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{{split|Stop Watch|Watch (item)}}
{{redirect|Stopwatch|the other recurring watch item|[[+ Clock]]}}
{{about|the item that freezes enemies and/or the environment|other types of timers|[[Timer]]}}
{{about|the item that freezes enemies and/or the environment|other types of timers|[[Timer]]}}
{{item infobox
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]
|image=[[File:Stopwatch PMTTYDNS icon.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Mario'' franchise)
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|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]])
}}
}}
'''Stop Watches'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Stopwatches'''),<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1, page 10.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg|Page 88]].</ref><ref>Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies. ''Super Mario Advance'' Official Perfect Guide, page 5.</ref> also known as '''Time Stops''',<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet, page 29.</ref> are clock-like items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.
'''Stop Watches'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=21|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Stopwatches'''),<ref>{{cite|date=July/August 1988|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1|page=10|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page=[[Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg|88]]|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies|date=June 4, 2001|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Official Perfect Guide|page=5|isbn=0970646844|publisher=Versus Books}}</ref> also known as '''Time Stops''',<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=29|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as clock items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
[[File:SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] pulling up a Stop Watch to stop a [[Phanto]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']]
[[File:DDP Imajin Stop Watch.png|thumb|left|x180px|Artwork of Imajin with a Stop Watch in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
If [[Mario]] and his friends first pull up four large [[vegetable]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', pulling up what would be a fifth one will instead reveal a Stop Watch. It will appear for a second and then freeze everything in the level for a few seconds. This gives a window of opportunity for Mario and his friends to avoid or defeat enemies and collect [[small heart]]s. However, touching the frozen enemies still hurts the player.
If the player first pulls up four large [[vegetable]]s in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', pulling up what would be a fifth one will instead reveal a Stop Watch. It will appear for a second and then freeze everything in the level for a few seconds. This gives a window of opportunity for Mario and his friends to avoid or defeat enemies and collect [[small heart]]s. However, touching the frozen enemies still hurts the player. Stop Watches have gray/green sprites in the original release. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, however, they are depicted as gold when playing as Mario or [[Luigi]], gold with a dark red outline as [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], or blue with a brown outline as [[Toad]]. This is due to the Stop Watch using the same palette as the player character, consequently subjecting them to any changes done when switching characters. In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', Stop Watches are orange.
 
They are depicted as gray/green in the NES version and as orange in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, however, they are depicted as gold when playing as Mario or [[Luigi]], gold with a dark red outline as [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], or blue with a brown outline as [[Toad]]. This is due to the Stop Watch using the same palette as the player character, consequently subjecting them to any changes done when switching characters.


===''Nintendo Comics System''===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]'', it appears as an animate object who acts as the [[Mushroom King|Mushroom King's]] alarm clock, dodging the grumpy King's attempts to swat him and fearfully running to Princess Toadstool for safety.
In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]'', it appears as an animate object who acts as the [[Mushroom King]]'s alarm clock, dodging the grumpy King's attempts to swat him and fearfully running to Princess Toadstool for safety.
 
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===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
[[File:Receiving Watch DKL3.png|thumb|left|[[Kiddy Kong]] receiving a Watch]]
Six related items known as '''Watches''' or '''Clocks'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Land III'' instruction booklet, page 5.</ref> appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Watches, however, cannot be used during gameplay. They are obtained by completing the [[cards]] minigame in each world, where the [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]] gives them to the player. They act primarily as collectibles which count toward a final game score of 100%, but also act to unlock various time trial challenges after [[King K. Rool]] is defeated for the second and final time. These time trials are merely select levels from the game which are timed, unlike in regular gameplay. Finishing six of the twelve total challenges, on top of collecting all major items in the regular levels, will lead to a perfect game score.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
{{PM item infobox
{{PM item infobox
|title=Stop Watch
|title=Stop Watch
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items StopWatch.png]] [[File:Stop Watch TTYD.png]] [[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items StopWatch.png]] [[File:Stop Watch TTYD.png]] [[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]] [[File:Stopwatch PMTTYDNS icon.png|50px]]
|pm=If it works, paralyzes all enemies for a short time.
|pm=If it works, paralyzes all enemies for a short time.
|ttyd=Temporarily immobilizes all enemies.
|ttyd=Temporarily immobilizes all enemies.
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}}
====''Paper Mario''====
====''Paper Mario''====
The Stop Watch later appears as an item in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. When Mario or his partners use it, it will [[immobilize]] enemies for a few turns (assuming it is successful). It can be bought at most stores and is a fairly common item.
The Stop Watch later appears as an item in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. When Mario or his partners use it, it will [[immobilize]] enemies for a few turns (assuming it is successful). It can be bought at most stores and is a fairly common item. Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
=====Locations=====
*In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the first scene of the [[Ultra Boots]] area in [[Toad Town Tunnels]].
*In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the first scene of the [[Ultra Boots]] area in [[Toad Town Tunnels]].
*On top of a [[Brick Block|brick block]] one screen south of the next-to-last part of the main road of [[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]].
*On top of a [[Brick Block|brick block]] one screen south of the next-to-last part of the main road of [[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]].
*Behind a bush in the back of the shore where [[Whale (character)|Whale]] resides.
*Behind a bush in the back of the shore where the [[whale (character)|whale]] resides.
*In a hidden block before the stairs where Mario fights [[Monstar]] in [[Shiver Snowfield]].
*In a hidden block before the stairs where Mario fights [[Monstar]] in [[Shiver Snowfield]].
*On sale at [[Boo's Shop]] (25 coins) and the [[Star Haven Shop]] (15 coins).
*On sale at [[Boo's Shop]] (25 coins) and the [[Star Haven Shop]] (15 coins).
*Dropped by [[Lakitu]]s.<ref>Floogal (December 23, 2006). [http://www.gamefaqs.com/n64/198849-paper-mario/faqs/43550 Paper Mario Stat/Attack Guide]. ''GameFAQs''. Retrieved October 17, 2016.</ref>
*Dropped by [[Lakitu]]s.<ref>{{cite|author=Floogal|date=December 23, 2006|url=www.gamefaqs.com/n64/198849-paper-mario/faqs/43550|title=Paper Mario Stat/Attack Guide|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=October 17, 2016|language=en}}</ref>


====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
It reappears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' as the Stopwatch. Here, it is a somewhat rare item, for it can only be purchased in [[Twilight Town]] or [[Fahr Outpost]]. The item will immobilize enemies, just as in the game's predecessor. However, enemies can also use the item against Mario or his partners. Several warped clocks appearing in various colors will appear on-screen after using the item. After about four seconds, the item takes effect and immobilizes its target.
It reappears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' as the Stopwatch. Here, it is a somewhat rare item, for it can only be purchased in [[Twilight Town]] or [[Fahr Outpost]]. The item will immobilize enemies, just as in the game's predecessor. However, enemies can also use the item against Mario or his partners. Several warped clocks appearing in various colors will appear on-screen after using the item. After about four seconds, the item takes effect and immobilizes its target.
=====Locations=====
 
Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
*In a rock on the [[moon]] surface near where Mario lands.
*In a rock on the [[moon]] surface near where Mario lands.
*Behind near the entrance in the first part of descending stairs in the [[Palace of Shadow]].
*Behind near the entrance in the first part of descending stairs in the [[Palace of Shadow]].
*On sale at [[Twilight Shop]] (30 coins) and [[Northwinds Mart]] (12 coins), and [[Charlieton]] (24 coins).
*On sale at [[Twilight Shop]] (30 coins) and [[Northwinds Mart]] (12 coins), and [[Charlieton]] (24 coins).
*Dropped by ordinary [[Magikoopa]]s, [[Moon Cleft]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, [[Bulky Bob-omb]]s, [[Bob-ulk]]s, [[Wizzerd]]s, [[Dark Wizzerd]]s, [[Elite Wizzerd]]s, [[X-Naut]]s, [[X-Naut PhD]]s, [[Elite X-Naut]]s, as well as the [[Dull Bones]], [[Bob-omb]]s, and all the [[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]] in [[Glitz Pit]].<ref>Jdaster64 (April 7, 2016). [http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/920182-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/faqs/63451 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ]. ''GameFAQs''. Retrieved October 11, 2016.</ref>
*Dropped by ordinary [[Magikoopa]]s, [[Moon Cleft]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, [[Bulky Bob-omb]]s, [[Bob-ulk]]s, [[Wizzerd]]s, [[Dark Wizzerd]]s, [[Elite Wizzerd]]s, [[X-Naut]]s, [[X-Naut PhD]]s, [[Elite X-Naut]]s, as well as the [[Dull Bones]], [[Bob-omb]]s, and all the [[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]] in [[Glitz Pit]].<ref>{{cite|author=Jdaster64|date=April 7, 2016|url=www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/920182-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/faqs/63451|title=Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref>


====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
The Stop Watch also appears as an uncommon item in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where it [[Immobilized|immobilizes]] all enemies.
The Stop Watch also appears as an uncommon item in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where it [[Immobilized|immobilizes]] all enemies.
Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
*[[Merlee's Mansion|Chapter 2-2]], in the chest on top of Merlee's Mansion.
*[[Castle Bleck Entry|Chapter 8-1]], over the west wall of the area where Peach was first controllable, right chest.


===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
The Stop Watch appears again in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' as a [[badge]] effect that occurs when mixing the Miracle Badge with the Gold Badge.
The Stop Watch appears again in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' as a [[badge]] effect that occurs when mixing the Miracle Badge with the Gold Badge.


===''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===
===Unused appearances===
Stopwatches are also [[List of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused]] in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, where they would act like they did in Super Mario Bros. 2. [12]
Stopwatches are [[List of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused items]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they would have functioned like they did in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects#Stopwatch|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''/Unused Objects]]|author=TCRF|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=January 26, 2023}}</ref>


==Official profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' "''If you've pulled up enough vegetables, this item will temporarily freeze your enemies.''"
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' "''If you've pulled up enough vegetables, this item will temporarily freeze your enemies.''"
===''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''European instruction booklet:''' "''When you pick your fifth vegetable, time may momentarily stop and your enemies will become motionless. However watch out — if you run into them, they will still cause you damage.''"


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Stopwatch SMB2 Sprite.png|A Stop Watch from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Stopwatch SMB2 Sprite.png|A Stop Watch from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] pulling up a Stop Watch to stop a [[Phanto]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMAS SMB2 Stop Watch Artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMAS SMB2 Stop Watch Artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Stop Watch.png|A Stop Watch from ''Super Mario All-Stars''
Stop Watch.png|A Stop Watch from ''Super Mario All-Stars''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ストップウォッチ<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref>
|Jap=ストップウォッチ<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=27|language=ja|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Sutoppuwocchi
|JapR=Sutoppu Wotchi
|JapM=Stop Watch
|JapM=Stop Watch
|Fra=Chronomètre<br>Montre-Stop<br>Montre au pouvoir immobilisant (''SMAS'')<br>Stop Temps (''SMA'')
|ChiS=静止钟
|FraM=Timer<br>Stop-Watch<br>Immobilizing-power watch<br>Time Stop
|ChiSN=''Paper Mario''
|Chi=静止钟
|ChiSR=Jìngzhǐ Zhōng
|ChiR=Jìngzhǐ Zhōng
|ChiSM=Static Clock
|ChiM=Static Clock
|ChiS2=暂停时钟
|ChiS2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|ChiS2R=Zàntíng Shízhōng
|ChiS2M=Pause Clock
|ChiT=暫停時鐘
|ChiTR=Zàntíng Shízhōng
|ChiTM=Pause Clock
|Dut=Stopwatch
|Fre=Chronomètre
|Fre2=Montre-Stop
|Fre3=Montre au pouvoir immobilisant
|Fre3N=''Super Mario All-Stars''
|Fre4=Stop Temps
|Fre4N=''Super Mario Advance''
|FreM=Timer
|Fre2M=Stop-Watch
|Fre3M=Immobilizing-power watch
|Fre4M=Time Stop
|Ger=Stoppuhr
|Ger=Stoppuhr
|GerM=Stop Watch
|GerM=Stop Watch
|Ita=Fermalogio (''SMB2'')<br>Paralogio (''PM'')
|Ita=Segnale di fermata del tempo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' manual|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|page=21}}</ref>
|ItaM=Pun on "fermare" (stop)/"paralizzare" (paralize) and "orologio" (clock)
|Ita2=Paralogio
|Spa=Reloj Parado
|Ita2N=''Paper Mario'' series
|SpaM=Stopped Clock
|Ita3=Timer<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' manual|date=2010|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=10}}</ref>
|Ita4=Orologio<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=70}}</ref>
|ItaM=Time stop signal
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''paralizzare'' ("paralize") and ''orologio'' ("clock")
|Ita4M=Clock
|Kor=스톱워치
|KorR=Seutop-wochi
|KorM=Stop Watch
|SpaE=Reloj parado
|SpaEN=''Super Paper Mario'' onwards
|SpaE2=Reloj Parado
|SpaEM=Stopped clock
|SpaE2M=Stopped Clock
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:1989CharacterStopWatch.png|thumb|150px|right|The Stop Watch character in a 1989 character sheet]]
[[File:1989CharacterStopWatch.png|thumb|150px|The Stop Watch character in a 1989 character sheet]]
*An official 1989 ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' character sheet that was given to third party companies getting the ''Mario'' license for products, included "Stop Watch" as a character. Despite the Stop Watch being merely an item in the original game, this character sheet gave the bottom of the watch part a base with eyes, mouth, legs and hands.<ref>[https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/626283149466517504/official-1989-super-mario-bros-2-character-sheet suppermariobroth.com]. Posted August 13, 2020. Accessed September 8, 2020.</ref> This Stop Watch character is the same one later used briefly in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story, ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]''. The character likely originated from a misinterpretation of the Stop Watch illustration in the game's manual, which shows Mario plucking the item from the ground.<ref>MarioBrothBlog (December 5, 2022). ''[https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1599801900462768128 Twitter]''. Retrieved December 5, 2022.</ref>
*An official 1989 ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' character sheet that was given to third party companies getting the ''Super Mario'' license for products, included "Stop Watch" as a character. Despite the Stop Watch being merely an item in the original game, this character sheet gave the bottom of the watch part a base with eyes, mouth, legs and hands.<ref>{{cite|url=www.suppermariobroth.com/post/626283149466517504/official-1989-super-mario-bros-2-character-sheet|title=Official 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 character sheet given to companies obtaining a Mario license by Nintendo of America for reference. Besides characters and items directly from the game, it also contains the original “Stop Watch” character that exists only in select pieces of North American licensed material, such as greeting cards and one issue of the Valiant Super Mario Bros. comics. Its game equivalent is the Stop Watch item that looks like an ordinary watch.|publisher=Supper Mario Broth|accessdate=June 2, 2024|date=August 13, 2020|language=en}}</ref> This Stop Watch character is the same one later used briefly in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story, ''[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]''. The character likely originated from a misinterpretation of the Stop Watch illustration in the game's manual, which shows Mario plucking the item from the ground.<ref>{{cite|author=MarioBrothBlog|date=December 5, 2022|url=x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1599801900462768128|title=Previously, I have posted about the enigmatic "Stop Watch" character, an animate version of the Stop Watch item from Super Mario Bros. 2 that appeared in a few licensed works. Reader @RealSplatJam discovered that it likely originated from a misinterpretation of the game's manual.|publisher=X|accessdate=June 2, 2024}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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[[de:Stoppuhr]]
[[de:Stoppuhr]]
[[it:Paralogio]]
[[it:Paralogio]]
https://www.tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Advance_4:_Super_Mario_Bros._3/Unused_Objects#Stopwatch

Latest revision as of 01:38, November 8, 2024

"Stopwatch" redirects here. For the other recurring watch item, see + Clock.
This article is about the item that freezes enemies and/or the environment. For other types of timers, see Timer.
Stop Watch
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

Stop Watches[1] (alternatively formatted as Stopwatches),[2][3][4] also known as Time Stops,[5] appear in the Super Mario franchise as clock items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.

History[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Artwork of Imajin using a Stop Watch for Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Artwork of Imajin with a Stop Watch in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

If the player first pulls up four large vegetables in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, pulling up what would be a fifth one will instead reveal a Stop Watch. It will appear for a second and then freeze everything in the level for a few seconds. This gives a window of opportunity for Mario and his friends to avoid or defeat enemies and collect small hearts. However, touching the frozen enemies still hurts the player. Stop Watches have gray/green sprites in the original release. In the Super Mario All-Stars version, however, they are depicted as gold when playing as Mario or Luigi, gold with a dark red outline as Princess Toadstool, or blue with a brown outline as Toad. This is due to the Stop Watch using the same palette as the player character, consequently subjecting them to any changes done when switching characters. In Super Mario Advance, Stop Watches are orange.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

In the Nintendo Comics System story Cloud Nine, it appears as an animate object who acts as the Mushroom King's alarm clock, dodging the grumpy King's attempts to swat him and fearfully running to Princess Toadstool for safety.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Stop Watch
A Stop Watch from Paper Mario. Stop Watch. A Stop Watch from Super Paper Mario. Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Paper Mario description If it works, paralyzes all enemies for a short time.
The Thousand-Year Door description Temporarily immobilizes all enemies.
Super Paper Mario description A wacky watch that stops enemies in their tracks.

Paper Mario[edit]

The Stop Watch later appears as an item in Paper Mario. When Mario or his partners use it, it will immobilize enemies for a few turns (assuming it is successful). It can be bought at most stores and is a fairly common item. Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

It reappears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as the Stopwatch. Here, it is a somewhat rare item, for it can only be purchased in Twilight Town or Fahr Outpost. The item will immobilize enemies, just as in the game's predecessor. However, enemies can also use the item against Mario or his partners. Several warped clocks appearing in various colors will appear on-screen after using the item. After about four seconds, the item takes effect and immobilizes its target.

Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

Super Paper Mario[edit]

The Stop Watch also appears as an uncommon item in Super Paper Mario, where it immobilizes all enemies.

Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

  • Chapter 2-2, in the chest on top of Merlee's Mansion.
  • Chapter 8-1, over the west wall of the area where Peach was first controllable, right chest.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

The Stop Watch appears again in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team as a badge effect that occurs when mixing the Miracle Badge with the Gold Badge.

Unused appearances[edit]

Stopwatches are unused items in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, where they would have functioned like they did in Super Mario Bros. 2.[8]

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Wii Virtual Console manual: "If you've pulled up enough vegetables, this item will temporarily freeze your enemies."

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • European instruction booklet: "When you pick your fifth vegetable, time may momentarily stop and your enemies will become motionless. However watch out — if you run into them, they will still cause you damage."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ストップウォッチ[9]
Sutoppu Wotchi 		Stop Watch
Chinese (simplified) 静止钟[?]
Jìngzhǐ Zhōng 		Static Clock Paper Mario
暂停时钟[?]
Zàntíng Shízhōng 		Pause Clock The Thousand-Year Door remake
Chinese (traditional) 暫停時鐘[?]
Zàntíng Shízhōng 		Pause Clock
Dutch Stopwatch[?] -
French Chronomètre[?] Timer
Montre-Stop[?] Stop-Watch
Montre au pouvoir immobilisant[?] Immobilizing-power watch Super Mario All-Stars
Stop Temps[?] Time Stop Super Mario Advance
German Stoppuhr[?] Stop Watch
Italian Segnale di fermata del tempo[10] Time stop signal
Paralogio[?] Portmanteau of paralizzare ("paralize") and orologio ("clock") Paper Mario series
Timer[11][12] -
Orologio[13] Clock
Korean 스톱워치[?]
Seutop-wochi 		Stop Watch
Spanish (NOE) Reloj parado[?] Stopped clock Super Paper Mario onwards
Reloj Parado[?] Stopped Clock

Trivia[edit]

Stop Watch
The Stop Watch character in a 1989 character sheet
  • An official 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 character sheet that was given to third party companies getting the Super Mario license for products, included "Stop Watch" as a character. Despite the Stop Watch being merely an item in the original game, this character sheet gave the bottom of the watch part a base with eyes, mouth, legs and hands.[14] This Stop Watch character is the same one later used briefly in the Nintendo Comics System story, Cloud Nine. The character likely originated from a misinterpretation of the Stop Watch illustration in the game's manual, which shows Mario plucking the item from the ground.[15]

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  1. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
  2. ^ Tilden, Gail, et al. (July/August 1988). Nintendo Power Volume 1. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 10.
  3. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 88.
  4. ^ Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies (June 4, 2001). Super Mario Advance Official Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 0970646844. Page 5.
  5. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 29.
  6. ^ Floogal (December 23, 2006). Paper Mario Stat/Attack Guide. GameFAQs (English). Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Jdaster64 (April 7, 2016). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ. GameFAQs. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  8. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  9. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 27.
  10. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 21.
  11. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 33.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 10.
  13. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 70.
  14. ^ August 13, 2020. Official 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 character sheet given to companies obtaining a Mario license by Nintendo of America for reference. Besides characters and items directly from the game, it also contains the original “Stop Watch” character that exists only in select pieces of North American licensed material, such as greeting cards and one issue of the Valiant Super Mario Bros. comics. Its game equivalent is the Stop Watch item that looks like an ordinary watch.. Supper Mario Broth (English). Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  15. ^ MarioBrothBlog (December 5, 2022). Previously, I have posted about the enigmatic "Stop Watch" character, an animate version of the Stop Watch item from Super Mario Bros. 2 that appeared in a few licensed works. Reader @RealSplatJam discovered that it likely originated from a misinterpretation of the game's manual.. X. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsamaa • Shireikana • Subcon • Yoshib
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēna • Big Shy Guyb • Big Ninjib • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladeb • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Eggb
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros.b • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Yoshi Challengeb • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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Paper Mario items
Battle items Coconut • Dizzy Dial • Dusty Hammer • Egg Missile • Fire Flower • Fright Jar • Mystery? • Pebble • POW Block • Repel Gel • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Snowman Doll • Stone Cap • Stop Watch • Strange Cake • Thunder Bolt • Thunder Rage • Volt Shroom
Badges All or Nothing • Attack FX A • Attack FX B • Attack FX C • Attack FX D • Attack FX E • Bump Attack • Chill Out • Close Call • D-Down Jump • D-Down Pound • Damage Dodge • Deep Focus • Defend Plus • Dizzy Attack • Dizzy Stomp • Dodge Master • Double Dip • Feeling Fine • Fire Shield • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • FP Plus • Group Focus • Hammer Throw • Happy Flower • Happy Heart • Heart Finder • HP Drain • HP Plus • I Spy • Ice Power • Jump Charge • Last Stand • Lucky Day • Mega Jump • Mega Quake • Mega Rush • Mega Smash • Money Money • Multibounce • P-Down, D-Up • P-Up, D-Down • Pay-Off • Peekaboo • Power Bounce • Power Jump • Power Plus • Power Quake • Power Rush • Power Smash • Pretty Lucky • Quake Hammer • Quick Change • Refund • Runaway Pay • S. Jump Charge • S. Smash Charge • Shrink Stomp • Sleep Stomp • Slow Go • Smash Charge • Speedy Spin • Spike Shield • Spin Attack • Spin Smash • Triple Dip • Zap Tap
Equipment Badge • Boots • Super Boots • Ultra Boots • Hammer • Super Hammer • Ultra Hammer
Recovery items Apple • Apple Pie • Big Cookie • Bland Meal • Blue Berry • Boiled Egg • Bubble Berry • Cake • Cake Mix • Coco Pop • Deluxe Feast • Dried Fruit • Dried Pasta • Dried Shroom • Egg • Electro Pop • Fire Pop • Fried Egg • Fried Shroom • Frozen Fries • Goomnut • Healthy Juice • Heart • Honey Candy • Honey Shroom • Honey Super • Honey Syrup • Honey Ultra • Hot Shroom • Iced Potato • Jammin' Jelly • Jelly Pop • Jelly Shroom • Jelly Super • Jelly Ultra • Kooky Cookie • Koopa Leaf • Koopa Tea • Koopasta • Lemon • Lemon Candy • Life Shroom • Lime • Lime Candy • Maple Shroom • Maple Super • Maple Syrup • Maple Ultra • Melon • Mistake • Mushroom • Nutty Cake • Potato Salad • Red Berry • Shroom Cake • Shroom Steak • Spaghetti • Special Shake • Spicy Soup • Stinky Herb • Strange Leaf • Super Shroom • Super Soda • Sweet Shroom • Tasty Tonic • Ultra Shroom • Whacka Bump • Yellow Berry • Yoshi Cookie • Yummy Meal
Key items Artifact • Autograph • Blue Key • Boo's Portrait • Bowser's diary • Bucket • Butter • Calculator • Castle Key (Tubba Blubba's Castle) • Castle Key (Peach's Castle) • Castle Key (Bowser's Castle) • Cleanser • Cookbook • Cream • Crystal Ball • Crystal Berry • Diamond Stone • Dictionary • Diploma • Dolly • Egg • Empty Wallet • Fertile Soil • First-Degree Card • Flour • Fortress Key • Fourth-Degree Card • Frying Pan • Glasses • Gold Credit • Jade Raven • Koopa Legends • Kooper's Shell • Letter • Lucky Star • Lunar Stone • Lyrics • Magical Bean • Magical Seed • Mailbag • Melody • Milk • Miracle Water • Mystery Note • Odd Key • Old Photo • Package • Palace Key • Prison Key • Pulse Stone • Pyramid Stone • Record • Red Jar • Red Key • Ruins Key • Salt • Scarf • Second-Degree Card • Silver Credit • Sneaky Parasol • Special Strawberry Cake • Star Piece • Star Rod • Star Stone • Storeroom Key • Strawberry • Sugar • Tape • Third-Degree Card • Toy Train • Ultra Stone • Volcano Vase • Warehouse Key • Water • Water Stone • Weight • Yakkey
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch) items
Battle items Boo's Sheet • Coconut Bomb • Courage Meal • Courage Shell • Dizzy Dial • Earth Quake • Egg Bomb • Fire Flower • Fright Mask • Hot Sauce • HP Drain • Ice Storm • Love Pudding • Mini Mr. Mini • Mr. Softener • Mystery • Peach Tart • Point Swap • POW Block • Power Punch • Repel Cape • Ruin Powder • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Spite Pouch • Stopwatch • Thunder Bolt • Thunder Rage • Volt Mushroom • Zess Dynamite
Badges All or Nothing • Attack FX B • Attack FX G • Attack FX P • Attack FX R • Attack FX Y • Bump Attack • Charge • Charge P • Chill Out • Close Call • Close Call P • Damage Dodge • Damage Dodge P • Defend Plus • Defend Plus P • Double Dip • Double Dip P • Double Pain • Feeling Fine • Feeling Fine P • Fire Drive • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • Flower Saver P • FP Drain • FP Plus • Gold Medala • Hammer Throw • Hammerman • Happy Flower • Happy Heart • Happy Heart P • Head Rattle • Heart Finder • HP Drain • HP Drain P • HP Plus • HP Plus P • Ice Power • Ice Smash • Item Hog • Jumpman • L Emblem • Last Stand • Last Stand P • Lucky Day • Lucky Start • Mega Rush • Mega Rush P • Money Money • Multibounce • Nostalgic Tunesa • P-Down, D-Up • P-Down, D-Up P • P-Up, D-Down • P-Up, D-Down P • Peekaboo • Piercing Blow • Pity Flower • Power Bounce • Power Jump • Power Plus • Power Plus P • Power Rush • Power Rush P • Power Smash • Pretty Lucky • Pretty Lucky P • Quake Hammer • Quick Change • Refund • Return Postage • Shrink Stomp • Simplifier • Sleepy Stomp • Slow Go • Soft Stomp • Spike Shield • Super Appeal • Super Appeal P • Timing Tutor • Tornado Jump • Unsimplifier • W Emblem • Zap Tap
Equipment Badge • Boots • Hammer • Super Boots • Super Hammer • Ultra Boots • Ultra Hammer
Recovery items Cake Mix • Choco Cake • Coco Candy • Coconut • Couple's Cake • Dried Bouquet • Dried Mushroom • Electro Pop • Fire Pop • Fresh Juice • Fresh Pasta • Fried Egg • Fruit Parfait • Golden Leaf • Gradual Syrup • Healthy Salad • Heartful Cake • Honey Candy • Honey Mushroom • Honey Super • Honey Syrup • Honey Ultra • Horsetail • Hot Dog • Hottest Doga • Icicle Pop • Ink Pasta • Inky Sauce • Jammin' Jelly • Jelly Candy • Jelly Mushroom • Jelly Super • Jelly Ultra • Keel Mango • Koopa Bun • Koopa Tea • Koopasta • Life Mushroom • Mango Delight • Maple Mushroom • Maple Super • Maple Syrup • Maple Ultra • Meteor Meal • Mistake • Mousse Cake • Mushroom • Mushroom Broth • Mushroom Cake • Mushroom Crepe • Mushroom Fry • Mushroom Roast • Mushroom Steak • Mystic Egg • Omelette Meal • Peachy Peach • Poison Mushroom • Slow Mushroom • Snow Bunny • Space Food • Spaghetti • Spicy Pasta • Spicy Soup • Super Mushroom • Tasty Tonic • Trial Stew • Turtley Leaf • Ultra Mushroom • Whacka Bump • Zess Cookie • Zess Deluxe • Zess Dinner • Zess Frappe • Zess Special • Zess Tea
Other Dramalama Plaque • Fat Dog • Gold Bar • Gold Bar x3 • Inn Coupon • Marvelous Compass • Mushroom Full Course • Nitro Honey Syrup • Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness • Star Piece • The Big Green 01
Important Things Attack FX B • Autograph • Badge Trophya • Battle Trunks • Black Key • Blanket • Blimp Ticket • Blue Key • Blue Potion • Box • Briefcase • Cake • Castle Key • Champ's Belt • Chuckola Cola • Cog • Contact Lens • Cookbook • Cooking Trophya • Data Disk • Dubious Documents • Elevator Key (Riverside Station) • Elevator Key (X-Naut Fortress) • Galley Pot • Gate Handle • Gold Card • Gold Ring • Goldbob's Pass • Gold Whacka Bumpa • Green Potion • Grotto Key • House Key • Lottery Ticket • Magical Map • Mailbox SP • Moon Stone • Necklace • Old Letter • Package • Palace Key • Platinum Card • Poisoned Cake • Present • Prince Mush's Belta • Puni Orb • Ragged Diary • Red Key • Red Potion • Routing Slip • Security Key • Shell Earrings • Shine Sprite • Shop Key • Silver Card • Skull Gem • Special Card • Star Stone • Station Key • Steeple Key • Storage Key • Strange Sack • Sun Stone • Superbombomb • Super Luigi • Tattle Trophya • The Letter "p" • Threatening Notea • Train Ticket • Ultra Stone • Up Arrow • Vital Paper • Wedding Ring • Wrestling Magazine • Yellow Potion
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Super Paper Mario items
Attack items Berry Snow Bunny • Bone-In Cut • Dyllis Dynamite • Egg Bomb • Electro Pop • Fire Burst • Fruit Parfait • Ghost Shroom • Hot Sauce • Ice Storm • Megaton Dinner • Meteor Meal • Mighty Tonic • POW Block • Shell Shock • Shooting Star • Snow Bunny • Snow Cone • Spicy Dinner • Spicy Pasta Dish • Spit Roast • Thunder Rage • Volcano Shroom • Volt Shroom
Defense items Block Block • Block Meal • Courage Shell • Koopasta Dish • Koopa Dumpling • Koopa Pilaf • Koopa Tea • Turtley Leaf
Attack and defense items Love Noodle Dish • Lovely Chocolate
Recovery items Awesome Snack • Big Egg • Black Apple • Blue Apple • Cake Mix • Choco Pasta Dish • Chocolate Cake • Dayzee Syrup • Dayzee Tear • Dried Shroom • Dyllis Breakfast • Dyllis Deluxe • Dyllis Dinner • Dyllis Lunch • Dyllis Special • Emergency Ration • Fresh Pasta Bunch • Fresh Veggie • Fried Egg • Fried Shroom Plate • Fruity Cake • Fruity Hamburger • Fruity Punch • Fruity Shroom • Gingerbread House • Golden Choco-bar • Golden Leaf • Golden Meal • Gorgeous Steak • Gradual Syrup • Hamburger • Healthy Salad • Heartful Cake • Herb Tea • Honey Candy • Honey Jar • Honey Shroom • Honey Super • Horsetail • Horsetail Tart • Hot Dog • Ink Pasta Dish • Inky Sauce • Inky Soup • Keel Mango • Life Shroom • Long-Last Shake • Luxurious Set • Mango Juice • Mango Pudding • Meat Pasta Dish • Mild Cocoa Bean • Miracle Dinner • Mistake (1) • Mixed Shake • Mousse • Mushroom • Mushroom Crepe • Odd Dinner • Omelette Plate • Peach Juice • Peach Tart • Peachy Peach • Pink Apple • Power Steak • Primordial Dinner • Primordial Fruit • Red Apple • Roast Horsetail • Roast Shroom Dish • Roast Whacka Bump • Sap Muffin • Sap Soup • Sap Syrup • Shroom Broth • Shroom Cake • Shroom Choco-bar • Shroom Delicacy • Shroom Pudding • Shroom Shake • Shroom Steak • Slimy Shroom • Smelly Herb • Space Food • Spaghetti Plate • Spicy Soup • Stamina Juice • Super Shroom • Super Shroom Shake • Sweet Choco-bar • Sweet Cookie Snack • Town Special • Ultra Shroom • Ultra Shroom Shake • Veggie Set • Warm Cocoa • Whacka Bump • Yellow Apple
Other Catch Card • Catch Card SP • Couple's Cake • Dangerous Delight • Gold Bar • Gold Bar x3 • Gold Medal • Happy Flower • Heavy Meal • HP Plus • Love Pudding • Mega Star • Mistake (2) • Mystery Box • Pal Pill • Poison Shroom • Power Plus • Sleepy Sheep • Slimy Extract • Slow Flower • Speed Flower • Standard Chocolate • Star Medal • Stop Watch • Trial Stew • Weird Extract
Important Things Ancient Clue • Autograph • Blue Orb • Card Key • Castle Bleck Key • Cave Key • Cooking Disk • Crystal Ball • Diet Book • Dimension Key • Door Key (Gloam Valley) • Door Key (Planet Blobule) • Door Key (The Underwhere) • Fire Tablet • Floro Sprout • Fort Key • Golden Card • Goldfish Bowl • Helmet • House Key • Old Key • Paper • Pit Key • Random House Key • Red Orb • Return Pipe • Ruins Key • Stone Tablet • Training Machine • Water Tablet • Yellow Orb • You-Know-What
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