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== Story ==
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'''''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''''', known as '''''Paper Mario: RPG''''' in Japan, is a GameCube video game released in [[2004]]. The sequel to [[Paper Mario]]. In this game, [[Mario]] is hunting the 7 [[Crystal Stars]] to open the Thousand-Year Door, while [[Princess Peach]] has been kidnapped by a gang of aliens called [[X-Naut]]s.
{{about|2004 [[Nintendo GameCube]] game|the [[Nintendo Switch]] remake|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)]]}}
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|platforms=[[Nintendo GameCube]]
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'''''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''''' is the second installment in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]]. Released for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] in [[List of games by date#2004|2004]], the game is an RPG as the first ''[[Paper Mario]]'', featuring both turn-based battles and puzzle and platforming-focused challenges on the overworld as well as collaborating with a party of friendly characters that subsequently join on the quest, known as [[Party member|partners]].


== Battle System ==
The story has [[Mario]] travel to the ramshackle town of [[Rogueport]] to meet [[Princess Peach]] after news she acquired a map leading to an ancient treasure. He soon finds that Peach has been kidnapped again, and comes in conflict with the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]], a malevolent secret society. Mario's quest has him collect the seven [[Crystal Stars]], mysterious artifacts of great power that are linked to an ancient evil sealed deep below Rogueport.
=== Badges ===
Badges are what Mario may need throughout the game. They can be purchased at the Lovely Howz or by Charlieton, traded for Star Pieces by Dazzle, won at the Pianta Parlor or found in one of the places Mario and company visit.


In battle: Some of the badges add new Jump or Hammer moves to Mario's commands. Badges can bestow Mario and his Partners new abilities in battle.
''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' greatly expands on the battle system, with new features such as more fleshed-out partners who now have their own health pool, and the ability to negate all damage inflicted by enemy attacks through [[Superguard]]ing. An [[audience]] now watches the battles — spectators may mess with the fights in ways that help or hinder the player. On the overworld, Mario now has the ability to fold into various paper forms, allowing him to explore deeper and solve puzzles. The game also has intermissions between each Chapter, in which the player assumes the role of Peach, as well as of [[Bowser]], both of whom have their own stories that complement the main plot.


Outside of battle: Badges can also affect Mario and his partners on the field.
A follow-up titled ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' was released for the [[Wii]] in 2007. ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' is the only game in the series to share the same battle system as the original ''Paper Mario'', as ''Super Paper Mario'' is a platformer with RPG elements and subsequent installments (starting with 2012's ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'') retooled many aspects of the series.


=== Action Command and Defending ===
A [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake of the same name]] was released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] on May 23, 2024.
====Attacking enemies====
==Plot==
While Mario and his partners are battling enemies, they can attack enemies with extra power using the Action Command.
===Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome===
[[File:PMTTYD Peach and the Glowing Box.png|thumb|left|Peach receiving the box.]]
[[File:PMTTYD prologue screenshot.png|thumb|upright=1.05|Mario and Goombella about to be jumped by the X-Nauts.]]
The adventure begins when [[Princess Peach]] goes on a cruise to [[Rogueport]] where she meets a [[Beldam|hooded woman]], and buys a box that contains a [[Magical Map|map]]. She sends this to [[Mario]], along with a letter asking him to help her search for the map's treasure. Soon after that, unbeknownst to Mario and the player, she is kidnapped by [[Sir Grodus]]. Mario receives the letter with the map and decides to help her, and thus boards a ship to Rogueport.


Countdown: Tilt and hold the control stick left, then release when the red light flashes.
Shortly after Mario reaches Rogueport, he finds [[Lord Crump]] attempting to interrogate [[Goombella]] about the [[Crystal Stars]]. Mario intervenes and Lord Crump tries to defeat him. After defeating the X-Naut general and escaping from the X-Nauts, Goombella introduces herself, and Mario explains his quest to her. As Goombella is also searching for the map's treasure, she decides to join Mario. Then, Goombella suggests going to [[Professor Frankly]]'s house, to consult him and show him the map. At the professor's house, Frankly explains that the map is related to the legend of the treasure of [[the Thousand-Year Door]], and that, to obtain the treasure, one must first open the door with the seven [[Crystal Stars]]. Said objects can be found by holding the Magical Map before the Thousand-Year Door, which is located in the [[Rogueport Sewers|town's sewers]]. So, Mario holds the map before the Thousand-Year Door, revealing the [[Hooktail Castle|location]] of the [[Diamond Star|first Crystal Star]].


Tricky Timing: Pressing A just before landing on your opponent.
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=プロローグ　ゴロツキタウンへようこそ！
|JapR=Purorōgu: Gorotsuki Taun e Yōkoso!
|JapM=Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport!
|Spa=Prólogo: Bienvenidos a Villa Viciosa
|SpaM=Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
|Ita=Prologo: Benvenuti a Fannullopoli
|ItaM=Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
|Ger=Prolog: Willkomen in Rohlingen
|GerM=Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
|Fre=Prologue: Bienvenue à Port-Lacanaïe!
|FreM=Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
|Kor=프롤로그: 부랑배 타운에 어서 오세요!
|KorR=Peurollogeu: Burangbae Taun-e Eoseo Oseyo!
|KorM=Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport!
}}


Aiming: Aligning a cursor in the center of the targeting reticule
===Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon===
 
[[File:Hooktail PMTTYD encounter.png|thumb|left|Mario and Koops encountering Hooktail.]] [[File:PMTTYD Petalburg screenshot.png|thumb|Petalburg.]]
Button Mania: Holding on to or repeatedly tapping a button or input an entire sequence.
Mario and Goombella show the updated map to Professor Frankly, who reveals that the first Crystal Star is in [[Petal Meadows]]. To reach this place, they must find a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] in Rogueport Sewers. After finding it, Mario and Goombella arrive in Petal Meadows, where they see [[Hooktail]] and [[Hooktail Castle|her castle]]. The duo stops at a nearby village called [[Petalburg]] and discovers from the [[Kroop|mayor]] that the dragon Hooktail has been terrorizing the village. The mayor tells them that Hooktail guards a Crystal Star in her castle, and that to access it, they must obtain the [[Sun Stone|two]] [[Moon Stone|stone]] keys in [[Shhwonk Fortress]], an ancient stone fort past Petalburg. After finding them, Mario and Goombella march to Hooktail's castle, with [[Koops]] in tow (who wants to defeat Hooktail to avenge his dead father and become stronger). After navigating through the castle's traps with the help of Koops, they encounter the dragon and defeat her, allowing [[Koopley|Koops's father]] to get out of the dragon's gut and present Mario with the [[Diamond Star]].
 
====Guarding====
To perform a guard action command, press A or B when your opponent is about to strike you. Guarding will reduce the damage you take from enemy attacks and help you resist status effects. You must time it right, though.
 
Guard: To perform a Guard move, press A to dodge enemy attacks, reducing the damage they do, also protecting you from negative status effects.
 
Superguard: To perform a Superguard move, press B to dodge enemy attacks, negating the attack completely, damaging your opponent.
 
=== Leveling Up ===
====Star Points====
Every time Mario wins a battle, he'll earn Star Points. When Mario's Star Point Level gets up to 100, he'll choose wheather to upgrade his HP, FP or BP. Choosing HP and/or FP will raise Mario's HP or FP by 5 and choosing BP will raise Mario's BP by 3.
 
====Shine Sprites====
When Mario and co. collect Shine Sprites, Mario can give 3 of them to Merlon and Merlon will power up Mario's partners, increasing their HP and teaching them new moves. Getting the [[Up Arrow]] in Hooktail Castle will allow Mario to power up his partners a second time, and Merlon will teach Mario's partners ultra-rank moves.
 
=== Star Power and the Audience ===
In the Prologue, Mario will earn a new Special Move, and every time Mario and company earn a Crystal Star, they will learn 7 Special Moves and the Special Moves can be used if Mario and company have plenty of Star Energy. After using a Special Move, Mario and company can replenish their Star Power by appealing to the audience and thrilling the crowd with the action command and stylish moves.
 
However, not everyone in the audience is an adoring fan. When the X Button appears during battle, that means an audience member is going to throw something onstage. If it's something that's hazardous to Mario's health-- for example: hammers, pebbles and old soda cans-- press X and Mario or his party member will attack the audience member, driving it out of the auditorium. If an audience member is about to throw something useful-- for example: items and coins-- Mario will just ignore the button prompt to receive his gift.
 
When Mario and his team's star rank goes up, their audience will get bigger.
 
*'''Level 0:''' Rising Star: 50 Seats.
*'''Level 10:''' B-List Star: 100 Seats.
*'''Level 20:''' A-List Star: 150 Seats.
*'''Level 30:''' Superstar: 200 Seats.
 
=== Bingo! ===
An icon will appear next to your Star Power Gauge whenever you nail an Action Command. If you have to matching icons and if you execute an additional Action Command, you can take the Bingo! wheel for a spin. Press the A button to match the third icon with to the first two.
 
'''Three Mushrooms:''' Recover All HP
 
'''Three Flowers:''' Recover All FP
 
'''Three Stars:''' Recover Star Power


'''Three Shine Sprites:''' Recover All HP, FP and Star Power
Somewhere else, it is revealed that [[Princess Peach]] was abducted by the X-Nauts. When an X-Naut tells [[Sir Grodus]] someone got the first Crystal Star, Peach accidentally blurts out Mario's name. Grodus hears this and orders the [[Three Shadows|Shadow Sirens]] to steal the map in Mario's possession. Peach then meets [[TEC-XX]], the X-Naut base's computer, who develops an interest in Peach's concept of love, and asks for her help in understanding it. Peach agrees; in exchange, TEC lets her send [[Mailbox SP|e-mails]] to Mario.


'''Three Poison Mushrooms:''' Lose Half of HP, FP and Star Power
Afterward, the scene focuses on [[Bowser's Castle]], where [[Kammy Koopa]] tells [[Bowser]] about Mario's quest to find the Crystal Stars and Peach's abduction, things that motivate Bowser to hunt for the Crystal Stars and kidnap Peach back. Bowser, with his [[Koopa Clown Car]], and Kammy then head for Rogueport. He goes through a grassfield level based on ''Super Mario Bros.''


== Chapters ==
Back in Petalburg, after Koops promises to return as a stronger Koopa like his dad, the group receives an e-mail from Peach, who informs them that she has been kidnapped. Mario and company head back to the Thousand-Year Door to reveal the location of the next Crystal Star.


===Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome===
'''Storyline text'''
As you reach [[Rogueport]], you'll meet up with Goomba named [[Goombella]] and she'll join your team. She'll take you to see [[Prof. Frankly]] and you'll head to the sewers, where the Thousand-Year Door awaits. When you reach the bottom floor of the sewers, you'll have to learn a new paper ability from a [[Black Chest Demons|Black Chest Demon]] to reach the door. After you reach the Thousand-Year Door, stand on the pedestal and hold up the map. The magic will show you the location of one of the [[Crystal Stars]]
<blockquote>
 
''[[Mario]] and friends finally got [[Diamond Star|a Crystal Star]] in [[Hooktail Castle|the castle]] after defeating [[Hooktail]]. [[Koops]] even reunited with [[Koopley|his long-lost father]], whom he thought was dead. Yet they were unable to learn anything about the whereabouts of [[Princess Peach|the princess]]. Where could Princess Peach be? Yes... Mario's adventure has only just begun.''
===Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon===
</blockquote>
The first [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is found at [[Hooktail Castle]]. To get to Hooktail Castle, Mario and Goombella had to find the two stone keys at [[Shhwonk Fortress]] and compete with a Thwomp in a Super-Fun Quirk Quiz. After finding the stone keys, you'll have to fight off a [[Gold Fuzzy]]. As you leave [[Petalburg]], a koopa troopa named [[Koops]] will join your team so he can avenge his father, [[Koopley|Koopley's]] death. When you get to Hooktail Castle, you'll have to avoid [[Hooktail|Hooktail's]] traps to reach the tower, and even learn a new paper ability from one of the [[Black Chest Demons]] and run into [[Ms. Mowz]], who will give you tips on how to defeat Hooktail. Upon reaching Hooktail's lair, you must fight her to get the [[#Diamond Star|Diamond Star]], and even free Koops' dad, who was swallowed whole.
'''Names in other languages'''
 
{{foreign names
After the battle with Hooktail, [[Peach]] is kidnapped, as usual. Not by [[King Bowser]], but the [[X-Nauts]] and its leader, [[Grodus]]. When an X-Naut tells Grodus Mario nabbed the first Crystal Star, Peach knows it was him. Grodus then knows Mario has the map and orders the [[Shadow Sirens]] to steal the map from Mario. Peach meets up with the main computer of the [[X-Naut HQ]], [[TEC-XX]], aka TEC.
|Jap=ステージ１　マリオとお城とドラゴンと
 
|JapR=Sutēji 1: Mario to Oshiro to Doragon to
At [[Bowser's Keep|Bowser's Castle]], [[Kammy Koopa|Kammy]] will tell Bowser Mario's hunting the seven Crystal Stars and will also tell him Peach was captured. Bowser is outraged at this and leaves for Rogueport to kidnap her back.
|JapM=Stage 1: Mario, the castle and the dragon
 
|SpaA=Acto 1: El castillo y el dragón
Back in Petalburg, the residents are amazed to see that Koops went from a coward to a brave Koopa and that Hooktail has been slain. As they head for the Thousand-Year Door, they receive an e-mail from Peach. Peach tells him she's been kidnapped and the people who kidnapped her are after the map she sent Mario. Mario and his team stand before the door and present their map to it. The next Star's location has been marked on the team's map and visit Prof. Frankly for details.
|SpaAM=Act 1: The castle and the dragon
|SpaE=Acto 1: El bueno, el feo y el malo
|SpaEM=Act 1: The good, the ugly and the bad
|Ita=Scena I: Mario, il castello e la dragonessa [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 1: Mario, il castello e la dragonessa [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 1: Mario, the castle and the dragon<br/>Chapter 1: Mario, the castle and the dragon
|Ger=Kapitel 1: Lohgards Drachenburg
|GerM=Chapter 1: Hooktail's Dragon Castle<br>
|Fre=Chapitre 1: Mario + château + dragon
|FreM=Chapter 1: Mario + castle + dragon
|Kor=마리오와 성, 그리고 드래곤
|KorR=Mario-wa Seong, Geurigo Deuraegon
|KorM=Mario and Castle, and Dragon
}}


===Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree===
===Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree===
The next [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is found at the [[Great Tree]] in [[Boggly Woods]]. Upon reaching the entrance to Boggly Woods, [[Mario]], [[Goombella]] and [[Koops]] meet up with a Puni named [[Punio]]. Punio thinks Mario and his team are working for the [[X-Nauts]], who have taken over the Great Tree. Mario and his teammates found out that the X-Nauts were behind [[Princess Peach|Princess Peach's]] kidnapping and offer to Punio to help drive the X-Nauts out of the tree. When they reach Boggly Woods, they see the [[Shadow Sirens]] talking. [[Vivian]] is showing [[Beldam]] Flurrie's necklace. [[Marilyn]] notices Mario is on his way, but Beldam and Vivian ignore her.
[[File:BogglyWoods.png|thumb|left|Boggly Woods]][[File:The Great Tree Entrance.png|thumb|The Great Boggly Tree.]]
The [[Emerald Star|second Crystal Star]] is revealed to be in [[the Great Tree]], home of small creatures known as [[Puni|Punies]], deep inside [[Boggly Woods]]. When searching for the pipe leading to Boggly Woods in [[Rogueport Sewers]], Mario and his partners encounter [[Punio]], who tells them that the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] have invaded the Great Tree, capturing most of the Punies and that the [[Jabbies]], the Punies' enemies, have allied with the X-Nauts and are trying to kick the Punies out of the Great Tree. Mario and company decide to help out the Punies, and therefore Punio leads the group to the Boggly Woods. After getting there, Mario and company encounter the [[Three Shadows|Shadow Sirens]] with a [[Necklace (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|necklace]] that Vivian found, who do not recognize him due to having lost a sketch of him, which Beldam accuses Vivian of losing. The group continues and arrives at the Great Tree. However, they realize that the tree is locked. Punio suggests they find [[Flurrie|Madame Flurrie]], who can help them find the Tree's secret entrance. Despite this, upon reaching her home, Flurrie reveals she has lost her necklace and does not want anyone to see her without it. Thus, Mario and his friends return to the Shadow Sirens and defeat them, this way retrieving the necklace. After returning it to Flurrie, she joins them in their quest. The group finds the secret entrance with her help and manages to enter the Tree; after freeing the locked Punies with the aid of a [[Puni Orb|special orb]] and after solving the Great Tree's puzzles and defeating the [[Jabbies]], they reveal the second Crystal Star at the bottom of the Tree. There, Lord Crump snatches it and activates a time bomb to blow up the Tree. Upon following him to the entrance, he stops the bomb and uses [[Magnus von Grapple]] to fight the heroes, but he is defeated by the group. As a result, the X-Nauts evacuate the Tree and Mario and company obtain the [[Emerald Star]].


As Mario, Goombella, Koops and Punio make it to the Great Tree, they notice the door is locked, so they enlist the help from the cloud spirit [[Flurrie]] to help them, only they must defeat the Shadow Sirens to rescue her necklace. After giving the necklace back to Flurrie, she joins the team. As they comb the great tree for the [[#Emerald Star|Emerald Star]], they must fight off Yuxs, X-Nauts and even the Punies' rivals, the Jabbi Tribe, who have teamed up with Lord Crump, and of course, get the Super Boots to rescue the other Punies after Mario and his team fall into a trap set by Lord Crump. As the team makes it to the basement, they finally reach the Crystal Star, but Lord Crump steals it and activates a 5-minute self-destruct mechanism, which will destroy the Great Tree and its inhabitants! As Mario and his team catch up to Crump, Crump deactivates the detonator and summons [[Magnus Von Grapple Robots|Magnus Von Grapple]] to attack. After Mario and the team defeat Magnus, the X-Nauts are driven out of the tree and Mario and his team are given the Emerald Star as a reward.
At the X-Naut headquarters, the X-Nauts notify Sir Grodus that Mario has taken the Emerald Star, and has also defeated Lord Crump and the Shadow Sirens. He asks them about the other Crystal Stars, but they have no luck in finding them. Grodus believes that Mario must have the map. Meanwhile, TEC-XX calls for the Princess, and, hearing her desire to dance at the Mushroom Ball, asks her to dance with him, using a hologram of Peach herself, and having to press the buttons on the screen. TEC then lets Peach e-mail Mario.


At the X-Naut HQ, the X-Nauts tell Grodus Mario took the Emerald Star and TEC has Peach do a little dance in the computer room.
Meanwhile, Bowser heads for Petalburg, since Kammy tells him that Peach was seen there. After crossing [[World 1 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Petal Meadows]], he arrives in the town, scaring the main Koopa Troopa, and upon spotting what he thinks is Peach, he tries talking to her, but she is revealed to be merely a poster owned by a local Koopa Troopa.


As [[King Bowser|Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa|Kammy]] reach [[Petal Meadows]], Bowser goes through one of the places Mario has visited in [[Super Mario Bros.]] and upon reaching Petalburg, they manage to find the Princess, only they discover it's actually a poster.
As Mario and his team move on, they receive another e-mail from Peach, who tells them that the X-Nauts are also searching for the [[Crystal Stars]]. Mario and his team reveal the location of the next Crystal Star, and they visit Professor Frankly for details.


Back at the Great Tree, the Punies wave good-bye to Mario and his team and tell them to visit the tree anytime. As they move on, they receive another e-mail from Peach. Peach tells him that the X-Nauts are on the search for the Crystal Stars and tell Mario and his team to be careful. Mario and his team stand before the door and present their map to it. The next Star's location has been marked on the team's map and visit Prof. Frankly for details.
'''Storyline text'''
<blockquote>
''And so, after pummeling [[Lord Crump]], [[Mario]] obtained [[Emerald Star|the second Crystal Star]]... With the [[X-Naut]]s gone, peace once again prevailed throughout [[the Great Tree]]. The [[Boggly Woods]] echoed with the [[Puni]] songs of joy. But... this may not be the last our hero hears from the vile X-Nauts. They will surely continue to stand in Mario's way and try to put a stop to his efforts...''
</blockquote>
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=ステージ２　ふしぎの森の大きな木
|JapR=Sutēji 2: Fushigi no Mori no Ōkina Ki
|JapM=Stage 2: The Big Tree of the Mysterious Forest
|Spa=Acto 2: El bosque animado
|SpaM=Act 2: The Animated Forest
|Ita=Scena II: La Grande Quercia del Bosco Misterioso [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 2: La Grande Quercia del Bosco Misterioso [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 2: The Great Oak of the Mysterious Forest<br/>Chapter 2: The Great Oak of the Mysterious Forest
|Ger=Kapitel 2: Der Baum der Bubus
|GerM=Chapter 2: The Tree of the Punies
|Fre=Chapitre 2: Un grand arbre
|FreM=Chapter 2: A great tree
}}


===Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory===
===Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory===
[[Mario]] and his team learn that the next [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is located in [[Glitzville]] and must locate Don Pianta's daughter [[Francesca Pianta|Francesca]] and one of his mobsters, [[Frankie]] to get the tickets to the airship. After a little conflict, Francesca and Frankie were engaged and Mario got his ticket.
[[File:Glitz Pit.png|thumb|left|Glitz Pit.]][[File:Rawk Hawk TTYD artwork.jpg|200px|thumb|Rawk Hawk.]]
 
The [[Gold Star|third Crystal Star]] appears in a [[Glitz Pit|large arena]] on a [[Glitzville|floating town]]. To reach Glitzville, Mario and the gang must visit [[Don Pianta]]. He offers them the ticket they need after doing him a favor. Once Mario and his team arrive in Glitzville, they enter the Glitz Pit, a popular place in which fighters brawl, and spot the Crystal Star on the [[Champ's Belt]], held by [[Rawk Hawk]], the current champion. They sign up in the Pit, battle through the ranks, and eventually gain a [[Yoshi Kid|newborn Yoshi]] as a partner after obtaining his egg from [[Mr. Hoggle]]. Soon, a mysterious figure known only as "X" starts sending cryptic e-mails to Mario. The e-mails lead Mario and his partners to discover that the Star on the belt is a fake and that the real Crystal Star is being used by [[Grubba]], the promoter of the Glitz Pit, who has been using it to drain fighters of their energy to keep himself young and powerful. Mario and company expose his wrongdoings and chase him into the arena, where he transforms into [[Macho Grubba]] in order to eliminate Mario and his friends. Nonetheless, the group manages to defeat him. After the battle, [[Jolene]], Grubba's assistant, appears and reveals herself as the mysterious X, explains her story, reunites with her brother [[Prince Mush]], and gives Mario the [[Gold Star]].
As Mario and his team reach Glitzville, they visit the [[Glitz Pit]]. Only then, Mario and company learn that the champ, [[Rawk Hawk]] has the Crystal Star, located on his champ's belt. Their task at getting the Crystal Star: fight their way to the top. Mario heads into [[Grubba]]'s office and goes under the name "The Great Gonzales". As Mario and his team get up to rank 15, they find an egg being chased by the guy at the Hot Dog Stand. The egg decides to come along and help Mario and company. As Mario and his team get ready to battle the [[Armored Harriers]], two [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/ironcleft.html Iron Clefts], they chicken out of the match and then, the egg hatches into a [[Yoshi Kid]], who joins their team! During the rematch with the Iron Clefts, [[Yoshi]] manages to put a dent in their defenses by gulping one Iron Cleft and spitting it at its brother.


Mario and his team finally make it to the major league and keep receiving annonymous e-mails from a mysterious person named [[X]], telling them that someone has been making the fighters disappear, and someone keeps sending Mario and his team threatening e-mails saying that Mario and his team shouldn't get their hands on the Crystal Star they're looking for. As Mario and his team rise to rank 8, X tells them to visit the juice bar and Mario will get his [[Super Hammer]] and find a Dubious Paper hidden in the minor league locker room.
At the X-Naut base, Sir Grodus berates the Shadow Sirens for failing to defeat Mario. Beldam assures him that the sisters will take care of Mario with their new weapon. TEC-XX asks Peach to go ask Grodus a question relating to his plans. The Princess, while annoyed, soon goes undercover in an X-Naut disguise (despite the X-Nauts being roughly half Peach's size, she somehow still fits in the outfit) and learns that Grodus is plotting to use the Crystal Stars to take over the world, but he refuses to say why he's keeping Peach locked up, and finding something strange about her voice while disguised. TEC allows her to send this message to Mario.


After Mario and his team defeat an opponent at the Glitz Pit to raise their rank to 5, [[King Bowser]] shows up and challenges Mario and his team to fight! After Mario and his team raise the rank to 4, X tells them to go to the phone booth, where they will find the key to the Glitz Pit Storeroom. They'll have to sneak into the vent system to spy on Grubba.
Meanwhile, Bowser and Kammy are searching for one of the Crystal Stars in the Great Tree, where they discover that Mario already obtained it. Kammy Koopa gets into an argument with the Puni Elder, which leads to Bowser saying to himself "You're BOTH too old! Har!" or "It's Hag vs. Hag! Awesome!" Bowser is angered that Mario is one step ahead of him again.


As their rank reaches 1, Mario and his team must remove the Great Gonzales posters in the lobby using Flurrie's wind and find a key to the storeroom on the second floor. There, you'll find two of your fellow fighters, [[King K]] and [[Bandy Andy]] lying on the ground, injured. When you get ready for the champion match, the security guard will escort you to a minor-league locker room and lock you in there. You must blow away the Princess Peach poster to reach the major league locker room and flush yourself down the toilet to reach the designated major league locker room and visit the ring to face Rawk Hawk, who is responsible for sending security to lock Mario and his team in the minor league locker room and sending that poisoned cake before the rank 2 match.
After saying goodbye to everyone at Glitzville, with Rawk Hawk promising to not cheat anymore, King K. thanking Mario for saving him, and Jolene taking over as the new Glitz Pit manager, Mario and company receive Peach's message; they promptly reveal the [[Ruby Star|fourth Crystal Star's]] [[Creepy Steeple|location]].


When the Hawk is defeated, you'll receive an e-mail from X, telling you to find the ghost in the vent, which is actually Grubba. When Grubba goes away, comb his desk for clues to find the paper you found in the minor league locker room. You'll discover the paper is actually a blueprint for a
'''Storyline text'''
[[Strengthening Cage|machine]] powered by the [[#Gold Star|Gold Star]]. Grubba will enter his room and rush into the ring, where his machine dwells. The machine turns him into Macho Grubba and you'll have to fight him for the Crystal Star. After you defeat him, [[Jolene]] will tell Mario and his team she was X all along, and it was because the loss of his younger brother, the first champ of the Glitz Pit, [[Prince Mush]]. Prince Mush comes out of Grubba's machine unharmed and Mario and his team are given the Gold Star as a reward.
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''[[Glitzville]]'s seamy underside was a dark, dangerous place seething with conspiracy... With the help of the lovely [[Jolene|Ms. Jolene]], [[Mario]] revealed [[Grubba]]'s true identity... And acquired [[Gold Star|the third Crystal Star]] by defeating the monstrous [[Macho Grubba]]. Grubba had used the power of the [[Crystal Star|Gold Star]] to run his power-draining machine... What other hidden powers might these strange and mystical items possess?''
At the X-Naut base, TEC tells Princess Peach to disguise herself as an X-Naut to find out what Grodus is planning. They learn Grodus is planning to use the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door to take over the world.
</blockquote>
 
'''Names in other languages'''
Meanwhile, Bowser is searching for one of the Crystal Stars at the Great Tree in Boggly Woods.
{{foreign names
 
|Jap=ステージ３　もえよ！チャンピオン！
Back at the Glitz Pit, Mario tells the fighters and Jolene he's retiring, but he's sure to make his comeback someday. As they head for the Thousand-Year Door, they receive another message from Peach, telling them that the X-Nauts are planning to use the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door to conquer the world. Mario and his team stand before the door and present their map to it. The next Star's location has been marked on the team's map and visit Prof. Frankly for details.
|JapR=Sutēji 3: Moeyo! Chanpion!
|JapM=Stage 3: Get fired up! Champion!
|Spa=Acto 3: El rey de los luchadores
|SpaM=Act 3: The King of Fighters
|Ita=Scena III: Forza, campione! [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 3: Forza, campione! [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 3: Come on, champion!<br/>Chapter 3: Come on, champion!
|Ger=Kapitel 3: Kampf der Champions
|GerM=Chapter 3: Clash of the Champions
|Fre=Chapitre 3: Vas-y champion!
|FreM=Chapter 3: Go champion!
}}


===Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls===
===Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls===
[[Mario]] and his team learn that the next [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is located in [[Twilight Town]]. They manage to find the gate to Twilight Town, hidden in [[Rogueport Sewers]], but they can't enter. So, they visit the alley, directly behind Merlon's house and meet a resident from Twilight Town, named Darkly. Darkly writes Mario's name on his overalls and they go back to the pipe that leads to Twilight Town.
[[File:Creepy Steeple.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Creepy Steeple's front yard]]
 
[[File:PMTTYD Doopliss Artwork.png|thumb|[[Doopliss]]]]
As the team reaches Twilight Town, Mayor Dour tells the team that the town is cursed and it may be coming from an ancient building called [[Creepy Steeple]]. Mario and his team are about to leave Twilight Town after talking to the shopkeeper's wife and hike up to the Steeple via [[Twilight Trail]], but the gatekeeper won't let them leave without Dour's say-so, but of all the horror-- the team notice Mayor Dour turned into a pig due to the bell ringing (The bell's ringing is causing the curse)! After Mario and his team give one of their items (for example, a Life Shroom or a Peachy Peach) to a resident that lives next door to Mayor Dour, they return to the gate to discover the gatekeeper turned into a pig! The team see this as the perfect opportunity to hike up to Creepy Steeple.
Professor Frankly tells the group that the [[Ruby Star|Crystal Star]] is located in [[Creepy Steeple]], near [[Twilight Town]]. When Mario and company arrive in Twilight Town, they discover that the village is under a curse cast by a [[Doopliss|monster]] who lives in the steeple. Using a new [[Tube Mode|power]], the group reaches the steeple and battles the monster. During the battle, the monster uses an ability to steal Mario's name and body, while Mario is transformed into a shadowy version of himself. Mario's partners claim the Crystal Star and leave with whom they think is Mario. All the while, the [[Three Shadows|Shadow Sirens]] are in Twilight Town, planning on defeating Mario and his partners with their new weapon: the [[Superbombomb]]. In spite of this, [[Beldam]] seems to have lost it, prompting her to blame [[Vivian]] and to force her to search for it. The real Mario returns to Twilight Town and helps [[Vivian]] with her problem. Out of gratitude, she joins Mario's party. They eventually discover from the monster's [[parrot (character)|parrot]] that the monster's name is Doopliss. After telling Doopliss his name, he is weakened and flees to Creepy Steeple. Mario and Vivian chase him there and they fight once more. Mario and his new partner defeat Doopliss, allowing Mario to regain his name and body and obtain the [[Ruby Star]].
 
While hiking up to the Steeple, they can't go on because a tree was cut down, but they do notice a key which unlocks the storeroom in the shop. Koops gets the key with his Shell Toss and Mario gets a [[Black Key]] hidden in the shack at the beginning of the path. The team returns to the shop in Twilight Town and unlock the storeroom and learn a new paper ability from one of the [[Black Chest Demons]]: tube mode. Now Mario and his team can get under the tree that was cut down and continue their hike to Creepy Steeple.
 
Upon reaching Creepy Steeple, Mario and his team must free a [[Boo]]'s friends to continue on. The Boos are imprisoned in the basement. After freeing them, one of them will ask Mario how many came out of the chest. Mario and his team will tell them 200. Mario and his team will be given an Ultra Shroom and a funny insult. If they talk to the Boo and tell him he's not going to be mean, a bunch of Boos will appear and if Mario and his team stay still too long, they'll be thrown out of the Steeple, (like what happens after a Sentinel catches Mario and his team snooping around Tubba Blubba's castle in [[Paper Mario]]) but if Mario and his team hit them with his [[Super Hammer]] twice, they'll merge into an [[Atomic Boo]] and defeating it will earn them a Lucky Start Badge.
 
After moving the stairs to the left, Mario and his team go up the stairs and Koops will grab the Steeple Key. After moving the stairs to the right, they'll unlock the door across from where the key was and go up to the tower to face the Boss. As Mario and his team deplete half the Boss' HP, it'll turn himself into a shadow form of Mario. After they defeat him, they'll get the [[#Ruby Star|Ruby Star]] and leave Creepy Steeple, but Mario will get up from the ground and learn the Boss stole his appearance, so Mario must get to the bottom of it all.
 
Back in Twilight Town, the [[Shadow Sirens]] are planning to grab that map from Mario and his team, and as usual, [[Beldam]] is blaming [[Vivian]] for losing something. The thing they were planning to use against Mario and his comrades was an item called the [[Superbombomb]].


As Mario reaches Twilight Town, he runs into the Boss and will ask Mario to guess his name, but Mario guessed wrong so he had to fight the Boss. He wasn't able to deliver any damage to him, so he had to run away from the battle, but Mario will have to fight him when the Boss ambushes him. As he meets Vivian in Twilight Town, he finds the Superbombomb for her. He tells her not to feel bad about the Superbombomb being broken and Vivian will join the team. As Vivian hides Mario and herself with her Veil, the crows will explain about the Boss' name being hidden under Creepy Steeple.
At the X-Naut base, an X-Naut PhD tells Sir Grodus that he's done a lot of research on the Thousand-Year Door, whose sealing power is weakening. This delights Grodus since this means his plan will succeed, and he will soon create a new, perfect world. TEC-XX requests the Princess to participate in a sort of "quiz show" with him, which soon gets creepier with the answers that Peach somehow knows. By doing this, she discovers what the "treasure" of [[the Thousand-Year Door]] really is: the soul of an [[Shadow Queen|ancient demon]]. The Princess, although concerned if it was a good idea for TEC to tell her these things, then relays this information to Mario.


Mario and Vivian head up to Creepy Steeple and go down the well to the basement. As Mario and Vivian reach the basement, they find [[The Letter "p"]] and when Vivian hides Mario with her veil while standing next to the parrot, they learn that the name of the Boss is [[Doopliss]]. As Mario and Vivian return to Twilight Town, they guess Doopliss' name and Doopliss will flee back to the Steeple.
In the meantime, [[Bowser]] continues his quest for the Crystal Stars by flying to [[Glitzville]] in his Koopa Clown Car, although Kammy Koopa was attempting to buy blimp tickets. It malfunctions halfway there, though, and he must [[World 2 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|travel underwater]] in order to return to Rogueport. After he gets there and meets up with Kammy, who has traveled to Glitzville, finding the fights amazing, and the hot dogs delicious. After burning her offerings, and angry enough from what he went through while swimming, Bowser orders her to continue her research on Peach and the Crystal Stars.


As Mario and Vivian confront Doopliss at Creepy Steeple, Doopliss will convince [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]] and the [[Yoshi Kid]] to fight Mario and Vivian. Vivian discovers she was helping Mario and does a little time to think it over. During battle, after being attacked twice by Doopliss and his own teammate, Vivian will join Mario's team for real, because he was a lot nicer than Beldam and/or [[Marilyn]]. After Mario and Vivian defeat Doopliss, Mario will be given his appearance back and Doopliss will run off in humiliation. Mario tells his team that he was a lot nicer to Vivian than Beldam and/or Marilyn. Vivian thanks Mario for defending her and gives him the Ruby Star as a token of his kindness and as a reward for ending Doopliss' reign of terror over Twilight Town. Back in Twilight Town, Beldam and Marilyn notice Vivian isn't here and they notice Doopliss running.
Back in Twilight Town, Mario and his friends receive another message from Peach. They reveal the whereabouts of the next Crystal Star and visit Professor Frankly for details.


At the X-Naut base, [[Princess Peach]] is competing with TEC in a Quiz Show and learns the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door is the spirit of a 1000-year-old demon, and that Grodus wants to bring it back to life and the only thing required to seal the demon again is the seven Crystal Stars!
The English name for Chapter 4, as well as its Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and French translations, are referencing the Ernest Hemingway novel, ''{{wp|For Whom the Bell Tolls}}''.  The Japanese name is also possibly a reference to the Japan-exclusive game ''{{wp|Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru}}'' co-developed by [[Intelligent Systems]], which involves a bell capable of transforming frogs into people.


During [[King Bowser|Bowser's]] event, Bowser is flying to [[Glitzville]] on his [[Koopa Clown Car|Clown Copter]], but the copter malfunctions and he lands in the ocean. He goes through the underwater world. He makes it back to Rougeport when he reaches the finish line.
'''Storyline text'''
<blockquote>
'''(fake)''' ''Mario defeated [[Doopliss|the scourge of Creepy Steeple]] and found the fourth [[Ruby Star|Crystal Star]]. The people of [[Twilight Town]] have surely recovered from their awful curse by now. At this rate, Mario's quest to collect all seven Crystal Stars will be done in no time! With his back to [[Creepy Steeple]], Mario sets out toward his bright future...''


Back in Twilight Town, the residents discover that the Mario wreaking havoc was a fake Mario and apologizes to Mario for the misunderstanding. Mario and his team are about to head for the Thousand-Year Door, until they receive a message from Peach, saying that the treasure is the soul of a 1000-year-old demon. Mario and his team stand before the door and present their map to it. The next Star's location has been marked on the team's map and visit Prof. Frankly for details.
'''(real)''' ''Mario defeated the rogue who had stolen his name and appearance. Now Mario has four [[Crystal Stars]]. That leaves a mere three more to find! And THAT means his quest to collect all of the Crystal Stars is more than half over! Now Mario heads off toward his next adventure with his new friend, [[Vivian]]... ...But what about [[Beldam]] and [[Marilyn]]? And what became of the doppelganger, Doopliss?''
</blockquote>
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=ステージ４　ブタのためにカネはなる
|JapR=Sutēji 4: Buta no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
|JapM=Stage 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls; parody on<br/>''{{wp|For Whom the Bell Tolls}}'' and ''{{wp|Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru}}''
|SpaA=Acto 4: ¿Por quién gruñe la campana?
|SpaAM=Act 4: For whom does the bell growl?
|SpaE=Acto 4: ¿Por quién dobla la campana? [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Acto 4: ¿Por quién gruñe la campana? [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|SpaEM=Act 4: For whom does the bell growl?<br>Act 4: For whom does the bell toll?
|Ita=Scena IV: Per chi suona la campana [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 4: Per chi suina la campana [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 4: For whom the bell tolls<br/>Chapter 4: For whom does the bell toll
|Ger=Kapitel 4: Die Glocke der Spukabtei
|GerM=Chapter 4: The bell of the Spook Abbey
|Fre=Chapitre 4: La cloche à cochons
|FreM=Chapter 4: The pig bell
}}


===Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates===
===Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates===
[[Mario]] and his teammates learn that the next [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is located in [[Keelhaul Key]] and they head for the Rogueport Inn and ask [[Flavio]] if he could take them to Keelhaul Key. He'll answer "Yes" and when you get to the dock, Flavio tells Mario and his team that they'll need [[Bobbery|Admiral Bobbery]] to navigate. Mario and his team head up to the east side of town and go up onto the rooftops of the town. As they reach Bobbery's house, the stubborn [[Bob-Omb]] will refuse to travel with Mario and his team. The team heads to the Inn and ask [[Podley]] why Bobbery won't travel with them. Podley will tell them Bobbery blames himself for the death of his late wife, [[Scarlette]] and will give him the letter. Mario and his team head back to Bobbery's house and give the note to Bobbery. Bobbery agrees to travel with them. As the ship takes off for Keelhaul Key, an X-Naut hides behind a stack of crates and informs a soldier that infiltration was successful-- it's probably because one of Flavio's crewmates is actually/probably/obviously [[Lord Crump]] in disguise.
[[File:Keelhaul Key TTYD.png|200px|thumb|left|Mario and Yoshi in Keelhaul Key]][[File:Cortez.png|thumb|275px|Cortez]]
 
The [[Sapphire Star|fifth Crystal Star]] is located deep within a [[Pirate's Grotto|pirate lair]] on the southern island of [[Keelhaul Key]]. To reach the island, Mario enlists the help of [[Flavio]] and [[Admiral Bobbery]]. They sail to the island with some Toads, [[Pa-Patch]], and [[Lord Crump]] in disguise (known as "Four-Eyes"). On their way there, Mario and company are attacked by Cortez's [[Ember]]s, which shipwreck them on Keelhaul Key. Later on, some of the crew members are attacked by more Embers, and Bobbery sacrifices himself to save them. Bobbery says he is close to death, and after giving him [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|his last request]], they find out that he just fell asleep. As soon as Mario wakes him, he joins Mario's party. With the aid of Bobbery, and Flavio's [[Skull Gem]], Mario and company enter Pirate's Grotto. After solving some puzzles, and gaining another [[Boat Mode|ability]] from a [[black chest]], they finally enter [[Cortez]]'s [[Black Skull|ship]]. Following a battle, Cortez gives Mario his [[Sapphire Star]]. Subsequently, Lord Crump abandons his disguise and tells Mario that he will attack him with [[X-Ship|his ship]]'s cannons until he hands over the Crystal Star. With the help of Cortez's ship and Flavio's Skull Gem, they defeat the invading X-Nauts, along with their leader.
As the ship travels to Keelhaul Key, Embers attack and sink the ship. The ocean washes them up on Keelhaul Key, which is exactly where Mario and the team were heading too. 3 of Flavio's crewmates were missing and after Mario and his team find them on the bridge, they'll force you to flee from the spirits. Mario and his teammates continue across the bridge and take out the Embers circling the tree Bobbery climbed up too. After getting Bobbery down from the tree. He'll ask for some [[Chuckola Cola]]. Mario will head up to a deserted island just north of Keelhaul Key to get a coconut and give Flavio a coconut you found in one of the trees and he'll give Mario the Cola. When Mario and his team give Bobbery the cola, he'll die, but hitting him with the hammer will cause him to wake up. The Admiral will then, join Mario's team.
 
As Mario and his team return to the campsite, Flavio will join the team for a little while. As Mario, Flavio and the team reach the entrance to the [[Pirate's Grotto]], Mario places the [[Skull Gem]] onto the hole. As they listen to Flavio's lyrics, they hit the red stone 3 times and the blue stone 4 times, causing a hole leading to the entrance. Mario tosses Bobbery into the hole and the wall blows up, creating an entrance to the Grotto.


Mario and his teammates journey through the Grotto to find the Crystal Star. As Mario and his team trek deeper through the Grotto, they'll hear ghostly voices telling them to turn back. Could it be the ghost of the Pirate King [[Cortez]]? I'm thinking so! As they keep going, they learn a new paper ability: boat mode. As they trek through the grotto during boat mode, they manage to rescue dozens of shipwrecked Toads and they also manage to find [[Francesca Pianta|the don's daughter, Francesca]] and [[Frankie|son-in-law, Frankie]]. After freeing the Toads and the two Piantas, the team makes it to Cortez's lair and Cortez fights Mario and his teammates, thinking they are after his treasure. After they defeat Cortez, they'll tell him they don't want his treasure, just the [[#Sapphire Star|Sapphire Star]], although Mario and his teammates need to figure out a way to escape the island. After meeting with the Toads, they learn that one of the crewmates, namely [[Four-Eyes]], is actually Lord Crump in disguise!
Back at the X-Naut base, Sir Grodus is ashamed of Lord Crump for failing him again and orders him to stand by until then. Summoning another X-Naut, he orders him to tell the Shadow Sirens (without Vivian) to attack Mario again, without failing. TEC-XX wishes to gain access to a disk in [[Sir Grodus]]'s room, since he can't access the data of computers that aren't linked to his network and requests Peach to help him. When she gets into a lab, TEC gives her instructions to make a potion. After Peach turns invisible, she has no choice but to take off her clothes, so she can sneak in the base unnoticed. After entering Grodus's room, she secures the disk for TEC, and thus he promises to analyze the data. Peach then gets dressed and turns visible again with the green potion, then sends yet another e-mail to Mario, informing him of this development.


Mario, Flavio and the team enlist Cortez's help in defeating Lord Crump and the [[X-Nauts]] and Cortez will tell the team that the key component to running the Black Skull is the Skull Gem, which was stolen from Cortez by Flavio's ancestors. After the negotiations, the team gets ready to take on Lord Crump. While Cortez's ghostly minions and the stowaways deal with X-Nauts, Mario and his teammates engage into battle with Lord Crump. After they defeat the X-Nauts, Lord Crump is sent off to lick his wounds.
Meanwhile, in Twilight Town, [[Bowser]], who is creeped out by the place, and [[Kammy Koopa]] run into Lord Crump, who is looking for the Superbombomb like Vivian was earlier. The three get into an argument, which escalates to an armed confrontation between the [[Koopa Troop]] and the X-Nauts. Bowser inadvertently ends up igniting the bomb after Lord Crump throws it at him, knocking out both armies.


At the X-Naut base, TEC sends Peach into the labs to make a potion that'll make herself invisible and find out what Grodus is planning. The potion order is (from left to right): Red, Blue Orange and Green. After boiling the potion for 30 seconds, Peach drinks it and turns invisible, although she must remove her clothes to avoid getting caught. She heads into Grodus' office and gets information from a disk. TEC analyzes the information and Peach tells Mario about it.
Back at Keelhaul Key, Cortez ferries Mario and his teammates to Rogueport. Mario gets the e-mail from Peach, telling them about what TEC is analyzing. Mario and his team then reveal the next Crystal Star's location and visit Professor Frankly for information.


In [[Twilight Town]], [[King Bowser|Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] run into Lord Crump, who is searching for the [[Superbombomb]] and initiate a face-off between the X-Nauts and the Koopas. When Crump begins to attack the Koopas using the Superbombomb, the item is defective, but Bowser's fiery breath set it off.
'''Storyline text'''
<blockquote>
''[[Cortez]], scourge of the seas... [[Mario]] soundly defeated this fearful spirit and claimed [[Sapphire Star|the Crystal Star]]. Perhaps the peaceful citizens of the world no longer need fear Cortez and his fell ship... The only problem remaining is how Mario will escape [[Keelhaul Key|this isolated island]]... And could there be another problem still, hiding beneath our hero's nose?''
</blockquote>
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=ステージ５　トロピコアイランドの大海賊
|JapR=Sutēji 5: Toropiko Airando no Dai Kaizoku
|JapM=Stage 5: The Great Pirate of the Keelhaul Key
|Spa=Acto 5: La isla del tesoro
|SpaM=Act 5: Treasure Island
|Ita=Scena V: Il grande pirata dell'Isola Tropico [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 5: Il grande pirata dell'Isola Tropico [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 5: The Great Pirate of Keelhaul Key<br/>Chapter 5: The Great Pirate of Keelhaul Key
|Ger=Kapitel 5: Der Schatz des Piraten
|GerM=Chapter 5: The pirate's treasure
|Fre=Chapitre 5: Pirate de Tropatroce
|FreM=Chapter 5: Pirate of Keelhaul Key
}}


Back at Keelhaul Key, Cortez ferries Mario and his teammates back to Rougeport. Mario gets an e-mail from Peach, telling them about what TEC is analyzing. Mario and his team stand before the door and present their map to it. The next Star's location has been marked on the team's map and visit Prof. Frankly for details.
===Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess===
[[File:PMTTYD Smorg screenshot.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Mario meets the Smorgs.]]
The [[Garnet Star|sixth Crystal Star]] is in [[Poshley Sanctum]], located in the ritzy town of [[Poshley Heights]]. The only way to get there is by riding on the famous [[Excess Express]]. After doing [[Don Pianta]] another favor, after which he retires from his position and gives it to Frankie, he gives Mario a train ticket.
During the first day on the Excess Express, Mario and his team witness several mysterious events, including thefts of items and messages threatening to blow up the train. On their second day of travel, [[Pennington]], a [[Bumpty|penguin]] detective, helps Mario and his friends solve the crimes, and together, they manage to capture a fake [[Zip Toad]] who was really Doopliss in disguise, and the one who attempted to halt the train by causing an explosion with some stolen items. At sundown, when the train stops at [[Riverside Station]] for refueling, Doopliss escapes capture. Mario and company find that the drawbridge has been lifted, preventing the Excess Express from continuing its route. The gang enters Riverside Station and flips the switch to bring the drawbridge back down. Also, they discover that a group of [[Smorg]]s had lifted the bridge. On the third and final day of the journey, a stowaway [[Smorg|Smorg monster]] attacks the train, kidnapping all of its passengers. Mario and his friends defeat the creature, rescuing the passengers in the process, and finally reach Poshley Heights. They venture into Poshley Sanctum, a museum that happens to belong to Pennington. The [[Three Shadows|Shadow Sirens]], who happen to be already inside, snatch what appears to be the [[Garnet Star]] and flee. However, Pennington reveals that what they stole was a fake, and lets Mario find where the real Crystal Star is. After some exploring, Mario and company manage to find the real Garnet Star.
[[File:Pennington.png|thumb|Pennington, the "Penguin with the Improbably Large Brain"]]
Back at the [[X-Naut]] base, the X-Nauts tell [[Grodus]] that Mario now possesses six of the seven [[Crystal Stars]], and he is furious that his crew was fooled by the fake Crystal Star. They also tell him of TEC's betrayal. Just then, TEC makes the information he gained from Grodus's data disk known to the Princess, and prepares to help Peach escape. Before he is able to, and while Peach tries to send another e-mail to Mario, Grodus enters with two X-Nauts and orders them to initiate a data-wipe procedure of TEC's memory. TEC tells Peach "I love you" just before he is shut down.


===Chapter 6: Three Days of Excess===
Meanwhile, Bowser is searching for another Crystal Star, and upon clearing an [[World 3 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|underground course]] that resembles the [[Bowser's Castle]] levels, he reaches Rawk Hawk's workout room, where he stumbles across the [[Champ's Belt]]. Rawk Hawk performs a slide attack on Bowser, who quickly squishes him. He quickly learns that it does not bear a real Crystal Star, just a glass fake, just like Mario and his partners did in Chapter 3. Rawk Hawk informs Bowser that Gonzales (Mario) has it.
[[Mario]] and his teammates learn that the next [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is located at the [[Poshley Sanctum]] in [[Poshley Heights]] and to get the tickets to the [[Excess Express]], they must ask [[Don Pianta]] for them, only to find that he's sick and the reason is he misses his daughter. Mario and team return to [[Keelhaul Key]] via Black Skull to find them and give [[Francesca Pianta|Francesca]] her missing wedding ring. After they return to [[Rogueport]], Don wakes up and announces he's retiring and wants his daughter and son-in-law to run the business and gives Mario and his team the Train Tickets.


After they leave the Don's apartment, [[Beldam|Shadow Siren Beldam]] overhears on their conversation on where the next Crystal Star is. Only then, Mario and his team knew they must get to the Crystal Star before the [[Shadow Sirens]] do.
Mario and his team return to [[Rogueport]] and receive an e-mail from Peach, telling them about her being held on the [[Moon#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|moon]], and what the X-Nauts plan to do with her, but the last and most grim part of the message is cut off due to TEC being shut down. Back in Rogueport, Mario and company reveal the next Crystal Star's location and visit Professor Frankly for details.


*Day 1: Beginning their train voyage, Mario and his team notice a note lying on the ground telling them not to go to Poshley Heights or a sticky, yummy doom awaits it. Mario and his team had a sneaking suspicion that the Shadow Sirens might be behind it. They show the note to the conductor. Upon returning to their room, a crime is afoot-- The chef's Galley Pot is missing! [[Pennington]], a detective thinks Mario and his team did it, but they manage to find the culprit in cabin 3, and find the Galley Pot in his drawer. Mario and his team return the pot and talk to Pennington about the note they found. Pennington will think [[Goldbob]] and his family are behind it all. Mario will go into Cabin 8 and talk to Bub, Goldbob's son, and he'll give Mario and crew a hint on what he wants for his birthday. Pennington thinks its a Gameboy Advance. Bub will give Mario and his team a second hint: it's someone's autograph. Mario and his team go into the engineer's suite to get the engineer's autograph and give it to Bub, then, Mario and his team will visit Pennington for their next assignment. The conductor will tell Mario he's one blanket short and left his in Cabin 4 and will also tell you there's a person without a ticket onboard the train, thinking the unticketed passenger may be the team's perpetrator. As the team visits Cabin 4, [[Vivian]] hides them with her Veil ability and a [[Ghost T.|ghost]] appears and tells you he's looking for his diary, hidden in the baggage car. The ghost tells Mario and company he will give them the blanket in exchange for his ragged diary. The team does so and turn in for the night.
Chapter 6 appears to allude to ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}'', which also involves several peculiar passengers on a train where a crime takes place.
*Day 2: On Day 2, Mario and his teammates visit Pennington and the Ratooey businessman's briefcase is missing and so is the waitress' shell earrings and Toodles' gold ring! The businessman will tell the team that what was in his briefcase was a formula for Nitro Honey Syrup and if the syrup was mixed together with shells and gold, the results would be explosive. Pennington thinks that the person who stole the briefcase, the shell earrings and the gold ring would be the same person who left that threatening note in Mario's room on day 1. Mario and his comrades comb the train for clues and discover a piece of paper in Cabin 1, [[Zip T.]]'s room and show the paper to Pennington and the businessman. Mario and the team return to their room and notice another paper from the businessman's briefcase. Vivian hides the team with her Veil and Zip T. comes out of hiding. The team catches him and Pennington tells Mario and company that their culprit was pretending to be Zip T. Upon reaching the [[Riverside Station]], Mario and the team return the briefcase and the jewelry to their rightful owners, while Pennington and the conductor discover that the person pretending to be Zip T. was none other than [[Doopliss]], who tells them he'll leave the rest of the plans to Shadow Sirens Beldam and [[Marilyn]]. While exiting the train, the bridge controller will tell Mario and the team someone lifted the drawbridge and tells Mario and his team to flip the switch and lower the drawbridge. As they enter the station, they must search for the elevator key to gain access to the basement, where the switch lies, also, they have to get the [[Ultra Boots]]. As they reach the bridge control room, they see strange black creatures guarding the switch. They fend off the creatures and flip the switch. After that, they board the train and turn in for the night.
*Day 3: After Mario and his team wake up, they notice something strange is going on, so they visit the engineer to find out what's going on, only they notice the creatures from the Riverside Station are attacking the train! The engineer enlists Mario and the team to check on the passengers while he maintains control of the train. Mario and the team see there aren't any passengers aboard the train, so they check in the baggage car to see that the creatures have boarded the train through the window! Mario and teammates fend off the creatures to rescue the conductor and waitresss and the creatures flee through the window. Mario and his team go through the window and fight off a giant creature called a [[Smorg]] to rescue the passengers. After they defeat the Smorg, the team finally makes it to Poshley Heights and upon reaching the Sanctum, they discover that Pennington lives there-- he's the sanctum manager and reveals to the team that his detective thing was a hobby of his. Upon entering the Sanctum, they discover Beldam, Marilyn and Doopliss beat them to the [[#Garnet Star|Garnet Star]]! Pennington tells the team the star he put there was a red herring: a fake! Mario and his team manage to find the real Garnet Star hidden in the painting and return to Rogueport.


At the [[X-Naut HQ]], an [[X-Naut]] tells [[Grodus]] Mario managed to get the real Crystal Star and tells him [[TEC-XX|TEC]] is betraying him. TEC tells [[Princess Peach]] he has reached a conclusion to the data he analyzed: the X-Nauts plan to sacrifice her to the demon behind the Thousand-Year Door (that part is cut off while TEC talks to Peach) and also tells Peach that she's being held captive on the [[Moon]]. Peach tells Mario about it via communicator and gets captured by Grodus, who deletes TEC's memory of Peach.
'''Storyline text'''
 
<blockquote>
During [[King Bowser|Bowser's]] event, [[Kammy Koopa|Kammy]] tells Bowser that she's got the henchmen combing [[Rogueport Sewers]]. Bowser dashes through one of the castle courses in the first Mario Bros. game and upon reaching the finish line, he finds one of the Crystal Stars. [[Rawk Hawk]] tells Bowser and Kammy that the Great Gonzales (Mario) has the real Star and Bowser realizes he's getting nowhere on his search for Mario, Peach and the Crystal Stars.
''[[Mario]] found [[Garnet Star|the sixth Crystal Star]], hidden craftily in the [[Poshley Heights]] sanctum. Now only one [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] remains... But our hero still does not know where [[Princess Peach]] is being held. Where could the last Crystal Star be? And where is Peach being held? Hoping this Crystal Star might yield answers, Mario and friends return to [[Pennington]].''
 
</blockquote>
Mario and his team return to Rogueport and receive an e-mail from Peach, but the rest is cut off due to TEC being deleted. Mario and his team stand before the door and present their map to it. The next Star's location has been marked on the team's map and visit Prof. Frankly for details.
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=ステージ６　リッチリッチエクスプレス３日間
|JapR=Sutēji 6: Ritchi Ritchi Ekusupuresu Mikka-kan
|JapM=Stage 6: The Excess Express 3 days
|Spa=Acto 6: Misterio en el Ricachón Exprés
|SpaM=Act 6: Mystery in the Excess Express
|Ita=Scena VI: Tre giorni sul Fasto-Express [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 6: Tre giorni sul Fasto-Express [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 6: Three days on the Excess Express<br/>Chapter 6: Three days on the Excess Express
|Ger=Kapitel 6: Reise im Glimmer-Liner
|GerM=Chapter 6: Travel in the Excess Express
|Fre=Chapitre 6: Dans le Crésus Express!
|FreM=Chapter 6: On the Excess Express!
}}


===Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon===
===Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon===
[[Mario]] and his teammates learn that the last [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] is located on the [[Moon]], which is also where [[Princess Peach]] is being held. [[Prof. Frankly]] tells the team the only way to get there was to use a cannon at [[Fahr Outpost]]. Mario and his team had to obtain an [[Ultra Hammer]] to get to Fahr Outpost.
[[File:General White.png|thumb|General White.]][[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress screenshot.png|thumb|left|Mario and Koops in the X-Naut Fortress]]
The last Crystal Star appears to be on the [[Moon#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|moon]]. To reach it, Mario and his companions travel to [[Fahr Outpost]] to find a [[Big Bob|cannon]] to shoot them there. After searching for [[Goldbob]] and [[General White]], whose blessings are needed to operate the firearm, Mario and company enter the cannon and are shot to the moon.
Once there, the group discovers the [[X-Naut Fortress]]. After arriving at its deepest part, they face Lord Crump, who brags about his latest creation — [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]], and tries once again to defeat Mario and company. Even so, he is thwarted, and the [[Crystal Star]] in his possession is claimed by them.


As Mario and his team make it to Fahr Outpost, the Mayor tells them that they must get [[Goldbob]]'s permission to use the cannon. The team had to return to [[Poshley Heights]] to get Goldbob's permission and had to keep saying "yes" to his questions. Mario and company are given Goldbob's permission, and the only thing they must do is search for [[General White]] and the mayor tells Mario and company he's in [[Petalburg]].
At the same time, Bowser is looking for another Crystal Star in the Poshley Sanctum. A [[Paragoomba]] flies in and reports to Bowser that Mario has collected every Crystal Star and is heading for the Thousand-Year Door, which contains a great treasure. Bowser announces that he will steal this treasure and trounce Mario.


As they get to Petalburg, they ask the koopa at the gate to [[Petal Meadows]] where the general is. He tells them that he's on a deserted island to the south. Mario and his team learn he's on [[Keelhaul Key]] and ask Pa-Patch for a clue: He's at some arena. Mario and his team head on up to [[Glitzville]] and ask the bartender where he is: he's at some huge tree. Mario and his team head for the [[Great Tree]] in [[Boggly Woods]] and ask the Puni at the gate where he is: somewhere dark. Mario and his team head to [[Twilight Town]] and ask the man at the rest house where he is.
As Mario and his allies prepare to leave the fortress, they discover that all of the doors have been locked, except for one. In this room, the heroes find TEC, who is running on backup power. He recognizes Mario and tells him to rescue the Princess, who has been taken to the [[Palace of Shadow]], a place that lies beyond the Thousand-Year Door. He then activates an emergency transporter, which Mario and company employ, right before the fortress explodes, along with TEC. The group is transported to a room in [[Rogueport Sewers]]. After exiting the room, Doopliss disguised as Professor Frankly meets them and urges them to open the Thousand-Year Door, lying that Grodus went through it with Peach.


It would seem Mario and his team had no luck searching for the general, until they found him back at Fahr Outpost, sleeping at his house. They manage to wake up the general and tell the mayor they found him. Mario will be led to the cannon and will be blasted into space! As they reach the moon, they manage to find a warp pipe leading to the [[X-Naut Fortress|X-Naut HQ]] and they manage to fight off two Elite [[X-Nauts]] at the front gate. After taking out the X-Nauts, they had to go through many difficult tasks to get to the [[#Crystal Star|Crystal Star]], like going through electric floors to retrieve items, compete in another Super-Fun Quirk Quiz and even play a crane game after Mario and his team found a cog in the Teleportation room. After getting the keys to the elevators and the card keys to the factory, Mario and his team seem to be ready to face the boss: [[Magnus Von Grapple 2.0]], an upgraded version of Magnus Von Grapple and is a lot tougher than the Magnus Von Grapple Mario and his team battled back at the Great Tree. After Mario and his team defeat Magnus, it will explode, shooting [[Lord Crump]] into space. Mario and his team will earn the final Crystal Star.
'''Storyline text'''
 
<blockquote>
During [[King Bowser|Bowser's]] event, Bowser will arrive at Poshley Heights, searching for one of the Crystal Stars. After he and [[Kammy Koopa|Kammy]] break into the [[Poshley Sanctum]], they manage to get one of the Crystal Stars, only [[Pennington]] tells them it is a red herring. A Paragoomba will fly into the Sanctum and inform Bowser Mario is heading for the [[Palace of Shadow|Thousand-Year Door]]. Because of what the Paragoomba told them, Bowser and Kammy are determined to get their hands/claws on the treasure.
''[[Crystal Star|The last Crystal Star]] had been hidden in [[X-Naut Fortress|the X-Naut hideout]] on the [[moon]]... But by the time [[Mario]] recovered it, [[Princess Peach|Peach]] had already been taken away... Where could Peach be now? And what of the elusive [[Grodus]]? Perhaps he holds the key to the remaining puzzle... Mario finally has all seven [[Crystal Stars]]... Where will they lead him next?''
 
</blockquote>
Back at the X-Naut Fortress, Mario and his team notice the doors are locked and they can't get out, so they go to the computer room on Sublevel 4. There, they meet [[TEC-XX|TEC]]. TEC is running on a backup generator after [[Grodus]] deleted his memory and he will tell them Peach was taken to the Palace of Shadow and will start to go haywire. He will unlock the teleportation room on Sublevel 2. After Mario and his team escape the fortress, the fortress will be destroyed. After they go through the teleporter, they wind up in [[Rogueport Sewers]]. Prof. Frankly meets Mario and co. there and Mario and co. tell him they got the final Crystal Star, but they weren't able to rescue the Princess, since Grodus took her and took off for the Thousand-Year Door.
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=ステージ７　はるかなる月を目ざして
|JapR=Sutēji 7: Harukanaru Tsuki o Mezashite
|JapM=Stage 7: Aiming at the Distant Moon
|Spa=Acto 7: Objetivo: la Luna
|SpaM=Act 7: Target: the Moon
|Ita=Scena VII: Viaggio sulla Luna [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 7: Viaggio sulla Luna [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 7: Journey to the Moon<br/>Chapter 7: Journey to the Moon
|Ger=Kapitel 7: Der Weg zum Mond
|GerM=Chapter 7: The Way to the Moon
|Fre=Chapitre 7: Voyage sur la Lune
|FreM=Chapter 7: Journey to the Moon
}}


===Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door===
===Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door===
Now that you have received all 7 Crystal Stars, the time has come to open the Thousand-Year Door and enter the [[Palace of Shadow]] to rescue [[Princess Peach]] from [[Grodus]].
[[File:PMTTYD Shadow Queen closeup.png|thumb|upright=1.4|The queen is unleashed.]]
After Mario has obtained all seven [[Crystal Stars]], the time has come to open [[the Thousand-Year Door]] and enter the [[Palace of Shadow]] to rescue [[Princess Peach]] from [[Sir Grodus]].


As Mario and his team enter the Palace, they run into some Bombshell Bills blocking their path. After taking out the Blasters, they continue through a spiked floor maze, avoiding the spikes, they cross a room with firebars and as they enter the next room and examine the Dark Bones lying on the ground, the room starts to flood with Dry Bones (similar to what happened in [[Hooktail Castle]]) After they chase and defeat the Dark Bones, they continue into another room full of Bombshell Bill Blasters. After defeating the Bill Blasters, they continue their way into the palace and into a maze. Mario follows the torch's path: bottom, bottom, top, top, bottom, top, bottom. After getting through the maze, they reach... outside of the palace? Well, actually they are outside what seems to be a tower.
Mario and his friends open the Thousand-Year Door with the seven Crystal Stars, allowing them to enter the [[Palace of Shadow]]. The palace itself is full of enemies, puzzles, and traps. Eventually, Mario and company battle and beat a dragon named [[Gloomtail]], Hooktail's older brother, this way making him relinquish the key to access the [[Palace of Shadow Tower|Riddle Tower]]. Upon solving the Tower's puzzles, a secret passage — which leads deeper into the Palace — is opened. Mario and his party continue down that path, but not before defeating the [[Three Shadows|Shadow Sirens]], who try to get rid of them. Finally, Mario and company enter the throne room of the Palace, where they confront [[Sir Grodus]], whom they engage in a long and difficult battle. They are able to best him, yet Grodus reveals a captive Peach, whom he uses as a hostage to freely attack Mario and company. Suddenly, [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy]] drop in unexpectedly and land on top of Grodus. The duo seizes the opportunity to fight Mario, but are foiled in the end. Nevertheless, Grodus uses the distraction of the battle to bring Princess Peach into the deepest part of the Palace. There, he opens a sealed coffin and frees the [[Shadow Queen]], the ancient demon of legend. [[Beldam]] appears all of a sudden and announces that she was the one who orchestrated the plot to free her mistress. The Shadow Queen refuses to be controlled by Grodus and fries him with a lightning bolt, apparently killing him, leaving only his head. The Queen proceeds to possess Princess Peach, using her as a vessel to sustain her life. The world is then covered in darkness. Mario and his allies challenge the Queen, but she eventually decides to fight in her real form, in which she is invincible. She proves too much for the group to handle until the Crystal Stars abruptly react to the evil of the Queen and fly throughout the world, each returning to where they were found, giving the people of the world a chance to cheer on Mario and his party. Their hope breaks through the Queen's invulnerability, and this also lets Peach give the heroes the last of her power. Strengthened, the heroes seal the Shadow Queen forever, saving the world.


As they continue their way through the corridors of the Palace, they run into [[Gloomtail]], [[Hooktail]]'s older brother! After defeating Gloomtail, something expels from Gloomtail's belly-- a [[Star Key]]. Mario and co. backtrack through the corridor of the Palace and outside the riddle tower. Mario tosses Bobbery down the mouths of two Chomp Statues, revealing warp pipes leading to the two switches that open the path to the Riddle Tower. As they enter the riddle tower, they head up to level 3 and put the Star Key into the slot. After doing so, they search for 8 palace keys. After getting the keys, they place the keys into the slots and a secret path in the corridors that led them to Gloomtail is opened. Before they can enter the secret path, the [[Shadow Sirens]] ambush them along with... [[Professor Frankly]]?! Well, that's not Prof. Frankly, because the Prof. Frankly they were with when Mario and co. opened the door was actually [[Doopliss]]!
[[File:PMTTYD Farewell to friends.png|thumb|250px|Princess Peach bids farewell to Mario's friends.]]
[[Goombella]] later sends Mario a message, explaining what everyone has done: she now works with Professor Frankly, while [[Koops]] plans on becoming the mayor of Petalburg. [[Flurrie]] has returned to the stage and enacts "Paper Mario" as her comeback smash, and Doopliss plays the role of Mario. The [[Yoshi Kid|Yoshi]] fights in the Glitz Pit as the "Great Gonzales Jr.", whereas [[Vivian]] has forgiven her sisters and lives in Twilight Town. [[Admiral Bobbery]] sails the seas with Cortez, and [[Ms. Mowz]] still runs her [[Lovely Howz of Badges]]. [[Lord Crump]], Grodus, and the [[X-Naut]]s survived and are spending their time, without causing trouble, in [[Poshley Heights]]. Somehow, TEC survived as well and hopes to see the Princess again one day. The game ends when the Princess visits the Mario Bros. with another treasure map, and requests Mario's help in finding it, much to his surprise.


After Mario and co. defeat the Shadow Sirens, they head down the stairs into the secret path. Flurrie blows open a path to the next room with her Gale Force and Yoshi carries the team across. They go into the next room and Koops uses his Shell Toss to create a floor to fill the gap to get across. They wind up outside a room and hit the small green block to make the huge green block vanish and Yoshi gets them across and the team falls to hit a small, purple hammer and ride the elevator to the next room, with Yoshi carrying them. Mario crosses the gap with his spring jump and they head to the next room. As they get there, they have Bobbery blow up a switch to create a floor, allowing Mario and co. to cross a gap. They jump on a wheel and have Koops snag a palace key which opens a door at the top of the stairs to the next room. Mario rolls up into a tube and climbs the stairs. Mario and his team hit 4 switches from right to left: Blocks 2, 4, 5 and 7, activating the wheel and allowing Mario and co. to get to the next room, where they have to blow away paper and smash a huge, gray block and smash a wooden floor to get to the next area. Mario and co. cross the floor carefully and down the stairs and to the next room. Mario activates plane mode and heads into the next room, where a palace key awaits. Mario hits the red switch and has Yoshi carry them to the column, allowing them to cross it and get the palace key. Mario heads back to the previous room, jumps off the floor, jumps on a trampoline and activates plane mode, allowing Mario and co. to get to the Boss.
'''Names in other languages'''
{{foreign names
|Jap=ステージ８　スターストーンと伝説の宝
|JapR=Sutēji 8: Sutā Sutōn to Densetsu no Takara
|JapM=Stage 8: The Crystal Stars and the Legendary Treasure
|Spa=Acto 8: El destino en sus manos
|SpaM=Act 8: The fate in their hands
|Ita=Scena VIII: Le Gemme Stella e il Tesoro Leggendario [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br/>Capitolo 8: Le Gemme Stella e il Tesoro Leggendario [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|ItaM=Scene 8: The Crystals Stars and the Legendary Treasure<br/>Chapter 8: The Crystals Stars and the Legendary Treasure
|Ger=Kapitel 8: Die Legende vom Schatz
|GerM=Chapter 8: The treasure's legend
|Fre=Chapitre 8: Le trésor légendaire
|FreM=Chapter 8: The legendary treasure
}}


As they get there, they meet up with Grodus, who thanks them for opening the Thousand-Year Door and Grodus wants to finish them once and for all. After Mario and. co. defeat Grodus, they see Peach trapped in a barrier. Grodus threatens to kill Peach if Mario and co. ever got any closer. Just then, a rumbling sound is heard and who should drop from the ceiling but [[King Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]]?! Mario and his team defeat them and when they discover Grodus is gone, they hear Peach screaming! Grodus is taking her to [[Shadow Queen|the demon's]] crypt! They follow Grodus into the demon's crypt, only to discover they are too late! Grodus has already awakened the Shadow Queen from her deep sleep and the Queen has possessed Peach's body! Grodus orders the Queen to attack, but the Queen destroys Grodus' body. The Shadow Sirens arrive and took full credit for the awakening of the Queen. The Shadow Queen asked Mario and co. to be her eternal slaves, but Mario and company refused and engaged into battle with the Queen, but the Shadow Queen found Peach's body too weak and used her true form to destroy Mario and company, not to mention having to devour the souls of Mario's audience to restore all of her HP. The Crystal Stars scattered throughout to where they were found and let everyone know Mario and his team were in trouble and sent their positive thoughts and wishes to them. Peach managed to break out of the evil Queen's control and replenished Mario and his team's HP, FP and Star Power. Mario and co. defeated the Shadow Queen and released Peach from her control. After the Queen was defeated, it was sent back to her grave. Prof. Frankly arrives and shows Mario and his team the real treasure behind the door.
==Gameplay==
[[File:PMTTYD Background.png|thumb|Mario wandering around in the background scenery.]]
''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' brings over all the core mechanics of the Nintendo 64 original, with the absence of the [[Spin Dash]] being the most notable exception in the overworld. All other moves return, as well as the party member system, and once again partners can be used outside of battle to overcome obstacles and reach items from a distance. Several partners have the same abilities as the ones seen in ''Paper Mario'', like [[Koops]] being the counterpart of [[Kooper]].


After the Prof. shows Mario and his team the treasure, Mario, [[Luigi]], Peach and [[Toadsworth]] depart for home and wave good-bye to the team and [[Punio]] and [[Petuni]] come along and gives Mario and Peach fresh mushrooms for the trip home. At the Mario house, Mario receives an e-mail from [[Goombella]], telling him that she's Prof. Frankly's lab assistant, [[Koops]] is running for mayor in [[Petalburg]], [[Flurrie]] is a top-class actress alongside Doopliss and they're filming a movie about Mario's adventure (with Doopliss playing the role of Mario), [[Yoshi Kid|Yoshi]] goes solo at the [[Glitz Pit]] as the Great Gonzalez Jr., [[Vivian]] is reunited with her sisters, who have ended their villain activities and said they won't be mean to her again, [[Bobbery]] is sailing the seas with [[Cortez]], [[Ms. Mowz]] is back running the [[Lovely Howz of Badges]], [[Lord Crump]] and the [[X-Nauts]] couldn't do any evil activites anymore and Grodus is still alive, only his head is intact and who knows-- maybe the X-Nauts will plan revenge against Mario, and [[TEC-XX|TEC]] is alive as well. Peach and Toadsworth visit the Mario house and show the Bros. another treasure map and decide to hunt for the real treasure.
An element introduced in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' is the capability to explore backgrounds, which are accessible to Mario through certain pipes. These sections are entirely 2D, working as short side-scrolling platforming sections. Several places that only appear in the background can be visited this way, some of which include Hooktail Castle, the Great Tree, the X-Naut Fortress, and [[Merlee]]'s house in the Rogueport Sewers. This feature was carried over to the next game in the series, ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Certain abilities are disabled here, however: Mario's partners cannot be used in the background, Mario cannot move to a different screen/area, and he also cannot walk past any buildings.


===Chapter 9: The Pit of 100 Trials===
While the game features turn-based battles like ''Paper Mario'', these went through the most noticeable changes in gameplay. Unlike the original, where partners had a simple fine/injured status system, this game gives partners their own Heart Points. As such, partners can fall in battle and items such as the [[Mushroom]] can be used on them as well. Battles also take place on a stage, which incorporates the [[audience]] and scenery hazard elements to them. More information is available in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Battle system|battle system]] section.
If you wish, you can take on the enemies found in the 100 basement floor area known as the [[Pit of 100 Trials]], but be careful as you venture into the pits, the enemies located on levels 50-99 are pretty tough! The enemy located on Level 100 is [[Bonetail]], the Boss. After defeating Bonetail, you'll get the Return Postage Badge.
===Controls===
{|width=100%
|width=33% style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''Overworld'''
*{{button|gcn|stick}} &ndash; Move
*{{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Jump / Interact
**{{button|gcn|a}} + {{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Spin Jump
**{{button|gcn|a}} + {{button|gcn|stick}} (rotate) &ndash; Spring Jump
*{{button|gcn|b}} &ndash; Hammer
**{{button|gcn|b}} + {{button|gcn|stick}} (rotate) &ndash; Spinning hammer
*{{button|gcn|r}} &ndash; Paper Mode
**{{button|gcn|r}} + {{button|gcn|stick}} (rotate) &ndash; Tube Mode
*{{button|gcn|x}} &ndash; Partner ability
*{{button|gcn|y}} (on panel) &ndash; Plane Mode/Boat Mode
*{{button|gcn|start}} &ndash; Open menu
*{{button|gcn|Pad}} &ndash; Open menu
|width=33% style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''Menu'''
*{{button|gcn|stick}} &ndash; Move cursor
*{{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Select
*{{button|gcn|b}} &ndash; Return
*{{button|gcn|c}} (up/down) &ndash; Scroll text
'''Battle'''
*{{button|gcn|stick}} &ndash; Move cursor / Action Commands
*{{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Select / Action Commands / Guard
*{{button|gcn|b}} &ndash; Cancel / Action Commands / Superguard
*{{button|gcn|y}} &ndash; Change attack order
*{{button|gcn|x}} &ndash; Attack audience member
|width=33% style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''Peach intermissions'''
*{{button|gcn|stick}} &ndash; Move
*{{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Interact
'''Bowser intermissions'''
*{{button|gcn|stick}} &ndash; Move
*{{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Jump
**{{button|gcn|a}} + {{button|gcn|a}} &ndash; Ground Pound
*{{button|gcn|b}} &ndash; Fire Breath
|}


== [[Mario]]'s teammates ==
===Mario's stats===
{|width=90% align="center"cellpadding=8 cellspacing=1 style="margin:auto;text-align:center;border:1px solid lightgray"
|-style="background:lightgray"
|width=10% rowspan=12|[[File:PMTTYD Mario Idle Sprite.png|80px]]<br><br>[[File:PMTTYD Mario Menu Icon.png|72px|link=Mario]]
!width=12% colspan=2|Stat
!width=4%|Initial value
!width=4%|Min. value
!width=4%|Max. value
!Description
|-style="background:#f8f9fa
|width=2%|[[File:PMTTYD level icon.png|20px]]
|[[Level up|Level]]
|colspan=2|1
|99
|align=left|Indicates Mario's progress, increased by 1 every time he collects 100 [[Star Point]]s.
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD rank icon.png]]
|[[Rank|Star rank]]
|colspan=2|Rising star
|Superstar
|align=left|Determines the maximum attendance of the audience.
*Levels 1-9: '''Rising star'''
*Levels 10-19: '''B-list star'''
*Levels 20-29: '''A-list star'''
*Levels 30-99: '''Superstar'''
|-style="background:#f7d2d8
|[[File:Heart Point.png|20px]]
|[[Heart Point|HP]]
|10
|5
|200{{footnote|main|*}}
|align=left|Mario's health. Can be increased by 5 when Mario levels up, and with [[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]] badges.
|-style="background:#fcf7d7
|[[File:Flower Point.png|20px]]
|[[Flower Point|FP]]
|colspan=2|5
|200{{footnote|main|*}}
|align=left|Mario's reserve for moves. Can be increased by 5 when Mario levels up, and with [[FP Plus]] badges.
|-style="background:#dfeef2
|[[File:BadgePointPM2.png|20px]]
|[[Badge Point|BP]]
|colspan=2|3
|99{{footnote|main|*}}
|align=left|Mario's capacity to equip [[Badge]]s. Can be increased by 3 when Mario levels up.
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD SP.png|20px]]
|[[Star Power]]
|colspan=2|0
|8
|align=left|Mario's capacity to perform [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Crystal Stars|special moves]], increased by 1 everytime he collects a [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]].
|-style="background:#f8f9fa
|[[File:Starpoint.gif|20px]]
|[[Star Point]]s
|colspan=2|0
|99
|align=left|Points obtained by winning battles that level Mario up if he collects 100 of them.
|-
|[[File:SPMCoin.gif|20px]]
|[[Coin]]s
|100
|0
|999
|align=left|Used to buy items, badges and services.
|-style="background:#f8f9fa
|[[File:PMTTYD-Star-Piece-icon.gif|20px]]
|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]]s
|colspan=2|0
|100
|align=left|Collectibles that can be traded for badges with [[Dazzle]].
|-
|[[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|20px]]
|[[Shine Sprite]]s
|colspan=2|0
|42
|align=left|Collectibles that can be traded for partner level-ups with [[Merlon]].
|-style="background:#f8f9fa
|[[File:PMTTYD time icon.png|20px]]
|Play time
|colspan=2|00:00
|99:59
|align=left|Amount of time spent on the save file.
|}
{{footnote|note|*|Maximum HP, FP and BP are not mutually achievable.}}
====Boots and hammer====
Mario begins the game equipped with his basic [[Boots]] and [[Hammer]], which grant no special abilities in the overworld, and deal the least amount of damage in battle (1 point for a normal attack, and 2 points with a successful action command). The player will find upgraded versions of both as they progress, which are mandatory as they allow access to important areas.
<center>
{|width=95% class=wikitable
|-
!width=8%|Image
!width=15%|Equipment
!width=20%|Location found
!Additional abilities
|-
|align=center|[[File:Boots TTYD.png|50px]]
|align=center|'''[[Boots]]'''
|Equipped from the start
|
*'''Overworld:''' Allows Mario to perform simple [[jump]]s only.
*'''Battle:''' Allows Mario to perform only a simple jump attack for no FP, which deals a base 1 point of damage.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Super Boots.png|50px]]
|align=center|'''[[Super Boots]]'''
|[[The Great Tree]] (Chapter 2)
|
*'''Overworld:''' Allows Mario to perform a [[Ground Pound|Spin Jump]] to break through trapdoors and press big switches.
*'''Battle:''' Allows Mario to perform a Spin Jump for 2 FP, which deals a base 2 points of damage.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Ultra Boots TTYD.png|50px]]
|align=center|'''[[Ultra Boots]]'''
|[[Riverside Station]] (Chapter 6)
|
*'''Overworld:''' Allows Mario to perform a [[Spring Jump]] to reach high points and cling onto pipes and bars.
*'''Battle:''' Allows Mario to perform a Spring Jump for 4 FP, which deals a base 3 points of damage.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Hammer TTYD.png|40px]]
|align=center|'''[[Hammer]]'''
|Equipped from the start
|
*'''Overworld:''' Allows Mario to perform a basic hammer attack that breaks small [[yellow block]]s.
*'''Battle:''' Allows Mario to perform only a simple hammer attack for no FP, which deals a base 1 point of damage.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Super Hammer TTYD.png|40px]]
|align=center|'''[[Super Hammer]]'''
|[[Glitzville]] (Chapter 3)
|
*'''Overworld:''' Allows Mario to break big [[yellow block]]s.
*'''Battle:''' Allows Mario to perform a Super Hammer move for 2 FP, which knocks the enemy in front into others behind it, dealing them 1 point of damage each.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Ultra Hammer TTYD.png|40px]]
|align=center|'''[[Ultra Hammer]]'''
|[[Rogueport]] (Ultra Boots required)
|
*'''Overworld:''' Allows Mario to break [[stone block]]s.
*'''Battle:''' Allows Mario to perform an Ultra Hammer move for 4 FP, which knocks the enemy in front into others behind it, dealing them 3 points of damage each.
|}
</center>


==='''[[Goombella]]'''===
====Paper abilities====
A female goomba who studied at Goom U. She joins Mario's team after Mario defeats [[Lord Crump]]. She has the same ability to uncover an enemy's stats, like [[Goombario]] has.
Like the boots and hammer upgrades, the player encounters [[black chest]]s throughout the story, whose beings trapped inside give Mario special abilities to use in the overworld upon release. All of these abilities are based on the paper element of the game's graphics.
<center>
{|width=95% class=wikitable
|-
!width=8%|Paper ability
!width=8%|Location received
!Ability gained
!width=15%|Demonstration
!width=8%|Paper ability
!width=8%|Location received
!Ability gained
!width=15%|Demonstration
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD plane icon.png]]<br>[[Plane Mode]]
|[[Rogueport Sewers]]<br>(Prologue)
|Allows Mario to fold himself into a paper airplane while standing on marked platforms called [[plane panel]]s, granting him the ability to fly over large gaps.
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:TTYD plane.gif|180px]]
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD paper icon.png]]<br>[[Paper Mode]]
|[[Hooktail Castle]]<br>(Chapter 1)
|Allows Mario to turn sideways. Due to being paper-thin, he is able to squeeze through certain narrow passages.
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:TTYD paper.gif|180px]]
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD tube icon.png]]<br>[[Tube Mode]]
|[[Twilight Town]]<br>(Chapter 4)
|Allows Mario to roll up into a short tube, this way being able to fit in low passageways.
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:TTYD tube.gif|180px]]
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD boat icon.png]]<br>[[Boat Mode]]
|[[Pirate's Grotto]]<br>(Chapter 5)
|Allows Mario to turn into a paper boat while standing on wooden docks called [[boat panel]]s, granting him the ability to cross bodies of water.
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:TTYD boat.gif|180px]]
|}
</center>


'''Attacks'''
===Objects===
*Headbonk (0 FP)
<center>
*Tattle (0 FP)
{|width=80% class="wikitable"
*Multi-bonk (3 FP)
|-
*Rally Wink (0 FP)
!width=15%|Object
!width=10%|Image
!Description
|-style="background:silver"
!colspan=3|Assistance blocks
|-
|[[Recovery block|Heart Block]]
|[[File:PMTTYDHeartBlock.png|60px]]
|align=left|Allows the player to completely recover Mario's HP and FP for a variable amount of coins.
|-
|[[Save Block]]
|[[File:PMTTYDSaveBlock.png|60px]]
|align=left|Allows the player to save the game state. If they get a [[Game Over]], Mario will return to the last Save Block struck.
|-style="background:silver"
!colspan=3|Item containers
|-
|[[? Block]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Question Mark Block Sprite.png|60px]]
|align=left|Common blocks that contain coins or items. Red ? Blocks contain badges.
|-
|[[Brick Block]]
|[[File:PMTTYD brick block.png|60px]]
|align=left|Common blocks that either are breakable or contain coins.
|-
|[[Shine Block]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Shine Block.png|60px]]
|align=left|Special blocks that contain a [[Shine Sprite]].
|-
|[[Treasure chest]]
|[[File:PMTTYD chest.png|60px]]
|align=left|Uncommon objects that hold badges and important items. Large treasure chests contain upgraded boots and hammers.
|-style="background:silver"
!colspan=3|Navigation objects
|-
|[[Boat panel]]
|[[File:Boat Panel.png|60px]]
|align=left|Wooden platforms by bodies of water. Allow Mario to use the [[Boat Mode]] once he learns it.
|-
|[[Trampoline|Jump pad]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Jump Pad render (blue).png|60px]]
|align=left|Springy platforms that make Mario jump higher. Red variants bounce Mario all the way to another section of the level.
|-
|[[Plane panel]]
|[[File:Plane Panel.png|60px]]
|align=left|Platforms in elevated places. Allow Mario to use the [[Plane Mode]] once he learns it.
|-
|[[Warp Pipe]]
|[[File:Blue Pipe.png|60px]]
|align=left|Serve as a travel method between two different areas. While ordinary ones are green, blue Warp Pipes connect remote locations. Other colors are occasionally used for different areas.
|-style="background:silver"
!colspan=3|Obstacles
|-
|Cracked object
|[[File:TTYD bomb crack.png|60px]]
|align=left|Walls or objects with a crack can be blown up by [[Admiral Bobbery]].
|-
|Lock
|[[File:PMTTYD Lock render.png|60px]]
|align=left|Indicates that a door cannot be opened without a [[key]].
|-
|[[Metal block]]
|[[File:Ttyd metalblock.png|60px]]
|align=left|Rare blocks that cannot be destroyed normally.
|-
|{{conjectural|Paper cover}}
|[[File:TTYD secret sheet.png|60px]]
|align=left|Cutouts that hide secret passages or items, which [[Flurrie]] can blow away. Sometimes hinted at by a loose flap.
|-
|[[Stone block]]
|[[File:Ttyd stoneblock.png|60px]]
|align=left|Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's [[Ultra Hammer]].
|-
|Stone block (giant)
|[[File:Giantstoneblock.png|60px]]
|align=left|Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's spinning Ultra Hammer.
|-
|[[Yellow block]]
|[[File:PMTTYD yellow block.png|60px]]
|align=left|Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's basic hammer move.
|-
|Yellow block (giant)
|[[File:PMTTYD big yellow block.png|60px]]
|align=left|Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's spinning hammer move, available when he acquires the Super Hammer.
|-style="background:silver"
!colspan=3|Miscellaneous
|-
|[[! Switch]]
|[[File:PMTTYD ! Switch.png|60px]]
|align=left|Switches that cause an event to happen. Blue variants cause permanent changes; red ones are temporary and do not disappear.
|}
</center>


=== '''[[Koops]]'''===
===Intermissions===
A timid koopa who lives in [[Petalburg]]. To prove to Petalburg he is not a coward, he joins Mario's team to avenge his dad, [[Koopley]]'s death. He has the same ability [[Kooper]] has outside of battle, using his shell toss move to flip switches, grab items and attack enemies.
After each Chapter is completed, two intermission scenes precede the beginning of the next. The player can save their progress before and after each intermission.
====Princess Peach intermissions====
[[File:PMTTYD Peach TEC-XX First Encounter.png|thumb|left|Princess Peach encountering TEC-XX for the first time]]
The first intermission after each chapter allows the player to control [[Princess Peach]], similar to the intermissions from ''Paper Mario''. These intermissions follow Peach as she is held captive in the [[X-Naut Fortress]], as well as her interactions with the fortress's main computer, [[TEC-XX]], who had a malfunction upon discovering her, causing him to fall in love with her. The intermissions also provide more context to the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]], their motive for kidnapping Peach, and their bigger overall plans. At the end of each intermission, Peach sends a message to [[Mario]]'s [[Mailbox SP]] with TEC-XX's assistance.
{{br}}


'''Attacks'''
====Bowser intermissions====
*Shell Toss (0 FP)
[[File:PMTTYD Bowser intermission.png|thumb|Bowser in World 1]]
*Power Shell (3 FP)
The Peach intermission is followed by a [[Bowser]] intermission, a new addition to ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. These intermissions serve as {{wp|comic relief}} to contrast the more serious nature of the Peach sequences. Each intermission follows Bowser and [[Kammy Koopa]]; having discovered that Mario is collecting the [[Crystal Stars]] and Princess Peach has been kidnapped, Bowser sets off to find the Crystal Stars first and kidnap Peach himself. However, he usually visits the places Mario has been to one chapter before, and his search for Peach and the Crystal Stars in each location he visits ends to no avail.
*Shell Shield (4 FP)
*Shell Slam (6 FP)


==='''[[Madam Flurrie]]'''===
The Bowser intermissions at the end of Chapter 2, Chapter 4, and Chapter 6 include a side-scrolling [[Genre#Platform|platformer]] level in the style of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' The levels are called [[World 1 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|World 1-X]], [[World 2 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|World 2-X]], and [[World 3 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|World 3-X]], in reference to the world numbering of ''Super Mario Bros.'', with the X being replaced by the number of attempts Bowser has used for the level. Bowser has unlimited [[Extra life|lives]] during each level. Each level is themed after a basic environment from ''Super Mario Bros.'' and plays an arrangement of music from that game. Each level also has a [[Time Limit|time limit]] of 180 seconds, which kills Bowser if time runs out. If only 30 seconds remain, the "Hurry up!" jingle from ''Super Mario Bros.'' plays and the music speeds up. Bowser can also earn [[point]]s and collect [[coin]]s in these levels; however, these elements have no effect on gameplay. Each coin Bowser collects is worth 500 points, with the coin count being retained after dying. If the coin count reaches 99, it simply reverts to 0 upon collecting the next coin, without any special effect.
She can blow wind at enemies to make them dizzy and blow fake walls away, revealing secret passages. She also dreams of becoming an actress.


'''Attacks'''
In these levels, Bowser can press {{button|gcn|A}} to jump and can perform a [[Ground Pound]] by pressing {{button|gcn|A}} again in mid-air. He also has the ability to breathe fire by holding {{button|gcn|B}}, which can defeat enemies and destroy blocks, although he cannot breathe fire in mid-air. The only [[item]] that appears in these levels is [[Meat]], which allows Bowser to radically increase his size and take an extra hit from hazards, similar to the effects of a [[Super Mushroom]]. However, touching [[lava]] or falling into a [[Pit|bottomless pit]] immediately kills Bowser. Bowser has four possible sizes:
*Body Slam (0 FP)
*An extremely small size, which Bowser reverts to after taking a hit while at his default size.
*Gale Force (4 FP)
*A medium size, the default size at which Bowser starts each level.
*Lip Lock (3 FP)
*A large size, which Bowser grows to after using a piece of Meat from his default size. At this size, Bowser flattens enemies if he stomps on them.
*Dodgy Fog (4 FP)
*A gigantic size, which Bowser grows to after using a piece of Meat from his large size. At this size, Bowser starts flashing yellow and becomes [[Invincible Mario|invincible]] similar to [[Mega Mario]], allowing him to crush everything in his way, including enemies, blocks, and [[Warp Pipe]]s.


==='''[[Yoshi Kid]]'''===
Enemies react to Bowser in different ways: while [[X-Naut]]s charge at Bowser, [[Goomba]]s are scared by him and run away when he approaches them. The end of each level features a [[Goal Pole|flagpole]]; reaching it completes the level and briefly displays the word "FINISH". There is also a small [[castle]] next to the flagpole, as another reference to ''Super Mario Bros.'' If Bowser is extremely small or medium-sized, he descends the flagpole and enters the castle; however, if he is large or gigantic, he destroys the flagpole and simply stands next to the castle.
Call him by any name you wish and people will call him by that name. Press X to ride on his back like most Yoshies and hit A to fly briefly over places that have no solid ground, which is the same ability [[Parakarry]] possesses in [[Paper Mario]].


'''Attacks'''
Bowser says a short line when beginning each new attempt at a level.<ref>{{cite|url=dialoguetree.net/ttyd/?bowser02|title=Dialogue Tree - ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''}}</ref> Below is each line in order:
*Ground Pound (0 FP)
{|width=100% class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"style="border-collapse:collapse;margin:0;"
*Gulp (4 PF)
|-
*Mini-Egg (3 PF)
!colspan=5|Bowser's starting lines
*Stampede (6 FP)
|-
|
<div style="column-count:3">
#Ready to roll!
#Lemme at 'em!
#Inconceivable! (World 1 and World 3)/Watery ears! (World 2 only)
#I'm on fire!
#I'm hungry!
#Next time!
#Ain't over yet!
#Charge! (World 1 and World 3)/Beware squids! (World 2 only)
#Good to go!
#Relax!
#Hoo... I'm tired.
#Still in it!
#Rampage time!
#Eh... OK.
#Go time!
#Feel it!
#I'm sleepy...
#Timing, baby!
#Rhythm, baby!
#Feeling good!
#Concentrate!
#GAAAAAAAH!
#Too close!
#Last...gasp!
#Break time.
#Here goes!
#Once more!
#I'm still OK!
#Never give up!
#Gotta do it!
</div>
|}
After 30 attempts, Bowser will always say "Gotta do it!" when beginning each subsequent attempt.


==='''[[Vivian]]'''===
==Party members==
One of the [[Shadow Sirens]]. At first, worked for [[Grodus]], but joined Mario's team to help Mario get his name, appearance and teammates back, because Mario treated her a lot nicer than [[Beldam]] and/or [[Marilyn]]. She can hide Mario from enemy attacks, in which that is the same ability [[Lady Bow]] has, but she won't turn Mario invisible, she'll pull him into the shadows.
On his adventure, [[Mario]], just like the past game, uses partners. They possess diverse abilities, useful both in and out of battle. [[Merlon]] can upgrade a partner by giving him 3 [[Shine Sprite]]s. Every partner knows two moves at the time of joining the party, learns the third after being upgraded to Super Rank, and masters the final move upon attaining Ultra Rank. Initially, each partner may only be upgraded once, but if Mario finds the [[Up Arrow]] in Hooktail's Castle and shows it to Merlon, the wizard will remember that he has an [[Ultra Stone]], subsequently allowing the player to upgrade a partner for a second time.


'''Attacks'''
In the following table, attributes attained by leveling up to Super Rank are indicated by [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]. Attributes attained by leveling up to Ultra Rank are indicated by [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]].
*Shade Fist (0 FP)
<center>
*Veil (1 FP)
{|style="width:80%;margin:0 auto"class=wikitable
*Fiery Jinx (6 FP)
!width=14%|Name
*Infatuate (4 HP)
!Joins in
 
!width=60%|Summary
==='''[[Admiral Bobbery]]'''===
!width=12%|HP
A retired admiral who refused to help Mario at [[Keelhaul Key]], but decided to help him after Mario gave him his late wife's letter. After Mario saves him from [[Cortez]]'s underlings and gives him [[Chuckola Cola]], he joins Mario's team. He has the same ability [[Bombette]] has outside of battle: with his bomb attack, he can destroy fake walls, flip switches and attack enemies.
|-
 
!rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Goombella Sprite.png|80px]]<br>'''[[Goombella]]
'''Attacks'''
|[[Rogueport]]<br>(Prologue)
*Bomb (0 FP)
|A sassy [[Goomba]] who studies at the [[List of implied organizations#University of Goom|University of Goom]]. She is the first character to join Mario (shortly after he defeats [[Lord Crump]]), since she, too, is looking for the legendary treasure. She has the same ability to uncover an [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|enemy's stats]] as [[Goombario]] does.
*Bomb Squad (3 FP)
|10<br>20 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>30 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
*Hold Fast (4 FP)
|-
*Bob-Ombast (9 FP)
|colspan=3|
 
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
==='''[[Ms. Mowz]]'''===
A cat burglar/badge hunter and the assistant shopkeeper at the [[Lovely Howz of Badges]]. Mario and his teammates encounter her at [[Hooktail Castle]], the [[Great Boggly Tree]], and the [[Glitz Pit]] Storeroom. She joins Mario's team after Mario gets the Attack FX B badge in Hooktail's lair and gives it to Ms. Mowz. She can also seek out hidden items and penetrate enemy's defenses like [[Watt]] does.
 
'''Attacks'''
 
*Slap (0 FP)
*Kiss Thief (2 FP)
*Tease (3 FP)
*Smooch (10 FP)
 
== Crystal Stars ==
===[[Diamond Star]]===
*Found in: Hooktail Castle
*Power: [[#Earth Tremor|Earth Tremor]]
*Boss Required to Defeat: [[#Chapter 1: Hooktail|Hooktail]]
*Difficulty Overall: Easy (If properly equipped)
*Notes: Koopley, Koops' dad, found this Crystal Star in Hooktail's stomach.
 
===[[Emerald Star]]===
*Found in: The Great Tree in Boggly Woods
*Power: [[#Clock Out|Clock Out]]
*Boss Required to Defeat: [[#Chapters 2 and 7: Magnus Von Grapple Robots|Magnus Von Grapple]]
*Difficulty Overall: Easy-Medium
*Notes: Hidden in one of the vases in Basement Level 5.
 
===[[Gold Star]]===
*Found in: Glitzville's Glitz Pit
*Power: [[#Power Lift|Power Lift]]
*Boss Required to Defeat: [[#Rawk Hawk|Rawk Hawk]] and [[#Chapter 3: Macho Grubba|Macho Grubba]]
*Difficulty Overall: Medium-Hard
*Notes: This Crystal Star was found on the Glitz Pit Champ's Belt. Grubba had the real one and used it to power his strengthening machine.
 
===[[Ruby Star]]===
*Found in: Creepy Steeple
*Power: [[#Art Attack|Art Attack]]
*Boss Required to Defeat: [[#Chapter 4: Doopliss|Doopliss]]
*Difficulty Overall: Medium
*Notes: Was kept by Doopliss, a sneaky Duplighost. You must defeat him to get this Crystal Star.
 
===[[Sapphire Star]]===
*Found in: Pirate's Grotto in Keelhaul Key
*Power: [[#Sweet Feast|Sweet Feast]]
*Boss Required to Defeat: [[#Chapter 5: Cortez|Cortez]]
*Difficulty Overall: Hard
*Notes: This Crystal Star was one of Cortez's treasures. He didnt think it was of much value.
 
===[[Garnet Star]]===
*Found in: The painting in the Poshley Sanctum
*Power: [[#Showstoppers|Showstoppers]]
*Boss Required to defeat: No boss, just some Dark Boos.
*Difficulty Overall: Hard
*Notes: This Crystal Star was found in the painting at the Poshley Sanctum while a red herring-- a fake one-- was put out in the open to fool the Shadow Sirens and Bowser and his followers.
 
===[[Crystal Star]]===
*Found in: X-Naut Base on the Moon
*Power: [[#Supernova|Supernova]]
*Boss Required to defeat: [[#Chapters 2 and 7: Magnus Von Grapple Robots|Magnus Von Grapple 2.0]]
*Difficulty Overall: Hard- Very hard
*Notes: The X-Nauts already grabbed this Star in Rogueport and Mario and his team had to fight Magnus 2.0 to get it and in order to open the Thousand-Year Door.
 
== Special Moves ==
 
===Sweet Treat===
*Boss Defeated: N/A
*Crystal Star Received: N/A
*Power Obtained: [[#Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome|Prologue]]
*What It Does: Replenishes HP and FP.
*To use power: Tilt the control stick repeatedly. Watch out for the Poison Mushrooms!
*Power Needed: 1
 
===Earth Tremor===
*Boss Defeated: [[#Hooktail|Hooktail]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Diamond Star|Diamond Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon|Chapter 1]]
*What It Does: If successful, this power creates earthquakes against all enemies.
*To use power: Press A as the stars light up.
*Power Needed: 2
 
===Clock Out===
*Boss Defeated: [[#Magnus Von Grapple|Magnus Von Grapple]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Emerald Star|Emerald Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree|Chapter 2]]
*What It Does: If successful, puts enemies to sleep temporarily.
*To use power: If the A, B or X buttons appear above the enemy, tap the button above the enemy to fill the gauge.
*Power Needed: 2
 
===Power Lift===
*Boss Defeated: [[#Macho Grubba|Macho Grubba]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Gold Star|Gold Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Chapter 3]]
*What It Does: Boosts attack and defense power for a short time.
*To use power: Choose the attack and defense arrows using the control stick and the Action command. Just watch out for the poison mushrooms.
*Power Needed: 3
 
===Art Attack===
*Boss Defeated: [[#Doopliss|Doopliss]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Ruby Star|Ruby Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls|Chapter 4]]
*What It Does: Circles around enemies and does unlimited damage.
*To use power: Use the control stick to circle around the enemy during battle.
*Power Needed: 4
 
===Sweet Feast===
*Boss Defeated: [[#Cortez|Cortez]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Sapphire Star|Sapphire Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates|Chapter 5]]
*What It Does: Much like Sweat Treat, you'll replenish a lot more HP and FP.
*To use power: Tilt the control stick repeatedly. Watch out for the Poison Mushrooms!
*Power Needed: 5
 
===Showstoppers===
*Boss Defeated: [[#Smorg|Smorg]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Garnet Star|Garnet Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 6: Three Days of Excess|Chapter 6]]
*What It Does: If successful, destroys enemies in a single blow!
*To use power: Press the buttons that appear on the screen.
*Power Needed: 2
 
===Supernova===
*Boss Defeated:  [[#Magnus Von Grapple|Magnus Von Grapple 2.0]]
*Crystal Star Received: [[#Crystal Star|Crystal Star]]
*Power Obtained: [[#Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon|Chapter 7]]
*What It Does: Does a whole lot of damage to all enemies.
*To use power: Just press the A button repeatedly.
*Power Needed: 6
 
== Badges ==
Notes: Wearing more than one of the [[badges]] you've already obtained boosts your attack power, but costs more FP.
 
{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-style="background: #ABC;"
!width="5%"|Name of Badge
!width="3%"|Badge Points Needed
!width="20%"|Found In
!width="20%"|Effect
|-
|-
| All or Nothing
!colspan=2|Goombella's abilities
| 4
| Palace of Shadow
| Mario's attack power will go up by 1 if he successfully uses the action command. If not, his attack power goes down to 0.
|-
|-
| Attack FX B
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Headbonk]]'''<br>0 FP
| 0
|Hits one enemy twice. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
| Rogueport
| Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks.
|-
|-
| Attack FX G
|align=center|'''[[Tattle]]'''<br>0 FP
| 0
|Analyzes one enemy and reveals their [[Heart Point|HP]] and other statistics.
| Charlieton
| Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks.
|-
|-
| Attack FX P
|align=center|'''[[Multibonk]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>3 FP
| 0
|Attacks one enemy repeatedly for diminishing damage (minimum 1 HP per hit). Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
| Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks.
|-
|-
| Attack FX R
|align=center|'''[[Rally Wink]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>4 FP||Allows [[Mario]] to [[Fast|perform a second action]], at the expense of her own.
| 0
|}
| Hooktail Castle
| Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks.
|-
|-
| Attack FX Y
!rowspan=2|[[File:KoopsPMTTYD.png|80px]]<br>'''[[Koops]]
| 0
|[[Petalburg]]<br>(Chapter 1)
| Dazzle
|A timid Koopa Troopa who lives in [[Petalburg]]. To prove to Petalburg that he is not a coward, and to avenge the death of his father, [[Koopley]], he joins Mario's team. He has the same ability [[Kooper]] has outside of battle: using his shell toss move to activate switches, grab items, and attack enemies, but with a slight upgrade — he can hold his shell in place and then launch it back in the opposite direction. Koops has a Defense Power of 1.
| Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks.
|10<br>15 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>25 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
|-
| Bump Attack
| 5
| Pit of 100 Trials
| Mario can defeat weak enemies (who no longer give Star Points) by walking into them.
|-
|-
| Charge
|colspan=3|
| 1
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| The Great Tree
| Boosts Mario's attack power using 1 FP.
|-
|-
| Charge P
!colspan=2|Koops' abilities
| 1
| Glitzville
| Boosts Mario's Partner's attack power using 1 FP.
|-
|-
| Chill Out
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Shell Toss]]'''<br>0 FP
| 2
|Attacks the frontmost ground-bound or low-hovering enemy. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.
| Dazzle
| Prevents enemies from making First Strikes.
|-
|-
| Close Call
|align=center|'''[[Power Shell]]'''<br>3 FP
| 1
|Attacks all ground-bound and low-hovering enemies. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.
| Petal Meadows
| When Mario has low HP and is in "danger", the enemies will occasionally miss when attacking.
|-
|-
| Close Call P
|align=center|'''[[Shell Shield]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>4 FP
| 1
|Summons a [[Green Shell|Koopa Shell]] to protect Mario from attacks until it breaks.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
| When Mario's Partner has low HP and is in "danger", the enemies will occasionally miss when attacking.
|-
|-
| Damage Dodge
|align=center|'''[[Shell Slam]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>6 FP
| 2
|Attacks all ground-bound and low-hovering enemies, ignoring their Defense Power. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.
| Rogueport Sewers
|}
| The amount of damage Mario takes when he performs the action command while being attacked decreases by 1.
|-
|-
| Damage Dodge P
!rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Flurrie Sprite.png|80px]]<br>'''[[Flurrie|Madame Flurrie]]
| 2
|[[Boggly Woods]]<br>(Chapter 2)
| Rogueport Sewers
|A slightly pompous wind spirit and an actress on hiatus that Mario meets in Boggly Woods. Out of battle, she can blow wind at enemies to make them dizzy and stun them, and also to strip fake walls away, revealing secret passages. She joins Mario only after he returns her lost [[Necklace (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Necklace]], which [[Vivian]] innocently picked up.
| The amount of damage Mario's Partner takes when he performs the action command while being attacked decreases by 1.
|15<br>25 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>35 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
|-
|-
| Defend Plus
|colspan=3|
| 5
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Twilight Town
| Reduces the damage Mario receives per attack by 1.
|-
|-
| Defend Plus P
!colspan=2|Madame Flurrie's abilities
| 5
| Rogueport Sewers
| Reduces the damage Mario's Partner receives per attack by 1.
|-
|-
| Double Dip
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Body Slam (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Body Slam]]'''<br>0 FP
| 3
|Attacks one enemy. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
| Rougeport
| For 4 FP, it lets you use 2 items in 1 round, if you want.
|-
|-
| Double Dip
|align=center|'''[[Gale Force]]'''<br>4 FP
| 3
|Blows enemies away from battle, earning Star Points in the process. This move is particularly effective against aerial foes, and those who have a level lower than Mario's. In addition, this move clears fog.
| Pit of 100 Trials
| For 4 FP, it lets your partner use 2 items in 1 round, if you want.
|-
| Feeling Fine
| 3
| X-Naut Fortress
| Protects Mario from the "Poisoning" and "Dizziness" status ailments.
|-
| Feeling Fine
| 3
| X-Naut Fortress
| Protects Mario's partner from the "Poisoning" and "Dizziness" status ailments.
|-
|-
| Fire Drive
|align=center|'''[[Lip Lock]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>3 FP
| 3
|Transfers an enemy's HP to Flurrie's HP. This move pierces Defense Power. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with lateral spikes.
| Mt. Lavalava
| For 5 FP, it will assault all ground enemies and burn them.
|-
|-
| First Attack
|align=center|'''[[Dodgy Fog]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>4 FP
| 1
|Makes Mario [[dodgy]] for a few turns, so that attacks directed at him miss sometimes.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|}
| If you get a "First Strike" on a weak enemy (who no longer gives you Star Points), you'll defeat it without entering a battle.
|-
|-
| Flower Finder
!rowspan=2|[[File:BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png|80px]]<br>'''[[Yoshi Kid|Yoshi]]
| 3
|[[Glitzville]]<br>(Chapter 3)
| Dazzle
|This belligerent, spunky [[Baby Yoshi|Yoshi baby]] hatches from an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] rescued by Mario and friends. The player can press {{button|gcn|X}} to ride on his back like most Yoshis. He can run much faster than Mario can, and similarly to [[Parakarry]]'s ability from ''Paper Mario'', float in the air for a moment to cross gaps. The Yoshi's color will vary depending on how many minutes pass before he hatches. He allows Mario to name him.
| You win more flowers than usual after winning battles.
|10<br>20 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>30 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
|-
|-
| Flower Saver
|colspan=3|
| 6
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Dazzle
| All of Mario's abilities cost 1 FP less than they normally would.
|-
|-
| Flower Saver
!colspan=2|Yoshi's abilities
| 6
| Dazzle
| All of Mario's Partners' abilities cost 1 FP less than they normally would.
|-
| FP Drain
| 1
| Lovely Howz of Badges
| Lowers Mario's attack power by 1, but regains 1 FP per attack.
|-
|-
| FP Plus
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Ground Pound]]'''<br>0 FP
| 3
|Attacks one enemy multiple times, for 1 HP of damage per hit. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
| Pianta Parlor
| Causes your maximum FP to go up by 5, as long as it's equipped.
|-
|-
| Hammer Throw
|align=center|'''[[Gulp]]'''<br>4 FP
| 1
|Swallows the frontmost ground-bound enemy and spits it at the ground-bound foe right behind it (if there is one), damaging both of them. This move ignores Defense Power. Does not work on certain bosses.
| Twilight Trail
| For 2 FP, Mario can use the "Hammer Throw" ability to throw his hammer at any enemy.
|-
|-
| Hammerman
|align=center|'''[[Mini-Egg]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>3 FP
| 2
|Throws a set amount of eggs at randomly chosen enemies, dealing 1 HP of damage per hit. This attack may make them [[Tiny (status effect)|tiny]].
| Charlieton
| Boosts Hammer's attack power by 1, but disables Mario's ability to jump.
|-
|-
| Happy Flower
|align=center|'''[[Stampede (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Stampede]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>6 FP
| 2
|Calls a herd of [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s to attack all enemies, no matter where they are located on the stage.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|}
| Mario slowly regains FP as he battles enemies.
|-
|-
| Happy Heart
!rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Vivian Sprite.png|80px]]<br>'''[[Vivian]]
| 2
|[[Twilight Town]]<br>(Chapter 4)
| Dazzle
|The youngest member of the [[Three Shadows|Shadow Sirens]]. At first, she works for [[Sir Grodus]], but eventually joins Mario's party to help him get his name, body, and teammates back because Mario is kinder to her than her sisters. Since he is prevented from telling her who he is as a result of having his identity stolen, she does not realize he is her enemy until their final confrontation with the body thief. She retreats from battle upon learning this but quickly returns after deciding that Mario has earned her loyalty. She can pull Mario into the shadows with her Veil technique, which is for all practical purposes identical to [[Lady Bow]]'s [[Outta Sight]] move from ''Paper Mario''.
| Mario slowly regains FP as he battles enemies.
|15<br>20 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>30 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
|-
|-
| Happy Heart P
|colspan=3|
| 2
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Dazzle
| Mario's Partner slowly regains HP as he battles enemies.
|-
|-
| Head Rattle
!colspan=2|Vivian's abilities
| 1
| Dazzle
| For 2 FP, confuses enemies if executed superbly
|-
|-
| Heart Finder
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Shade Fist]]'''<br>0 FP
| 3
|Punches an enemy and leaves it magically [[burn]]ed. Does not work on fire enemies and those with lateral spikes. The burn inflicted will detonate bomb-type creatures.
| Dazzle
| You win more hearts than usual after winning battles.
|-
|-
| HP Drain
|align=center|'''[[Veil]]'''<br>1 FP
| 3
|[[Invisible|Hides Mario and herself in the shadows to negate all damage for one turn]]. Next turn, Vivian will not be able to act. If Mario acts before Vivian uses this move, he will also be unable to act the following turn.
| Rogueport
| You win more hearts than usual after winning battles.
|-
| HP Drain P
| 3
| Poshley Heights
| Reduces Mario's Partner's attack power by 1, but he regains 1 HP per attack.
|-
|-
| HP Plus
|align=center|'''[[Fiery Jinx]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>6 FP
| 3
|Attacks all enemies with fire, penetrating their Defense Power and leaving them burned. This move is particularly effective against ice and undead enemies, heals fire foes, has no effect on [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, [[Cleft]]s, [[Bristle]]s, and [[Chomp]]s, and detonates bomb-type creatures.
| Hooktail Castle
| Causes your maximum HP to go up by 5, as long as it's equipped.
|-
|-
| HP Plus P
|align=center|'''[[Infatuate]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>4 FP
| 6
|Blows kisses at all enemies, possibly [[Confused|confusing]] them.
| Pianta Parlor
|}
| Causes your party's maximum HP to go up by 5, as long as it's equipped.
|-
|-
| Ice Power
!rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Admiral Bobbery Sprite.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Admiral Bobbery]]
| 1
|[[Keelhaul Key]]<br>(Chapter 5)
| Keelhaul Key
|A retired [[Bob-omb]] admiral who at first refuses to help Mario reach [[Keelhaul Key]], but changes his mind when Mario delivers his late wife's letter to him. After Mario saves him from Cortez's underlings and gives him [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]], he joins Mario's team. He possesses the same ability [[Bombette]] has outside of battle: with his bomb attack, he can destroy cracked walls, activate switches and attack enemies. However, he can be tossed upwards to walk on elevated ledges, and Mario can hold {{button|gcn|X}} without releasing the button to make Bobbery explode without being tossed first. Bobbery's [[Appeal]] tactic clears fog.
| Makes Mario damage-proof when jumping on fire enemies.
|20<br>30 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>40 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
|-
|-
| Ice Smash
|colspan=3|
| 1
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Keelhaul Key
| Makes Mario damage-proof when jumping on fire enemies.
|-
|-
| Item Hog
!colspan=2|Admiral Bobbery's abilities
| 3
| Dazzle
| Makes it more likelier to make items appear after battle.
|-
|-
| Jumpman
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Bomb (Paper Mario series)|Bomb]]'''<br>0 FP
| 1
|Attacks the frontmost ground-bound enemy. This move is particularly effective against fire and undead enemies, can flip Clefts, detonates bomb-type foes, and clears fog, but has no effect on Buzzy Beetles.
| Charlieton
| Boosts Jump attacks's power by 1, but disables Mario's hammer ability.
|-
|-
| L Emblem
|align=center|'''[[Bomb Squad]]'''<br>3 FP
| 0
|Sets up three time bombs to explode on the next turn.
| Poshley Sanctum
| Changes Mario's clothes to Luigi's clothes. While combined with the W Emblem, it'll change Mario's clothes to Waluigi's clothes.
|-
|-
| Last Stand
|align=center|'''[[Hold Fast]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>4 FP
| 1
|[[Payback|Damages all enemies that make contact with Bobbery]].
| Glitzville
| When Mario's HP gets low and he's in "danger", he will only receive half as much damage as normal.
|-
|-
| Last Stand P
|align=center|'''[[Bob-ombast]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>9 FP
| 1
|Powerfully bombs all enemies. This move will ground all foes, flip Clefts, detonate bomb-type creatures, and clear fog, but will not damage Buzzy Beetles.
| Lovely Howz
|}
| When Mario's Partner's HP gets low and he's in "danger", he will only receive half as much damage as normal.
|-
| Lucky Day
| 7
| Pit of 100 Trials
| Causes enemies' attacks against Mario miss more frequently.
|-
|-
| Lucky Start
!rowspan=2|[[File:MowzPMTTYD.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Ms. Mowz]]
| 4
|Rogueport<br>(optional)
| Creepy Steeple
|A flirty [[Little Mouser|Squeek]] cat burglar and badge hunter and the manager of the [[Lovely Howz of Badges]]. Mario and his teammates cross paths with her at [[Hooktail Castle]], [[the Great Tree]], and the [[Glitz Pit]] storeroom. She is an optional partner who joins Mario if he chooses to solve her trouble at the [[Trouble Center]] in [[Rogueport]]. To help her, Mario has to get the Attack FX B badge in Hooktail's lair and give it to Ms. Mowz.
| Makes something good happen when you first enter battle.
She can also seek out hidden items and badges, and penetrate enemies' defenses like [[Watt]] from the first ''Paper Mario'' does, although the specifics are considerably different. She is the first partner in the ''Paper Mario'' series who does not have to join Mario's party in order for him to complete his quest.
|15<br>20 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>25 [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]
|-
|-
| Mega Rush
|colspan=3|
| 1
{|style="width:100%;margin:0 auto"class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Charlieton
| When Mario's HP drops really low and he's in "peril", his attack power goes up by 4.
|-
|-
| Mega Rush P
!colspan=2|Ms. Mowz's abilities
| 1
| Petalburg
| When Mario's Partner's HP drops really low and he's in "peril", his attack power goes up by 4.
|-
|-
| Money Money
|align=center width=16%|'''[[Love Slap]]'''<br>0 FP
| 5
|Attacks one ground-based enemy, ignoring their Defense Power. Does not work on fire enemies and those with lateral spikes.
| Pianta Parlor
| Mario wins twice the amount of coins from battle as he usually does.
|-
|-
| Multibounce
|align=center|'''[[Kiss Thief]]'''<br>2 FP
| 1
|Steals a ground-bound enemy's held badge or item.
| Shhwonk Fortress
| For 2 FP, you'll be able to use "Multibounce", which lets you jump on all enemies in battle consecutively.
|-
|-
| P-Down, D-Up
|align=center|'''[[Tease]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>3 FP
| 2
|Makes all enemies [[dizzy]]. This move is particularly effective on aerial enemies.
| Pirate's Grotto
| Your attack power goes down by 1, but your defense power goes up by 1.
|-
|-
| P-Down, D-Up P
|align=center|'''[[Smooch (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Smooch]]''' [[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|15px]]<br>10 FP
| 2
|If successful, Mario recovers up to 10 HP.
| Boggly Woods
|}
| Your Partner's attack power goes down by 1, but your defense power goes up by 1.
|-
|-
| P-Up, D-Down
|}
| 2
</center>
| Riverside Station
 
| Your attack power goes up by 1, but your defense power goes down by 1.
==Crystal Stars==
The [[Crystal Stars]] are the principal collectibles in the game. Retrieving one marks the end of a chapter, gifts Mario one additional unit in his [[Star Power]] gauge and teaches him a special move.
<center>
{|class=wikitable style="width:90%;margin:0 auto;text-align:center"
!width=11%|Crystal Star
!width=15%|Location
!width=20%|Guarded by
!width=11%|Power & SP needed
!width=43%|Description
|-
|-
| P-Up, D-Down P
|[[Magical Map]]
| 2
----
| Palace of Shadow
[[File:Magical Map TTYD menu.png|40px]]
| Your Partner's attack power goes up by 1, but your defense power goes down by 1.
|[[Rogueport]]
|[[Beldam|Mysterious merchant]]<br>(obtained by Peach)
|[[Sweet Treat]]<br>1 SP
|align=left|Replenishes up to 7 HP for both party members and 8 FP, and cures all status ailments (except Immobilized and [[Down]]).
|-
|-
| Peekaboo
|style="background-color:beige"|[[Diamond Star]]
| 3
----
| Traded by Merlow for 10 Star Pieces
[[File:Diamond Star TTYD.png]]
| Allows you to see the enemies' HP without using Goombario's "Tattle" ability.
|[[Hooktail Castle]]
|[[Hooktail]]
|[[Earth Tremor]]<br>2 SP
|align=left|Creates an earthquake that damages enemies, [[Piercing attack|piercing Defense Power]] and ignoring [[Invisible|invisibility]]. It initially damages grounded enemies, but if at least one gauge of the Action Command is completed, the tremor also hits all low-hovering foes; if three are completed, it additionally affects flying enemies; if five are completed, ceiling-bound foes are struck as well; if done perfectly (all gauges completed), deals 6 HP of damage to all foes, no matter their position.
|-
|-
| Piercing Blow
|style="background-color:#DFF9E2"|[[Emerald Star]]
| 1
----
| Lovely Howz of Badges
[[File:Emerald Star TTYD.png]]
| For 2 FP, deals damage to pierce an enemy's defense.
|[[The Great Tree]]
|Punies (original keepers)<br>[[Magnus von Grapple]] (boss)
|[[Clock Out]]<br>2 SP
|align=left|If successful, [[Immobilized|immobilizes]] all enemies for a few turns.
|-
|-
| Pity Flower
|style="background-color:#FEFCE7"|[[Gold Star]]
| 3
----
| Pit of 100 Trials
[[File:Gold Star TTYD.png]]
| When Mario takes damage, he occasionally recovers 1 FP.  
|[[Glitz Pit]]
|[[Macho Grubba]]
|[[Power Lift]]<br>3 SP
|align=left|[[POW-Up|Boosts Mario and his partner's Attack]] [[DEF-Up|and Defense Power]] for a few turns.
|-
|-
| Power Bounce
|style="background-color:#F9E0EA"|[[Ruby Star]]
| 3
----
| Hooktail Castle
[[File:Ruby Star TTYD.png]]
| For 3 FP, Mario can use "Power Bounce", which lets him bounce on an enemy continuously until you miss an action command.
|[[Creepy Steeple]]
|[[Doopliss]]
|[[Art Attack]]<br>4 SP
|align=left|The amount of damage dealt depends on how many times the player circles around the enemies using the {{button|gcn|Stick}}. This special move pierces Defense Power and ignores enemies' invisibility.
|-
|-
| Power Jump
|style="background-color:#E6F2F5"|[[Sapphire Star]]
| 1
----
| Goomba Village
[[File:Sapphire Star TTYD.png]]
| For 2 FP, Mario can use "Power Jump", a more powerful jump attack.
|[[Pirate's Grotto]]
|[[Cortez]]
|[[Sweet Feast]]<br>5 SP
|align=left|Much like Sweet Treat, the player can replenish up to 24 HP and 24 FP for each party member, as well as cure all status ailments (except Immobilized and Down).
|-
|-
| Power Plus
|style="background-color:#FFFAEC"|[[Garnet Star]]
| 6
----
| Dazzle
[[File:Garnet Star TTYD.png]]
| Mario's attack power for both his hammer and his jump go up by 1.
|[[Poshley Sanctum]]
|[[Pennington]] (original keeper)<br>[[Smorg]] (boss)
|[[Showstopper]]<br>2 SP
|align=left|If successful, instantly defeats all enemies. Does not work on enemies with more than 12 HP, mini-bosses, and bosses.
|-
|-
| Power Plus
|style="background-color:#FBE8F9"|[[Crystal Star]]
| 6
----
| Dazzle
[[File:Crystal Star TTYD.png]]
| Mario's Partner's attack power for both his hammer and his jump go up by 1.
|[[X-Naut Fortress]]
|[[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]]
|[[Supernova]]<br>6 SP
|align=left|Does up to 15 HP of damage to all enemies. The damage increases by 3 each time the player fills one gauge. This special move pierces Defense Power and ignores enemies' invisibility.
|}
</center>
 
==Battle system==
''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' features a turn-based battle system. A normal battle is triggered when Mario touches an enemy in the overworld. Mario's party goes first every turn, being allowed two consecutive actions — one by Mario and one by the active partner. The order can be switched with {{button|gcn|y}}; this also causes the first one to be in front, and thus more likely to be the target of the enemies later in the turn. Mario or his partner can perform an extra [[First Strike]] if they trigger the battle by attacking the enemy; conversely, the enemy can also attack Mario first and trigger the inverse situation.
 
[[File:Magnusbattle.png|thumb|200px|Mario selecting an action.]]
The player is given the following actions to choose from:
*'''Attack:''' The character's available moves. For Mario, this action is split into '''Jump''' and '''Hammer''' options.
*'''Items:''' Mario or his partner can use an item from Mario's inventory.
*'''Special:''' Exclusive to Mario, the selection of [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Crystal Stars|special moves]], which use [[Star Power]].
*'''Tactics:''' An assortment of non-offensive actions.
**'''Swap partner:''' Changes the active party member. While this action normally costs one turn, the [[Quick Change]] badge allows the player to switch freely.
**'''[[Appeal]]:''' The character poses for the audience to recover a greater amount of Star Power
**'''Defend:''' Increases the character's defense for the remainder of the turn.
**'''Run away:''' If successful, lets Mario flee from battle. It cannot be used in most boss battles.
**'''Charge:''' Increases the character's attack power for the next turn. It is only available when the player has equipped the [[Charge (badge)|Charge]] badge for Mario, or [[Charge P]] for partners.
Battles take place on a [[Stage (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|stage]]. Sometimes the impact of an attack causes props to fall (damaging all characters on stage and possibly making them [[dizzy]]), while devices such as fire nozzles and falling objects are triggered at random times. The audience helps Mario gain Star Power and may throw him useful items or pelt Mario and his partners with garbage (which they can prevent by pressing {{button|gcn|x}} to attack the audience member). Lastly, some bosses even exploit the audience for their own benefit (for example, [[Hooktail]] will eventually eat some of the audience members to regain 10 HP, which causes all the other spectators to flee, therefore making it impossible to gain any Star Power).
===Attacking enemies===
While Mario and his partners are battling enemies, their attacks will deal extra damage and receive Star Power from an excited audience if the [[Action Command]] displayed onscreen is correctly performed. [[Stylish move]]s are extra Action Commands that, if executed, thrill the crowd even more, thus yielding even more Star Power: one must press {{button|gcn|A}} at the right moment during a move. However, the game will never tell the player about Stylish moves, or when should one perform them, unless [[Eddy the Mask]] is talked to and the [[Timing Tutor]] badge is equipped.
 
===Guarding===
[[File:PMTTYD Guard.png|thumb|200px|The Guard move in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.]]
To perform the Guard Action Command, one must press {{button|gcn|A}} or {{button|gcn|B}} when Mario's opponent is about to strike him. Guarding reduces the damage he takes from enemy attacks and allows the player to resist status effects. The player must time it right, though.
 
[[Guard]]: To perform a Guard move, the player must press {{button|gcn|A}} to block enemy attacks, reducing the damage they deal by 1 HP, and also protecting Mario from negative status effects. The player has 8 frames (roughly 2/15 of a second) to Guard.
 
[[Superguard]]: To perform a Superguard move, the player must press {{button|gcn|B}} to block enemy attacks, negating the attack completely and sometimes damaging the attacker — generally a Superguard deals 1 HP of damage to a foe who employs a contact attack and none to foes who attack from a distance, but it does deflect [[Pokey]]s' ranged attacks back at them. The player only has 3 frames (or 1/20 of a second) to Superguard, making it more difficult to time than a regular Guard.
 
===Status effects===
Status effects are effects that alter a character's stats or behavior in battle. Since they can only occur within battles, they are automatically removed or healed once Mario and his partners win a fight.
 
Below is a list of status effects and what inflicts them. Please note that, unless stated otherwise, positive status changes are always targeted at the user or someone in their party, while negative status changes are targeted at the opposing party. Since stage effects are triggered randomly, they can affect any participants in the battle. If a boss is fought more than once or has multiple forms, the battle in which they can inflict the status effect is specified in parentheses.
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{|class=wikitable style="width:90%;margin:0 auto"
!width=8%|Name
!Effect
!width=52%|Inflicters
|-
|-
| Power Rush
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Allergic.gif]]<br>[[Allergic]]
| 1
|Becomes unaffected by status effects, both positive and negative.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| When Mario's HP is low, and he's in "danger", his attack power will go up by 2.
*'''Enemies:''' [[Beldam]] (2), [[Shadow Queen]] (1)
*'''Items:''' [[Space Food]]
|-
|-
| Power Rush
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Burn.png]]<br>[[Burn]]
| 1
|style="text-align:left;"|Loses 1 HP each turn. Is removed by a randomly-occurring stage effect involving falling water, and by the Frozen status ailment. Fire foes are immune to this ailment.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| When Mario's Partner's HP is low, and he's in "danger", his attack power will go up by 2.
*'''Enemies:''' [[Fire Bro]]s, [[Lava Bubble]]s, [[Ember]]s, [[Phantom Ember]]s, [[X-Naut PhD]]s, [[Sir Grodus]]
*'''Allies:''' Vivian ([[Shade Fist]], [[Fiery Jinx]])
*'''Badges:''' [[Fire Drive]]
*'''Stage:''' fire nozzle
|-
|-
| Power Smash
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Confused.png]]<br>[[Confused]]
| 1
|The victim has an approximately 50% chance each turn to ignore the AI or the player's orders and do something random and unexpected, including attacking allies.
| Toad Town Tunnels
|
| For 2 FP, Mario can use "Power Smash", a more powerful hammer attack.
*'''Enemies:''' [[Boo#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Atomic Boo]], Shadow Queen (1)
*'''Allies:''' Vivian ([[Infatuate]])
*'''Badges:''' [[Head Rattle]]
*'''Items:''' [[Ruin Powder]]
*'''Stage:''' large bug, small bugs, Bowser statue
|-
|-
| Pretty Lucky
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:PMTTYD_DEF-Up_Battle_Icon.png]]<br>[[DEF-Up]]
| 2
|Raises [[Defense|Defense Power]].
| Dazzle
|
| Enemies will occasionally miss Mario when it's equipped.
*'''Enemies:''' [[Magikoopa]]s, [[Red Magikoopa]]s, [[Bulky Bob-omb]]s, [[Bob-ulk]]s, [[Wizzerd]]s, [[Elite Wizzerd]]s, [[Macho Grubba]], [[Kammy Koopa]], Shadow Queen (1, 2)
*'''Allies:''' Mario ([[Power Lift]])
*'''Items:''' [[Courage Shell]]
|-
|-
| Pretty Lucky P
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Dizzy PMTTYD icon.png]]<br>[[Dizzy]]
| 2
|The victim's attacks have a 50% chance of missing their target.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| Enemies will occasionally miss Mario's Partner when it's equipped.
*'''Allies:''' Ms. Mowz ([[Tease]])
*'''Items:''' [[Dizzy Dial]]
*'''Stage:''' bucket, basin, meteor
|-
|-
| Quake Hammer
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Dodgy TTYD.png]]<br>[[Dodgy]]
| 2
|The affected character has a 50% chance to dodge incoming attacks.
| Boggly Woods
|
| For 3 FP, it lets you use "Quake Hammer", an attack that damages all enemies on the floor.
*'''Enemies:''' Magikoopas, X-Naut PhDs, Macho Grubba, Sir Grodus
*'''Allies:''' Flurrie ([[Dodgy Fog]] [to Mario])
*'''Badges:''' [[Lucky Start]] (possibly)
*'''Items:''' [[Repel Cape]], [[Peach Tart]] (possibly)
|-
|-
| Quick Change
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Electrifying.png]]<br>[[Electrified]]
| 7
|The affected character will deal 1 HP of damage to attackers who make contact, and will often interrupt their attack — assuming the attackers are not electrified as well.
| Dazzle
|
| Allows Mario to switch partners in the midst of battle without using up a turn.
*'''Enemies:''' Magikoopas, [[Green Magikoopa]]s, [[Dark Puff]]s, [[Ruff Puff]]s, Elite Wizzerds, Kammy Koopa
*'''Badges:''' [[Zap Tap]], Lucky Start (possibly)
*'''Items:''' [[Volt Mushroom|Volt Shroom]], [[Electro Pop]], [[Love Pudding]] (possibly), [[Peach Tart]] (possibly)
*'''Stage:''' stage light
|-
|-
| Refund
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Fast TTYD Status.png]]<br>[[Fast]]
| 1
|Allows the affected character to perform two actions each turn.
| Pianta Parlor
|
| If you use an item in battle, you'll be given some coins.
*'''Enemies:''' Macho Grubba, Beldam (2)
*'''Allies:''' Goombella ([[Rally Wink]] [to Mario])
|-
|-
| Return Postage
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Frozen Block.png]]<br>[[Frozen]]
| 7
|The affected character is unable to do anything and will take 1 HP of damage when the status expires. This ailment is negated if the Burn status is inflicted. Ice foes are immune to this ailment.
| Pit of 100 Trials, after defeating Bonetail
|
| Makes direct-attackers take 1/2 the damage they do.
*'''Enemies:''' [[Ice Puff]]s, [[Frost Piranha]]s, Beldam (2), [[Bonetail]]
*'''Badges:''' [[Ice Smash]]
*'''Items:''' [[Ice Storm]], [[Icicle Pop]] (self-infliction, possibly), [[Zess Frappe]] (self-infliction, possibly), [[Snow Bunny]] (self-infliction)
*'''Stage:''' freeze nozzle
|-
|-
| Shrink Stomp
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:FP_Regen.png]]<br>[[Regen|Gradual FP]]
| 1
|The affected character recovers FP each turn.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| For 2 FP, Mario can use "Shrink Stomp", which, in addition to causing damage, can shrink an enemy, lowering its attack power.
*'''Badges:''' [[Happy Flower]], [[Lucky Start]] (possibly)
*'''Items:''' [[Gradual Syrup]]
|-
|-
| Simplifier
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:HP_Regen.png]]<br>[[Regen|Gradual HP]]
| 1
|The affected character recovers HP each turn.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| Makes action commands easy, but earns less star power.
*'''Badges:''' [[Happy Heart]], [[Happy Heart P]], [[Lucky Start]] (possibly)
*'''Items:''' [[Slow Shroom]], [[Mushroom Broth|Shroom Broth]], [[Meteor Meal]], [[Couple's Cake]]
|-
|-
| Sleep Stomp
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Huge TTYD.png]]<br>[[Huge]]
| 1
|Attack Power is raised by 2.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| For 2 FP, Mario can use "Sleep Stomp", which, in addition to causing damage, can put an enemy to sleep.
*'''Enemies:''' [[X-Naut]], [[Elite X-Naut]]s, [[Red Magikoopa]]s, Wizzerds, Dark Wizzerds, Elite Wizzerds, Kammy Koopa, Beldam (1)
*'''Items:''' [[Power Punch]]
|-
|-
| Slow Go
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Immobilize.png]]<br>[[Immobilized]]
| 0
|The affected character is unable to do anything.
| Charlieton
|
| Prevents Mario from running.
*'''Enemies:''' [[X-Yux]]es, Atomic Boo, Sir Grodus
*'''Allies:''' Mario ([[Clock Out]] [possible self-infliction])
*'''Items:''' [[Stop Watch]]
|-
|-
| Sleep Stomp
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Invisible icon TTYD.png]]<br>[[Invisible]]
| 1
|The affected character cannot be attacked at all.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| Makes enemies soft
*'''Enemies:''' [[Boo]], [[Dark Boo]], Green Magikoopas, Kammy Koopa
*'''Items:''' [[Boo's Sheet]], Love Pudding (possibly)
|-
|-
| Spike Shield
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:SpitePaybacktime.png]]<br>[[Payback]]
| 2
|Attackers who make contact with the affected character will take half the damage dealt.
| Dry Dry Ruins
|
| Allows Mario to safely jump on spiky enemies without getting hurt.
*'''Enemies:''' Sir Grodus
*'''Allies:''' Bobbery ([[Hold Fast]])
*'''Items:''' [[Spite Pouch]]
|-
|-
| Super Appeal
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Poison.png]]<br>[[Poison (status effect)|Poison]]
| 2
|style="text-align:left;"|Loses 1 HP each turn.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| Gets more star power from the audience when Mario appeals
*'''Enemies:''' [[Putrid Piranha]]s, [[Poison Pokey]]s, [[Poison Puff]]s, [[Bowser]] (1, 2), [[Cortez]]'s Hook, Beldam (2), [[Gloomtail]], Shadow Queen (1, 2)
*'''Items:''' [[Poison Mushroom|Poison Shroom]] (self-infliction)
|-
|-
| Super Appeal P
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:PMTTYD POW-Up Battle Icon.png]]<br>[[POW-Up]]
| 2
|Attack Power is raised.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| Gets more star power from the audience when Mario's Partner appeals
*'''Enemies:''' [[Hyper Goomba]]s, [[Hyper Paragoomba]]s, [[Hyper Spiky Goomba]]s, [[Hyper Cleft]]s, [[Hyper Bald Cleft]]s, Bulky Bob-ombs, Bob-ulks, Koopatrols, [[Dark Koopatrol]]s, [[Dark Lakitu]]s, [[Sky-Blue Spiny|Sky-Blue Spiny]]s, [[Marilyn]] (1, 2), Cortez
*'''Allies:''' Mario (Power Lift)
|-
|-
| Timing Tutor
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Sleeping.png]]<br>[[Sleep]]
| 1
|The victim is unable to do anything, but there is a chance that they will wake up prematurely if attacked.
| Charlieton
|
| Teaches the timing sfor style commands.
*'''Enemies:''' [[Crazee Dayzee]]s, [[Amazy Dayzee]]s, Bonetail
*'''Badges:''' [[Sleepy Stomp]]
*'''Items:''' [[Sleepy Sheep]], [[Love Pudding]] (possibly), [[Peach Tart]] (possibly)
|-
|-
| Tornado Jump
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Slowstatus.png]]<br>[[Slow]]
| 2
|The victim can only perform an action every two turns. The Fast status negates Slow.
| Creepy Steeple
|
| Damages all midair enemies if executed superbly.
*'''Enemies:''' Beldam (2)
|-
|-
| Unsimplifier
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:PMTTYD DEF-Down Battle Icon.png]]<br>[[DEF-Down|Soft]]
| 1
|Lowers Defense Power by 3.
| Lovely Howz of Badges
|
| Makes action commands hard, but earns more star power.
*'''Badges:''' [[Soft Stomp]]
*'''Items:''' [[Mr. Softener]]
|-
|-
| W Emblem
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Tiny.png]]<br>[[Tiny (status effect)|Tiny]]
| 0
|Lowers Attack Power by 2.
| Charlieton
|
| Changes Mario's clothes into Wario's clothes. While combined with the L Emblem, it'll change Mario's clothes to Waluigi's clothes.
*'''Enemies:''' X-Naut PhDs, Beldam (1), Bonetail
*'''Allies:''' Yoshi ([[Mini-Egg]])
*'''Items:''' [[Mini Mr. Mini]]
|-
|-
| Zap Tap
| 3
| Pit of 100 Trials
| Electrifies Mario, causing most enemies to take damage when they physically touch him. Makes Mario damage proof when jumping on electrified enemies.
|}
|}
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===Leveling up===
====Star Points====
{{main|List of Star Point amounts in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
[[File:Starpoint.gif|frame|Star Point]]
Every time Mario wins a battle, he earns [[Star Point]]s. The amount he earns from each enemy or boss depends on his current level compared to the enemies he earns them from; as his level goes up, he earns fewer Star Points from them. If Mario's level is just under, matches or exceeds the enemy's, or reaches the maximum level, 99, he does not earn any Star Points from them at all. When Mario's Star Point meter reaches 100, the player can choose whether to upgrade Mario's [[Heart Point|'''H'''eart '''P'''oints]], [[Flower Point|'''F'''lower '''P'''oints]], or [[Badge Point|'''B'''adge '''P'''oints]]. Upgrading HP or FP increases the upgraded stat by 5, and choosing BP raises Mario's BP by 3. Level 99 is the highest Mario can be at. Each stat has its own maximum value, which it cannot be upgraded beyond. For HP and FP, this value is 200, but for BP, this value is 99; however, it is impossible for the player to have all three stats simultaneously be at their maximum value at any one time since the lack of level-ups impedes at least one of the stats from being at its maximum.
====Shine Sprites====
{{main|List of Shine Sprites in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
[[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|frame|right|Shine Sprite]]
[[File:PMTTYD Shine Sprite RogueEastRoof.png|left|thumb|[[Mario]] and [[Yoshi Kid|Yoshi]] collecting the [[Shine Sprite]] on top of the red roof in the east of [[Rogueport]].]]
Much like ''Paper Mario'', there are items found in the overworld of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' that, when collected, allow Mario to upgrade his partners to learn new moves and increase their HP. In this game, [[Shine Sprite]]s fulfill this purpose. The price of upgrading a partner is always three Shine Sprites. There are 42 Shine Sprites altogether in the game.
===The Audience===
{{main|Audience}}
[[File:PMTTYD2.png|thumb|Every audience member.]]
The [[Audience]] determines how much [[Star Power]] Mario recovers. It consists of various enemies and allies and sits and cheers as the group attacks. If Mario or his allies use the [[Appeal]] action or a [[Stylish move]], they recover more Star Power. The audience is even exploited by various bosses: [[Hooktail]], [[Cortez]], and the [[Shadow Queen]] consume audience members to restore their HP, whereas [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]] uses spectators as ammo by launching them at Mario and his partners.
The Audience occasionally takes active participation in the battles; some spectators will attempt to toss Mario helpful items or pelt him with garbage, others will get on stage and cause a prop to fall or make combatants invisible, while others may incapacitate fellow audience members, making Star Power recovery more complicated.
===Bingo!===
{{main|Bingo!}}
An icon appears next to Mario's Star Power Gauge whenever the player successfully uses the Action Command of an attack. If the player has two matching icons and if the player executes an additional Action Command, Mario can take the Bingo wheel for a spin.
==Items==
Items are objects that, if used, help Mario and his partners on their journey. They can restore their stats (HP and FP), boost stats (attack and defense) and cause certain status changes in battle. Many can be used on enemies to negatively affect their status, and also to cause damage. Mario can hold up to 10 items in his inventory, but he can store a maximum of 31 items at any [[Item Shop]] and withdraw them at any time he wishes to. The amount of items Mario can hold is doubled as soon as he collects the [[Strange Sack]].
Non-boss enemies can hold items in battle, which they will use, usually as soon as they get a turn.
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'''HP-restoring items'''
*[[File:Mushroom TTYD.png|20px]] [[Mushroom]] (5 HP)
*[[File:Super Shroom TTYD.png|20px]] [[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]] (10 HP)
*[[File:Ultra Shroom TTYD.png|20px]] [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] (50 HP)
*[[File:Life Shroom TTYD.png|20px]] [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Shroom]] (10 HP revive)
*[[File:Slow Shroom TTYD.png|20px]] [[Slow Mushroom|Slow Shroom]] (20 HP gradual)
*[[File:Dried Bouquet TTYD.png|20px]] [[Dried Bouquet]] (1 HP)
*[[File:Horsetail TTYD.png|20px]] [[Horsetail]] (3 HP)
*[[File:Mystic Egg TTYD.png|20px]] [[Mystic Egg]] (5 HP)
*[[File:Keel Mango TTYD.png|20px]] [[Keel Mango]] (5 HP)
*[[File:Space Food TTYD.png|20px]] [[Space Food]] (5 HP)
'''FP-restoring items'''
*[[File:Honey Syrup TTYD.png|20px]] [[Honey Syrup]] (5 FP)
*[[File:Maple Syrup TTYD.png|20px]] [[Maple Syrup]] (10 FP)
*[[File:Jammin Jelly TTYD.png|20px]] [[Jammin' Jelly]] (50 FP)
*[[File:Gradual Syrup TTYD.png|20px]] [[Gradual Syrup]] (20 FP gradual)
*[[File:Cake Mix TTYD.png|20px]] [[Cake Mix]] (1 FP)
*[[File:Turtley Leaf TTYD.png|20px]] [[Turtley Leaf]] (5 FP)
*[[File:Golden Leaf TTYD.png|20px]] [[Golden Leaf]] (10 FP)
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'''HP and FP-restoring items'''
*[[File:Hot Dog TTYD.png|20px]] [[Hot Dog (item)|Hot Dog]] (5 HP, 5 FP)
*[[File:Peachy Peach TTYD.png|20px]] [[Peachy Peach]] (1 HP, 2 FP)
*[[File:Fresh Pasta TTYD.png|20px]] [[Fresh Pasta Bunch|Fresh Pasta]] (10 HP, 5 FP)
*[[File:Whacka Bump TTYD.png|20px]] [[Whacka Bump]] (25 HP, 25 FP)
'''Other status-altering items'''
*[[File:Boos Sheet TTYD.png|20px]] [[Boo's Sheet]]
*[[File:Courage Shell TTYD.png|20px]] [[Courage Shell]]
*[[File:Hot Sauce TTYD.png|20px]] [[Hot Sauce]]
*[[File:Point Swap TTYD.png|20px]] [[Point Swap]]
*[[File:Power Punch TTYD.png|20px]] [[Power Punch]]
*[[File:Repel Cape TTYD.png|20px]] [[Repel Cape]]
*[[File:Spite Pouch TTYD.png|20px]] [[Spite Pouch]]
*[[File:Tasty Tonic TTYD.png|20px]] [[Tasty Tonic]]
*[[File:Volt Shroom TTYD.png|20px]] [[Volt Mushroom|Volt Shroom]]
'''Enemy-targetting items'''
*[[File:Coconut TTYD.png|20px]] [[Coconut]]
*[[File:Dizzy Dial TTYD.png|20px]] [[Dizzy Dial]]
*[[File:Earth Quake TTYD.png|20px]] [[Earth Quake]]
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*[[File:Fire Flower TTYD.png|20px]] [[Fire Flower]]
*[[File:Fright Mask TTYD.png|20px]] [[Fright Mask]]
*[[File:HP Drain item.png|20px]] [[HP Drain (item)|HP Drain]]
*[[File:Ice Storm TTYD.png|20px]] [[Ice Storm]]
*[[File:Mini Mr Mini TTYD.png|20px]] [[Mini Mr. Mini]]
*[[File:Mr Softener TTYD.png|20px]] [[Mr. Softener]]
*[[File:POW Block TTYD.png|20px]] [[POW Block]]
*[[File:Shooting Star TTYD.png|20px]] [[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]]
*[[File:Sleepy Sheep TTYD.png|20px]] [[Sleepy Sheep]]
*[[File:Ruin Powder TTYD.png|20px]] [[Ruin Powder]]
*[[File:Stop Watch TTYD.png|20px]] [[Stop Watch]]
*[[File:Thunder Bolt TTYD.png|20px]] [[Thunder Bolt (item)|Thunder Bolt]]
*[[File:Thunder Rage TTYD.png|20px]] [[Thunder Rage]]
'''Miscellaneous'''
*[[File:Gold Bar TTYD.png|20px]] [[Gold Bar]]
*[[File:Gold Bar x3 TTYD.png|20px]] [[Gold Bar x3]]
*[[File:Inn Coupon TTYD.png|20px]] [[Inn Coupon]]
*[[File:Mystery TTYD.png|20px]] [[Mystery Box (item)|Mystery]]
|}
===Zess T. recipes===
{{main|List of Zess T. recipes}}
[[Zess T.]] is a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] chef who lives in the westernmost house in Rogueport Plaza. [[Mario]] accidentally breaks her contact lens when he approaches the entrance of Rogueport's west side, and in retaliation, she blocks the entrance until he makes it up to her. After Chapter 1, Mario can buy her a [[Contact Lens|new one]], and upon receiving it, she frees the way and goes home, where Mario can always ask her to cook him something with one ingredient. If her [[Trouble Center]] [[Seeking Legendary Book!|trouble]] is completed (available after finishing Chapter 4), she is able to cook with two ingredients at once.


==Bestiary==
===Important Things===
Important Things are irreplaceable items that cannot be sold or used in battle, and are in the majority mandatory for story progression. These items occupy their own section in Mario's inventory.
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'''Prologue'''
*[[File:Mailbox SP TTYD.png|15px]] [[Mailbox SP]] - Mario's e-mail reader
*[[File:Black Key TTYD.png|15px]] [[Black Key]] - Opens the [[black chest]] in Rogueport Sewers
'''Chapter 1'''
*[[File:Sun Stone TTYD.png|15px]] [[Sun Stone]] - A key to [[Hooktail Castle]], guarded in [[Shhwonk Fortress]]
*[[File:Moon Stone TTYD.png|15px]] [[Moon Stone]] - A key to Hooktail Castle, guarded in Shhwonk Fortress
*[[File:Castle Key.png|15px]] [[Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key]] (x4) - Used to unlock doors in Hooktail Castle
*[[File:Black Key TTYD.png|15px]] Black Key - Opens the black chest in Hooktail Castle
*[[File:Contact Lens.png|10px]] [[Contact Lens]] - Replacement for [[Zess T.]]'s original one, which Mario broke
'''Chapter 2'''
*[[File:Necklace TTYD.png|15px]] [[Necklace (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Necklace]] - Flurrie's lost necklace. She joins the party when returned
*[[File:Red Key TTYD.png|15px]] [[Red Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Red Key]] - Opens the red cage in [[The Great Tree]]
*[[File:Puni Orb TTYD.png|15px]] [[Puni Orb]] - When placed into a pedestal, it attracts all Punies to it
*[[File:Blue Key TTYD.png|15px]] [[Blue Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Blue Key]] - Opens the blue cage in The Great Tree
*[[File:Blimp Ticket.png|15px]] [[Blimp Ticket|Blimp Ticket]] - Gives Mario's party access to [[Glitzville]]
'''Chapter 3'''
*[[File:Dubious Paper TTYD.png|15px]] [[Dubious Documents|Dubious Paper]] - A document containing information about the Crystal Stars
*[[File:PMTTYD Champ's Belt Sprite.png|15px]] [[Champ's Belt]] - The Glitz Pit champion's belt, earned after defeating [[Rawk Hawk]]
'''Chapter 4'''
*[[File:Shop Key.png|15px]] [[Shop Key]] - Unlocks the storage in [[Twilight Town]]'s shop
*[[File:Black Key TTYD.png|15px]] Black Key - Opens the black chest in Twilight Town
*[[File:Steeple Key TTYD.png|15px]] [[File:Steeple Key basement.png|15px]] [[Steeple Key]] - Two keys that unlock doors in the Creepy Steeple
*[[File:Superbombomb.png|15px]] [[Superbombomb]] - A weapon Mario helps Vivian retrieve
*[[File:Letter P TTYD.png|15px]] [[The Letter "p"|The letter "p"]] - Needed to spell Doopliss' name and break his curse
*[[File:Old Letter.png|15px]] [[Old Letter]] - A letter from Admiral Bobbery's late wife to him, kept by [[Podley]]
'''Chapter 5'''
*[[File:Chuckola Cola TTYD.png|15px]] [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]] - Motivates Admiral Bobbery to join the party
*[[File:Skull Gem TTYD.png|15px]] [[Skull Gem]] - [[Flavio]]'s treasure. Opens the entrance to [[Pirate's Grotto]]
*[[File:Grotto Key TTYD.png|15px]] [[Grotto Key]] - Opens a locked door in Pirate's Grotto
*[[File:Black Key TTYD.png|15px]] Black Key - Opens the black chest in Pirate's Grotto
*[[File:Gate Handle.png|15px]] [[Gate Handle]] - Must be inserted into the contraption to open the floodgates
*[[File:Wedding Ring.png|15px]] [[Wedding Ring]] - Francesca's ring, lost in Keelhaul Key
*[[File:Train Ticket.png|15px]] [[Train Ticket]] - Lets Mario ride the [[Excess Express]]
'''Chapter 6'''
*[[File:Galley Pot TTYD.png|15px]] [[Galley Pot]] - [[Chef Shimi]]'s pot, taken by [[Heff T.]]
*[[File:Vital Paper TTYD.png|15px]] [[Vital Paper]] - A piece of evidence found in [[Zip Toad]]'s room
*[[File:Briefcase.png|15px]] [[Briefcase]] - The Businessman's briefcase, stolen by Doopliss
*[[File:Gold Ring.png|15px]] [[Gold Ring (item)|Gold Ring]] - [[Toodles]]'s ring, stolen by Doopliss
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*[[File:Shell Earrings.png|15px]] [[Shell Earrings]] - The [[Excess Express waitress|waitress]]' earrings, stolen by Doopliss
*[[File:Autograph TTYD.png|15px]] [[Autograph]] - A gift for [[Bub]], signed by the [[Excess Express engineer|engineer]]
*[[File:Ragged Diary TTYD.png|15px]] [[Ragged Diary]] - [[Ghost T.]]'s diary, to be returned in exchange missing blanket
*[[File:Blanket.png|15px]] [[Blanket]] - Given by Ghost T. Must be returned to the conductor
*[[File:Station Key alt.png|15px]][[File:Station Key.png|15px]] [[Station Key]] - Two keys that unlock doors in Riverside Station
*[[File:Elevator Key RS TTYD.png|15px]] [[Elevator Key (Riverside Station)|Elevator Key]] - Operates the elevator in Riverside Station
'''Chapter 7'''
*[[File:Goldbob Guide.png|15px]] [[Goldbob's Pass|Goldbob Guide]] - Needed to operate the [[Big Bob|cannon]] in [[Fahr Outpost]]
*[[File:Card Key purple.png|15px]][[File:Card Key green.png|15px]][[File:Card Key yellow.png|15px]][[File:Card Key blue.png|15px]] [[Security Key|Card Key]] - Used to navigate the X-Naut Fortress
*[[File:Elevator Key XNaut TTYD blue.png|15px]][[File:Elevator Key XNaut TTYD red.png|15px]] [[Elevator Key (X-Naut Fortress)|Elevator Key]] - Used to operate the elevators in the X-Naut Fortress
*[[File:Cog TTYD.png|15px]] [[Cog (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Cog]] - Needed to operate a device in an optional room
'''Chapter 8'''
*[[File:Palace Key gray.png|15px]] [[Palace Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Palace Key]] (x3) - Three keys that unlock doors in the Palace of Shadow
*[[File:Star Key.png|15px]] [[Star Key]] - Activates the key pedestals in [[Palace of Shadow Tower|Riddle Tower]]
*[[File:Palace Key blue.png|15px]] Palace Key (x8) - Eight keys from the Riddle Tower
'''Side quests'''
*[[File:Battle Trunks TTYD.png|15px]] [[Battle Trunks]] (x20) - Subject of a [[Help Wanted!|Trouble Center trouble]].
*[[File:Box TTYD.png|15px]] [[Box]] - [[McGoomba]]'s delivery to [[Goomfrey]] in a [[Safe Delivery...|Trouble Center trouble]]
*[[File:Cookbook TTYD.png|15px]] [[Cookbook]] - Allows Zess T. to cook with two ingredients
*[[File:Gold Card TTYD.png|15px]] [[Golden Card]] - Reward for solving [[important Thing!|Frankie's trouble]]
*[[File:House Key TTYD.png|15px]] [[House Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|House Key]] - [[Garf]]'s lost key in a [[Need a Key!|Trouble Center trouble]]
*[[File:Lottery Pick.png|15px]] [[Lottery Ticket|Lottery Pick]] - Received if Mario decides to participate in the [[Happy Lucky Lottery]]
*[[File:Box TTYD.png|15px]] [[Package (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Package]] - Goldbob's delivery to General White in a [[Delivery, please!|Trouble Center trouble]]
*[[File:Platinum Card.png|15px]] [[Platinum Card]] - Reward for solving [[I must have that book.|Toodles' trouble]]
*[[File:Present TTYD.png|15px]] [[Present (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Present]] - Bub's present to [[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|his mother]] in a [[Help me make up.|Trouble Center trouble]]
*[[File:Routing Slip.png|15px]] [[Routing Slip]] - [[Mayor Dour]]'s delivery to the Puni elder in a [[Newsletter...|Trouble Center trouble]]
*[[File:Silver Card TTYD.png|15px]] [[Silver Card]] - Reward for solving [[Help my Daddy!|Pine T. Jr.'s trouble]]
*[[File:Special Card TTYD.png|15px]] [[Special Card]] - Reward for solving [[Try to find me!|Koopook's trouble]]
*[[File:Strange Sack TTYD.png|15px]] [[Strange Sack]] - Increases Mario's item capacity to 20
*[[File:Super Luigi series Vol 1 TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Super Luigi series Vol 2 TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Super Luigi series Vol 3 TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Super Luigi series Vol 4 TTYD.png|15px]][[File:Super Luigi series Vol 5 TTYD.png|15px]] [[Super Luigi (series)|Super Luigi]] - Novelization of Luigi's adventures
*[[File:Up Arrow.png|15px]] [[Up Arrow]] - Reminds Merlon of the Ultra Stone in his house
*[[File:Wrestling Mag.png|15px]] [[Wrestling Magazine|Wrestling Mag]] - [[Jolene]]'s return to Toodles in a [[I must have that book.|Trouble Center trouble]]
'''Items used by other characters'''
*[[File:Data Disk.png|15px]] [[Data Disk]] - An item Peach retrieves so [[TEC-XX]] can read it
*[[File:Blue Potion.png|15px]] [[Blue Potion]] - One of the ingredients to turn Peach invisible
*[[File:Green Potion.png|15px]] [[Green Potion]] - One of the ingredients to turn Peach invisible
*[[File:Orange Potion TTYD.png|12px]] [[Orange Potion]] - One of the ingredients to turn Peach invisible
*[[File:Red Potion.png|15px]] [[Red Potion]] - One of the ingredients to turn Peach invisible
*[[File:Ultra Stone TTYD.png|15px]] [[Ultra Stone]] - [[Merlon]] can use it to upgrade partners to Ultra Rank
|}


Enemy names in '''Bold Print''' are bosses.<br>Description coutesy of Tattle Log.
===Item Shops===
{{main|List of shops in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{main|List of selling prices in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
[[File:Niff T's Shop.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Niff T.'s shop]].]]
[[File:TTYDSellingPrice.png|thumb|200px|Mario selling an Ultra Shroom at [[Toad Bros. Bazaar]] in Rogueport.]]
Several item shops can be visited in the game, identified by a [[Fire Flower]] sign on the outside. When spoken to, the shopkeeper will offer [[Mario]] several options:
*'''Buy:''' Refers Mario to the items on display. He can buy an unlimited amount of any item with [[coin]]s.
*'''Sell:''' Mario can sell items from his inventory to the shopkeeper. Most items can be sold to the shopkeepers for a set price at every shop, however, some items sell at a higher price depending on the location of the shop and the item itself. Mario can make a profit if he purchases an item at a low price from one store, and sells it to another that buys it from him at a higher price. One [[Trouble Center]] trouble exploits this fact.
*'''Store:''' Mario can store up to 21 items in shops to retrieve later. This storage is shared among all stores.
*'''Withdraw:''' Mario can retrieve an item he previously stored.
Shops in the game also offer "shop points", a system that rewards Mario with free items when he reaches certain purchase milestones.
{{br}}


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==Badges==
|-style="background: #ABC;"
{{main|List of badges in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
!width="2%"|No.
[[Badge]]s are objects that Mario and his partners can equip, and therefore benefit from, throughout the course of the game. They can be purchased at the Lovely Howz of Badges or from [[Charlieton]], traded for [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Pieces]] through [[Dazzle]], won at the [[Pianta Parlor]], or found in one of the places Mario and company visit. The ? Blocks containing badges in the field are red in color, unlike normal ? Blocks, which are yellow and contain coins or items.
!width="20%"|Name
 
!width="1%"|HP
When leveling up, Mario can gain Badge Points (BP), which allow him to equip badges he has already found. Some of the badges add new [[Jump]] or [[Hammer]] moves to Mario's commands during battle, among other abilities. Badges can also affect Mario and his partners outside of battles. Certain badges can increase the number of coins, flowers, [[Heart_(item)#Paper_Mario_series|heart]]s, or items that enemies drop after they are defeated. Foes might also carry badges in battle, which only [[Ms. Mowz]] can steal right away, though there is a likelihood that they might leave them behind once they are beaten.
!width="1%"|ATK
 
!width="1%"|DEF
Two special badges, the W Emblem and the L Emblem, can change Mario's clothing. With the W Emblem, Mario gets [[Wario]]'s clothing, with the L Emblem, it results in [[Luigi]]'s, and with both Emblems combined, he wears [[Waluigi]]'s clothes.
!width="2%"|Location
 
!width="20%"|Description
If multiple copies of the same jump or hammer-based badge are worn at once, the FP requirement increases exponentially, whereas the Attack Power increases linearly.
 
Below is a list of the 85 types of badges obtainable in the game. Those marked with an asterisk (*) return from the original ''Paper Mario''.
{|width=100%
|width=20% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[File:PMTTYD All or Nothing Badge.png|20px]] [[All or Nothing]]*
*[[File:Attack FX B TTYD.png|20px]] [[Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B]]*
*[[File:Attack FX G.png|20px]] [[Attack FX G]]
*[[File:Attack FX P.png|20px]] [[Attack FX P]]
*[[File:Attack FX R.png|20px]] [[Attack FX R]]
*[[File:Attack FX Y.png|20px]] [[Attack FX Y]]
*[[File:Bump Attack.png|20px]] [[Bump Attack]]*
*[[File:Charge TTYD.png|20px]] [[Charge (badge)|Charge]]
*[[File:Charge P.png|20px]] [[Charge P]]
*[[File:Chill Out TTYD.png|20px]] [[Chill Out (badge)|Chill Out]]*
*[[File:Close Call TTYD.png|20px]] [[Close Call (badge)|Close Call]]*
*[[File:Close Call P.png|20px]] [[Close Call P]]
*[[File:Damage Dodge.png|20px]] [[Damage Dodge]]*
*[[File:Damage Dodge P.png|20px]] [[Damage Dodge P]]
*[[File:Defend Plus.png|20px]] [[Defend Plus]]*
*[[File:Defend Plus P.png|20px]] [[Defend Plus P]]
*[[File:Double Dip.png|20px]] [[Double Dip]]*
|width=20% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[File:Double Dip P.png|20px]] [[Double Dip P]]
*[[File:Double Pain.png|20px]] [[Double Pain]]
*[[File:Feeling Fine.png|20px]] [[Feeling Fine]]*
*[[File:Feeling Fine P.png|20px]] [[Feeling Fine P]]
*[[File:Fire Drive.png|20px]] [[Fire Drive]]
*[[File:First Attack.png|20px]] [[First Attack]]*
*[[File:Flower Finder.png|20px]] [[Flower Finder]]*
*[[File:Flower Saver.png|20px]] [[Flower Saver]]*
*[[File:Flower Saver P.png|20px]] [[Flower Saver P]]
*[[File:FP Drain.png|20px]] [[FP Drain]]
*[[File:FP Plus.png|20px]] [[FP Plus]]*
*[[File:Hammer Throw TTYD.png|20px]] [[Hammer Throw (badge)|Hammer Throw]]*
*[[File:Hammerman.png|20px]] [[Hammerman]]
*[[File:Happy Flower TTYD.png|20px]] [[Happy Flower (badge)|Happy Flower]]*
*[[File:Happy Heart.png|20px]] [[Happy Heart]]*
*[[File:Happy Heart P.png|20px]] [[Happy Heart P]]
*[[File:Head Rattle.png|20px]] [[Head Rattle]]
|width=20% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[File:Heart Finder.png|20px]] [[Heart Finder]]*
*[[File:HP Drain TTYD.png|20px]] [[HP Drain (badge)|HP Drain]]*
*[[File:HP Drain P.png|20px]] [[HP Drain P]]
*[[File:HP Plus TTYD.png|20px]] [[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]]*
*[[File:HP Plus P.png|20px]] [[HP Plus P]]
*[[File:Ice Power.png|20px]] [[Ice Power]]*
*[[File:Ice Smash.png|20px]] [[Ice Smash]]
*[[File:Item Hog.png|20px]] [[Item Hog]]
*[[File:Jumpman TTYD.png|20px]] [[Jumpman (badge)|Jumpman]]
*[[File:L Emblem.png|20px]] [[L Emblem]]
*[[File:Last Stand.png|20px]] [[Last Stand]]*
*[[File:Last Stand P.png|20px]] [[Last Stand P]]
*[[File:Lucky Day.png|20px]] [[Lucky Day]]*
*[[File:PMTTYD_Lucky_Start.png|20px]] [[Lucky Start]]
*[[File:Mega Rush.png|20px]] [[Mega Rush]]*
*[[File:Mega Rush P.png|20px]] [[Mega Rush P]]
*[[File:Money Money.png|20px]] [[Money Money]]*
|width=20% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[File:Multibounce.png|20px]] [[Multibounce]]*
*[[File:PDown DUp.png|20px]] [[P-Down, D-Up]]*
*[[File:PDown DUp P.png|20px]] [[P-Down, D-Up P]]
*[[File:PUp DDown.png|20px]] [[P-Up, D-Down]]*
*[[File:PUp DDown P.png|20px]] [[P-Up, D-Down P]]
*[[File:Peekaboo TTYD.png|20px]] [[Peekaboo (badge)|Peekaboo]]*
*[[File:Piercing Blow.png|20px]] [[Piercing Blow]]*
*[[File:Pity Flower.png|20px]] [[Pity Flower]]
*[[File:Power Bounce.png|20px]] [[Power Bounce]]*
*[[File:Power Jump.png|20px]] [[Power Jump]]*
*[[File:Power Plus TTYD.png|20px]] [[Power Plus (badge)|Power Plus]]*
*[[File:Power Plus P.png|20px]] [[Power Plus P]]
*[[File:Power Rush.png|20px]] [[Power Rush]]
*[[File:Power Rush P.png|20px]] [[Power Rush P]]
*[[File:Power Smash.png|20px]] [[Power Smash]]*
*[[File:Pretty Lucky.png|20px]] [[Pretty Lucky]]*
*[[File:Pretty Lucky P.png|20px]] [[Pretty Lucky P]]
|width=20% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[File:Quake Hammer.png|20px]] [[Quake Hammer]]*
*[[File:PMTTYD_Quick_Change.png|20px]] [[Quick Change]]*
*[[File:PMTTYD_Refund.png|20px]] [[Refund]]*
*[[File:Return Postage.png|20px]] [[Return Postage]]
*[[File:Shrink Stomp.png|20px]] [[Shrink Stomp]]*
*[[File:Simplifier.png|20px]] [[Simplifier]]
*[[File:Sleepy Stomp.png|20px]] [[Sleepy Stomp]]*
*[[File:Slow Go.png|20px]] [[Slow Go]]*
*[[File:Soft Stomp.png|20px]] [[Soft Stomp]]
*[[File:Spike Shield.png|20px]] [[Spike Shield]]*
*[[File:Super Appeal.png|20px]] [[Super Appeal]]
*[[File:Super Appeal P.png|20px]] [[Super Appeal P]]
*[[File:Timing Tutor.png|20px]] [[Timing Tutor]]
*[[File:Tornado Jump TTYD.png|20px]] [[Tornado Jump (badge)|Tornado Jump]]
*[[File:Unsimplifier.png|20px]] [[Unsimplifier]]
*[[File:W Emblem.png|20px]] [[W Emblem]]
*[[File:Zap Tap.png|20px]] [[Zap Tap]]*
|}
 
==Enemies and obstacles==
===Bestiary (Tattle Log)===
{{main|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary}}
{|class=wikitable style="width:55%;margin:0 auto;text-align:center"
|-
!width=20%|Image!!width=25%|Name!!width=10%|HP!!width=10%|Attack!!width=10%|Defense!!width=25%|Location
|-
|[[File:Goomba sprite PMTTYD.png|25px]]||[[Goomba]]||2||1||0||[[Rogueport Sewers]]<br>[[Petal Meadows]]<br>[[Glitz Pit]]<br>[[Riverside Station]]
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD Paragoomba Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Paragoomba]]||2||1||0||rowspan=2|Rogueport Sewers<br>Petal Meadows<br>[[Hooktail Castle]]
|-
|[[File:PMTTYDSpikyGoomba.png|25px]]||[[Spiked Goomba|Spiky Goomba]]||2||2||0
|-
|[[File:Spinia.png|35px]]||[[Spinia]]||3||1||0||Rogueport Sewers<br>Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD Red Koopa Troopa Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Koopa Troopa]]||4||2||1||Petal Meadows<br>Hooktail Castle<br>Rogueport Sewers
|-
|[[File:Bald Cleft TTYD.png|35px]]||[[Bald Cleft]]||2||1||2||Petal Meadows
|-
|[[File:Bristle.png|50px]]||[[Bristle]]||2||1||4||Petal Meadows<br>Glitz Pit
|-
|[[File:Cleft TTYD sprite.png|35px]]||[[Cleft]]||2||2||2||Petal Meadows<br>[[Boggly Woods]]<br>Pit of 100 Trials
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD Fuzzy.png|30px]]||[[Fuzzy]]||3||1||0||[[Shhwonk Fortress]]<br>Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD Red Paratroopa Sprite.png|40px]]||[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]||4||2||1||Hooktail Castle<br>Rogueport Sewers
|-
|-
| 61
|[[File:PMTTYDDullBones.png|35px]]||[[Dull Bones]]||1||2||1||Hooktail Castle<br>Glitz Pit<br>[[Palace of Shadow]]<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/amazydayzee.html Amazy Dayzee]
| 20
| 20
| 1
| Twilight Trail<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A mystical Dayzee that's almost never seen. Since it has so many HP, and because it's so quick to run away, this creature is almost impossible to beat.
|-
|-
| 63
|[[File:Spania.png|35px]]||[[Spania]]||3||1||0||Rogueport Sewers<br>Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/arantula.html Arantula]
| 16
| 7
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A spider-like creature that lives deep underground and spits web-wads. Its coloring is intimidating, but don't worry; it isn't poisonous.
|-
|-
| 72
|[[File:Pale Piranha.png|40px]]||[[Piranha Plant|Pale Piranha]]||4||2||0||Boggly Woods<br>[[The Great Tree]]<br>Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/atomicboo.html '''Atomic Boo''']
| 40
| 4
| 0
| Creepy Steeple
| A massive creature made up of countless Boos. It attacks by breaking apart and sending out hundreds of Boos.
|-
|-
| 93
|[[File:DarkPuff.png|40px]]||[[Dark Puff]]||3||2||0||Boggly Woods<br>Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bombshellbillblaster.html B. Bill Blaster]
| 10
| 0
| 4
| Palace of Shadow
| A much tougher Bill Blaster. It's really strong, but if you don't beat it, it will keep shooting Bombshell Bills
|-
|-
| 46
|[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Sprite.png|40px]]||[[X-Naut]]||4||3||0||rowspan=3|The Great Tree<br>[[X-Naut Fortress]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/badgebandit.html Badge Bandit]
| 12
| 5
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A bandit who steals badges. His HP and attack are high. Use your Guard well to keep your badges!
|-
|-
| 77
|[[File:PPTTYDYux.png|40px]]||[[Yux]]||3||2||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/baldcleft.html Bald Cleft]
| 2
| 1
| 2
| Shhwonk Fortress
| Basically, a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. It attacks by charging and is impervious to fire.
|-
|-
| 44
|[[File:Mini-Yux.png|20px]]||[[Mini-Yux]]||1||0||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bandit.html Bandit]
| 5
| 2
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A petty thief that charges at people and tries to steal coins. If you guard well, though, he can't steal a thing!
|-
|-
| 121
|[[File:Pider PMTTYD.png|40px]]||[[Pider]]||5||2||0||The Great Tree<br>Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/beldam.html '''Beldam''']
| 9/30
| 1/5
| 0
| Boggly Woods<br>Palace of Shadow
| Leader of the three Shadow Sirens. She'll throw all sorts of magic at you and has a very unpleasant disposition.
|-
|-
| 91
|[[File:KP Koopa TTYD.png|35px]]||[[KP Koopa]]||4||2||1||rowspan=2|Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/billblaster.html Bill Blaster]
| 5
| 0
| 2
| Pirate's Grotto
| A large black cannon that shoots Bullet Bills. Unknown wheater it is alive or not.
|-
|-
| 98
|[[File:Yellow Paper Paratroopa.png|45px]]||[[KP Paratroopa]]||4||2||1
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/blooper.html '''Blooper''']
| 12
| 1
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers
| A giant, squidlike thing that attacks with its ink and tentacles. Based on its dialect, it may come from the western sea.
|-
|-
| 86
|[[File:PMTTYD Pokey.png|25px]]||[[Pokey]]||4||3||0||rowspan=5|Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bobomb.html Bob-Omb]
| 4
| 2
| 1
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials.
| A round bomb soldier that gets furious when damaged and attacks by charging and then exploding.
|-
|-
| 88
|[[File:Spiny PMTTYD.png|35px]]||[[Spiny]]||3||3||3
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bobulk.html Bob-Ulk]
| 10
| 4
| 2
| Pit of 100 Trials.
| A really, really big Bob-Omb that explodes after 4 turns. Take it our before then or you'll be peeling your lips off the ceiling!
|-
|-
| 94
|[[File:Lakitu.png|40px]]||[[Lakitu]]||5||2||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bombshellbill.html Bombshell Bill]
| 3
| 6
| 2
| Palace of Shadow.
| A souped-up Bullet Bill. It'll hit you hard if you don't take it out first. Its HP are low, so do it quickly!
|-
|-
| 101
|[[File:Red Bandit.png|35px]]||[[Bandit]]||5||2||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bonetail.html '''Bonetail''']
| 200
| 8
| 2
| Pit of 100 Trials
| The oldest brother of Hooktail. He's just bones now and is incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest?
|-
|-
| 71
|[[File:Big Bandit.png|35px]]||[[Bandit]]||8||3||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/boo.html Boo]
| 7
| 3
| 0
| Creepy Steeple<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A somewhat shy ghost that can make itself and its allies invisible. It may be a ghost, but it's pretty cute.
|-
|-
| 25
|[[File:Cleftor.png|35px]]||[[Hyper Bald Cleft|H. Bald Cleft]]||3||2||2||Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/boomerangbrother.html Boomerang Brother]
| 7
| 2
| 1
| Glitzille
| A Koopa who uses boomerangs instead of hammers. Beware of returning boomerangs!
|-
|-
| 41
|[[File:Bob-omb.png|35px]]||[[Bob-omb]]||4||2||1||Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/1493.jpg '''Bowser''']
| 30/70
| 3/7
| 1/2
| Glitzille<br>Palace of Shadow
| ''First Battle:'' Mario's fated enemy. Bowser the Koopa King is a foe to be feared. His typical turf is NOT Glitzville.<br><br>''Second Battle:'' Mario's sworn enemy. He's a big galoot who's come to swipe Princess Peach and the Crystal Stars.
|-
|-
| 84
|[[File:TTYD Swooper.png|40px]]||[[Swoop|Swooper]]||6||3||0||Glitz Pit<br>[[Creepy Steeple]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bristle.html Bristle]
| 2
| 1
| 4
| Shhwonk Fortress<br>Glitzille
| A petrified spine-covered monster that attacks by charging at you and is impervious to fire. If you approach, its spikes will pop out and poke you.
|-
|-
| 87
|[[File:PMTTYD Red Spike Top Sprite.png|30px]]||[[Spike Top|R. S. Buzzy]]||5||3||4||Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bulkybobomb.html Bulky Bob-Omb]
| 6
| 2
| 1
| Pirate's Grotto<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A big pink Bob-Omb that explodes after 4 turns. That explosion is big, so take it out before then.
|-
|-
| 92
|[[File:Sky Blue Troopa.png|35px]]||[[Shady Koopa]]||8||3||1||Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/bulletbill.html Bullet Bill]
| 2
| 4
| 1
| Pirate's Grotto
| A projectile that attacks after being shot from a Bill Blaster. Take it out before it slams into you.
|-
|-
| 31
|[[File:ShadyParatroopa.png|45px]]||[[Shady Paratroopa|S. Paratroopa]]||8||3||1||Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/buzzybeetle.html Buzzy Beetle]
| 5
| 3
| 4
| Creepy Steeple<br>Pirate's Grotto<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| It's well-protected and immune to fire or explosion, but if you flip it over, its defense drops to zero.
|-
|-
| 89
|[[File:Green Fuzzy.png|30px]]||[[Green Fuzzy]]||5||3||0||Glitz Pit<br>[[Keelhaul Key]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/chainchomp.html Chain Chomp]
| 7
| 6
| 5
| Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| It's rough to damage this creature, but it has low HP, si it's possible to take it out with one decisive blow.
|-
|-
| 79
|[[File:Pink Fuzzyball.png|30px]]||[[Flower Fuzzy]]||6||3||0||Glitz Pit<br>Keelhaul Key<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/cleft.html Cleft]
| 2
| 2
| 2
| Shhwonk Fortress<br>Boggly Woods
| A spikey, rock-headed jerk that's impervious to fire attacks and has a solid body.
|-
|-
| 105
|[[File:Red Magi Koopa.png|50px]]||[[Red Magikoopa|R. Magikoopa]]||7||4||0||rowspan=3|Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/cortez.html '''Cortez''']
| 20
| 4
| 1
| Pirate's Grotto
| A pirate spirit who stayed at Keelhaul Key to guard his treasure
|-
|-
| 60
|[[File:White Magi Koopa.png|50px]]||[[White Magikoopa|W. Magikoopa]]||7||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/crazeedayzee.html Crazee Dayzee]
| 7
| 2
| 0
| Twilight Trail
| This fleet-footed flower foe is super cute, and it sings one hypnotically sleepy lullaby.
|-
|-
| 23
|[[File:PMTTYD Green Magikoopa Sprite.png|50px]]||[[Green Magikoopa|G. Magikoopa]]||7||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkbones.html Dark Bones]
| 20
| 5
| 2
| Palace of Shadow
| It's the baddest of the Bones bunch, so its HP are really high. When its HP get down to 0, it might rise again.
|-
|-
| 73
|[[File:Hamma Jamma.png|42px]]||[[Hammer Bro]]||7||4||1||Glitz Pit<br>Rogueport Sewers
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkboo.html Dark Boo]
| 8
| 5
| 0
| Poshley Sanctum<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A creepy-looking Boo with high HP and Attack. Get it before it turns invisible!
|-
|-
| 85
|[[File:TTYD Boomerang Bro.png|46px]]||[[Boomerang Bro]]||7||2||1||rowspan=2|Glitz Pit
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkbristle.html Dark Bristle]
| 8
| 8
| 4
| Pit of 100 Trials
| An ancient creature made of rock. Its Defense is high. You can't jump on it because of its spikes, and you can't get close to it because of its spears.
|-
|-
| 43
|[[File:PMTTYD Fire Bro Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Fire Bro]]||7||3||1
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkcraw.html Dark Craw]
| 20
| 6
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A ghastly-looking spearman that'll poke your feet if you try to stomp it when its spear is pointing up. It attacks by throwing spears or charging.
|-
|-
| 16
|[[File:Dark Craw.png|40px]]||[[Dark Craw]]||20||6||0||rowspan=3|Glitz Pit<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkkoopa.html Dark Koopa]
| 8
| 4
| 2
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A Koopa that prefers dark places. It has a very hard shell but you can flip it by jumping on it.
|-
|-
| 19
|[[File:Red Chomp.png|70px]]||[[Red Chomp]]||6||5||3
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkkoopatrol.html Dark Koopatrol]
| 25
| 5
| 2
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A member of the elite forces of the Koopa clan. Its pair of red eyes is its most charming feature. After charging its attacks, it deals devastating blows, so watch yourself!
|-
|-
| 28
|[[File:Dark Koopatrol.png|40px]]||[[Dark Koopatrol|D. Koopatrol]]||25||5||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darklakitu.html Dark Lakitu]
| 13
| 5
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A Lakitu on a dark cloud. It throws pipes at you that sometimes turn into Sky-Blue Spinies.
|-
|-
| 17
|[[File:PMTTYDHyperGoomba.png|25px]]||[[Hyper Goomba]]||8||2||0||rowspan=4|[[Twilight Trail]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkparatroopa.html Dark Paratroopa]
| 8
| 4
| 2
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A Paratroopa that lives in dark, damp places. In has a very hard shell, but you can flip it over by jumping on it.
|-
|-
| 67
|[[File:Hyper Paragoomba Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Hyper Paragoomba]]||8||2||0
| Dark Puff
| 3
| 2
| 0
| Boggly Woods<br>Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A thunderhead that attacks with lightning. Don't touch it when it's charged up, or you'll be in for a shock!
|-
|-
| 95
|[[File:Crazee.png|30px]]||[[Crazee Dayzee]]||7||2||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/darkwizzerd.html Dark Wizzerd]
| 10
| 5
| 2
| Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A part-machine, part-organic, magic-using entity. It'll multiply itself to confuse you.
|-
|-
| 104
|[[File:Hyper Spiky Goomba.png|25px]]||[[Hyper Spiky Goomba|H. S. Goomba]]||8||3||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/doopliss.html '''Doopliss''']
| 40
| 4/6
| 0
| Creepy Steeple<br>Twilight Trail<br>Palace of Shadow
| A fiend who takes the shapes of Mario and friends, then attacks. Currently a member of the Shadow Sisters.
|-
|-
| 22
|[[File:Amazee Dayzee TTYD sprite.png|30px]]||[[Amazy Dayzee]]||20||20||1||rowspan=2|Twilight Trail<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/drybones.html Dry Bones]
| 8
| 5
| 2
| Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A skeleton Koopa that sometimes builds friends. Even after it collapses at 0 HP, it will sometimes get back up.
|-
|-
| 20
|[[File:Hyper Cleft.png|35px]]||[[Hyper Cleft]]||4||3||3
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/dullbones.html Dull Bones]
| 1
| 2
| 1
| Hooktail Castle<br>Glitzville<br>Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A Koopa Troopa that became a skeleton. It throws bones to attack and builds buddies to help it fight.
|-
|-
| 97
|[[File:PMTTYD Buzzy Beetle Sprite.png|31px]]||[[Buzzy Beetle]]||5||3||4||rowspan=3|Creepy Steeple
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/elitewizzerd.html Elite Wizzerd]
| 12
| 8
| 5
| Pit of 100 Trials
| The top of the heap for the half-machine organisms. It uses various magic moves, and if it's alone, it'll create illusions of itself.
|-
|-
| 109
|[[File:PMTTYD Spike Top Sprite.png|31px]]||[[Spike Top]]||5||3||4
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/elitexnaut.html Elite X-Naut]
| 10
| 5
| 1
| X-Naut Fortress
| The pinnacle of the X-Naut troops, this soldier tackles and throws potions. Elite X-Nauts may be enhanced with nutrients developed by X-Naut PhDs.
|-
|-
| 74
|[[File:PMTTYD Boo Sprite.png|40px]]||[[Boo]]||7||3||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/ember.html Ember]
| 8
| 3
| 0
| Keelhaul Key<br>Pirate's Grotto
| These blue flame spirits are susceptible to ice and explosive attacks. They're said to be vengeful spirits of the recent dead.
|-
|-
| 26
|[[File:Ember.png|27px]]||[[Ember]]||8||3||0||Keelhaul Key<br>[[Pirate's Grotto]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/firebrother.html Fire Brother]
| 7
| 2
| 1
| Glitzville
| A relative off the Hammer Bros. who can spit fire. It one of his blasts hit you, you may catch on fire!
|-
|-
| 53
|[[File:Putrid Piranha.png|40px]]||[[Putrid Piranha]]||8||3||0||Keelhaul Key
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/flowerfuzzy.html Flower Fuzzy]
| 5
| 3
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Keelhaul Key<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A Fuzzy with lovely coloring. It'll suck your FP and attack with magic when full.
|-
|-
| 58
|[[File:Lava Bubble.png|27px]]||[[Lava Bubble]]||6||4||0||Pirate's Grotto<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/frostpiranha.html Frost Piranha]
| 10
| 5
| 0
| Fahr Outpost<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A Piranha Plant with ice powers that's weak against fire. Its biting attack sometimes freezes you.
|-
|-
| 50
|[[File:PMTTYD Bullet Bill Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Bullet Bill]]||2||4||1||rowspan=2|Pirate's Grotto
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/fuzzy.html Fuzzy]
| 3
| 1
| 0
| Shhwonk Fortress<br>Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A parasite that sucks up its opponet's HP to replenish its own. Fuzzies are so hyper that it's hard to time your Guard Action Command.
|-
|-
| 7
|[[File:PMTTYD Bill Blaster Sprite.png|45px]]||[[Bill Blaster]]||5||0||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/gloomba.html Gloomba]
| 7
| 3
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A Goomba that likes dark, damp places. It must look like that because it lives below ground.
|-
|-
| 100
|[[File:Bulky Bob-omb.png|50px]]||[[Bulky Bob-omb]]||6||2||1||rowspan=2|Pirate's Grotto<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/gloomtail.html '''Gloomtail''']
| 80
| 8
| 2
| Palace of Shadow
| Hooktail's brother. He's a big, dark, poison-spewing baddie. Watch out for his famous mega-breath attack!
|-
|-
| 51
|[[File:PMTTYD Parabuzzy Sprite.png|31px]]||[[Para-Beetle|Parabuzzy]]||5||3||4
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/goldfuzzy.html '''Gold Fuzzy''']
| 10
| 1
| 0
| Shhwonk Fortress
| A gold-colored Fuzzy that attacks by charging at you. Unlike normal Fuzzies, it won't drain your HP.
|-
|-
| 1
|[[File:PMTTYD Blue Magikoopa Sprite.png|50px]]||[[Magikoopa]]||7||4||0||rowspan=2|Rogueport Sewers
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/goomba.html Goomba]
| 2
| 1
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers<br>Petal Meadows<br>Shhwonk Fortress<br>Hooktail Castle<br>Glitzville<br>Riverside Train Station
| The underling of underlings. No other distinguishing characteristics.
|-
|-
| 52
|[[File:Koopatrol.png|40px]]||[[Koopatrol]]||6||4||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/greenfuzzy.html Green Fuzzy]
| 5
| 3
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Keelhaul Key
| This minty Fuzzy replenishes its HP as it drains yours. And it can multiply.
|-
|-
| 39
|[[File:Spunia.png|35px]]||[[Spunia]]||12||7||2||Rogueport Sewers<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/greenmagikoopa.html Green Magikoopa]
| 7
| 4
| 0
| Glitzville
| A green-robed Koopa wizard that uses a variety of magic spells, including ones that electrify allies or make them invisible.
|-
|-
| 120
|[[File:Ruff Puff.png|40px]]||[[Ruff Puff]]||7||4||0||Riverside Station
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/grodus.html '''Grodus''']
| 50
| 7
| 1
| X-Naut Fortress (during the Peach intermissions)<br>Palace of Shadow
| The nasty creature who kidnapped Princess Peach. He's also int world domination. Some hobby, huh?
|-
|-
| 116
|[[File:Poison Pokey.png|25px]]||[[Poison Pokey]]||8||4||0||rowspan=2|Riverside Station<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/grodusx.html '''Grodus X''']
| 3
| 4
| 0
| Palace of Shadow
| Much like the Mini-Yuxes, this enemy is an annoying magical protector of Grodus. When he has four of these, he's invincible!
|-
|-
| 42
|[[File:PMTTYD Spiky Parabuzzy Sprite.png|31px]]||[[Spiky Parabuzzy|S. Parabuzzy]]||5||3||4
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/gus.html '''Gus''']
| 20
| 3
| 0
| Rogueport
| A super-annoying guy with a big pointy spear that he tends to throw at people. Some think he's just a bunch of sass talk, but he's tough.
|-
|-
| 24
|[[File:PMTTYD Dark Boo Sprite.png|40px]]||[[Dark Boo]]||8||5||0||[[Poshley Sanctum]]<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hammerbrother.html Hammer Brother]
| 7
| 4
| 1
| Glitzville<br>Rogueport Sewers
| Well-known for their vicious and relentless hammer jobs, Hammer Bros. have a reputation for one of Mario's toughest enemies...
|-
|-
| 099
|[[File:IcePuff.png|40px]]||[[Ice Puff]]||9||4||0||rowspan=2|[[Fahr Outpost]]<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hooktail.html '''Hooktail''']
| 20
| 5
| 1
| Hooktail Castle
| This giant dragin attacks by munching, stomping, and breathing stinky, fiery breath. He hates things that make chirping noises, especially creatures that start with "cr" and end with "icket".
|-
|-
| 78
|[[File:PMTTYD Frost Piranha.png|40px]]||[[Frost Piranha]]||10||5||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hyperbaldcleft.html Hyper Bald Cleft]
| 3
| 2
| 2
| Glitzville
| A hyperactive Bald Cleft that can charge up energy, boosting its Attack to eight.
|-
|-
| 82
|[[File:Moon Cleft.png|35px]]||[[Moon Cleft]]||6||5||5||The [[Moon]]<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hypercleft.html Hyper Cleft]
| 4
| 3
| 3
| Twilight Trail<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A hyperactive Cleft that uses charge moves to boost its Attack power to nine.
|-
|-
| 4
|[[File:Z Yux.png|40px]]||[[Z-Yux]]||7||4||0||rowspan=2|The Moon<br>X-Naut Fortress
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hypergoomba.html Hyper Goomba]
| 8
| 2
| 0
| Twilight Trail
| When this hyperactive Goomba charges up, its Attack rises to eight, so watch yourself!
|-
|-
| 5
|[[File:MiniZYux.png|20px]]||[[Mini-Z-Yux]]||2||0||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hyperparagoomba.html Hyper Paragoomba]
| 8
| 2
| 0
| Twilight Trail
| When this hyperactive Goomba charges up, its Attack rises to eight, so watch yourself!
|-
|-
| 6
|[[File:Elite X Naut.png|40px]]||[[Elite X-Naut]]||10||5||1||rowspan=4|X-Naut Fortress
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/hyperspikygoomba.html Hyper Spiky Goomba]
| 8
| 3
| 0
| Twilight Trail
| When this hyperactive spike-headed Hyper Goomba charges up, its Attack rises to nine, so heads up!
|-
|-
| 69
|[[File:X Yux.png|40px]]||[[X-Yux]]||10||3||0
| Ice Puff
| 9
| 4
| 0
| Fahr Outpost<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| Ruff Puff's chilly brother, it will sometimes freeze you with cold breath.
|-
|-
| 80<br><br>81
|[[File:MiniXYux.png|20px]]||[[Mini-X-Yux]]||1||0||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/ironcleft.html '''Iron Cleft''']<br>(Red: No. 80. Green: No. 81.)
| 6
| 4
| ???
| Glitzville
| Green: No attacks can pierce the defence of this hard, metallic Cleft. Since this one is wearing green shoes, it must be the younger brother.<br><br>Red: No attacks can pierce the defence of this hard, metallic Cleft. Are they impossible to defeat???
|-
|-
| 12
|[[File:XnautPhD.png|40px]]||[[X-Naut PhD]]||9||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/kpkoopa.html KP Koopa]
| 4
| 1
| 1
| Glitzville
| A Koopa warrior that battles at the Glitz Pit in Glitzville. It may be a different color than your average Koopa, but its abilities are the same.
|-
|-
| 13
|[[File:Swoopula.png|40px]]||[[Swoopula]]||9||4||0||rowspan=2|Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/kpparatroopa.html KP Paratroopa]
| 4
| 1
| 1
| Glitzville
| A Koopa Paratroopa who's dyed it shell. Otherwise, it's the same as any other Paratroopa, which means one stomp and it loses its wings.
|-
|-
| 40
|[[File:Paper Dry Bones.png|35px]]||[[Dry Bones]]||8||5||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/kammy.html '''Kammy Koopa''']
| 50
| 5
| 0
| Palace of Shadow
| An old witch who's always with Bowser. She's a nasty, magic-using crone, but you should still respect your elders. Remember that!
|-
|-
| 10
|[[File:PMTTYD Bombshell Bill Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Bombshell Bill]]||3||6||2||rowspan=2|Palace of Shadow
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/koopatroopa.html Koopa Troopa]
| 4
| 2
| 1
| Petal Meadows<br>Shhwonk Fortress<br>Hooktail Castle
| Koopa Troopas have been around forever. Jump on them to flip them over and drop their defense to zero.
|-
|-
| 18
|[[File:Bomb Shell Bill.png|45px]]||[[Bombshell Bill Blaster|B. Bill Blaster]]||10||0||4
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/koopatrol.html Koopatrol]
| 6
| 4
| 2
| Rogueport Sewers
| Occasionally uses an attack called Charge that saves up energy, and can call in backup for support if you don't defeat it quickly.
|-
|-
| 27
|[[File:Phantom Ember.png|27px]]||[[Phantom Ember]]||10||5||0||Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/lakitu.html Lakitu]
| 5
| 2
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A cloud-riding member of the Koopa tribe, Lakitu attacks by throwing Spiny Egss, which slowly hatch into Spinies.
|-
|-
| 75
|[[File:PMTTYDDarkBones.png|35px]]||[[Dark Bones]]||20||5||2||Palace of Shadow
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/lavabubble.html Lava Bubble]
| 6
| 4
| 0
| Pirate's Grotto<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| This flame spirit is vulnerable to explosions and ice attacks. If you stomp on it, you'll take damage.
|-
|-
| 119
|[[File:Chain Chomp PMTTYD sprite.png|70px]]||[[Chain-Chomp]]||7||6||5||rowspan=2|Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/lordcrump.html '''Lord Crump''']
| 6/30
| 1/5
| 0
| Rogueport<br>Great Tree<br>Keelhaul Key<br>X-Naut Fortress
| The X-Naut leader. He likes to attack with body slams. Always an interesting foe...
|-
|-
| 103
|[[File:DarkWizzerd.png|60px]]||[[Dark Wizzerd]]||10||5||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/machogrubba.html '''Macho Grubba''']<br>aka '''[http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/grubba.html Grubba]'''
| 60
| 4
| 0
| Glitzville
| Macho Grubba has the confidence to match his muscles after being powered up by the Crystal Star
|-
|-
| 76
|[[File:PMTTYDGloomba.png|25px]]||[[Gloomba]]||7||3||0||rowspan=16|Pit of 100 Trials
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/magikoopa.html Magikoopa]
| 7
| 4
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers
| A Koopa wizard that'll use all sorts of magic. It breaks apart into multiple copies, so beat it as quickly as you possibly can!
|-
|-
| 117
|[[File:PMTTYD Paragloomba Sprite.png|35px]]||[[Paragloomba]]||7||3||0
| '''[http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/magnusvongrapple.html Magnus Von Grapple]'''
| 30
| 2
| 1
| Great Tree
| A powerful and cutting-edge robot built by X-Naut scientists. It has all the features expected of a robot, including rocket fists.
|-
|-
| 118
|[[File:Spiked Gloomba.png|25px]]||[[Spiky Gloomba]]||7||4||0
| '''[http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/magnusvongrapple2.html Magnus Von Grapple 2.0]'''
| 70
| 6
| 2
| X-Naut Fortress
| The biggest upgrades seem to be the flying features. Watch out for the improved machine guns!
|-
|-
| 122
|[[File:Purple Koopa troopa.png|35px]]||[[Dark Koopa]]||8||4||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/marilyn.html '''Marilyn''']
| 12/40
| 2/7
| 0
| Boggly Woods<br>Palace of Shadow
| Beldam's sister, and therefore one of the Shadow Sirens. Her Attack is high, so take her out first.
|-
|-
| 115
|[[File:DarkParatroopa.png|40px]]||[[Dark Paratroopa|D. Paratroopa]]||8||4||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/minixyux.html Mini-X-Yux]
| 1
| 0
| 0
| X-Naut Fortress
| A protector of the X-Yux. You can't attack the main until you clear these things out.
|-
|-
| 111
|[[File:Badge Bandit.png|35px]]||[[Badge Bandit]]||12||5||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/miniyux.html Mini-Yux]
| 1
| 0
| 0
| Great Tree<br>X-Naut Fortress
| Each one can divide into two. As long as you clear these out first, ordinary Yux are nothing to be feared.
|-
|-
| 113
|[[File:PMTTYD Dark Lakitu.png|40px]]||[[Dark Lakitu]]||13||5||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/minizyux.html Mini-Z-Yux]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| The Moon<br>X-Naut Fortress
| A protector of the Z-Yux. There can be as many as four. They must be all defeated to make the Z-Yux vulnerable.
|-
|-
| 83
|[[File:SkyblueSpiny.png|35px]]||[[Sky-Blue Spiny|S. Blue Spiny]]||6||6||4
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/mooncleft.html Moon Cleft]
| 6
| 5
| 5
| The Moon<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A Cleft living on the Moon. Its defense is high, but if you turn it over with an explosion, its defense goes down to zero.
|-
|-
| 56
|[[File:Wizzered.png|60px]]||[[Wizzerd]]||10||6||3
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/palepiranha.html Pale Piranha]
| 4
| 2
| 0
| Boggly Woods<br>Glitzville
| A Cleft living on the Moon. Its defense is high, but if you turn it over with an explosion, its defense goes down to zero.
|-
|-
| 33
|[[File:Piranha Plant PMTTYD.png|40px]]||[[Piranha Plant (Pit of 100 Trials)|Piranha Plant]]||15||9||0
| Parabuzzy
| 5
| 3
| 4
| Pirate's Grotto<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A Buzzy with wings and high defense. It flies in the air, but it'll come down if you stomp on it.
|-
|-
| 8
|[[File:PMTTYD Dark Bristle.png|50px]]||[[Dark Bristle]]||8||8||4
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/paragloomba.html Paraglooma]
| 7
| 3
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A Gloomba with wings that may or may not get moldy.
|-
|-
| 2
|[[File:Arantula TTYD sprite.png|40px]]||[[Arantula]]||16||7||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/paragoomba.html Paragoomba]
| 2
| 1
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers<br>Petal Meadows<br>Shhwonk Fortress<br>Hooktail Castle
| A Goomba with wings. Can't reach it with a hammer while it's in the air, but once it's damaged, its wings get clipped. It's kind of sad really.
|-
|-
| 11
|[[File:EliteWizzerd.png|60px]]||[[Elite Wizzerd]]||12||8||5
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/paratroopa.html Paratroopa]
| 4
| 2
| 1
| Petal Meadows<br>Shhwonk Fortress<br>Hooktail Castle
| A Koopa Troopa with wings that stays airborne until you stomp on it and send it plunging to the ground.
|-
|-
| 76
|[[File:Swampire.png|40px]]||[[Swampire]]||20||6||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/phantomember.html Phantom Ember]
| 10
| 5
| 0
| Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| An angry spirit from beyond. Its flame attack will set you on fire.
|-
|-
| 62
|[[File:PMTTYDPoisonPuff.png|40px]]||[[Poison Puff]]||15||8||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/pider.html Pider]
| 5
| 2
| 0
| Great Tree<br>Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A spidery creature that drops down on webs. It can shoot out three webs wads to attack consecutively.
|-
|-
| 59
|[[File:PMTTYD Bob-ulk Sprite.png|50px]]||[[Bob-ulk]]||10||4||2
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/piranhaplant.html Piranha Plant]
|}
| 15
 
| 9
===Enemy formations===
| 0
{{main|List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
| Pit of 100 Trials
In [[Mario]]'s adventure in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', he encounters enemies on the field. When he engages in battle with them, there are often other enemies that accompany the one that Mario encountered on the field.
| The strongest of the Piranha Plants. It likes to live... in pipes.
{{br}}
 
===Bosses===
'''Bold''' signifies chapter bosses.
{|class=wikitable style="width:80%;margin:0 auto;text-align:center"
!width=17%|Chapter!!width=18%|Image!!width=17%|Name!!width=8%|HP!!width=8%|Attack!!width=8%|Defense!!width=12%|Location
|-
|-
| 55
|rowspan=3|'''Prologue'''<br>A Rogue's Welcome||[[File:Crump.png|90px]]||[[Lord Crump]] (1)||5||1||0||rowspan=2|[[Rogueport]]
| Poison Pokey
| 8
| 4
| 0
| Riverside Train Station<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A poisonous Pokey that attacks with poison and sometimes calls in friends. Take it out quickly.
|-
|-
| 70
|[[File:Gus.png|70px]]||[[Gus]] (optional)||20||3||0
| Poison Puff
| 15
| 8
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A poisonous cloud creature. It'll charge you or try to poison you, and if you touch it while it's storing poison, you'll get hurt.
|-
|-
| 54
|[[File:First Blooper.png|120px]]||'''[[Big Blooper|Blooper]]'''||12||1||0||[[Rogueport Sewers]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/pokey.html Pokey]
| 4
| 3
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A cactus ghoul covered from head to base in nasty spines. It attacks by lobbing sections of itself at you, and can even call other Pokeys to come fight alongside it.
|-
|-
| 57
|rowspan=5|'''Chapter 1'''<br>Castle and Dragon||rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Gold Fuzzy Sprite.png|45px]]<br>[[File:PMTTYD Fuzzy.png|45px]]||rowspan=2|[[Gold Fuzzy]]<br>[[Fuzzy Horde]]||10||1||0||rowspan=2|[[Shhwonk Fortress]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/putridpiranha.html Putrid Piranha]
| 8
| 3
| 0
| Keelhaul Key
| A poisonous Piranha Plant. It'll poison your allies. Use your guard effectibely to avoid poisoning.
|-
|-
| 35
|20||1 (per attack)||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/rsbuzzy.html RS Buzzy]
| 5
| 3
| 5
| Glitzville
| The sturdies of all the Buzzy Beetles, a red spike top is impervious to fire and explosions. Plus, the spike on its back protects it from being flipped over.
|-
|-
| 102
|rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYDRedBones.png|55px]]<br>[[File:PMTTYDDullBones.png|55px]]||rowspan=2|[[Red Bones]]<br>Four [[Dull Bones]]||5||3||1||rowspan=3|[[Hooktail Castle]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/rawkhawk.html '''Rawk Hawk''']
| 40
| 3
| 1
| Glitzville
| A champion fighter. Battling him requires a certain level of artistry. "You wanna hate me, but you can't help but love the RAAAAWWWWWKKKKK!"
|-
|-
| 21
|1 (each)||2 (each)||1 (each)
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/redbones.html Red Bones]
| 5
| 3
| 1
| Hooktail Castle<br>Palace of Shadow
| The ugly, red Dull Bones is stronger than a normal Dull bones. Even if its HP drops to zero, it can come back to life.
|-
|-
| 90
|[[File:PMTTYD Hooktail Head Sprite.png]]||'''[[Hooktail]]'''||20||5||1
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/redchomp.html Red Chomp]
| 6
| 5
| 3
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A red, brutal Chomp-Chomp. Attack and defense are high. Rumor has it that it's so angry because someone painted it red while it was sleeping...
|-
|-
| 37
|rowspan=4|'''Chapter 2'''<br>The Great Boggly Tree||rowspan=3 style="text-align:bottom"|[[File:PMTTYD Vivian Sprite.png|67px]]<br>[[File:Marilyn.png|82px]]<br>[[File:Beldam sprite PMTTYD.png|49px]]||rowspan=3|[[Vivian]]<br>[[Marilyn]] (1)<br>[[Beldam]] (1)||10||1||0||rowspan=3|[[Boggly Woods]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/redmagikoopa.html Red Magikoopa]
| 7
| 4
| 0
| Glitzville
| This red-garbed Koopa wizard uses a wide variety of magic, including attack and defense boosting spells.
|-
|-
| 68
|12||2||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/ruffpuff.html Ruff Puff]
| 7
| 4
| 0
| Riverside Train Station
| A relative of the Dark Puff... or perhaps just a different-colored one. It charges up and shocks you with lightning.
|-
|-
| 124
|9||1||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/shadowqueen.html '''Shadow Queen''']
| 150
| 7
| 1
| Palace of Shadow
| The demon who possessed Peach. She tried to cast the world into darkness, but Mario whipped her but good. And Peach is back to normal, thank goodness!
|-
|-
| 14
|[[File:Magnus Von Grapple.png|120px]]||'''[[Magnus von Grapple]]'''||30||2||1||[[The Great Tree]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/shadykoopa.html Shady Koopa]
| 8
| 3
| 1
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| When a Shady Koopa flips back up from its back, it attack increases. Shady Koopas have a place of honor in the Koopa family tree because of this distinction.
|-
|-
| 15
|rowspan=4|'''Chapter 3'''<br>Of Glitz and Glory||[[File:Iron Cleft Red.png|60px]]<br>[[File:Iron Cleft Green.png|60px]]||[[Armored Harriers]]||6 (each)||4 (each)||??? (each)||rowspan=4|[[Glitz Pit]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/shadyparatroopa.html Shady Paratroopa]
| 8
| 3
| 1
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| Other than having wings, this creature isn't very different from a Shady Koopa. Once it flips off its back, it boosts its attack.
|-
|-
| 30
|[[File:PMTTYD Bowser Sprite.png|120px]]||[[Bowser]] (1)||30||3||1
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/skybluespiny.html Sky-Blue Spiny]
| 6
| 6
| 4
| Pit of 100 Trials
| Spawned from a pipe thrown by Dark Lakitu it will charge at you. When it's balled but, your attacks won't work.
|-
|-
| 106
|[[File:Rawk Hawk TTYD artwork.jpg|90px]]||[[Rawk Hawk]]||40||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/smorg.html '''Smorg''']
| 50
| 5
| 1
| Excess Express
| A monster made of tons of smaller Smorgs. It uses Smorg tentacles to attack.
|-
|-
| 48
|[[File:MachoGrubba.png|120px]]||'''[[Macho Grubba]]'''||60||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spania.html Spania]
| 3
| 1
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers, Pit of 100 Trials
| A Spinia with spines on its head. If you stomp on it, you'll take damage. For whatever reason, it looks really peeved.
|-
|-
| 32
|rowspan=3|'''Chapter 4'''<br>For Pigs the Bell Tolls||[[File:Atomic Boo.png|120px]]||[[Big Boo|Atomic Boo]] (optional)||40||4||0||rowspan=3|[[Creepy Steeple]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spiketop.html Spiketop]
| 5
| 3
| 4
| Creepy Steeple<br>Riverside Train Station<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| This Buzzy has high defense and a pointy spike on its shell. You'll take damage if you stomp on it.
|-
|-
| 9
|[[File:Doopliss.png|80px]]||[[Doopliss]] (1)||40||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spikeygloomba.html Spikey Gloomba]
| 7
| 4
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A Gloomba with a painful-looking spike that likes damp places.
|-
|-
| 3
|[[File:Doopliss as Mario.png|50px]]||'''[[Doopliss]] (2)'''||40||4||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spikeygoomba.html Spikey Goomba]
| 2
| 2
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers<br>Petal Meadows<br>Shhwonk Fortress<br>Hooktail Castle
| A Goomba that wears a spiked helmet. Slighty higher attack power than a typical Goomba.
|-
|-
| 34
|rowspan=4|'''Chapter 5'''<br>The Key to Pirates||[[File:Ember.png|30px]]||Three [[Ember]]s||8 (each)||3 (each)||0 (each)||[[Keelhaul Key]]
| Spikey Parabuzzy
|-
| 5
|[[File:Cortez.png|120px]]||'''[[Cortez]]'''||20 x 3||4||1||[[Pirate's Grotto]]
| 3
| 4
| Riverside Train Station<br>Pit of 100 Trails
| A Buzzy with wings and a spike. It flies, so a hammer won't reach. It's hard to fins attacks that work.
|-
|-
| 47
|rowspan=2|[[File:Crump.png|90px]]<br>[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Sprite.png|60px]]||rowspan=2|[[Lord Crump]] (2)<br>[[X-Naut]]s||30||3||0||rowspan=2|[[X-Ship]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spinia.html Spinia]
| 3
| 1
| 0
| Rogueport Sewers<br>Pit of 100 Trails
| A strange creature made of thin, papery boards. Still a completely mysterious species.
|-
|-
| 29
|6 (stack)<br>10 (horde)||3 (stack)<br>5 (horde)||0 (both)
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spiny.html Spiny]
| 3
| 3
| 3
| Glitzville<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A spine-covered member of the Koopa tribe with extremely high defense. It cannot be damaged when it rolls
|-
|-
| 49
|'''Chapter 6'''<br>Three Days of Excess||[[File:PMTTYD Smorg Artwork.jpg|120px]]||'''[[Smorg]]'''||50||5||1||[[Excess Express]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/spunia.html Spunia]
| 12
| 7
| 2
| Rogueport Sewers<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| A creature with a body made up of springy discs. It may not look like much, but it's pretty tough.
|-
|-
| 66
|rowspan=2|'''Chapter 7'''<br>Mario Shoots the Moon||[[File:Elite X Naut.png|60px]]||Two [[Elite X-Naut]]s||10 (each)||5 (each)||1 (each)||rowspan=2|[[X-Naut Fortress]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/swampire.html Swampire]
|-
| 20
|[[File:PMTTYD Tattle Log - Magnus 2.png|120px]]||'''[[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]]'''||70||6||2
| 6
| 0
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A feared health-sucking bat that lives in the darkness. It steals your HP to add to its own.
|-
|-
| 64
|rowspan=11|'''Chapter 8'''<br>The Thousand-Year Door||rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYDDarkBones.png|55px]]<br>[[File:Paper Dry Bones.png|55px]]||rowspan=2|[[Dark Bones]]<br>Four [[Dry Bones]]||20||5||2||rowspan=11|[[Palace of Shadow]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/swooper.html Swooper]
| 6
| 3
| 0
| Glitzville<br>Creepy Steeple
| A roosting creature that will hang from the ceiling until damaged.
|-
|-
| 65
|8 (each)||5 (each)||2 (each)
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/swoopula.html Swoopula]
| 9
| 4
| 0
| Palace of Shadow<br>Pit of 100 Trials
| An HP-sucking batlike thing. Its name comes from its swooping, bloodsucking attack.
|-
|-
| 123
|[[File:Gloomtail.png|150px]]||[[Gloomtail]]||80||8||2
| '''Vivian'''
| 10
| 1
| 0
| Boggly Woods
| One of the Shadow Sirens and Beldam's youngest sister. She's so cute, she's able to infatuate anyone.
|-
|-
| 38
|rowspan=3|[[File:Doopliss.png|80px]]<br>[[File:Marilyn.png|82px]]<br>[[File:Beldam sprite PMTTYD.png|49px]]||rowspan=3|[[Doopliss]] (3)<br>[[Marilyn]] (2)<br>[[Beldam]] (2) || 40 || 6 || 0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/whitemagikoopa.html White Magikoopa]
| 7
| 4
| 0
| Glitzville
| A white-robed Koopa wizard that uses a wide variety of magic, including magic that replenishes its own HP and that of its allies.
|-
|-
| 96
|40||7||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/wizzerd.html Wizzerd]
| 10
| 6
| 3
| Pit of 100 Trials
| A part-machine, part-organic creature who uses different kinds of magic. It looks to be the best ticklet of all time.
|-
|-
| 107
|30||5||0
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/xnaut.html X-Naut]
|-
| Regular: 4
|rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Grodus Artwork.png|110px]]<br>[[File:Grodus X.png|20px]]||rowspan=2|'''[[Sir Grodus]]'''<br>[[Grodus X]]||50||7||1
|-
|3 (each)||4 (each)||0 (each)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYD Bowser Sprite.png|120px]]<br>[[File:KammyTTYDsprite.png|100px]]||rowspan=2|[[Bowser]] (2)<br>[[Kammy Koopa]]||70||7||2
|-
|50||5||0
|-
|[[File:Shadow Queen Talk.png|60px]]<br>[[File:PMTTYD Shadow Queen True Form Render.png|100px]]||'''[[Shadow Queen]]'''||150||7||1
|-
|[[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]||[[File:Bonetail.png|150px]]||[[Bonetail]] (optional)||200||8 ||2||[[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]
|}


Keelhaul Key: 6/10
===Environmental hazards===
| Regular: 3
{|style="width:80%;margin:0 auto;text-align:center"class=wikitable
 
!Image
Keelhaul Key: 5
!width=20%|Hazard
| 0
!Description
| Rougeport<br>Great Tree<br>Keelhaul Key<br>X-Naut Fortress
|-
| A foot soldier that uses potions and attacks by ramming. This X-Naut is the lowest of Grodus's underlings.
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece RogueSewerWestBackground.png|100px]]
|[[Pit]]
|Falling into a pit causes Mario to lose 1 HP; this is only possible in background sections in Rogueport Sewers and Boggly Woods. During Bowser's platform levels, it immediately defeats Bowser, forcing him to start over.
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress screenshot.png|100px]]
|{{Conjectural|Electric tile}}
|Part of a puzzle in X-Naut Fortress, where stepping on the wrong tiles causes Mario to lose 1 HP.
|-
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks14.png|100px]]
|[[Fire Bar]]
|Spinning flames found in the Palace of Shadow that will force Mario back to the start if touched. They also appear in Bowser's third platforming level, where it can be destroyed by his fire breath.
|-
|[[File:PMTTYD Bowser World 3.png|100px]]
|[[Lava]]
|Only appears in Bowser's level 3-X, functioning the same as a pit.
|-
|-
| 108
|[[File:PM-TTYD Retractable Spike Trap at the Palace of Shadow.png|100px]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/xnautphd.html X-Naut PhD]
|[[Spike Trap]]
| 9
|Two kinds of spike traps are encountered: retractable ones that cause Mario to lose 1 HP upon touching them, and stationary ones that block the way and cannot be touched at all since they are on raised platforms.
| 4
| 0
| X-Naut Fortress
| An X-Naut that throws chemicals. Research is ongoing about the effects of the chemicals they throw.
|-
|-
| 114
|[[File:PM-TTYD Spiked Ceiling at Hooktail Castle.png|100px]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/xyux.html X-Yux]
|{{Conjectural|Spiked ceiling}}
| 10
|Part of a puzzle in Hooktail Castle, a ceiling covered in spikes that will lower gradually. If Mario doesn't escape in time, it will cause a Game Over.
| 3
| 1
| X-Naut Fortress
| A new Yux designed to protect important areas. Its attacks will sometimes immobilize you.
|-
|-
| 110
|[[File:PMTTYD Shine Sprite RogueSewerEastSea.png|100px]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/yux.html Yux]
|[[Water]]
| 3
|Mario must use his Boat Mode transformation to traverse bodies of water. If he falls in water in any other instance, he is attacked by [[Nibbles]], losing 1 HP.
| 2
| 0
| Great Tree<br>X-Naut Fortress
| These pathetically ugly creatures were created in the X-Naut laboratories. With Mini-Yux around them, they're impervious to all attacks.
|-
|-
| 112
|[[File:PM-TTYD Waves at Pirate's Grotto.png|100px]]
| [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk19/zyux.html Z-Yux]
|[[Wave]]
| 7
|Seen in Pirate's Grotto, they swallow Boat Mario and force him to restart the section.
| 4
| 0
| The Moon<br>X-Naut Fortress
| A genetic improvement to the origianl Yux. Mini-Z-Yux often appear to restore HP or protect the main unit from damage.
|}
|}


== Trouble Center Sidequests ==
==World==
During this sidequest, you'll have to solve people's problems by accepting the troubles put up on the bulletin board at the Trouble Center in Rogueport. Until after you've cleared a Chapter, you can solve a person's trouble.
{{PMTTYD map}}
The events of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' take place primarily in [[Rogueport]] and its surrounding areas. Rogueport is the hub location, and where the titular [[The Thousand-Year Door|Thousand-Year Door]] is found.
{|width=70%
|width=25% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Rogueport]]
**[[Happy Lucky Lottery]]
**[[Lovely Howz of Badges]]
**[[Pianta Parlor]]
**[[Podley's Place]]
**[[Toad Bros. Bazaar]]
**[[Trouble Center]]
*[[Rogueport Sewers]]
**[[Deepdown Depot]]
**[[Herb T.'s place]]
**[[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]
**[[The Thousand-Year Door]]
|width=25% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Petal Meadows]]
**[[Hooktail Castle]]
**[[Petalburg]]
**[[Shhwonk Fortress]]
*[[Boggly Woods]]
**[[Flurrie's House]]
**[[The Great Tree]]
*[[Glitzville]]
**[[Fresh Juice Shop]]
**[[Glitz Pit]]
**[[Souvenir shop (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Souvenir shop]]
|width=25% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Twilight Town]]
**[[Twilight Shop]]
*[[Twilight Trail]]
**[[Creepy Steeple]]
*[[Keelhaul Key]]
**[[Keelhaul Galleria]]
**[[Pirate's Grotto]]
*[[Excess Express]]
*[[Poshley Heights]]
**[[Poshley Sanctum]]
*[[Fahr Outpost]]
|width=25% style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Moon]]
**[[X-Naut Fortress]]
*[[Palace of Shadow]]
**[[Palace of Shadow Tower|Riddle Tower]]
|}


===After Intro to Chapter 1, and after you beat Gus===
===Notable characters===
====Garf====
====Optional helpful characters====
*Title: Need a Key!
{|class=wikitable style="width:80%;margin:0 auto"
*Location: Rogueport, outside his house.
|-style="text-align:center"
*Reward: 20 Coins
!width=14%|Character
*Objective: Meet Garf outside his house and he'll tell you where he dropped his key: outside the Lovely Howz of Badges. Head to the Lovely Howz, grab the key and give it to Garf, or open his door, and collect your reward.
!width=18%|Found in/<br>Availability
!Service
|-
|align=center|[[File:Charlieton PM.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Charlieton]]'''
|[[Rogueport]] Plaza
|Sells Mario a rotating set of items and badges, many of them rare or exclusive to him. His listing is updated every time Mario returns to Rogueport.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Chet Rippo.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Chet Rippo]]'''
|[[Rogueport Sewers]]<br>(Bobbery needed)
|Raises one of Mario's stats (HP, FP or BP) while decreasing another, for 39 coins. He can do the same with partner ranks.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Dazzle.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Dazzle]]'''
|Rogueport Sewers<br>(from the start)
|Trades badges with Mario for Star Pieces.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Grifty.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Grifty]]'''
|Rogueport east side<br>(Yoshi needed)
|Tells Mario Rogueport's detailed backstory.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Lucky.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Lucky]]'''
|Rogueport west side<br>(after Chapter 1)
|Invites Mario to participate in the [[Happy Lucky Lottery]].
|-
|align=center|[[File:Lumpy.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Lumpy]]'''
|Rogueport dock area
|Asks Mario to invest coins in his oil search endeavor. If Mario accepts the offer, Lumpy will return later in the game to hand him his share.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Merlee.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Merlee]]'''
|Rogueport Sewers<br>(Paper Mode needed)
|Casts a spell on Mario that grants him random lucky events (e.g. increased attack power, more SP) in a number of random battles. Mario can pay her 5, 20 or 50 coins; the higher the price, the more times the events occur.
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Merluvlee.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Merluvlee]]'''
|Rogueport Sewers<br>(from the start)
|Tells Mario the location of Star Pieces, Shine Sprites, or where to go to progress the story, for different amounts of coins.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Merlon.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Merlon]]'''
|Rogueport east side<br>(from the start)
|Upgrades a partner's rank for three Shine Sprites. Can upgrade each partner a second time after Mario retrieves the [[Up Arrow]].
|-
|align=center|[[File:Whacka PMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Whacka]]'''
|[[Keelhaul Key]]
|A one-of-a-kind creature that drops a [[Whacka Bump]] when struck. After eight hits, it is permanently gone.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Wonky.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Wonky]]'''
|[[Herb T.'s place]]<br>(after Chapter 1)
|Gives Mario hints for five coins.
|-
|align=center|[[File:Zess T.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Zess T.]]'''
|Rogueport Plaza<br>(after Chapter 1)
|Cooks a recipe with an item given by Mario. After receiving the [[Cookbook]], she can cook with two ingredients.
|}


====McGoomba====
====Major characters====
*Title: Safe Delivery...
{{multiple image
*Location: Rogueport, in the alley.
|align=right
*Reward: 20 Coins
|width=200
*Objective: Talk to McGoomba in the Alley in Rogueport Plaza. He'll give you a package that's for Goomfrey. Give the package to Goomfrey, loitering outside Prof. Frankly's place, then return to McGoomba to claim your reward.
|direction=vertical
|image1=PMTTYD Frankly Mail.png
|caption1=Professor Frankly lives in Rogueport and guides Mario's party throughout their quest.
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|caption2=Don Pianta and his [[Pianta syndicate|family]] recurringly exchange favors with Mario.
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These are characters that play a part in the story of each chapter or are otherwise recurring and unique.
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'''Prologue'''
*[[Toadsworth]]
*[[Professor Frankly]]
'''Chapter 1'''
*[[Koopie Koo]]
*[[Koopley]]
*[[Kroop]]
*[[Thwomp]]
'''Chapter 2'''
*[[Jabble]]
*[[Petuni]]
*[[Puni elder]]
*[[Punio]]
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'''Chapter 3'''
*[[Don Pianta]]
*[[Frankie]]
*[[Francesca]]
*[[Grubba]]
*[[Ishnail]]
*[[Jolene]]
*[[Mr. Hoggle]]
'''Chapter 4'''
*[[The Creepy Steeple Boo]]
*[[Darkly]]
*[[Mayor Dour]]
*[[Parrot (character)|Parrot]]
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'''Chapter 5'''
*[[Flavio]]
*[[Pa-Patch]]
*[[Podley]]
'''Chapter 6'''
*[[Bub]]
*[[Chef Shimi]]
*[[Excess Express conductor]]
*[[Excess Express engineer]]
*[[Excess Express waitress]]
*[[Ghost T.]]
*[[Heff T.]]
*[[Pennington]]
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*[[Toodles]]
*[[Zip Toad]]
'''Chapter 7'''
*[[Fahr Outpost mayor]]
*[[General White]]
*[[Goldbob]]
'''Other recurring characters'''
*[[Dupree]]
*[[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]]
*[[TEC-XX]]
*[[Toadette]]
*[[Traveling Sisters 3]]
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====Arfur====
==Hidden block locations==
*Title: Price Adjustment
[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks1R.png|thumb|200px|[[Mario]] and [[Goombella]] revealing a hidden ? Block in [[Rogueport Sewers]]]]
*Location: Rogueport, outside the Toad Bros. Bazaar.
{{main|List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
*Reward: 20 Coins
In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Mario can discover hidden [[? Block]]s throughout the game. [[Ms. Mowz]]'s overworld sniffing ability is helpful in determining where they are. There are 15 invisible ? Blocks in total.
*Objective: Talk to Arfur and go to Plenn T.'s store to get the prices on 3 items: Tasty Tonic, Fire Flower and Sleepy Sheep. Tell Arfur your findings and collect your reward.
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====Goomther====
==Side activities==
*Title: Find this guy!
===Star Pieces===
*Location: Rogueport, next to the noose.
[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece RogueportZessTRoofTop.png|thumb|200px|Mario gets a [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]] on Zess T.'s roof.]]
*Reward: 20 Coins
{{main|List of Star Pieces in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
*Objective: Goomther has been defrauded by Larson the Bandit. Talk to Goomther, then go in search of Larson. You'll first find him in the alley behind Merlon and Prof. Frankly's houses, and he'll flee. Talk to Goomther again and continue your search. You'll find him in the docks and he'll flee again. Corner him at his hideout in the alley, behind the inn and collect your reward.
During the adventure, [[Mario]] and co. can collect [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Pieces]] by finding them in hidden spots, underneath chambers which he can use the Spin Jump to reveal, and earning them from other characters. [[Ms. Mowz]] is useful in finding the overworld Star Pieces. Mario can then trade them with [[Dazzle]] for [[Badge]]s. There are 100 Star Pieces in the game.


====Mousimilian====
===Trouble Center===
*Title: Hit me, please!
[[File:Trouble Center.png|thumb|left|Inside the Trouble Center.|200px]]
*Location: Rogueport, outside the Toad Bros. Bazaar.
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*Reward: Information
The Trouble Center, located in east Rogueport, offers the citizens' troubles for Mario to solve. The helped citizen will reward Mario, usually with coins, but the reward is not disclosed until that point. An [[Elusive Badge!|anonymous quest]] comes from [[Ms. Mowz]] and requires Mario to find a badge she is looking for but can not find. After this quest is completed, she joins Mario's team.
*Objective: Mousimilian forgot his latest money-making scheme. Hit him a few times with your hammer to jog his memory. Once the therapy ends, he'll tell you that you can by Sleepy Sheep in the Rogueport shop and sell it in Petalburg for a two-coin profit.


====Bomberto====
===Pianta Parlor===
*Title: I'm hungry!
[[File:PMTTYD Piantaparlor.png|thumb|200px|Inside the Pianta Parlor.]]
*Location: Rogueport Harbor.
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*Reward: 11 Coins
A casino located in Rogueport's western area, where Mario can buy items and play mini-games with [[pianta token]]s. The mini-games featured here are challenges where Mario must use his paper abilities — [[Plane Mode]], [[Paper Mode]], [[Tube Mode]], and [[Boat Mode]]. In order to access these games, he must have the [[Special Card|Special]], [[Silver Card|Silver]], [[Golden Card|Golden]], and [[Platinum Card|Platinum]] Cards on hand, respectively, which are rewarded when he completes certain troubles for the Trouble Center.
*Objective: Give him some food from your inventory and he'll scarf it down and collect your reward.


===After clearing Chapter 1===
===The Pit of 100 Trials===
====Koopook====
[[File:MeetBonetail.png|left|thumb|200px|Mario confronting Bonetail.]]
*Title: Try to find me!
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*Location: Hooktail Castle, on the Fifth Floor right near the room where you met Ms. Mowz.
An optional challenge, located to the west of the Thousand-Year Door in Rogueport Sewers. Before or after saving the world, Mario can take on the enemies found in the 100-basement floor area known as the Pit of 100 Trials. The enemies located on levels 51-99 are especially strong, and many are exclusive to this location. The player is not able to save their progress while in the pit and is given the option to go back to the entrance every ten rooms, along with a treasure chest with a special prize. Upon reaching floor 100, Mario discovers [[Bonetail]], the long-lost relative of Hooktail and Gloomtail. After defeating Bonetail, Mario receives the [[Return Postage]] badge.
*Reward: Special Card
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*Objective: Have Koops as your partner, visit Hooktail Castle and trek to the Fifth Floor, right where you found Ms. Mowz, then talk to him and claim your reward.


====Mayor Kroop====
==Similarities to ''Paper Mario''==
*Title: Listen to me!
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*Location: Petaburg, Kroop's residence
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*Reward: Turtley Leaf.
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*Objective: Listen to Kroop's musings and claim your reward.
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There are many similarities between the original ''Paper Mario'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', including these elements:
*Both games have an opening introduction before the title screen.
*The opening is very similar to previous game, with [[Parakarry]] delivering a letter from Princess Peach to the [[Mario Bros.' House]]. (''Pictured'')
*Both games have the same upgrade system for Mario's Jump and Hammer attacks.
*Many comparisons can be made between partners and abilities from each game:
**'''[[Goombario]]''' and '''Goombella''' are the first partner of each game, respectively. They are Goombas who give Mario information about enemies, characters, and locations. They both have [[Headbonk]], [[Tattle]], and [[Multibonk]] as attacks.
**'''[[Kooper]]''' and '''Koops''' are the second partner of each game, respectively. They are Koopa Troopas obtained during Chapter 1, able to be shot out to hit switches and grab distant items (''Pictured''), and use [[Shell Toss]] and [[Power Shell]] in battle.
**'''[[Lady Bow]]''' and '''Yoshi''' are obtained in Chapter 3 of their respective games. They have first and last attacks that deal multiple low-powered hits: Lady Bow with [[Smack]] and [[Fan Smack]], and Yoshi Kid with his [[Ground Pound#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Ground Pound]] and [[Stampede (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Stampede]] attacks.
**'''Parakarry''' and '''Yoshi''' are the fourth partner of each game, and allow the player to travel across gaps.
**'''[[Bombette]]''' and '''Bobbery''' are Bob-omb partners able to destroy cracked surfaces.
**'''Lady Bow''' and '''Vivian''' are the fifth partner of each game, and allow Mario to become invisible to enemies.
**'''[[Watt]]''' and '''Ms. Mowz''' are partners able to uncover hidden items, and whose basic attack pierces through Defense Power.
**'''[[Lakilester]]''' and '''Vivian''' are partners who have betrayed an enemy to join Mario's party.
**'''Lakilester''' and '''Yoshi''' are partners who let Mario ride them to move faster.
**'''Boat Mode''' works very similarly to the ''Paper Mario'' partner '''[[Sushie]]''''s field ability. Both are obtained during Chapter 5 and can be activated on similar wooden boards by water.
*Many chapters follow similar beats and themes:
**The main plot point of both games is to find seven star-shaped entities, each granting Mario special abilities and additional [[Star Power]] when rescued (the '''[[Star Spirits]]''' and the '''Crystal Stars''').
**'''Chapter 1''' in both games features a fortress as the location of the boss, with both being located in peaceful, green plains. Additionally, both bosses terrorize the denizens of the local town ('''[[Koopa Village]]''' and '''[[Petalburg]]''', which are both largely inhabited by [[Koopa Troopa]]s). Both towns feature a distinctive, elderly Koopa Troopa ('''[[Koopa Koot]]''' and '''[[Kroop]]''').
**'''Chapter 2''' has the prospective partner requiring Mario to bring them an item ('''Parakarry''''s letters and '''Flurrie''''s necklace).
**'''Chapter 3''' features a sequence where Mario must chase the boss ('''[[Tubba's Heart]]''' and '''[[Grubba]]'''). Furthermore, an oversized [[Clubba]] is the boss of Chapter 3 in both games, and both have a secret that involves making themselves powerful.
**'''Chapter 4''' in both games involves Mario accessing the storage room of a certain shop to make progress. It also involves widespread (and comical) mischief in a town; in ''Paper Mario'', it is the [[Shy Guy]] frenzy that takes place in [[Toad Town]], while in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', the denizens of Twilight Town are being turned into pigs at the toll of Creepy Steeple's bell.
**'''Chapter 5''' takes place on a tropical island with [[coconut]]s in both games, on an expedition with one non-party character interested in treasure ('''Kolorado''' and '''Flavio'''). Also, in both games, this is when Mario's oldest partner joins him, and they both have to be rescued from being stuck in a tree before they do so ('''Sushie''' and '''Bobbery'''). The Chapter 5 bosses, '''[[Lava Piranha]]''' and '''Cortez''', resemble each other, as Cortez's spine in his first form and Lava Piranha's stem are in the exact same position, and both of them have multiple forms. They are also accompanied by multiple entities, each with their own mechanics, attacks, and HP.
**'''Chapter 7''' features a snowy region ('''[[Shiver Mountain]]''' and '''Fahr Outpost''').
**'''Chapter 8''' includes a fight against Bowser before the final battle, and Kammy Koopa is fought in both games. Furthermore, Peach's kidnapper has to be chased through a long stairway.
*Other similar character interactions and events include:
**At one point in the games, Mario falls for a ploy created by the boss of a Chapter, which leads him to be confined in a cage alongside several other prisoners. The trap is a ? Block in ''Paper Mario'', and a fake Puni pedestal in ''The Thousand-Year Door''.
**Buying a [[Dried Shroom]] and another certain item along with it is a secret password in both games that must be entered in order to reach Moustafa and Don Pianta.
**'''[[Tayce T.]]''' and '''Zess T.''' are clear counterparts, elderly cooks whose backstories involve deceased husbands and cakes.
**Both games have [[Merlon]] standing outside his house, waiting for Mario and his partners to show up, where he tells them about a dream that he had and tells them to let him know if they find out the meaning of it. Afterward, an item that Merlon stored at the top of his house is retrieved from him (the '''Quick Change badge''' and the '''Ultra Stone''').
**[[Moustafa]] and [[Flavio]] both give the player stones needed to reach an ancient and rumored to be haunted, place. Also, both of the ghostly bosses ('''[[Tutankoopa]]''' and '''Cortez''') try to intimidate Mario by uttering threats as he progresses through the level.
**After the battle against Cortez is over, one of the [[Toad (species)|Toad]] sailors tells everyone that he feels a "slight wind" coming from the cracked wall, just as [[Misstar]] does in the first game. The Bob-omb partner of both games is needed to blow the wall up. Also, the most frequently fought boss of both games (Jr. Troopa and Crump, respectively) shows up after Chapter 5 is completed, although Jr. Troopa can also be fought before the end of chapter.
**Mario must solve a mystery in both games. A [[Bumpty|penguin]] is Mario's fellow detective in both ('''[[Herringway]]''' and '''Pennington''').
**In both games, there is a room where Mario can turn into 8-bit Mario, complete with the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] music playing (in '''[[Boo's Mansion]]''' and '''X-Naut Fortress''', respectively).
*Princess Peach's intermissions reflect the original game in many ways:
**Mario and Peach contact each other using friendly characters in both games. '''[[Twink]]''' helps her in ''Paper Mario'', while '''TEC-XX''' does so in ''The Thousand-Year Door''. In the end, both Twink and TEC develop feelings for Peach.
**The player is required to dress Peach up as an enemy to learn secrets at one point.
**As with the first ''Paper Mario'' game, a main antagonist encounters Peach disguised as a minion, and remarks on how she smells "too nice".
**In both games, Princess Peach must make something: a '''cake''' for [[Gourmet Guy]] and an '''invisibility potion''', respectively. Also, in both games, if she makes a mistake during the process of making it, it comes out wrong.
**Both games include a test during the Chapter 5 interlude that Princess Peach has to take, and that holds information that helps Mario in the future.
*Both games contain puzzles in some places that are solved identically or similarly.
**The [[Palace of Shadow Tower|Riddle Tower]] shares many puzzles with the '''[[Crystal Palace]]''', including blowing up cracked spots and walking through seemingly solid walls.
**The [[Palace of Shadow]] has puzzles and traps from [[Bowser's Castle]], including an area wherein Mario only makes progress by following a pattern (though this is actually taken from the final castle level in ''Super Mario Bros.'').
**Both dungeons in the final Chapters have rooms with stairs where Mario has to defeat [[Bombshell Bill Blaster|B. Bill Blaster]]s to reach the next room.
**Both games have a spike-filled room where Bow's Outta Sight or Vivian's Veil must be used, and the position of the paths across the spikes are identical. (''Pictured above'')
*Mario's final battle is divided into multiple parts. At one point, each boss is invincible and Peach plays an integral role in negating that invincibility.
*Peach conveniently gets taken away in both games, right before Mario and company reach the hideaways of the games' main antagonists.
*Both games end with a [[parade]] led by Luigi (though in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', it is not a traditional parade, and is mainly a lineup of all of the characters' silhouettes).
*Both games' endings feature a scene in which Mario, after returning [[Mario Bros.' House|home]] from his travels, is shown hanging around with Luigi, having just told his brother the story of his adventure.


====Plenn T.====
==Quotes==
*Title: Order me an item!
{{main|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes}}
*Location: Toad Bros. Bazaar
*"''Omigosh! Is… Isn't that a treasure map?! You HAVE to tell me where you got that!''" - [[Goombella]]
*Reward: Ultra Shroom.
*"''And with that...pow! I'm gone!''" - [[Lord Crump]]
*Objective: Purchase 5 Courage Shells at the store in Petalburg, then give them to Plenn T. and claim your reward.
*"''Mmmmmmwee hee hee hee! I have no quarrel with [[Mario|you]]...but I simply can't allow you to hunt for the [[Crystal Stars]].''" - [[Beldam]]
*"''And then I, Grodus, will build a new world! A perfect, ideal world... Yes. A world made by me, about me, and for me! GAAACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!''" - [[Sir Grodus]]
*"''I'm... I'm sorry [[Beldam|Sis]]. This [[Mario]] is the only person who's ever been kind to me...''" - [[Vivian]]


===After clearing Chapter 2===
==Regional differences==
====[[Puni Elder]]====
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*Title: Emergency Shroom!
===Title theme===
*Location: Great Tree
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*Reward: 60 Coins.
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*Objective: Give the Puni Elder a Life Shroom and claim your reward.
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*The title theme was edited in international versions to flow smoother and make the drumroll more subtle than the Japanese version.


====Lahla====
===Technical changes===
*Title: Play with me
*There is no health warning screen when starting up the game in the Japanese version.
*Location: Rougeport, the Pianta Parlor
*There is no delay for when the player can press start on the title screen in the Japanese version.
*Reward: 10 Piantas.
*Holding {{button|gcn|a}} when the player does not have the Ultra Boots prevents Mario from moving in the Japanese version.
*Objective: Talk to Lahla and claim your reward.
**Similarly, holding {{button|gcn|b}} when the player does not have the Super Hammer prevents Mario from moving in the Japanese version.
 
*On the Level Up screen, the cursor is set to FP by default in the Japanese version, while in the international versions, the player has to manually move the cursor to either HP or BP.
====Pine T. Jr.====
*In the Japanese version, Mario and his partners are fully healed at the end of Chapter 1, but at the end of all the other chapters, they do not get healed at all. In the international versions, Mario and his partners are fully healed at the end of each chapter except Chapter 8.<ref>[http://papermariorta.wikia.com/wiki/Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand_Year_Door#Version_Differences Paper Mario RTA Wiki]</ref>{{better source}}
*Title: Help my Daddy!
*The international versions have more Stylish moves than the Japanese version. For example, there is no second Stylish after a normal jump in the Japanese version.
*Location: Rougeport Sewers, the entrance to the Pit of 100 Trials
*Many of the items at the Pianta Parlor have different positioning on the menu in the Japanese version.
*Reward: Silver Card.
*The backtrace screen has some additional functionality in the international versions. In the international versions, the entire screen is used and also scrolls, while in the Japanese version, only a part of the screen is used and it does not scroll.
*Objective: Fight your way to the 18th floor, revive Pine T. Sr. and locate an emergency exit, or if you wish fight your way to level 100 and take on Bonetail, and claim your reward.
*The Japanese version is missing the number of obtained badges/recipes and the total badges/recipes on the Badges and Recipes screen.
 
*In the Pit of 100 Trials, when a player defeats an enemy, the pipes show up faster in the Japanese version.
===After clearing Chapter 3===
*Koopook is moved to a different position (further to the left) in Hooktail Castle during his trouble in the Japanese version.
====[[Jolene]]====
*Every enemy's stats stayed the same between all versions. However, the American version mistakenly claims that the Red Spike Top has 5 defense instead of 4, and that Rawk Hawk has 3 attack and 1 defense rather than 4 and 0, respectively. These mistakes were corrected in the European version.
*Title: Help Wanted!
*The English script mistakenly says the [[Zess Frappe]] and [[Icicle Pop]] restore 20 and 10 [[Heart Point|HP]] when they restore 20 and 15 [[Flower Point|FP]] in all versions, respectively.
*Location: Glitzville's Glitz Pit
*During pre-Chapter 5, Swindell the Bandit is moved to the far side of East Rogueport near the barrels. In the international versions, there is one less barrel, and Swindell's position is slightly altered.
*Reward: 30 Coins.
*Giving [[Lumpy]] 200 coins early in the game leaves Mario with 500 [[coin]]s later in the Japanese version and 600 coins later in international versions.
*Objective: Get rid of the Battle Trunks in the Storeroom, sell the Battle Trunks to Goomther, then go back to the Glitz Pit, talk to Jolene and claim your reward.
*All Fuzzies have horrible vision in the Japanese version, as they often do not even notice Mario when he goes by them. In the international versions, the Fuzzies have better vision and thus notice Mario more quickly. In addition, the Fuzzies move slower in the international versions.
 
*There is no slowdown when moving up slopes on rooftops with Yoshi in the Japanese version.
====Merlee====
*At the end of Bowser's levels, fireworks are fired in the Japanese version but not in the international versions.
*Title: Heartful Cake Recipe...
*In the original Japanese script and every other translation of the game, the final [[Rogueport Direct Mail Service|RDM]] email [[List of e-mails in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#"Surprise!" section|features an additional "hidden" section if the player scroll downs for an extended period of time]]. This portion was removed from the English translation, despite retaining the statement hinting at its existence.
*Location: Rogueport Sewers
*In the Japanese version, some item combinations that are given to Zess T. give different recipe results.
*Reward: 30 Coins.
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*Objective: Talk to Merlee, then visit Toce T. in Petalburg, next to Koops' house. She'll tell you the recipe for the Heartful Cake is Cake Mix and Ruin Powder. Pick up the Cake Mix at the Pianta Parlor, then return to Merlee's place, give Merlee the Cake Mix and claim your reward.
!'''Item Combination'''
 
!Japan
====Bub-ulber====
!International
*Title: The food I want
|-
*Location: Petalburg
|'''Poison Shroom + Turtley Leaf'''
*Reward: Dried Flowers.
|Mistake
*Objective: Talk to Bub-Ulber, then head up to the Hot Dog Stand in Glitzville and purchase two Hot Dogs, then pick up the Cake Mix and Zess T. will cook up a Mousse Cake. Give Bub-Ulber the Mousse Cake and collect your reward.
|Shroom Broth
 
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===After clearing Chapter 4===
|'''Mushroom + Keel Mango'''
====[[Ms. Mowz|???]]====
|Mistake
*Title: Elusive Badge!
|Zess Dinner
*Location: Rogueport, on the roof of Zess T.'s house.
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*Reward: Attack FX Y Badge, and Ms. Mowz will join your party.
|'''[Mushroom/Life Shroom] + Peachy Peach'''
*Objective: Talk to the person (Ms. Mowz) who put the trouble up, then go to Hooktail's lair, blow away the wall with Flurrie to reveal a treasure chest holding the Attack FX Y Badge and give the badge to Ms. Mowz. She'll let you keep the Attack FX Y Badge and she'll join your party.
|Mistake
 
|Zess Dinner
====Mayor Dour====
|-
*Title: Newsletter...
|'''Ultra Shroom + Peachy Peach'''
*Location: Twilight Town.
|Zess Dinner
*Reward: 30 Coins.
|Zess Special
*Objective: Talk to Mayor Dour, then give the newsletter he gave to you to the Elder Puni at the Great Tree. She'll give you a newsletter to give to Mayor Kroop in Petalburg, who asks you to forward it back to Dour due to a nasty cold. Talk to Mayor Dour and claim your reward.
|-
 
|'''[Dried Shroom/Mushroom/Super Shroom/Life Shroom] + Fresh Pasta'''
====[[Zess T.]]====
|Zess Dinner
*Title: Seeking Legendary Book!
|Zess Special
*Location: Rogueport.
|-
*Reward: Honey Shroom.
|'''Ultra Shroom + Fresh Pasta'''
*Objective: Roll under a passageway, near the entrance to Creepy Steeple, grab the Cookbook during Chapter 4 quest. After completing your Chapter 4 quest, accept Zess T.'s trouble and give her the cookbook.
|Zess Special
 
|Zess Deluxe
===After clearing Chapter 5===
|-
====Eve====
|'''Poison Shroom + Point Swap'''
*Title: Tell that person...
|Ultra Shroom
*Location: Twilight Town, next door to the shop.
|Mushroom
*Reward: Meteor Meal.
|-
*Objective: Talk to Eve, then speak to Podley at the inn in Rogueport, then return to Eve's house to get your reward.
|'''Slow Shroom + Jammin' Jelly'''
 
|Maple Super
====Goom Goom====
|Jelly Super
*Title: Looking for a gal!
|-
*Location: Pirate's Grotto.
|'''Mushroom + [Turtley Leaf/Golden Leaf]'''
*Reward: Couple's Cake.
|Life Shroom
*Objective: Trek into the Pirate's Grotto, and introduce Goom Goom to Goombella. Goombella will snub his advances and will be driven off. Collect the rejected Couple's Cake.
|Shroom Fry
 
|-
===After clearing Chapter 6===
|'''Super Shroom + [Turtley Leaf/Golden Leaf]'''
====Frankie====
|Life Shroom
*Title: Important Thing!
|Shroom Roast
*Location: Rogueport, in the park.
|-
*Reward: Gold Card.
|'''[Life Shroom/Ultra Shroom] + [Turtley Leaf/Golden Leaf]'''
*Objective: Talk to Frankie and get his missing wedding ring from Garf's house. Give the ring to Frankie and collect your reward.
|Life Shroom
 
|Shroom Steak
====Chef Shimi====
|-
*Title: Get these ingredients!
|'''Thunder Bolt + Thunder Rage'''
*Location: Excess Express.
|Trial Stew
*Reward: 40 Coins.
|Mistake
*Objective: Chef Shimi is looking for 3 ingredients: a Mystic Egg, a Golden Leaf and Keel Mango.
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**To get the Mystic Egg: Play Stump Petuni with Petuni.
*In the Japanese version, some items sell for different prices (in coins).
**To get the Golden Leaf: Venture to Creepy Steeple and visit the northern corridor and hammer the tree.
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**To get the Keel Mango: Whack a nearby palm tree.
!'''Item Name'''
 
!Shop It's Sold At
After getting the ingredients, give them to Shimi and get your reward.  
!Japan
 
!International
====Toodles====
|-
*Title: I must have that book.
|'''Couple's Cake'''
*Location: Poshley Heights.
|All shops
*Reward: Platium Card.
|30
*Objective: Visit Toodles' house to for your assignment: Toodles lent a book to Jolene in Glitzville and it's your job to get it. Take the train to Rogueport and ride the blimp to Glitzville. Visit the manager's office and get the wrestling magazine. Deliver the book to Toodles and get the Platinum Card.
|10
 
|-
====Ratooey Buisnessman====
|'''Healthy Salad'''
*Title: Security Code...
|All Shops
*Location: Glitzville.
|10
*Reward: Hot Sauce.
|5
*Objective: The buisnessman from the Excess Express has forgotten the combination to his briefcase. Visit the following places: Kroop's house (2), Flurrie's house (6), Don Pianta's office (2) and Toodles' house (5). Tell him the code is 2625 and claim your reward.
|-
 
|'''Koopasta'''
===After clearing Chapter 7===
|All shops except Niff T.'s shop
====[[Goldbob]]====
|25
*Title: Delivery, please!
|60
*Location: Poshley Heights.
|-
*Reward: 64 Coins.
|'''Meteor Meal'''
*Objective: Goldbob wants you to deliver a package to General White. Go to Fahr Outpost and speak to the Bob-omb in the General's house. He'll tell you he's in Rogueport. Podley will tell you he's in Glitzville. Go to Glitzville and chat with the Juice Bar owner. Return to Poshley Heights and talk to Goldbob, then return to Fahr Outpost to wake up the General. Give the package to the General and return to Poshley Heights to claim your reward.
|All shops
 
|20
====Gob====
|40
*Title: I can't speak!
|-
*Location: Fahr Outpost, behind the inn.
|'''Shroom Broth'''
*Reward: 20 Coins.
|All shops
*Objective: Give him honey candy and he'll be able to speak again.
|33
|20
|-
|'''Shroom Crepe'''
|All shops
|50
|100
|-
|'''Spicy Soup'''
|All shops except Northwinds Mart
|10
|5
|-
|'''Zess Dinner'''
|All shops except Souvenir Shop
|10
|7
|-
|'''Zess Dynamite'''
|All shops except Deepdown Depot
|30
|20
|-
|'''Zess Tea'''
|All shops
|10
|6
|}


====Toadia====
===Area changes===
*Title: I wanna meet Luigi!
Several areas had some changes made between the Japanese and international versions.
*Location: Poshley Heights, right near the Sanctum
*Reward: Choco Cake.
*Objective: Grab the L Emblem from the Poshley Sanctum, put it on, speak to Toadia and watch the chaos start.
 
===After clearing all Chapters===
====Doe T.====
*Title: Roust these cads!
*Location: Boggly Woods.
*Reward: 20 Coins.
*Objective: Kill all the enemies in the Boggly Woods blocking Doe T.'s path to the Great Tree.
 
====Bub====
*Title: Help me make up.
*Location: Poshley Heigts
*Reward: 3 Coins.
*Objective: Bub needs you to deliver either a Shroom Cake, a Keel Mango or a Fright Mask to his mom, as well as a touching apology. Give the gift to Sylvia, then return to Bub to get your reward.
 
====Swob====
*Title: Erase that graffiti!
*Location: Fahr Outpost, next to the cannon statue.
*Reward: Snow Bunny.
*Objective: Talk to Swob in Fahr Outpost and then, go to Level 50 of the Pit of 100 Trials and use Bobbery to blow up the graffiti. Return to Fahr Outpost to claim your reward.
 
==Bosses==
===Mini-Bosses/Minor Bosses===
====Prologue====
====Prologue====
=====Lord Crump (1)=====
*The X-Nauts who jump on Mario in the Prologue move faster in the Japanese version.
'''HP''' 6, '''Attack''' 1, '''Defense''' 0
*In the Japanese version, the moving platforms in the Rogueport Underground (the one in the first area and the two in the room with the pipe to Petal Meadows) do not move as far to the left and right as the ones in the international versions.
 
=====Gus=====
'''HP''' 20, '''Attack''' 3, '''Defense''' 0
 
'''Tattle:''' That's Gus. He's super-annoying and tries to take tolls from everyone. All in all, he's pretty tough. Oh, and I've told you a million times...that pointy spear of his gurts if you stomp on it. I wonder if this guy watches people pass 365 days a year. Talk about a workaholic.
 
=====Blooper=====
'''HP''' 12, '''Attack''' 1, '''Defense''' 0
 
'''Tattle:''' That's a Blooper... and a really super-humongous one, too! EWWWW! It's all slimy!!! I just can't STAND slimy, nasty, icky things. G-R-O-S-S, gross! It attacks with tentacles and ink. Once you damage both it's tentacles it'll fall down... And then it's attack time! By the Way, the tentacles each have 3 HP. Now relax and house on that slimy, nasty Blooper.  


====Chapter 1====
====Chapter 1====
=====Gold Fuzzy and the Fuzzy Horde=====
*Question #2 of the Thwomp quiz in Shhwonk's Fortress asks for the price of a Mushroom and a Fire Flower in the Japanese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish versions, as opposed to the price of a Mr. Softener and a Fire Flower in the English version. However, in the US ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' demo included in the Nintendo GameCube's Demo Disc Version 18, this question asked for the price of a Mushroom and a Fire Flower like in the other versions.
*'''''Gold Fuzzy''''' '''HP''' 10, '''Attack''' 1, '''Defense''' 0
*'''''Fuzzy Horde'''''  '''HP''' 20, '''Attack''' 1, '''Defense''' 0
 
'''Tattle (Gold Fuzzy):''' That's a Gold Fuzzy. Whoa, those are super-rare! I'm serious! Wow! Oh, but hey! Even though it's a Fuzzy, it won't suck up your HP, which is nice. I have to wonder though... How does this thing hide? Look at it! It's so gaudy!
 
'''Tattle (Fuzzy Horde):''' It's a Fuzzy Horde! Look at 'em all! What a mob scene! It's crazy! Fuzzies come at you all at once and attack in order. Sys here not to freak out! It also says that if you use good timing to defend, you won't take much damage. I'm thinking it might just be faster to whip the ringleader, though, y'know?
 
=====Red Bones and the Dull Bones Quadruplets=====
*'''''Red Bones''''': '''HP''' 5, '''Attack''' 2, '''Defense''' 1
*'''''Dull Bones''''': '''HP''' 1, '''Attack''' 2, '''Defense''' 1
 
'''Tattle (Red Bones):''' That's a Red Bones! A little TOO red, I think. No fashion sense, y'know? Unlike your average Dull Bones, even if you pound it to 0 HP and it crumbles... It totally might revive! Like a zombie! My advice is to get rid of all the Dull Bones, then attack the Red Bones. Oh, and one more thing! Once its friends start to fall, it may create some more!


====Chapter 2====
====Chapter 2====
=====Shadow Sirens (1)=====
*In the Japanese version, the right Pale Piranha on the screen where the Shadow Sirens are fought in Boggly Woods acts differently from the one in the international versions.
*'''''Vivian''''' '''HP''' 10, '''Attack''' 1, '''Defense''' 0
*In the Japanese version, when unlocking the blue cage door in the Great Tree, the game checks for and removes the Strange Sack from Mario's inventory if he has it (which permanently prevents it from being obtained again as there is only one in the game). This does not happen in the international versions.
*'''''Marilyn''''' '''HP''' 12, '''Attack''' 2, '''Defense''' 0
*In the Japanese version, Punio's textbox when he thinks about how to reveal the secret entrance does not pause.
*'''''Beldam''''' '''HP''' 9, '''Attack''' 1, '''Defense''' 0
*In the room where the player has to hammer the switches to gain access to the Super Boots room, in the Japanese version the 4 statues all have Punis on them before hitting the switches, but in the international versions the 4 statues have the following (left to right) on them before hitting the switches: Puni, Star, Moon, Sun.
 
'''Tattle (Vivian):''' That's Vivian. She's the youngest of the three Shadow Sirens. She doesn't seem all that noteworthy. Uh... She is kind cute I guess... She might even be cuter than I am... I guess... ...Uh... What am I thinking?
 
'''Tattle (Marilyn):''' That's Marilyn. She's a Shadow Siren, Beldam's younger sister. She charges up her attacks occasionally. Says here she's the toughest of the sisters, so it might be best to defeat her first, huh?" Other than that, she doesn't have any particularly outstanding characteristics.
 
'''Tattle (Beldam):''' That's Beldam. She's the oldest sister, the leader of the Shadow Sirens. She can make her partners big and make us tiny, and attacks with weird magic. The worst thing about her is that sinister snicker. She sounds so totally evil! I mean, she's just the sort of person you want to avoid like the plague, y'know?


====Chapter 3====
====Chapter 3====
=====Armored Harriers (Two Iron Clefts)=====
*In the Glitz Pit, all fights (excluding ones that start with special cutscenes, such as The Goomba Bros. and The Armored Harriers) start about 2 seconds faster in the Japanese version when compared to the international versions.
'''HP''' 6, '''Attack''' 4, '''Defense''' ???
*In the Japanese version, when returning to Rogueport from Glitzville, the entire cutscene is about 7 seconds longer than in the international versions.
 
*During Peach's section right after Chapter 3, when leaving the dressing room to return to TEC after talking to Grodus, the player can move while the door is opening in the Japanese version.
'''Tattle:''' That's an Iron Cleft. That guy is SCARY. Period! What's WITH this book? It says no attack will work against Iron Clefts! It says nothing in the world is as an Iron Cleft, so its Defense is impenetrable. If that's true, the only way to beat one is to whack it with the other one... Running away may not be a bad idea at this point.
 
=====Bowser (1)=====
'''HP''' 30, '''Attack''' 3, '''Defense''' 1
 
'''Tattle:''' That's Bowser! But what's he doing here?!? My mind just blew a fuse! Max HP is 30, Attack is 3, and Defense is 1. He's uglier than I expected. He's got a poisonous bite, so watch out! It'll make your HP decrease gradually. Also, if he ground-pounds you, you won't be able to use one of your commands! Just focus your attention on beating him down, Mario!
 
=====Rawk Hawk=====
'''HP''' 40, '''Attack''' 3, '''Defense''' 1
 
'''Tattle:''' That's Rawk Hawk! He flips, flaps, and slaps! ...That's what the book says. He's really good at aerial maneuvers, but other than that, he's pretty...meh. One thing you should know is that Rawk Hawk NEVER fights above the board. Carelessness leads to lifelessness, y'know!
 
====Chapter 4====
=====Atomic Boo=====
'''HP''' 40, '''Attack''' 4, '''Defense''' 0
 
'''Tattle:''' That's an Atomic Boo. It's a giant Boo made up of a ton of smaller Boos. This thing will try to smoosh us. It can also split up and send hundreds of Boos at us. And, when we attack, we might get so scared that we get confused or can't move. I sure wouldn't want to see this thing standing behind me in the middle of the night... Creeeeeepy...


====Chapter 5====
====Chapter 5====
=====Lord Crump (2) and X-Naut Infantry=====
*In the Japanese version, Mario can get the Keel Mango from the trees at Keelhaul Key at any time. In the international versions, the chapter must be completed first. This was most likely changed to ensure that Flavio ends up getting the Coconut rather than the Keel Mango as both items are tropical food and giving Flavio any food item that is not a Coconut results in him asking for something more tropical.
*'''''Lord Crump'''''  '''HP''' 30, '''Attack''' 3, '''Defense''' 0
*One Flower Fuzzy on the screen with the blue pipe in Keelhaul Key was removed in the international versions.
*'''''X-Nauts''''' '''HP''' 6/10, '''Attack''' 5, '''Defense''' 0
*The Flower Fuzzy on the screen with the two Putrid Piranhas continues to move around if it falls down in the Japanese version, while it stays still in the international versions.
 
*In Pirate's Grotto, the chest behind the waterfall contains a Damage Dodge P in the Japanese version. In the international versions, this is a Defend Plus P.
'''Tattle (Crump):''' That's Lord Cump. Not this guy again... Ugh. He just attacks normally, so don't worry much about him... But... those X-Nauts around him are a force to be reckoned with. They're going to attack us with all kinds of weird moves, I can just FEEL it! If we take out their leader, though, they won't have the focus to attack. Get Crump!
*In the black chest room in Pirate's Grotto, when Mario defeats the Embers, the key randomly falls to the left or right in the Japanese version. In the international versions, it simply falls straight down.
 
'''Tattle (X-Nauts):''' That's an X-Naut platoon. Crump commands them all. Where'd they come from? They're gonna come at us with coordinated group maneuvers, I'm sure. ...But they're pretty wimpy, so we should be able to handle it, don'tcha think?


====Chapter 6====
====Chapter 6====
None
*On Day 3 of the Excess Express, Mario gets an email in the dining car in the Japanese version. In the international versions, Mario gets this email to the right of his room.
*When the Smorgs appear when talking to the Engineer, they do not cover the right part of the window in the Japanese version.
*In the outside room at Riverside Station with the Poison Pokeys and Ruff Puffs, there is a block that can be jumped on to hit a hidden block that contains a Thunder Rage. In the Japanese version, this block is a breakable block, and breaking it causes it to stay broken until the player leaves Riverside Station. The international versions made this block unbreakable.


====Chapter 7====
====Chapter 7====
None
*[[X-Naut Fortress]]'s third puzzle room has a safe path two squares long in the Japanese version and three squares long in the international version, thus slightly reducing its difficulty.
*On the moon, on the screen with the pipe, blowing up the rock containing the pipe causes a small cutscene to play in the Japanese version. This cutscene does not occur in the international versions.


====Chapter 8====
====Chapter 8====
=====Dark Bones and the Dry Bones Quadruplets=====
The changes made consist of the fight against the Shadow Queen:
*'''''Dark Bones''''' '''HP''' 20, '''Attack''' 5, '''Defense''' 2
*In the Japanese version, none of the Shadow Queen's attacks can be superguarded against.
*'''''Dry Bones''''' '''HP''' 8, '''Attack''' 5, '''Defense''' 2
*During the first phase of the Shadow Queen fight, she changes to her true form after dealing at least 39 damage to her in the Japanese version. In the international versions, this happens after dealing at least 61 damage.


'''Tattle (Dark Bones):''' That's a Dark Bones. It's the baddest of the Bones gang. When its HP goes down to 0, it collapses into a pile, but it'll eventually rise again. Fire and explosions will put a permanent end to it getting back up, though. Its HP is high so it's hard to take it down. Like any other Bones, it sometimes builds friends if it feels outnumbered. It's a tough enemy. You better take it and it's buddies out all at once.
===Aesthetic changes===
*Some items were redesigned in international versions:
**[[Super Luigi (series)#Super Luigi 5|Super Luigi 5]] is red instead of orange.
**The katakana on the [[Wrestling Magazine|Wrestling Mag]] are replaced with scribbles.
**The Power Rush [[badge]] has a different letter for every language.
**Vintage Red was renamed [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]] and recolored purple to resemble soda instead of wine.
*The [[Boo]]s [[Peeka]] and [[Lahla]] wear bunny ears in the Japanese version, but cat ears in international versions to avoid resembling a {{wp|Playboy Bunny|bunny suit}}.
*[[TEC-XX]]'s camera "eye" is blue instead of red in international versions to tone down similarities to the {{wp|HAL 9000}}.
*[[Larson]]'s [[Toad (species)|Toad]] chalk outline and bloodstains in his house were removed from international versions to remove violent undertones.
*In the English and German scripts, [[Vivian]] is referred to with feminine pronouns and has no mention of being a male-to-female {{wp|gender dysphoria|gender dysphoric}}.
*The [[Shadow Queen]] is slightly more formal and condescending in the English script.
*Before the battle against Shadow Queen, if Mario chooses to be her servant after her spell has cast on Mario, Mario's sprite changes to the same as Doopliss's appearance when impersonating him in the Japanese version, notably for the evil-looking appearance, and the effects from L Emblem and W Emblem are also removed (like how Doopliss's fake copy of Mario cannot change colors either). However, in the international version, Mario keeps the same angry pose before the spell, and his appearance and color remain unchanged.
*A few cutscenes involving flashing lights were edited down in the international versions, probably to reduce the chance of players getting epileptic seizures:
**The flashing lights during the first Shadow Queen cutscene were reduced.
**The flashing lights during the cutscene in the room that makes the Emerald Star appear were reduced.
**However, the animation for Showstopper, which despite being arguably worse than the two stated above, was not edited.
*PAL versions have additional differences from all NTSC versions. Only NTSC versions can be played in progressive scan mode, and only PAL versions can be played in 50Hz mode, using the same method to activate each. The American and Japanese versions have their languages locked to English and Japanese, respectively, while the PAL version can additionally be played in Spanish, French, Italian and German depending on the GameCube settings. Also, in NTSC versions, Mario has two different talking animations, one involving him raising his hand and one involving him moving his mouth, and each one is used in different scenarios. Only the "mouth moving" one is used in the PAL version, however, to avoid resemblance to the Nazi salute.{{ref needed}}


=====Gloomtail=====
==Pre-release and unused content==
'''HP''' 80, '''Attack''' 8, '''Defense''' 2
{{main|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content}}
===Reveal trailer===
This game was initially titled ''Paper Mario 2'' and featured a far different logo, one reminiscent of the original ''Paper Mario''{{'}}s logo.


'''Tattle:''' That's Gloomtail. I think he's Hooktail's brother. I see the family resemblance... He'll bite or stomp you, and he may also breathe poison on you. Great. When his HP gets low, he may throw in some other attacks as well. Wouldn't surprise me. Especially watch out for his megabreath move, 'cause the word is, it's GNARLY! He also stores power for some attacks, so use Vivian to hide to avoid those.
Part of the original trailer shows an extra ledge above the pipe in the room directly east of the Thousand-Year Door, with an [[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]] badge on it. It could be accessed via a moving platform which had a wall over it halfway, which appeared to be passable with help from [[Vivian]]. Also, [[Beldam]] and [[Doopliss]] were originally going to be fought somewhere in [[Riverside Station]]. The trailer also showed that [[Item Shop]]s would be labeled with Mushrooms, much as in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', rather than the [[Fire Flower]]s seen in the final game. [[Red Bones]] was initially named "Red Koopa Skeleton." In the same trailer, one can see that "Tornado Jump" was initially called "Hurrican Jump".{{sic}} The status element Slow had a different icon, a snail instead of a sad purple face.
<gallery>
PM2 BetaLogo.jpg|The game's original logo before the final version of the game.
PMTTYD Prerelease Sewers Screenshot.png|An early location of the [[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus Badge]].
Hooktail Castle.jpg|[[Hooktail Castle]] Notice how the final game, the door is just open from the start.
Beta Battle.png|A battle in [[Hooktail's Castle]]. Notice Hurricane is spelled wrong.
</gallery>


=====Shadow Sirens (2)=====
==Glitches==
*'''''Doopliss''''' '''HP''' 40, '''Attack''' 6, '''Defense''' 0
{{main|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door glitches}}
*'''''Marilyn''''' '''HP''' 40, '''Attack''' 7, '''Defense''' 0
[[File:PMTTYD Koops Splashing Glitch.gif|thumb|upright=1.66|The glitch performed on the {{wp|Dolphin (emulator)|Dolphin}} emulator]]
*'''''Beldam''''' '''HP''' 30, '''Attack''' 5, '''Defense''' 0
===Koops splashing on dry land===
At any location where Mario can fall into the river and the player can talk to an NPC, the player should stand near the river and use [[Shell Toss|Koops's ability]], holding {{button|gcn|X}} so he remains in place. Without letting go of the button, the player should walk away so that Koops is offscreen, and talk to a character in the same area. When the player is done, Koops respawns next to Mario. There is a splash animation even on dry land.


'''Tattle (Doopliss):''' That's Doopliss. He's a shapeshifter, and even turned into you once, Mario! He may turn into one of us and attack. When he does, he'll have our abilities! Hey, how do you think he became one of the Shadow Sirens? Isn't that...weird? How do you think he stands Beldam's abuse? You think he's all right in the head?
==Staff==
{{main|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door staff}}
[[Intelligent Systems]] developed the game with [[Nintendo]] publishing it. The music is credited to Yoshito Hirano and [[Yuka Tsujiyoko]].


'''Tattle (Marilyn):''' That's Marilyn. She's Beldam's sister, another one of the Shadow Sirens. She'll attack you directly or use lightning. She also saves up energy for a big attack sometimes. So long as you avoid the brunt of her attacks, she shouldn't be too tough...
==Reception==
 
Overall, ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' received very positive reviews from critics, who praised its enjoyable story, characters, and humor, in addition to its battling system, multiple side-quests, and soundtrack.
'''Tattle (Beldam):''' That's Beldam. She's the leader of the Shadow Sirens. Her special move is a blizzard blast. If it hits you, you'll totally freeze. She has lots of other tricks up her sleeves, too. I wonder what that plan was that she mentioned? What do you think they're up to?
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=====Sir Grodus and his Grodus Xs=====
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*'''''Sir Grodus:''''' '''HP''' 50, '''Attack''' 7, '''Defense''' 1
|Release
*'''''Grodus X:''''' '''HP''' 3, '''Attack''' 4, '''Defense''' 0
|Reviewer, Publication
 
|Score
'''Tattle (Grodus):''' That's Grodus! He's the head of the X-Nauts who kidnapped Peach. But... when he has Grodus Xs surrounding him, his Defense will go up by that number. He may also use electricity, fire, and time-stopping magic. That doesn't sound good! Still, he's a totally weird guy. Why's he so intense and serious all the time? I guess we don't have time to worry about that. Let's beat him and find Peach!
|Comment
 
|-
'''Tattle (Grodus X):''' That's a Grodus X. It protects Grodus. This guy is no problem on his own, but Grodus's Defense goes up for each of them. When he has four surrounding him, we won't be able to damage him at all. So let's dish out some hurt to them while we pound on Grodus. Got it?
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
 
|Peer Schneider,<br>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/12/paper-mario-2-the-thousand-year-door IGN]
=====Bowser (2) and Kammy Koopa=====
|9.1/10
*'''''Bowser:''''' '''HP''' 70, '''Attack''' 7, '''Defense''' 2
|''With Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga finished and stashed away, I was ready for another opportunity to venture into Mario's RPG realm. While there's plenty of room for better presentation (Paper Mario Revolution, anyone), this game is an absolute blast to play. Get past the slow-moving first chapter and some clunky NPC path finding routines in chapter 2 and you'll be hooked. The story is funny, the gameplay varied, and the world so charming, you'll want to explore every last corner of it. Add to that plenty of playable characters and sidekicks, some great cameos, a memorable score loaded with classic melodies, and a quest that runs a good 30 hours long, and you've got another winning offshoot in the mighty Mario franchise. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door improves on its predecessor in every way and takes the cake as the best Mario RPG yet. Highly recommended.''
*'''''Kammy Koopa:''''' '''HP''' 50, '''Attack''' 5, '''Defense''' 0
|-
 
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
'''Tattle (Bowser (2)):''' That's Bowser, genius. You've only fought this guy like, a bazillion times. He'll keep kidnapping Peach, and you'll keep fighting him, until the end of time, I think. Max HP is 70, Attack is 7, and Defense is 2. In addition to his fire breath, he jumps on you and bites. If you get jumped on, you'll be unable to use a command for a little while. Oh, and his bite sometimes poisons you as well. I don't know what Bowser's doing here, but we gotta defeat him quick!
|Jeremy Parish,<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051102181251/http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3135358&did=1 1UP]
 
|8.5/10
'''Tattle (Kammy Koopa):''' That's Kammy Koopa. She's an old evil witch who's always helping Bowser out. She uses her magic to raise her Attack and Defense or get electrified or invisible. When her HP gets low, she may also use magic to restore HP. Her magic is totally annoying, so take her out before you focus on Bowser. Still, you gotta feel for her, having to hang out with Bowser all the time... Or do you think Bowser has a harder time enduring her?
|''Paper Mario 2 is clearly a game for fans, created by people with genuine affection for the Mario legacy...it's a testament to the diversity of the medium that in a season marked by realistic, violent and often grim video games like GTA, Halo 2 and Def Jam: FFNY, a game like Paper Mario can be so willfully charming, harmless and child-friendly in appearance and still make for a compelling, sophisticated experience. It's a must-have for Mario nuts, and is worth a look for everyone else. With its simple, brilliant graphics, impressive sound design and laid-back but addictive gameplay, Paper Mario 2 is an excellent sequel -- and a great game in its own right.''
 
|-
====Optional====
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
=====Bonetail=====
|Tom Bramwell,<br>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_papermario2_gc Eurogamer]
'''HP''' 200, '''Attack''' 8, '''Defense''' 2
|9/10
 
|''Of course, you've long since realised how this was going to end. But we're trying. We're trying to put ourselves in the minds of people who would treat this game with prejudice and toss it back in our laps and say "No thanks", or just turn up on the comments thread and tell us it's crap, but quite honestly you would have to actually hate Mario, or Nintendo, in order for this not to entertain you. Whether you think you like role-playing games or not. Fair enough, if Mario has stolen your girlfriend, keyed your car, broken the lead in your pencil and signed you up to the Britannia Music Club, we don't expect you to buy this. But the only things we can say against it are specialised nit-pickings. We were honestly going to mention this one occasion when we had to redo something relatively straightforward five times due to our own cackhandedness. That's about as bad as it got for us. Otherwise our only feelings of concern stemmed from our fear that we might not get far enough in quick enough time to be able to tell you with any authority whether Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is every bit as good as Intelligent Systems could make it. Well, we did, so we can. And it is.''
'''Tattle:''' That's Bonetail. He's the older brother of Hooktail. ...So old he's just bones, in fact. Now THAT'S old. He has various breaths that might confuse us or put us to sleep. When his HP gets low, he'll recover...or reanimate, as the case may be. He's probably stronger than the last boss, seriously! Let's do this right!
|-
 
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
===Major Bosses===
|Miguel Lopez,<br>[http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/paper-mario-gcn/555181p1.html Gamespy]
====Chapter 1: Hooktail====
|4/5
'''HP''': 30 (Has 20 HP, but eats some of the audience members to replenish 10 HP), '''Attack''': 5, '''Defense''': 1
|''If I had to fault Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on something, it would be its reliance on backtracking. You have to do a frightful amount of it in most of the scenarios. At best, doing so allows you to access spots in previous areas that you perhaps weren't able to before. At worst? You'll have to perform some tricky platforming one time more than you feel you should. But in the end, this is what the games that inform its design are like, so I guess we have to take the good with the bad. And when it comes to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it's mostly all good. If you have a history of playing 2D side-scrollers, this game will make you remember just why you loved them. And if you have a soul, then this game will make it feel all warm and fuzzy.''
 
|-
'''Tattle:''' That Hooktail! It'll stomp and munch on you, and it has a more dgragonish attack: stinky, fiery breath! It's tricky, especially when it's losing, and it'll try to fool you into being merciful. Oh, yeah, and one more thing. It hates things that start with "cr" and end with "icket". Supposedly, there's something related to that somewhere in this castle. Did we find it?
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====Chapters 2 and 7: Magnus Von Grapple Robots====
|colspan=2|Compiler
'''''Regular Magnus (Chapter 2)''''': HP: 30, Attack: 2, Defense: 1<br>'''''Magnus 2.0 (Chapter 7)''''': HP: 70, Attack: 6, Defense: 2
|colspan=2|{{nw|Platform / Score}}
 
|-
'''Tattle (Regular Magnus (Chapter 2)):''' That's Magnus Von Grapple. It's a giant robot built by the X-Nauts. Lord Crump drives it. Its most effective attack is one that takes advantage of its size: a smothering stomp. IT can also shoot out its fists, which do these super-gnarly rocket punches. Its fists are super powerful, so it's best to knock them down fast. The thing about this robot is I can't tell it looks cool, or really, REALLY stupid...
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'''Tattle (Magnus 2.0 (Chapter 7)):''' Ah! Magnus Von Grapple 2.0. The upgraded version of Magnus Von Grapple. Its basic attack is a drill move that drops from above. It also sometimes releases its fists for flying X-Punches. When those fists are flying, you may get attacked by the fists and body in one turn... Take care of those low-HP fists early on, trusts me. When the body's HP gets low, It'll fire machine guns and who know what else. It may not look too different from the last version, but it's much stronger, so be careful! I still think the whole design is a little ridiculous, though...
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====Chapter 3: Macho Grubba====
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HP: 60, Attack: 4, Defense: 0
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'''Tattle:''' That's Macho Grubba. He's Grubba all souped-up on Crystal Star power. His attack pattern is simple: first he increases the number of times he can attack... Then he powers himself up with all sorts of crazy power-uppy moves. So, it's pretty important to pay close attention to how he's powered himself up. The craziest thing about this meathead is that he used to be that chubby Grubba. I guess the crystal Stars really ARE powerful!
 
====Chapter 4: Doopliss====
HP: 40, Attack: 4, Defense: 0


'''Tattle:''' ...??? Wow, hoe totally bizarre... This thing isn't here. There's a monster in here that looks like this thing... But it doesn't have a name. It's apparently good at transforming itself and other things. Maybe it used that power to tun the villagers into pigs! This thing is a real jerk!
==Gallery==
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PMTTYD Princess Peach Artwork.png|[[Princess Peach]]
PMTTYD Goombella Reading Artwork.png|[[Goombella]]
PMTTYD Bowser Artwork.png|[[Bowser]]
PMTTYD Grodus Artwork.png|[[Sir Grodus]]
PMTTYD Hooktail Artwork.png|[[Hooktail]]
</gallery>


====Chapter 5: Cortez====
==Media==
HP: 20, Attack: 4, Defense: 1
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'''Tattle:''' That's Cortez! He's the dreaded pirate spirit who haunts the island! His HP may seem low, by he's a spirit so even when his HP hits 0, he'll come back. Plus, he has tons of different attacks. He's as tough and scary as he looks. I'd say just keep damaging him, and sooner or later he'll go down for good! Let's give this tormented spirit some eternal rest!
==References to other games==
[[File:Paper Mario TTYD Parakarry Beginning.png|thumb|Parakarry in the intro of the game]]
*''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'': One of the badges is named "[[Jumpman (badge)|Jumpman]]", referencing how Mario was alternatively named in this game. An audience member in the Glitz Pit also calls out Jumpman when Mario reaches Rawk Hawk a second time. In addition, although not in the game itself, the Official ''Nintendo Power'' Player's Guide alludes to Mario's encounters with the titular ape from the game where they mention that the X-Nauts thought they could dissuade Mario with various platforms at high places, but they had not heard of his exploits against "a certain ape."
*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': When Princess Peach takes a shower in the [[X-Naut Fortress]], she can sing the "[[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]]" or the "[[Underwater Theme]]". In the Japanese and French versions of the game, the video-game-obsessed Toad from Petalburg refers to ''Super Mario Bros'' as his favorite game for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System, respectively, also urging Mario to play it in the latter version. Bowser's level segments play very similarly to how they did in ''Super Mario Bros.'', including the Overworld and Underwater themes that play. [[Hamma, Bamma, and Flare|Hamma]] mentions that his grandfather was at [[World 7-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-1]]. At the X-Naut Fortress in the Changing Room, Mario and company can change into an 8-bit sprite of themselves, along with the Ground Theme from ''Super Mario Bros.'' playing.
*[[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]]: During the Peach interlude for Chapter 5, when Peach is invisible and retrieves a disc from Grodus's office, the computer screen displays a scene of Mario and Luigi fighting over a light switch, referring to the boot-up screen for the Famicom Disk System if the player did not input a disk beforehand.
*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'': The [[Grass Land]] theme is arranged as part of the music that plays during the opening cutscene. Whenever Jolene (while under the alias of "X") sends Mario an e-mail, the [[Ice Land]] map screen theme plays. The music that plays when Mario is riding the blimp is a cover of the athletic theme from this game. This game includes [[Boomerang Bro]]s., [[Fire Bro]]s., and [[Boo]]s, which originated from this game. The "king saved" music can be heard in Luigi's storytelling theme. Like ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the game's story is implied to be a stage play (although it is more direct than in the former game, as it was only stated by Shigeru Miyamoto in the former case). In addition, Peach after each chapter ends up sending (e-)mail to Mario with advice for the next level, with her final mail upon completing all objectives being intercepted by the main villain, similar to in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Bowser's theme song contains a cover of the castle theme.
*''[[Super Mario World]]'': Whenever Peach sends Mario an e-mail, the title screen theme plays. Whenever Mario gets an e-mail from other people, part of the epilogue theme (from when a [[Koopalings|Koopaling]] castle is beaten) plays. When Mario wins a battle, the "level clear" sound plays.
*''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'': Blue [[Bandit]]s appear as NPCs. [[Atomic Boo]] closely resembles [[Bigger Boo]] from this game.
*''[[Super Mario 64]]'': When Princess Peach takes a shower in the X-Naut Fortress, she can sing "[[Inside the Castle Walls]]".
*''[[Paper Mario]]'': [[Parakarry]] makes a brief cameo at the beginning of the game, and delivers a letter to Mario from Peach, just like the previous game. During the [[65th Trivia Quiz-Off|65th Super Fun Quirk Quiz]], one of question 3's incorrect answers is "[[Koopa Koot]]" and one of question 4's incorrect answers is "[[Toad Town]]", though they were mistranslated as "Kooskoos" and "Mushville", respectively. [[Kolorado]] was a student of [[Professor Frankly]], and the former's [[Kolorado's father|deceased father]] appears as a crumpled [[Dull Bones]] in Hooktail's Castle, which [[Koops]] confuses for his own father. The video game-obsessed Toad kid from Petalburg mentions that he has been playing the game, describing Bow as the "cutest Boo of ALL TIME!!!" [[Gulpit]]s are given a reference when Grubba exclaims, "GREAT-GALLOPIN' GULPITS!". [[Lumpy]] at Rogueport Harbor states he is going to [[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]] to look for oil. After returning, he can tell Mario about this adventure. Many aspects of Chapter 2 from ''Paper Mario'' are referenced. In the email he sends to Mario after finding him, [[Koopook]] says he is now hiding in [[Crystal Palace]] in the Japanese version; however, this last reference is lost in the English translation, as Crystal Palace is instead translated as "Goomstar Temple". During Chapter 5's Bowser interlude, interacting with the door to [[Mayor Dour]]'s house makes him say, "The mayor is OUT!", a reference to [[Merlon]]'s "Merlon is out!" message. One of the houses in Poshley Heights has a model of the [[K64]]. After completing Chapter 6, there is a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] that randomly appears on the Excess Express that asks Mario a quiz question, ("What did Bowser steal in the first Paper Mario?"), and the answer is, "[[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]]". [[Jr. Troopa]] appears in the background in the picture that [[Zip Toad]] attached to his e-mail. After completing Chapter 8, [[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] appear in Poshley Heights and Bow and makes a direct reference to [[Boo's Mansion]], as well as the adventure she and Mario had.
*''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'': During Luigi's story about Circuit Break Island, he tells Mario he had to sign up for a kart race and mentions he had driven karts before.
*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'': A crow in [[Twilight Town]] says he will set up an estate paysite named Luigi's Mansion, and his crow friend says that "he's heard that name somewhere before", referencing this game.
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'': In the Spanish version of the game, Rawk Hawk's victory gloat after beating [[The Koopinator]] specifically referenced ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' (in all other versions, he simply says they are better off playing video games without naming one in particular).
*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'': [[Toadsworth]], [[Pianta]]s, and Shine Sprites appear in the game to upgrade Mario's partners. The parrot in Creepy Steeple randomly says the infamous translation of "Shine get!".
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]] is an item in this game, referring to the game it has appeared first. The "Super-Guarding" ability was likely inspired by the ability to counter enemies' attacks in ''Superstar Saga''. Mario gaining field abilities to use in battle (Spin Jump, Spring Jump, Super/Ultra (spin) hammer) as special FP consuming attacks were also likely inspired by field abilities in ''Superstar Saga'' being used in battle as Bros. Attacks. One of Bowser's options during his conversation with [[Pennington]] during the Chapter 7 interlude is The Shadow Thief, a reference to [[Popple]]. The difference in naming methods between the English and Japanese titles are similar to this game, as the English titles of both games have a subtitle under the series names (''Mario & Luigi'' and ''Paper Mario'' respectively), while the Japanese titles simply have the term "RPG" under the series names.


====Chapter 6: Smorg====
==References in later games==
HP: 50, Attack: 5, Defense: 1
[[File:SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|thumb|''Super Paper Mario'' references.]]
*''[[Super Paper Mario]]'': This game is alluded to by a video game-obsessed Toad in Petalburg. At the end of the game, he states that he has been playing "the new ''Paper Mario'' game" called ''Super Paper Mario'', which was released in 2007 for the [[Wii]], and that it will be pleasing to fans of [[Luigi]], which hints that the game was already in production and/or planning stages at the time ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' was in development. All seven partners from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' make cameo appearances as [[Catch Card]]s that are won by completing the [[Duel of 100]] at [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. [[Francis]] also has plush toys of the Yoshi (in all colors), Vivian, Bobbery, and Pennington, along with a poster of Petuni. In Francis' list of things to buy, Rawk Hawk was given a reference when he stated that he wants a DVD called, "''Harder than Bedrawk: The Rawk Hawk Story''". Francis also stated that he wants a Ms. Mowz doll with "real-smooching action", an Excess Express train set, and a Magnus Von Grapple action figure. Francis also happens to watch "''[[List of implied entertainment#Starship X-Naut|Starship X-Naut]]''" and "''[[List of implied entertainment#The Grodus Chronicles|The Grodus Chronicles]]''". Also, [[Fracktail]] and [[Wracktail]], themselves are homages to Hooktail and Bonetail. Additionally, there is also a [[Sammer Guy]] who calls himself "Laughing X-Naut" and another who calls himself "The Thousand Year Roar". Lastly, Slim's ability to make Mario, Peach, Bowser, or Luigi thin is a reference to the second curse in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': Goombella, Yoshi, Vivian, and Rawk Hawk appear as [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]s. Goombella also has her own trophy. Also, the words, "CRUMP" and "RAWK" appear in the random name selection, which are possible references to Lord Crump and Rawk Hawk.
*''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'': In the level [[Shy Guy Jungle]], there is a pile of garbage with many letters. One letter is written by [[Goombella]] and it states: "Observations on the Ancient Civilization of the [[Chomp Ruins]]."
*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'': The [[S.S. Flavion]] appears as a variation of a ''Paper Mario'' stage in this game. A [[Big Blooper]] based on the boss also appears in the stage variation's background. An arrangement of the Rogueport theme is also part of the stage's main song.
*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'': The [[Fuzzy Horde]], which debuted in this game, returns in several levels.
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'': Paper Mario's Airplane and Paper Modes return. During Trio Grab, Paper Mario turns into a tube, similar to Tube Mode. He can also turn into a paper drill during Trio Drill, which is similar in concept to the paper abilities from this game. When Paper Mario meets the Mario Bros., he performs a Spring Jump. Paper Mario borrows his blocking and KO'd animations from this game. The trio gains Star Points by performing Action Commands correctly, which is similar to how Paper Mario and his partners had to appeal to the audience by doing the same thing, and by also being stylish. The stage where Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario stand when they level up is similar to the stage from this game's battles, down to the yellow stripes on the curtains.
*''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'': Peach summons Mario over to the current destination due to a discovery she made (although in this case Peach personally has Mario come along). Peach also ended up abducted shortly after bringing Mario along (although in that case, Mario does witness Peach's abduction). She also sends mail giving some hints about the main villain's plan and the next destination that Mario should head towards in the form of [[Holo-Peach]]es, and her last mail has Peach's message being cut off by the main antagonist (Black Bowser) just as Peach was about to give key details about his villainous plan. In addition, a character gets possessed by a grave evil (in this case, Bowser via Black Paint, while in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', it was Peach who was possessed by the Shadow Queen). Also, the Big Paint Stars serve a similar function to the Crystal Stars.
*''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'': Peach's design from ''The Thousand-Year Door'' appears as a photo. Additionally, when Mario and [[Bob-omb (Paper Mario: The Origami King)|Bob-omb]] interact with the steering wheel on [[the Princess Peach]], the latter mentions that he dreams of being an admiral someday, in reference to [[Admiral Bobbery]].


'''Tattle:''' That's a Smorg. Lots of Smorgs gathered to create this huge monster. It attacks with weird tentacles. Defeating the tentacles will drop the body's defense to 0, making it easier to attack. The tentacles will regenerate, but use that time to deal a ton of damage, OK? It may also take other forms with higher Attack powers, I don't really know. Let's just hurry and beat this thing so we can save those trapped passengers!
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ペーパーマリオＲＰＧ
|JapR=Pēpā Mario Āru Pī Jī
|JapM=Paper Mario RPG<br>This naming method is similar to ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Super Mario RPG]]'' and the Japanese name of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
|ChiT=紙片瑪利歐RPG<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/mario/history/index.html|title=Official Chinese website for the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary|accessdate=October 23, 2020|publisher=Nintendo HK}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Zhǐpiàn Mǎlì'ōu RPG
|ChiTM=Paper Mario RPG
|Fre=Paper Mario: La Porte Millénaire
|FreM=Paper Mario: The Millennium Door
|Ger=Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor
|GerM=Paper Mario: The Legend of the Aeon Gate
|Ita=Paper Mario: Il Portale Millenario
|ItaM=Paper Mario: The Millennium Portal
|Kor=페이퍼 마리오 1000년의 문
|KorR=Peipeo Mario 1000(Cheon)nyeon-ui Mun
|KorM=Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door
|SpaE=Paper Mario: La Puerta Milenaria
|SpaEM=Paper Mario: The Millennium Door
}}


====Chapter 8: Shadow Queen====
==External links==
HP: 150 (Left and Right Hands: 5; Dead Hands: 8)<br>Attack: 7 (Dead Hands: 6 Per Hit (Round 1), 3 Per Hit (Round 2))<br>Defense: 1
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/g8mj/index.html Official Japanese site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070707094343/http://www.papermario.com/launch/index.html Official North American site]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Paper-Mario-The-Thousand-Year-Door-268500.html Official Nintendo UK site]


'''Tattle:''' Omigosh, what happened? I can't believe Peach just got possessd! That's AWFUL! Now she's...the shadow Queen. The demon that destroyed this town 1,000 years ago. She'll unleash big lightning attacks. She'll also use magic to raise Attack and Defense, or to absorb HP... She might even try to drag us into darkness... I don't feel good about attacking Peach, but we have to do SOMETHING! Don't think of it as Peach! We just have to fight to the end! C'MON!!!
==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:48, June 5, 2024

This article is about 2004 Nintendo GameCube game. For the Nintendo Switch remake, see Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
North American box art for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo GameCube
Release date Original release
Japan July 22, 2004
USA October 11, 2004
Europe November 12, 2004
Australia November 18, 2004[1][better source needed]
Player's Choice
USA April 24, 2006
Language(s) Deutsch
English (United States)
Español (España)
Français (France)
Italiano
日本語
Genre RPG
Rating(s)
ESRB:E - Everyone
PEGI:3 - Three years and older
CERO:A - All ages
ACB:PG - Parental Guidance
Mode(s) Single player
Format
Nintendo GameCube:
Optical disc
Input
Nintendo GameCube:

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the second installment in the Paper Mario series. Released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2004, the game is an RPG as the first Paper Mario, featuring both turn-based battles and puzzle and platforming-focused challenges on the overworld as well as collaborating with a party of friendly characters that subsequently join on the quest, known as partners.

The story has Mario travel to the ramshackle town of Rogueport to meet Princess Peach after news she acquired a map leading to an ancient treasure. He soon finds that Peach has been kidnapped again, and comes in conflict with the X-Nauts, a malevolent secret society. Mario's quest has him collect the seven Crystal Stars, mysterious artifacts of great power that are linked to an ancient evil sealed deep below Rogueport.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door greatly expands on the battle system, with new features such as more fleshed-out partners who now have their own health pool, and the ability to negate all damage inflicted by enemy attacks through Superguarding. An audience now watches the battles — spectators may mess with the fights in ways that help or hinder the player. On the overworld, Mario now has the ability to fold into various paper forms, allowing him to explore deeper and solve puzzles. The game also has intermissions between each Chapter, in which the player assumes the role of Peach, as well as of Bowser, both of whom have their own stories that complement the main plot.

A follow-up titled Super Paper Mario was released for the Wii in 2007. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the only game in the series to share the same battle system as the original Paper Mario, as Super Paper Mario is a platformer with RPG elements and subsequent installments (starting with 2012's Paper Mario: Sticker Star) retooled many aspects of the series.

A remake of the same name was released on the Nintendo Switch on May 23, 2024.

Plot

Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome

Princess Peach receiving a gift from a mysterious person.
Peach receiving the box.
Lord Crump shouting "Punish him!" to the X-Nauts surrounding Mario and Goombella
Mario and Goombella about to be jumped by the X-Nauts.

The adventure begins when Princess Peach goes on a cruise to Rogueport where she meets a hooded woman, and buys a box that contains a map. She sends this to Mario, along with a letter asking him to help her search for the map's treasure. Soon after that, unbeknownst to Mario and the player, she is kidnapped by Sir Grodus. Mario receives the letter with the map and decides to help her, and thus boards a ship to Rogueport.

Shortly after Mario reaches Rogueport, he finds Lord Crump attempting to interrogate Goombella about the Crystal Stars. Mario intervenes and Lord Crump tries to defeat him. After defeating the X-Naut general and escaping from the X-Nauts, Goombella introduces herself, and Mario explains his quest to her. As Goombella is also searching for the map's treasure, she decides to join Mario. Then, Goombella suggests going to Professor Frankly's house, to consult him and show him the map. At the professor's house, Frankly explains that the map is related to the legend of the treasure of the Thousand-Year Door, and that, to obtain the treasure, one must first open the door with the seven Crystal Stars. Said objects can be found by holding the Magical Map before the Thousand-Year Door, which is located in the town's sewers. So, Mario holds the map before the Thousand-Year Door, revealing the location of the first Crystal Star.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese プロローグ　ゴロツキタウンへようこそ！
Purorōgu: Gorotsuki Taun e Yōkoso!
 Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport!

French Prologue: Bienvenue à Port-Lacanaïe!
 Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
German Prolog: Willkomen in Rohlingen
 Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
Italian Prologo: Benvenuti a Fannullopoli
 Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport
Korean 프롤로그: 부랑배 타운에 어서 오세요!
Peurollogeu: Burangbae Taun-e Eoseo Oseyo!
 Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport!

Spanish Prólogo: Bienvenidos a Villa Viciosa
 Prologue: Welcome to Rogueport

Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon

Mario and Koops encounter Hooktail in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario and Koops encountering Hooktail.
Mario and Goombella hitting the Save Block in Petalburg.
Petalburg.

Mario and Goombella show the updated map to Professor Frankly, who reveals that the first Crystal Star is in Petal Meadows. To reach this place, they must find a pipe in Rogueport Sewers. After finding it, Mario and Goombella arrive in Petal Meadows, where they see Hooktail and her castle. The duo stops at a nearby village called Petalburg and discovers from the mayor that the dragon Hooktail has been terrorizing the village. The mayor tells them that Hooktail guards a Crystal Star in her castle, and that to access it, they must obtain the two stone keys in Shhwonk Fortress, an ancient stone fort past Petalburg. After finding them, Mario and Goombella march to Hooktail's castle, with Koops in tow (who wants to defeat Hooktail to avenge his dead father and become stronger). After navigating through the castle's traps with the help of Koops, they encounter the dragon and defeat her, allowing Koops's father to get out of the dragon's gut and present Mario with the Diamond Star.

Somewhere else, it is revealed that Princess Peach was abducted by the X-Nauts. When an X-Naut tells Sir Grodus someone got the first Crystal Star, Peach accidentally blurts out Mario's name. Grodus hears this and orders the Shadow Sirens to steal the map in Mario's possession. Peach then meets TEC-XX, the X-Naut base's computer, who develops an interest in Peach's concept of love, and asks for her help in understanding it. Peach agrees; in exchange, TEC lets her send e-mails to Mario.

Afterward, the scene focuses on Bowser's Castle, where Kammy Koopa tells Bowser about Mario's quest to find the Crystal Stars and Peach's abduction, things that motivate Bowser to hunt for the Crystal Stars and kidnap Peach back. Bowser, with his Koopa Clown Car, and Kammy then head for Rogueport. He goes through a grassfield level based on Super Mario Bros.

Back in Petalburg, after Koops promises to return as a stronger Koopa like his dad, the group receives an e-mail from Peach, who informs them that she has been kidnapped. Mario and company head back to the Thousand-Year Door to reveal the location of the next Crystal Star.

Storyline text

Mario and friends finally got a Crystal Star in the castle after defeating Hooktail. Koops even reunited with his long-lost father, whom he thought was dead. Yet they were unable to learn anything about the whereabouts of the princess. Where could Princess Peach be? Yes... Mario's adventure has only just begun.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ１　マリオとお城とドラゴンと
Sutēji 1: Mario to Oshiro to Doragon to
 Stage 1: Mario, the castle and the dragon

French Chapitre 1: Mario + château + dragon
 Chapter 1: Mario + castle + dragon
German Kapitel 1: Lohgards Drachenburg
 Chapter 1: Hooktail's Dragon Castle

Italian Scena I: Mario, il castello e la dragonessa The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 1: Mario, il castello e la dragonessa Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 1: Mario, the castle and the dragon
Chapter 1: Mario, the castle and the dragon
Korean 마리오와 성, 그리고 드래곤
Mario-wa Seong, Geurigo Deuraegon
 Mario and Castle, and Dragon

Spanish (NOA) Acto 1: El castillo y el dragón
 Act 1: The castle and the dragon
Spanish (NOE) Acto 1: El bueno, el feo y el malo
 Act 1: The good, the ugly and the bad

Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree

Boggly Woods
Boggly Woods
The Great Tree
The Great Boggly Tree.

The second Crystal Star is revealed to be in the Great Tree, home of small creatures known as Punies, deep inside Boggly Woods. When searching for the pipe leading to Boggly Woods in Rogueport Sewers, Mario and his partners encounter Punio, who tells them that the X-Nauts have invaded the Great Tree, capturing most of the Punies and that the Jabbies, the Punies' enemies, have allied with the X-Nauts and are trying to kick the Punies out of the Great Tree. Mario and company decide to help out the Punies, and therefore Punio leads the group to the Boggly Woods. After getting there, Mario and company encounter the Shadow Sirens with a necklace that Vivian found, who do not recognize him due to having lost a sketch of him, which Beldam accuses Vivian of losing. The group continues and arrives at the Great Tree. However, they realize that the tree is locked. Punio suggests they find Madame Flurrie, who can help them find the Tree's secret entrance. Despite this, upon reaching her home, Flurrie reveals she has lost her necklace and does not want anyone to see her without it. Thus, Mario and his friends return to the Shadow Sirens and defeat them, this way retrieving the necklace. After returning it to Flurrie, she joins them in their quest. The group finds the secret entrance with her help and manages to enter the Tree; after freeing the locked Punies with the aid of a special orb and after solving the Great Tree's puzzles and defeating the Jabbies, they reveal the second Crystal Star at the bottom of the Tree. There, Lord Crump snatches it and activates a time bomb to blow up the Tree. Upon following him to the entrance, he stops the bomb and uses Magnus von Grapple to fight the heroes, but he is defeated by the group. As a result, the X-Nauts evacuate the Tree and Mario and company obtain the Emerald Star.

At the X-Naut headquarters, the X-Nauts notify Sir Grodus that Mario has taken the Emerald Star, and has also defeated Lord Crump and the Shadow Sirens. He asks them about the other Crystal Stars, but they have no luck in finding them. Grodus believes that Mario must have the map. Meanwhile, TEC-XX calls for the Princess, and, hearing her desire to dance at the Mushroom Ball, asks her to dance with him, using a hologram of Peach herself, and having to press the buttons on the screen. TEC then lets Peach e-mail Mario.

Meanwhile, Bowser heads for Petalburg, since Kammy tells him that Peach was seen there. After crossing Petal Meadows, he arrives in the town, scaring the main Koopa Troopa, and upon spotting what he thinks is Peach, he tries talking to her, but she is revealed to be merely a poster owned by a local Koopa Troopa.

As Mario and his team move on, they receive another e-mail from Peach, who tells them that the X-Nauts are also searching for the Crystal Stars. Mario and his team reveal the location of the next Crystal Star, and they visit Professor Frankly for details.

Storyline text

And so, after pummeling Lord Crump, Mario obtained the second Crystal Star... With the X-Nauts gone, peace once again prevailed throughout the Great Tree. The Boggly Woods echoed with the Puni songs of joy. But... this may not be the last our hero hears from the vile X-Nauts. They will surely continue to stand in Mario's way and try to put a stop to his efforts...

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ２　ふしぎの森の大きな木
Sutēji 2: Fushigi no Mori no Ōkina Ki
 Stage 2: The Big Tree of the Mysterious Forest

French Chapitre 2: Un grand arbre
 Chapter 2: A great tree
German Kapitel 2: Der Baum der Bubus
 Chapter 2: The Tree of the Punies
Italian Scena II: La Grande Quercia del Bosco Misterioso The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 2: La Grande Quercia del Bosco Misterioso Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 2: The Great Oak of the Mysterious Forest
Chapter 2: The Great Oak of the Mysterious Forest
Spanish Acto 2: El bosque animado
 Act 2: The Animated Forest

Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory

Glitz Pit
Glitz Pit.
Rawk Hawk's artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Rawk Hawk.

The third Crystal Star appears in a large arena on a floating town. To reach Glitzville, Mario and the gang must visit Don Pianta. He offers them the ticket they need after doing him a favor. Once Mario and his team arrive in Glitzville, they enter the Glitz Pit, a popular place in which fighters brawl, and spot the Crystal Star on the Champ's Belt, held by Rawk Hawk, the current champion. They sign up in the Pit, battle through the ranks, and eventually gain a newborn Yoshi as a partner after obtaining his egg from Mr. Hoggle. Soon, a mysterious figure known only as "X" starts sending cryptic e-mails to Mario. The e-mails lead Mario and his partners to discover that the Star on the belt is a fake and that the real Crystal Star is being used by Grubba, the promoter of the Glitz Pit, who has been using it to drain fighters of their energy to keep himself young and powerful. Mario and company expose his wrongdoings and chase him into the arena, where he transforms into Macho Grubba in order to eliminate Mario and his friends. Nonetheless, the group manages to defeat him. After the battle, Jolene, Grubba's assistant, appears and reveals herself as the mysterious X, explains her story, reunites with her brother Prince Mush, and gives Mario the Gold Star.

At the X-Naut base, Sir Grodus berates the Shadow Sirens for failing to defeat Mario. Beldam assures him that the sisters will take care of Mario with their new weapon. TEC-XX asks Peach to go ask Grodus a question relating to his plans. The Princess, while annoyed, soon goes undercover in an X-Naut disguise (despite the X-Nauts being roughly half Peach's size, she somehow still fits in the outfit) and learns that Grodus is plotting to use the Crystal Stars to take over the world, but he refuses to say why he's keeping Peach locked up, and finding something strange about her voice while disguised. TEC allows her to send this message to Mario.

Meanwhile, Bowser and Kammy are searching for one of the Crystal Stars in the Great Tree, where they discover that Mario already obtained it. Kammy Koopa gets into an argument with the Puni Elder, which leads to Bowser saying to himself "You're BOTH too old! Har!" or "It's Hag vs. Hag! Awesome!" Bowser is angered that Mario is one step ahead of him again.

After saying goodbye to everyone at Glitzville, with Rawk Hawk promising to not cheat anymore, King K. thanking Mario for saving him, and Jolene taking over as the new Glitz Pit manager, Mario and company receive Peach's message; they promptly reveal the fourth Crystal Star's location.

Storyline text

Glitzville's seamy underside was a dark, dangerous place seething with conspiracy... With the help of the lovely Ms. Jolene, Mario revealed Grubba's true identity... And acquired the third Crystal Star by defeating the monstrous Macho Grubba. Grubba had used the power of the Gold Star to run his power-draining machine... What other hidden powers might these strange and mystical items possess?

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ３　もえよ！チャンピオン！
Sutēji 3: Moeyo! Chanpion!
 Stage 3: Get fired up! Champion!

French Chapitre 3: Vas-y champion!
 Chapter 3: Go champion!
German Kapitel 3: Kampf der Champions
 Chapter 3: Clash of the Champions
Italian Scena III: Forza, campione! The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 3: Forza, campione! Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 3: Come on, champion!
Chapter 3: Come on, champion!
Spanish Acto 3: El rey de los luchadores
 Act 3: The King of Fighters

Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls

Creepy Steeple
Creepy Steeple's front yard
Artwork of Doopliss from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Doopliss

Professor Frankly tells the group that the Crystal Star is located in Creepy Steeple, near Twilight Town. When Mario and company arrive in Twilight Town, they discover that the village is under a curse cast by a monster who lives in the steeple. Using a new power, the group reaches the steeple and battles the monster. During the battle, the monster uses an ability to steal Mario's name and body, while Mario is transformed into a shadowy version of himself. Mario's partners claim the Crystal Star and leave with whom they think is Mario. All the while, the Shadow Sirens are in Twilight Town, planning on defeating Mario and his partners with their new weapon: the Superbombomb. In spite of this, Beldam seems to have lost it, prompting her to blame Vivian and to force her to search for it. The real Mario returns to Twilight Town and helps Vivian with her problem. Out of gratitude, she joins Mario's party. They eventually discover from the monster's parrot that the monster's name is Doopliss. After telling Doopliss his name, he is weakened and flees to Creepy Steeple. Mario and Vivian chase him there and they fight once more. Mario and his new partner defeat Doopliss, allowing Mario to regain his name and body and obtain the Ruby Star.

At the X-Naut base, an X-Naut PhD tells Sir Grodus that he's done a lot of research on the Thousand-Year Door, whose sealing power is weakening. This delights Grodus since this means his plan will succeed, and he will soon create a new, perfect world. TEC-XX requests the Princess to participate in a sort of "quiz show" with him, which soon gets creepier with the answers that Peach somehow knows. By doing this, she discovers what the "treasure" of the Thousand-Year Door really is: the soul of an ancient demon. The Princess, although concerned if it was a good idea for TEC to tell her these things, then relays this information to Mario.

In the meantime, Bowser continues his quest for the Crystal Stars by flying to Glitzville in his Koopa Clown Car, although Kammy Koopa was attempting to buy blimp tickets. It malfunctions halfway there, though, and he must travel underwater in order to return to Rogueport. After he gets there and meets up with Kammy, who has traveled to Glitzville, finding the fights amazing, and the hot dogs delicious. After burning her offerings, and angry enough from what he went through while swimming, Bowser orders her to continue her research on Peach and the Crystal Stars.

Back in Twilight Town, Mario and his friends receive another message from Peach. They reveal the whereabouts of the next Crystal Star and visit Professor Frankly for details.

The English name for Chapter 4, as well as its Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and French translations, are referencing the Ernest Hemingway novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls. The Japanese name is also possibly a reference to the Japan-exclusive game Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru co-developed by Intelligent Systems, which involves a bell capable of transforming frogs into people.

Storyline text

(fake) Mario defeated the scourge of Creepy Steeple and found the fourth Crystal Star. The people of Twilight Town have surely recovered from their awful curse by now. At this rate, Mario's quest to collect all seven Crystal Stars will be done in no time! With his back to Creepy Steeple, Mario sets out toward his bright future...

(real) Mario defeated the rogue who had stolen his name and appearance. Now Mario has four Crystal Stars. That leaves a mere three more to find! And THAT means his quest to collect all of the Crystal Stars is more than half over! Now Mario heads off toward his next adventure with his new friend, Vivian... ...But what about Beldam and Marilyn? And what became of the doppelganger, Doopliss?

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ４　ブタのためにカネはなる
Sutēji 4: Buta no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
 Stage 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls; parody on
For Whom the Bell Tolls and Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru

French Chapitre 4: La cloche à cochons
 Chapter 4: The pig bell
German Kapitel 4: Die Glocke der Spukabtei
 Chapter 4: The bell of the Spook Abbey
Italian Scena IV: Per chi suona la campana The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 4: Per chi suina la campana Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 4: For whom the bell tolls
Chapter 4: For whom does the bell toll
Spanish (NOA) Acto 4: ¿Por quién gruñe la campana?
 Act 4: For whom does the bell growl?
Spanish (NOE) Acto 4: ¿Por quién dobla la campana? The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Acto 4: ¿Por quién gruñe la campana? Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Act 4: For whom does the bell growl?
Act 4: For whom does the bell toll?

Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates

Mario and Mini-Yoshi in Keelhaul Key from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario and Yoshi in Keelhaul Key
Cortez
Cortez

The fifth Crystal Star is located deep within a pirate lair on the southern island of Keelhaul Key. To reach the island, Mario enlists the help of Flavio and Admiral Bobbery. They sail to the island with some Toads, Pa-Patch, and Lord Crump in disguise (known as "Four-Eyes"). On their way there, Mario and company are attacked by Cortez's Embers, which shipwreck them on Keelhaul Key. Later on, some of the crew members are attacked by more Embers, and Bobbery sacrifices himself to save them. Bobbery says he is close to death, and after giving him his last request, they find out that he just fell asleep. As soon as Mario wakes him, he joins Mario's party. With the aid of Bobbery, and Flavio's Skull Gem, Mario and company enter Pirate's Grotto. After solving some puzzles, and gaining another ability from a black chest, they finally enter Cortez's ship. Following a battle, Cortez gives Mario his Sapphire Star. Subsequently, Lord Crump abandons his disguise and tells Mario that he will attack him with his ship's cannons until he hands over the Crystal Star. With the help of Cortez's ship and Flavio's Skull Gem, they defeat the invading X-Nauts, along with their leader.

Back at the X-Naut base, Sir Grodus is ashamed of Lord Crump for failing him again and orders him to stand by until then. Summoning another X-Naut, he orders him to tell the Shadow Sirens (without Vivian) to attack Mario again, without failing. TEC-XX wishes to gain access to a disk in Sir Grodus's room, since he can't access the data of computers that aren't linked to his network and requests Peach to help him. When she gets into a lab, TEC gives her instructions to make a potion. After Peach turns invisible, she has no choice but to take off her clothes, so she can sneak in the base unnoticed. After entering Grodus's room, she secures the disk for TEC, and thus he promises to analyze the data. Peach then gets dressed and turns visible again with the green potion, then sends yet another e-mail to Mario, informing him of this development.

Meanwhile, in Twilight Town, Bowser, who is creeped out by the place, and Kammy Koopa run into Lord Crump, who is looking for the Superbombomb like Vivian was earlier. The three get into an argument, which escalates to an armed confrontation between the Koopa Troop and the X-Nauts. Bowser inadvertently ends up igniting the bomb after Lord Crump throws it at him, knocking out both armies.

Back at Keelhaul Key, Cortez ferries Mario and his teammates to Rogueport. Mario gets the e-mail from Peach, telling them about what TEC is analyzing. Mario and his team then reveal the next Crystal Star's location and visit Professor Frankly for information.

Storyline text

Cortez, scourge of the seas... Mario soundly defeated this fearful spirit and claimed the Crystal Star. Perhaps the peaceful citizens of the world no longer need fear Cortez and his fell ship... The only problem remaining is how Mario will escape this isolated island... And could there be another problem still, hiding beneath our hero's nose?

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ５　トロピコアイランドの大海賊
Sutēji 5: Toropiko Airando no Dai Kaizoku
 Stage 5: The Great Pirate of the Keelhaul Key

French Chapitre 5: Pirate de Tropatroce
 Chapter 5: Pirate of Keelhaul Key
German Kapitel 5: Der Schatz des Piraten
 Chapter 5: The pirate's treasure
Italian Scena V: Il grande pirata dell'Isola Tropico The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 5: Il grande pirata dell'Isola Tropico Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 5: The Great Pirate of Keelhaul Key
Chapter 5: The Great Pirate of Keelhaul Key
Spanish Acto 5: La isla del tesoro
 Act 5: Treasure Island

Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess

Smorg the boss trapping passengers on the Excess Express
Mario meets the Smorgs.

The sixth Crystal Star is in Poshley Sanctum, located in the ritzy town of Poshley Heights. The only way to get there is by riding on the famous Excess Express. After doing Don Pianta another favor, after which he retires from his position and gives it to Frankie, he gives Mario a train ticket. During the first day on the Excess Express, Mario and his team witness several mysterious events, including thefts of items and messages threatening to blow up the train. On their second day of travel, Pennington, a penguin detective, helps Mario and his friends solve the crimes, and together, they manage to capture a fake Zip Toad who was really Doopliss in disguise, and the one who attempted to halt the train by causing an explosion with some stolen items. At sundown, when the train stops at Riverside Station for refueling, Doopliss escapes capture. Mario and company find that the drawbridge has been lifted, preventing the Excess Express from continuing its route. The gang enters Riverside Station and flips the switch to bring the drawbridge back down. Also, they discover that a group of Smorgs had lifted the bridge. On the third and final day of the journey, a stowaway Smorg monster attacks the train, kidnapping all of its passengers. Mario and his friends defeat the creature, rescuing the passengers in the process, and finally reach Poshley Heights. They venture into Poshley Sanctum, a museum that happens to belong to Pennington. The Shadow Sirens, who happen to be already inside, snatch what appears to be the Garnet Star and flee. However, Pennington reveals that what they stole was a fake, and lets Mario find where the real Crystal Star is. After some exploring, Mario and company manage to find the real Garnet Star.

Pennington
Pennington, the "Penguin with the Improbably Large Brain"

Back at the X-Naut base, the X-Nauts tell Grodus that Mario now possesses six of the seven Crystal Stars, and he is furious that his crew was fooled by the fake Crystal Star. They also tell him of TEC's betrayal. Just then, TEC makes the information he gained from Grodus's data disk known to the Princess, and prepares to help Peach escape. Before he is able to, and while Peach tries to send another e-mail to Mario, Grodus enters with two X-Nauts and orders them to initiate a data-wipe procedure of TEC's memory. TEC tells Peach "I love you" just before he is shut down.

Meanwhile, Bowser is searching for another Crystal Star, and upon clearing an underground course that resembles the Bowser's Castle levels, he reaches Rawk Hawk's workout room, where he stumbles across the Champ's Belt. Rawk Hawk performs a slide attack on Bowser, who quickly squishes him. He quickly learns that it does not bear a real Crystal Star, just a glass fake, just like Mario and his partners did in Chapter 3. Rawk Hawk informs Bowser that Gonzales (Mario) has it.

Mario and his team return to Rogueport and receive an e-mail from Peach, telling them about her being held on the moon, and what the X-Nauts plan to do with her, but the last and most grim part of the message is cut off due to TEC being shut down. Back in Rogueport, Mario and company reveal the next Crystal Star's location and visit Professor Frankly for details.

Chapter 6 appears to allude to Murder on the Orient Express, which also involves several peculiar passengers on a train where a crime takes place.

Storyline text

Mario found the sixth Crystal Star, hidden craftily in the Poshley Heights sanctum. Now only one Crystal Star remains... But our hero still does not know where Princess Peach is being held. Where could the last Crystal Star be? And where is Peach being held? Hoping this Crystal Star might yield answers, Mario and friends return to Pennington.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ６　リッチリッチエクスプレス３日間
Sutēji 6: Ritchi Ritchi Ekusupuresu Mikka-kan
 Stage 6: The Excess Express 3 days

French Chapitre 6: Dans le Crésus Express!
 Chapter 6: On the Excess Express!
German Kapitel 6: Reise im Glimmer-Liner
 Chapter 6: Travel in the Excess Express
Italian Scena VI: Tre giorni sul Fasto-Express The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 6: Tre giorni sul Fasto-Express Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 6: Three days on the Excess Express
Chapter 6: Three days on the Excess Express
Spanish Acto 6: Misterio en el Ricachón Exprés
 Act 6: Mystery in the Excess Express

Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon

General White
General White.
Mario and Koops inside X-Naut Fortress
Mario and Koops in the X-Naut Fortress

The last Crystal Star appears to be on the moon. To reach it, Mario and his companions travel to Fahr Outpost to find a cannon to shoot them there. After searching for Goldbob and General White, whose blessings are needed to operate the firearm, Mario and company enter the cannon and are shot to the moon. Once there, the group discovers the X-Naut Fortress. After arriving at its deepest part, they face Lord Crump, who brags about his latest creation — Magnus von Grapple 2.0, and tries once again to defeat Mario and company. Even so, he is thwarted, and the Crystal Star in his possession is claimed by them.

At the same time, Bowser is looking for another Crystal Star in the Poshley Sanctum. A Paragoomba flies in and reports to Bowser that Mario has collected every Crystal Star and is heading for the Thousand-Year Door, which contains a great treasure. Bowser announces that he will steal this treasure and trounce Mario.

As Mario and his allies prepare to leave the fortress, they discover that all of the doors have been locked, except for one. In this room, the heroes find TEC, who is running on backup power. He recognizes Mario and tells him to rescue the Princess, who has been taken to the Palace of Shadow, a place that lies beyond the Thousand-Year Door. He then activates an emergency transporter, which Mario and company employ, right before the fortress explodes, along with TEC. The group is transported to a room in Rogueport Sewers. After exiting the room, Doopliss disguised as Professor Frankly meets them and urges them to open the Thousand-Year Door, lying that Grodus went through it with Peach.

Storyline text

The last Crystal Star had been hidden in the X-Naut hideout on the moon... But by the time Mario recovered it, Peach had already been taken away... Where could Peach be now? And what of the elusive Grodus? Perhaps he holds the key to the remaining puzzle... Mario finally has all seven Crystal Stars... Where will they lead him next?

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ７　はるかなる月を目ざして
Sutēji 7: Harukanaru Tsuki o Mezashite
 Stage 7: Aiming at the Distant Moon

French Chapitre 7: Voyage sur la Lune
 Chapter 7: Journey to the Moon
German Kapitel 7: Der Weg zum Mond
 Chapter 7: The Way to the Moon
Italian Scena VII: Viaggio sulla Luna The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 7: Viaggio sulla Luna Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 7: Journey to the Moon
Chapter 7: Journey to the Moon
Spanish Acto 7: Objetivo: la Luna
 Act 7: Target: the Moon

Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door

Close up of Shadow Queen in her battle against Mario and his partners in the Palace of Shadow
The queen is unleashed.

After Mario has obtained all seven Crystal Stars, the time has come to open the Thousand-Year Door and enter the Palace of Shadow to rescue Princess Peach from Sir Grodus.

Mario and his friends open the Thousand-Year Door with the seven Crystal Stars, allowing them to enter the Palace of Shadow. The palace itself is full of enemies, puzzles, and traps. Eventually, Mario and company battle and beat a dragon named Gloomtail, Hooktail's older brother, this way making him relinquish the key to access the Riddle Tower. Upon solving the Tower's puzzles, a secret passage — which leads deeper into the Palace — is opened. Mario and his party continue down that path, but not before defeating the Shadow Sirens, who try to get rid of them. Finally, Mario and company enter the throne room of the Palace, where they confront Sir Grodus, whom they engage in a long and difficult battle. They are able to best him, yet Grodus reveals a captive Peach, whom he uses as a hostage to freely attack Mario and company. Suddenly, Bowser and Kammy drop in unexpectedly and land on top of Grodus. The duo seizes the opportunity to fight Mario, but are foiled in the end. Nevertheless, Grodus uses the distraction of the battle to bring Princess Peach into the deepest part of the Palace. There, he opens a sealed coffin and frees the Shadow Queen, the ancient demon of legend. Beldam appears all of a sudden and announces that she was the one who orchestrated the plot to free her mistress. The Shadow Queen refuses to be controlled by Grodus and fries him with a lightning bolt, apparently killing him, leaving only his head. The Queen proceeds to possess Princess Peach, using her as a vessel to sustain her life. The world is then covered in darkness. Mario and his allies challenge the Queen, but she eventually decides to fight in her real form, in which she is invincible. She proves too much for the group to handle until the Crystal Stars abruptly react to the evil of the Queen and fly throughout the world, each returning to where they were found, giving the people of the world a chance to cheer on Mario and his party. Their hope breaks through the Queen's invulnerability, and this also lets Peach give the heroes the last of her power. Strengthened, the heroes seal the Shadow Queen forever, saving the world.

PMTTYD
Princess Peach bids farewell to Mario's friends.

Goombella later sends Mario a message, explaining what everyone has done: she now works with Professor Frankly, while Koops plans on becoming the mayor of Petalburg. Flurrie has returned to the stage and enacts "Paper Mario" as her comeback smash, and Doopliss plays the role of Mario. The Yoshi fights in the Glitz Pit as the "Great Gonzales Jr.", whereas Vivian has forgiven her sisters and lives in Twilight Town. Admiral Bobbery sails the seas with Cortez, and Ms. Mowz still runs her Lovely Howz of Badges. Lord Crump, Grodus, and the X-Nauts survived and are spending their time, without causing trouble, in Poshley Heights. Somehow, TEC survived as well and hopes to see the Princess again one day. The game ends when the Princess visits the Mario Bros. with another treasure map, and requests Mario's help in finding it, much to his surprise.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ステージ８　スターストーンと伝説の宝
Sutēji 8: Sutā Sutōn to Densetsu no Takara
 Stage 8: The Crystal Stars and the Legendary Treasure

French Chapitre 8: Le trésor légendaire
 Chapter 8: The legendary treasure
German Kapitel 8: Die Legende vom Schatz
 Chapter 8: The treasure's legend
Italian Scena VIII: Le Gemme Stella e il Tesoro Leggendario The logo's symbol for Nintendo GameCube
Capitolo 8: Le Gemme Stella e il Tesoro Leggendario Logo of the Nintendo Switch
 Scene 8: The Crystals Stars and the Legendary Treasure
Chapter 8: The Crystals Stars and the Legendary Treasure
Spanish Acto 8: El destino en sus manos
 Act 8: The fate in their hands

Gameplay

Mario in the background of Petal Meadows in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario wandering around in the background scenery.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door brings over all the core mechanics of the Nintendo 64 original, with the absence of the Spin Dash being the most notable exception in the overworld. All other moves return, as well as the party member system, and once again partners can be used outside of battle to overcome obstacles and reach items from a distance. Several partners have the same abilities as the ones seen in Paper Mario, like Koops being the counterpart of Kooper.

An element introduced in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the capability to explore backgrounds, which are accessible to Mario through certain pipes. These sections are entirely 2D, working as short side-scrolling platforming sections. Several places that only appear in the background can be visited this way, some of which include Hooktail Castle, the Great Tree, the X-Naut Fortress, and Merlee's house in the Rogueport Sewers. This feature was carried over to the next game in the series, Super Paper Mario. Certain abilities are disabled here, however: Mario's partners cannot be used in the background, Mario cannot move to a different screen/area, and he also cannot walk past any buildings.

While the game features turn-based battles like Paper Mario, these went through the most noticeable changes in gameplay. Unlike the original, where partners had a simple fine/injured status system, this game gives partners their own Heart Points. As such, partners can fall in battle and items such as the Mushroom can be used on them as well. Battles also take place on a stage, which incorporates the audience and scenery hazard elements to them. More information is available in the battle system section.

Controls

Overworld

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Jump / Interact
    • A Button + A Button – Spin Jump
    • A Button + Control Stick (rotate) – Spring Jump
  • B Button – Hammer
    • B Button + Control Stick (rotate) – Spinning hammer
  • R Button – Paper Mode
    • R Button + Control Stick (rotate) – Tube Mode
  • X Button – Partner ability
  • Y Button (on panel) – Plane Mode/Boat Mode
  • START/PAUSE Button – Open menu
  • +Control Pad – Open menu

Menu

  • Control Stick – Move cursor
  • A Button – Select
  • B Button – Return
  • C Stick (up/down) – Scroll text

Battle

  • Control Stick – Move cursor / Action Commands
  • A Button – Select / Action Commands / Guard
  • B Button – Cancel / Action Commands / Superguard
  • Y Button – Change attack order
  • X Button – Attack audience member

Peach intermissions

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Interact

Bowser intermissions

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Jump
    • A Button + A Button – Ground Pound
  • B Button – Fire Breath

Mario's stats

Mario's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

PMTTYD Mario Menu Icon.png 		Stat Initial value Min. value Max. value Description
Mario's level icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Level 1 99 Indicates Mario's progress, increased by 1 every time he collects 100 Star Points.
Star rank icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Star rank Rising star Superstar Determines the maximum attendance of the audience.
  • Levels 1-9: Rising star
  • Levels 10-19: B-list star
  • Levels 20-29: A-list star
  • Levels 30-99: Superstar
Heart Point.png HP 10 5 200* Mario's health. Can be increased by 5 when Mario levels up, and with HP Plus badges.
Flower Point.png FP 5 200* Mario's reserve for moves. Can be increased by 5 when Mario levels up, and with FP Plus badges.
BadgePointPM2.png BP 3 99* Mario's capacity to equip Badges. Can be increased by 3 when Mario levels up.
Star Power icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Star Power 0 8 Mario's capacity to perform special moves, increased by 1 everytime he collects a Crystal Star.
A sprite of a Star Point. Star Points 0 99 Points obtained by winning battles that level Mario up if he collects 100 of them.
Sprite of a Coin from Super Paper Mario Coins 100 0 999 Used to buy items, badges and services.
Star Piece icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Star Pieces 0 100 Collectibles that can be traded for badges with Dazzle.
A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Shine Sprites 0 42 Collectibles that can be traded for partner level-ups with Merlon.
Play time icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Play time 00:00 99:59 Amount of time spent on the save file.

* - Maximum HP, FP and BP are not mutually achievable.

Boots and hammer

Mario begins the game equipped with his basic Boots and Hammer, which grant no special abilities in the overworld, and deal the least amount of damage in battle (1 point for a normal attack, and 2 points with a successful action command). The player will find upgraded versions of both as they progress, which are mandatory as they allow access to important areas.

Image Equipment Location found Additional abilities
Sprite of the Boots in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Boots Equipped from the start
  • Overworld: Allows Mario to perform simple jumps only.
  • Battle: Allows Mario to perform only a simple jump attack for no FP, which deals a base 1 point of damage.
Super Boots.png Super Boots The Great Tree (Chapter 2)
  • Overworld: Allows Mario to perform a Spin Jump to break through trapdoors and press big switches.
  • Battle: Allows Mario to perform a Spin Jump for 2 FP, which deals a base 2 points of damage.
The Ultra Boots from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Ultra Boots Riverside Station (Chapter 6)
  • Overworld: Allows Mario to perform a Spring Jump to reach high points and cling onto pipes and bars.
  • Battle: Allows Mario to perform a Spring Jump for 4 FP, which deals a base 3 points of damage.
Hammer TTYD.png Hammer Equipped from the start
  • Overworld: Allows Mario to perform a basic hammer attack that breaks small yellow blocks.
  • Battle: Allows Mario to perform only a simple hammer attack for no FP, which deals a base 1 point of damage.
Super Hammer TTYD.png Super Hammer Glitzville (Chapter 3)
  • Overworld: Allows Mario to break big yellow blocks.
  • Battle: Allows Mario to perform a Super Hammer move for 2 FP, which knocks the enemy in front into others behind it, dealing them 1 point of damage each.
Ultra Hammer from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Ultra Hammer Rogueport (Ultra Boots required)
  • Overworld: Allows Mario to break stone blocks.
  • Battle: Allows Mario to perform an Ultra Hammer move for 4 FP, which knocks the enemy in front into others behind it, dealing them 3 points of damage each.

Paper abilities

Like the boots and hammer upgrades, the player encounters black chests throughout the story, whose beings trapped inside give Mario special abilities to use in the overworld upon release. All of these abilities are based on the paper element of the game's graphics.

Paper ability Location received Ability gained Demonstration Paper ability Location received Ability gained Demonstration
Plane Mode icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Plane Mode 		Rogueport Sewers
(Prologue) 		Allows Mario to fold himself into a paper airplane while standing on marked platforms called plane panels, granting him the ability to fly over large gaps. Mario using the plane mode in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Paper Mode icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mode 		Hooktail Castle
(Chapter 1) 		Allows Mario to turn sideways. Due to being paper-thin, he is able to squeeze through certain narrow passages. Mario using the Paper Mode in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Tube Mode icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Tube Mode 		Twilight Town
(Chapter 4) 		Allows Mario to roll up into a short tube, this way being able to fit in low passageways. Mario using the Tube Mode in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Boat Mode icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Boat Mode 		Pirate's Grotto
(Chapter 5) 		Allows Mario to turn into a paper boat while standing on wooden docks called boat panels, granting him the ability to cross bodies of water. Mario using the Boat Mode in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Objects

Object Image Description
Assistance blocks
Heart Block Render of the Heart Block Allows the player to completely recover Mario's HP and FP for a variable amount of coins.
Save Block The Save Block from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Allows the player to save the game state. If they get a Game Over, Mario will return to the last Save Block struck.
Item containers
? Block A ? block from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Common blocks that contain coins or items. Red ? Blocks contain badges.
Brick Block Brick Block from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Common blocks that either are breakable or contain coins.
Shine Block A Shine Block in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Special blocks that contain a Shine Sprite.
Treasure chest Treasure chest from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Uncommon objects that hold badges and important items. Large treasure chests contain upgraded boots and hammers.
Navigation objects
Boat panel Boat Panel.png Wooden platforms by bodies of water. Allow Mario to use the Boat Mode once he learns it.
Jump pad A blue Jump pad in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Springy platforms that make Mario jump higher. Red variants bounce Mario all the way to another section of the level.
Plane panel Plane Panel.png Platforms in elevated places. Allow Mario to use the Plane Mode once he learns it.
Warp Pipe A blue Warp Pipe in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Serve as a travel method between two different areas. While ordinary ones are green, blue Warp Pipes connect remote locations. Other colors are occasionally used for different areas.
Obstacles
Cracked object Cracked wall in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Walls or objects with a crack can be blown up by Admiral Bobbery.
Lock A lock as seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Indicates that a door cannot be opened without a key.
Metal block Ttyd metalblock.png Rare blocks that cannot be destroyed normally.
Paper cover A paper flap that Flurrie can blow away in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Cutouts that hide secret passages or items, which Flurrie can blow away. Sometimes hinted at by a loose flap.
Stone block Ttyd stoneblock.png Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's Ultra Hammer.
Stone block (giant) Giantstoneblock.png Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's spinning Ultra Hammer.
Yellow block Giant yellow block from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's basic hammer move.
Yellow block (giant) Giant yellow block from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Blocks that can be destroyed with Mario's spinning hammer move, available when he acquires the Super Hammer.
Miscellaneous
! Switch ! Switch from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switches that cause an event to happen. Blue variants cause permanent changes; red ones are temporary and do not disappear.

Intermissions

After each Chapter is completed, two intermission scenes precede the beginning of the next. The player can save their progress before and after each intermission.

Princess Peach intermissions

Princess Peach encountering TEC-XX for the first time

The first intermission after each chapter allows the player to control Princess Peach, similar to the intermissions from Paper Mario. These intermissions follow Peach as she is held captive in the X-Naut Fortress, as well as her interactions with the fortress's main computer, TEC-XX, who had a malfunction upon discovering her, causing him to fall in love with her. The intermissions also provide more context to the X-Nauts, their motive for kidnapping Peach, and their bigger overall plans. At the end of each intermission, Peach sends a message to Mario's Mailbox SP with TEC-XX's assistance.

Bowser intermissions

A Super Mario Bros.-style stage for Bowser in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Bowser in World 1

The Peach intermission is followed by a Bowser intermission, a new addition to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. These intermissions serve as comic relief to contrast the more serious nature of the Peach sequences. Each intermission follows Bowser and Kammy Koopa; having discovered that Mario is collecting the Crystal Stars and Princess Peach has been kidnapped, Bowser sets off to find the Crystal Stars first and kidnap Peach himself. However, he usually visits the places Mario has been to one chapter before, and his search for Peach and the Crystal Stars in each location he visits ends to no avail.

The Bowser intermissions at the end of Chapter 2, Chapter 4, and Chapter 6 include a side-scrolling platformer level in the style of Super Mario Bros. The levels are called World 1-X, World 2-X, and World 3-X, in reference to the world numbering of Super Mario Bros., with the X being replaced by the number of attempts Bowser has used for the level. Bowser has unlimited lives during each level. Each level is themed after a basic environment from Super Mario Bros. and plays an arrangement of music from that game. Each level also has a time limit of 180 seconds, which kills Bowser if time runs out. If only 30 seconds remain, the "Hurry up!" jingle from Super Mario Bros. plays and the music speeds up. Bowser can also earn points and collect coins in these levels; however, these elements have no effect on gameplay. Each coin Bowser collects is worth 500 points, with the coin count being retained after dying. If the coin count reaches 99, it simply reverts to 0 upon collecting the next coin, without any special effect.

In these levels, Bowser can press A Button to jump and can perform a Ground Pound by pressing A Button again in mid-air. He also has the ability to breathe fire by holding B Button, which can defeat enemies and destroy blocks, although he cannot breathe fire in mid-air. The only item that appears in these levels is Meat, which allows Bowser to radically increase his size and take an extra hit from hazards, similar to the effects of a Super Mushroom. However, touching lava or falling into a bottomless pit immediately kills Bowser. Bowser has four possible sizes:

  • An extremely small size, which Bowser reverts to after taking a hit while at his default size.
  • A medium size, the default size at which Bowser starts each level.
  • A large size, which Bowser grows to after using a piece of Meat from his default size. At this size, Bowser flattens enemies if he stomps on them.
  • A gigantic size, which Bowser grows to after using a piece of Meat from his large size. At this size, Bowser starts flashing yellow and becomes invincible similar to Mega Mario, allowing him to crush everything in his way, including enemies, blocks, and Warp Pipes.

Enemies react to Bowser in different ways: while X-Nauts charge at Bowser, Goombas are scared by him and run away when he approaches them. The end of each level features a flagpole; reaching it completes the level and briefly displays the word "FINISH". There is also a small castle next to the flagpole, as another reference to Super Mario Bros. If Bowser is extremely small or medium-sized, he descends the flagpole and enters the castle; however, if he is large or gigantic, he destroys the flagpole and simply stands next to the castle.

Bowser says a short line when beginning each new attempt at a level.[2] Below is each line in order:

Bowser's starting lines
  1. Ready to roll!
  2. Lemme at 'em!
  3. Inconceivable! (World 1 and World 3)/Watery ears! (World 2 only)
  4. I'm on fire!
  5. I'm hungry!
  6. Next time!
  7. Ain't over yet!
  8. Charge! (World 1 and World 3)/Beware squids! (World 2 only)
  9. Good to go!
  10. Relax!
  11. Hoo... I'm tired.
  12. Still in it!
  13. Rampage time!
  14. Eh... OK.
  15. Go time!
  16. Feel it!
  17. I'm sleepy...
  18. Timing, baby!
  19. Rhythm, baby!
  20. Feeling good!
  21. Concentrate!
  22. GAAAAAAAH!
  23. Too close!
  24. Last...gasp!
  25. Break time.
  26. Here goes!
  27. Once more!
  28. I'm still OK!
  29. Never give up!
  30. Gotta do it!

After 30 attempts, Bowser will always say "Gotta do it!" when beginning each subsequent attempt.

Party members

On his adventure, Mario, just like the past game, uses partners. They possess diverse abilities, useful both in and out of battle. Merlon can upgrade a partner by giving him 3 Shine Sprites. Every partner knows two moves at the time of joining the party, learns the third after being upgraded to Super Rank, and masters the final move upon attaining Ultra Rank. Initially, each partner may only be upgraded once, but if Mario finds the Up Arrow in Hooktail's Castle and shows it to Merlon, the wizard will remember that he has an Ultra Stone, subsequently allowing the player to upgrade a partner for a second time.

In the following table, attributes attained by leveling up to Super Rank are indicated by A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Attributes attained by leveling up to Ultra Rank are indicated by A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Name Joins in Summary HP
Goombella's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Goombella 		Rogueport
(Prologue) 		A sassy Goomba who studies at the University of Goom. She is the first character to join Mario (shortly after he defeats Lord Crump), since she, too, is looking for the legendary treasure. She has the same ability to uncover an enemy's stats as Goombario does. 10
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Goombella's abilities
Headbonk
0 FP 		Hits one enemy twice. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
Tattle
0 FP 		Analyzes one enemy and reveals their HP and other statistics.
Multibonk A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
3 FP 		Attacks one enemy repeatedly for diminishing damage (minimum 1 HP per hit). Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
Rally Wink A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
4 FP		 Allows Mario to perform a second action, at the expense of her own.
Koops's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Koops 		Petalburg
(Chapter 1) 		A timid Koopa Troopa who lives in Petalburg. To prove to Petalburg that he is not a coward, and to avenge the death of his father, Koopley, he joins Mario's team. He has the same ability Kooper has outside of battle: using his shell toss move to activate switches, grab items, and attack enemies, but with a slight upgrade — he can hold his shell in place and then launch it back in the opposite direction. Koops has a Defense Power of 1. 10
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Koops' abilities
Shell Toss
0 FP 		Attacks the frontmost ground-bound or low-hovering enemy. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.
Power Shell
3 FP 		Attacks all ground-bound and low-hovering enemies. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.
Shell Shield A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
4 FP 		Summons a Koopa Shell to protect Mario from attacks until it breaks.
Shell Slam A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
6 FP 		Attacks all ground-bound and low-hovering enemies, ignoring their Defense Power. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.
Flurrie's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Madame Flurrie 		Boggly Woods
(Chapter 2) 		A slightly pompous wind spirit and an actress on hiatus that Mario meets in Boggly Woods. Out of battle, she can blow wind at enemies to make them dizzy and stun them, and also to strip fake walls away, revealing secret passages. She joins Mario only after he returns her lost Necklace, which Vivian innocently picked up. 15
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Madame Flurrie's abilities
Body Slam
0 FP 		Attacks one enemy. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
Gale Force
4 FP 		Blows enemies away from battle, earning Star Points in the process. This move is particularly effective against aerial foes, and those who have a level lower than Mario's. In addition, this move clears fog.
Lip Lock A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
3 FP 		Transfers an enemy's HP to Flurrie's HP. This move pierces Defense Power. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with lateral spikes.
Dodgy Fog A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
4 FP 		Makes Mario dodgy for a few turns, so that attacks directed at him miss sometimes.
BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png
Yoshi 		Glitzville
(Chapter 3) 		This belligerent, spunky Yoshi baby hatches from an egg rescued by Mario and friends. The player can press X Button to ride on his back like most Yoshis. He can run much faster than Mario can, and similarly to Parakarry's ability from Paper Mario, float in the air for a moment to cross gaps. The Yoshi's color will vary depending on how many minutes pass before he hatches. He allows Mario to name him. 10
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Yoshi's abilities
Ground Pound
0 FP 		Attacks one enemy multiple times, for 1 HP of damage per hit. Does not work on fire enemies, or those with a spiky top.
Gulp
4 FP 		Swallows the frontmost ground-bound enemy and spits it at the ground-bound foe right behind it (if there is one), damaging both of them. This move ignores Defense Power. Does not work on certain bosses.
Mini-Egg A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
3 FP 		Throws a set amount of eggs at randomly chosen enemies, dealing 1 HP of damage per hit. This attack may make them tiny.
Stampede A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
6 FP 		Calls a herd of Yoshis to attack all enemies, no matter where they are located on the stage.
Vivian's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Vivian 		Twilight Town
(Chapter 4) 		The youngest member of the Shadow Sirens. At first, she works for Sir Grodus, but eventually joins Mario's party to help him get his name, body, and teammates back because Mario is kinder to her than her sisters. Since he is prevented from telling her who he is as a result of having his identity stolen, she does not realize he is her enemy until their final confrontation with the body thief. She retreats from battle upon learning this but quickly returns after deciding that Mario has earned her loyalty. She can pull Mario into the shadows with her Veil technique, which is for all practical purposes identical to Lady Bow's Outta Sight move from Paper Mario. 15
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Vivian's abilities
Shade Fist
0 FP 		Punches an enemy and leaves it magically burned. Does not work on fire enemies and those with lateral spikes. The burn inflicted will detonate bomb-type creatures.
Veil
1 FP 		Hides Mario and herself in the shadows to negate all damage for one turn. Next turn, Vivian will not be able to act. If Mario acts before Vivian uses this move, he will also be unable to act the following turn.
Fiery Jinx A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
6 FP 		Attacks all enemies with fire, penetrating their Defense Power and leaving them burned. This move is particularly effective against ice and undead enemies, heals fire foes, has no effect on Buzzy Beetles, Clefts, Bristles, and Chomps, and detonates bomb-type creatures.
Infatuate A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
4 FP 		Blows kisses at all enemies, possibly confusing them.
Admiral Bobbery
Admiral Bobbery 		Keelhaul Key
(Chapter 5) 		A retired Bob-omb admiral who at first refuses to help Mario reach Keelhaul Key, but changes his mind when Mario delivers his late wife's letter to him. After Mario saves him from Cortez's underlings and gives him Chuckola Cola, he joins Mario's team. He possesses the same ability Bombette has outside of battle: with his bomb attack, he can destroy cracked walls, activate switches and attack enemies. However, he can be tossed upwards to walk on elevated ledges, and Mario can hold X Button without releasing the button to make Bobbery explode without being tossed first. Bobbery's Appeal tactic clears fog. 20
30 A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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Admiral Bobbery's abilities
Bomb
0 FP 		Attacks the frontmost ground-bound enemy. This move is particularly effective against fire and undead enemies, can flip Clefts, detonates bomb-type foes, and clears fog, but has no effect on Buzzy Beetles.
Bomb Squad
3 FP 		Sets up three time bombs to explode on the next turn.
Hold Fast A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
4 FP 		Damages all enemies that make contact with Bobbery.
Bob-ombast A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
9 FP 		Powerfully bombs all enemies. This move will ground all foes, flip Clefts, detonate bomb-type creatures, and clear fog, but will not damage Buzzy Beetles.
Ms. Mowz's idle sprite in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Ms. Mowz 		Rogueport
(optional) 		A flirty Squeek cat burglar and badge hunter and the manager of the Lovely Howz of Badges. Mario and his teammates cross paths with her at Hooktail Castle, the Great Tree, and the Glitz Pit storeroom. She is an optional partner who joins Mario if he chooses to solve her trouble at the Trouble Center in Rogueport. To help her, Mario has to get the Attack FX B badge in Hooktail's lair and give it to Ms. Mowz.

She can also seek out hidden items and badges, and penetrate enemies' defenses like Watt from the first Paper Mario does, although the specifics are considerably different. She is the first partner in the Paper Mario series who does not have to join Mario's party in order for him to complete his quest.

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Ms. Mowz's abilities
Love Slap
0 FP 		Attacks one ground-based enemy, ignoring their Defense Power. Does not work on fire enemies and those with lateral spikes.
Kiss Thief
2 FP 		Steals a ground-bound enemy's held badge or item.
Tease A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
3 FP 		Makes all enemies dizzy. This move is particularly effective on aerial enemies.
Smooch A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorA Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
10 FP 		If successful, Mario recovers up to 10 HP.

Crystal Stars

The Crystal Stars are the principal collectibles in the game. Retrieving one marks the end of a chapter, gifts Mario one additional unit in his Star Power gauge and teaches him a special move.

Crystal Star Location Guarded by Power & SP needed Description
Magical Map

Sprite of the Magical Map from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (menu sprite)

Rogueport Mysterious merchant
(obtained by Peach) 		Sweet Treat
1 SP 		Replenishes up to 7 HP for both party members and 8 FP, and cures all status ailments (except Immobilized and Down).
Diamond Star

Sprite of the Diamond Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Hooktail Castle Hooktail Earth Tremor
2 SP 		Creates an earthquake that damages enemies, piercing Defense Power and ignoring invisibility. It initially damages grounded enemies, but if at least one gauge of the Action Command is completed, the tremor also hits all low-hovering foes; if three are completed, it additionally affects flying enemies; if five are completed, ceiling-bound foes are struck as well; if done perfectly (all gauges completed), deals 6 HP of damage to all foes, no matter their position.
Emerald Star

Sprite of the Emerald Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Great Tree Punies (original keepers)
Magnus von Grapple (boss) 		Clock Out
2 SP 		If successful, immobilizes all enemies for a few turns.
Gold Star

Sprite of the Gold Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Glitz Pit Macho Grubba Power Lift
3 SP 		Boosts Mario and his partner's Attack and Defense Power for a few turns.
Ruby Star

Sprite of the Ruby Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Creepy Steeple Doopliss Art Attack
4 SP 		The amount of damage dealt depends on how many times the player circles around the enemies using the Control Stick. This special move pierces Defense Power and ignores enemies' invisibility.
Sapphire Star

Sprite of the Sapphire Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Pirate's Grotto Cortez Sweet Feast
5 SP 		Much like Sweet Treat, the player can replenish up to 24 HP and 24 FP for each party member, as well as cure all status ailments (except Immobilized and Down).
Garnet Star

Sprite of the Garnet Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Poshley Sanctum Pennington (original keeper)
Smorg (boss) 		Showstopper
2 SP 		If successful, instantly defeats all enemies. Does not work on enemies with more than 12 HP, mini-bosses, and bosses.
Crystal Star

Sprite of the Crystal Star in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

X-Naut Fortress Magnus von Grapple 2.0 Supernova
6 SP 		Does up to 15 HP of damage to all enemies. The damage increases by 3 each time the player fills one gauge. This special move pierces Defense Power and ignores enemies' invisibility.

Battle system

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door features a turn-based battle system. A normal battle is triggered when Mario touches an enemy in the overworld. Mario's party goes first every turn, being allowed two consecutive actions — one by Mario and one by the active partner. The order can be switched with Y Button; this also causes the first one to be in front, and thus more likely to be the target of the enemies later in the turn. Mario or his partner can perform an extra First Strike if they trigger the battle by attacking the enemy; conversely, the enemy can also attack Mario first and trigger the inverse situation.

Mario and Flurrie battling Magnus von Grapple
Mario selecting an action.

The player is given the following actions to choose from:

  • Attack: The character's available moves. For Mario, this action is split into Jump and Hammer options.
  • Items: Mario or his partner can use an item from Mario's inventory.
  • Special: Exclusive to Mario, the selection of special moves, which use Star Power.
  • Tactics: An assortment of non-offensive actions.
    • Swap partner: Changes the active party member. While this action normally costs one turn, the Quick Change badge allows the player to switch freely.
    • Appeal: The character poses for the audience to recover a greater amount of Star Power
    • Defend: Increases the character's defense for the remainder of the turn.
    • Run away: If successful, lets Mario flee from battle. It cannot be used in most boss battles.
    • Charge: Increases the character's attack power for the next turn. It is only available when the player has equipped the Charge badge for Mario, or Charge P for partners.

Battles take place on a stage. Sometimes the impact of an attack causes props to fall (damaging all characters on stage and possibly making them dizzy), while devices such as fire nozzles and falling objects are triggered at random times. The audience helps Mario gain Star Power and may throw him useful items or pelt Mario and his partners with garbage (which they can prevent by pressing X Button to attack the audience member). Lastly, some bosses even exploit the audience for their own benefit (for example, Hooktail will eventually eat some of the audience members to regain 10 HP, which causes all the other spectators to flee, therefore making it impossible to gain any Star Power).

Attacking enemies

While Mario and his partners are battling enemies, their attacks will deal extra damage and receive Star Power from an excited audience if the Action Command displayed onscreen is correctly performed. Stylish moves are extra Action Commands that, if executed, thrill the crowd even more, thus yielding even more Star Power: one must press A Button at the right moment during a move. However, the game will never tell the player about Stylish moves, or when should one perform them, unless Eddy the Mask is talked to and the Timing Tutor badge is equipped.

Guarding

Flurrie and Mario performing a Guard against a Crazee Dayzee in Twilight Trail in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The Guard move in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

To perform the Guard Action Command, one must press A Button or B Button when Mario's opponent is about to strike him. Guarding reduces the damage he takes from enemy attacks and allows the player to resist status effects. The player must time it right, though.

Guard: To perform a Guard move, the player must press A Button to block enemy attacks, reducing the damage they deal by 1 HP, and also protecting Mario from negative status effects. The player has 8 frames (roughly 2/15 of a second) to Guard.

Superguard: To perform a Superguard move, the player must press B Button to block enemy attacks, negating the attack completely and sometimes damaging the attacker — generally a Superguard deals 1 HP of damage to a foe who employs a contact attack and none to foes who attack from a distance, but it does deflect Pokeys' ranged attacks back at them. The player only has 3 frames (or 1/20 of a second) to Superguard, making it more difficult to time than a regular Guard.

Status effects

Status effects are effects that alter a character's stats or behavior in battle. Since they can only occur within battles, they are automatically removed or healed once Mario and his partners win a fight.

Below is a list of status effects and what inflicts them. Please note that, unless stated otherwise, positive status changes are always targeted at the user or someone in their party, while negative status changes are targeted at the opposing party. Since stage effects are triggered randomly, they can affect any participants in the battle. If a boss is fought more than once or has multiple forms, the battle in which they can inflict the status effect is specified in parentheses.

Name Effect Inflicters
Allergic
Allergic 		Becomes unaffected by status effects, both positive and negative.
Burn
Burn 		Loses 1 HP each turn. Is removed by a randomly-occurring stage effect involving falling water, and by the Frozen status ailment. Fire foes are immune to this ailment.
Confused
Confused 		The victim has an approximately 50% chance each turn to ignore the AI or the player's orders and do something random and unexpected, including attacking allies.
The DEF-Up icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
DEF-Up 		Raises Defense Power.
Dizzy PMTTYD icon.png
Dizzy 		The victim's attacks have a 50% chance of missing their target.
The Dodgy icon in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Dodgy 		The affected character has a 50% chance to dodge incoming attacks.
The Electrified status
Electrified 		The affected character will deal 1 HP of damage to attackers who make contact, and will often interrupt their attack — assuming the attackers are not electrified as well.
Sprite of the Fast status problem in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Fast 		Allows the affected character to perform two actions each turn.
  • Enemies: Macho Grubba, Beldam (2)
  • Allies: Goombella (Rally Wink [to Mario])
Frozen
Frozen 		The affected character is unable to do anything and will take 1 HP of damage when the status expires. This ailment is negated if the Burn status is inflicted. Ice foes are immune to this ailment.
FP Regen Sprite
Gradual FP 		The affected character recovers FP each turn.
HP Regen Sprite
Gradual HP 		The affected character recovers HP each turn.
The Huge icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Huge 		Attack Power is raised by 2.
Imbobilize
Immobilized 		The affected character is unable to do anything.
The Invisible icon shown when battling in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Invisible 		The affected character cannot be attacked at all.
The Payback status from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Payback 		Attackers who make contact with the affected character will take half the damage dealt.
A status icon for Poison in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Poison 		Loses 1 HP each turn.
PMTTYD POW-Up Battle Icon.png
POW-Up 		Attack Power is raised.
Sleeping status effect from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Sleep 		The victim is unable to do anything, but there is a chance that they will wake up prematurely if attacked.
Slowstatus.png
Slow 		The victim can only perform an action every two turns. The Fast status negates Slow.
  • Enemies: Beldam (2)
DEF-Down icon from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Soft 		Lowers Defense Power by 3.
Tiny.png
Tiny 		Lowers Attack Power by 2.

Leveling up

Star Points

Main article: List of Star Point amounts in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
A sprite of a Star Point.
Star Point

Every time Mario wins a battle, he earns Star Points. The amount he earns from each enemy or boss depends on his current level compared to the enemies he earns them from; as his level goes up, he earns fewer Star Points from them. If Mario's level is just under, matches or exceeds the enemy's, or reaches the maximum level, 99, he does not earn any Star Points from them at all. When Mario's Star Point meter reaches 100, the player can choose whether to upgrade Mario's Heart Points, Flower Points, or Badge Points. Upgrading HP or FP increases the upgraded stat by 5, and choosing BP raises Mario's BP by 3. Level 99 is the highest Mario can be at. Each stat has its own maximum value, which it cannot be upgraded beyond. For HP and FP, this value is 200, but for BP, this value is 99; however, it is impossible for the player to have all three stats simultaneously be at their maximum value at any one time since the lack of level-ups impedes at least one of the stats from being at its maximum.

Shine Sprites

Main article: List of Shine Sprites in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Shine Sprite
Mario next to the Shine Sprite on the roof of the north house in the east area of Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Mario and Yoshi collecting the Shine Sprite on top of the red roof in the east of Rogueport.

Much like Paper Mario, there are items found in the overworld of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door that, when collected, allow Mario to upgrade his partners to learn new moves and increase their HP. In this game, Shine Sprites fulfill this purpose. The price of upgrading a partner is always three Shine Sprites. There are 42 Shine Sprites altogether in the game.

The Audience

Main article: Audience
Sprites of various characters and enemies in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Every audience member.

The Audience determines how much Star Power Mario recovers. It consists of various enemies and allies and sits and cheers as the group attacks. If Mario or his allies use the Appeal action or a Stylish move, they recover more Star Power. The audience is even exploited by various bosses: Hooktail, Cortez, and the Shadow Queen consume audience members to restore their HP, whereas Magnus von Grapple 2.0 uses spectators as ammo by launching them at Mario and his partners.

The Audience occasionally takes active participation in the battles; some spectators will attempt to toss Mario helpful items or pelt him with garbage, others will get on stage and cause a prop to fall or make combatants invisible, while others may incapacitate fellow audience members, making Star Power recovery more complicated.

Bingo!

Main article: Bingo!

An icon appears next to Mario's Star Power Gauge whenever the player successfully uses the Action Command of an attack. If the player has two matching icons and if the player executes an additional Action Command, Mario can take the Bingo wheel for a spin.

Items

Items are objects that, if used, help Mario and his partners on their journey. They can restore their stats (HP and FP), boost stats (attack and defense) and cause certain status changes in battle. Many can be used on enemies to negatively affect their status, and also to cause damage. Mario can hold up to 10 items in his inventory, but he can store a maximum of 31 items at any Item Shop and withdraw them at any time he wishes to. The amount of items Mario can hold is doubled as soon as he collects the Strange Sack.

Non-boss enemies can hold items in battle, which they will use, usually as soon as they get a turn.

HP-restoring items

FP-restoring items

HP and FP-restoring items

Other status-altering items

Enemy-targetting items

Miscellaneous

Zess T. recipes

Main article: List of Zess T. recipes

Zess T. is a Toad chef who lives in the westernmost house in Rogueport Plaza. Mario accidentally breaks her contact lens when he approaches the entrance of Rogueport's west side, and in retaliation, she blocks the entrance until he makes it up to her. After Chapter 1, Mario can buy her a new one, and upon receiving it, she frees the way and goes home, where Mario can always ask her to cook him something with one ingredient. If her Trouble Center trouble is completed (available after finishing Chapter 4), she is able to cook with two ingredients at once.

Important Things

Important Things are irreplaceable items that cannot be sold or used in battle, and are in the majority mandatory for story progression. These items occupy their own section in Mario's inventory.

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

  • Sprite of the gray Palace Key in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Palace Key (x3) - Three keys that unlock doors in the Palace of Shadow
  • Sprite of a Star Key in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Star Key - Activates the key pedestals in Riddle Tower
  • Palace Key blue.png Palace Key (x8) - Eight keys from the Riddle Tower

Side quests

Items used by other characters

Item Shops

Main article: List of shops in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Main article: List of selling prices in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario and Goombella in Niff T.'s shop
Niff T.'s shop.
Mario selling an Ultra Shroom
Mario selling an Ultra Shroom at Toad Bros. Bazaar in Rogueport.

Several item shops can be visited in the game, identified by a Fire Flower sign on the outside. When spoken to, the shopkeeper will offer Mario several options:

  • Buy: Refers Mario to the items on display. He can buy an unlimited amount of any item with coins.
  • Sell: Mario can sell items from his inventory to the shopkeeper. Most items can be sold to the shopkeepers for a set price at every shop, however, some items sell at a higher price depending on the location of the shop and the item itself. Mario can make a profit if he purchases an item at a low price from one store, and sells it to another that buys it from him at a higher price. One Trouble Center trouble exploits this fact.
  • Store: Mario can store up to 21 items in shops to retrieve later. This storage is shared among all stores.
  • Withdraw: Mario can retrieve an item he previously stored.

Shops in the game also offer "shop points", a system that rewards Mario with free items when he reaches certain purchase milestones.

Badges

Main article: List of badges in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Badges are objects that Mario and his partners can equip, and therefore benefit from, throughout the course of the game. They can be purchased at the Lovely Howz of Badges or from Charlieton, traded for Star Pieces through Dazzle, won at the Pianta Parlor, or found in one of the places Mario and company visit. The ? Blocks containing badges in the field are red in color, unlike normal ? Blocks, which are yellow and contain coins or items.

When leveling up, Mario can gain Badge Points (BP), which allow him to equip badges he has already found. Some of the badges add new Jump or Hammer moves to Mario's commands during battle, among other abilities. Badges can also affect Mario and his partners outside of battles. Certain badges can increase the number of coins, flowers, hearts, or items that enemies drop after they are defeated. Foes might also carry badges in battle, which only Ms. Mowz can steal right away, though there is a likelihood that they might leave them behind once they are beaten.

Two special badges, the W Emblem and the L Emblem, can change Mario's clothing. With the W Emblem, Mario gets Wario's clothing, with the L Emblem, it results in Luigi's, and with both Emblems combined, he wears Waluigi's clothes.

If multiple copies of the same jump or hammer-based badge are worn at once, the FP requirement increases exponentially, whereas the Attack Power increases linearly.

Below is a list of the 85 types of badges obtainable in the game. Those marked with an asterisk (*) return from the original Paper Mario.

Enemies and obstacles

Bestiary (Tattle Log)

Main article: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary
Image Name HP Attack Defense Location
The sprite of a Goomba from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Goomba 2 1 0 Rogueport Sewers
Petal Meadows
Glitz Pit
Riverside Station
PMTTYD Paragoomba Sprite.png Paragoomba 2 1 0 Rogueport Sewers
Petal Meadows
Hooktail Castle
Sprite of a Spiky Goomba, from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Spiky Goomba 2 2 0
Spinia.png Spinia 3 1 0 Rogueport Sewers
Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
PMTTYD Red Koopa Troopa Sprite.png Koopa Troopa 4 2 1 Petal Meadows
Hooktail Castle
Rogueport Sewers
Bald Cleft TTYD.png Bald Cleft 2 1 2 Petal Meadows
Bristle Bristle 2 1 4 Petal Meadows
Glitz Pit
A normal Cleft from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Cleft 2 2 2 Petal Meadows
Boggly Woods
Pit of 100 Trials
A Fuzzy as it appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Fuzzy 3 1 0 Shhwonk Fortress
Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
PMTTYD Red Paratroopa Sprite.png Paratroopa 4 2 1 Hooktail Castle
Rogueport Sewers
A Dull Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Dull Bones 1 2 1 Hooktail Castle
Glitz Pit
Palace of Shadow
Pit of 100 Trials
Sprite of a Spania from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Spania 3 1 0 Rogueport Sewers
Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
A Pale Piranha from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Pale Piranha 4 2 0 Boggly Woods
The Great Tree
Glitz Pit
A Dark Puff from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Dark Puff 3 2 0 Boggly Woods
Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
PMTTYD X-Naut Sprite.png X-Naut 4 3 0 The Great Tree
X-Naut Fortress
PPTTYDYux.png Yux 3 2 0
Mini-Yux Mini-Yux 1 0 0
A Pider from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Pider 5 2 0 The Great Tree
Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
A KP Koopa from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. KP Koopa 4 2 1 Glitz Pit
Yellow Paper Paratroopa.png KP Paratroopa 4 2 1
PMTTYD Pokey.png Pokey 4 3 0 Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
Spiny PMTTYD.png Spiny 3 3 3
Sprite of Lakitu in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Lakitu 5 2 0
Red Bandit.png Bandit 5 2 0
A Big Bandit from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Bandit 8 3 0
Cleftor. H. Bald Cleft 3 2 2 Glitz Pit
Sprite of a Bob-omb in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Bob-omb 4 2 1 Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
Enemy: Sir Swoop. Swooper 6 3 0 Glitz Pit
Creepy Steeple
Red Spike Top from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. R. S. Buzzy 5 3 4 Glitz Pit
A Shady Koopa as he appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Shady Koopa 8 3 1 Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
A Shady Paratroopa from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. S. Paratroopa 8 3 1 Glitz Pit
A sprite of Green Fuzzy from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Green Fuzzy 5 3 0 Glitz Pit
Keelhaul Key
Pink Fuzzyball.png Flower Fuzzy 6 3 0 Glitz Pit
Keelhaul Key
Pit of 100 Trials
A Red Magikoopa R. Magikoopa 7 4 0 Glitz Pit
White Magi Koopa.png W. Magikoopa 7 4 0
PMTTYD Green Magikoopa Sprite.png G. Magikoopa 7 4 0
Hamma Jamma.png Hammer Bro 7 4 1 Glitz Pit
Rogueport Sewers
Boomerang Bro Boomerang Bro 7 2 1 Glitz Pit
Flare Fire Bro 7 3 1
Sprite of a Dark Craw from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Dark Craw 20 6 0 Glitz Pit
Pit of 100 Trials
Red Chomp.png Red Chomp 6 5 3
A Dark Koopatrol from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. D. Koopatrol 25 5 2
Sprite of a Hyper Goomba, from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Hyper Goomba 8 2 0 Twilight Trail
Hyper Paragoomba Sprite.png Hyper Paragoomba 8 2 0
Crazee Dayzee Crazee Dayzee 7 2 0
Hyper Spiky Goomba H. S. Goomba 8 3 0
Amazy Dayzee Amazy Dayzee 20 20 1 Twilight Trail
Pit of 100 Trials
Hyper Cleft.png Hyper Cleft 4 3 3
Buzzy Beetle from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Buzzy Beetle 5 3 4 Creepy Steeple
Spike Top from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Spike Top 5 3 4
Boo Boo 7 3 0
Ember Ember 8 3 0 Keelhaul Key
Pirate's Grotto
Putrid Piranha.png Putrid Piranha 8 3 0 Keelhaul Key
Lava Bubble Lava Bubble 6 4 0 Pirate's Grotto
Pit of 100 Trials
PMTTYD Bullet Bill Sprite.png Bullet Bill 2 4 1 Pirate's Grotto
PMTTYD Bill Blaster Sprite.png Bill Blaster 5 0 2
Bulky Bob-omb.png Bulky Bob-omb 6 2 1 Pirate's Grotto
Pit of 100 Trials
Parabuzzy from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Parabuzzy 5 3 4
A Blue Magikoopa Magikoopa 7 4 0 Rogueport Sewers
Koopatrol from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Koopatrol 6 4 2
A Spunia from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Spunia 12 7 2 Rogueport Sewers
Pit of 100 Trials
Ruff Puff Ruff Puff 7 4 0 Riverside Station
Poison Pokey.png Poison Pokey 8 4 0 Riverside Station
Pit of 100 Trials
Spiky Parabuzzy from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. S. Parabuzzy 5 3 4
Dark Boo, an enemy from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Dark Boo 8 5 0 Poshley Sanctum
Pit of 100 Trials
An Ice Puff from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Ice Puff 9 4 0 Fahr Outpost
Pit of 100 Trials
Frost Piranha Frost Piranha 10 5 0
Moon Cleft.png Moon Cleft 6 5 5 The Moon
Pit of 100 Trials
A Z Yux from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Z-Yux 7 4 0 The Moon
X-Naut Fortress
Mini-Z Yux Mini-Z-Yux 2 0 0
Elite X-Naut from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Elite X-Naut 10 5 1 X-Naut Fortress
An X-Yux from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. X-Yux 10 3 0
Mini-X-Yux Mini-X-Yux 1 0 0
An X-Naut PhD, as he appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. X-Naut PhD 9 4 0
Swoopula Swoopula 9 4 0 Palace of Shadow
Pit of 100 Trials
Paper Dry Bones.png Dry Bones 8 5 2
PMTTYD Bombshell Bill Sprite.png Bombshell Bill 3 6 2 Palace of Shadow
B. Bill Blaster from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door B. Bill Blaster 10 0 4
Phantom Ember Artwork. Phantom Ember 10 5 0 Palace of Shadow
Pit of 100 Trials
A Dark Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Dark Bones 20 5 2 Palace of Shadow
A Chain-Chomp, as it appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Chain-Chomp 7 6 5 Palace of Shadow
Pit of 100 Trials
A Dark Wizzerd. Dark Wizzerd 10 5 2
A Gloomba from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Gloomba 7 3 0 Pit of 100 Trials
A Paragloomba Paragloomba 7 3 0
Spiky Gloomba Spiky Gloomba 7 4 0
Purple Koopa troopa.png Dark Koopa 8 4 2
DarkParatroopa.png D. Paratroopa 8 4 2
Badge Bandit Badge Bandit 12 5 0
Enemy Name: Dark Lakitu Dark Lakitu 13 5 0
SkyblueSpiny.png S. Blue Spiny 6 6 4
A Wizzerd. Wizzerd 10 6 3
Piranha Plant PMTTYD.png Piranha Plant 15 9 0
Dark Bristle Dark Bristle 8 8 4
An Arantula, as it appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Arantula 16 7 0
An Elite Wizzerd. Elite Wizzerd 12 8 5
Swampire.png Swampire 20 6 0
Sprite of a Poison Puff from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Poison Puff 15 8 0
Sprite of a Bob-ulk from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Bob-ulk 10 4 2

Enemy formations

Main article: List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Mario's adventure in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, he encounters enemies on the field. When he engages in battle with them, there are often other enemies that accompany the one that Mario encountered on the field.

Bosses

Bold signifies chapter bosses.

Chapter Image Name HP Attack Defense Location
Prologue
A Rogue's Welcome		 Lord Crump Lord Crump (1) 5 1 0 Rogueport
Gus.png Gus (optional) 20 3 0
A Blooper from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Blooper 12 1 0 Rogueport Sewers
Chapter 1
Castle and Dragon		 PMTTYD Gold Fuzzy Sprite.png
A Fuzzy as it appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.		 Gold Fuzzy
Fuzzy Horde		 10 1 0 Shhwonk Fortress
20 1 (per attack) 0
A Red Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
A Dull Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.		 Red Bones
Four Dull Bones		 5 3 1 Hooktail Castle
1 (each) 2 (each) 1 (each)
PMTTYD Hooktail Head Sprite.png Hooktail 20 5 1
Chapter 2
The Great Boggly Tree		 Vivian's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Marilyn from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
Beldam		 Vivian
Marilyn (1)
Beldam (1)		 10 1 0 Boggly Woods
12 2 0
9 1 0
Artwork of Magnus von Grapple Magnus von Grapple 30 2 1 The Great Tree
Chapter 3
Of Glitz and Glory		 The red Iron Cleft from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The green Iron Cleft from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door		 Armored Harriers 6 (each) 4 (each) ??? (each) Glitz Pit
A sprite of Bowser for his appearance in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Bowser (1) 30 3 1
Rawk Hawk's artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Rawk Hawk 40 4 0
Macho Grubba Macho Grubba 60 4 0
Chapter 4
For Pigs the Bell Tolls		 Atomic Boo Atomic Boo (optional) 40 4 0 Creepy Steeple
Doopliss's sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Doopliss (1) 40 4 0
Mario's "evil" pose, seen in the game after Doopliss takes Mario's form and, in the Japanese version, as part of the Game Over sequence for agreeing to serve the Shadow Queen. Doopliss (2) 40 4 0
Chapter 5
The Key to Pirates		 Ember Three Embers 8 (each) 3 (each) 0 (each) Keelhaul Key
Cortez Cortez 20 x 3 4 1 Pirate's Grotto
Lord Crump
PMTTYD X-Naut Sprite.png		 Lord Crump (2)
X-Nauts		 30 3 0 X-Ship
6 (stack)
10 (horde)		 3 (stack)
5 (horde)		 0 (both)
Chapter 6
Three Days of Excess		 Smorg Miasma Smorg 50 5 1 Excess Express
Chapter 7
Mario Shoots the Moon		 Elite X-Naut from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Two Elite X-Nauts 10 (each) 5 (each) 1 (each) X-Naut Fortress
Magnus von Grapple 2.0 Magnus von Grapple 2.0 70 6 2
Chapter 8
The Thousand-Year Door		 A Dark Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Dry Bones.png		 Dark Bones
Four Dry Bones		 20 5 2 Palace of Shadow
8 (each) 5 (each) 2 (each)
Gloomtail Gloomtail 80 8 2
Doopliss's sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Marilyn from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
Beldam		 Doopliss (3)
Marilyn (2)
Beldam (2)		 40 6 0
40 7 0
30 5 0
Sir Grodus
Grodus X.png		 Sir Grodus
Grodus X		 50 7 1
3 (each) 4 (each) 0 (each)
A sprite of Bowser for his appearance in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Kammy Koopa		 Bowser (2)
Kammy Koopa		 70 7 2
50 5 0
Shadow Queen talking sprite
Shadow's Queen true form 3D model		 Shadow Queen 150 7 1
Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail Bonetail (optional) 200 8 2 Pit of 100 Trials

Environmental hazards

Image Hazard Description
Mario next to the Star Piece in the background of the west entrance of Rogueport Sewers in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Pit Falling into a pit causes Mario to lose 1 HP; this is only possible in background sections in Rogueport Sewers and Boggly Woods. During Bowser's platform levels, it immediately defeats Bowser, forcing him to start over.
Mario and Koops inside X-Naut Fortress Electric tile Part of a puzzle in X-Naut Fortress, where stepping on the wrong tiles causes Mario to lose 1 HP.
Screenshot of Mario at a hidden ? Block location in the Palace of Shadow, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Fire Bar Spinning flames found in the Palace of Shadow that will force Mario back to the start if touched. They also appear in Bowser's third platforming level, where it can be destroyed by his fire breath.
World 3, the third Bowser intermission level in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Lava Only appears in Bowser's level 3-X, functioning the same as a pit.
Mario and Koops standing before a retractable spike trap at the Palace of Shadow in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Spike Trap Two kinds of spike traps are encountered: retractable ones that cause Mario to lose 1 HP upon touching them, and stationary ones that block the way and cannot be touched at all since they are on raised platforms.
Hooktail Castle's spiked ceiling trap in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Spiked ceiling Part of a puzzle in Hooktail Castle, a ceiling covered in spikes that will lower gradually. If Mario doesn't escape in time, it will cause a Game Over.
Mario next to the Shine Sprite above the sea on the east of Rogueport Sewers in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Water Mario must use his Boat Mode transformation to traverse bodies of water. If he falls in water in any other instance, he is attacked by Nibbles, losing 1 HP.
Wave obstacles to Mario's boat mode at Pirate's Grotto in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Wave Seen in Pirate's Grotto, they swallow Boat Mario and force him to restart the section.

World

RogueportPetalburgPetal MeadowsHooktail CastleThe Great TreeBoggly WoodsPirate's GrottoKeelhaul KeyTwilight TownTwilight TrailFahr OutpostCreepy SteepleMoonX-Naut FortressGlitzvillePoshley SanctumRiverside StationPoshley HeightsA map of Rogueport and the surrounding areas visited during Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Click an area to open the relevant article.

The events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door take place primarily in Rogueport and its surrounding areas. Rogueport is the hub location, and where the titular Thousand-Year Door is found.

Notable characters

Optional helpful characters

Character Found in/
Availability 		Service
Charlieton PM.png
Charlieton 		Rogueport Plaza Sells Mario a rotating set of items and badges, many of them rare or exclusive to him. His listing is updated every time Mario returns to Rogueport.
Chet Rippo.png
Chet Rippo 		Rogueport Sewers
(Bobbery needed) 		Raises one of Mario's stats (HP, FP or BP) while decreasing another, for 39 coins. He can do the same with partner ranks.
Dazzle from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Dazzle 		Rogueport Sewers
(from the start) 		Trades badges with Mario for Star Pieces.
Grifty.png
Grifty 		Rogueport east side
(Yoshi needed) 		Tells Mario Rogueport's detailed backstory.
Lucky from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Lucky 		Rogueport west side
(after Chapter 1) 		Invites Mario to participate in the Happy Lucky Lottery.
Lumpy in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Lumpy 		Rogueport dock area Asks Mario to invest coins in his oil search endeavor. If Mario accepts the offer, Lumpy will return later in the game to hand him his share.
Merlee
Merlee 		Rogueport Sewers
(Paper Mode needed) 		Casts a spell on Mario that grants him random lucky events (e.g. increased attack power, more SP) in a number of random battles. Mario can pay her 5, 20 or 50 coins; the higher the price, the more times the events occur.
Merluvlee
Merluvlee 		Rogueport Sewers
(from the start) 		Tells Mario the location of Star Pieces, Shine Sprites, or where to go to progress the story, for different amounts of coins.
Merlon
Merlon 		Rogueport east side
(from the start) 		Upgrades a partner's rank for three Shine Sprites. Can upgrade each partner a second time after Mario retrieves the Up Arrow.
Whacka PMTTYD.png
Whacka 		Keelhaul Key A one-of-a-kind creature that drops a Whacka Bump when struck. After eight hits, it is permanently gone.
Wonky from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Wonky 		Herb T.'s place
(after Chapter 1) 		Gives Mario hints for five coins.
Sprite of Zess T.
Zess T. 		Rogueport Plaza
(after Chapter 1) 		Cooks a recipe with an item given by Mario. After receiving the Cookbook, she can cook with two ingredients.

Major characters

An attached image of Professor Frankly from the Mailbox SP in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Professor Frankly lives in Rogueport and guides Mario's party throughout their quest.
Don Pianta TTYD desk.png
Don Pianta and his family recurringly exchange favors with Mario.

These are characters that play a part in the story of each chapter or are otherwise recurring and unique.

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Other recurring characters

Hidden block locations

Screenshot of Mario revealing a hidden ? Block (containing a Pretty Lucky badge) in Rogueport Sewers, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Mario and Goombella revealing a hidden ? Block in Rogueport Sewers
Main article: List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario can discover hidden ? Blocks throughout the game. Ms. Mowz's overworld sniffing ability is helpful in determining where they are. There are 15 invisible ? Blocks in total.

Side activities

Star Pieces

Screenshot of Mario getting a Star Piece on the roof of Zess T.'s house in Rogueport, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Mario gets a Star Piece on Zess T.'s roof.
Main article: List of Star Pieces in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

During the adventure, Mario and co. can collect Star Pieces by finding them in hidden spots, underneath chambers which he can use the Spin Jump to reveal, and earning them from other characters. Ms. Mowz is useful in finding the overworld Star Pieces. Mario can then trade them with Dazzle for Badges. There are 100 Star Pieces in the game.

Trouble Center

Inside the Trouble Center.
Main article: Trouble Center

The Trouble Center, located in east Rogueport, offers the citizens' troubles for Mario to solve. The helped citizen will reward Mario, usually with coins, but the reward is not disclosed until that point. An anonymous quest comes from Ms. Mowz and requires Mario to find a badge she is looking for but can not find. After this quest is completed, she joins Mario's team.

Pianta Parlor

Inside the Pianta Parlor.
Main article: Pianta Parlor

A casino located in Rogueport's western area, where Mario can buy items and play mini-games with pianta tokens. The mini-games featured here are challenges where Mario must use his paper abilities — Plane Mode, Paper Mode, Tube Mode, and Boat Mode. In order to access these games, he must have the Special, Silver, Golden, and Platinum Cards on hand, respectively, which are rewarded when he completes certain troubles for the Trouble Center.

The Pit of 100 Trials

Mario and Goombella about to face Bonetail at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials.
Mario confronting Bonetail.
Main article: Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)

An optional challenge, located to the west of the Thousand-Year Door in Rogueport Sewers. Before or after saving the world, Mario can take on the enemies found in the 100-basement floor area known as the Pit of 100 Trials. The enemies located on levels 51-99 are especially strong, and many are exclusive to this location. The player is not able to save their progress while in the pit and is given the option to go back to the entrance every ten rooms, along with a treasure chest with a special prize. Upon reaching floor 100, Mario discovers Bonetail, the long-lost relative of Hooktail and Gloomtail. After defeating Bonetail, Mario receives the Return Postage badge.

Similarities to Paper Mario

Parakarry in the intro of both games.
Paper Mario
Parakarry in the intro of both games.
The Thousand-Year Door
Parakarry in the intro of both games.
Kooper (left) and Koops (right) can hit ! Switches normally out of reach, as demonstrated by each game.
Paper Mario
Kooper (left) and Koops (right) can hit ! Switches normally out of reach, as demonstrated by each game.
The Thousand-Year Door
Kooper (left) and Koops (right) can hit ! Switches normally out of reach, as demonstrated by each game.
A room in Rogueport Sewers (right) recreates a puzzle from Tubba Blubba's Castle (left).
Paper Mario
A room in Rogueport Sewers (right) recreates a puzzle from Tubba Blubba's Castle (left).
The Thousand-Year Door
A room in Rogueport Sewers (right) recreates a puzzle from Tubba Blubba's Castle (left).

There are many similarities between the original Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, including these elements:

  • Both games have an opening introduction before the title screen.
  • The opening is very similar to previous game, with Parakarry delivering a letter from Princess Peach to the Mario Bros.' House. (Pictured)
  • Both games have the same upgrade system for Mario's Jump and Hammer attacks.
  • Many comparisons can be made between partners and abilities from each game:
    • Goombario and Goombella are the first partner of each game, respectively. They are Goombas who give Mario information about enemies, characters, and locations. They both have Headbonk, Tattle, and Multibonk as attacks.
    • Kooper and Koops are the second partner of each game, respectively. They are Koopa Troopas obtained during Chapter 1, able to be shot out to hit switches and grab distant items (Pictured), and use Shell Toss and Power Shell in battle.
    • Lady Bow and Yoshi are obtained in Chapter 3 of their respective games. They have first and last attacks that deal multiple low-powered hits: Lady Bow with Smack and Fan Smack, and Yoshi Kid with his Ground Pound and Stampede attacks.
    • Parakarry and Yoshi are the fourth partner of each game, and allow the player to travel across gaps.
    • Bombette and Bobbery are Bob-omb partners able to destroy cracked surfaces.
    • Lady Bow and Vivian are the fifth partner of each game, and allow Mario to become invisible to enemies.
    • Watt and Ms. Mowz are partners able to uncover hidden items, and whose basic attack pierces through Defense Power.
    • Lakilester and Vivian are partners who have betrayed an enemy to join Mario's party.
    • Lakilester and Yoshi are partners who let Mario ride them to move faster.
    • Boat Mode works very similarly to the Paper Mario partner Sushie's field ability. Both are obtained during Chapter 5 and can be activated on similar wooden boards by water.
  • Many chapters follow similar beats and themes:
    • The main plot point of both games is to find seven star-shaped entities, each granting Mario special abilities and additional Star Power when rescued (the Star Spirits and the Crystal Stars).
    • Chapter 1 in both games features a fortress as the location of the boss, with both being located in peaceful, green plains. Additionally, both bosses terrorize the denizens of the local town (Koopa Village and Petalburg, which are both largely inhabited by Koopa Troopas). Both towns feature a distinctive, elderly Koopa Troopa (Koopa Koot and Kroop).
    • Chapter 2 has the prospective partner requiring Mario to bring them an item (Parakarry's letters and Flurrie's necklace).
    • Chapter 3 features a sequence where Mario must chase the boss (Tubba's Heart and Grubba). Furthermore, an oversized Clubba is the boss of Chapter 3 in both games, and both have a secret that involves making themselves powerful.
    • Chapter 4 in both games involves Mario accessing the storage room of a certain shop to make progress. It also involves widespread (and comical) mischief in a town; in Paper Mario, it is the Shy Guy frenzy that takes place in Toad Town, while in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the denizens of Twilight Town are being turned into pigs at the toll of Creepy Steeple's bell.
    • Chapter 5 takes place on a tropical island with coconuts in both games, on an expedition with one non-party character interested in treasure (Kolorado and Flavio). Also, in both games, this is when Mario's oldest partner joins him, and they both have to be rescued from being stuck in a tree before they do so (Sushie and Bobbery). The Chapter 5 bosses, Lava Piranha and Cortez, resemble each other, as Cortez's spine in his first form and Lava Piranha's stem are in the exact same position, and both of them have multiple forms. They are also accompanied by multiple entities, each with their own mechanics, attacks, and HP.
    • Chapter 7 features a snowy region (Shiver Mountain and Fahr Outpost).
    • Chapter 8 includes a fight against Bowser before the final battle, and Kammy Koopa is fought in both games. Furthermore, Peach's kidnapper has to be chased through a long stairway.
  • Other similar character interactions and events include:
    • At one point in the games, Mario falls for a ploy created by the boss of a Chapter, which leads him to be confined in a cage alongside several other prisoners. The trap is a ? Block in Paper Mario, and a fake Puni pedestal in The Thousand-Year Door.
    • Buying a Dried Shroom and another certain item along with it is a secret password in both games that must be entered in order to reach Moustafa and Don Pianta.
    • Tayce T. and Zess T. are clear counterparts, elderly cooks whose backstories involve deceased husbands and cakes.
    • Both games have Merlon standing outside his house, waiting for Mario and his partners to show up, where he tells them about a dream that he had and tells them to let him know if they find out the meaning of it. Afterward, an item that Merlon stored at the top of his house is retrieved from him (the Quick Change badge and the Ultra Stone).
    • Moustafa and Flavio both give the player stones needed to reach an ancient and rumored to be haunted, place. Also, both of the ghostly bosses (Tutankoopa and Cortez) try to intimidate Mario by uttering threats as he progresses through the level.
    • After the battle against Cortez is over, one of the Toad sailors tells everyone that he feels a "slight wind" coming from the cracked wall, just as Misstar does in the first game. The Bob-omb partner of both games is needed to blow the wall up. Also, the most frequently fought boss of both games (Jr. Troopa and Crump, respectively) shows up after Chapter 5 is completed, although Jr. Troopa can also be fought before the end of chapter.
    • Mario must solve a mystery in both games. A penguin is Mario's fellow detective in both (Herringway and Pennington).
    • In both games, there is a room where Mario can turn into 8-bit Mario, complete with the Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme music playing (in Boo's Mansion and X-Naut Fortress, respectively).
  • Princess Peach's intermissions reflect the original game in many ways:
    • Mario and Peach contact each other using friendly characters in both games. Twink helps her in Paper Mario, while TEC-XX does so in The Thousand-Year Door. In the end, both Twink and TEC develop feelings for Peach.
    • The player is required to dress Peach up as an enemy to learn secrets at one point.
    • As with the first Paper Mario game, a main antagonist encounters Peach disguised as a minion, and remarks on how she smells "too nice".
    • In both games, Princess Peach must make something: a cake for Gourmet Guy and an invisibility potion, respectively. Also, in both games, if she makes a mistake during the process of making it, it comes out wrong.
    • Both games include a test during the Chapter 5 interlude that Princess Peach has to take, and that holds information that helps Mario in the future.
  • Both games contain puzzles in some places that are solved identically or similarly.
    • The Riddle Tower shares many puzzles with the Crystal Palace, including blowing up cracked spots and walking through seemingly solid walls.
    • The Palace of Shadow has puzzles and traps from Bowser's Castle, including an area wherein Mario only makes progress by following a pattern (though this is actually taken from the final castle level in Super Mario Bros.).
    • Both dungeons in the final Chapters have rooms with stairs where Mario has to defeat B. Bill Blasters to reach the next room.
    • Both games have a spike-filled room where Bow's Outta Sight or Vivian's Veil must be used, and the position of the paths across the spikes are identical. (Pictured above)
  • Mario's final battle is divided into multiple parts. At one point, each boss is invincible and Peach plays an integral role in negating that invincibility.
  • Peach conveniently gets taken away in both games, right before Mario and company reach the hideaways of the games' main antagonists.
  • Both games end with a parade led by Luigi (though in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is not a traditional parade, and is mainly a lineup of all of the characters' silhouettes).
  • Both games' endings feature a scene in which Mario, after returning home from his travels, is shown hanging around with Luigi, having just told his brother the story of his adventure.

Quotes

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  • "Omigosh! Is… Isn't that a treasure map?! You HAVE to tell me where you got that!" - Goombella
  • "And with that...pow! I'm gone!" - Lord Crump
  • "Mmmmmmwee hee hee hee! I have no quarrel with you...but I simply can't allow you to hunt for the Crystal Stars." - Beldam
  • "And then I, Grodus, will build a new world! A perfect, ideal world... Yes. A world made by me, about me, and for me! GAAACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!" - Sir Grodus
  • "I'm... I'm sorry Sis. This Mario is the only person who's ever been kind to me..." - Vivian

Regional differences

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Title theme

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  • The title theme was edited in international versions to flow smoother and make the drumroll more subtle than the Japanese version.

Technical changes

  • There is no health warning screen when starting up the game in the Japanese version.
  • There is no delay for when the player can press start on the title screen in the Japanese version.
  • Holding A Button when the player does not have the Ultra Boots prevents Mario from moving in the Japanese version.
    • Similarly, holding B Button when the player does not have the Super Hammer prevents Mario from moving in the Japanese version.
  • On the Level Up screen, the cursor is set to FP by default in the Japanese version, while in the international versions, the player has to manually move the cursor to either HP or BP.
  • In the Japanese version, Mario and his partners are fully healed at the end of Chapter 1, but at the end of all the other chapters, they do not get healed at all. In the international versions, Mario and his partners are fully healed at the end of each chapter except Chapter 8.[3][better source needed]
  • The international versions have more Stylish moves than the Japanese version. For example, there is no second Stylish after a normal jump in the Japanese version.
  • Many of the items at the Pianta Parlor have different positioning on the menu in the Japanese version.
  • The backtrace screen has some additional functionality in the international versions. In the international versions, the entire screen is used and also scrolls, while in the Japanese version, only a part of the screen is used and it does not scroll.
  • The Japanese version is missing the number of obtained badges/recipes and the total badges/recipes on the Badges and Recipes screen.
  • In the Pit of 100 Trials, when a player defeats an enemy, the pipes show up faster in the Japanese version.
  • Koopook is moved to a different position (further to the left) in Hooktail Castle during his trouble in the Japanese version.
  • Every enemy's stats stayed the same between all versions. However, the American version mistakenly claims that the Red Spike Top has 5 defense instead of 4, and that Rawk Hawk has 3 attack and 1 defense rather than 4 and 0, respectively. These mistakes were corrected in the European version.
  • The English script mistakenly says the Zess Frappe and Icicle Pop restore 20 and 10 HP when they restore 20 and 15 FP in all versions, respectively.
  • During pre-Chapter 5, Swindell the Bandit is moved to the far side of East Rogueport near the barrels. In the international versions, there is one less barrel, and Swindell's position is slightly altered.
  • Giving Lumpy 200 coins early in the game leaves Mario with 500 coins later in the Japanese version and 600 coins later in international versions.
  • All Fuzzies have horrible vision in the Japanese version, as they often do not even notice Mario when he goes by them. In the international versions, the Fuzzies have better vision and thus notice Mario more quickly. In addition, the Fuzzies move slower in the international versions.
  • There is no slowdown when moving up slopes on rooftops with Yoshi in the Japanese version.
  • At the end of Bowser's levels, fireworks are fired in the Japanese version but not in the international versions.
  • In the original Japanese script and every other translation of the game, the final RDM email features an additional "hidden" section if the player scroll downs for an extended period of time. This portion was removed from the English translation, despite retaining the statement hinting at its existence.
  • In the Japanese version, some item combinations that are given to Zess T. give different recipe results.
Item Combination Japan International
Poison Shroom + Turtley Leaf Mistake Shroom Broth
Mushroom + Keel Mango Mistake Zess Dinner
[Mushroom/Life Shroom] + Peachy Peach Mistake Zess Dinner
Ultra Shroom + Peachy Peach Zess Dinner Zess Special
[Dried Shroom/Mushroom/Super Shroom/Life Shroom] + Fresh Pasta Zess Dinner Zess Special
Ultra Shroom + Fresh Pasta Zess Special Zess Deluxe
Poison Shroom + Point Swap Ultra Shroom Mushroom
Slow Shroom + Jammin' Jelly Maple Super Jelly Super
Mushroom + [Turtley Leaf/Golden Leaf] Life Shroom Shroom Fry
Super Shroom + [Turtley Leaf/Golden Leaf] Life Shroom Shroom Roast
[Life Shroom/Ultra Shroom] + [Turtley Leaf/Golden Leaf] Life Shroom Shroom Steak
Thunder Bolt + Thunder Rage Trial Stew Mistake
  • In the Japanese version, some items sell for different prices (in coins).
Item Name Shop It's Sold At Japan International
Couple's Cake All shops 30 10
Healthy Salad All Shops 10 5
Koopasta All shops except Niff T.'s shop 25 60
Meteor Meal All shops 20 40
Shroom Broth All shops 33 20
Shroom Crepe All shops 50 100
Spicy Soup All shops except Northwinds Mart 10 5
Zess Dinner All shops except Souvenir Shop 10 7
Zess Dynamite All shops except Deepdown Depot 30 20
Zess Tea All shops 10 6

Area changes

Several areas had some changes made between the Japanese and international versions.

Prologue

  • The X-Nauts who jump on Mario in the Prologue move faster in the Japanese version.
  • In the Japanese version, the moving platforms in the Rogueport Underground (the one in the first area and the two in the room with the pipe to Petal Meadows) do not move as far to the left and right as the ones in the international versions.

Chapter 1

  • Question #2 of the Thwomp quiz in Shhwonk's Fortress asks for the price of a Mushroom and a Fire Flower in the Japanese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish versions, as opposed to the price of a Mr. Softener and a Fire Flower in the English version. However, in the US Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door demo included in the Nintendo GameCube's Demo Disc Version 18, this question asked for the price of a Mushroom and a Fire Flower like in the other versions.

Chapter 2

  • In the Japanese version, the right Pale Piranha on the screen where the Shadow Sirens are fought in Boggly Woods acts differently from the one in the international versions.
  • In the Japanese version, when unlocking the blue cage door in the Great Tree, the game checks for and removes the Strange Sack from Mario's inventory if he has it (which permanently prevents it from being obtained again as there is only one in the game). This does not happen in the international versions.
  • In the Japanese version, Punio's textbox when he thinks about how to reveal the secret entrance does not pause.
  • In the room where the player has to hammer the switches to gain access to the Super Boots room, in the Japanese version the 4 statues all have Punis on them before hitting the switches, but in the international versions the 4 statues have the following (left to right) on them before hitting the switches: Puni, Star, Moon, Sun.

Chapter 3

  • In the Glitz Pit, all fights (excluding ones that start with special cutscenes, such as The Goomba Bros. and The Armored Harriers) start about 2 seconds faster in the Japanese version when compared to the international versions.
  • In the Japanese version, when returning to Rogueport from Glitzville, the entire cutscene is about 7 seconds longer than in the international versions.
  • During Peach's section right after Chapter 3, when leaving the dressing room to return to TEC after talking to Grodus, the player can move while the door is opening in the Japanese version.

Chapter 5

  • In the Japanese version, Mario can get the Keel Mango from the trees at Keelhaul Key at any time. In the international versions, the chapter must be completed first. This was most likely changed to ensure that Flavio ends up getting the Coconut rather than the Keel Mango as both items are tropical food and giving Flavio any food item that is not a Coconut results in him asking for something more tropical.
  • One Flower Fuzzy on the screen with the blue pipe in Keelhaul Key was removed in the international versions.
  • The Flower Fuzzy on the screen with the two Putrid Piranhas continues to move around if it falls down in the Japanese version, while it stays still in the international versions.
  • In Pirate's Grotto, the chest behind the waterfall contains a Damage Dodge P in the Japanese version. In the international versions, this is a Defend Plus P.
  • In the black chest room in Pirate's Grotto, when Mario defeats the Embers, the key randomly falls to the left or right in the Japanese version. In the international versions, it simply falls straight down.

Chapter 6

  • On Day 3 of the Excess Express, Mario gets an email in the dining car in the Japanese version. In the international versions, Mario gets this email to the right of his room.
  • When the Smorgs appear when talking to the Engineer, they do not cover the right part of the window in the Japanese version.
  • In the outside room at Riverside Station with the Poison Pokeys and Ruff Puffs, there is a block that can be jumped on to hit a hidden block that contains a Thunder Rage. In the Japanese version, this block is a breakable block, and breaking it causes it to stay broken until the player leaves Riverside Station. The international versions made this block unbreakable.

Chapter 7

  • X-Naut Fortress's third puzzle room has a safe path two squares long in the Japanese version and three squares long in the international version, thus slightly reducing its difficulty.
  • On the moon, on the screen with the pipe, blowing up the rock containing the pipe causes a small cutscene to play in the Japanese version. This cutscene does not occur in the international versions.

Chapter 8

The changes made consist of the fight against the Shadow Queen:

  • In the Japanese version, none of the Shadow Queen's attacks can be superguarded against.
  • During the first phase of the Shadow Queen fight, she changes to her true form after dealing at least 39 damage to her in the Japanese version. In the international versions, this happens after dealing at least 61 damage.

Aesthetic changes

  • Some items were redesigned in international versions:
    • Super Luigi 5 is red instead of orange.
    • The katakana on the Wrestling Mag are replaced with scribbles.
    • The Power Rush badge has a different letter for every language.
    • Vintage Red was renamed Chuckola Cola and recolored purple to resemble soda instead of wine.
  • The Boos Peeka and Lahla wear bunny ears in the Japanese version, but cat ears in international versions to avoid resembling a bunny suit.
  • TEC-XX's camera "eye" is blue instead of red in international versions to tone down similarities to the HAL 9000.
  • Larson's Toad chalk outline and bloodstains in his house were removed from international versions to remove violent undertones.
  • In the English and German scripts, Vivian is referred to with feminine pronouns and has no mention of being a male-to-female gender dysphoric.
  • The Shadow Queen is slightly more formal and condescending in the English script.
  • Before the battle against Shadow Queen, if Mario chooses to be her servant after her spell has cast on Mario, Mario's sprite changes to the same as Doopliss's appearance when impersonating him in the Japanese version, notably for the evil-looking appearance, and the effects from L Emblem and W Emblem are also removed (like how Doopliss's fake copy of Mario cannot change colors either). However, in the international version, Mario keeps the same angry pose before the spell, and his appearance and color remain unchanged.
  • A few cutscenes involving flashing lights were edited down in the international versions, probably to reduce the chance of players getting epileptic seizures:
    • The flashing lights during the first Shadow Queen cutscene were reduced.
    • The flashing lights during the cutscene in the room that makes the Emerald Star appear were reduced.
    • However, the animation for Showstopper, which despite being arguably worse than the two stated above, was not edited.
  • PAL versions have additional differences from all NTSC versions. Only NTSC versions can be played in progressive scan mode, and only PAL versions can be played in 50Hz mode, using the same method to activate each. The American and Japanese versions have their languages locked to English and Japanese, respectively, while the PAL version can additionally be played in Spanish, French, Italian and German depending on the GameCube settings. Also, in NTSC versions, Mario has two different talking animations, one involving him raising his hand and one involving him moving his mouth, and each one is used in different scenarios. Only the "mouth moving" one is used in the PAL version, however, to avoid resemblance to the Nazi salute.[citation needed]

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content

Reveal trailer

This game was initially titled Paper Mario 2 and featured a far different logo, one reminiscent of the original Paper Mario's logo.

Part of the original trailer shows an extra ledge above the pipe in the room directly east of the Thousand-Year Door, with an HP Plus badge on it. It could be accessed via a moving platform which had a wall over it halfway, which appeared to be passable with help from Vivian. Also, Beldam and Doopliss were originally going to be fought somewhere in Riverside Station. The trailer also showed that Item Shops would be labeled with Mushrooms, much as in Super Paper Mario, rather than the Fire Flowers seen in the final game. Red Bones was initially named "Red Koopa Skeleton." In the same trailer, one can see that "Tornado Jump" was initially called "Hurrican Jump".[sic] The status element Slow had a different icon, a snail instead of a sad purple face.

  • The game's original logo before the final version of the game.

    The game's original logo before the final version of the game.

  • An early location of the HP Plus Badge.

    An early location of the HP Plus Badge.

  • Hooktail Castle Notice how the final game, the door is just open from the start.

    Hooktail Castle Notice how the final game, the door is just open from the start.

  • A battle in Hooktail's Castle. Notice Hurricane is spelled wrong.

    A battle in Hooktail's Castle. Notice Hurricane is spelled wrong.

Glitches

Main article: List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door glitches
Koops glitch at Rogueport Dock in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The glitch performed on the Dolphin emulator

Koops splashing on dry land

At any location where Mario can fall into the river and the player can talk to an NPC, the player should stand near the river and use Koops's ability, holding X Button so he remains in place. Without letting go of the button, the player should walk away so that Koops is offscreen, and talk to a character in the same area. When the player is done, Koops respawns next to Mario. There is a splash animation even on dry land.

Staff

Main article: List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door staff

Intelligent Systems developed the game with Nintendo publishing it. The music is credited to Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko.

Reception

Overall, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door received very positive reviews from critics, who praised its enjoyable story, characters, and humor, in addition to its battling system, multiple side-quests, and soundtrack.

Reviews
Release Reviewer, Publication Score Comment
Nintendo GameCube Peer Schneider,
IGN 		9.1/10 With Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga finished and stashed away, I was ready for another opportunity to venture into Mario's RPG realm. While there's plenty of room for better presentation (Paper Mario Revolution, anyone), this game is an absolute blast to play. Get past the slow-moving first chapter and some clunky NPC path finding routines in chapter 2 and you'll be hooked. The story is funny, the gameplay varied, and the world so charming, you'll want to explore every last corner of it. Add to that plenty of playable characters and sidekicks, some great cameos, a memorable score loaded with classic melodies, and a quest that runs a good 30 hours long, and you've got another winning offshoot in the mighty Mario franchise. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door improves on its predecessor in every way and takes the cake as the best Mario RPG yet. Highly recommended.
Nintendo GameCube Jeremy Parish,
1UP 		8.5/10 Paper Mario 2 is clearly a game for fans, created by people with genuine affection for the Mario legacy...it's a testament to the diversity of the medium that in a season marked by realistic, violent and often grim video games like GTA, Halo 2 and Def Jam: FFNY, a game like Paper Mario can be so willfully charming, harmless and child-friendly in appearance and still make for a compelling, sophisticated experience. It's a must-have for Mario nuts, and is worth a look for everyone else. With its simple, brilliant graphics, impressive sound design and laid-back but addictive gameplay, Paper Mario 2 is an excellent sequel -- and a great game in its own right.
Nintendo GameCube Tom Bramwell,
Eurogamer 		9/10 Of course, you've long since realised how this was going to end. But we're trying. We're trying to put ourselves in the minds of people who would treat this game with prejudice and toss it back in our laps and say "No thanks", or just turn up on the comments thread and tell us it's crap, but quite honestly you would have to actually hate Mario, or Nintendo, in order for this not to entertain you. Whether you think you like role-playing games or not. Fair enough, if Mario has stolen your girlfriend, keyed your car, broken the lead in your pencil and signed you up to the Britannia Music Club, we don't expect you to buy this. But the only things we can say against it are specialised nit-pickings. We were honestly going to mention this one occasion when we had to redo something relatively straightforward five times due to our own cackhandedness. That's about as bad as it got for us. Otherwise our only feelings of concern stemmed from our fear that we might not get far enough in quick enough time to be able to tell you with any authority whether Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is every bit as good as Intelligent Systems could make it. Well, we did, so we can. And it is.
Nintendo GameCube Miguel Lopez,
Gamespy 		4/5 If I had to fault Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on something, it would be its reliance on backtracking. You have to do a frightful amount of it in most of the scenarios. At best, doing so allows you to access spots in previous areas that you perhaps weren't able to before. At worst? You'll have to perform some tricky platforming one time more than you feel you should. But in the end, this is what the games that inform its design are like, so I guess we have to take the good with the bad. And when it comes to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it's mostly all good. If you have a history of playing 2D side-scrollers, this game will make you remember just why you loved them. And if you have a soul, then this game will make it feel all warm and fuzzy.
Aggregators
Compiler Platform / Score
Metacritic 87
GameRankings 88.05%

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References to other games

Parakarry in the intro of the game
  • Donkey Kong: One of the badges is named "Jumpman", referencing how Mario was alternatively named in this game. An audience member in the Glitz Pit also calls out Jumpman when Mario reaches Rawk Hawk a second time. In addition, although not in the game itself, the Official Nintendo Power Player's Guide alludes to Mario's encounters with the titular ape from the game where they mention that the X-Nauts thought they could dissuade Mario with various platforms at high places, but they had not heard of his exploits against "a certain ape."
  • Super Mario Bros.: When Princess Peach takes a shower in the X-Naut Fortress, she can sing the "Ground Theme" or the "Underwater Theme". In the Japanese and French versions of the game, the video-game-obsessed Toad from Petalburg refers to Super Mario Bros as his favorite game for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System, respectively, also urging Mario to play it in the latter version. Bowser's level segments play very similarly to how they did in Super Mario Bros., including the Overworld and Underwater themes that play. Hamma mentions that his grandfather was at World 7-1. At the X-Naut Fortress in the Changing Room, Mario and company can change into an 8-bit sprite of themselves, along with the Ground Theme from Super Mario Bros. playing.
  • Famicom Disk System: During the Peach interlude for Chapter 5, when Peach is invisible and retrieves a disc from Grodus's office, the computer screen displays a scene of Mario and Luigi fighting over a light switch, referring to the boot-up screen for the Famicom Disk System if the player did not input a disk beforehand.
  • Super Mario Bros. 3: The Grass Land theme is arranged as part of the music that plays during the opening cutscene. Whenever Jolene (while under the alias of "X") sends Mario an e-mail, the Ice Land map screen theme plays. The music that plays when Mario is riding the blimp is a cover of the athletic theme from this game. This game includes Boomerang Bros., Fire Bros., and Boos, which originated from this game. The "king saved" music can be heard in Luigi's storytelling theme. Like Super Mario Bros. 3, the game's story is implied to be a stage play (although it is more direct than in the former game, as it was only stated by Shigeru Miyamoto in the former case). In addition, Peach after each chapter ends up sending (e-)mail to Mario with advice for the next level, with her final mail upon completing all objectives being intercepted by the main villain, similar to in Super Mario Bros. 3. Bowser's theme song contains a cover of the castle theme.
  • Super Mario World: Whenever Peach sends Mario an e-mail, the title screen theme plays. Whenever Mario gets an e-mail from other people, part of the epilogue theme (from when a Koopaling castle is beaten) plays. When Mario wins a battle, the "level clear" sound plays.
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Blue Bandits appear as NPCs. Atomic Boo closely resembles Bigger Boo from this game.
  • Super Mario 64: When Princess Peach takes a shower in the X-Naut Fortress, she can sing "Inside the Castle Walls".
  • Paper Mario: Parakarry makes a brief cameo at the beginning of the game, and delivers a letter to Mario from Peach, just like the previous game. During the 65th Super Fun Quirk Quiz, one of question 3's incorrect answers is "Koopa Koot" and one of question 4's incorrect answers is "Toad Town", though they were mistranslated as "Kooskoos" and "Mushville", respectively. Kolorado was a student of Professor Frankly, and the former's deceased father appears as a crumpled Dull Bones in Hooktail's Castle, which Koops confuses for his own father. The video game-obsessed Toad kid from Petalburg mentions that he has been playing the game, describing Bow as the "cutest Boo of ALL TIME!!!" Gulpits are given a reference when Grubba exclaims, "GREAT-GALLOPIN' GULPITS!". Lumpy at Rogueport Harbor states he is going to Dry Dry Desert to look for oil. After returning, he can tell Mario about this adventure. Many aspects of Chapter 2 from Paper Mario are referenced. In the email he sends to Mario after finding him, Koopook says he is now hiding in Crystal Palace in the Japanese version; however, this last reference is lost in the English translation, as Crystal Palace is instead translated as "Goomstar Temple". During Chapter 5's Bowser interlude, interacting with the door to Mayor Dour's house makes him say, "The mayor is OUT!", a reference to Merlon's "Merlon is out!" message. One of the houses in Poshley Heights has a model of the K64. After completing Chapter 6, there is a Toad that randomly appears on the Excess Express that asks Mario a quiz question, ("What did Bowser steal in the first Paper Mario?"), and the answer is, "Star Rod". Jr. Troopa appears in the background in the picture that Zip Toad attached to his e-mail. After completing Chapter 8, Lady Bow and Bootler appear in Poshley Heights and Bow and makes a direct reference to Boo's Mansion, as well as the adventure she and Mario had.
  • Mario Kart: During Luigi's story about Circuit Break Island, he tells Mario he had to sign up for a kart race and mentions he had driven karts before.
  • Luigi's Mansion: A crow in Twilight Town says he will set up an estate paysite named Luigi's Mansion, and his crow friend says that "he's heard that name somewhere before", referencing this game.
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee: In the Spanish version of the game, Rawk Hawk's victory gloat after beating The Koopinator specifically referenced Super Smash Bros. Melee (in all other versions, he simply says they are better off playing video games without naming one in particular).
  • Super Mario Sunshine: Toadsworth, Piantas, and Shine Sprites appear in the game to upgrade Mario's partners. The parrot in Creepy Steeple randomly says the infamous translation of "Shine get!".
  • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Chuckola Cola is an item in this game, referring to the game it has appeared first. The "Super-Guarding" ability was likely inspired by the ability to counter enemies' attacks in Superstar Saga. Mario gaining field abilities to use in battle (Spin Jump, Spring Jump, Super/Ultra (spin) hammer) as special FP consuming attacks were also likely inspired by field abilities in Superstar Saga being used in battle as Bros. Attacks. One of Bowser's options during his conversation with Pennington during the Chapter 7 interlude is The Shadow Thief, a reference to Popple. The difference in naming methods between the English and Japanese titles are similar to this game, as the English titles of both games have a subtitle under the series names (Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario respectively), while the Japanese titles simply have the term "RPG" under the series names.

References in later games

Super Paper Mario references.
  • Super Paper Mario: This game is alluded to by a video game-obsessed Toad in Petalburg. At the end of the game, he states that he has been playing "the new Paper Mario game" called Super Paper Mario, which was released in 2007 for the Wii, and that it will be pleasing to fans of Luigi, which hints that the game was already in production and/or planning stages at the time Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was in development. All seven partners from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door make cameo appearances as Catch Cards that are won by completing the Duel of 100 at Sammer's Kingdom. Francis also has plush toys of the Yoshi (in all colors), Vivian, Bobbery, and Pennington, along with a poster of Petuni. In Francis' list of things to buy, Rawk Hawk was given a reference when he stated that he wants a DVD called, "Harder than Bedrawk: The Rawk Hawk Story". Francis also stated that he wants a Ms. Mowz doll with "real-smooching action", an Excess Express train set, and a Magnus Von Grapple action figure. Francis also happens to watch "Starship X-Naut" and "The Grodus Chronicles". Also, Fracktail and Wracktail, themselves are homages to Hooktail and Bonetail. Additionally, there is also a Sammer Guy who calls himself "Laughing X-Naut" and another who calls himself "The Thousand Year Roar". Lastly, Slim's ability to make Mario, Peach, Bowser, or Luigi thin is a reference to the second curse in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Goombella, Yoshi, Vivian, and Rawk Hawk appear as stickers. Goombella also has her own trophy. Also, the words, "CRUMP" and "RAWK" appear in the random name selection, which are possible references to Lord Crump and Rawk Hawk.
  • Paper Mario: Sticker Star: In the level Shy Guy Jungle, there is a pile of garbage with many letters. One letter is written by Goombella and it states: "Observations on the Ancient Civilization of the Chomp Ruins."
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: The S.S. Flavion appears as a variation of a Paper Mario stage in this game. A Big Blooper based on the boss also appears in the stage variation's background. An arrangement of the Rogueport theme is also part of the stage's main song.
  • Super Mario 3D World: The Fuzzy Horde, which debuted in this game, returns in several levels.
  • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: Paper Mario's Airplane and Paper Modes return. During Trio Grab, Paper Mario turns into a tube, similar to Tube Mode. He can also turn into a paper drill during Trio Drill, which is similar in concept to the paper abilities from this game. When Paper Mario meets the Mario Bros., he performs a Spring Jump. Paper Mario borrows his blocking and KO'd animations from this game. The trio gains Star Points by performing Action Commands correctly, which is similar to how Paper Mario and his partners had to appeal to the audience by doing the same thing, and by also being stylish. The stage where Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario stand when they level up is similar to the stage from this game's battles, down to the yellow stripes on the curtains.
  • Paper Mario: Color Splash: Peach summons Mario over to the current destination due to a discovery she made (although in this case Peach personally has Mario come along). Peach also ended up abducted shortly after bringing Mario along (although in that case, Mario does witness Peach's abduction). She also sends mail giving some hints about the main villain's plan and the next destination that Mario should head towards in the form of Holo-Peaches, and her last mail has Peach's message being cut off by the main antagonist (Black Bowser) just as Peach was about to give key details about his villainous plan. In addition, a character gets possessed by a grave evil (in this case, Bowser via Black Paint, while in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it was Peach who was possessed by the Shadow Queen). Also, the Big Paint Stars serve a similar function to the Crystal Stars.
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King: Peach's design from The Thousand-Year Door appears as a photo. Additionally, when Mario and Bob-omb interact with the steering wheel on the Princess Peach, the latter mentions that he dreams of being an admiral someday, in reference to Admiral Bobbery.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ペーパーマリオＲＰＧ
Pēpā Mario Āru Pī Jī
 Paper Mario RPG
This naming method is similar to Super Mario RPG and the Japanese name of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Chinese (traditional) 紙片瑪利歐RPG[4]
Zhǐpiàn Mǎlì'ōu RPG
 Paper Mario RPG

French Paper Mario: La Porte Millénaire
 Paper Mario: The Millennium Door
German Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor
 Paper Mario: The Legend of the Aeon Gate
Italian Paper Mario: Il Portale Millenario
 Paper Mario: The Millennium Portal
Korean 페이퍼 마리오 1000년의 문
Peipeo Mario 1000(Cheon)nyeon-ui Mun
 Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door

Spanish (NOE) Paper Mario: La Puerta Milenaria
 Paper Mario: The Millennium Door

External links

References

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ Release dates from TMK, retrieved 7-22-2008
  2. ^ Dialogue Tree - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
  3. ^ Paper Mario RTA Wiki
  4. ^ Official Chinese website for the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. Nintendo HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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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 Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • 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 Foomusa • 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 Three • 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) • Goomboarda • 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 • Art Gallery • 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 • Sound Gallery • Staff (GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
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Super Mario games
Platformers Super Mario series Main Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, DS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/iPadOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, Switch) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, Switch) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023, Switch)
Reissues VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, VS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, G&W) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1989, NGW) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NGW) • Super Mario World (1991, NGW) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Famicom Mini Series (2004, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, DS) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, Switch) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020, Switch) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, G&W) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
Related games Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, computer) • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020, Switch) • Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
Canceled games Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (CD-i) • Mario Takes America (CD-i) • VB Mario Land (VB) • Super Mario 64 2 (N64DD)
Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)
Wrecking Crew series VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, VS) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC)
Other Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, CD-i) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024, Switch)
Reissues Crazy Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Kaettekita Mario Bros. (1988, FDS) • Donkey Kong (1994, NGW) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. (2004, arcade) • Virtual Console (2006-2016, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, Switch/3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024, Switch)
Tech demos snd_test (Unknown, SNES) • Super Mario 128 (2000, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (2011, Wii U) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U demo (2014, Wii U)
Mario Kart series Main Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
Arcade Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, arcade)
Other Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)
Ports Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
Tech demos Mario Kart for Nintendo GameCube (2001, GCN)
Pitches / canceled games VB Mario Kart (VB) • Mario Kart XXL (GBA) • Tesla Mario Kart game (Tesla vehicles)
Mario Party series Main Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch)
Handheld Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Mario Party DS (2007, DS) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)
Arcade Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, arcade) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, arcade)
Other Mario Party 4 (2002, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA)
Sports games Golf series Golf (1984, NES) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984, VS. System) • Golf: Japan Course (1987, FDS) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FDS) • Golf (1989, GB) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC)
Mario Golf series NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021, Switch)
Mario Tennis series Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) (Bicep Pump [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Reflex Rally [Unknown, Adobe Flash]) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, Switch)
Mario Baseball series Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
Mario Strikers series Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch)
Famicom Grand Prix series Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987, FDS) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988, FDS)
Other Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Baseball (1989, GB) • Super Mario Race (1992, GwB) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, DS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS) • LEGO Super Mario Goal (2024, Sky Italia)
Ports New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (2009, Wii)
Canceled games Super Mario American football game (GCN) • Super Mario Spikers (Wii)
Role-playing games Paper Mario series Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
Mario & Luigi series Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS)
Other Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
Remakes Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS) • Super Mario RPG (2023, Switch) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024, Switch)
Canceled games Super Mario RPG 2 (N64DD) • Super Paper Mario (GCN)
Dr. Mario series Main Dr. Mario (1990, NES/GB) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
Other VS. Dr. Mario (1990, VS) • Dr. Mario (1993, GwB)
Remakes Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Luigi's Mansion series Main Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)
Arcade Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, arcade)
Remakes Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024, Switch)
Tech demos Luigi's Mansion (2000, GCN)
Educational games Mario Discovery series Mario is Missing! (1993, MS-DOS/SNES/NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS/SNES/NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
Mario Teaches Typing series Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
Other Family BASIC (1984, FC) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS)
Ports Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, MS-DOS)
Canceled games Mario's Mission Earth (SNES)
Art utilities Mario Artist series Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
Other I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Family (2001, GBC)
Pitches / canceled games Mario Factory ("Game Processor RAM Cassette") • Mario Paint 3D (N64) • Mario Artist: Sound Studio (N64DD)
Miscellaneous Picross series Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Picross NP Vol. 6 (2000, SFC)
LCD handhelds Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario's Egg Catch (1990, SMBW) • Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990, SMBW) • Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990, SMBW) • Mario the Juggler (1991, G&W)
Pinball Pinball (1984, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1992, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992, arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA)
Arcade Mario Roulette (1991, arcade) • Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, arcade) • Mario World (1991, arcade) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Super Mario World Popcorn (1992, arcade) • Pika Pika Mario (1992, arcade) • Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Koopa Taiji (1993, arcade) • Būbū Mario (1993, arcade) • Mario Undōkai (1993, arcade) • Super Mario World (1993, arcade) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994, arcade) • Mario Bowl (1995, arcade) • Super Mario Attack (1996, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, arcade) • Super Mario 64 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario World (Unknown, arcade) • Guru Guru Mario (Unknown, arcade) • Swanky no Bonus Slot (Unknown, arcade) • Dokidoki Mario Chance! (2003, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, arcade) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011, arcade)
Browser Mario Net Quest (1997, Adobe Shockwave) • Mario's Memory Madness (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Crazy Counting (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Dinky Rinky (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Goodness Rakes (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Melon Mayhem (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Nomiss (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • The Lab (The Bookshelf • The Drafting Table • PolterCue • Ask Madame Clairvoya) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Mario Trivia (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mario Memory (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Virus Attack! (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Bill Bounce (2004, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party 7 Bon Voyage Quiz (2005, Adobe Flash) • Super Mario Strikers (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss (2005, Adobe Flash) • Bowser's Lair Hockey (2005, Adobe Flash) • Heads-Up (2005, Adobe Flash) • Parasol Fall (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dribble Skillz (2006, Adobe Flash) • Superstar Shootout (2006, Adobe Flash) • Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • 1-Up Hunt! (2006, Adobe Flash) • Super Paper Mario Memory Match (2007, Adobe Flash) • Are You Smarter Than Mario? (2008, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
DSiWare applications Mario Calculator (2009, DSiWare) • Mario Clock (2009, DSiWare)
Other games Alleyway (1989, GB) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • Undake30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Yakuman DS (2005, DS)
Tech demos Mario Demo (1994, VB) • morphdemo (Unknown, N64) • Peach's Castle (2002, GCN) • Mario's Face (Unknown, DS) • DSpeak (2005, DS) • Koopa Troopa Forest (Unknown, Wii) • Mario FPS (Unknown, Wii)
Pitches / canceled games Mario's Castle ("Project Atlantis") • Boss Game Studios' Super Mario game pitch (Unknown) • Retro Studios' Boo project (DS) • Mario Motors (DS)
Crossovers Game & Watch Gallery series Game & Watch Gallery (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999, GBC) • Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002, GBA)
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
Itadaki Street series Itadaki Street DS (2007, DS) • Fortune Street (2011, Wii)
Mario & Sonic series Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Switch) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020, arcade)
NES Remix series Main NES Remix (2013, Wii U) • NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
Reissues NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014, 3DS)
Mario + Rabbids series Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, Switch) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022, Switch)
Other Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997, Satellaview) • NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Tetris DS (2006, DS) • Captain Rainbow (2008, Wii) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009, DSiWare) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024, Switch)
Tech demos Chase Mii (Unknown, Wii U)
Pitches / canceled games Super Mario/Rabbids crossover adventure game (Wii) • DDR MARIO 2 (Wii)
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Nintendo GameCube games
Super Mario franchise Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Power Tennis (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005) • Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) • Mario Party 7 (2005) • Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Konga (2003) • Donkey Konga 2 (2004) • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004) • Donkey Konga 3 JP (2005)
Wario franchise Wario World (2003) • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003)
Other Super Mario 128 (2000, demo) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) • NBA Street V3 (2005) • SSX on Tour (Nintendo Village) (2005) • Donkey Kong Racing (cancelled) • Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (cancelled)
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