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{{about|the NPC from ''Super Paper Mario''|the Toad character from ''Paper Mario''|[[Mort T.]]|the real world game designer nick-named "Mort" on [[Miiverse]]|[[Stephen Mortimer]]}}
{{about|the NPC from ''Super Paper Mario''|the Toad character from ''Paper Mario''|[[Mort T.]]|the real world game designer nick-named "Mort" on [[Miiverse]]|[[Stephen Mortimer]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SPM Ditto.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Super Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|species=[[Flip-Flop Folk|Flopsider]]
}}
{{quote|DANG! DANG! DANG! IT ALL! Why do all of these games have to be so HARD?! I've already spent 1,000 [[Coin|coins]]! That's just today my savings are pretty much gone... But I don't care! It's so much fun I want to play MOOORE! I mean I moved to [[Flipside|this town]] JUST for the arcade. THAT'S how much I love games! It wasn't easy leaving [[Flopside|home]] and all...but I LOVE games, so it's worth it! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I'll use my super-secret savings to play a few more!|Mort|Super Paper Mario}}
{{quote|DANG! DANG! DANG! IT ALL! Why do all of these games have to be so HARD?! I've already spent 1,000 [[Coin|coins]]! That's just today my savings are pretty much gone... But I don't care! It's so much fun I want to play MOOORE! I mean I moved to [[Flipside|this town]] JUST for the arcade. THAT'S how much I love games! It wasn't easy leaving [[Flopside|home]] and all...but I LOVE games, so it's worth it! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I'll use my super-secret savings to play a few more!|Mort|Super Paper Mario}}
[[File:Mort.PNG|frame|Mort]]
 
'''Mort''' is a former resident of [[Flopside]] from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. He is a game lover and is always at the [[Flipside Arcade]], from before it even opens until it closes. According to [[Tippi]] (and [[Tiptron]]), he lost more than just [[coin]]s there, and also comments that he needs some video-game restraint. Originally, Mort would always lose at the games he played and would blow all his money on them. After the end of Chapter 7, though he begins to get better and after the end of the game, he ends up getting the high score on all the games there.
'''Mort''' is a former resident of [[Flopside]] from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. He is a game lover and is always at the [[Flipside Arcade]], from before it even opens until it closes. He moved away from his girlfriend to Flipside some number of years before the events of the game to play at the arcade.<ref>{{cite|quote=I can't believe how good I am now! But hey, do what you love, that's what they say! I paid back my loan and now I can even visit home to see my girl after all these years. ...Yeah, I'll get on that. Yeah, real soon. But first... I gotta play one more time!|title=''Super Paper Mario''|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref> According to [[Tippi]] (and [[Tiptron]]), he lost more than just [[coin]]s there, and also comments that he needs some video-game restraint. Originally, Mort would always lose at the games he played and would blow all his money on them. After the end of Chapter 7, though he begins to get better and after the end of the game, he ends up getting the high score on all the games there.
 
==Tattle==
*"''That's Mort, a game lover... He's here before the arcade opens and stays until closing... He's lost a lot more than coins to this place... He needs video-game restraint...''"


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ブラー
|Jap=ブラー
|JapR=Burā
|JapR=Burā
|JapM=Possibly from「ブルー」(''burū'', blue), referencing his head
|JapM=Both this and [[Hort]]'s Japanese name「ギャン」(''Gyan'') are probably from「ギャンブラー」(''gyanburā'', gambler)
|Fra=Balo
|Fre=Balo
|FraM=
|FreM=Both this and Hort's French name ''Bali'' are derived from the bawdy song "Bali Balo"
|Ger=Dino
|Ger=Dino
|GerM=
|GerM=
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|ItaM=Common name
|ItaM=Common name
}}
}}
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:40, September 22, 2024

This article is about the NPC from Super Paper Mario. For the Toad character from Paper Mario, see Mort T. For the real world game designer nick-named "Mort" on Miiverse, see Stephen Mortimer.
Mort
Ditto
Sprite from Super Paper Mario
Species Flopsider
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
“DANG! DANG! DANG! IT ALL! Why do all of these games have to be so HARD?! I've already spent 1,000 coins! That's just today my savings are pretty much gone... But I don't care! It's so much fun I want to play MOOORE! I mean I moved to this town JUST for the arcade. THAT'S how much I love games! It wasn't easy leaving home and all...but I LOVE games, so it's worth it! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I'll use my super-secret savings to play a few more!”
Mort, Super Paper Mario

Mort is a former resident of Flopside from Super Paper Mario. He is a game lover and is always at the Flipside Arcade, from before it even opens until it closes. He moved away from his girlfriend to Flipside some number of years before the events of the game to play at the arcade.[1] According to Tippi (and Tiptron), he lost more than just coins there, and also comments that he needs some video-game restraint. Originally, Mort would always lose at the games he played and would blow all his money on them. After the end of Chapter 7, though he begins to get better and after the end of the game, he ends up getting the high score on all the games there.

Tattle[edit]

  • "That's Mort, a game lover... He's here before the arcade opens and stays until closing... He's lost a lot more than coins to this place... He needs video-game restraint..."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブラー[?]
Burā
Both this and Hort's Japanese name「ギャン」(Gyan) are probably from「ギャンブラー」(gyanburā, gambler)
French Balo[?] Both this and Hort's French name Bali are derived from the bawdy song "Bali Balo"
German Dino[?] ?
Italian Enzo[?] Common name
Spanish Samu[?] ?

References[edit]

  1. ^ "I can't believe how good I am now! But hey, do what you love, that's what they say! I paid back my loan and now I can even visit home to see my girl after all these years. ...Yeah, I'll get on that. Yeah, real soon. But first... I gotta play one more time!" – Super Paper Mario. Nintendo of America (English).