Legion of Stationery

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Legion of Stationery
The Legion of Stationery in the credits of Paper Mario: The Origami King.
All the members of the Legion of Stationery in the Origami Craftsman's workshop
First appearance Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020)
Member(s) Colored Pencils
Hole Punch
Rubber Band
Scissors
Stapler
Tape
“Sheesh. How did all these harmless origami-making tools end up with such tacky personalities?”
Olivia, Paper Mario: The Origami King

The Legion of Stationery is a group of giant sentient office tools allied with King Olly in Paper Mario: The Origami King. They are the game's main bosses aside from King Olly himself, with five of them guarding the ends of the streamers wrapped around Peach's Castle while the sixth one serves as Olly's personal guard. They were originally inanimate tools belonging to the Origami Craftsman before King Olly took them, enlarged them, and made them sentient. They can be considered a villainous counterpart to the Things in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: Color Splash, being large, realistic-looking, three-dimensional objects.

After Mario defeats a member of the Legion of Stationery, its Collectible Treasure form will be available for purchase from a Rocky Wrench at a pier behind a red warehouse in Toad Town. Each member will also become available for a timed refight using a Bossotronic Fighter in the town's Battle Lab.

In a series of photos that scrolls through during the credits, the penultimate one shows all members of the Legion of Stationery in the Origami Craftsman's workshop in their original, inanimate, regular-sized forms.

Members[edit]

Each of the members has a different title:

Member Title Image Streamer Location
Colored Pencils The Missile Maestro Colored Pencils in Paper Mario: The Origami King Red Overlook Tower
Rubber Band The Elastic Entertainer Rubber Band in Paper Mario: The Origami King. Blue Big Sho' Theater
Hole Punch The Disco Devil Hole Punch from Paper Mario: The Origami King Yellow Temple of Shrooms
Tape The Shifty Sticker Tape from Paper Mario: The Origami King Purple Sea Tower
Scissors The Dual-Bladed Duelist Scissors from Paper Mario: The Origami King Green Bowser's Castle
Stapler The Fanged Fastener Stapler from Paper Mario: The Origami King N/A Origami Castle

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ブンボーぐんだん
Bunbōgundan
Portmanteau of「文房具」(bunbōgu, stationery) and「軍団」(gundan, legion)

Chinese (simplified) 文具军团[1]
Wéjù Jūntuán
Stationery Corps

Chinese (traditional) 文具軍團[2]
Wéjù Jūntuán
Stationery Corps

Dutch Kantoorlogstuig
Portmanteau of "kantoor" (office), "oorlogstuig" (war weaponry), and "tuig" ("utensils" and "thugs")
French (NOE) Légion de Papeterie
Legion of Stationery
German Bürobedarfsbrigade
Office Supplies Brigade
Italian Brigata Cancelleria
Stationery Brigade
Korean 문방군단
Munbang Gundan
Same as Japanese

Portuguese (NOA) Legião de Estacionário
Legion of Stationary
Spanish (NOA) Ejército de Papelería
Stationery Army
Spanish (NOE) Huestes de papelería
Stationery hosts

Trivia[edit]

  • Most of the members of the Legion of Stationery include a color in their design that corresponds with the color of the streamer they are guarding. The lid of Colored Pencils' tin case is red, Rubber Band wears a few blue rubber bands across its body, Hole Punch has a yellow lever, Tape's dispenser is purple, and Scissors has green handles. Stapler is the only member that does not guard a streamer, so it is colored entirely black, the same color as the border for Origami Castle that shows up when checking the map and the warp pipe in Musée Champignon leading to it.

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