Tape (boss)

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Tape
Tape from Paper Mario: The Origami King
First appearance Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020)
“HEY! I'm not tacky! I'm STICKY! DAT'S IT! Ya want a piece of me? Well, you're gonna get it!”
Tape, Paper Mario: The Origami King
Tape's Collectible Treasure in the Musée Champignon from Paper Mario: The Origami King.
Tape's Collectible Treasure in the Musée Champignon.

Tape, The Shifty Sticker, is a member of the Legion of Stationery who guards the end of the purple streamer and is the boss of the Sea Tower in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It is a roll of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape with its labels sporting King Olly's insignia. In its first phase, it sits in a purple dispenser which also sports King Olly's insignia, which acts as armor in the first phase of its fight. In its second phase, Tape loses the dispenser, but attaches the dispenser blade to itself, and a strand of the tape itself curls into the shape of a pompadour, fitting the Legion member's personality.

Tape speaks with a stereotypical Italian-American Brooklyn accent; often slurring its speech with words like "goil" for girl and "hoits" for hurts. Out of all the members in the Legion of Stationery, Olivia appears to express the most dislike for Tape; describing it as a "no-good, cheating gangster". Tape uses its tape to stick many Toads to the walls of the Sea Tower.

After being defeated by Mario, Tape unconvincingly claims to have turned over a new leaf, dramatically asks King Olly to avenge it, then indifferently replies with "fuhgeddaboudit" before exploding, the effect which removes the tape sticking the Toads to the walls of the Sea Tower.

Tape resembles the Tape Thing from Paper Mario: Sticker Star, though with a purple dispenser rather than a blue one.

Battle[edit]

“Heh heh heh. I got a feelin' dis is gonna be a fun one. C'mon, you two! Throw your best attacks at me. We'll see what sticks!”
Tape, Paper Mario: The Origami King

Any special icons that Mario uses are sent to a special chest, which initially contains the ON panel, two Attack icons, 1,000-Fold Arms, an extra turn icon, a double-damage icon, and Fire Vellumental spaces. One Attack icon must always be available.

Additionally, Tape is always immune to jumps as it can use Sticky Snag to grab Mario with its adhesive tape and throw him away, dealing 5 damage.

Tape begins the battle sitting in its dispenser, using Dispenser Smack for 23 damage, Dispenser Slam for 12-20 damage, and Sticky Whip if Mario is in the outer rings. Mario needs to destroy the Tape's case by using the hammer ability or the 1,000-Fold Arms to hit the case, and must hit and destroy it from all angles. The Fire Vellumental can be used to lightly damage the whole case.

After the case is completely destroyed, Mario gets a fake victory animation as the Tape vanishes. It then falls back down to the arena and summons its dispenser blade, while taunting Mario and Olivia for destroying its case.

Tape with its blade attached in Paper Mario: The Origami King.
Tape with its dispenser blade

In its second phase, Tape's HP is correspondent to its current amount of tape, similar to Rubber Band and the Fire Vellumental. However, it is not a hard limit, as normal attacks do not appear to destroy any tape, and its damage is not recoverable.

Prior to lining up the rings, Tape uses Roll Out to cover the arena with tape; generally, six pieces are used if there is no tape on the board, and three pieces are used if there is tape on the board. If 12 pieces of tape have been used, it can also recall the sticky tape to heal its HP. This tape alters the actions Mario can take in shuffling the arena as the two spaces bonded by the same piece of tape must be moved as one, which causes some rings and rows to be moved together. The tape is also unable to slide to the point where it moves to the other side of the board. The Fire Vellumental's ability, however, can be used to burn through the sticky tape, permanently damaging Tape's health.

When Tape attacks, if Mario is close, it uses Sticky Drill, rapidly attacking Mario seven times for 5-7 damage. If Mario is farther away, it uses Sticky Spin, attacking Mario even faster for 3-5 damage.

When Mario reaches the appropriate Magic Circle, he can also use a 1,000-Fold Arms attack to flip Tape onto its dispenser blade, and then use a rush attack by pulling out as much tape as he can, heavily damaging it in the process.

After Tape is reduced to 1/5 health, it stops using Roll Out and may charge up an attack while spinning rapidly, making it infeasible to grab and use the 1,000-Fold Arms attack, and also rendering it immune to hammer strikes. If it is not countered with the Fire Vellumental, it will use Sticky Drill or Sticky Spin twice, with the first hit of each dealing 15-20 damage.

Statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy
Tape (1)
Tape from Paper Mario: The Origami King HP 180 Moves Location(s)
Type Normal Dispenser Smack (32), Dispenser Slam (36), Sticky Snag (7), Sticky Whip (10) Sea Tower
Item drops None
A captain of the Legion of Stationery shock troops. Proud of its purple dispenser. Watch out—it fights dirty!
Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy
Tape (2)
Tape with its blade attached in Paper Mario: The Origami King. HP 180 Moves Location(s)
Type Normal Roll Out, Sticky Drill (10 × 6), Sticky Spin (7 × 6) Sea Tower
Item drops None
A captain of the Legion of Stationery shock troops. Proud of its purple dispenser. Watch out—it fights dirty!

Names in other languages[edit]

Tape[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese セロハンテープ
Serohan Tēpu
Cellophane Tape

Chinese (simplified) 胶带
Jiāodài
Tape

Chinese (traditional) 膠帶
Jiāodài
Tape

Dutch Plakband
Scotch Tape
French Adhésif
Tape
German Klebeband
Tape
Italian Nastro Adesivo
Scotch Tape
Korean 투명 테이프
Tumyeong Teipeu
Transparent Tape

Spanish Cinta adhesiva
Scotch Tape

The Shifty Sticker[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese いきがり はりつけや
Ikigari Haritsukeya
The Pretentious Sticker Dealer

Chinese (simplified) 自以为是的黏贴狂
Zìyǐwéishì de Niántiē Kuáng
Self-Righteousness Stickier Maniac

Chinese (traditional) 自以為是的黏貼狂
Zìyǐwéishì de Niántiē Kuáng
Self-Righteousness Stickier Maniac

Dutch De Krenkende Klever
The Hurtful Sticker
French Le styliste super-collant
The super sticky designer
German Der haftende Horror
The Sticky Horror
Italian Un tipo appiccicoso
A sticky guy/A clinging guy
Korean 의기양양한 접착광
Uigiyangyanghan Jeopchakgwang
The Triumphant Adhesion Maniac

Spanish La provocadora pegajosa
The sticky provocateur