Editing Duplighost

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Duplighost PM.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variants=
|notable=[[Doopliss]]<br>[[Lee]]
}}
{{quote|Curses! I thought we were doing a great job of confusing [[Mario|you]]! I'll be back!|Duplighost|Paper Mario}}
'''Duplighosts''' are ghost-like creatures that can take on the appearance, voice and abilities of other people. They appear primarily as enemies in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', with only a notable one appearing in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. To attack, Duplighosts can either fly into [[Mario]], or turn into his current partner; in this guise, the Duplighost gains that partner's basic single-target attack and physical properties (e.g., a Duplighost turned into [[Watt]] will damage Mario or his partner with [[Electro Dash]], and will hurt them if they make contact with it).

Their name is a portmanteau of "duplicate" and "ghost".

==History==
===''Paper Mario''===
[[File:Activate Blue Switch Shiver Mountain PM.gif|thumb|The first Duplighost appears alongside Kooper]]
In ''Paper Mario'', Duplighosts start to appear during Chapter 7, in the [[Crystal Palace]]. They imitate other objects and characters in order to confuse Mario, often using the mirrors in the palace.

On the path to the Crystal Palace, one Duplighost pretends to be [[Kooper]]; Mario must [[Hammer|hammer]] the impostor, then defeat the Duplighost in battle. In the Crystal Palace, four Duplighosts appear and pretend to be [[Bombette]] when Mario uses her to destroy one of the walls. The fakes can be distinguished by the way they speak, such as using more hearts or more exclamation points. Hitting the impostors with Mario's hammer will expose them, with all four running off once they are revealed; if the real Bombette is hammered, Mario must fight the four Duplighosts. Another instance occurs within the Crystal Palace when four Duplighosts attempt to impersonate Kooper, but instead disguise themselves as [[Luigi]], [[Goompa]], [[Koopa Koot]], and [[Kolorado]]. As before, Mario can drive off the obvious fakes by hammering them, and if the player opts to hit Kooper instead, the four Duplighosts must be battled. At another point, one imitates Mario's reflection in a mirror. Elsewhere in the palace, undisguised Duplighosts appear as standard patrolling enemies.

Another Duplighost appears later on in [[Bowser's Castle]], trying to trick Mario into believing it is [[Princess Peach]]. Mario can break the Duplighost's disguise by hammering the fake princess repeatedly, leading to a battle where he must defeat four of them.

A blue Duplighost named [[Lee]] is one of the students at the [[Toad Town Dojo]], and can be fought as an optional boss to obtain the [[Second-Degree Card]].

In the parade during at the credits, two Duplighosts are seen impersonating [[Crystal King]], which are followed by the real Crystal King who reveals their disguises and berates them.

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
[[File:PMTTYD Doopliss Artwork.png|thumb|135px|[[Doopliss]]; the only Duplighost in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]].'']]
''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' has only one Duplighost, [[Doopliss]], who stays in the [[Creepy Steeple]]. Many of the [[Twilighter]]s refer to him as a demon, since they have never seen him in person. Doopliss appears as an enemy of Mario several times throughout the game, starting with the events of [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls|Chapter 4]].

Doopliss causes the members of Twilight Town to become pigs whenever the bell tolls, and demonstrates the special ability to steal another character's body while copying them. Doopliss attempts to steal Mario's identity, even succeeding for a little while, until he is exposed by the real Mario and [[Vivian]]. Doopliss later becomes a member of the [[Shadow Sirens]], replacing Vivian. In battle, he has the same powers and abilities as regular Duplighosts: using a swooping attack, and transforming into either Mario's partner to use their basic, single-target attack, or into Mario to use [[Jump]] and [[Hammer]].

==Profiles and statistics==
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Duplighost|image=[[File:PM Duplighost idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Goombario??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Goombario idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Kooper??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Kooper idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Bombette??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Bombette idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Parakarry??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Parakarry idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Bow??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Bow idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Watt??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Watt idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Sushie??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Dupli Sushie idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Lakilester??? (Duplighost)|image=[[File:PM Lakilester enemy idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
;If a Duplighost disguises as [[Goombario]], it can use [[Tattle]], the information of which is shown below.
*"''It's [[Mario]], silly! He's here to save [[Princess Peach]], who was captured by [[Bowser]]. Remember? He fights until the bitter end, no matter what enemies attack.''"
===Tattle of Duplighost disguised as Peach===
*"''It looks like Princess Peach, but something just doesn't seem right... I mean, I've never met the Princess, but I thought she was more...sweet. Hey, Mario, is she really Princess Peach?''"

===''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
*''The weird thing about Duplighost is that you can be battling one and not even know. It possesses an ability to look and fight like anyone or anything it wants—including your own party members.''<ref>''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 103.</ref>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バケバケ
|JapR=Bakebake
|JapM=Partial repetition of「化ける」(''bakeru'', to disguise oneself) or「お化け」(''{{wp|obake}}'')
|Chi=伪装鬼
|ChiR=Wěizhuāng Guǐ
|ChiM=Disguising Ghost
|Fre=Fantôcopie
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''fantôme'' ("ghost") and ''photocopie'' ("photocopy")
|Ger=Dupligeist
|GerM=Duplighost
|Spa=Duplifant<ref>{{cite|author= Red Shock Inc|date=July 6, 2020|url=www.youtube.com/live/oOb7T3VCfMk?feature=share&t=1203|title=#43 EL PALACIO DE CRISTAL!!|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 10, 2023}}</ref> <small>(''Paper Mario'')</small>
|SpaM=From ''duplicar'' ("to duplicate") and ''fantasma'' ("ghost")
}}

==Trivia==
*Electrical sparks are not seen coming from the Duplighost mirror version of [[Watt]], but when the mirror is underneath her, they are.
*In the Japanese version, they talk in various Japanese dialects after getting defeated.
*In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', concept art for the [[Rock Paper Wizard]] shows a design similar to a Duplighost.

==References==
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