Editing Watt

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Paper Mario Watt Artwork.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario''
|species=[[Li'l Sparky]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) (photograph cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|You just saved me like a hero! You're a hero, aren't ya? You're the coolest!!!|Watt|Paper Mario}}{{br|left}}
'''Watt''' is a female baby [[Li'l Sparky]] and [[Mario]]'s sixth [[partner|party member]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. Although Watt's age is unconfirmed, it would appear that she is a young child because of her pacifier. Her ''Super Paper Mario'' Catch Card description also implies that she is young.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM Watt Is Freed.png|thumb|Watt and Mario meet for the first time, from ''Paper Mario'']]
Mario finds Watt while traveling through [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]]. He eventually comes to a dark room inhabited by the [[Big Lantern Ghost]]. The battle against the ghost involves attacking the lantern he carries to make the room brighter, and after his defeat Mario can break open the lantern and find Watt inside. Watt explains to Mario that the Big Lantern Ghost had kidnapped her and trapped her in his lantern. She tells Mario that she heard some of the [[Shy Guy]]s talking about him, and she volunteers to join him and his party on his quest. Watt's field ability allows Mario to hold her like a lantern, illuminating dark places and allowing him to find invisible boxes and items. Watt's main attack overrides an enemy's defenses, making her a valuable partner in many battles.

Later in the game, the player can find two [[letter]]s to Watt in the [[Toad Town Post Office]], one from her mother and another from [[Fuzzipede]]. At the end of the game, she is conversing with a group of Shy Guys, and she appears to have befriended them.

Watt is known to have [[List of implied characters#Watt's mother|a mother]], who is unseen and unnamed. Watt speaks of her occasionally, and even receives a letter from her in the [[Toad Town Post Office]]. Though her mother is mentioned several times, no mention of Watt having a father is ever made.

Watt speaks in a baby-like way that turns "sh" sounds into "ch" sounds, such as how ''ureshii desu'' (Happy) becomes ''urechii dechu''.<ref>{{cite|author=Mandelin, Clyde|date=December 5, 2013|url=legendsoflocalization.com/is-watt-from-paper-mario-a-boy-or-girl|title=Is Watt from Paper Mario a boy or girl?|publisher=Legends of Localization|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}</ref> This was not retained for {{wp|Western world|Western}} releases.

[[Duplighost]]s and [[Lee]] can transform into Watt, along with Mario's other partners, during which her name appears as "Watt???"
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====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Watt appears as a [[Catch Card]] that could be found in the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]]. She could also be seen very briefly at the beginning of the game, where she, along with all the other [[partners]] in the ''Paper Mario'' series could be seen in a photograph at the [[Mario Bros.' House]].

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Watt SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|In ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Watt is a character in the ''Paper Mario'' arcs of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. She is also one of Mario's various partners, but unlike in the games, Mario and his partners scare away the Big Lantern Ghost by removing its robe. Mario then breaks the lantern with a hammer to reveal Watt inside.

===Unused appearances===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Like [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|the rest of Mario's partners]] from the first ''Paper Mario'', there is unused sprite data of Watt in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. 

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' ''Say... This is the lantern that belongs to the Big Lantern Ghost. There's something inside. Do you think it'd come out if we broke it?''
*'''In-game bio:''' ''The child of Li'l Sparky, she can produce ample electricity. Press {{button|n64|Cdown}} to illuminate areas and see invisible blocks. She's great at penetrating defenses and paralyzing enemies.''
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''After you save Watt, the captive of Big Lantern Ghost in Shy Guy's Toy Box, she can shed light on your adventure. By holding her, you can have her light up a dark room or reveal hidden blocks. She attacks enemies with minimal physical contact, making her useful against some spiked and electric enemies.''<ref>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, Jason Leung, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide|page=14|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-07-0}}</ref>

The following is Watt's attacks and stats: 

{|style="text-align: center; width: 100%" class=wikitable
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|Action Command
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
|-
|[[Electro Dash]]
|None
|Attacks one enemy with an electric shock, ignoring enemy's defense.
|{{button|n64|A}} button should be held to fill the gauge.
|Base Rank: 1/'''3'''<br>Super Rank: 1/'''4'''<br>Ultra Rank: 1/'''5'''
|Base Rank
|-
|[[Power Shock]]
|2
|Paralyzes single enemy.
|{{button|n64|A}} button should be pressed repeatedly
|N/A
|Base Rank
|-
|[[Turbo Charge]]
|3
|Temporarily boosts Mario's attack power.
|{{button|n64|A}} button should be pressed as the red stars light up.
|N/A
|Super Rank
|-
|[[Mega Shock]]
|5
|Paralyzes all enemies.
|{{button|n64|A}} and {{button|n64|B}} should be pressed repeatedly at the same time.
|N/A
|Ultra Rank
|}

Values in bold are for perfectly executed action commands.

===''Super Paper Mario''===
{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
|-
|[[File:SPM Watt Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''This is Mario's good buddy Watt from Paper Mario. This guy was pretty bright for his age!''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
WattPortraitPM.png|Watt's portrait from ''Paper Mario''
PM Watt Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Paper Mario''
PM Watt's lantern.png|Sprite of the lantern trapping Watt from ''Paper Mario''
Watt TTYD unused.png|Unused sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
NSO Watt.png|Nintendo Switch Online artwork
64PartnersHD.png|Watt's portrait from the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=アカリン
|JpnR=Akarin
|JpnM=Portmanteau of「明かり」(''akari'', "light") and Japanese feminine name ending「~リン」(''-rin'')
|Spa=Watt
|Fre=Watt
|Ita=Watt
|Ger=Watt
|Chi=霹雳小妞
|ChiR=Pīlì Xiǎoniū
|ChiM=Thunderbolt girl (iQue)
|Kor=빛쭈쭈
|KorR=Bitjjujju
|KorM=Portmanteau of "빛" (''bit'', light) and "쭈쭈" (''jju-jju'', onomatopoeia for sucking), likely relating to her pacifier
}}

==Notes==
*Watt is one of the only characters in ''Paper Mario'' that is capable of dealing damage to [[Bowser]] after he powers himself up with the [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] (during the first round of the final battle). However, she is only able to do one [[Heart Point|HP]] worth of damage to him. The same thing applies to [[Lakilester]].
*Watt is mistakenly referred to as male on her ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' Catch Card, and during her [[Super Block]] upgrades.
*Watt has different responses depending on how the lantern is broken.
**"Hm hm hee hee...Yay! I got out! Yay for me! Thanks, mister!" if smashed.
**"Cough cough... You're crazy, mister! Did ya have to, um, blow it up to get me out? Jeepers!" if detonated.
*In the Japanese version of ''Paper Mario'', if Mario uses Watt's ability and touches an overworld hazard, Mario will lose 2 HP instead of losing 1 HP like normal. This does not happen in the international versions.
*There was a major glitch in the US version of the [[Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo Switch Online]] version of ''Paper Mario'' that caused the game to crash if the player received a Game Over with Watt as Mario's partner. In other versions of the game, the screen flickered briefly.<ref>{{cite|author=JCog|date=December 29, 2021|url=youtu.be/QjiNZYIOoZ4|title=Paper Mario on Switch is deleting saves (and I know why)|language=en|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}</ref> This glitch has since been fixed.

==References==
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