Paper Mario

Is a fan of Battle Cards

**“**Mama Mia!**”**
–**Paper Mario**

**Paper Mario** is one of 5 characters introduced in the Intestinal Obstruction: Bloom and Doom DLC. He requires no experience to unlock and is immediately available. He appears to be a living thin piece of paper, of whom looks and acts like Mario. He is spunky and amiable, often getting in harm's way to help anyone in need.

Paper Mario has many unique abilities that pertain to his papery self and his strange way of fighting. When drawing near an enemy or two, he will engage in a turn-based battle system with which he will pummel his foe(s) with what he refers to as Battle Cards. He requires his partner Huey, the Paint Bucket, to fill in blank cards. Besides that, He can perform a number of tricks that involve him folding, rolling, and flipping around on command to help him get around and escape mobs.

## Origin

**“**Due to a mixup of disasterous proportions, Paper Mario was flung into this world, unknowing of what he was doing there. However now that he's here, he has resolved to fix the crisis that threatens everyone and save the day.**”**
–Official Description for Thin Mishaps

After being sent up to the higher levels of Princess Peach's castle to investigate a cold draft, Luigi accidentally sneezes into a bookshelf and knocks over both the Codex Umbra and another, brightly colored strange book. Both of them open at the same time and many things fly out of the book and into the other, including Paper Mario. After a rough landing involving just barely being saved from hitting the ground by Huey, Paper Mario looks around to see an extremely unfamiliar, purple landscape. He hears something behind him and swiftly dodges being whipped by a Tentacle. After which he begins to engage with the foe.

## Special Power

Paper Mario's main perk is his Battle Cards. He can use them to dish out attacks to any enemy, should he engage with them. These cards can be split into 3 groups.

* **Basic Cards** - Cards that make Mario do an attack, or put something on. For example, a Frog Suit card or a Hammer card.
* **Enemy Cards** - Cards that summon an enemy to do something. For example, a Spider card that attacks alongside you.
* **Thing Cards** - Cards that summon a 3D object to do something. For example, a Fan card that blows away enemies.

Paper Mario can find Basic & Enemy cards from ? Blocks or from enemies, but he must find a 3D thing and Squeeze it with the help of Huey to obtain Thing cards.

To use Battle Cards, Mario must first engage with a foe in a Turn-Based fashion. To do this, Mario must simply walk into an enemy, or Jump/Hammer them to employ a First Strike on the enemy.

After Mario has defeated the foe, a number of coins, paint, cards, and mob drops appears where it once stood.

### Papery Abilities

Aside from Battle Cards, Mario also holds a number of abilities relating to his papery form. They are accessible by performing button combinations told to you by Huey throughout the game.

* **Airplane Mode** - Mario must press  while circling the File:GCN C.png Stick to activate it. While in this mode Mario can be thrown by another player and subsequently glide about, over water or enemies or anything else undesirable.
* **Paper Mode** - Mario must simply hold  to activate it. While in this mode, if Mario stands still, he will not be noticed by Charlie or any other mobs, however after 20 seconds, Mario is forcefully ejected from this state. He will also be noticed if he moves while in this state.
* **Tube Mode** - Mario must Press  and Up on the File:GCN C.png Stick to activate it. While in this mode Mario travels roughly equivalent to Wilbur running, however he must unravel himself by pressing the same buttons to do anything other than simply move and jump.

### Disadvantages

While Mario is rather versatile at many things, he is still simply paper. He will take roughly double damage from nearly all sources, and triple when on fire. When hit, he also has a chance to crumple and become immobile for a turn.

Mario is only truly capable of turn-based combat, and as a result if he runs out of cards to attack with, he is in deep trouble. He must spend coins at the the Battle Spin to acquire cards to use. This is undesirable even if you don't have any other options, as it takes a while and Mario is capable of starving while in a fight if he runs out of Mushroom cards.

Mario is at serious risk whenever in close contact with water, as his colors will run and should they leave him, he will die. Serious caution should be practiced during Spring as well as even more so if tangling with Boats.

## Trivia

* Mario's voice is a rather out of tune and quiet Accordion.
* Huey's voice is a low Cajón.
* Mario's full name is Wild White Card Stock Mario Jumpman Mario.
* He works as a plumber from time to time.
* He is the champion of Ro Sham Bin.
* Paper Mario was raised by a tribe of Yoshi for a large portion of his life, hence why he can understand their language.
* Mario is allergic to tree pollen.