Pleaseno

Pleaseno
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of	Whuhoh
Variants Comeon

A Pleaseno (originally known as a Box Boy) is a rare, haunted chest that can be found in Bean Valley in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake. A Pleaseno resembles a pudgy ghost hiding in a treasure box. When the chest is closed, the Pleaseno looks like a regular treasure box; this mimicry allows it to easily prey on adventurers searching for valuable items, such as Mario and his party. It can also be encountered if the player has fought it already and every symbol in a "roulette" treasure box is different. In battle, a Pleaseno is a tough opponent: It has high attack, high defense, and high HP. It is also unaffected by status ailment-inducing attacks. The best way to defeat the Pleaseno is to make good use of its weakness to jump.

A Pleaseno uses a few special attacks, including Scream, which is a technique that cuts a party member's attack and defense in half, and Carni-Kiss, a powerful bite that causes significant damage. Moreover, the Pleaseno often summons Jinnie, another powerful enemy.

Coincidentally, the ghost within the Pleaseno bears a heavy resemblance to a Peepa.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Box Boy
	HP	900	FP	100	Speed	1
	Location(s)	Bean Valley	Attack	180	Magic attack	80
	Role	Common	Defense	110	Magic defense	40
	Bonus Flower	Attack Up! (20%)	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Water Blast (CS), Blast (CS)
	Weak	Jump	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Carni-Kiss, Scream
	Coins	150	Exp. points	100	Items	None
Psychopath	"Been waitin' 100 years!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Pleaseno
	HP	900	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	100	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Bean Valley
	Monster List profile	Freakin' out about what might be in the box? You should be—it's a Pleaseno! They never, ever stop watching you.
	Thought Peek	"*rattle* *rattle* I waited 100 years for that. And it was worth it."
	Animations

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ナンダベェ[?] Nandabē	Pun on「なんだベ」(nan dabe, a Kantō dialect expression meaning "I wonder what it is") and「ナンダロウ」(Nandarō, Huhwhat);「兵衛」(-bē) is also a Japanese male given name
Chinese (simplified)	谜达比[?] Mídábǐ	From「谜」(mí, enigma) and the part of Japanese name
Chinese (traditional)	謎達比[?] Mídábǐ	From「謎」(mí, enigma) and the part of Japanese name
Dutch	Neetog[?]	Corruption of the Dutch exclamation "Nee, toch" (No, really)
French	Cocoffre[?]	Partial repetition of "coffre" (chest)
German	Lugtruhe[?]	Lie Chest
Italian	Scrignolo argh[?]	Li'l chest argh; from "scrigno" ([treasure] chest) and the diminutive suffix "-olo"
Korean	머꼬[?] Meokko	Pun on "뭐꼬" (mwokko, a Gyeongsang dialect expression meaning "what?") and "머지" (Meoji, Huhwhat)
Spanish	Trampifia[?]	Portmanteau of "trampa" (trap) and "pifia" (slang for mistake)