Editing Poison (status effect)

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{{quote2|Mario's been poisoned! It hurts to even move...|Battle text|[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]}}

[[File:Poisoned.png|thumb|Mario poisoned in ''Paper Mario'']]

'''Poison''' is a status effect in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]] and in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''. Poisoned characters or enemies will take a few [[Heart Point|HP]] worth of damage every turn for a number of turns.

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*Items — [[Bad Mushroom]]

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', whenever Mario is poisoned, he turns green and loses 1 HP per turn, for three turns (excluding an [[M. Bush]]'s poison bite, which lasts for two). The player can negate this effect sooner by using items such as [[Super Soda]] or [[Tasty Tonic]], using [[Eldstar]]'s [[Refresh]], or winning the battle. Guarding against an attack that inflicts poison or equipping the [[Feeling Fine]] badge blocks it completely. Being afflicted with a poison attack will have a green "splash" effect accompanied by a hollow moaning sound. The player cannot inflict this status ailment against enemies.

Poison functions the same way in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' as it does in the first game, with Mario's partner being able to be inflicted with Poison as well. The duration of this status ailment is nine turns. While the player is unable to inflict this status ailment against enemies, the only way to do so is to inflict [[Confused|confusion]] against one beforehand (with an attack such as [[Head Rattle]]), and the confused enemy might, if they have any poison attacks, poison other adjacent enemies with such attacks. Eating a [[Poison Mushroom|Poison Shroom]] causes this status ailment as well as cutting the user's HP in half.

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the heroes lose one HP at a time after every five seconds. A healing item can be used to cure poison, though the poison will go away after a while if left alone. Eating a Poison Shroom will cause this status ailment. The [[Long-Last Shake]] is the only healing item that isn't able to cure poison.

In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', Poison can also be transferred to other enemies. Poisoned characters in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' lose HP equal to 10% of their Max HP. Being poisoned can be caused by eating a [[Poison Mushroom]] or by lining up three Poison Mushrooms on the battle spinner. One of [[Gooper Blooper]]'s attacks include spraying a poison cloud-like stream at Mario, inflicting both Blind and Poison.

In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the only way for Mario to get poisoned is if he gets hit with purple paint during the battle against [[Roy Koopa]]. This poison only lasts one turn, but deals 10 damage to Mario for each card he uses.

|caption1=[[Luigi]] getting poisoned by a [[Elite Pestnut|Pestnut]] during battle in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.

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|caption2=Luigi poisoned during a battle with an [[Elite Chuck Guy]] and an [[Oucher Glass]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', the Mario Bros. can turn gray or pinkish purple in order of the severity of the poison. Some enemies and bosses in that game such as [[Fuzzbush]]es, [[Virus]]es, [[Puffer Cheep]]s ([[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]s in the remake), [[Elite Pestnut]]s, [[Spiky Snifit]]s, [[Elite Chuck Guy]]s (in the remake), [[Starkiss]]es, [[Glurp]]s, [[Elite Dry Bones]], [[Hermie III]], and [[Trunkle]] can poison Mario or Luigi if their attacks are not properly dodged or [[Counterattack|countered]]. If they turn gray, they lose 2 to 6 HP every turn while turning magenta will take away 4 to 12 HP every turn. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', the affected bro is surrounded with purple clouds, and the status is referred to as 'Poison' and 'Max Poison' respectively; Poison can be inflicted by early-game enemies and deals 10 HP per turn, while Max Poison can be inflicted by late-game enemies and deals 25 HP per turn.

The status effect returns in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' after its absence in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', working the same way it did in past games. Poisoned characters are surrounded by purple clouds that indicate the status effect.

{{redirect|Ooze|the type of [[Goop]] in [[Super Mario Sunshine]]|[[Goop#Hot water|Goop § Hot water]]}}

 

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