Editing Stop Watch

{{split|Stop Watch|Watch (item)}}

|image=[[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]

|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Mario'' franchise)

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])

'''Stop Watches'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Stopwatches'''),<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1, page 10.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg|Page 88]].</ref><ref>Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies. ''Super Mario Advance'' Official Perfect Guide, page 5.</ref> also known as '''Time Stops''',<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet, page 29.</ref> are clock-like items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.

===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===

[[File:SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] pulling up a Stop Watch to stop a [[Phanto]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']]

If [[Mario]] and his friends first pull up four large [[vegetable]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', pulling up what would be a fifth one will instead reveal a Stop Watch. It will appear for a second and then freeze everything in the level for a few seconds. This gives a window of opportunity for Mario and his friends to avoid or defeat enemies and collect [[small heart]]s. However, touching the frozen enemies still hurts the player.

 

They are depicted as gray/green in the NES version and as orange in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, however, they are depicted as gold when playing as Mario or [[Luigi]], gold with a dark red outline as [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], or blue with a brown outline as [[Toad]]. This is due to the Stop Watch using the same palette as the player character, consequently subjecting them to any changes done when switching characters.

In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]'', it appears as an animate object who acts as the [[Mushroom King|Mushroom King's]] alarm clock, dodging the grumpy King's attempts to swat him and fearfully running to Princess Toadstool for safety.

 

Six related items known as '''Watches''' or '''Clocks'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Land III'' instruction booklet, page 5.</ref> appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Watches, however, cannot be used during gameplay. They are obtained by completing the [[cards]] minigame in each world, where the [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]] gives them to the player. They act primarily as collectibles which count toward a final game score of 100%, but also act to unlock various time trial challenges after [[King K. Rool]] is defeated for the second and final time. These time trials are merely select levels from the game which are timed, unlike in regular gameplay. Finishing six of the twelve total challenges, on top of collecting all major items in the regular levels, will lead to a perfect game score.

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|image=[[File:PaperMario Items StopWatch.png]] [[File:Stop Watch TTYD.png]] [[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]

The Stop Watch later appears as an item in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. When Mario or his partners use it, it will [[immobilize]] enemies for a few turns (assuming it is successful). It can be bought at most stores and is a fairly common item.

*Behind a bush in the back of the shore where [[Whale (character)|Whale]] resides.

*Dropped by [[Lakitu]]s.<ref>Floogal (December 23, 2006). [http://www.gamefaqs.com/n64/198849-paper-mario/faqs/43550 Paper Mario Stat/Attack Guide]. ''GameFAQs''. Retrieved October 17, 2016.</ref>

*Dropped by ordinary [[Magikoopa]]s, [[Moon Cleft]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, [[Bulky Bob-omb]]s, [[Bob-ulk]]s, [[Wizzerd]]s, [[Dark Wizzerd]]s, [[Elite Wizzerd]]s, [[X-Naut]]s, [[X-Naut PhD]]s, [[Elite X-Naut]]s, as well as the [[Dull Bones]], [[Bob-omb]]s, and all the [[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]] in [[Glitz Pit]].<ref>Jdaster64 (April 7, 2016). [http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/920182-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/faqs/63451 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ]. ''GameFAQs''. Retrieved October 11, 2016.</ref>

===''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===

Stopwatches are also [[List of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused]] in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, where they would act like they did in Super Mario Bros. 2. https://www.tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Advance_4:_Super_Mario_Bros._3/Unused_Objects#Stopwatch

==Official profiles==

|Jap=ストップウォッチ<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref>

|JapR=Sutoppuwocchi

|Fra=Chronomètre<br>Montre-Stop<br>Montre au pouvoir immobilisant (''SMAS'')<br>Stop Temps (''SMA'')

|FraM=Timer<br>Stop-Watch<br>Immobilizing-power watch<br>Time Stop

|ChiR=Jìngzhǐ Zhōng

|Ita=Fermalogio (''SMB2'')<br>Paralogio (''PM'')

|ItaM=Pun on "fermare" (stop)/"paralizzare" (paralize) and "orologio" (clock)

|Spa=Reloj Parado

|SpaM=Stopped Clock

[[File:1989CharacterStopWatch.png|thumb|150px|right|The Stop Watch character in a 1989 character sheet]]

*An official 1989 ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' character sheet that was given to third party companies getting the ''Mario'' license for products, included "Stop Watch" as a character. Despite the Stop Watch being merely an item in the original game, this character sheet gave the bottom of the watch part a base with eyes, mouth, legs and hands.<ref>[https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/626283149466517504/official-1989-super-mario-bros-2-character-sheet suppermariobroth.com]. Posted August 13, 2020. Accessed September 8, 2020.</ref> This Stop Watch character is the same one later used briefly in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story, ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]''. The character likely originated from a misinterpretation of the Stop Watch illustration in the game's manual, which shows Mario plucking the item from the ground.<ref>MarioBrothBlog (December 5, 2022). ''[https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1599801900462768128 Twitter]''. Retrieved December 5, 2022.</ref>