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'''Merlee's Mansion''' is the home of [[Merlee]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.  It is the setting of Chapters 2-2, 2-3, and 2-4.

==A Brief Description==
Merlee's Mansion is a large manor that lies in the perpetually twilit [[Gloam Valley]].  Merlee's Mansion is in appearance quite similar to the many incarnations of [[Boo's Mansion]], not to mention [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|Luigi's Mansion]].  During Chapter 2, Merlee's Mansion was taken over by [[Mimi]], one of [[Count Bleck]]'s lackeys.  The mansion itself has no enemies, though the traps and basement are full of them.

The area of Merlee's Mansion in Chapter 2-2 has only one room which serves any plausible purpose: the entry room, which also has Merlee's crystal ball.  The mansion is guarded day and night by Merlee's pets: the [[Gnip|Gnips]] and her favorite pet [[Gnaw]].  After beating Chapter 2, the Gnips and Gnaw no longer appear.

==Chapter 2-2: Tricks, Treats, Traps==
''For chapter information on Chapters 2-3 and 2-4, see [[Merlee's Mansion Interior]] and [[Merlee's Mansion Basement]].''

{{spoiler}}
In the twilit Gloam Valley, [[Mario]] discovered Merlee's Mansion, a foreboding structure standing tall in the swamp.  With slight hesitation, the mustachioed plumber and [[Princess Peach]] entered.

The mansion was guarded by Merlee's pets, the Gnips.  Mario thought they were his enemies, but had a change of heart when [[Tippi]] explained to him that mysteriously, the pets were simply trying to protect Mario; but protect him from who?

As Mario continued on in the orange-lit mansion, he found Mimi, Merlee's maid.  According to [[Merlon]], Merlee had the Yellow [[Pure Heart]].  Since Merlee was nowhere to be found, Mario asked Mimi for help.  Mimi kindly told Mario that Merlee was just a few rooms down on the second floor.  She also warned Mario of Gnaw, who she said would viciously attack him, and so had to be locked up.

Mario examined the room Mimi sent him to; but oddly the only thing he discovered was a falling, spiked ceiling.  A trap?  Mario escaped and returned with concern to Mimi.  Mimi sent him to all the other rooms in the hallway, sans the one Gnaw was locked to.  However, the result of all the rooms was the same: a luring trap--maybe a [[Mushroom]] hanging on a string, or a line of coins--with a trapdoor at the end.  The traps led to a room in which Mario had to confront a single enemy, usually a [[Shlurp]].

Eventually, Mario had enough of the madness.  It was becoming obvious that Mimi was not to be trusted, so he did some investigating of his own.  Through doing that, he discovered that there was a key in an alcove above the spiked ceiling, which could be avoided and jumped onto by flipping to 3-D.  Tippi said the same of Gnaw as she did for the Gnips; Gnaw, Merlee's favorite pet, was trying to protect him.  Mario decided to free Gnaw, and when he did Gnaw left Mario alone and instead chased Mimi out of the room.  Shortly thereafter, Mario found his way [[Merlee's Mansion Interior|deeper into the mansion]]...
{{endspoiler}}

===Enemies===
* [[Gnaw]] (not actually fought; will throw the player out of the mansion)
* [[Gnip]] (not actually fought; will throw the player out of the mansion)
* [[Shlurp]]
* [[Swooper]]

== Trivia ==
* This is the second mansion to be appear in the ''Paper Mario'' series as the home of an important character, the other  [[Boo's Mansion]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
* Incidentally, the music of Merlee's Mansion has several interludes full of altered versions of Mimi's theme.  Oddly, though, Merlee's theme (the same as [[Merluvlee]]'s) is never heard throughout the entire Chapter 2.

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+'''Merlee's Mansion''' is the home of [[Merlee]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.  It is the setting of Chapters 2-2, 2-3, and 2-4.
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-|image=[[File:MerleesMansionSPM.png|250px]]
-|code=2-2, 2-3
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-|before=[[Gloam Valley|<<]]
-|after=[[Merlee's Basement|>>]]
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-{{quote|{{color|gray|Beautiful, mysterious Merlee! Mistress of the house, it's me! So glad it's you I see!}}|Merlee|Super Paper Mario}}
-'''Merlee's Mansion''' is the home of [[Merlee#Super Paper Mario|Merlee]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. It is the setting of Chapters 2-2, 2-3, and 2-4. Merlee's Mansion is a large manor that lies in the perpetually twilit [[Gloam Valley]]. During Chapter 2, Merlee's Mansion was taken over by [[Mimi]], one of [[Count Bleck]]'s minions. The main part of the mansion has no enemies, though the traps and basement are full of them.
-==Chapter 2-2: Tricks, Treats, Traps==
+==A Brief Description==
-'''Storyline text'''
+Merlee's Mansion is a large manor that lies in the perpetually twilit [[Gloam Valley]].  Merlee's Mansion is in appearance quite similar to the many incarnations of [[Boo's Mansion]], not to mention [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|Luigi's Mansion]].  During Chapter 2, Merlee's Mansion was taken over by [[Mimi]], one of [[Count Bleck]]'s lackeys.  The mansion itself has no enemies, though the traps and basement are full of them.
-<blockquote>''On the far-side of a beast-ridden swamp, Mario and Co. found an imposing residence.''
-''"This must be Merlee's Mansion!" squealed Princess Peach with glee.''
+The area of Merlee's Mansion in Chapter 2-2 has only one room which serves any plausible purpose: the entry room, which also has Merlee's crystal ball.  The mansion is guarded day and night by Merlee's pets: the [[Gnip|Gnips]] and her favorite pet [[Gnaw]].  After beating Chapter 2, the Gnips and Gnaw no longer appear.
-''If our friends could only find the Pure Heart quickly, their quest here would end.''
+==Chapter 2-2: Tricks, Treats, Traps==
+''For chapter information on Chapters 2-3 and 2-4, see [[Merlee's Mansion Interior]] and [[Merlee's Mansion Basement]].''
-''But when has fate ever set Mario on such a simple path?''
+{{spoiler}}
+In the twilit Gloam Valley, [[Mario]] discovered Merlee's Mansion, a foreboding structure standing tall in the swamp.  With slight hesitation, the mustachioed plumber and [[Princess Peach]] entered.
-''Brimming with anticipation, our plucky heroes plunged into Merlee's Mansion...''</blockquote>
+The mansion was guarded by Merlee's pets, the Gnips.  Mario thought they were his enemies, but had a change of heart when [[Tippi]] explained to him that mysteriously, the pets were simply trying to protect Mario; but protect him from who?
-[[File:MerleesEntry.PNG|thumb|Merlee is gone.]]
+As Mario continued on in the orange-lit mansion, he found Mimi, Merlee's maid.  According to [[Merlon]], Merlee had the Yellow [[Pure Heart]].  Since Merlee was nowhere to be found, Mario asked Mimi for help.  Mimi kindly told Mario that Merlee was just a few rooms down on the second floor.  She also warned Mario of Gnaw, who she said would viciously attack him, and so had to be locked up.
-In the twilit [[Gloam Valley]], [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] discover Merlee's Mansion. Outside, Mario can find a [[Coin Block]] behind the bushes by [[Flip]]ping, as well as a sign in front of the mansion reading:<br>
-<blockquote>"Believers, open the door!
-Non-Believers open it NOW!<br>
---Mysterious Magical [[Merlee]]"</blockquote>
-On the right of the mansion is a hard block on the ground. Above it is an Invisible Block that reveals a ladder up to a platform. Using Peach's parasol, the player can float to the mansion's roof to find a chest containing a [[Stop Watch]]. From there, they can jump to the balcony to get a [[Cursya]] [[Catch Card|Card]].
-The mansion's entryway is protected by two [[Gnip]]s, who will throw Mario and Peach out of the house if they catch them. Beyond them is Merlee's crystal ball and some curtains. Mario's flip reveals a door behind the curtains. In the next room, there is a [[Save Block]] and [[Mimi]], as well as two groups of doors, three on the bottom floor and three on the top floor. The door on the far right bottom is locked. [[Gnaw]], a giant Gnip, is chained to this door. Mimi tells Mario that Merlee is on the top far right door and warns him not to go into any other rooms. The other rooms are filled with traps that get Mario nowhere. The far right room is empty except for a button on the far right of it. The button activates bars on the windows and causes the spiky ceiling to descend. Using Mario's flip, the player must ride the ceiling up like an elevator.
+Mario examined the room Mimi sent him to; but oddly the only thing he discovered was a falling, spiked ceiling.  A trap?  Mario escaped and returned with concern to Mimi.  Mimi sent him to all the other rooms in the hallway, sans the one Gnaw was locked to.  However, the result of all the rooms was the same: a luring trap--maybe a [[Mushroom]] hanging on a string, or a line of coins--with a trapdoor at the end.  The traps led to a room in which Mario had to confront a single enemy, usually a [[Shlurp]].
-The area the elevator leads to has a [[? Block]] on the right and a platform leading up to another level on the left. The top level has alternating walls of [[Brick Block]]s and hard blocks. [[Boomer (Super Paper Mario)|Boomer]] can destroy the bricks, but Mario's flip must be used to get past the hard blocks. At the far right is a chest with the key to the locked door in the main room. Unlocking the door also frees Gnaw, who goes after Mimi, much to the surprise and confusion of Mario and co.. They enter the door and continue into the mansion.
+Eventually, Mario had enough of the madness.  It was becoming obvious that Mimi was not to be trusted, so he did some investigating of his own.  Through doing that, he discovered that there was a key in an alcove above the spiked ceiling, which could be avoided and jumped onto by flipping to 3-D.  Tippi said the same of Gnaw as she did for the Gnips; Gnaw, Merlee's favorite pet, was trying to protect him.  Mario decided to free Gnaw, and when he did Gnaw left Mario alone and instead chased Mimi out of the room.  Shortly thereafter, Mario found his way [[Merlee's Mansion Interior|deeper into the mansion]]...
+{{endspoiler}}
 ===Enemies===
-<gallery>
+* [[Gnaw]] (not actually fought; will throw the player out of the mansion)
-File:Boo SPM sprite.png|100px|[[Boo]]
+* [[Gnip]] (not actually fought; will throw the player out of the mansion)
-File:SPM Gnaw Catch Card.png|100px|[[Gnaw]] (Growl in PAL versions) (not actually fought; will throw the player out of the mansion)
+* [[Shlurp]]
-File:SPM Gnip Catch Card.png|100px|[[Gnip]] (Howl in PAL versions) (not actually fought; will throw the player out of the mansion)
+* [[Swooper]]
-File:SPMShlurp.png|100px|[[Shlurp]]
-File:SPMSwooper.png|100px|[[Swoop]]er
-File:SPM Megabite Catch Card.png|100px|[[Megabite]] (front yard)
-</gallery>
-===Items===
-{{RPG item locations
-|item1=[[Stop Watch]]
-|image1=[[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]
-|location1=In the chest on top of Merlee's Mansion.
-|item2=Caught Card
-|image2=[[File:CatchCardOrangeSPM.png]]
-|location2=<nowiki/>
-*[[Cursya]], in the chest on the balcony above the front door of Merlee's Mansion.
-*[[Gnip]] '''(Map 14)''', use [[Fleep]] on the elongated picture frame, same area where the Gnaw was.
-|item3=[[Catch Card SP]]
-|image3=[[File:Catch Card SP SPM.png]]
-|location3='''(Map 13)''', use Fleep on the first window eastward from the front door of Merlee's Mansion.
-}}
-===Menu description===
-*''"A mysterious fog hangs about Merlee's sprawling mansion. But where's Merlee? The only one here is Mimi. Oh, and some guard dogs that throw you out of the mansion."''
-==Chapter 2-3: Breaking the [[Rubee Savings and Loan|Bank]]==
-'''Storyline text'''
-<blockquote>''Mario and friends kept up their search, delving ever deeper into the mansion.''
-''{{hover|Wherever they looked, though, they found no sign of Merlee.|Wherever they looked, they found no sign of Merlee. (PAL version)}}''
-''Where was this mysterious woman?''
-''"Ah, maybe...this way..." So said Tippi, trying to sense the Pure Heart's location...''
-''{{hover|With dread dangling like a broken chandelier, our heroes hurried through corridors...|With dread dangling like a broken chandelier, our heroes hurried onwards. (PAL version)}}''</blockquote>
-[[File:SPM VIP Room Wheel.png|thumb|left|Mario being used for slave labor to pay off the debt he owes Mimi.]]
-[[File:SPM Chapter 2-3.png|thumb|Mario seeking faster methods to reach 1,000,000 Rubees.]]
-As Mario and Peach delve deeper into [[Merlee]]'s Mansion, they come upon a [[? Block]] with a [[Shy Guy]]-themed vase on it. They hit or jump onto the [[block]], but the vase falls off and breaks. [[Mimi]] rushes in and forces [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] to pay her 1,000,000 [[Rubee]]s as a consequence for breaking the vase. Unable to pay, they are forced to work off their debt. They also discover some other men who fell for the same trick and so became [[Mimi]]'s prisoners. There is a normal generator room where workers should hit blocks repeatedly to earn Rubees, and another VIP room where workers can run in wheels to make volts to earn Rubees faster. The rate at which the "sparks" are produced from the wheel spinning at various speeds does not affect the Rubees earned. That means [[Mario]] will earn the same amount of Rubees by  running, sliding, or using [[Dashell]]; Rubees gained only depend on the amount of time spent.
-The password to the VIP room is 5963. This password can be traded from a worker for 100 Rubees. Mario and Peach soon learn of a secret [[Rubee]] vault hidden away in the attic. With the help of a newly-acquired [[Pixl]], [[Slim (Pixl)|Slim]], Mario and Peach reach the vault, which contains 1,000,000 Rubees. These Rubees are held in a safe with the password 41262816. This password is heard from Mimi sleeptalking by a worker and can be traded for 10,000 Rubees. Eventually Mario and Peach pay off their debt to a shocked Mimi, who explodes out of anger. Mario and Peach now advance further into the mansion by entering [[Merlee's Basement]], hoping to find Merlee.
-The debt can also be paid off without ever stealing from Mimi's safe, but Slim is required to reach the Star Block to end the chapter.
-Much later on in the game, in [[Castle Bleck Interior|Chapter 8-3]], [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] chase [[Dimentio]] through this area to where the safe is located.
-{{br}}
-===Items===
-{{RPG item locations
-|item1=Caught Card
-|image1=[[File:CatchCardOrangeSPM.png]]
-|location1=[[Boo]], in the chest via a 3D-accessible but bricked-up area above the door to Mimi's office.
-|item2=Super Card
-|image2=[[File:CatchCardSilverSPM.png]]
-|location2=[[Mimi]] '''(Map 15)''', use Fleep on the poster with an image of Mimi in her own office.
-}}
-===Menu description===
-*''"What's going on in this mansion? Are these captives?"'' (before ending the chapter segment)
-*''"Mimi ran a sweatshop in the back of the mansion. Looking back, the hard labor wasn't all that bad. Maybe that's because this is where you met Slim."'' (after ending the segment)
-==Names in other languages==
-{{foreign names
-|Jap=サンデールの館
-|JapR=Sandēru no Yakata
-|JapM=Merlee's Mansion
-|SpaE=Mansión de Merlí<ref name=mansionmerli>[https://youtu.be/VzxjHnql68s?t=16 "Super Paper Mario - Valle Del Crepúsculo - Fase: 2-2"].</ref>
-|SpaEM=Merlee's Mansion
-|Ger=Merlees Villa
-|GerM=Merlee's Mansion
-|Fre=Manoir de Merlie
-|FreM=Merlee's Mansion
-|Ita=La Villa di Merluna
-|ItaM=Merlee's Mansion
-|Kor=선데르의 저택
-|KorR=Seondereu-ui Jeotaek
-|KorM=Merlee's Mansion
-}}
-;Tricks, Treats, Traps
-{{foreign names
-|Jap=きみょうでおかしな館
-|JapR=Kimyō de Okashi na Yakata
-|JapM=The Strange and Peculiar Mansion
-|Ita=Trucchi, trappole e tradimenti
-|ItaM=Tricks, traps and treasons
-|Fre=Merlie-mélo
-|FreM=A pun with the expression "Méli-mélo" (mishmash) and "Merlie" (Merlee)
-|SpaE=Trucos, tratos y trampas<ref name=mansionmerli>[https://youtu.be/VzxjHnql68s?t=16 "Super Paper Mario - Valle Del Crepúsculo - Fase: 2-2"].</ref>
-|SpaEM=Tricks, treats and traps
-|Ger=Kniffe, Fallen und Vergnügen
-|GerM=Tricks, traps and fun
-|Kor=기묘하고도 이상한 저택
-|KorR=Gimyohagodo isanghan jeotaek
-|KorM=The Strange and Unusual Mansion
-}}
-;Breaking the Bank
-{{foreign names
-|Jap=マネー！マネー！マネー！
-|JapR=Manē! Manē! Manē!
-|JapM=Money! Money! Money! (can also be interpreted as Mimi's quotes in spider form)
-|Ita=Rapina in Banca
-|ItaM=Bank Heist
-|Fre=Le casse du siècle
-|FreM=The heist of the century (an expression that refers to big robberies)
-|SpaE=Atraco<ref>[https://youtu.be/fhpSSlcVBCE?t=14 "Super Paper Mario - Valle Del Crepúsculo - Fase: 2-3"].</ref>
-|SpaEM=Heist
-|Ger=Knack den Tresor
-|GerM=Crack the Safe
-|Kor=루빙! 루빙! 루빙!
-|KorR=Rubing! Rubing! Rubing!
-|KorM=Money! Money! Money!
-}}
-==Trivia==
+== Trivia ==
-*The music of Merlee's Mansion has several interludes full of altered versions of Mimi's theme, however, the theme of Merlee herself is never heard throughout Chapter 2.
+* This is the second mansion to be appear in the ''Paper Mario'' series as the home of an important character, the other  [[Boo's Mansion]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
-*In the area outside of Merlee's Mansion, an eerie, music box-like arrangement of its theme can be heard. This arrangement is not played by [[The InterNed]] in [[The Underwhere (bar)|the Underwhere bar]].
+* Incidentally, the music of Merlee's Mansion has several interludes full of altered versions of Mimi's theme.  Oddly, though, Merlee's theme (the same as [[Merluvlee]]'s) is never heard throughout the entire Chapter 2.
-*The password 5963 can be read as 「ご{{hover|苦労|くろう}}さま」 in Japanese, which means "You've been working very hard". Similarly, 41262816 can be read as「{{hover|良|よ}}い{{hover|風呂|ふろ}}に{{hover|入|はい}}る」, which means "Take a good bath".
-==References==
+{{start box}}
-<references/>
+{{succession box |
+  | title = Chapter Stages
+  | game = ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
+  | before = <font color=orange>Chapter 2-1</font><br>[[Gloam Valley|<span style="color:orange">Gloam Valley</span>]]
+  | after = <font color=orange>Chapter 2-3</font><br>[[Merlee's Mansion Interior|<span style="color:orange;">Merlee's Mansion Interior</span>]]
+|}}
+{{end box}}
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+[[Category: Places]]
-[[Category:Homes]]
+[[Category: Buildings]]
-[[Category:Mansions]]
-[[Category:Super Paper Mario levels]]
-[[de:Merlees Villa]]