Editing The Great Tree

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYD The Great Tree Intro.png|256px]]
|greater_location=[[Boggly Woods]]
|capital=
|ruler=[[Puni elder]]
|inhabitants=[[Puni]]es, [[Pider]]s, and [[Jabbi]]es
|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]])
}}
{{quote|There! That's what I was telling you about. That's where the [[Puni|Punies]] live. That's home. Uh, of course, it's not just us in the tree. Lots of [[Jabbi|Jabbies]] and [[Pider|Piders]] too.|Punio|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
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'''The Great Tree''' is a giant tree in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Its interior serves as the third main location in the game. It is located in [[Boggly Woods]] and is the home of the [[Puni|Puni tribe]]. When [[Mario]] first arrives here, the entrance is sealed by a strange, metal door, which prompts him to take [[Punio]] to see Flurrie; the door is a result of the [[X-Naut]]s residing in the tree. There is actually a secret entrance to the Great Tree's interior. Mario must use [[Flurrie]] to blow away the "paper" that covers this entrance, which Punio proceeds to enter, prompting him to open the sealed door that Mario can walk through. However, the secret entrance is anything but secret as it is labeled "Secret Entrance" and is surrounded by flashing lights.
The [[Emerald Star]] is located within the tree since 1,000 years ago after the [[Shadow Queen]] was imprisoned the [[Black Chest Demons|Goomba hero]] gave the Crystal Star to the Punies to keep safe. As such, [[Lord Crump]] and his [[X-Naut]] troops invaded the place to find it, even if that meant teaming up with the [[Jabbi]]es (the rivals of the Punies), and additionally, imprisoning the Punies. [[Punio]] enlisted the help of Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], and Flurrie to liberate the Punies, take down the Jabbies, retrieve the Emerald Star, and drive the X-Nauts out of the Tree. Mario also obtained the [[Super Boots]] while he and his friends were here. After Mario and his friends find the Emerald Star, Crump steals it and activates a five-minute (300-second) time bomb. With the system active, Crump makes his way to the entrance, but his escape is cut off by the [[Puni elder]]; with her help, Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie and the other Punies are able to catch up with him, demanding that he surrenders the Crystal Star and leave the tree forever. However, instead of surrendering, Crump is forced to deactivate the time bomb and activate his robot, [[Magnus von Grapple]], and attack Mario and company. After defeating the robot, Crump and the X-Nauts are driven out of the tree and Mario is given the Emerald Star as a reward. A [[Pungent's Great Tree Shop|shop]] is also found here.

The in-game map description reads, ''"A very large tree where the reclusive Punies live."''
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==Enemies==
*[[Jabbi]] (Mario does not fight them in battle; the [[Puni]]es do.)
*[[Piranha Plant#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Pale Piranha]]
*[[Pider]]
*[[Magnus von Grapple]] (Chapter 2)
*[[X-Naut]] (Chapter 2)
*[[Yux]] (Chapter 2)
*[[Mini-Yux]] (Chapter 2)
==Inhabitants==
The tree is inhabited almost exclusively by [[Puni]]s, [[Jabbi]]s, and [[Pider]]s, though it is temporarily invaded by the enemies listed above.
*[[Punio]]
*[[Puni elder]]
*[[Petuni]]
*[[Puniper]]
*[[Jabble]]
*[[Pungent]]
*[[Pungry]]
*[[List of implied characters#Punderton|Punderton]] (presumably)
*[[Lord Crump]] (Chapter 2)
*[[Battle Master]]
===Formations===
{{main|List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#The Great Tree}}
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==Items==
{| class="wikitable"
!Item
!Location
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Blue Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Blue Key|game=NS}}
|In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, it's inside the chest on the ground.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Charge (badge)|Charge|game=NS}}
|In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, it's on the left pillar in the underground.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Damage Dodge P|game=NS}}
|In the second room below the entrance, it's in an invisible block above the brick by the twisty path.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Dizzy Dial|game=NS}}
|In the water-draining room deep in the tree, it's to the back of the stairs in the upper room.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Emerald Star|game=NS}}
|Stolen by [[Lord Crump]] and picked up by Mario after Lord Crump is defeated.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|FP Plus|game=NS}}
|In the outside area, it's in the waterfall to the right of the tree.
|-
|rowspan=2|{{PMTTYD item|Mushroom|game=NS}} (×2)
|In the room before the Crystal Star room, it's in the left bush.
|-
|In the storeroom in the highest place, it's given by [[Jabble]] when talked to after Chapter 2.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Mystic Egg|game=NS}}
|Given by [[Petuni]] by playing the [[Stump Petuni]] game with her. Available after Chapter 2.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Power Punch|game=NS}}
|In the second room above the entrance area, it's in the southeast bush on the ground.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Puni Orb|game=NS}}
|Given by the [[Puni elder]] in Chapter 2.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Red Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Red Key|game=NS}}
|In the storeroom in the highest place, it's dropped by the [[X-Naut]] guard.
|-
|rowspan=4|{{PMTTYD item|Shine Sprite|game=NS}} (×4)
|In the room to the right of the entrance, it's to the right of the bubble pond.
|-
|In the first room below the entrance, it's above the big stone in the lower-left of the room. Accessible with the airplane panels.
|-
|In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, it's on the back pillar in the underground.
|-
|In the water-draining room deep in the tree, it's above a lily in the lower-room.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Shrink Stomp|game=NS}}
|In the water-draining room deep in the tree, it's inside a chest box in front of the stairs in the upper room.
|-
|rowspan=6|{{PMTTYD item|Star Piece|game=NS}} (×6)
|In the first room above the entrance area, it's under a panel near the pipe to the up.
|-
|In the third room above the entrance area, it's under a panel in the blue cell.
|-
|In the second room below the entrance, it's in the northwest bush below the twisty path.
|-
|In the second room below the entrance, to the left of the twisty path, it's behind the entrance pipe of the lower area.
|-
|In the second room below the entrance, to the left of the twisty path, it's behind the pipe in the area below the trap.
|-
|In the shortcut room from the tree bottom to the twisty path area, it's in the southwest bush.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Super Boots|game=NS}}
|In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, it's in a chest in a north cave.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Thunder Rage|game=NS}}
|In the bubble room to the right of the entrance, it's in the rightmost bush on the ground.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Ultra Mushroom|game=NS}}
|In the storeroom in the highest place, it's inside the left chest. (The right chest is opened by Ms. Mowz.)
|}
In addition, there is a [[Pungent's Great Tree Shop|shop]] covered by a piece of paper to the lower-left of the twisty path. Having Flurrie blow it away will allow Mario access to the shop.

===Hidden ? Block===
{{main|List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Item
!Description
!Image
!Image (block revealed)
|-
|1 {{PMTTYD item|Coin|game=NS}}
|In the area with the narrow passageways with [[Pider]]s, is a red ? Block. Mario must use [[Koops]] to hit the hidden ? Block directly underneath the block.
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks3.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks3R.png|250px]]
|}
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==Profiles==
*'''Tattles:'''
**''The base of the Great Tree! It sure is big up close... I mean... Wowser. Seriously. It must have watched over the Boggly Woods for over 1,000 years. That's insane'' (GCN) / ''unbelievable'' (Switch)''...''
**''It's like another world inside this tree, huh?!? And check out these statues! They must've been left by the ancestors of the Punies. I wonder how many years the Punies have lived in this place, anyway... These are the kind of questions archaeologists have to ask, y'know.''
**''This is an interesting pedestal, Mario. When the Punies stand on the panel, the machine counts them and responds. The ancient Punies must've been really sophisticated... This is totally fascinating!''
**''We're inside the Great Tree. Looks like lots of tufts of vegetation around here. Stuff could be hidden in those things, so let's make sure to check each one, OK?''
**''There's a red cell and a blue cell here. Crump must've made 'em to hold the Punies. With gaps like those between the bars, I think we could get through, though...''
**''Looks like Crump left behind lots of the equipment he used to search this tree. [[Ms. Mowz]] was here before, but I think she took the next train to Floozyville'' (GCN) / ''Flirtsville'' (Switch)''.''
**''We can just jump this gap easily, but I think the Punies will totally plummet down there. If you gather them into a group and blow on them, they should all fall over the edge... But then they'll come back up in bubbles! And then you can blow them across! As for that door on the left, if you use that panel, it'll unlock it, I'm pretty sure.'' (GCN)
***''Bubbles keep floating up from the water at the bottom... Weird. That door on the left is interesting too. If we turn that nearby panel's light green, it should let us enter!'' (Switch)
**''The Punies are totally afraid of these Piders. When a Pider drops, the Punies completely lose it and bolt in every direction. You're gonna have to defeat any Piders near the path you wanna lead the Punies along.''
**''We're inside the Great Tree. This area has a totally wacked-out topography. Y'know, I think Punio said something about a hidden shop somewhere in this area... If you need any items, we should try to find it, huh?''
**''This is a shop run by a Puni named [[Pungent]]. I wonder if there are any rare items...''
**''Hey, there's water running through the inside of the Great Tree! You don't think... Could this be how the tree carries nutrients from root to limb? Y'know, nature is just about the coolest thing ever.''
**''This area seems to have been laid out for a special reason, don't you think? There must be something super-important hidden here.''
**''This must be the most wide-open space'' (GCN) / ''one of the most wide-open spaces'' (Switch) ''inside the Great Tree, huh? The tree looks big from out there, but I lose all sense of dimension in here.... I could totally get lost in here for like, days...''
**''I wonder if the inside of the tree was always like this... I mean, do you think it was, or do you think someone MADE it this way? Hmmm... It's a mystery...''
**''The structure of this tree is pretty complicated. Looks like we're only gonna move on with the help of the Punies, huh? We're going to seriously need to use our thinking caps as we go forward.''
***''The structure of this tree is pretty complicated. If we want to move forward, we'll have to make full use of our shared abilities...including the Punies! We're gonna seriously need to use our thinking caps as we go forward...'' (Switch)
**''This is a big treasure chest... The Punies must've left it... What could it be, you think? Well... Only one way to find out, am I right?''
**''We're inside the Great Tree. Grasses and other plants grow in here. Isn't that cool? You think the Great Tree is like a...host organism? Biology is just SO cool...''
**''This area makes me feel like I'm exploring a watery swamp even though we're in a tree... Water! I bet we need Koops! ...Um... Or maybe that doesn't make any sense at all...''
**''We've come down pretty far. The air is a bit colder here, don'tcha think? The technology used here is pretty insane'' (GCN) / ''intense'' (Switch)'', too. I wish I had more time to inspect it.''
**''This must be the lowest chamber. Saying it's solemn here is an understatement. Under these statues' glares... I feel like the Punies' ancestors are watching us...''
**''This door was made by Crump and his cronies. It doesn't match the decor at all. As for the door, if you use the panel there, it should unlock the whole thing.'' (GCN)
***''This door was made by Crump and his cronies. It doesn't match the decor of this tree at all. We should be able to pass through it when the lamp over the door is green. Use the controls on that side panel!'' (Switch)

==Trivia==
*In the room where the player has to hammer the switches to gain access to the Super Boots room, in the Japanese version the 4 statues all have Punis on them before hitting the switches, but in the international versions the 4 statues have the following (left to right) on them before hitting the switches: Puni, Star, Moon, Sun.
**Additionally, on page 39 of the Official Nintendo Player's Guide, the 4 statues all have Punis on them just like in the Japanese version.
*When unlocking the blue cage in the Great Tree, the game checks for and removes the Strange Sack from the player's inventory if the player has it (which will permanently prevent it from being obtained again as there is only one in the game). Additionally, if the player has more than 10 items in their inventory when they lose the Strange Sack, they can get the normally unused Debug Badge to appear in their inventory. This does not happen in the international versions.

==Gallery==
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PMTTYD Emerald Star Revealed 1.png
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PMTTYD Boggly Woods The Great Tree Distance.png
The Great Tree Entrance.png|The Great Tree
PMTTYD The Great Tree FP Plus.png|Mario finds an FP Plus badge.
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Brainstorm.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Punio Going Inside Secret Entrance.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Flurrie Helps Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punio Opens Locked Door.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree X-Naut Run Away.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 1.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Shrine.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Power Punch.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Yux.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Lone X-Naut.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Surprise Ms. Mowz 1.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Red Cage with Puni Elder.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ignoring Puni Elder.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Blue Cage Punio Upset.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Blue Cage With 90 Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Fainted X-Naut.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 4.png|Ms. Mowz prepares to take off.
PMTTYD The Great Tree X-Nauts Ambush 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Second X-Naut Fight.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree X-Naut Drops Red Key.png|[[Red Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Red Key]]
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ultra Shroom.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punio Confronts Elder.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree FOOLISH CHILD.png|The Puni elder scolds Punio.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Several Hours Later.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Sleeping Mario with Elder.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Elder Leaves.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puniper with Elder.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Stubborn MULE.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree 10 Punies Joined.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Orb.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree One More Thing.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Elder Whistle.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Reveals Warp Pipe.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Elder Dialog Choices.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Calling Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree I Love You 1.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree 10 Puni Bubbles.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Scared Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Unblocking Plane Panel.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Flying 1.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Before Jabbies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Hive 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Whoa Nelly 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Fight Over 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Enter Hive 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Destroy Hive 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Wooden Panel.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Blue Key.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Petuni Scene.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Petuni Dried Shroom Scene.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Petuni Unlock Blue Cage.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Petuni Petuni and Punio.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Petuni Petuni Dried Shroom Punio.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punio Eats Dried Shroom.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Petuni Hugs Punio.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree 90 Punies Joined.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree 101 Puni Bubbles.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Damage Dodge P.png
PungentsShop.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabble 1.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Hive 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Whoa Nelly 2.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Enter Hive 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Destroy Hive 2.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Trapped Lord Crump.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Four White Switches.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Right Order.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Four White Switch Paper Transition.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Super Boots Room.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Super Boots.png|Mario finds the Super Boots.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Toadette Demo 1.png|Mario learns how to ground pound.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Toadette Demo 2.png|Toadette gives advice on wooden panels.
PMTTYD The Great Tree First Ground Pound.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Charge Badge.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Second Ground Pound.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Freeing Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Reunite.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 4.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree X-Naut.png|Mario encounters an [[X-Naut]] inside the Great Tree.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Water Puzzle 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Water Puzzle 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Water Puzzle 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Water Puzzle 4.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Water Puzzle 5.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrink Stomp.png|Mario finds a [[Shrink Stomp]] badge.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Before Lord Crump 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Before Lord Crump 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Before Lord Crump 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Mushroom.png
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PMTTYD The Great Tree Last Shrine 5.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Steal Emerald Star.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Remote Control.png|Lord Crump activates the timer for the bomb.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Countdown Timer.png|The countdown begins.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Countdown Flee.png|Lord Crump escapes with the countdown ticking.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Third X-Naut Fight.png|Mario must battle a duo of X-Nauts before making his way back.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Bubbles Countdown.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Lord Crump Stopped.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Elder Shouting Lord Crump.png|The Puni elder yells at Lord Crump.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Elder Power Activate.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Elder and Lord Crump.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Lord Crump Stops Timer.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Magnus von Grapple Assembled.png
PMTTYD Magnus screenshot.png|[[Magnus von Grapple]]
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PMTTYD The Great Tree X-Nauts Flee.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree X-Naut Trips.png
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=大樹
|JapR=Taiju
|JapM=Big Tree
|Chi=大樹
|ChiR=Dàshù
|ChiM=Big Tree
|Dut=De grote boom
|DutM=The great tree
|Fre=Le Grand Arbre
|FreM=The Great Tree
|Ger=Großer Baum
|GerM=Great Tree
|Ita=Grande Quercia
|ItaM=Great Oak
|Kor=거목
|KorR=Geomok
|KorM=Big Tree
|Spa=Gran Árbol
|SpaM=Great Tree
}}

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