Foton

Super Paper Mario enemy
Foton
Location(s)	Outer Space (4-1), Outer Limits (4-3)
Role	Common
Max HP	8
Attack	2
Defense	0
Score	300
Items	Shooting Star, Fresh Veggie
Card type	Common
Card location(s)	Card Shop; Catch Card/SP; Chapter 4-1: Found in 3D behind an asteroid near the Jelliens.
Card description Fotons fire super-fast, superheated particles. Of course, they're big crowd-pleasers at parties.
Tattle That Foton is a space organism that is orbited by small blue particles... Max HP is 8 and Attack is 2. When it senses danger, it... Well, it shouldn't be much of a problem unless you're surrounded by them...
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Fotons are enemies dwelling in Outer Space and in the Outer Limits, in the game Super Paper Mario. Early versions of these enemies also appeared in Fort Francis during production. Fotons look like floating yellow and white squares, and constantly shrink and grow rapidly; they can be as small as Mario or Luigi's fist, or they can be same size as the plumber himself. They attack by emitting small heated particles, and firing them at Mario and his allies. Fotons often fire several particles in a row, making those projectiles harder to dodge. Squirps's lasers can easily destroy these enemies. Their names are a corruption of "photon", the elementary particle of light, and also may be based on the fact that their projectiles look like electrons circling an atom. When Fleep's ability is used on a Foton, its eyes turn into stars.

Fotons also have a chance of dropping a Shooting Star upon defeat.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	フォトン[?] Foton	Photon
German	Foton[?]	-