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. After sacrificing herself in the end of the game's Main Story, she can no longer be used as a Pixl; but can be replaced by Francis's Tiptron, at the cost of 999 Coins (the max. number of coins holdable in the game).

Background
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.

Super Paper Mario
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 heroes 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 off to find the fourth Pure Heart. Upon arriving at the World the Pure Heart is located, 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 heroes reach Fort Francis, they 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 he believes that he has gone to far to stop, and Mario is forced to defeat him in battle. Bleck asks Mario to finish him quickly, but Count Bleck's minion, Dimentio, then appears and attempts to kill Bleck himself, only to be blocked by Nastasia. Dimentio then steals the Chaos Heart and explains his treacherous plans. 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 Hearts than appear and Tippi takes them to Mario, weakening Super Dimentio enough for the heroes to defeat him. While this does not destroy the Chaos Heart, Tippi and Count Bleck proceed to wed each other, causing the Chaos Heart to disappear, as well as themselves. Their fate is hinted at in two parts. The first is an in-game dialogue between Bleck and Tippi (or, alternatively, Count Blumiere and Lady Timpani), which 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 walking off into the distance on a grassy field, and are assumed to be Blumiere and Timpani. 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.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tippi appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a sticker.

''Super Mario-Kun
In the Super Mario-Kun manga series, Tippi has taken on a much more cartoony appearance, and now has a face and a visible body beneath her wings. While the in-game Tippi ended most sentences with a "...", in the manga, she is much more cheerful and upbeat (sometimes to the point of annoying Mario).

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 Blumiere 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 interprets 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 seconds of the Super Dimentio battle she cannot be used.
 * After beating the game she is unavailable. However, players can buy Tiptron from Francis.

Trivia

 * "Tippi" derives from the word "tip", which she gives to Mario during her tattles. Her real name, "Lady Timpani", is derived from the timpani, a large, drum-like instrument; though the correlation between the instrument and Tippi's character has not been made clear.
 * Tippi has the same ability as Goombario and Goombella, from the past Paper Mario titles.
 * When Mario fights Fracktail and meets Dimentio for the first time, Tippi recognizes him.
 * Tippi is never usually around when fighting Dimentio in his standard form, so the only times he can be tattled on in this form is when he appears in the mirrors of Castle Bleck.
 * 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.

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