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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Ancient Clue SPM.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|description=''"A paper with clues about the location of space treasure."''
}}
{{quote|By rock man's noggin,<br>when outer space is reversed,<br>the door secret hides.|Ancient Clue|Super Paper Mario}}
{{quote|By rock man's noggin,<br>when outer space is reversed,<br>the door secret hides.|Ancient Clue|Super Paper Mario}}
The '''Ancient Clue''' is an [[Key item|Important Thing]] that appears in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.


The '''Ancient Clue''' is a special item that is found in the [[Wii]] game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Its text is a [[wikipedia:haiku|haiku]] that mentioned reversing [[Outer Space|outer space]] atop "rock man's noggin." This refers to [[Mario]] and company's having to use Fleep's ability on a space rift above a rock formation resembling two faces to earn a [[Door Key]] and move to the level's end.
==Description==
The Ancient Clue is held by [[Blappy]], the elder of the [[Blobule]]s, who had spent his youth searching for the [[Pure Heart|Big Treasure of Space]]. By the time of the game's events he had retired from searching for the treasure, though he had at least found the Ancient Clue somewhere in the [[Whoa Zone]]. When the player arrives on [[Planet Blobule]] and talk to Blappy, he explains how he came across the Ancient Clue and offers to sell it to Mario and the party for the price of one thousand [[coin]]s. Declining the offer lowers the price to 100 coins, and then to ten if the player declines again; a third refusal causes him to raise the price back up to 100 coins.


[[Image:AncientClue_SPM.png|frame]]
After the item is bought, the player can use it to get [[Fleep]] to exit the outhouse he is in, after which he joins Mario's party. The player must use Fleep's special ability on a space rift above a rock formation resembling two faces, which is the location hinted at in the haiku; doing so reveals the Door Key required to open the locked door found earlier in the level.
[[Blappy]], elder of the [[Blobule]]s, spent his youth searching for the [[Pure Heart|Big Treasure of Space]]. By the time the [[Heroes of Light]] arrived on [[Planet Blobule]], the elderly alien retired from searching for the treasure, but he had still been able to find the Ancient Clue, vital to its acquisition, in an obscure area identified only as "[[Whoa Zone|the space ruins]]." He was willing to sell this clue to Mario, Peach and Bowser and end the search for the treasure, but only so for the price of one thousand [[Coin]]s. (This price can be lowered to one hundred and, ultimately, ten Coins if his offer is declined twice. However, if the player denies this lowest offer, Blappy will only sell it for the intermediate 100 Coin price when he is spoken to again.) In the end, the three heroes bought the Ancient Clue, and kept it in the "Important Things" section but in the very end it was used as toilet paper for [[Fleep]]. After Fleep is given the Ancient Clue, he exits and joins the party, while little [[Squirps]] finally gets to use the bathroom.
 
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==Names in other languages==
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{{foreign names
|Jap=古文書
|JapR=Komonjo
|JapM=Ancient Document
|Ita=Antico Indizio
|ItaM=Ancient Clue
|Fre=Vieux Parchemin
|FreM=Old Parchment
}}
 
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[[Category:Artifacts]]
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[[Category:Super Paper Mario Special Items]]
[[Category:Super Paper Mario important things]]
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Latest revision as of 06:08, January 8, 2024

Ancient Clue
Sprite of Ancient Clue in Super Paper Mario.
Description
"A paper with clues about the location of space treasure."
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
“By rock man's noggin,
when outer space is reversed,
the door secret hides.”
Ancient Clue, Super Paper Mario

The Ancient Clue is an Important Thing that appears in Super Paper Mario.

Description[edit]

The Ancient Clue is held by Blappy, the elder of the Blobules, who had spent his youth searching for the Big Treasure of Space. By the time of the game's events he had retired from searching for the treasure, though he had at least found the Ancient Clue somewhere in the Whoa Zone. When the player arrives on Planet Blobule and talk to Blappy, he explains how he came across the Ancient Clue and offers to sell it to Mario and the party for the price of one thousand coins. Declining the offer lowers the price to 100 coins, and then to ten if the player declines again; a third refusal causes him to raise the price back up to 100 coins.

After the item is bought, the player can use it to get Fleep to exit the outhouse he is in, after which he joins Mario's party. The player must use Fleep's special ability on a space rift above a rock formation resembling two faces, which is the location hinted at in the haiku; doing so reveals the Door Key required to open the locked door found earlier in the level.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 古文書
Komonjo
Ancient Document

French Vieux Parchemin
Old Parchment
Italian Antico Indizio
Ancient Clue