Editing Tattle

{{PM move infobox|game=[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]|mastered_by=[[Goombario]], [[Goombella]], [[Tippi]], and [[Tiptron]]|rank=Base Rank|effect=Provides information, and reveals the enemy's health meter|target=Any single enemy|image=PM Goomba Tattle.png|image2=Goombella Tattling Goomba PMTTYD.png}}

Tattling in battle will list various characteristics and traits of an enemy, including HP, Attack Power, Defense Power, and sometimes battle strategies. Tattling an enemy will also make a health meter appear under the enemy, indicating how much [[Heart Point|HP]] it has left. The health meter will then appear from that point on whenever Mario encounters the same enemy. Goombario will often also make comments about the enemy unrelated to its battle abilities, adding flair to the Tattle. There is no [[Action Command]] associated with Goombario's Tattle move.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', [[Goombella]] can use Tattle after joining Mario's party. This version of Tattle is similar to Goombario's. During battle, she reads information about enemies from the [[Tattle Log]] but, oddly, recites the info from memory outside battle.

Goombella's version of Tattle adds an [[Action Command]] and a [[Stylish move]]. When using this move in battle, a circle appears on the targeted enemy and a crosshair moves toward the circle; to complete the Action Command, the player must press {{button|gcn|A}} when the crosshair is inside the circle, and to perform the Stylish move, the player must press {{button|gcn|A}} again right away. If the player presses the button while the crosshair is outside the circle, the Tattle move fails. Additionally, the Tattle Log will automatically update its data if an enemy becomes stronger (as some recurring [[List of bosses|bosses]] do).

When an enemy becomes no longer able to be encountered, such as all bosses (with the exception of the [[Iron Cleft]]s and [[Rawk Hawk]], since they can be refought), [[Bald Cleft]]s and [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Naut]] related enemies (with the exception of the [[Z-Yux]]), their Tattle Log page will appear in [[Professor Frankly]]'s wastebasket, where Mario can retrieve it and add it to the Tattle Log.

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Tattling works differently due to the different game mechanics. Mario's main partner, [[Tippi]], and her replica, [[Tiptron]], can use Tattle. At any time, the player may point the [[Wii]] Remote at the screen. Tippi will turn into a large cursor, and the screen will freeze and darken. The player can move the cursor over an enemy or object by pointing the remote and press {{button|wii|A}} to see its Tattle information. Tippi's Tattle ability can also reveal invisible objects.

All enemies and bosses may be scanned using Tippi's Tattle, except [[Dimentio]] and the [[Underchomp]]. In Dimentio's first battle in Chapter 3, Tippi is still captured by [[Francis]], and for his second battle in [[Castle Bleck]], Mario and Tippi leave Luigi to fight him alone. It is unknown if this was an intentional choice or not, given Dimentio's significance to the overall plot. The Underchomp cannot be Tattled at all due to the turn-based nature of the fight. Despite this, it still has unused Tattle text. [[Big Blooper (Super Paper Mario)|Big Blooper]] is the only enemy that cannot be Tattled during its fight, but can be Tattled later on. [[Bowser]] and Francis cannot be Tattled during their first fights, but can be Tattled during their second.

While not referred to as Tattle by name, the on-the-field functionality of Tattling appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', and ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', used by [[Kersti]], [[Huey]], and [[Olivia]], respectively, in the same fashion as Tippi. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', when Mario and Bob-omb are on The Princess Peach and Olivia is absent, pressing X will have him Tattle instead. No form of Tattling exists during battle, but in ''The Origami King'', there are hint envelopes found in boss battles that give Mario information and tips about the specific boss, in a similar manner. Mario can also press X during standard battles to ask Olivia for a hint, which will prompt her to say information about certain enemies on the field.

In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', [[Mallow]] can perform a similar move called [[Psychopath]].

GoombarioPortraitPM.png|A profile of [[Goombario]] using Tattle (shown when Goombario joins Mario's party)

PM Tattle.png|Goombario tattling one Spiked Goomba

Green_Ninjakoopa_Tattled.jpg|Goombario tattling Green Ninjakoopa

Lee Tattles Mario.png|[[Lee]] (as Goombario) using Tattle on Mario

Dryite.png|Goombario using Tattle on a [[Dryite]] (who fought at a [[Toad Town Dojo|Dojo]] in [[Toad Town#Paper Mario|Toad Town]])

Bulb BushScreenshot.png|Goombario using Tattle on a [[Bulb Bush]]

PM_Village_Leader_screenshot_JP.png|Goombario using Tattle on a [[Village Leader]] in [[Yoshi's Village]] (Japanese version)

BubblePlant.png|Goombario using Tattle on a [[Bubble Plant]]

Goombella Tattling Goomba PMTTYD.png|Goombella tattling on a Goomba.

Tattling Petal Meadows.png|Tattling in the field

PMTTYD Paragloomba tattle.png|[[Goombella]] using Tattle on a [[Paragloomba]]

Palace of Shadow.jpg|Goombella using Tattle inside the [[Palace of Shadow]]

SPM Tattle.png|[[Tippi]] using Tattle on a [[Frackle]]

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|FraM=Informer

|Chi=扫描

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|ChiM=Scan (from iQue's localization of ''Paper Mario'')