Editing Stop Watch

{{redirect|Stopwatch|the other recurring watch item|[[+ Clock]]}}
{{about|the item that freezes enemies and/or the environment|other types of timers|[[Timer]]}}
{{item infobox
|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]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|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]])
}}
'''Stop Watches'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=21|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Nintendo}}</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Stopwatches'''),<ref>{{cite|date=July/August 1988|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1|page=10|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page=[[Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg|88]]|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies|date=June 4, 2001|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Official Perfect Guide|page=5|isbn=0970646844|publisher=Versus Books}}</ref> also known as '''Time Stops''',<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=29|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</ref> appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as clock items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.
==History==
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
[[File:DDP Imajin Stop Watch.png|thumb|left|x180px|Artwork of Imajin with a Stop Watch in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
If the player first pulls up four large [[vegetable]]s in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[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. Stop Watches have gray/green sprites in the original release. 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 ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', Stop Watches are orange.

===''Nintendo Comics System''===
In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]'', it appears as an animate object who acts as the [[Mushroom King]]'s alarm clock, dodging the grumpy King's attempts to swat him and fearfully running to Princess Toadstool for safety.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
{{PM item infobox
|title=Stop Watch
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items StopWatch.png]] [[File:Stop Watch TTYD.png]] [[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]
|pm=If it works, paralyzes all enemies for a short time.
|ttyd=Temporarily immobilizes all enemies.
|spm=A wacky watch that stops enemies in their tracks.
}}
====''Paper Mario''====
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. Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

*In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the first scene of the [[Ultra Boots]] area in [[Toad Town Tunnels]].
*On top of a [[Brick Block|brick block]] one screen south of the next-to-last part of the main road of [[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]].
*Behind a bush in the back of the shore where [[Whale (character)|Whale]] resides.
*In a hidden block before the stairs where Mario fights [[Monstar]] in [[Shiver Snowfield]].
*On sale at [[Boo's Shop]] (25 coins) and the [[Star Haven Shop]] (15 coins).
*Dropped by [[Lakitu]]s.<ref>{{cite|author=Floogal|date=December 23, 2006|url=www.gamefaqs.com/n64/198849-paper-mario/faqs/43550|title=Paper Mario Stat/Attack Guide|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=October 17, 2016|language=en}}</ref>

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
It reappears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' as the Stopwatch. Here, it is a somewhat rare item, for it can only be purchased in [[Twilight Town]] or [[Fahr Outpost]]. The item will immobilize enemies, just as in the game's predecessor. However, enemies can also use the item against Mario or his partners. Several warped clocks appearing in various colors will appear on-screen after using the item. After about four seconds, the item takes effect and immobilizes its target.

Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

*In a rock on the [[moon]] surface near where Mario lands.
*Behind near the entrance in the first part of descending stairs in the [[Palace of Shadow]].
*On sale at [[Twilight Shop]] (30 coins) and [[Northwinds Mart]] (12 coins), and [[Charlieton]] (24 coins).
*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>{{cite|author=Jdaster64|date=April 7, 2016|url=www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/920182-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/faqs/63451|title=Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref>

====''Super Paper Mario''====
The Stop Watch also appears as an uncommon item in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where it [[Immobilized|immobilizes]] all enemies.

===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
The Stop Watch appears again in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' as a [[badge]] effect that occurs when mixing the Miracle Badge with the Gold Badge.

===Unused appearances===
Stopwatches are [[List of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused items]]  in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they would have functioned like they did in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.<ref>[[tcrf:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects#Stopwatch|Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved January 26, 2023.</ref>

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' "''If you've pulled up enough vegetables, this item will temporarily freeze your enemies.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Stopwatch SMB2 Sprite.png|A Stop Watch from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] pulling up a Stop Watch to stop a [[Phanto]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMAS SMB2 Stop Watch Artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Stop Watch.png|A Stop Watch from ''Super Mario All-Stars''
SMAS Stopwatch Toad.png|A Stop Watch from ''Super Mario All-Stars''
SMAS Stopwatch Peach.png|A Stop Watch from ''Super Mario All-Stars''
PMHiddenBlock10.png|Location of the Stop Watch in [[Toad Town Tunnels]] of ''[[Paper Mario]]''
Stop Watch SMA1 sprite.png|A Time Stop from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
SMA4 Unused Stopwatch Sprite.png|An unused Stop Watch from ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ストップウォッチ<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=27|language=ja|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo|author=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Sutoppuwocchi
|JapM=Stop Watch
|Fre=Chronomètre
|Fre2=Montre-Stop
|Fre3=Montre au pouvoir immobilisant <small>(''Super Mario All-Stars'')</small>
|Fre4=Stop Temps <small>(''Super Mario Advance'')</small>
|FreM=Timer
|Fre2M=Stop-Watch
|Fre3M=Immobilizing-power watch
|Fre4M=Time Stop
|Chi=静止钟
|ChiR=Jìngzhǐ Zhōng
|ChiM=Static Clock
|Ger=Stoppuhr
|GerM=Stop Watch
|Ita=Segnale di fermata del tempo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=21}}</ref>
|Ita2=Paralogio <small>(''Paper Mario'' series)</small>
|Ita3=Timer<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=33}}</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual. Page 10.</ref>
|Ita4=Orologio<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Enciclopedia]]'' Italian manual|page=70}}</ref>
|ItaM=Time stop signal
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''paralizzare'' ("paralize") and ''orologio'' ("clock")
|Ita4M=Clock
|SpaE=Reloj parado <small>(''Super Paper Mario'' onwards)</small>
|SpaE2=Reloj Parado
|SpaEM=Stopped clock
|SpaE2M=Stopped Clock
|Kor=스톱워치
|KorR=Seutob-wochi
|KorM=Stop Watch
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:1989CharacterStopWatch.png|thumb|150px|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 ''Super 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>{{cite|url=www.suppermariobroth.com/post/626283149466517504/official-1989-super-mario-bros-2-character-sheet|title=Official 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 character sheet given to companies obtaining a Mario license by Nintendo of America for reference. Besides characters and items directly from the game, it also contains the original “Stop Watch” character that exists only in select pieces of North American licensed material, such as greeting cards and one issue of the Valiant Super Mario Bros. comics. Its game equivalent is the Stop Watch item that looks like an ordinary watch.|publisher=Supper Mario Broth|accessdate=June 2, 2024|date=August 13, 2020|language=en}}</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>{{cite|author=MarioBrothBlog|date=December 5, 2022|url=x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1599801900462768128|title=Previously, I have posted about the enigmatic "Stop Watch" character, an animate version of the Stop Watch item from Super Mario Bros. 2 that appeared in a few licensed works. Reader @RealSplatJam discovered that it likely originated from a misinterpretation of the game's manual.|publisher=X|accessdate=June 2, 2024}}</ref>

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