Tippi

"Blumiere... why?"

- Tippi

Tippi (real name Lady Timpani) is a Pixl in Super Paper Mario. She is introduced to Mario at the beginning of the game, teleporting him to Flipside to meet Merlon so that he can fulfill his destiny to save the worlds. She helps Mario in his quest by finding secrets, identifying enemies, and talking to him in cut scenes. The player can use Tippi by pointing the Wii Remote at the screen, causing her to tattle on enemies, search for hidden doors, and find other secrets. She resembles a butterfly, and is the first of many Pixls that Mario and team will find. Unlike the other Paper Mario tattle partners Mario has had, Tippi tattles in third person. She and Count Bleck appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as stickers.

Blumiere and Timpani
Before Tippi was a Pixl she was a human girl, descended from the Tribe of Ancients. One day she found a man named Blumiere, a descendant from the Ancient's enemies, the Tribe of Darkness, hurt. She helped him and nursed him back to health. They then fell in love and decided to get married. Blumiere's father however, did not want his son to marry an Ancient. So Blumiere and Timpani decided to get married in secret. Blumiere's father found out and as punishment for falling in love with his son, he placed Timpani under a curse to wander the worlds endlessly. Merlon, a wizard, found her dying, and changed her into a Pixl so that she could survive. However, Timpani lost the memory of her previous life. Her name was then changed to Tippi. By the end of Super Paper Mario, Tippi (also known as Timpani) had fallen in love with Blumiere once again. Tippi and Blumiere confronted the Chaos Heart and banned it from destroying all worlds. While destroying the Chaos Heart, Blumiere and Tippi disappeared with it.

Quest to find the Pure Hearts
After living in Merlon's home town, Flipside, for a while Tippi met Mario. Mario had no idea where this strange 2-D land was. Merlon claims Mario is one of the four heros prophesized to stop the sinister Count Bleck from using the Chaos Heart to destroy all worlds. Merlon tells Mario that in order to beat Count Bleck, he must find the Pure Hearts. Tippi decides to go with Mario to help him. Nothing of much interest happens to Tippi until Mario sets of the find the fourth Pure Heart. Upon arriving at the land the Pure Heart is in, a lizard named Francis appears and grabs Tippi. He then runs off with her to his home, Fort Francis. Mario and Princess Peach, who joined Mario and Tippi, chased Francis. While following him, they find Bowser who joins them on their quest. When the heros reach Fort Francis the attack Francis and beat him. Tippi thanks Mario for rescuing her and the Pure Heart emerges from her. It is later revealed that this happened because Pure Hearts are kept alive by happiness. By this time it is being heavily hinted that Tippi had fallen in love with Mario. After collecting several more Pure Hearts, Tippi begins to recall Blumiere. After finding the last Pure Heart, Tippi has regained most of her memory and has came to the conclusion that Count Bleck is her love, Blumiere. Mario, Bowser, Peach and Luigi, who has joined Mario on his quest, travel to the layer of Count Bleck to kill him. Tippi, who is now positive Count Bleck is Blumiere is reluctant to kill him but sees that there is no other way to save the world. After facing numerous challenges through the castle, they finally reach Count Bleck. Count Bleck confesses that he really is Blumiere and that the reason he wanted to destroy the world was to get revenge against what had taken Timpani away. Tippi tries to persuade Bleck to stop his plans but Bleck believes that he has gone to far to stop. After a challenging duel Bleck is defeated. Bleck asks Mario to finish him quickly but then, Count Bleck’s minion, Dimentio appears and steals the Chaos Heart. After sending Bleck and Tippi to a a Dimension of his own creation to dispose of them later, he merges Luigi, the Chaos heart and himself creating Super Dimentio. Meanwhile, in Dimentio’s dimension Tippi and Bleck have a touching conversation. The Pure Heart than appear and Tippi takes them to Mario. Super Dimentio is weakened the the power of the Pure Hearts and his then defeated. Tippi marries Count Bleck to stop Chaos Heart from destroying everything. Upon doing this, the Chaos Heart disappears along with the two of them, and the worlds are restored to their original state. Their fate is hinted at in two parts. The first is the dialogues the occurs after Mario and Co. leave Bleck's castle and before they return to Flipside. This dialogue between Bleck and Tippi, or, alternatively, Count Blumiere and Lady Timpani, includes a mention of going to a "place" where both could be happy together. The other occurs after the credits, a man and woman are seen on a grassy field, apparently Blumiere and Timpani living happily with each other until their "games are over". If this is to be thought of as true, what is seen of the actual Timpani is a thin, dress-clad woman slightly resembling Princess Peach.

Personality
Tippi has a somewhat reserved personality, which is shown by the fact that almost all of her sentences end with "...". She often talks to herself about her past life. She is shown to be very caring and kind. She is not easily embarrassed, this shown when she openly tells Mario of her love for Bluimere and makes it known that she "wants to be near Mario". However she does get rather embarrassed when Luvbi makes fun of her for, what Luvbi interpets as, a crush on Mario and Luigi.

Powers and Abilities
Although Tippi has no known powers as a human, when she is a pixl she can see invisible objects and make them visible for other people. Like all pixls she can float in the air. She can also tell Mario about people and enemies with her tattle ability. She is also a good nurse as she was able to heal Blumiere when he was broken and dying.

Times Tippi is Unavailable
There are times when the player can not use Tippi's abilities.


 * Right before going to Lineland, the player cannot use her yet.
 * After Francis steals her, she is unavailable.
 * Right after the player completes Chapter 4 and during their first trip to Flopside.
 * When Dimentio sends the player to the Underwhere.
 * When Luigi fights Dimentio by himself all Pixls are unavailable.
 * In the first few secconds of the Super Dimentio battle she cannot be used.
 * After beating the game she is unavailable. However, players can buy Tiptron from Francis.

Trivia

 * Her name derives from the word tip as in Tips and Tricks.
 * Tippi's real name is "Lady Timpani" which is derived from the Timpani, a large, drum-like instrument.
 * She has the same ability as Goombario and Goombella.
 * In the Japanese version, Tippi is called Anna the Farien, and her real name is Emma. Both of those names have similar name structures, Vowel-Double Consonant-Vowel.
 * After Francis kidnaps her, he renames her "Francine", however, since he calls his robot of her, Tiptron, he must have learned her name, although how he did is uncertain. He most likely learned so when Princess Peach invaded his bedroom and demanded he release Tippi.
 * Her Catch Card is found on the tenth floor of the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials.

Catch Card

 * Card Type: Rare
 * Card Description: It's Tippi, your friendly...friend. And guide. Her name was Timpani before Merlon turned her into a Pixl.