Flopside

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Mario in front of Merlee's place in Flopside

Flopside is the mirrored counterpart to Flipside in the game Super Paper Mario. Both places' names come from the phrase "flip-flop". Flopside was created by both the Tribe of Ancients and the Tribe of Darkness as an antithesis to Flipside, in order to prevent that town from falling into ruin due to the fact that light cannot exist without darkness. The two towns offset each other, and have been in perfect balance since their creation.

The main features that distinguish Flopside from Flipside are its shadowy tones, a general dilapidated look such as broken windows and pillars, and a reversal of areas, buildings, and residents. Inanimate objects are mirror images of their Flipside counterparts, and the Flopside counterparts of Flipside residents have opposite personalities. For example, Pook of Flipside loves the sea, while his Flopside counterpart, Puck, prefers the sky. Also Howzit says "goooood" in Flipside and his Flopside counterpart Notso says "not so bad". Another example is the cook Dyllis, Saffron's counterpart, who mixes two items instead of simply cooking one. Generally, the ambience of Flopside is very dour and disconsolate. Flopside's music is an arrangement of Flipside's music, transposed down an octave and using different instruments and chords.

Like Flipside, Flopside contains its own Pit of 100 Trials, the boss of which is Shadoo. It also houses half of the Heart Pillars, which are located in the same spot in relativity to Flipside. The Mirror Hall serves as a bridge between the two towns, and is supposedly a secret to all Flipside and Flopside residents aside from Merlon and his Flopside counterpart Nolrem. However, as the game progresses, the player encounters many characters that know about the other town, and two Flopside residents even move to Flipside.

Much later in the game during the final battle with Super Dimentio, Flopside is destroyed by The Void but is restored following the destruction of the Chaos Heart.

Features

Flopside Tower

Flopside Tower is the highest accessible floor of Flopside. On top of the tower is a Dimensional Door leading to Castle Bleck, the setting of Chapter 8 of the game. The door appears after the final Pure Heart is put in place. On the right end is an elevator leading to the base of the tower on the second floor. Falling off of the tower makes the player land on the third floor.

Third Floor (Second Floor in PAL edition)

The third floor of Flopside consists of two parts. The inner part consists of an elevator leading to the second floor on the west and the fifth Heart Pillar on the east. Puck and Pete can be seen walking on the road. After the game is cleared, Nastasia can be found near the Heart Pillar. An O'Chunks Catch Card can be revealed by buying Map 5 from Flamm.

The outer part, accessible from a pipe on the second floor, consist of several stone pillars. The westernmost one can be removed with Piccolo to reveal a treasure chest containing a Nolrem Catch Card. There are also three blocks in a row on the east. By using Tippi to uncover a path of invisible blocks leading upwards, the player will be led to a chest with the Cooking Disk W.

Second Floor (First Floor in PAL edition)

The second floor of Flopside consists of three parts. The inner part consists of, from west to east, Merlee's House, an elevator leading to the third floor, Inga's Inn, an elevator leading to the top of Flopside Tower, a Save Block, Nolrem's house, an elevator leading to the first floor, and Notso's shop. Winnie, Slim, Karla, Lucy and Chet can be seen walking on the road. By flipping into 3D, Mario can find a notice board outside Nolrem's house recording the number of coins the player has found and the number of enemies the player has defeated. Welderberg hiding in the west of the area can make a pipe there leading to Flipside for 300 coins. (Another pipe can be made between the east of the area and the B2 floor of Flopside for 100 coins; the player must find Welderberg in the B2 floor for that.) Mario can also access the outer part through the opening of the fences that separate the two parts.

The outer part consists of two platforms made of blocks. The east one can revealed by Tippi and has a pipe that leads to the outer part of the third floor.

The Second Floor Outskirts is linked to the outer part via a narrow path visible in 3D. It consists of some stone pillars and a pit. A giant yellow block can be found in the west; breaking it reveals a pipe to the First Floor Outskirts. In the east there is a stone-colored heart floating in the air; it becomes a Heart Pillar after the heroes find the eighth Pure Heart (Luvbi at the end of Chapter 7-4).

First Floor (Ground Floor in PAL edition)

The first floor consists of four parts. The main part consists of a hole to the back alley (passable in 3D), Bleu and Lily's house, Dyllis's Hot Fraun, an elevator leading to the B1 floor, Harold and Gertrude's house, and an elevator leading to the second floor. Kerrie, Buffy, Ditto and Patta can be seen walking on the road, and Harold can be seen in front of his house. The elevator leading to the B1 floor is only usable after some point in Chapter 5.

Background area

• Piccolo's House
• Fondest Hopes
  • Boodin
• A walkway to the Mirror Hall
• Garamond
• Hatch
• Mitsy
• Ruby

Outskirts

• Sixth Heart Pillar

B1

• The Overthere
  • Carson
  • Chip
• Ledger
• The water seen when flipped to 3D
• Flamm
• Itty Bits

Outskirts

• Sixth Heart Pillar

B2

• Flopside Pit of 100 Trials
• Welderberg

Gallery

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  Flopside Tower

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  The Dimensional Door leading to Chapter 8 on Flopside Tower

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  The middle part of the third floor, showing Pete and Flopside Tower in the background

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  The east part of the third floor, showing Nastasia and the fifth Heart Pillar

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  The west part of the second floor, showing Merlee's house, Winnie and Slim

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  The middle part of the second floor, showing Inga's Inn, the base of Flopside Tower, and Karla

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  The east part of the second floor, showing Nolrem's house, Notso's shop, Lucy and Chet

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  The east part of the first floor, showing Hot Fraun, Fondest Hopes (in the background), Gertrude's house, Patta, Harold and Ditto

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  The background part of the first floor, with Piccolo's house (locked) and a walkway to the Mirror Hall

See also

• Flipside
• Flopside Tower
• Nolrem
• Notso
• Carson

Names in other languages

Flopside

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン Ura Hazama Taun	Inversed Flipside ("in-between town")
German	Flopstadt	Floptown
Italian	Svoltadiqua	Turn this way
Korean	반대틈새타운 Bandaeteumsaetaun	Opposite Flipside
Spanish	Villacruz	Pun on cruz (tail) from cara o cruz (heads or tails)

Flopside Tower

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタワー Ura Hazama Tawā	Opposite-side Gap Tower
German	Flopstadt-Turm	Floptown Tower
Italian	Torre di Svoltadiqua
Spanish	Torre de Villacruz	Flopside Tower

Third Floor

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　３階 Ura Hazama Taun Sankai	Flopside 3F
German	Flopstadt Ebene 3
Italian	Svoltadiqua, 3e piano
Spanish	Villacruz, nivel 2

Second Floor

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　２階 Ura Hazama Taun Nikai	Flopside 2F
German	Flopstadt Ebene 2
Italian	Svoltadiqua, 2e piano
Spanish	Villacruz, nivel 1

Second Floor Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　２階　外部 Ura Hazama Taun Nikai Gaibu	Flopside 2F Outside
German	Flopstadt E 2 Außenbezirk
Italian	Svoltadiqua, 2e piano: perif.
Spanish	Afueras de Villacruz, nivel 1

First Floor

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　１階 Ura Hazama Taun Ikkai	Flopside 1F
German	Flopstadt Ebene 1
Italian	Svoltadiqua, 1e piano
Spanish	Villacruz, nivel 0

First Floor Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　１階　外部 Ura Hazama Taun Ikkai Gaibu	Flopside 1F Outside
German	Flopstadt E 1 Außenbezirk
Italian	Svoltadiqua, 1e piano: perif.
Spanish	Afueras de Villacruz, nivel 0

B1

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　地下１階 Ura Hazama Taun Chika Ikkai	Flopside B1
German	Flopstadt UG 1
Italian	Svoltadiqua, S1
Spanish	Villacruz, nivel -1

B1 Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　地下１階　外部 Ura Hazama Taun Chika Ikkai Gaibu	Flopside B1 Outside
German	Flopstadt UG 1 Außenbezirk
Italian	Svoltadiqua, S1: periferia
Spanish	Afueras de Villacruz, nivel -1

B2

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　地下２階 Ura Hazama Taun Chika Nikai	Flopside B2
German	Flopstadt UG 2
Italian	Svoltadiqua, S2
Spanish	Villacruz, nivel -2

B2 Outskirts

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウラハザマタウン　地下２階　外部 Ura Hazama Taun Chika Nikai Gaibu	Flopside B2 Outside
German	Flopstadt UG 2 Außenbezirk
Italian	Svoltadiqua, S2: periferia
Spanish	Afueras de Villacruz, nivel -2

Trivia

• On the Flopside ground floor, the elevators have a different animation than other elevators in Flipside and Flopside. While other elevators fill in with white and lose white from the bottom, the ones on the Flopside ground floor fill in with white and lose white from the sides.