Paper Mode

Paper Mode
Mario slipping past the bars in Hooktail Castle.
Applies to	Mario
Power(s) given	Slide into narrow spaces
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

Paper Mode is one of Mario's transformations seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and the second one obtained. Similarly to his other origami-themed forms, it is granted to him in the form of a "curse" from one of the Black Chest Demons in Hooktail Castle.

Paper Mode allows Mario (and his party) to turn sideways, using his paper-thin body to fit through small gaps. It can be activated by holding , with Mario returning to normal once is released. While in Paper Mode, Mario moves more slowly, and cannot use his hammer, Spin Jump, Spring Jump, or use partner abilities.

The Paper Game, a minigame in the Pianta Parlor, utilizes this move.

In Super Paper Mario, the Pixl Slim has a similar ability.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Italian	Mario Foglietto	Paper-thin Mario

Mario forms
Regular	Balloon Mario • Bee Mario • Big Mario • Biyon Mario • Boo Mario • Boomerang Mario • Bubble Mario • Builder Mario • Bunny Mario • Cape Mario • Cat Mario • Cloud Mario • Costume Mario • Drill Mario • Elephant Mario • Fire Mario • Flying Squirrel Mario • Frog Mario • Goomba Mario • Hammer Mario • Hoppycat Mario • Ice Mario • Mini Mario • Penguin Mario • Propeller Mario • Puffy Lift Mario • Raccoon Mario • Rock Mario • Shell Mario • Small Mario • SMB2 Mario • Spike-Ball Mario • Spring Mario • Super Mario • Superball Mario • Tanooki Mario • Weird Mario • Wubba Mario
Temporary	Balloon Mario • Double Mario • Fire Mario • Flying Mario • Giga Mario • Giga Cat Mario • Gold Mario • Ice Mario (Super Mario Galaxy) • Invincible Mario • Lucky Cat Mario • Mega Mario • Metal Mario • P Flying Squirrel Mario • Rainbow Mario • Small Giga Mario • Statue Mario • Superstar Mario • Vanish Mario • Vanish Metal Mario • White Cat Mario • White Raccoon Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Wing Mario
Other	3UP Mario / Moon Mario • 5UP Mario • Ball • Bitsize Candy (form) • Block Mario • Bloway Candy (form) • Boat Mode • Bomb Mario • Bowlo Candy (form) • Bowser Candy (form) • Bullet Candy (form) • Capture • Cashzap Candy (form) • Coin Mario • Dr. Mario • Dangan Mario • Duelo Candy (form) • Fireball Mario • Ghost • Giant Mario • Hata Mario • Jumping Mario • Koopa Zombie • Link • Mari Mario • Mario ×99 • Mega Fire (Mega Strike ability) • Micro Mario • Miracle Mario • Mogura Mario • Mushroom (status effect) • Mushroom Mario • Nikoniko Mario • Pata Mario • Plane Mode • Pump Mario • Scarecrow • Shiba Inu Mario • Skeleton Mario • Springo Candy (form) • Stone • Super-Duper Mario Bros. • Super Mario Great • Super Power-Up Mario • Thwomp Candy (form) • Tube Mode • Vampire Candy (form) • Water Stream Mario • Weeglee Candy (form)

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)
Main characters	Admiral Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Yoshi • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian
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	Armored Harriers • Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • Sir Grodus • Three Shadows^b • 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
Minor characters	Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Master^a • Billy • Blooey • Bob • Bob-omb Squad • Bobolink • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Cranberry • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Dead Bones • Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Four heroes • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • Hamma Jamma's father • Hamma Jamma's grandfather • Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Hizza • Ian Foomus^a • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Magikoopa Masters • Maitre Delish • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • Mind-Bogglers • Minister Crepe • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Old Man Skoo • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • Poker Faces • Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Princess Eclair • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Ronnie • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • Thriff T. • Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters 3 • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies	Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (B.) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations	Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • 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 • Riddle Tower • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Sewers • 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 bomb cannon • 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 Super Fun Quirk Quiz • 66th Annual Quirk Quiz • Badges • Bestiary • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Enemy formations • Gallery (GameCube · Switch) • Glitches • Goldbobbington's • Goombsley University • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Mushroom Ball • On Golden Toad 2 • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–K · L–Z) • Recipe • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Staff (GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
^a Exclusive to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)
^b Originally known as the Shadow Sirens

Paper Mode

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