Editing Excess Express waitress

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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Toad Waitress.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
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{{Quote|Welcome, welcome!☆ Today's dinner is the... Mushroom Full Course!☆|Excess Express waitress|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

The '''Excess Express waitress''' is a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] who works on the [[Excess Express]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. According to [[Goombella]], she probably is not a very good waitress but likely attracts many men. The waitress is a huge fan of [[Zip Toad]], overjoyed with his apparent presence on the train. The waitress often uses star symbols in her text (though only in the original game), and speaks in a hyperactive, line-by-line sequence. 

==History==
[[Mario]] first meets the waitress after boarding the Express Express on their way to [[Poshley Heights]] in their quest for the [[Garnet Star]].  Shortly after the train departs, [[Heff T.]] steals [[Chef Shimi]]'s [[Galley Pot|pot of stew]], leading detective [[Pennington]] to randomly accuse passengers of the crime, including Zip Toad.  The waitress is quick to defend her idol. She jokes about Shimi being only able to cook with mushrooms.
[[File:PMTTYD Excess Express Dining Car.png|thumb|left|The Excess Express waitress in the dining car]]

Later, her [[Shell Earrings]] are stolen by [[Doopliss]] (who has been disguised as Zip Toad all along) at the behest of [[Beldam]]. The earrings were given to her by her ex-boyfriend, apparently an unnamed [[Little Mouser]] Mario can speak to in [[Podley's Place]] who wonders if she still keeps them. The [[Three Shadows]] planned to mix the Shell Earrings with [[Toodles]]'s [[Gold Ring (item)|Gold Ring]] and some [[Nitro Honey Syrup]] stolen from the [[Businessman]]'s [[briefcase]] to set off an explosion, destroying the train and fulfilling the "sticky, yummy doom" Mario has been warned of. Mario eventually catches Doopliss, who reluctantly relinquishes the stolen items. If Mario returns the Shell Earrings to the waitress, she will reward him with a [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]] in gratitude, calling him the nicest, old mustachioed man she's ever met.  She also confesses she had doubts about Doopliss really being Zip Toad.

At the start of the third day, the waitress, along with the other passengers and staff, goes missing, being absorbed into a hoard of [[Smorg]]s that attacks the train. Mario finds the waitress and the [[Excess Express conductor]] being held hostage in the baggage car.  After freeing them, the waitress notes the Smorgs must have abducted her in her sleep.  Mario eventually defeats the rest of the Smorgs, causing them to blow away in the wind, and allowing the rest of the passengers to arrive safely in Poshley Heights.  The waitress remains on the train for the rest of the game, continuing her duties alongside Shimi.

[[File:PMTTYD NS Screenshot of Poshley Heights Shadow Queen Cutscene.png|thumb|The waitress joins others in Poshley Heights to lend support to Mario]]
After Chapter 6, there is a blue Toad in Cabin 001 who reveals he has taken the train countless times because he is in love with the waitress and wants to approach her but cannot muster the courage.

During the game's final, climactic battle against the [[Shadow Queen]], who has possessed [[Princess Peach]], the waitress joins the residents of Poshely Heights as they shout support into the Crystal Star to aid Mario and his partners. Whereas she is present for this in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]], she is absent from this cutscene in the original game.

In the original game's end credits [[Parade|parade]], the waitress' silhouette can be seen with the Poshley Heights characters. In the remake, she, [[Chef Shimi]], [[Toodles]], [[Zip Toad]], [[Heff T.]], and the [[Businessman|businessman]] follow behind [[Pennington]] as he investigates the stage. This is until [[Ghost T.]] appears and spooks at them, resulting in them all fleeing in horror as Ghost T. ascends into a bright light.

==Tattle==
*"''That's the waitress of the Excess Express. Kinda spacey. Think she's an OK waitress? Probably not... but guys always go for girls like this, don't they? Why is that, Mario?''" (GCN)
*"''That's the server of the Excess Express. Some people find her a bit spacey... Think she's an OK waitress? Either way, she's proven to be pretty popular among the passengers. Any ideas why, Mario?''" (Switch)
[[Goombella]] has an alternate [[tattle]] for the waitress after Mario rescues her from the [[Smorg]]s in the baggage car.
*"''That's the waitress of the Excess Express. I bet she's a little shocked by all this!''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYDNS concept art characters 9.png|Concept art of the [[Excess Express]] passengers and staff, including the watiress.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=Cameriera del Fasto-Express
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Lei è il cameriera del Fasto-Express.|author=Goombella|title={{a|PMTTYD}}|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2002|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Excess Express waitress
}}

==Notes==
*She is the only [[Toad (species)|Toad]] with hearts on her cap in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. This resembles [[Vanna T.]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]''.

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