Editing Castle Key

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|image=[[File:Tubba Blubba Castle Key.png]] [[File:PM Peach Castle Key.png]] [[File:Castlekey2.gif]] [[File:PMTTYD Castlekey.gif]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|description=''"Opens a locked door in [[Bowser's Castle]]."''
}}

The '''Castle Key''' is an item found in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'']] series. Castle Keys are either stored in chests or held by someone.

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Castle Keys are found in [[Tubba Blubba's Castle]], [[Peach's Castle]], and [[Bowser's Castle]]. There are three Castle Keys in Tubba Blubba's Castle. The first is found in the basement. [[Mario]] goes left from the entrance, and takes a path in the north to access the north area of the basement. There is a yellow [[Boo]] in the basement and tells Mario about [[Tubba Blubba]]. This key allows Mario to access the right area of the castle. The second one is found in a spiky room on the second floor. Mario should hide with [[Bow]] to avoid the spikes. The third one is found in a room before Tubba Blubba's living room in the highest place. The room is guarded by many [[Clubba]]s.

[[Princess Peach]] also get Castle Keys when she sneaks out with [[Twink]]. The first Castle Key is given by [[Gourmet Guy]] in Chapter 4. This key opens the door to the first floor where Princess Peach can bake a cake. The second Castle Key is given by a [[Koopatrol]] in Chapter 6. The Koopatrol asks Princess Peach, who disguises as another Koopatrol, to find a [[Clubba]] outside the castle. This key opens the door to the outside, but Princess Peach still has no way to descend to the earth.

Castle Keys are also found in [[Bowser's Castle]], where there are five. The first one is held by a [[Koopatrol]] on the sideway near the entrance. Mario must defeat it to open the entrance door. The second is found in the lava area to the next. Mario should clear the puzzles there to cool down the lava. After that he can use the key to open the door to make progress. The third is in the water area, which also involves puzzle-solving. The fourth is found in the maze area, where the key is hidden at the end of a fork road. The fifth is in a platform area to the next. Mario should use [[Kooper]] or [[Bombette]] to lift the platforms that allow him to go to the high place and get the key. There are also two optional [[Prison Key]]s in Bowser's Castle.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', there are four Castle Keys in [[Hooktail Castle]]. The first one is on a ledge near the flippable switches, and it opens the door to the right. The second is behind the cells on the first floor. [[Mario]] and co goes back after getting the Paper curse to get it to access the second floor. The third is in the storage room on the third floor, where Mario encountered [[Ms. Mowz]]. It opens the door to the right. The fourth is in the right of the third floor. It opens the first door on the fourth floor, to the outside.

==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=おしろのカギ<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/pm_j-e.shtml "Paper Mario: From Japanese to English"]. (June 17, 2013). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved February 4, 2015.</ref><br>''Oshiro no Kagi''<br>ゴンババ城のカギ<br>''gonbabajō no kagi''
|JapM=Castle Key<br><br>[[Hooktail Castle]] Key
}}

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