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|image=[[Image:79. Black Cursya Card.JPG]]
|image=[[File:SPMBackCursya.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Super Paper Mario''
|hp=1
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|atk=1
|variant_of=[[Cursya]]
|def=
|card type=Common
|tattle=This pest will send you straight back to Flipside. Then again, it's one way to cut down on your commute.
|before= [[Cursya|78]]
|#=79
|after= [[Tech Cursya|80]]
}}
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'''Back Cursyas''' are a sub-species of [[Cursya]]s from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. They can be distinguished from other Cursyas because of their gray color. If players touch a Back Cursya, they will be sent back to [[Flipside]], so it is recommended that [[Boomer]], [[Cudge]] or [[Bowser]]'s Fire Breath is used to defeat one.


'''Back Cursyas''' are a sub-species of [[Cursya]]s from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. They can be distinguished from other Cursyas because of their gray color. If players touch a Back Cursya, they will be "flipped out" and be sent back to [[Flipside]]. Its name comes from the fact that it curses the player to be sent back to Flipside. There are only two Back Cursyas in the game: one in [[the Bitlands]] and one in [[Downtown of Crag]].


==Trivia==
Back Cursyas are the only Cursyas without a dark form. However, the game's data contains an [[List of Super Paper Mario pre-release and unused content|unused]] dark variant.
*Back Cursyas are the only Cursyas without a Dark form, probably because the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]] would be much harder if the [[player]] was constantly sent back to Flopside.
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*[[Piccolo]] can instantly remove any curse placed upon the characters, though it won't help in this situation.
*It's name comes from the fact that it curses the player to be sent back to [[Flipside]].
*Like Spinias, Back Cursyas are essentially a stack of paper thin disks with eyes. However, The discs of a cursya sway free and are not attached like a Spinia.
*Also like Spinias, they are three dimensional enemies.


== Foreign Names ==
==Profiles and statistics==
{{Foreignname|
===''Super Paper Mario''===
|Fra=Fléo Retour
{{:Super Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Back Cursya|align=horizontal}}
|FraM= Modified orthograph of the word "fléau" (curse); "retour" means "back")}}


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==Gallery==
[[Category: Sub-Species]]
<gallery>
[[Category: Enemies]]
SPM Back Cursya curse.png|Mario cursed by Back Cursya
[[Category: Paper Mario Series Enemies]]
SPM Back Cursya Catch Card.png|[[Catch Card]]
[[Category: Count Bleck's Army]]
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=モドルノロイ
|JpnR=Modorunoroi
|JpnM=Portmanteau of「戻る」(''modoru'', to return) and「ノロイノロイ」(''Noroi Noroi'', [[Cursya]])
|Fre=Fléo Retour
|FreM=From "Fléo" (Cursya) and "retour" (return)
|Ger=Teleportia
|GerM=From "teleport" with Latin suffix for creating nouns "-ia"
|Spa=Hechicia Retorno
|SpaM=From "Hechicia" (Cursya) and "retorno" (return)
|Ita=Teleportia
|ItaM=Same as German name
|Kor=도라가저
|KorR=Doragajeo
|KorM=from "돌아가다" (''dol'agada'', to return) and "저주" (''jeoju'', curse)
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:32, January 7, 2025

Back Cursya
Sprite of a Back Cursya from Super Paper Mario.
Sprite from Super Paper Mario
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
Variant of Cursya

Back Cursyas are a sub-species of Cursyas from Super Paper Mario. They can be distinguished from other Cursyas because of their gray color. If players touch a Back Cursya, they will be "flipped out" and be sent back to Flipside. Its name comes from the fact that it curses the player to be sent back to Flipside. There are only two Back Cursyas in the game: one in the Bitlands and one in Downtown of Crag.

Back Cursyas are the only Cursyas without a dark form. However, the game's data contains an unused dark variant.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Super Paper Mario enemy
Back Cursya
Sprite of a Back Cursya from Super Paper Mario. Max HP 1 Role Common Location(s) The Bitlands (3-1), Downtown of Crag (5-1)
Attack 1 Card type Common
Defense 0 Items Poison Shroom, Catch Card Card location(s) Card Shop; Catch Card/SP; Map 18
Score 400
Card description This pest will send you straight back to Flipside. Then again, it's one way to cut down on your commute.
  List of Catch Cards  
  78      79      80  
Tattle That's a Back Cursya. It is a vile monster that curses everything it touches... Max HP is 1 and Attack is 1. It will send you back to where you came from... In our case, one touch, and we would be sent straight back to Flipside...

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese モドルノロイ[?]
Modorunoroi
Portmanteau of「戻る」(modoru, to return) and「ノロイノロイ」(Noroi Noroi, Cursya)
French Fléo Retour[?] From "Fléo" (Cursya) and "retour" (return)
German Teleportia[?] From "teleport" with Latin suffix for creating nouns "-ia"
Italian Teleportia[?] Same as German name
Korean 도라가저[?]
Doragajeo
from "돌아가다" (dol'agada, to return) and "저주" (jeoju, curse)
Spanish Hechicia Retorno[?] From "Hechicia" (Cursya) and "retorno" (return)