Paper Mario: Color Splash bestiary

The following is a bestiary for all enemies encountered in Paper Mario: Color Splash, with stats derived from in-game data.

Legend

• Name: The name of the enemy.
  • Normal: Enemy. (Ex: Shy Guy)
  • Italic: Mini-boss. (Ex: Big Spiny)
  • Bold: Boss. (Ex: Morton)
  • Underline: Support. (Ex: Black Lava Bubble)
• HP: The enemy's HP at the start of the battle.
• Type: The type of enemy.
  • Normal: The enemy is not spiny, flying, or shelled.
  • Spiny: If the enemy is spiny, Mario will take damage from Jump attacks against it.
  • Flying: If the enemy is flying, it will dodge any Hammer attacks.
  • Shelled: Lists if the enemy has a shell.
  • Stack: Lists if the enemy is a stack.
• Defense: The enemy's defense.
• Strong: The moves the enemy is strong against.
• Weak: The moves the enemy is weak against.
• Moves: The enemy's attacks and other techniques. The bold number in the brackets indicates the damage of the attack in HP, the italicized number in the brackets indicates the amount of HP restored with the move.
  • Stomped-on Attack: The attack caused by Mario stomping on the enemy while it is hiding in its shell. It is directed toward the enemies.
  • Line Attack: The attack caused by the enemy bouncing on objects or walls.
  • Group Attack: The attack of the enemy when it is attacking as part of a group (typically happens with groups of three or more enemies that attack together).
  • Blowback Attack: The attack caused when hitting an enemy with the KO Hammer. Directed towards the enemy behind the struck enemy.
• Location(s): The locations the enemy appears in.
• Card: Card of the enemy.
  • R: The cards must be won at a Roshambo Temple after the enemy is defeated, a number in place of R indicates the probability that the card is dropped by the enemy.
• Quotes: Any in-battle dialog spoken by an enemy. Most enemies can have up to four quotes.
• Enemy Class: The class of the enemy, it affects the items dropped, such as Coins, paint and Battle Cards
  • ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1: Basic troops
  • ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1_BIG: Big version of basic troops
  • ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1_SMALL: Small version of basic troops
  • ENEMY_ZAKO_SMALL_GROUP: Small versions of basic troop in groups
  • ENEMY_KINOKO: Drops Mushroom-type Basic Cards
  • ENEMY_MANY_COIN: Drops more coins than usual
  • ENEMY_PENKI: Drops more paint than usual
  • ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5: Typically drops from 1 to 5 Coins
  • ENEMY_HAMMER: Drops Hammer-type Basic Cards
  • ENEMY_JUMP: Drops Jump-type Basic Cards
  • ENEMY_SPRING: Drops Spring-type Basic Cards
  • ENEMY_FIRE: Drops Fire-type Basic Cards
  • ENEMY_HEIHO_SILVER: Drops from Silver Shy Guys
  • ENEMY_HEIHO_GOLD: Drops from Gold Shy Guys
  • TRE_NOTHING: Doesn't drop any item
• Dropped Items: The items dropped by the enemy on the course after the battle is won, in the case of major bosses such items are still present in the code but are not actually dropped
  • Hammer Scraps: The Hammer Scraps dropped by the enemy, those are combined by the game into Hammer Scraps of higher value when possible, in order to have as few dropped scraps as possible
  • Red Paint: The amount of red paint dropped by the enemy in the form of droplets
  • Yellow Paint: The amount of yellow paint dropped by the enemy in the form of droplets
  • Blue Paint: The amount of blue paint dropped by the enemy in the form of droplets
  • Orange Paint: The amount of orange paint dropped by the enemy in the form of droplets
  • Green Paint: The amount of green paint dropped by the enemy in the form of droplets
  • Purple Paint: The amount of purple paint dropped by the enemy in the form of droplets

Note: Some of these enemies are variations of a single enemy, are fought in a grouped battle, or have several battles where the enemy has a different stat-spread or form. For convenience, and to reflect the actual data tables of the game, these variations are listed as separate enemies.

Enemy stats

Red Slurp Guy
	HP	14	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (5), Straw Attack (heals itself while reducing the red paint of Mario), Last Straw Attack (heals itself while reducing the red paint of Mario), Straw Attack when Mario has no red paint, Group Attack (5), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Port Prisma, Ruddy Road, Indigo Underground, Bloo Bay Beach, The Crimson Tower, Sunglow Ridge, Violet Passage, Toad Trainworks, Tangerino Grill
Quotes
Usual: "SLUUURP! *burp*" ~ "Strawmageddon!" ~ "Mmm... Red paint..." ~ "I'ma slurp your face off!" First battle in Port Prisma: "It's so cute that you're trying." ~ "Is this your first battle?" ~ "Don't worry—everyone’s bad at first." ~ "Action Commands are for losers!" Big colorless spot in Ruddy Road: "Mario?! What are you doing here?" ~ "Let's all drink paint." ~ "Dancing helps us concentrate!" ~ "Paint tastes better in the country." Battle spin tutorial in Port Prisma: N/A
Enemy class
ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 42 Yellow paint 0 Blue paint 5 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Red Shy Guy
	HP	8 (12 for Morton's battle)	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (8), Steal Attack (steals a Battle Card)
	Location
	Port Prisma, Ruddy Road, Cherry Lake, Indigo Underground, The Crimson Tower, Sunglow Ridge, The Golden Coliseum, Dark Bloo Inn, Violet Passage, Vortex Island (European and Australian versions only), Fort Cobalt, Toad Trainworks, Tangerino Grill, Sunset Express, Redpepper Crater, Mossrock Theater
Quotes
Usual: "You messed up, fleshface!" ~ "You're lucky I misplaced my straw..." ~ "Once smitten, twice shy..." ~ "Red just isn't your color." Thief: "One card shy of a full deck!" ~ "I own you now!" ~ "Thanks for the card, fleshface!" ~ "I'm taking this to the pawn shop!" First battle in Port Prisma: "It's so cute that you're trying." ~ "Is this your first battle?" ~ "Don't worry—everyone’s bad at first." ~ "Action Commands are for losers!" Indigo Underground with Green Rescue Toad squaddie #1: "Whee! Playing catch!" ~ "Get outta the way!" Indigo Underground with Green Rescue Toad squaddie #4: "Round and round and round and…" ~ "Can't stop, won't stop..." ~ "Run for it!" ~ "WAIT!" Indigo Underground before crossing Toad Rescue Squad bridge: "Perfect landing!" ~ "Pfft. Nice bridge..." ~ "Who said anything about a rescue?" ~ "It's a bridge—get over it!" Airship near The Crimson Tower: "Quickly! Before they notice!" ~ "Maybe they're seasick." ~ "Look—a stowaway!" ~ "What a tremendous battle!" Airship near The Crimson Tower, on steering wheel: "Starboard!" ~ "Port!" ~ "Full speed ahead!" ~ "Who's the captain here?" Morton battle: "How do you like them Shy Guys?" ~ "We came prepared!" ~ "Working overtime!" ~ "That pedestal is heavy..." Sunglow Ridge log area: "Heave ho, log throw!" ~ "We're gonna roll ya!" ~ "This factory is ours!" ~ "We should get back to work." The Golden Coliseum if encountered in arena, or with Shai Guyz: "Hey!" ~ "Look how cool I am!" ~ "Go home already!" ~ "I ain't scared... I'm terrified!" Vortex Island (European and Australian versions only): "Now what am I gonna wear?" ~ "AND I left my wallet in my jeans!" ~ "I was doing laundry!" ~ "This is a great article...of clothing." Fort Cobalt, after the Red/Blue/Green Whistle Snifit leading it has been defeated: "Our personal trainer is gone! We're free!" Big Lava Bubble battle: "Oh, he's giving you a warning. That's pretty thoughtful for an enemy! He said, "I'm literally made of fire, and you're made of paper. Good luck, kindling. Bahaha!" So...maybe not as thoughtful as I originally thought." Mossrock Theater, swinging on trapeze: "The greatest show on Prism Island!" ~ "Wheee!" ~ "No cell phones, please." ~ "The circus is fun." Mossrock Theater, hanging on trapeze, depressed: "Like, what's the point, man?" ~ "This is NOT fine." ~ "*gasp!*" ~ "This is fine."
Enemy class
ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 24 Yellow paint 0 Blue paint 3 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Goomba
	HP	6	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	5
	Moves
	Head Attack (3), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (6)
	Location
	Port Prisma, Daffodil Peak, The Crimson Tower, Sunglow Ridge, Mondo Woods, The Golden Coliseum, Sacred Forest
Quotes
Usual: "Goomba power!" ~ "I'm small, but I won't give up!" ~ "I WILL AVENGE MY FAMILY!" ~ "I am a bit tired of being stomped." The Golden Coliseum if encountered in arena: "I may be weak, but I'm...also slow." ~ "I'm just a simple country Goomba..." ~ "I'll never give up!" ~ "Goombakalaka!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_KINOKO
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 1 Red paint 3 Yellow paint 3 Blue paint 0 Orange paint 3 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Yellow Shy Guy
	HP	8	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (8), Steal Attack (steals a Battle Card)
	Location
	Ruddy Road, The Golden Coliseum, Dark Bloo Inn, Fort Cobalt, Mossrock Theater
Quotes
Usual: "Jelly of my yelly?" ~ "Don't call me yellow!" ~ "Hello, yellow!" ~ "Shy Guys 4 life!" Thief: "One card shy of a full deck!" ~ "I own you now!" ~ "Thanks for the card, fleshface!" ~ "I'm taking this to the pawn shop!" The Golden Coliseum if encountered in arena, or with Shai Guyz: "Hey!" ~ "Look how cool I am!" ~ "Go home already!" ~ "I ain't scared... I'm terrified!" Fort Cobalt: "Yes, sir!" ~ "Intruder!" ~ "Prepare to attack!" ~ "Defend Fort Cobalt!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_MANY_COIN
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 0 Yellow paint 21 Blue paint 5 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Paint Guy
	HP	16	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (6), Group Attack (6), Blowback Attack (16)
	Location
	Ruddy Road, Black Bowser's Castle
Quotes
Ruddy Road: "The dancing was our downfall..." ~ "I slurped this fair and square!" ~ "Keep your mitts off my paint!" ~ "How'd you find us?!" Black Bowser's Castle: "Man, I'm tired of red paint." ~ "Wish I could visit Port Prisma..." ~ "This is my 43rd loop today." ~ "I'm on paint detail all week."
Enemy class
ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 48 Yellow paint 0 Blue paint 5 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Koopa Troopa
	HP	21	Type	Shelled	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	POW Block	Card drop rate	7
	Moves
	Attack (7), Stomped-on Attack (21), Line Attack (7), Group Attack (7), Blowback Attack (16)
	Location
	Ruddy Road, Cherry Lake, Bloo Bay Beach, The Golden Coliseum, Vortex Island, Lighthouse Island, Fortune Island, Green Energy Plant
Quotes
Usual: "I'm a Koopa Troopa. Deal with it." ~ "Don't you dare kick my shell!" ~ "I can't do much from inside my shell." ~ "You step on me? I hide, bro!" Shell: "I'm in my shell, biding my time. ~ "In your face!" Flipped: "This isn't good..." ~ "Gah! Everything's upside down!" The Golden Coliseum if encountered in arena: "No bone? No problem. I got a shell!" ~ "Here I go!" ~ "Who's the special guest?" ~ "One step at a time..." Vortex Island Washing Machine area: "Wait just one minute!" ~ "My best Sunday shell was in that washing machine!" ~ "I won't use the gentle cycle on you!" ~ "What did that washer do to you?" ~ "Dry clean only?!" ~ "Now I have to rewear this gross shell."
Enemy class
ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 5 Red paint 0 Yellow paint 22 Blue paint 0 Orange paint 0 Green paint 17 Purple paint 0

Red Spike Guy
	HP	16	Type	Spiny	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3), Spike Attack (9), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Ruddy Road, Cherry Lake, Indigo Underground, The Crimson Tower, The Golden Coliseum, Violet Passage, Toad Trainworks, Sunset Express, Mossrock Theater
Quotes
Usual: "Can't squish me!" ~ "Hattack!" ~ "I hat you so much." ~ "Oh no! Please don't jump on me!" Indigo Underground before crossing Toad Rescue Squad bridge: "Perfect landing!" ~ "Pfft. Nice bridge..." ~ "Who said anything about a rescue?" ~ "It's a bridge—get over it!" Airship near The Crimson Tower, on steering wheel: "Starboard!" ~ "Port!" ~ "Full speed ahead!" ~ "Who's the captain here?"
Enemy class
ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 48 Yellow paint 0 Blue paint 5 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Yellow Slurp Guy
	HP	14	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (5), Straw Attack (heals itself while reducing the yellow paint of Mario), Last Straw Attack (heals itself while reducing the yellow paint of Mario), Straw Attack when Mario has no yellow paint, Group Attack (5), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Cherry Lake, The Crimson Tower, Sunglow Ridge, Toad Trainworks, Mossrock Theater
Quotes
Usual: "What's yellow and tastes like paint?" ~ "Paaaaaint..." ~ "This yellow ain't mellow!" ~ "Slurp it up!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_MANY_COIN
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 0 Yellow paint 37 Blue paint 9 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Shy Guy 4-Stack
	HP	1 (per Shy Guy)	Type	Stack	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3 per Shy Guy), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Cherry Lake
Quotes
First time: "We need a fifth!" ~ "C'mon! It'll be fun!" Second time: "Join up with us—it’ll be fun!" ~ "4-Stack 4 life!" ~ "You seem pretty crisp..." ~ "The power of paper!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 10 Red paint 20 Yellow paint 20 Blue paint 20 Orange paint 10 Green paint 10 Purple paint 10

Shy Guy 5-Stack
	HP	1 (per Shy Guy)	Type	Stack	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3 per Shy Guy), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Cherry Lake, Daffodil Peak, Fort Cobalt, Vortex Island
Quotes
Stack: "Five Shy Guys!" > "Fore!" > "Triple threat!" > "Double trouble!" > "Don't hurt me!" Vortex Island: "Not so fast!" ~ "Our clothes were in there! You ruined five perfectly good hoods!" ~ "You'll pay for this..." ~ "Those were our lucky hoods!" ~ "We'll take you to the cleaners!" ~ "We got a discount for buying five!" ~ "We worked so hard to match!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 10 Red paint 20 Yellow paint 20 Blue paint 20 Orange paint 10 Green paint 10 Purple paint 10

Blue Slurp Guy
	HP	14	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (5), Straw Attack (heals itself while reducing the blue paint of Mario), Last Straw Attack (heals itself while reducing the blue paint of Mario), Straw Attack when Mario has no blue paint, Group Attack (5), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Cherry Lake, Fort Cobalt, Mossrock Theater
Quotes
Usual: "Blue paint..." ~ "Gimme, gimme, gimme..." ~ "Must...steal...blue...paint..." ~ "I bleed blue!" Fort Cobalt: "Yes, sir!" ~ "Intruder!" ~ "Prepare to attack!" ~ "Defend Fort Cobalt!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_HAMMER
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 9 Yellow paint 0 Blue paint 37 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Yellow Spike Guy
	HP	16	Type	Spiny	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3), Spike Attack (9), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (12)
	Location
	Cherry Lake, The Crimson Tower, Fort Cobalt
Quotes
Usual: "Can't squish me!" ~ "Hattack!" ~ "I hat you so much." ~ "Oh no! Please don't jump on me!" Fort Cobalt: "Yes, sir!" ~ "Intruder!" ~ "Prepare to attack!" ~ "Defend Fort Cobalt!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_MANY_COIN
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 0 Yellow paint 42 Blue paint 11 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Green Shy Guy
	HP	8	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (3), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (8), Steal Attack (steals a Battle Card)
	Location
	Cherry Lake, Sunglow Ridge, The Golden Coliseum, Dark Bloo Inn, Fort Cobalt, Mossrock Theater
Quotes
Usual: "Gimme your paint!" ~ "Gang green!" ~ "Shy-yaaa!" ~ "I'm a mean, green, fighting machine!" Thief: "One card shy of a full deck!" ~ "I own you now!" ~ "Thanks for the card, fleshface!" ~ "I'm taking this to the pawn shop!" The Golden Coliseum if encountered in arena, or with Shai Guyz: "Hey!" ~ "Look how cool I am!" ~ "Go home already!" ~ "I ain't scared... I'm terrified!" Fort Cobalt: "Yes, sir!" ~ "Intruder!" ~ "Prepare to attack!" ~ "Defend Fort Cobalt!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_ZAKO_LV1
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 2 Red paint 3 Yellow paint 8 Blue paint 0 Orange paint 0 Green paint 8 Purple paint 0

Soggy Guy
	HP	8	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	2
	Moves
	Attack (1), Group Attack (1), Blowback Attack (10)
	Location