Guard Door



Guard Doors are huge stone faces of Bowser that act as gates in Paper Mario. In three areas of Bowser's Castle a Guard Door can be found, they'll need to have something be done before they let Mario pass. If Mario completes the objective the gate will split in half and open.

The first one Mario comes into contact with will open a trap door, sending Mario to a jail cell, after Mario escapes the gate lets him in. The second will quiz Mario five times on various enemies, however, if Mario's wrong three times he'll have to fight three Anti Guys. The third and final is a battle with the Super Ultra Mighty Koopa Bros. the Great, who get knocked away by the improved Jr. Troopa, whom Mario will have to fight. The third Guard Door is the exit from Bowser's Castle, leading to Peach's Castle.

Presumably they were destroyed when the intensity of the battle between Mario and Bowser caused Bowser's castle to explode.

Trivia

 * When the 3rd Guard Door at the end of the castle encounters Mario, he claims he has much better defense than the other Guard Doors. It should be noted that if Mario answered three out of five questions wrong during the encounter with the second Guard Door, he would force Mario to fight three Anti Guys, and it seems highly unlikely that the Koopa Bros. would be stronger than 3 Anti-Guys (they have 50 HP and can do 10 or 12 damage each turn). However, the Koopa Bros. weren't fought due to the interference of Jr. Troopa, who is easier than 3 Anti-Guys as well.