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Ghost T.
Species	Toad/Ghost
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

Latest revision as of 09:30, May 28, 2024

“So you've found me. Well, as you see, I'm a ghost. I'm cursed to haunt this place. A blanket? Well, yes, the conductor did leave one here. He didn't realize that I'm a ghost. A yummy, sticky threat? No, I left no such thing. I can't even hold physical objects like pen and paper. What? You just want the blanket, then? Well, I'll tell you where it is if you do something for me. What do you say?”

—Ghost T., Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Ghost T. is a deceased Toad in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door who had passed away on the Excess Express many years before the game's setting and now exists in limbo between this world and the next. He resides in Cabin 004, which is a reference to how in Chinese and Japanese, the word for "four" (四; Rōmaji: shi, Pinyin: sì ) sounds similar to the word for "death" (死; Rōmaji: shi, Pinyin: sǐ ), making it an unlucky number in East Asian culture. His name is a pun on "ghosty", the diminutive form of "ghost".

HistoryEdit

“All I need is......YOOOOOUR LIIIIFE!!! ...No, just kidding... Actually… I passed away in this cabin many years ago… But I think my luggage is still in my baggage car here… Inside my bag is a diary I kept since my earliest childhood days… And my fear that someone would find and read it has kept me tied to this world! I can't leave this room, so can you please find it and bring it here? If you do that, I'll show you where the blanket is.”

—Ghost T., Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Ghost T. is encountered on the Excess Express as Mario and his party are on their way to Poshley Heights. On the first day, the conductor will note he is missing a blanket, suggesting there is a passenger on the train with no ticket who has taken the blanket. The conductor asks for Mario's help in solving the mystery. Mario must enter Cabin 004 and use Vivian's Veil move to hide in order for Ghost T. to appear after a moment. He will show them the blanket, but demands an exchange for it; he left his Diary in the baggage car and does not want anybody except himself to read it, and this quandary is the reason for him lingering on the train after an unspecified death.

Ghost T. specifically warns Mario not to read the diary or else he will suffer a cursed fate. If Mario does open it, he will be warned three times not to read it. Should he ignore all the warnings, Mario will only be able to read the first couple of lines before Ghost T. appears from the Diary, yells at Mario for his ignorance, and, in the original game, a Dizzy Dial animation plays as he forces an automatic Game Over, or, in the remake, the screen turns monochrome with static effects, which are followed by an iris out and gets a Game Over. If Mario returns the diary, Ghost T. explains that if he had read it, he would have become a ghost himself. After his diary is returned, Ghost T. hands Mario the blanket to hand to the conductor. A column of light then shines on Ghost T. as he begins to ascend into the next world, but he stops halfway through the ascension and decides to stay in the earthly realm because he has grown fond his train cabin's wood paneling (wallpaper in the original version, though the cabin has just wood paneling and no wallpaper in both versions).

During the Smorg attack on the train on the third day, Ghost T. states he senses a large crowd of "something". Along with the Excess Express engineer and the shopkeeper on the train, who was knocked unconscious, Ghost T. is one of the only passengers or staff not absorbed by the Smorgs, likely because he cannot interact with physical objects. Along with Heff T. and the train's staff, like Chef Shimi, Ghost T. stays on the Excess Express for the remainder of the game.

Later, Ghost T. sends an e-mail to Mario. He does so by possessing the Excess Express conductor. Also, despite originally claiming that he could not leave his room, he somehow managed to leave a note on Rogueport's bulletin board, possibly by possessing the conductor again or someone else.

E-MailEdit

Hellooooooo

Attached image

Oooo hooo hooo hooo! Long time, no spook! It is I, the spirit from the Excess
Express!
I bet you're wondering how an ethereal being like myself can type an e-mail...well, I actually possessed the train conductor to do it! Ooo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Don't worry, though! He's doing just fine!

I think maybe I'll do my new diary like this...E-mail's convenient, you know? And leaving a record of my afterlife is cool, in a spiritual sense, I mean...

So...good luck with your quest. It's not yet time for you to come over to my side. But whenever you do, I'll welcome you. Ooo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Farewell!

Ghost T., from Room 4

TattleEdit

"That's Ghost T. He's pretty lighthearted for a ghost... But still... A ghost is a ghost!"

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ユーレイ Yūrei	From「幽霊」(yūrei, "ghost")
French	Fantôme de la 4 Spectre de la cabine 4	Cabin 4's ghost Specter of Cabin 4
German	Geis T.	Pun on geist
Italian	Fantasma Fantasma dello scompartimento nº4	Ghost Cabin 4's ghost
Spanish	T. Asusto	Pun on te asusto ("I scare you")

TriviaEdit

According to Ghost T., he cannot hold physical objects, like pens, paper or Mailbox SP, although this is almost immediately contradicted by the fact that he gives Mario the Blanket.

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-{{quote2|EEEEEEVEN THOUGH I TOLD [[Mario|YOOOOOUUU]] NOT TOOOOOOO! [[Game Over|NOW SEEEE WHAT HAPPENS]]!|[[Ghost T.]]|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
+|image=[[File:Ghost T.png|Ghost T.]]
+|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]/Ghost
+|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
+}}
+{{quote|So you've found me. Well, as you see, I'm a ghost. I'm cursed to haunt [[Excess Express|this place]]. A blanket? Well, yes, the conductor did leave one here. He didn't realize that I'm a ghost. A yummy, sticky threat? No, I left no such thing. I can't even hold physical objects like pen and paper. What? You just want the blanket, then? Well, I'll tell you where it is if you do something for me. What do you say?|Ghost T.|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
-'''Ghost T.''' is a deceased [[Toad (species)|Toad]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' who had passed away on the [[Excess Express]] many years before the game's setting and now exists in limbo between this world and the next. He resides in room 004, which is a reference to how in Chinese and Japanese, the word for "four" ([[wiktionary:四|四]]; ''Rōmaji'': ''shi'', Pinyin: ''sì'' ) sounds similar to the word for "death" ([[wiktionary:死|死]]; ''Rōmaji'': ''shi'', Pinyin: ''sǐ'' ), making it an unlucky number. His name is a pun on "ghosty", the diminutive form of "ghost".
+'''Ghost T.''' is a deceased [[Toad (species)|Toad]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' who had passed away on the [[Excess Express]] many years before the game's setting and now exists in limbo between this world and the next. He resides in Cabin 004, which is a reference to how in Chinese and Japanese, the word for "four" ([[wiktionary:四|四]]; ''Rōmaji'': ''shi'', Pinyin: ''sì'' ) sounds similar to the word for "death" ([[wiktionary:死|死]]; ''Rōmaji'': ''shi'', Pinyin: ''sǐ'' ), making it an unlucky number in East Asian culture. His name is a pun on "ghosty", the diminutive form of "ghost".
 ==History==
-Ghost T. is encountered when Mario accepts a side-quest on the Excess Express. [[Excess Express Conductor|The conductor]] will state something about a "person with no ticket" on board holding onto some blanket, and tasks Mario with finding the blanket. If Mario then enters room 004 and uses [[Vivian]]'s [[Veil]] move to hide for a moment, Ghost T. will appear. He will show them the blanket, but demands an exchange for it: he left his [[Ragged Diary|Diary]] in the baggage car and does not want anybody except himself to read it, and this quandary is the reason for him lingering on the train after an unspecified death.
+{{quote|All I need is......YOOOOOUR LIIIIFE!!! ...No, just kidding... Actually… I passed away in this cabin many years ago… But I think my luggage is still in my baggage car here… Inside my bag is a diary I kept since my earliest childhood days… And my fear that someone would find and read it has kept me tied to this world! I can't leave this room, so can you please find it and bring it here? If you do that, I'll show you where the blanket is.|Ghost T.|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
+Ghost T. is encountered on the Excess Express as [[Mario]] and his party are on their way to [[Poshley Heights]]. On the first day, [[Excess Express conductor|the conductor]] will note he is missing a blanket, suggesting there is a passenger on the train with no ticket who has taken the blanket.  The conductor asks for Mario's help in solving the mystery. Mario must enter Cabin 004 and use [[Vivian]]'s [[Veil]] move to hide in order for Ghost T. to appear after a moment. He will show them the blanket, but demands an exchange for it; he left his [[Ragged Diary|Diary]] in the baggage car and does not want anybody except himself to read it, and this quandary is the reason for him lingering on the train after an unspecified death.
-Ghost T. specifically warns Mario not to read the diary, or else he will suffer a cursed fate. If Mario does open it, he will be warned three times not to read it. Should he ignore all the warnings, Mario will only be able to read the first couple of lines before Ghost T. appears from the Diary, yells at Mario for his ignorance, cause a [[Dizzy Dial]] animation, and force an automatic [[Game Over]]. If Mario returns the diary, Ghost T. explains that if he had read it, he would have become a ghost himself. After his diary is returned, a column of light shines on Ghost T. and he begins to ascend into the next world, but he then stops halfway and decides to stay in the earthly realm, having grown fond of the wallpaper of his train cabin.
+Ghost T. specifically warns Mario not to read the diary or else he will suffer a cursed fate. If Mario does open it, he will be warned three times not to read it. Should he ignore all the warnings, Mario will only be able to read the first couple of lines before Ghost T. appears from the Diary, yells at Mario for his ignorance, and, in the original game, a [[Dizzy Dial]] animation plays as he forces an automatic [[Game Over]], or, in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], the screen turns monochrome with static effects, which are followed by an iris out and gets a Game Over. If Mario returns the diary, Ghost T. explains that if he had read it, he would have become a ghost himself. After his diary is returned, Ghost T. hands Mario the [[blanket]] to hand to the conductor. A column of light then shines on Ghost T. as he begins to ascend into the next world, but he stops halfway through the ascension and decides to stay in the earthly realm because he has grown fond his train cabin's wood paneling (wallpaper in the original version, though the cabin has just wood paneling and no wallpaper in both versions).
-Later on in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Ghost T. writes an [[Mailbox SP|e-mail]] to Mario. He does so by possessing the [[Excess Express Conductor|Conductor]] of the Excess Express, as he cannot hold physical objects (according to him, although this is actually contradicted by the fact that he interacts with both the blanket and the diary earlier on). Also, despite originally claiming that he could not leave his room, he somehow managed to leave a note on [[Rogueport]]'s bulletin board, possibly by possessing the conductor (or someone else) yet again.
-Along with [[Heff T.]], Ghost T. stays on the Excess Express for the remainder of the game.
+During the [[Smorg]] attack on the train on the third day, Ghost T. states he senses a large crowd of "something".  Along with the [[Excess Express engineer]] and the shopkeeper on the train, who was knocked unconscious, Ghost T. is one of the only passengers or staff not absorbed by the Smorgs, likely because he cannot interact with physical objects. Along with [[Heff T.]] and the train's staff, like [[Chef Shimi]], Ghost T. stays on the Excess Express for the remainder of the game.
-==Tattle==
+Later, Ghost T. sends an [[Mailbox SP#Ghost T.: Hellooooooo|e-mail]] to Mario. He does so by possessing the [[Excess Express conductor]]. Also, despite originally claiming that he could not leave his room, he somehow managed to leave a note on [[Rogueport]]'s bulletin board, possibly by possessing the conductor again or someone else.
-*''"That's Ghost T. He's a pretty lighthearted for a ghost. But still... A ghost is a ghost!"''
+===E-Mail===
+;Hellooooooo
+[[File:PMTTYD Ghost T Mail.png|thumb|Attached image]]
+<blockquote>Oooo hooo hooo hooo! Long time, no spook! It is I, the spirit from the Excess
+Express!
+I bet you're wondering how an ethereal being like myself can type an e-mail...well, I actually possessed the train conductor to do it! Ooo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Don't worry, though! He's doing just fine!<br>
+<br>
+I think maybe I'll do my new diary like this...E-mail's convenient, you know? And leaving a record of my afterlife is cool, in a spiritual sense, I mean...<br>
+<br>
+So...good luck with your quest. It's not yet time for you to come over to my side. But whenever you do, I'll welcome you. Ooo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Farewell!<br>
+<br>
+Ghost T., from Room 4</blockquote>
+===Tattle===
+*"''That's Ghost T.  He's pretty lighthearted for a ghost... But still... A ghost is a ghost!''"
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
+|Jap=ユーレイ
+|JapR=Yūrei
+|JapM=From「幽霊」(''yūrei'', "ghost")
+|Chi=
+|ChiR=
+|ChiM=
+|Dut=
+|DutM=
+|Fre=Fantôme de la 4
+|FreM=Cabin 4's ghost
+|Fre2=Spectre de la cabine 4
+|Fre2M=Specter of Cabin 4
+|Ger=Geis T.
+|GerM=Pun on ''{{wp|geist}}''
+|Ita=Fantasma
+|ItaM=Ghost
+|Ita2=Fantasma dello scompartimento nº4
+|Ita2M=Cabin 4's ghost
+|Kor=
+|KorR=
+|KorM=
+|Spa=T. Asusto
+|SpaM=Pun on ''te asusto'' ("I scare you")
+}}
+==Trivia==
+*According to Ghost T., he cannot hold physical objects, like pens, paper or [[Mailbox SP]], although this is almost immediately contradicted by the fact that he gives Mario the [[Blanket]].
+{{Toads}}
 {{PMTTYD}}
-{{Toads}}
 [[Category:Toads]]
-[[Category:Undead]]
+[[Category:Ghosts]]
-[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Characters]]
+[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]]
 [[de:Geist (Toad)]]
+[[it:Fantasma dello scompartimento nº4]]

Ghost T.

Species	Toad/Ghost
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)
Main characters	Admiral Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species	Bub-ulb • Business Bro • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters	Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars	Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses	Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Iron Adonis Twins • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • Sir Grodus • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses	Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses	Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Mush^a • Whacka^a
Minor characters	Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Master^a • Billy • Blooey • Bob • Bob-omb Squad • Bobolink • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Cranberry • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Dead Bones • Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Four heroes • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • Hamma Jamma's father • Hamma Jamma's grandfather • Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Hizza • Ian Foomus^a • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Magikoopa Masters • Maitre Delish • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • Mind-Bogglers • Minister Crepe • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Old Man Skoo • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • Poker Faces • Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Princess Eclair • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Ronnie • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • Thriff T. • Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters 3 • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies	Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations	Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels	World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves	Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spin Hammer • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Veil
Objects	Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Blimp • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses	Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous	? Block locations (Hidden) • 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Badges • Bestiary • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Enemy formations • Gallery (GameCube · Switch) • Glitches • Goldbobbington's • Goombsley University • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Mushroom Ball • On Golden Toad 2 • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–K · L–Z) • Recipe • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Staff (GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
^a Exclusive to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)