Prince Mush



Prince Mush is the first champion of the Glitz Pit. He appears at the end of the third chapter in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Prince Mush was captured and had his power drained by Grubba's power-sucking machine, after he found out that Grubba was using a Crystal Star to drain fighter's powers. As such, Mush was absent for an extended amount of time. Afterward his older sister Jolene went undercover to look for him, and after accidentally seeing Grubba power up by using his machine, she carefully guided Mario to defeat Grubba. After Grubba's defeat, he made it clear to Jolene that Mush was dead. The evil promoter had sucked the life out of Mush with his machine for his own selfish vanity, or so he had thought. Jolene is refrigerated with grief, as it is no confirmed what she long suspected to be true; the young Glitz Pit champion, her little brother, known as Mush, was no more. Subsequently, Mush appeared out of the Gold Star, which powered Grubba's machine. It turned out he was not dead afterall; perhaps the goodness of the Crystal Star had kept him alive. Now united with his sister Jolene, they rejoice.

Trivia

 * Prince Mush's unique hairstyle may be a throwback to certain Toads (such as Raz and Mushroom Boy) or Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars; this game was notable for having Toads with similar, uncommon hairstyles consisting of bangs sticking out from under their mushroom caps. However, it is probably just to match with Jolene's hair.
 * Seven characters in Glitzville speak of Mush before he is seen. Some wonder the reason for his disappearance.