Editing Violet Passage

{{PMCS location infobox
|image=[[File:PMCS VioletPassage01.png|250px]]
Mario using the Fan Thing.
|access=Obtain the purple [[Mini Paint Star]] from [[Plum Park]]
|stars=[[File:MiniPurplePaintStarIcon.png|20px]]
|colorless=10
|things=[[File:PMCS BatteryThing.png|20px]][[File:PMCS CompassThing.png|20px]]
|before=[[Plum Park|<<]]
|after=[[Vortex Island|>>]]
}}
{{Quote|Pay close attention, Mario! I have a feeling you're going to have to master firing those cannons.|Huey|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
'''Violet Passage''' is a location from ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. The path leading here is unlocked after getting the purple [[Mini Paint Star]] from [[Plum Park]], and unlocks a path leading to [[Vortex Island]]. The Battery and Compass [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Things|Thing]]s can be found here in the hull of the ship.

==Layout==
When Mario first visits the level, he can talk to a Toad to learn that the ocean has been partially drained, and that pirate [[Shy Guy]]s are attacking the boat. Huey narrowly dodges a cannonball, and another one destroys a blockade, allowing Mario to continue. Mario has to save the five yellow [[Rescue Squad]] members, numbered #6-#10, on and around the boat.

The first Toad is found running around with a barrel on his head, which Mario must break with his [[hammer]]. The second Toad is stuck upside down in a barrel and must be pulled out. When Mario boards the boat, he is attacked by four Shy Guys and two [[Spike Guy]]s. At the front is two [[Shield Guy]]s and two [[Slurp Guy]]s, and defeating them allows Mario to repaint the third Rescue Squad member. Hammering the ship's mast frees the fourth member after Mario battles four Shy Guys and a Spike Guy. Two Shield Guys and two Slurp Guys are at the ship's back end, and Mario must defeat them. Before he can rescue the next Toad, a [[Black Shy Guy]] appears, who Mario must battle.

The Rescue Squad members go to [[Sacred Forest]] to help their captain. Three red Toads tell Mario and Huey about their captain, who is stranded in a colorless spot and surrounded by ocean. Huey suggests that Mario collect a [[Big Paint Star]] to repaint the ocean.

After Mario collects the blue Big Paint Star from [[Fort Cobalt]], the ocean is repainted. If he boards the boat, Mario is welcomed by the three red Toads, as the captain appears from below deck. He explains that they will be sailing to the [[Violet Isles]] through the [[Lost Sea]]. Huey suggests that the isles could have Mini Paint Stars and urges Mario to help the boat set off.

Mario can enter the ship's cabin to collect five Journal Entries from a legendary captain. The Day 1 Journal Entry must be pulled from beneath a hanging picture. Day 2's entry is inside an unpainted treasure chest, along with Toad #1 of the blue Rescue Squad. Day 3's entry can be found by jumping off either the treasure chest or the barrel and onto a crate. The entry for Day 4 is under a crate. Finally, Day 5's entry is in a room to the right and Mario must open a compartment before he can get it. Additionally, the Battery Thing is standing upright next to multiple barrels, while the Compass Thing is next to a map in the other room.

With all the journal entries reclaimed, Mario can give them to the captain, who finds them to be clues for how to reach [[Fortune Island]]. After telling the captain he is ready to set sail, Mario must [[Cutout]] a large rock and insert the Fan Thing. While sailing, a Toad notifiers Mario and the captain about a leak in the boat. If Mario goes to check on it, he is given a Hammer Card by a Toad who is bailing out the water and can return back to the captain. As they enter the Lost Sea, Mario is taught how to use the cannons and steer the boat.

For the first trial, Mario must look for a Toad rock with closed eyes. Once past it, he must order the ship operator to turn left. For the second trial, Mario must shoot cannonballs at targets to earn at least 70 points: regular targets are worth five points, [[Cheep Cheep]]s are worth ten, and [[Blooper]]s are worth twenty. To pass the third trial, Mario must again operate the cannons to shoot the Toad rocks to find the angry one, then tell the helmsman to turn right. At the fourth trial, Mario must operate the right cannon to collect [[coin]]s; he may also collect cards, break [[Brick Block]]s, or hit [[POW Block]]s to collect multiple coins at once. Mario must collect more than twenty-five coins; if he succeeds, then a trail of coins appears, twisting to the right, where Mario must order the ship operator to turn right to continue to follow the coin trail. If Mario fails any trial besides the fifth, he is forced to battle a random enemy before he can retry said trial.

The fifth trial takes place in a purple fog. First, Mario must use the right cannon to create a dent in a rock. Next, he has to go down and talk to the Toad, who has found a flag and goes to put it up. The dent and the flag form a shape that Mario can Cutout, then insert the Compass to lead the way. This illuminates the fog and forms an arrow leading to a purple Mini Paint Star, which takes Mario to [[Vortex Island]].

==Enemies==
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Spike Guy]]s
*[[Shield Guy]]s
*[[Snifit]]s
*[[Slurp Snifit]]s
*[[Soggy Guy]]s
*[[Blooper]]s

==Mini-Boss==
*[[Black Shy Guy]]

==Required [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Thing Cards|Thing(s)]]==
*Fan (to provide wind to the ship)
*Compass (to point the way to the [[Mini Paint Star]])

==Colorless spots==
{|border=1 cellpadding=0 style="text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black; width:100%"
! colspan="2" style="background:#9966CC; color:white; height:2em" | Violet Passage
|-
|In the first area, on a crate.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 1.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on a crate.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 2.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on a post.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 3.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the ground under a barrel.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 4.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the ground. This colorless spot is in the shape of a [[Blooper]].
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 5.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the piling.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 6.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on a post.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 7.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on a post.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 8.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the ocean. This colorless spot is repainted after getting the blue [[Big Paint Star]].
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 9.png|400px]]
|-
|Below deck, on the treasure chest.
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage colorless spot 10.png|400px]]
|}

==? Blocks==
{|style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1"
|colspan=4 style="background:#9966CC|
|-
|[[File:BlazehammerCard.png|55px]]<br>Blazehammer
|Above the platform which needs to be painted on, found in the northwest of the area.
|{{anchor|Violet Passage}}[[File:Violet Passage Block 1.png|400px]]
|-
|[[File:PMCS Hopslipper x2 card unpainted.png|55px]]<br>Hopslipper x2 (colorless)
|In the middle of the wooden dock (end of the first part during the attack).
|[[File:Violet Passage Block 2.png|400px]]
|}

==Cutouts==
{|border=1 cellpadding=0 style="text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black; width:100%"
!Location
!Reward
!Hint
!Image
|-
|In the first area, on the rock. The Fan Thing must be inserted.
|Required for completion
|None
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage cutout 1.png|400px]]
|-
|In the fifth trial, on the rock after the cannonball has been fired and the flag has been unrolled. The Compass Thing must be inserted.
|Required for completion
|None
|[[File:PMCS Violet Passage cutout 2.png|400px]]
|}

==Record==
{{media table

|file1=PMCS Violet Passage.oga
|title1=Violet Passage
|description1=Plays at Violet Passage

|file2=PMCS Get the Boat Back.oga
|title2=Get the Boat Back
|description2=Plays while the ship is hijacked

|file3=PMCS To the Open Sea!.oga
|title3=To the Open Sea!
|description3=Plays while the ship sets sail

|file4=PMCS Sailor's Song.oga
|title4=Sailor's Song
|description4=Plays during the sailing cutscene

|file5=PMCS Thing Battery.oga
|title5=Thing: Battery
|description5=Plays while using the Battery Thing

|file6=PMCS Thing Compass.oga
|title6=Thing: Compass
|description6=Plays while using the Compass Thing
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMCS VioletPassageIcon.png|World map icon
PMCS CaptainShipIcon.png|World map icon of the Captain's Ship
PMCS Art 29.png|The Captain concept art
PMCS Art 30.png|The Captain's Ship concept art
PMCS Violet Passage ocean drained.png|Huey looks at the ocean.
PMCS Violet Passage Huey dodge.png|Huey dodges a cannonball.
PMCS Violet Passage barricade broken.png|The barricade is broken.
PMCS Violet Passage Huey ocean painting.png|Huey is surprised at Mario trying to paint the ocean.
PMCS Violet Passage Rescue Squad Toad 1.png|The first Rescue Squad Toad.
PMCS Violet Passage Rescue Squad Toad 2.png|Mario pulls the second Toad.
PMCS Violet Passage boat Shy Guys.png|Mario boards the boat.
PMCS Violet Passage Rescue Squad Toad 3.png|Mario rescues the third Toad.
PMCS Violet Passage Rescue Squad Toad 4.png|The fourth Rescue Squad Toad.
PMCS Violet Passage Black Shy Guy.png|The Black Shy Guy on top of the ship.
PMCS Violet Passage Rescue Squad Toad 5.png|Mario rescues the fifth Toad.
PMCS Violet Passage Rescue Squad Toads.png|The yellow Rescue Squad lines up.
PMCS Violet Passage captain stuck.png|The captain, stuck in the water.
PMCS Violet Passage set sail.png|The crew is gathered on to the ship.
PMCS Violet Passage Day 1 Journal Entry.png|Mario pulls the first Journal Entry.
PMCS Violet Passage Day 2 Journal Entry.png|The second Journal Entry, along with a blue Rescue Squad Toad.
PMCS Violet Passage Day 3 Journal Entry.png|Mario collects the Day 3 Journal Entry.
PMCS Violet Passage Day 4 Journal Entry.png|Mario standing next to the Day 4 Journal Entry.
PMCS Violet Passage Day 5 Journal Entry.png|The location of the Compass Thing and the fifth Journal Entry.
PMCS Violet Passage captain entries.png|Mario gives the captain the Journal Entries.
PMCS Violet Passage setting off.png|The crew prepares to set sail.
PMCS Violet Passage sailing.png|The ship sailing.
PMCS Violet Passage leak.png|A Toad tells the captain about the leak.
PMCS Violet Passage Hammer.png|The Toad below deck gives Mario a Hammer Card.
PMCS Violet Passage Lost Sea.png|The Lost Sea.
PMCS Violet Passage trial 1.png|The boat turns after the smiling Toad rock.
PMCS Violet Passage trial 2.png|A Blooper target in the water.
PMCS Violet Passage trial 2 end.png|The boat passes the second trial.
PMCS Violet Passage trial 3.png|The third trial.
PMCS Violet Passage trial 4.png|Mario prepares to fire at a POW Block.
PMCS Violet Passage trial 5 cannon.png|The cannonball is fired towards the rocks.
PMCS Violet Passage flag.png|Mario talks to the Toad with the flag.
PMCS Violet Passage Mini Paint Star.png|The boat sails to the Mini Paint Star.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バイオ列島かいきょう
|JapR=Baio Rettō Kaikyō
|JapM=Pun on "violet" and「列島」(''rettō'', archipelago) +「かいきょう」(''kaikyō'', channel)
|Dut=Straat van Purper
|DutM=Purple Strait
|Fre=Détroit Aubergine
|FreM=Eggplant Strait
|Ger=Holunder-Passage
|GerM=Elder-Passage
|Ita=Stretto violetto
|ItaM=Violet Strait
|Por=Estreito Liláceo
|PorM=Lilac Strait
|Rus=Лиловый пролив
|RusR=Lilovyy proliv
|RusM=Violet Strait
|Spa=Paso Violeta
|SpaM=Violet Passage
}}

==Trivia==
*The way Huey dodges the cannonball on the first visit to the Violet Passage is a parody of {{wp|Neo (The Matrix)|Neo}} dodging bullets in the film ''{{wp|The Matrix}}''.

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