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| | [[Image:TheUnderwherebar.png|thumb|right|[[Mario]] converses with the knowledgeable '''Garson'''.]] |
| |image=[[File:SPM Garson Sprite.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Super Paper Mario''
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
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| |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]]) (mentioned)
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| }}
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| {{quote|I'm tapped... If you want to hear another story sometime, you know where to find me.|Garson|Super Paper Mario}}
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| [[File:TheUnderwherebar.png|thumb|[[Mario]] converses with the knowledgeable Garson]]
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| '''Garson''' is a helpful character in the game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Garson acts much like [[Wonky]] of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and is found underground, just as Wonky. He is found in [[Flipside]] Basement 1. | | '''Garson''' is a helpful character in the game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Garson acts much like [[Wonky]] of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and is found underground, just as Wonky. He is found in [[Flipside]] Basement 1. |
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| Garson owns a bar (described as a "beveragarium" in-game) called [[The Underwhere (bar)|The Underwhere]], and he can tell the four heroes tips and stories for ten [[coin]]s a piece. The [[Flopside]] version of Garson is named [[Carson]] and owns a different "beveragarium" called [[The Overthere (bar)|The Overthere]], who tells backstories about the [[Tribe of Darkness]], [[Count Bleck]]'s minions etc. | | Garson owns a bar called [[The Underwhere (bar)|The Underwhere]], and Garson can tell the four heroes tips and stories for ten [[coin]]s a piece. The [[Flopside]] version of Garson is named [[Carson]] and owns a bar called [[The Overthere (bar)|The Overthere]]. |
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| In the [[Nintendo Switch]] remake of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Garson's name is used as a wrong answer in one of [[The Creepy Steeple Boo]]'s quiz questions "What’s the name of the manager of the [[Glitzville]] fresh-juice shop?"
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| ==Garson's Stories==
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| ===Stylish Moves===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, ever heard of stylish moves? They're cool poses for after stomping!
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| After stomping an enemy, but before landing tilt Wii Remote around and
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| give it a shake. You'll pull off some cool tricks in midair! Those are
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| called stylish moves.
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| What? What's a Wii Remote? ...Don't worry. As long as the player
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| gets it, we're fine."
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| Doing stylish moves is not only cool, but it gives you lots of points. And if
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| you hold down {{button|Wii|2}} after a jump, you'll bounce high, making it even easier.
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| Just give it a shot!
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| </poem>
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| ===The Pure Hearts===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, ever heard of the Pure Hearts? They're great treasures created by
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| the ancients... Supposedly really powerful. Folks say that heroes will appear
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| to collect them all and save the world.
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| The source of power in these Pure Hearts? The power of love itself! The love
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| of a parent...The love of the smitten... Great power, indeed.
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| The Ancients researched this power, believing it to be the universe's only
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| salvation. And these Pure Hearts were thus created... The shining embodiment
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| of love itself. Their combined brilliance will negate the destruction born of
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| the Chaos Heart... we hope.
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| </poem>
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| ===The Dark Prognosticus===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, ever heard of the Dark Prognosticus? Everything that'll happen in
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| the future is written down in this book. The author and the source of his
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| knowledge are still a total mystery, though.
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| Over the years, many have fought over it... Entire countries have fallen. And
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| the fall of those countries was already predicted in the book... Imagine going
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| through awful stuff to get the book, only to READ about it all after!
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| Anyway, someone hid the book long ago, and now no one knows where it is. I
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| wonder what sort of person has it now...
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| </poem>
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| ===The Ancients===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, ever heard of an advanced civilization called the Tribe of Ancients?
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| They were, like, a thousand times smarter than you or me.
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| There were four austere sages among them. You know one of these as Merlumina.
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| But when it came to love, these sages were unreserved... Their passion burned
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| HOT.
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| I've heard some pretty spicy legends about the love life of Merlumina, in
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| particular... In fact, her love life threatened to destroy the world on a few
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| occasions... I don't know if these stories are true or not. And I guess we'll
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| never know.
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| </poem>
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| ===Flipside Secrets===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, these were the words written in the book left behind by the
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| Ancients...
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| 'On the outskirts of town, third floor, look for the hidden platform to go up.'
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| I don't know what this means, exactly... Maybe it's a way to find secret
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| treasure? Maybe you ought to go check it out!
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| </poem>
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| ===Descendants of the Ancients===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, you meet Merlon and Merlee yet? They're descendants of the Ancients
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| and distantly related to each other, I hear.
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| The Ancients hid the Pure Hearts in various worlds to stop eventual
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| destruction. Then the Ancients scattered to various world to pass the rest of
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| their days.
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| Most of them were wise and kind like Merlumina. And like Merlumina, many of
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| them would totally lose their cool when they fell in love. But it was this
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| very passion that let them build the vessels of love, the Pure Hearts...
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| </poem>
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| ===Pit of 100 Trials===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, you know about the Pit of 100 Trials? It's supposedly this 100-room
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| labyrinth underneath this very town.
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| Many have searched for the entrance, but it still remains hidden. The only
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| clue we have is this saying from the Ancients: 'Pit seekers! Go to the town
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| outskirts, the lowest floor, and seek the hidden platforms.'
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| ...It sounds sort of like the clue I gave you earlier, doesn't it? What's all
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| this stuff about hidden platforms, anyway? If you find out, let me know.
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| </poem>
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| ===Flipside History===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, Flipside is a town between dimensions created by the Ancients. You
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| can open up paths to many worlds from here, as the Ancients designed it.
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| And you've seen the white tower in the middle of Flipside, right? It controls
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| the flow of dimensional energy, so it can beam people to worlds. I think
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| that's why the doors to other worlds appear up near the tower.
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| I hear there's another version of the tower...A dark one. I wonder where the
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| dark tower is... Yeah, I admit, I don't know. Do you?
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| </poem>
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| ===More Flipside Secrets===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, the town of Flipside still has so many secrets to hide. I just found
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| this passage not too long ago...
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| 'Flip is flop. If you cannot break through in flip, you should try it in
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| flop.'
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| Now, I don't know what that means... But I'm sure it'll lead you to something
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| pretty good! So go try it out!
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| </poem>
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| ===The Hero Legend===
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| <poem>
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| The Ancients traveled to many worlds to entrust people with Pure Hearts. It
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| was to keep them safe from destruction or misuse by those with evil hearts.
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| The Pure Hearts were drawn by their own power toward those strong with love.
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| The Ancients used this trait to find suitable guardians in each world.
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| And a few romances also began as a result of these little journeys... Many of
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| the Ancients who found guardians fell in love with those they met. And so they
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| lived their days happily in the world they'd visited out of duty. This is how
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| the legend of the hero was passed down to future generations...
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| </poem>
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| ===More Stylish Moves===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, you master all of the super-graceful stylish moves? After stomping a
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| foe, move Wii Remote in different ways while in midair to get stylish!
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| Doing a bunch of them in a row gets you really high scores, so it's worth it.
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| Today I'll tell you about some special moves that are really hard to do. After
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| stomping the enemy, alternately tilt Wii Remote left and right while
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| in midair. You should perform more amazing stylish moves than you've ever
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| seen!
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| But make sure you don't get too excited and throw the Wii Remote! Use
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| the strap!
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| </poem>
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| ===Pixls===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, you know about Pixls, right? Heh... Yeah, I see that you do. Those
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| wily Ancients were smart, but not too strong. They needed muscle. So they
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| made the Pixls for anything physical they couldn't do on their own.
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| With the help of the Pixls, the Ancients built amazing worlds. But now that
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| technology is mostly lost, as the Pixls are scattered and forgotten.
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| There are even some original Pixls, stronger than the rest, who still wait to
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| be found. I see you've found a Pixl already, but there are others you haven't
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| found yet.
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| </poem>
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| ===Merlon's Love Life===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, those Ancients were passionate and romantic... Did I already tell you
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| that? Even Merlon, their descendant, is wild for love, you know... Why, he had
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| quite a thing for Saffron the cook. He went to her cooking shop every day and
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| wooed her constantly.
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| He finally broke down and confessed his love for her... And here's what she
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| said: 'If you can finish an entire serving of my Saffron Special Galactic
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| Meal, I'll date you.' ...And this is one of the biggest, most filling dishes
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| anyone's ever seen, mind you. But he dug right in.
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| According to spectators, he finished all but a sprig of parsley left on the
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| plate. Just then, some poor girl appeared in town who was severely injured.
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| Merlon had to help her, so Saffron let him suspend the challenge.
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| I don't know what happened to that girl next... But then Merlon became
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| engrossed in his studies, and he hasn't wooed since. Maybe he'll get back to
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| it when the world is peaceful and safe again.
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| </poem>
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| ===The End of the World===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, ever heard of the Sammer Kingdom? The king there controls an army of
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| 100 loyal soldiers. Each one has a different personality and unique skills.
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| King Sammer was entrusted with a Pure Heart by Merlumina's younger sister...
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| She was madly in love with King Sammer I, so they married and had 100 kids.
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| The 100 princes and their royal parents ushered in an era of prosperity.
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| Therefore, the number 100 became important to the current king. Imagine all the
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| budding romances with 100 strapping princes around... The kingdom of that era
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| would have had no problem fighting our current woes...
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| </poem>
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| ===More Pixls===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, you know all about Pixls by now, am I right? Yeah, sure you do...
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| They were a new form of life created as tools to help the Ancients' lives. But
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| seriously, they're way more useful than any normal tools.
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| Being able to think on their own made them more useful...and problematic.
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| There was always the fear that if they grew too wise, they'd ignore their
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| masters. Some say the original Pixl personalities were created to prevent
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| this.
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| There were some very bright Pixls... But then something dramatic happened, and
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| the Pixl personalities changed. I wonder what happened? If you find out, let
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| me know...
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| </poem>
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| ===Restoring the Pure Hearts===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, the Pure Hearts are powerful treasures created by the Ancients. The
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| secret of that power is the ability to detect and amplify love energy.
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| Some among the Ancients believed strongly that the power of love was infinite.
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| They believed this power to be so great that no forces could ever defeat it...
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| They believed it would last and survive unchanged for the 1,500 prophesied
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| years... This is what they believed about the power of love. The power of the
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| Pure Hearts.
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| As long as there's love in the world, the Pure Hearts can overcome any setback.
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| You could say the Ancients believed in love abiding. Kind of romantic,
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| really...
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| </poem>
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| ===Returning to Peace===
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| <poem>
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| The Void disappeared and ruined worlds have returned. It's like a miracle!
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| You should go check out the various worlds to see how wonderful they all are!
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| You might even see people you thought you'd never meet again.
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| The martial-arts competition in the Sammer Kingdom is even up and running
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| again! If you beat all 100 warriors, I bet you get a fantastic prize! Do you
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| think anyone could do it? I'd love to meet the winner...
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| </poem>
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| ===More Pit of 100 Trials===
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| <poem>
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| So yeah, there's a Pit of 100 Trials below town somewhere... It was used by
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| the Ancients to research the power of the Pure Hearts...
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| Their experiments involved all sorts of really nasty beasties down there. So
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| they stocked it with nasties from all the different worlds.
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| I'd recommend only going if you're really serious about it... But there's a
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| secret treasure of the Ancients hidden down there somewhere... If you feel up
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| to the task, you should go look for it!
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| </poem>
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| ==Tattle==
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| *"''That's Garson, the info guy... A bit of a rascal in his youth, he troubled everyone... To make up for it, he opened an information-exchange shop for everyone...''"
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |Jap=ツーソン
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| |JapR=Tsūson
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| |JapM=Both this and [[Carson]]'s Japanese name「カーソン」(''Kāson'') are probably from「ツーカーの仲」(''tsūkā no naka'', a Japanese term for "get along with someone") and name ending "-son"
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| |ChiS=图森
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| |ChiSR=Túsēn
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| |ChiSM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
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| |ChiT=圖森
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| |ChiTR=Túsēn
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| |ChiTM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
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| |Fre=Bécé
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| |FreM=Both this and [[Carson]]'s French name "Bégé" are derived from ''BCBG'' ("preppy")
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| |Ger=Kelna
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| |GerM=Given name
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| |Ita=Garson
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| |Spa=Lolo
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| |SpaM=Given name
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| }}
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| | ==External Links== |
| | *[http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/933012-super-paper-mario/faqs/55449 Garson's (and Carson's) stories on GameFAQs] (Retrieved March 27, 2011) |
| | <br clear=all> |
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