Tattle
- Not to be confused with Battle.
| Tattle | |
|---|---|
 
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| Mastered by | Goombario Goombella |
| Rank | Base Rank |
| FP cost | 0 |
| Effect | Provides information, and reveals the enemy's health meter |
| Target | Any single enemy |
| Action Command tier | NICE |
| Appears in | Paper Mario Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
Tattle is a move that is used in Paper Mario and its sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It can be used in battle or on the field by a party member, and informs Mario about a specific enemy, character, or place that he is currently near. The partner who can use Tattle is always the first obtainable partner in the game.
History[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
- See also: Paper Mario bestiary
In Paper Mario, Goombario is able to use Tattle after joining Mario's party, listing information and statistics from memory. Tattling on the field will tell Mario about his surroundings, or a character or interactible object within range, which is usually just for flavor but can include hints and advice.
Tattling in battle will list various characteristics and traits of an enemy, including HP, Attack power, Defense power, and sometimes battle strategies. Tattling an enemy will also make a health meter appear under the enemy, indicating how much HP it has left. The health meter will then appear from that point on whenever Mario encounters the same enemy. Goombario will often also make comments about the enemy unrelated to its battle abilities, adding flair to the Tattle. There is no Action Command associated with Goombario's Tattle move.
Some targets cannot be Tattled on in battle, including General Guy's light bulb and the Fuzzipede, since the scenery becomes too dark for Goombario to use Tattle for the latter. However, Gulpits' Rocks and the tree in the Goomba King battle can be Tattled on, despite being inanimate objects. Additionally, if a Duplighost (such as Lee) transforms into Goombario, it can then use Tattle on Mario.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
- See also: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary, List of tattles in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its remake on the Nintendo Switch, Goombella can use Tattle after joining Mario's party. This version of Tattle is similar to Goombario's. During battle, she reads information about enemies from the Tattle Log but recites the info from memory outside battle.
Goombella's version of Tattle adds an Action Command and a Stylish move. When using this move in battle, a circle appears on the targeted enemy and a crosshair moves toward the circle; to complete the Action Command, the player must press 
when the crosshair is inside the circle, and to perform the Stylish move, the player must press again right away. If the player presses the button while the crosshair is outside the circle, the Tattle move fails. Additionally, the Tattle Log will automatically update its data if an enemy becomes stronger (as some recurring bosses do). In the remake, stronger versions of bosses have separate Tattle Log entries. Tattling on an illusion of an enemy (such as those created by Dark Wizzerds) will result in a different dialogue that reveals its fakeness, but still counts as that enemy in the log.
When an enemy becomes no longer able to be encountered, such as all bosses (with the exception of the Iron Clefts, Rawk Hawk, Prince Mush, and Whacka since they can be refought), Bald Clefts and X-Naut related enemies (with the exception of the Z-Yux), their Tattle Log page will appear in Professor Frankly's garbage can, where Mario can retrieve it and add it to the Tattle Log.
Outside of battle, the player may press 
to get information about nearby people, places, or objects, depending on what Mario is facing. The Nintendo Switch remake includes an 
icon above Goombella's head to indicate the target can be tattled. Additionally added in the remake, the player can press 
to receive Partner hints from Goombella and other party members about how to proceed through the game.
During battles in the remake, the player can press 
to re-read the Tattle dialogue of enemies in the battle Goombella has used Tattle on already. This does not use up a turn.
Gallery[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
A profile of Goombario's Tattle (shown when Goombario joins Mario's party)
Goombario tattling a Spiked Goomba
Goombario tattling Green Ninjakoopa
Lee (as Goombario) tattling Mario
Goombario tattling Buzzar
Goombario's Tattle on a Bulb Bush
Goombario's Tattle on a Village Leader in Yoshi's Village (Japanese version)
Goombario's Tattle on a Bubble Plant
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
Goombella tattling a Goomba
Goombella's in-field Tattle in Petal Meadows
Reminder
Goombella tattling a Paragloomba
Goombella's in-field Tattle inside the Palace of Shadow
Goombella using Tattle on Gus during the battle with him in the Nintendo Switch remake
Preview for Tattle in the remake
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ものしり Monoshiri | Know-it-All | [?] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 扫描 Sǎomiáo | Scan | Paper Mario | [?] |
| 百科知识 Bǎikē Zhīshì | Encyclopedia Knowledge | The Thousand-Year Door remake | [?] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 百科知識 Bǎikē Zhīshì | [?] | ||
| Dutch | Tipgever | Tipster | [?] | |
| French | Indic | Informer | [?] | |
| German | Scanner | Scanner | [?] | |
| Italian | Enciclopedia | Encyclopedia | [?] | |
| Korean | 분석 Bunseok | Analysis | [?] | |
| 박학다식 Bakhakdasik | Know-it-All | The Thousand-Year Door remake | [?] | |
| Spanish | Descripción | Description | [?] |