Editing Prince Mush

{{character infobox
|image=[[file:NS_Prince_Mush_Sprite.png|150px]]<br>Sprite from the Nintendo Switch remake of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|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]])
|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
}}

{{quote|Whoa... Is this... Am I back in the [[Glitz Pit]]?|Prince Mush|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Prince Mush''' is a character who first appeared in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He was the first champion of the [[Glitz Pit]] during the game's storyline. He is also the younger brother of [[Jolene]]. In the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], Prince Mush is added as a new superboss.

==History==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
Prince Mush is mentioned by several characters throughout [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Chapter 3]] of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and appears at the end of it. Prince Mush was captured and had his power drained by [[Grubba]]'s [[power-draining machine]] after he found out that Grubba was using a [[Gold Star|Crystal Star]] to drain fighters' powers. As such, Mush was missing for an extended amount of time. Afterward, his older sister [[Jolene]] went undercover in the Glitz Pit to look for him, and after accidentally seeing Grubba power up by using his machine, she carefully guided [[Mario]] to defeat Grubba. After Grubba's defeat, Grubba claimed to have sucked the life out of Mush with his machine to benefit himself, saddening Jolene before Mush suddenly appears out of the Gold Star. Now united with his sister Jolene, they rejoice.

Later in Mario's adventure, he receives an [[Mailbox SP#Jolene: Doing well?|e-mail]] from Jolene saying that Prince Mush is planning on making a comeback. However, he can never be fought in the game. Mush is also the answer to a [[66th Trivia Quiz-Off|question]] of the [[X-Naut Fortress]] [[Thwomp]], who asks the name of the very first champion of [[Glitzville]]. Unlike other languages which give him a real name that differs from his stage name, Prince Mush's real name is simply Mush in the English version.

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
Once the player completes Chapter 3 and Jolene's trouble "Help wanted!", after some time, they will receive an email from her regarding Mush's training. After some more time and completing another chapter (the earliest possible chapter being Chapter 4, including taking the Ruby Star to the Thousand-Year Door<ref>{{cite|title=How Early Can You Beat Prince Mush in Thousand Year Door?|accessdate=July 10, 2024|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=vUCfTV3ty8g|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>), Mario will receive another email, this time from Prince Mush, who challenges him to an Exhibition Match arranged by Jolene. He can be found in the backstage corridor near the red locker rooms and spoken with, but Mario can only initiate the fight by approaching any league terminal and selecting Exhibition Match to reserve a fight against him. During the battle, the audience is composed entirely of Toads.

Prince Mush has a unique stance mechanic in combat, and during the first phase will switch between two different stances every turn. Mush's hopping stance allows him to fully evade grounded attacks, while his sidestep stance allows him to fully evade aerial attacks, as well as Yoshi's [[Gulp]] technique. Initially, Mush will attack using a dashing punch and a flashing dropkick. A successful [[superguard]] against these attacks will throw Mush off his stance, causing his Defense to drop to 0 for one turn. As Mush's HP lowers, he will start to [[charged|charge]] attack power (sometimes on multiple turns in succession), before unleashing a powerful kicking combo that can hit Mario or his partner for damage five separate times in one turn. His moves have an initial attack power of 6, becoming 9 and 12 after a charge or two, respectively.

Once his HP drops by half or less, Mush will be able to power up tremendously, either doing so right before executing a standard attack or three times in a row to deliver a devastating kicking combo on the next turn. During this phase, if Mush's techniques are not superguarded against, he will remain in a defensive stance for every turn, blocking every incoming attack while creating two duplicates of himself after his action. In this powered-up state, he has an attack power of 20-24.

Mush is additionally immune to fire, explosion, and lightning attacks (preventing the [[Zap Tap]] badge or [[Volt Mushroom]]s from being effective) as well as counters and items that grant the [[Payback]] status such as [[Hold Fast]], a [[Spite Pouch]] and the [[Return Postage]] badge, while also being immune to all status effects, with the exception of the KO effect inflicted by [[Showstopper]].<ref>{{cite|title=Paper Mario: TTYD Switch - Showstopping Prince Mush|accessdate=December 20, 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rPoTqN37GU|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> Some of his attacks may also drain [[Flower Point]]s if connected.

Once defeated, he can be rematched at any time. Mario can also talk to Prince Mush in the Glitz Pit hallway, where he gives Mario [[Prince Mush's Belt|his belt]] as a token of appreciation. Goombella's [[Tattle]] implies that Prince Mush once fell victim to [[Rawk Hawk]]'s [[Poisoned Cake]] trick and thus dislikes said food as a result.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
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===Field Tattle===
Prince Mush's field Tattle is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake. When his Exhibition Match becomes available, he can be found in the Glitz Pit hallway.
*"''That's Prince Mush. He's Jolene's younger brother. Poor guy's been through a lot, so it's great that he's able to return to the ring like this... He's all set for the Exhibition Match. I bet he's a tough opponent... so be ready for a doozy of a fight!''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Prince Mush.png|Prince Mush's sprite in the original game
PMTTYDNS Prince Mush.png|Prince Mush in the Nintendo Switch remake
TTYDNS Prince Mush revived.jpg|Prince Mush waking up in the remake
TTYDNS Jolene and Mush.jpg|Prince Mush with his sister Jolene in the remake
TTYDNS Rawk Hawk Belt and Photos.jpg|A photo (far right) of Prince Mush and Rawk Hawk making up as seen in Rawk Hawk's secret training room in the remake
PMTTYDNS Prince Mush powering up.jpg|Prince Mush powering up in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYDNS Prince Mush clones.jpg|Prince Mush with clones of himself in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYD NS Screenshot of Glitzville Shadow Queen Cutscene.png|Prince Mush and the other Glitz Pit fighters supporting Mario in the final battle in the Nintendo Switch remake
TTYD NS Credits Jolene and Mush.jpg|Prince Mush and Jolene in the remake’s credits
PMTTYD NS Fighter Prince Mush.png|Glitz Pit fighter screen in the Nintendo Switch remake
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Prince Mush===
{{foreign names
|Jap=プリンス・マッシュ
|JapR=Purinsu Masshu
|JapM=Prince Mush
|Chi=蘑力王子
|ChiR=Mólì Wángzǐ
|ChiM=Pun on「蘑菇」(''mógū'', "mushroom") and「魔力」(''mólì'', "magical power") +「王子」 (''wángzǐ'', "prince")
|Dut=Prins Puik
|DutM=From ''puik'' ("excellent")
|Fre=Dark Toadster
|Ger=Dark Toadster
|Ita=Re Mush
|ItaM=King Mush
|Kor=프린스머시
|KorR=Peurinseu Meosi
|KorM=Prince Mush
|Spa=T. Rex
|SpaM=Reference to the dinosaur of the same name. "Rex" also means "king" in Latin, in reference to the original Japanese name.
}}

===Mush===
{{foreign names
|Jap=キノシチョフ
|JapR=Kinoshichofu
|JapM=Portmanteau of「キノピオ」(''Kinopio'', "[[Toad]]") and "Хрущёв" (''Khruschev'', a common Slavic male surname)
|ChiS=奇诺辛切夫
|ChiSR=Qínuòxīnqièfū
|ChiSM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|ChiT=奇諾辛切夫
|ChiTR=Qínuòxīnqièfū
|ChiTM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|Dut=Puikje
|DutM=From ''puik'' ("excellent") and the Dutch name ending "-je"
|Fre=Banali T
|FreM=Pun on ''banalité'' ("banality")
|Ger=Toadskov
|GerM=Male form of "Toadskova"
|Ita=Toa Toa
|ItaM=Repeated clipping of "Toad"
|Kor=키노시초프
|KorR=Kinosichopeu
|KorM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|Spa=T. Roonie
}}

==References==
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