Editing The Underwhere

{{about|Chapter 7-1|the beveragarium in [[Flipside]]|[[The Underwhere (bar)]]}}
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'''The Underwhere''' is the setting of chapter seven in the game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. It is also called '''World -1''' by one of the residents, a reference to the famous "[[Minus World]]" glitch from the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Ruled by [[Queen Jaydes]], The Underwhere makes up one half of the "afterlife" dimensions, and is where people who have been neither good nor bad from "all worlds" go when they die. Once there, the people become ghost-like creatures known as [[Shayde]]s (a corruption of the word "Shades").

The Underwhere can be compared to the {{wp|Asphodel Meadows}} of the ancient {{wp|Greek underworld}}, hence its name, which is a humorous play on the words "underworld" and "underwear". Queen Jaydes herself was named for the Greek god of the underworld, {{wp|Hades}}, and there are numerous other aspects of The Underwhere taken from Greek mythology ([[#References made in the Underwhere|listed below]]). However, the Underwhere's counterpart, [[The Overthere]], where the sinless can spend eternity as angelic [[Nimbi]]s, is more heavily based on {{wp|Heaven}} than the Greek {{wp|Elysium|Elysian Fields}}. [[Bonechill]]'s prison, the place where people go when they have been very bad in life, is equivalent to {{wp|Tartarus}}, also from Greek mythology, although the fact that he was a fallen Nimbi and his association with ice does bear resemblance to the story of {{wp|Lucifer}}, who, according to {{wp|Inferno (Dante)|Dante's ''Inferno''}}, is trapped in ice in the deepest circle of Hell.

==Chapters/Locations==
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|'''The Underwhere'''<br>(''Chapter 7-1: Subterranean Vacation'')
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|A dark, dull dimension filled with strange creatures. [[Queen Jaydes]] rules this land. This area is visited during Chapter 6's interlude. Mario finds Luigi and has the previous world's Pure Heart restored, but loses [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]]. The Bros. then return here for Chapter 7's first level and are tasked with escorting [[Luvbi]] to The Overthere.
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|'''[[Underwhere Road]]'''<br>(''Chapter 7-2: The Sealed Doors Three'')
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|The way to the Overthere Stair. This level requires the player to move upward. Three [[Dorguy]] challenges must be completed and much backtracking is required. [[Bowser]] rejoins the party after he is fought here.
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|'''[[Overthere Stair]]'''<br>(''Chapter 7-3: The Forbidden Apple'')
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|A blue-skied area consisting of hundreds of clouds. Like the previous level, the heroes must ascend vertically, only this time, they do so via a series of clouds referred to as “stairs”. Many apples with magical effects are found here. [[Princess Peach]] rejoins the party after being awakened.
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|'''[[The Overthere]]'''<br>(''Chapter 7-4: A Bone-Chilling Tale'')
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|The kingdom of [[Grambi]] and the [[Nimbi]]s, which is under attack by [[Skellobit]]s. [[Bonechill]] is fought as the chapter's boss.
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==Chapter 7-1: Subterranean Vacation==
[[File:SPM River Twygz.png|thumb|left|Mario crossing the River Twygz in [[Charold]]'s boat]]
[[File:SPM Luvbi First Meet.png|thumb|Mario meets Luvbi for the first time.]]
Before Chapter 7, Mr. L, a brainwashed Luigi, fails to defeat the heroes. [[Dimentio]], believing Mr. L incapable to show his face after such a failure, summons a gigantic fireball that blasts Mr. L, undoing the hypnosis. Believed to be dead, Luigi is sent to the Underwhere.
Afterward, Dimentio arrives on [[Flipside]] and repeats the process with [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach]], and [[Bowser]], seemingly "[[Game Over|ending their games]]" as well. Mario awakens near the [[The Underwhere fountain]] without any of his [[Pixl]]s, while Princess Peach and Bowser are nowhere to be found. A [[Shayde]] approaches him and tells Mario about the Underwhere, where people with ended games go. When Mario rejects the claim that his game has ended, the Shaydes tells him to go to [[Queen Jaydes]] to "weigh his sins".

The first area contains The Underwhere fountain, which fully restores Mario's [[Heart Point|HP]]. There several Shaydes, a [[Save Block]], and a door to the next area. Mario does not go far before he is stopped by [[Luvbi]], a [[Nimbi]], who hopes to meet her "special someone". She disregards Mario as being a "mustachioed fatty" and ignores him.

This area includes several, spikes, [[pit]]s and tall pipes, too high to jump. Mario must find a winding path in 3-D to pass this area. Many [[Dry Bones]] are found here. At the end of the path is a door, as well as a [[Super Shroom Shake]] on top of a pipe, which can be reached with a flipping block.

Mario then reaches the [[River Twygz]]. He may either pay [[Charold]] four [[coin]]s to ferry the river or simply swim across. On the other side of the river is Queen Jaydes's palace. Once there, Jaydes starts weighing his sins, but then feels "strange energy" emitting from Mario. Mario shows Queen Jaydes the stone, powerless [[Pure Heart]] obtained in the [[World of Nothing]] and she begins questioning Mario about how he obtained it. A phone call from [[Grambi]] of [[The Overthere]] interrupts her, informing her of their missing daughter, Luvbi. With her and her [[D-Man|D-Men]] busy, Jaydes entrusts the task of locating Luvbi to Mario. Jaydes then takes the Pure Heart for the time being and gives Mario the [[Door Key (The Underwhere)|key]] to the tunnels under the River Twygz, stating that she was notified of a "[[Luigi|strange fellow dressed in green]]" who has fallen into the river. She asks Mario to check there first.

Mario swims to the bottom of the river, avoiding several [[Underhand]]s, and finds a secret tunnel in 3-D, leading to the locked door his key is for. The door leads to an underwater room with an Underhand next to a pillar with a block on top of it. On the other side of the pillar is a lever that drains the water in the room and some [[Brick Block]]s blocking the way ahead. As the blocks cannot be broken underwater, Mario must push the block off the pillar, drain the water, then use the block to reach the bricks and destroy them so he can swim ahead. Mario reaches a dead end, but finds a path in 3-D to a large room. There is a path in 3-D, but it is blocked by Underhands. Mario must go to the other side of the room, shove down another pushable block in an alcove, then drain the water with a lever to make the Underhands disappear. He can then take the path and enter a room with a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] and a door. The pipe leads to a room with several coins. The door is the way ahead.

Mario eventually reaches an outside area. Crossing several fountains, he finds [[Luigi]], who was sent there by [[Dimentio]] after [[Sammer's Kingdom|Chapter 6]]. He doesn't remember anything that happened since he was hypnotized by [[Nastasia]] into [[Mr. L]]. Mario explains that he has arrived in The Underwhere and asks Luigi to help him find Luvbi. Luigi eagerly accepts and joins Mario's party.

The Bros. must make their way back to the second room in the level. Luigi's [[Super jump (Super Paper Mario)|super jump]] can be used to clear the pipes. At the left end of the room, the super jump must be used to reach another floor. There are some Dry Bones and [[Frost Piranha]]s here, as well as a door leading to another area. One of the pipes leads into the background, where there is pipe leading to an underground area with a [[Gigabite]], which awards the player with Peach's third [[Catch Card]] when defeated.

In the next area, there are many pipes, each with a Frost Piranha inside. At the edge of the area is Luvbi. She is still searching for a prince and growls when the Bros. approach. After learning that they came to find her and bring her home, she asks them her name. When they answer correctly, she flies back to Jaydes in shock. The Bros. follow and Jaydes thanks them for finding Luvbi. She gives Mario the Pure Heart, which she was able to revitalize. She then tells them that their games were never ended and they were simply sent to The Underwhere. She asks them if they would like to return to Flipside and they agree.

[[Merlon]] and [[Tippi]] met up with Mario and Luigi at [[Flipside Tower]]. At Merlon's house, Mario explains what happened and introduces Luigi. With the Pixls back, they placed the revitalized Pure Heart into the seventh Heart Pillar in [[Flopside]] B1 Outskirts, revealing the purple door. Once they are ready, they enter the door on Flipside Tower but find that they are back in the Underwhere.
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'''Storyline text'''
<blockquote>''Dimentio's savage attack had separated Mario from his friends...''

''He had reunited with Luigi, yes, but Peach and Bowser were still missing.''

''Just where were those two? And what new dangers lay ahead?''

''It was time to venture through the door opened by the seventh Pure Heart.''

''Once again, Mario saw a nightmarish landscape beyond imagination...''</blockquote>
[[File:SPM Underwhere Tippi Question.png|thumb|left|Tippi questioning Mario about his alleged [[Game Over]] taking him back here after entering the 7th [[Dimensional Door]]]]
[[File:SPM Queen Jaydes Door Reveal.png|thumb|Queen Jaydes revealing the door to the Underwhere Road]]
The group venture towards Queen Jaydes's palace once more. Surprised, Queen Jaydes asks why Mario and Luigi have returned. Tippi explains that they are trying to find the Pure Heart hidden in The Underwhere. After realizing that they are the heroes mentioned in the [[Light Prognosticus]], Jaydes tells them that the Pure Heart's location is top secret and the heroes will need to consult with [[Grambi]] in [[The Overthere]]. At that moment, Luvbi arrives, ready to return to The Overthere. Queen Jaydes asks the heroes to accompany Luvbi to The Overthere, as a [[Bonechill|monster]] has recently escaped from The Underhwere and Luvbi needs protection. Mario and company accept the task, hoping to speak to Grambi when escorting Luvbi, and Queen Jaydes opens the way to [[Underwhere Road]]. Through the door is the [[Star Block (Super Paper Mario)|Star Block]], which ends the chapter.
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===Enemies===
*[[Dry Bones]]
*[[Frost Piranha]]s
*[[Ice Cherbil]]
*[[Lava Bubble]]s
*[[Gigabite]]
*[[Poison Cherbil]]
*[[Squog]]
*[[Underhand]]s

===Menu description===
*"''Jaydes rules the sad souls whose games are over. Mario and his brother Luigi finally reunited here. After that, they headed with Luvbi up to The Overthere.''"

==References made in The Underwhere==
In The Underwhere and its counterpart, The Overthere, many characters or places that are encountered are references to other things, in most cases the names are specifically based off of Greek Mythology.
*[[Shayde]], a corruption of {{wp|Shade (mythology)|Shade}}.
*[[Queen Jaydes|Jaydes]], a corruption of {{wp|Hades}}.
*The Underwhere itself, a corruption of {{wp|The Underworld}}.
*The [[River Twygz]] (twigs), a corruption of the {{wp|Styx|River Styx}} (sticks).
*[[D-Man]], a corruption of Demon.
*[[Charold]], the man who runs the ferry across the River Twygz, is a corruption of {{wp|Charon}}.
*[[Underchomp]], a reference to {{wp|Cerberus}} (both act as three-headed dogs who guard the [[Doorguy the Third|gates to the underworld]]).
*The [[three hags]] reference the three {{wp|Moirai}}, or the {{wp|Fates}}, in {{wp|Greek mythology}}.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アンダーランド
|JapR=Andārando
|JapM=Under Land
|SpaE=Masacá
|SpaEM=From "más acá" (literally, "closer" or "further here") and a pun on "más allá" ("beyond", often used to refer to the afterlife), which is also the name of the Overthere in European Spanish, forming together a pun on "acá" ("here") and "allá" ("there").
|SpaA=El Inframundo
|SpaAM=The Underworld
|Ger=Untendrunten
|GerM=Underdownthere
|Ita=Il Mondodigiù
|ItaM=World of below/Under-world
|Fra=L'En-dessous
|FraM=The underside
}}

;Subterranean Vacation
{{foreign names
|Jap=またまた来たよ！地のそこへ
|JapR=Matamata Kita yo! Chi no Soko e
|JapM=We're Back Once Again! To the Bottom of the Earth
|Ita=Vacanze sotterranee
|ItaM=Subterranean vacations
|Spa=Vacaciones subterráneas
|SpaM=Subterranean Vacations
}}

==Trivia==
*The Underwhere and [[The Overthere]] are comparable to [[Flipside]] and [[Flopside]]. While Flopside is the inverted Flipside (behind Flipside horizontally), The Overthere is the inverted Underwhere (the Underwhere is below, and The Overthere is above)
*A "beveragarium" that serves milk beneath [[Flipside]] is named "[[The Underwhere (bar)|The Underwhere]]"; another one in [[Flopside]] is named "[[The Overthere (bar)|The Overthere]]."
*This is the only chapter where none of [[Count Bleck]]'s minions are fought.

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