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{{distinguish|Twilight City|DS Twilight House}}
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|image=[[File:TTYDNS Twilight Town.png|250px]]
{{about|the town in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]|the battle stage in [[Mario Kart DS]]|[[Twilight House]]|similarly-named world in [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]|[[Twilight City]]}}
|greater_location=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
{{location-infobox
|image=Twilighttown.png
|width=250px
|greaterloc=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
|inhabitants=[[Twilighter]]s, [[Crow]]s
|inhabitants=[[Twilighter]]s, [[Crow]]s
|ruler=[[Mayor Dour]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
}}
}}
{{quote|My traveling friends... Welcome to Twilight Town. Well, I'd LIKE to welcome you... But "welcoming" people is generally a good thing, and it's nothing but bad here.|Mayor Dour|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Twilight Town''' is a perpetually twilit town in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. While [[Mario]] and his friends are searching for the [[Ruby Star|fourth Crystal Star]], the [[Twilighter]]s are turned into [[pig]]s by [[Doopliss]], who eventually steals Mario's identity and tricked his friends (the team was unaware that the Mario they were with was actually Doopliss) and causes trouble here. However, [[Vivian]] the [[Shadow Siren]] joins Mario's team to help Mario break the curse and get his appearance back, abandoning her sisters in the process.
'''Twilight Town''' is a creepy, perpetually twilit town in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and is mainly inhabited by [[Twilighter]]s, one of which, [[Mayor Dour|Dour]], serves as the mayor. [[Crow]]s inhabit Twilight Town as well, and players can listen to their conversations when Mario uses Vivian's field [[Veil]] ability. To enter Twilight Town through the pipe in [[Rogueport Underground]], Mario is required to have his name to be written on his clothes, otherwise the pipe will reject him.


While [[Mario]] and his friends are searching for the [[Ruby Star|fourth Crystal Star]], the Twilighters are turned into [[pig]]s by a distant bell in [[Creepy Steeple]]. After heading there through [[Twilight Trail]], Mario finds a [[Duplighost]] named [[Doopliss]] who had been responsible for the chaos caused in Twilight Town. Despite putting up a good fight, and reverting all of the Twilighters to normal in the process, Doopliss managed to steal Mario's identity in an attempt to cause more havoc.
[[File:Pigified.PNG|thumb|left|Several residents turned into pigs.]]
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A small section of Twilight Town called [[Twilight House]], a reoccurring battle course in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]], is a large mansion suspended above the [[Twilight Trail]]. The battle course first appeared in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' and was later brought back as a retro battle course in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.


At around this time, [[Vivian]] had been looking for the [[Superbombomb]] after her sister [[Beldam]] framed her for "dropping" it. In his cursed state, Mario helped her find it, and as thanks Vivian decided to help him retrieve his identity. After listening in to a conversation of a [[Doopliss's parrot|parrot]] who Doopliss had locked up, the duo was able to correctly guess Doopliss's name, then battle him again back at Creepy Steeple, allowing Mario to win back his identity. The Twilighters, shocked over the fact that Doopliss had disguised himself as Mario, praised Mario for restoring peace to Twilight Town.
When [[Goombella]] tattles on the gatekeeper (who makes sure nobody goes past the gate to [[Twilight Trail]] which leads to the [[Creepy Steeple]]), she says that there is "a gatekeeper" in every town and if there wasn't, the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|game]] would be much easier to beat (because the player wouldn't have to deal with the mayor or get past the gatekeeper, they would just run to [[Doopliss]]). The mentioning of the "game," which refers to ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', breaks the [[Fourth wall]].
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Later on, Lord Crump is seen looking for the Superbombomb when he gets stopped by [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]]. After a brief confrontation between the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] and the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Troop]], Bowser inadvertently ignites the Superbombomb, sending both groups flying.
==Area Tattles==
*''"This is Twilight Town. It's twilight here, which I guess makes sense, huh? That big moon gives me the heebie-jeebies. I guess the sky here is always the same... No morning, noon, or night... Wouldn't perpetual dusk get a little like, boring?"''
*''"This is Twilight Town. The people here are just as shadowy as the sky... I wonder if I'd get that way if I lived here long enough? ...Gross. Still, I guess being all gothed-out is better than being a pig..."''


==Inhabitants==
==Items Found==
The town is inhabited almost entirely by [[Twilighter]]s, though there are also several [[Crow]]s. Many of the Twilighters are turned into pigs during the chapter.
Some items are on sale in the [[Twilight Shop]] which is located in the east area. Other items include:
 
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;Main story
|-style="background: #ABC;"
*[[Mayor Dour]]
!width="5%"|Item
*[[Battle Master]]
!width="1%"|Icon
*[[Eve]] and her three sons
!width="20%"|Found In
*[[Twilight Shop manager]]
*[[Twilight Shop manager's wife]]
*Twilighter gatekeeper
*Twilighter innkeeper
*[[Gloomer]]
 
;Chapter 4 only
*[[Beldam]]
*[[Marilyn]]
*[[Vivian]]
*[[Dupree]]
*[[Traveling Sisters Three]]
 
==Items==
Some items are on sale in the [[Twilight Shop]] which is located in the east area.
{| class="wikitable"
!Item
!Location
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Boo's Sheet|game=NS}}
|In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Defend Plus|game=NS}}
|[[Boo's Sheet]]
|In the second scene, in a chest box in the storage room of the shop.
|[[File:BoosSheet.png|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's in the storage room of the shop.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Fire Flower|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|[[Defend Plus]]
|In the first scene, in the lowest leftmost bush.  
|[[File:Defendplus.gif|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's in a chest box in the storage room of the shop.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Inn Coupon|game=NS}}
|[[Inn Coupon]]
|In the second scene, behind the notice board in the right of the shop.
|[[File:Inn Coupon TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's behind the notice board in the right of the shop.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Jammin' Jelly|game=NS}}
|[[Jammin' Jelly]]
|In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.
|[[File:JamminJelly PM2.png|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's in the storage room of the shop.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom|game=NS}}
|[[Life Shroom]]
|In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.
|[[File:LifeShroom_PM2.png|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's in the storage room of the shop.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Meteor Meal|game=NS}}
|[[Meteor Meal]]
|In the second scene, given by [[Eve]] for doing [[Tell that person...|her trouble]].
|[[File:MeteorMealTTYD.PNG|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's given by [[Eve]] for doing [[Trouble Center#Eve|her trouble]].
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Peachy Peach|game=NS}}
|[[Peachy Peach]]
|In the first scene, appearing in the left desk every time [[Mario]] sleeps at the [[inn]].
|[[File:PeachyPeach PMTTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the first scene, it appears in the left desk every time [[Mario]] sleeps at the [[inn]].
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Routing Slip|game=NS}}
|[[Routing Slip]]
|In the first scene, received from [[Mayor Dour]] while doing [[Newsletter...|his trouble]].
|[[File:Routingslip.gif|25x25px]]
|In the first scene, it's received from [[Mayor Dour]] while doing [[Trouble Center#Mayor Dour|his trouble]].
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star|game=NS}}
|[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]]
|In the second scene, given by Eve if Mario does a favor for her in Chapter 4.
|[[File:ShootingStarDoor.PNG|25x25px]]
|In the second scene, it's given by Eve if Mario does a favor for her in Chapter 4.
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|{{PMTTYD item|link=Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece|game=NS}} (×3)
|rowspan=3|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]]
|In the first scene, behind the leftmost house.
|rowspan=3|[[File:Star_Piece.GIF|25x25px]]
|In the first scene, it's behind the leftmost house.
|-
|-
|In the first scene, in the southernmost bush in the southeast area.
|In the first scene, it's in the southernmost bush in the southeast area.
|-
|-
|In the second scene, behind the fence near the southeast tree.
|In the second scene, it's behind the fence near the southeast tree.
|-
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Superbombomb|game=NS}}
|[[Superbombomb]]
|In the first scene, in the leftmost bush after [[Vivian]] dropped it.
|[[File:Superbombomb.gif|25x25px]]
|In the first scene, it's in the leftmost bush after [[Vivian]] dropped it.
|}
|}


==Profiles==
==Trivia==
*'''[[Tattle]]s'''
*The chapter in which this town is featured is entitled "For Pigs the Bell Tolls". This is a play on ''[[wikipedia:For Whom the Bell Tolls|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'', a famous novel by author Ernest Hemingway.
**''"This is Twilight Town. It's twilight here, which I guess makes sense, huh? That big moon gives me the heebie-jeebies. I guess the sky here is always the same... No morning, noon, or night... Wouldn't perpetual dusk get a little like, boring?"''
*This is one of few locations in the game to use three dimensional characters instead of flat, paper-like characters. In this case, the pigs are rendered in 3D.
**''"This is Twilight Town. The people here are just as shadowy as the sky... I wonder if I'd get that way if I lived here long enough? ...Gross. Still, I guess being all gothed-out is better than being a pig..."''
*The in-game map description reads, ''"A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the townspeople have dim, gray complexions, not to mention dim expressions."''
*'''Map description'''
**"''A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the townspeople have dim, gray complexions, not to mention dim expressions.''" (GCN)
**"''A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the gloomy townspeople have dim expressions.''" (Switch)
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYD Pigs.png|Mario and Goombella encountering one of the residents that had been turned into a pig.
PMTTYD Twilight Town First Area.png
Maude and Flo.png
Twilight Town Treasure Chest.png
Beldam and Marilyn TTYD screenshot.png
Vivian joins Mario.png
PMTTYD Twilight Inn Interior.png
PMTTYD Twilight Town battle.png
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ウスグラ{{ruby|村|むら}}
|Jap=ウスグラ村
|JapR=Usugura Mura
|JapR=Usugura Mura
|JapM=Dim Town
|JapM=Dim Town
|ChiS=阴暗村
|Spa=Villa Sombría
|ChiSR=Yīn'àn Cūn
|SpaM=Grim Town
|ChiSM=Dim Town
|ChiT=陰暗村
|ChiTR=Yīn'àn Cūn
|ChiTM=Dim Town
|Dut=Duisterdorp
|DutM=''Duister'' meaning dim or shady, ''dorp'' meaning village.
|Fre=Penocta
|FreM=Comes from ''pénombre'' ("shade"); ''nocta'' refers to the night
|Ger=Düsterdorf
|Ger=Düsterdorf
|GerM=Gloomy Village; possibly a pun on {{wp|Düsseldorf}}, one of Germany's largest cities
|GerM=Gloomy Village; possibly a pun on [[wikipedia:Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]], one of Germany's largest cities.
|Ita=Casalcrepuscolo
|Ita=Casalcrepuscolo
|ItaM=Twilight Casale
|ItaM=Twilight Casale
|Kor=어둑어둑 마을
|Fra=Penocta
|KorR=Eoduk-eoduk Ma'eul
|FraM=Comes from "''pénombre''" (shade); "''nocta''" refers to the night.}}
|KorM=Dusk Village
|Spa=Villa Sombría
|SpaM=Grim Town
}}


==Trivia==
*[[Goombella]] breaks the [[fourth wall]] when she tattles on the gatekeeper; she says that there is "a gatekeeper" in every town and if there was not, the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|game]] would be much easier to beat.
*During the Bowser segment, an unseen item called the Twilight Blade can be found in the bushes, although Bowser then says "Just Joking". A similar occurrence also happens when checking one of the statues in [[Bowser's Castle]].
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