Editing Kersti

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|image=[[File:Kersti PMSS.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''

|species=[[Sticker|Sticker fairy]]

'''Kersti''' is a [[sticker]] fairy who appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. She is Mario's primary partner throughout the game, and grants him the ability to use the [[Battle Spin]] and [[paperize|paperization]]. Kersti's name is "sticker" with its syllables switched and with the "c" removed.

[[File:PMSS Shot - Meeting Kersti.png|thumb|left|250px|Kersti explaining to Mario that she comes from the faraway Sticker Star.]]

According to her introduction, Kersti came from the [[List of implied locations#Sticker Star|Sticker Star]] on the night of the [[Sticker Fest]], as part of the process of granting everybody's wishes. Kersti first meets Mario at the site of the Sticker Fest, stuck to a sign after [[Bowser]] destroys the [[Sticker Comet]] and steals one of the [[Royal Sticker]]s for himself. After Mario peels her off, Kersti goes off on him, believing that it was Mario who destroyed the Sticker Comet, but after he offers to help search for the Royal Stickers, she forgives him, and they set off to find all six of them.

Kersti becomes separated from Mario twice over the course of their adventure—once in W 3-7, [[Rustle Burrow]], and again in W 5-6, [[Rumble Volcano]]. At the end of their adventure, Kersti sacrifices herself in the final battle with Bowser, allowing Mario to use her as a sticker to increase his power and overcome the power granted to Bowser by the last Royal Sticker. However, after the battle, Mario brings Kersti back to life by wishing on the Royal Stickers. Having returned to the site of the rebuilt Sticker Fest, she gets angry at Bowser for trying to steal the Sticker Comet again. She then jokes about changing her career, and Mario, [[Princess Peach|Peach]], and Bowser laugh.

Kersti is a friendly and generous sticker, often referring to herself as a delicate and refined lady. She treats stickers with respect and gives Mario an album to put his stickers in. As stated in the prologue and [[Rustle Burrow]], Kersti comes from the Sticker Star, and cannot return unless she finds the Royal Stickers.

 

She is easily angered and tends to make hasty judgments, initially confusing Mario for Bowser and then accusing him of lying. In Rustle Burrow, Kersti is stuck in a spider web, shouting for Mario's help. When he rescues her, she yells at him while unaware that Mario had lost his hammer, but quickly apologizes.

 

Kersti is shown to have a severe hatred of Kamek, being annoyed whenever he appears.

Like [[Goombario]], [[Goombella]], and [[Tippi]] before her, she can perform [[tattle]]s (by pressing {{button|3ds|L}}). However, she usually only provides insight on what the player should do next (and sometimes descriptions of places), as she cannot tattle enemies. Due to the nature of the tattle, only one particular one is usually available at any one time during the game, and changes as the player continues through the game. Thus, in [[Rustle Burrow|certain]] [[Rumble Volcano|scenarios]] when Mario is separated from Kersti, he cannot use these abilities. Kersti is able to read and translate Ancient Stickerish texts, as shown in [[the Enigmansion]]. The player also cannot save the game or return to the World Map while separated from Kersti. In the final battle with Bowser, Kersti sticks herself into Mario's album, and when used by Mario, creates a special battle spinner that always wins by landing on her image, restores 20 of his [[Heart Point|HP]] and allows him to use 5 stickers every turn for the rest of the battle. Mario also becomes shiny, allowing him to do normal damage to Bowser despite his [[Royal Sticker]].

===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''===

{{SSB4 trophy

|name=Paper Kersti

|image=[[File:KerstiTrophy3DS.png|100px]]

|category=Series Related

|desc=A sticker fairy who went to the Mushroom Kingdom on the Sticker Comet, she is very strong willed. Though she appears paper thin, her heart runs deep, and she shows herself to be a loyal companion on Mario's quest to help the Mushroom Kingdom by recovering the Royal Stickers.

|desc2=Kersti came from the Sticker Star to help grant everyone's wishes. Mario got the sharp end of her tongue to begin with, but she quickly proves herself to be an indispensable ally on their quest to find the Royal Stickers. She may be made of paper, but she clearly has a heart of gold.

 

PMSS Key Artwork Concept.jpg|Concept key artwork for ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''

|JapM=Pun on "Lucy" and anagram of「シール」(''shīru'', "seal")

|SpaM=Pun on "Tina" and clipping of ''pegatina'' ("sticker")

|Fre=Collette

|FreM=Portmanteau of ''coller'' ("to stick") and the diminutive feminine suffix ''-ette''; also a pun on "Colette" (French first name)

|ItaM=A female name derived from ''corona'' ("crown")

|KorM=From the English name

|ChiS=智贴贴

**Through hacking, it is possible to use her outside the final battle; she will activate a regular battle spin after her lines of dialogue when used. However, the game will softlock as a white screen appears on top. Additionally, she sells for 15 coins.<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=9zq7m0ufpuY</ref>

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