Stuffwell

"BACK TO ADVENTURE!"

- Stuffwell

Stuffwell is a supporting character in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. He is a living suitcase invented by Professor E. Gadd to aid Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi throughout their journey by storing their possessions, including their items, clothing, badges, and beans, as well as their collected Cobalt Star shards, fulfilling the role of the suitcase from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. His name is based on the words "stuff well", likely due to him being a suitcase.

Stuffwell is able to assist the brothers throughout their adventure by storing their items and gear, as well as providing hints and basic tutorials, along with various other uses, such as using himself as protective padding and using his Warpulator, a time travel device "recombobulated" from the downloaded flight data of the Shroob Mother Ship that has the power to reverse the flow of time and send individuals to a predestined point (the last save point before finding Peach at the Shroob Castle), bringing with them all their current inventory and stats. The Warpulator is used only near the climax of the game, where the adult and baby Mario brothers are trapped at a point of no return and must battle Princess Shroob and the bosses before her.

Stuffwell has a noticeably extensive vocabulary, which he often uses in dialogue, along with many false, technological terms such as "splendiferous" and "explanification."

Stuffwell can be opened at any time during exploration by pressing START, allowing the bros. to view their current items, gear, and stats. He can then be closed by pressing a dependent number of times or by simply pressing START again.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Shortly after Mario and Luigi fall into the time hole in the garden at Peach's Castle, Stuffwell appears, having been sent by Professor E. Gadd to help them during their adventure. After introducing himself to Mario and Luigi, and explaining briefly how he can be opened, he joins them, shortly before the time hole disappears. While going through Hollijolli Village, Stuffwell provides many basic tutorials which involve jumping, attacking, avoiding enemy attacks, and using items.

When Mario and Luigi reach Hollijolli Village, they discover it to be under attack, and are themselves attacked by a group of Shroobs. They are later rescued by the babies and are taken aboard the Koopa Cruiser. However, after receiving a transmission from Princess Shroob, they are shot down by a Shroob Missile, causing them to crash into Baby Bowser's Castle and become separated from the rest of the group, including Baby Bowser, Baby Peach, and Toadsworth the Younger.

The adult bros. are able to find the babies in a nearby room, where they are on a beam. They are able to convince Baby Luigi to come down by using Stuffwell as a protective cushion. Shortly after the brothers are reunited, Stuffwell teaches another tutorial explaining how to travel while piggybacking. It is also here that Stuffwell provides other tutorials, such as attacking and using Bros. Items as a group of four, along with an optional tutorial regarding Simu-Blocks. As they go farther into the castle, they find their first Cobalt Star shard, which Stuffwell decides to show to the professor. They proceed to do so, after locating both Toadsworth the Younger and a time hole in the last room of the castle.

Upon returning to present time, Professor E. Gadd reveals that he had been previously informed by Stuffwell that the bros. would be bringing the past versions of themselves back with them. Stuffwell then warns him that the Mushroom Kingdom of the past is in danger, and shows him the shard they had found at Baby Bowser's castle. Professor E. Gadd explains that it is a Cobalt Star shard, which is the fuel source for his time machine. They then go into a recently-opened time hole to recover more Cobalt Star shards.

The time hole takes them to Toadwood Forest, where Toadiko informs them of Princess Peach's encounter with the Shroobs and their plan to use the vim from Toads as fuel for their UFOs. They then infiltrate the Vim Factory and defeat Swiggler to recover a second Cobalt Star shard, only to have both shards stolen immediately after by Baby Bowser and Kamek. Stuffwell then suggests that they return to their own time and plan a new strategy.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Stuffwell makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a sticker. The sticker can be used in The Subspace Emissary on any fighter to increase the chances of trophies appearing.

Quotes

 * "BACK TO ADVENTURE!"
 * "Watch the leather, Professor! No need for the shoving!"
 * "Oh, you must be Mario."
 * "I am pleased to meet you. I am known as Stuffwell."
 * "If it's not inconvenient, I'd like to proceed with some basic instructionals."
 * "It's just one disaster after another with you two, isn't it?"
 * "And that takes care of every last trace of the nastiful Shroobs! Happies!"
 * "All right! Warpulator...SWITCH ON!"

Trivia

 * Stuffwell is referenced by his successor, Starlow, in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam when she directly faces the player and tells them "BACK TO ADVENTURE!", Stuffwell's main catchphrase, in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon.

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