Kroop's Wife

Kroop's Wife is a mysterious, nameless character who earns only one mention in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. As her name conjectural implies, she is the wife of Kroop, mayor of Petalburg.

Kroop's wife is brought up only when Mario first enters Kroop's house. After this entrance, Kroop (who seems to be inflicted with bad eyesight) swiftly "identifies" Mario as a thief. After some ramblings, he eventually tells Mario that he can take any of his belongings; everything but his "pictures of the missus". After this is stated, he begins trailing off about memories before quickly getting back to the point.

Like all implied characters, little is known about Kroop's wife. Due to Kroop's protectiveness of his pictures of her and his profound love of his memories of her (as well as the fact that she never appears in any other form in the game), it is quite obvious that she is dead. Kroop also has three pictures set up in his house, and, while these are possible candidates for his "pictures of the missus", it is hard to make out what they depict (if they even depict anything in particular at all).