Excess Express

The Excess Express is a luxurious train Mario and his comrades ride to get to Riverside Station and Poshley Heights in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

During the three day train ride, unfortunate events happen, hindering Mario and his pals and keeping them from getting the sixth Crystal Star. Heff T. steals Chef Shimi's Galley Pot; and Doopliss disguised as Zip Toad steals a Ratooey briefcase containing Nitro Honey Syrup, the waitress's shell earrings, and Toodles' Gold Ring. Under orders of the Shadow Sirens, he planned to mix the things he stole together to bomb the train in, thus resulting in a "sticky, yummy mess", so Mario and his friends enlisted the help of Pennington to foil his treacherous plans.

Mario and his pals also met Ghost T. here. Mario had to talk to him after the Excess Express conductor accidentally left him a blanket, not realizing he was a ghost, leaving the conductor without a blanket of his own. Mario had to retrieve Ghost T.'s diary for the ghost to give the blanket back back. There is also an engineer that runs the train.

Mario and company also run into a hoard of minature Smorgs that kidnap all the passengers on board, with the exception of the engineer, the conductor and the waitress, the latter two of which they hold captive in the storage cart.

Below is a list of the occupants of the eight cabins of the Excess Express. With the exception of Mario, Ghost T., and Heff T., all occupants are replaced by various traveling Toads and Koopas after Chapter 6.

Cabin 001: Doopliss (disguised as Zip Toad) Cabin 002: Toodles Cabin 003: Heff T. Cabin 004: Ghost T. Cabin 005: Mario Cabin 006: Pennington Cabin 007: Ratooey Businessman Cabin 008: Goldbob, Sylvia, and Bub

Enemies

 * Smorg (Chapter 6 Boss)