Catch a Dream
  • Hoodin
• A walkway accessible using Fleep which leads to the Mirror Hall
• Betsy
• Helvetica
• Patch
• Pearl

Outskirts

• Second Heart Pillar

B1

• The Underwhere
  • Chap
  • Garson
  • The InterNed (after beating the game)
• Flipside Arcade (accessible by flipping inside The Underwhere)
  • Hort
  • The InterChet
  • Mort
• Bizzy
• The water where Captain Gills is placed
• Flimm
• Itty Bits

Outskirts

• Third Heart Pillar

B2

• Flipside Pit of 100 Trials
• Welderberg (in 3D, sometimes)

Collectibles

Additional items not seen here can be bought in shops, namely Howzit's Shop, Catch a Dream, Flipside Arcade, Flimm (out/inside of the Pit of 100 Trials) and Itty Bits. Also not seen are items created by Saffron (with the exception of Spicy Soup, which is mandatory to continue) and items given by accumulating certain number of Shop Points.

Given Items

Item	Location	Image
Crystal Ball	Given by Merluvee in exchange for the Training Machine during Piccolo sidequest.
Goldfish Bowl	Given by Pook in front of the Flipside Tower between Chapters 3 and 4.
Helmet	Between Chapters 3 and 4, given automatically after getting near the water near the Flipside Arcade with Goldfish Bowl and releasing the goldfish there.
Old Key	Given by Merlon in his house between Chapters 1 and 2.
Pure Heart	Given by Merlon on the Flipside Tower before Chapter 1.
Return Pipe	Given by Merlon on the Flipside Tower before Chapter 1.
Spicy Soup	Given by Safron in exchange for Fire Burst between Chapters 1 and 2. Required to progress in the story.

Map Treasures

Item	Location	Image
Gold Bar	(Map 1), use Fleep on the bush in front of Flipside Tower, 3rd Floor, right next to where Skeet found an unconscious Princess Peach. Available after Chapter 5.
Welderberg Super Card	(Map 2), use Fleep on top of the stained glass window of Merlumina in Mirror Hall from Flipside. Available after Chapter 5.
Ultra Shroom Shake	(Map 3), use Fleep on the space between the first two windows where Flimm and an Itty Bits are located in Flipside B1. Available after Chapter 5.
King Sammer Super Card	(Map 4), use Fleep on the cursor icon above the door to Flipside Arcade's minigame room. Available after Chapter 6.

Treasure Chests

Item	Location	Image
Merlon and Merluvlee Super Cards	In the chests found in a secret area via a certain hole in the Flipside 1st Floor Outskirts
Cooking Disk R	On the 3rd floor of Flipside via the Warp Pipe on the 2nd floor. Use Tippi to uncover a path of invisible Blocks leading to a chest which contains the disk.
InterNed Super Card	In the chest found in 3D in Flipside B1 in a hidden alcove over the water leading to Flimm (and also where Captain Gills lives).
Merlee Super Card	In a chest after using Piccolo near the coloured block in the Flipside 3rd Floor Outskirts.
InterChet Super Card	In the chest in a 3D-accessible area on the other side of Flipside B1 Outskirts via a hole accessible after destroying the giant yellow block in Flopside B1 Outskirts with Cudge.
HP Plus	In a large chest after activating two separate ! Switches: first of all the one in Flopside B2 Outskirts, which can only be revealed by using Cudge to destroy the yellow block hiding it; and lastly the one in Flipside B2 Outskirts.

Menu description

• "This ancient town lies stuck between dimensions. It was built eons ago by an ancient civilization. The pillars in town were built to hold Pure Hearts. When placed in a pillar, they open doors to other worlds. The town may also hold other mysteries..."

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン[?] Hazama Taun	Space-Between Town
Dutch	Flipside	-
French	Recto	Referring to the recto side of a leaf of paper
German	Flipstadt	Fliptown
Italian	Svoltadilà[?]	Turn that way
Korean	틈새타운[?] Teumsae Taun	Gap Town
Spanish	Villacara	Pun on cara ("head") from cara o cruz ("heads or tails")

Flipside Tower

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタワー[?] Hazama Tawā	Flipside Tower
French	Tour Recto[?]	Flipside Tower
German	Flipstadt-Turm[?]	Flipside Tower
Italian	Torre di Svoltadilà[?]	Flipside Tower
Korean	틈새타워[?] Teumsae Tawo	Flipside Tower
Spanish	Torre de Villacara[?]	Flipside Tower

Third Floor

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　３階[?] Hazama Taun Sankai	Flipside 3F
French	Recto - 3e étage[?]	Flipside - 3rd floor
German	Flipstadt Ebene 3[?]	Flipside Floor 3
Italian	Svoltadilà, 3e piano[?]	Flipside, 3rd Floor
Korean	틈새타운 3층[?] Teumsae Taun 3-cheung	Flipside 3F
Spanish	Villacara, nivel 2[?]	Flipside, level 2

Second Floor

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　２階[?] Hazama Taun Nikai	Flipside 2F
French	Recto - 2e étage[?]	Flipside - 2nd floor
German	Flipstadt Ebene 2[?]	Flipside Floor 2
Italian	Svoltadilà, 2e piano[?]	Flipside, 2nd Floor
Korean	틈새타운 2층[?] Teumsae Taun 2-cheung	Flipside 2F
Spanish	Villacara, nivel 1[?]	Flipside, level 1

Second Floor Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　２階　外部[?] Hazama Taun Nikai Gaibu	Flipside 2F Outside
French	Abords de Recto / Abords de Recto - 2e étage[?]	Outskirts of Flipside / Outskirts of Flipside - 2nd floor
German	Flipstadt Rand / Flipstadt E 2 Außenbezirk[?]	Flipside Edge / Flipside F 2 Outskirts
Italian	Periferia di Svoltadilà / Svoltadilà, 2e piano: periferia[?]	Outskirts of Flipside / Flipside, 2nd Floor: outskirts
Korean	틈새타운 2층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun 2-cheung Oebu	Flipside 2F Outside
Spanish	Afueras de Villacara / Afueras de Villacara, nivel 1[?]	Outskirts of Flipside / Outskirts of Flipside, level 1

First Floor

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　１階[?] Hazama Taun Ikkai	Flipside 1F
French	Recto - 1er étage[?]	Flipside - 1st floor
German	Flipstadt Ebene 1[?]	Flipside Floor 1
Italian	Svoltadilà, 1e piano[?]	Flipside, 1st floor
Korean	틈새타운 1층[?] Teumsae Taun 1-cheung	Flipside 1F
Spanish	Villacara, nivel 0[?]	Flipside, level 0

First Floor Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　１階　外部[?] Hazama Taun Ikkai Gaibu	Flipside 1F Outside
French	Abords de Recto - 1er étage[?]	Outskirts of Flipside - 1st floor
German	Flipstadt E 1 Außenbezirk[?]	Flipside F 1 Outskirts
Italian	Svoltadilà, 1e piano: periferia[?]	Flipside, 1st Floor: outskirts
Korean	틈새타운 1층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun 1-cheung Oebu	Flipside 1F Outside
Spanish	Afueras de Villacara, nivel 0[?]	Outskirts of Flipside, level 0

B1

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　地下１階[?] Hazama Taun Chika Ikkai	Flipside B1
French	Recto - RDC[?]	Flipside - Ground Floor
German	Flipstadt UG 1[?]	Flipside B1
Italian	Svoltadilà, S1[?]	Flipside B1
Korean	틈새타운 지하 1층[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 1-cheung	Flipside B1
Spanish	Villacara, nivel -1[?]	Flipside, level -1

B1 Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　地下１階　外部[?] Hazama Taun Chika Ikkai Gaibu	Flipside B1 Outside
French	Abords de Recto - RDC[?]	Outskirts of Flipside - Ground Floor
German	Flipstadt UG 1 Außenbezirk[?]	Flipside B1 Outskirts
Italian	Svoltadilà, S1: periferia[?]	Flipside, B1: outskirts
Korean	틈새타운 지하 1층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 1-cheung Oebu	Flipside B1 Outside
Spanish	Afueras de Villacara, nivel -1[?]	Outskirts of Flipside, level -1

B2

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　地下２階[?] Hazama Taun Chika Nikai	Flipside B2
French	Recto - Sous-sol[?]	Flipside - Basement
German	Flipstadt UG 2[?]	Flipside B2
Italian	Svoltadilà, S2[?]	Flipside B2
Korean	틈새타운 지하 2층[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 2-cheung	Flipside B2
Spanish	Villacara, nivel -2[?]	Flipside, level -2

B2 Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハザマタウン　地下２階　外部[?] Hazama Taun Chika Nikai Gaibu	Flipside B2 Outside
French	Abords de Recto - Sous-sol[?]	Outskirts of Flipside - Basement
German	Flipstadt UG 2 Außenbezirk[?]	Flipside B2 Outskirts
Italian	Svoltadilà, S2: periferia[?]	Flipside, B2: outskirts
Korean	틈새타운 지하 2층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 2-cheung Oebu	Flipside B2 Outside
Spanish	Afueras de Villacara, nivel -2[?]	Outskirts of Flipside, level -2