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|image=[[Image:Parakarry1000yeardoor.gif{{!}}150px]]<br>Parakarry's appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
|image=[[File:PM Mario and Parakarry Artwork.png|100px]]<br>Artwork of Parakarry holding Mario in ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
|full_name=Parakarry
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|first_appearance=[[Paper Mario{{!}}''Paper Mario'']] ([[2000]])
|species=[[Koopa Paratroopa]]
|species=[[Paratroopa]]
|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]])
|affiliation=[[Post Office]], [[Mario]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' (as a [[Catch Card]]/picture) ([[2007]])
}}
}}
{{quote|Another letter, duly delivered. A postman's job is never done.|Parakarry|Paper Mario}}
{{quote|Another letter, duly delivered. A postman's job is never done.|Parakarry|Paper Mario}}
'''Parakarry''' is [[Mario]]'s fourth party member in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. He is a cyan-shelled [[Koopa Paratroopa]] wearing a flight helmet, brown shoes, and a mail bag, and is the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]'s primary mail carrier, delivering [[Princess Peach]]'s party invitation to [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], which begins the events of ''Paper Mario''. He along with [[Corporal Paraplonk]], [[Koops]], and [[Holly Koopa]] are the only Koopas that have shoes that are a different color to their shells.


'''Parakarry''' is [[Mario]]'s fourth party member in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. He is a Cyan [[Paratroopa]] and is the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]'s primary mail carrier. In fact, at the beginning of the game, Parakarry delivers [[Peach]]'s party invitation to [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. It is this letter that starts the events of ''Paper Mario''.  
Parakarry works for the [[Toad Town Post Office]]; his boss is the [[postmaster]]. Parakarry tends to be quite clumsy and often loses the letters he is supposed to deliver, and it is also noted in-game that he is rather slow at delivering mail. As such, there are quite a few pieces of undelivered mail scattered across the kingdom. Parakarry's name is a portmanteau of "Paratroopa" (or perhaps the alternate "Para-Koopa", as his name features a "K") and the word "carry", as he is a mail carrier whose ability is being able to help carry Mario over large gaps he cannot [[jump]] over. His role is fulfilled by [[Yoshi Kid|Yoshi]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.


Parakarry works for the [[Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]], the capital of the Mushroom Kingdom; his boss is the [[Postmaster]]. Parakarry tends to be quite clumsy and often loses the letters he is supposed to deliver, and it is also noted in-game that he is rather slow at delivering mail. As such, there are quite a few pieces of undelivered mail scattered across the kingdom. Parakarry's name is a portmanteau of "Paratroopa" (or perhaps the alternate "Parakoopa", as his name features a "K") and the word "carry", as he is a mail carrier whose ability involves carrying Mario.
Parakarry has appeared in the most ''Paper Mario'' games out of all of Mario's [[party member|partner]]s, whether it be a direct appearance, a cameo, or a simple mention. ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' are the only installments to not reference him at all.
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM Parakarry joins party.png|thumb|left|Parakarry joining Mario's party in ''Paper Mario'']]
Parakarry first appears in the opening where he delivers a party invitation from [[Princess Peach]] to [[Mario Bros.' House|Mario's House]]. Mario first meets Parakarry in person on [[Mt. Rugged]] (though Mario can optionally find him floating in the Post Office earlier in the game, before Chapter One to be specific). Parakarry explains to [[Mario]] that he is normally a letter-perfect postman, but he has lost three [[Letter]]s and asks Mario to retrieve them. After Mario recovers the Letters and returns them to Parakarry, the Paratroopa joins Mario's party seemingly out of both thanks and as a wish to assist Mario in finding all of his other lost Letters. Outside of battle, Parakarry can carry Mario for a short amount of time, flying over gaps Mario cannot [[Jump]] across. With Parakarry on his team, Mario can also deliver the Letters he finds by talking to their recipients with Parakarry out on the field. Parakarry has a Defense Power of 1 like [[Kooper]], meaning he takes one less damage from attacks that happen to damage partners.


In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', [[Yoshi (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Yoshi]] has the same ability has Parakarry, to carry Mario over gaps that he can't [[jump]] over.
He also receives [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Parakarry|two letters]] at the [[Toad Town Post Office]]: one from [[Frost T.]] thanking him for delivering his letter, and one from [[Whacka]] who admires his ability of flying. At the end of the game, Parakarry delivers party invitations from Princess Peach to the rest of Mario's party members, along with Mario himself.


==History==
[[Duplighost]]s and [[Lee]] can transform into Parakarry along with Mario's other partners, in which case his name appears as "Parakarry???"
===''[[Paper Mario]]===
 
[[Image: Parakarry.gif|frame|left|'''Parakarry''' helping Mario over a dangerous area.]]
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Mario first meets Parakarry on [[Mt. Rugged]]. (Though he can optionally find him standing in the Post Office earlier in the game, before Chapter One to be specific.) The mail carrier explains to the [[plumber]] that he has lost three [[Letter]]s and asks Mario to retrieve them. After Mario recovers the Letters and returns them to Parakarry, the Paratroopa joins Mario's party seemingly out of both thanks and a wish to assist Mario in finding all of his other lost Letters. Outside of battle, Parakarry can carry Mario for a short amount of time, flying over gaps Mario cannot [[Jump]] over. With Parakarry on his team, Mario can also deliver the Letters he finds by talking to their recipients with Parakarry out on the field.
[[File:Paper Mario TTYD Parakarry Beginning.png|thumb|Parakarry at the very beginning of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']]
Parakarry appears at the start of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], delivering a letter to the [[Mario Bros.' House]] from [[Princess Peach]] as she vacations in [[Rogueport]], a callback to the opening of ''Paper Mario''.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ume5pSIcKE|title=Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023|author=Nintendo of America|publisher=YouTube|date=September 14, 2023|language=en-us|accessdate=May 26, 2024}}</ref> In the remake, he makes another cameo during the end credits, leading the [[Parade|parade]] in place of [[Luigi]], who led the parade in the original game's credits.


====Tattle====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
"''He's Parakarry, a Paratroopa who develivers letters. He's got some problems. It must be nice to have wings. He can fly anywhere. All postmen should have wings. You know, some people say that if you help someone in trouble, good things will happen to you. You know, karma. What? You've never heard that?''"
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Peach does not send a letter to Mario to begin the story, so Parakarry does not appear at the beginning scene of that game. [[Toad]] takes his place by just alerting the Mario Bros. that [[Princess Peach]] was kidnapped. However, he does appear on a portrait with all of Mario's partners in Mario's house, as well as on a [[Catch Card]] found on the fiftieth level of the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]]. There is also sprite data for him inside the game, but it is never used.


===''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
Parakarry makes a cameo appearance in the beginning of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Like the previous game, Parakarry delivers a letter to Mario from Peach, and yet again another adventure starts. Because this opening scene was near-identical to that of ''Paper Mario'', Parakarry's appearance was likely just a small part in a larger reference to that game.
Parakarry is mentioned in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' in World 5-1, [[Shy Guy Jungle]]. A letter from him can be found in the trash-covered area. It reads, "''Thank you for your letter. Sorry I'm not here to receive it, but I will get back to you shortly. Thanks. - Parakarry''"


===''[[Super Paper Mario]]===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Peach doesn't send a letter to Mario to begin the story, so Parakarry does not appear at the beginning scene of that game. [[Toad]] takes his place by just alerting the Mario Bros. that [[Peach]] was kidnapped. However, he does appear in a portrait with all of Mario's partners in Mario's house, as well as on a [[Catch Card]] found on the fiftieth level of the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]].
[[File:Parakarry SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|In ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Parakarry appears in a short chapter in volume 26 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. After deliveries to a [[Whacka]], a [[Lava Bubble]], and a giant fish, Parakarry interrupts Mario, Goombario, and Kooper's adventure by delivering mail sent by [[Goompa]] to Goombario. Soon, a sign reveals itself to be a [[Paragoomba]] that steals Parakarry's mailbag, annoying Parakarry. Then, a group of Paragoombas attack Parakarry. Kooper attempts to help by throwing Mario from a slingshot, but fails. Parakarry then loses his wings. Goombario has Parakarry eat the item that Goompa sent. The Paragoombas then kick the mailbag, letting loose the mail. Parakarry gets angry and has his wings suddenly reappear. Parakarry, powered from the item, dive bombs into the Paragoombas, defeating them. Soon, Parakarry happily flies away, forgetting his mailbag, but Mario reminds him of this fact, and because of this, Parakarry comically falls.
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==Attacks==
==Profiles and statistics==
{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
===''Paper Mario''===
|-style="background: #ABC;"
*'''[[Tattle]]s:'''
**'''Toad Town Post Office''': ''His name is Parakarry. He's a Paratroopa who works for the post office. He's well known for being the slowest mailman around. A slow mailman? That can't be good.''
**'''Mt. Rugged''': ''He's Parakarry, a Paratroopa who delivers letters. He's got some problems. It must be nice to have wings. He can fly anywhere. All postmen should have wings. You know, some people say that if you help someone in trouble, good things will happen to you. You know, karma. What? You've never heard that?''
*'''In-game bio:''' ''He's a mail-carrying Paratroopa who's looking for lost mail. Press {{button|n64|Cdown}} to have him carry Mario for short distances. While he's carrying Mario, press {{button|n64|Cdown}} again to put him down. He can deliver letters to recipients all over the world. His specialty is attacking airborne enemies.''
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''The hardest working mailman in the Mushroom Kingdom is a Parakoopa with a purpose. When you find a need to cross gaps that are too wide to jump, Parakarry will carry you to the other side. He can also carry some enemies away from the battle with his Super Rank Air Lift ability.''<ref>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, Jason Leung, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide|page=13|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-07-0}}</ref>
The following is Parakarry's attacks and stats:
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;width:100%"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|Flower Points needed
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|To Attack
!width="10%"|Action Commands
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
|-
|-
|[[Sky Dive (attack)|Sky Dive]]
|[[Sky Dive (Paper Mario)|Sky Dive]]
|None
|None
|Parakarry kicks one enemy while airborne.
|Parakarry kicks one enemy while airborne.
|Press A right before landing.
|Press {{button|n64|A}} right before contact.
|Initial
|Base Rank: 1/'''2'''<br>Super Rank: 2/'''3'''<br>Ultra Rank: 4/'''5'''
|Base Rank
|-
|-
|[[Shell Shot]]
|[[Shell Shot]]
|3
|3
|Parakarry retreats into his shell and shoots himself at an enemy.
|Parakarry retreats into his shell and shoots himself at an enemy.
|Hold the Control Stick to the left to aim at the target, then release the Control Stick and Parakarry will rocket himself into the target, doing a good amount of damage.
|Hold {{button|n64|stickLeft}} and release as the cursor overlaps with the target.
|Initial
|Base Rank: 0/'''5'''<br>Super Rank: 0/'''6'''<br>Ultra Rank: 0/'''7'''
|Base Rank
|-
|-
|[[Air Lift]]
|[[Air Lift]]
|3
|3
|Parakarry lifts enemies out of battlefield.
|Parakarry attempts to carry an enemy off the battle, defeating them without dropping [[Star Point|Star Points]]
|Press A repeatedly.
|Press {{button|n64|A}} repeatedly.
|N/A
|Super Rank
|Super Rank
|-
|-
|[[Air Raid]]
|[[Air Raid]]
|6
|6
|Parakarry will fly around like crazy, inflicting damage to all the enemies.
|Parakarry will fly around like crazy, damaging all enemies.
|Repeatedly tilt the Control Stick to the left to fill the gauge.
|Repeatedly tilt the {{button|n64|Stick|left}} to the left to fill the gauge.
|Ultra Rank: 2-'''6'''
|Ultra Rank
|Ultra Rank
|}
|}
Values in bold are for perfectly executed action commands.


==[[Catch Card]]==
===''Super Paper Mario''===
[[Image:ParakarryCard.png|thumb|80px|Parakarry's Catch Card.]]
{|class="wikitable"align=center width=100%
'''Card Type:''' Rare<br>
|-
'''Card Description:''' Parakarry earned his fame from the original Paper Mario. He's the most fearsome mail carrier of them all!
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
|-
|[[File:SPM Parakarry Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''Parakarry earned his fame from the original Paper Mario. He's the most fearsome mail carrier of them all!''
|}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
PM Mario and Parakarry Artwork.png|Parakarry helping Mario over a dangerous area
PM Parakarry Concept Artwork.png|Concept artwork for ''[[Paper Mario]]''
Paper Mario Parakarry Beginning.png|Parakarry at the very beginning of ''Paper Mario''
Parakarry Post Office Prologue.png|Parakarry in the [[Toad Town Post Office]]
Paper Mario Parakarry First Meet.png|Mario first meeting up with Parakarry in ''Paper Mario''
Parakarry Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Paper Mario''
ParakarryPortraitPM.png|Parakarry's portrait from ''Paper Mario''
Parakarry.png|Parakarry's sprite in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
SPM Mario's House PM Partner Portrait.png|Parakarry in a portrait from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
Parakarry-SPM.png|''Super Paper Mario'' (unused)
PMTTYD NS Mario Bros.' House.png|Parakarry in the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Parakarry credits.png|Parakarry in the credits of the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
64PartnersHD.png|Parakarry's portrait from the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
</gallery>


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=パレッタ
|Jap=パレッタ
|JapR=Paretta
|JapR=Paretta
|JapM=Paletta
|JapM=From「パタパタ」(''Patapata'', "[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]"), and either a corruption of "letter" or Italian male surname "Letta"
|ChiS=啪来嗒
|ChiSR=Pāláidā
|ChiSM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|ChiT=帕瑞塔
|ChiTR=Pàruìtǎ
|ChiTM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Fre=Parakarry
|Ger=Parakarry
|Ger=Parakarry
|GerM=-
|Ita=Koopostino
|Por=Parakarry
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and ''postino'' ("postman")
|PorM=-
|Kor=펄리
|KorR=Peolli
|KorM=Shortening of "펄럭펄럭" (''Peoleok-peoleok'', "Paratroopa") and "펄럭이" (''peoleok'i'', "fluttering")
|Spa=Parakarry
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Parakarry-SPM.png|frame|right|'''Parakarry's''' beta sprite, from ''Super Paper Mario''.]]
*In a demo movie after the title screen for ''Paper Mario'' (before pressing {{button|n64|Start}}), Mario and Parakarry are shown avoiding the Bullet Bills fired from the Bill Blasters, which only happens prior to the fight with the [[Koopa Bros.]] However, this cannot be done in-game, as Parakarry does not join Mario's party until after the Koopa Bros. have been defeated.
*Parakarry is one of two partners who originated in the original ''Paper Mario'' (the other being [[Lady Bow]]) to make a cameo in both sequels.
*In ''Paper Mario'', if Parakarry is Mario's partner when Mario obtains [[Yakkey]] from [[Tubba Blubba]], his response to Yakkey is in "''wavy''" text, which usually indicates panic or fear. He is the only partner in which this occurs.
*Parakarry has some sprite data from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', but he was never used in the final game.
 
*He (along with [[Corporal Paraplonk]], [[Koops]], and [[Holly Koopa]]) is one of the only Koopas whose shoes have a different color than the shell.
==References==
*It has been stated in ''Paper Mario'' that the [[Postmaster]] plans to take his retreat and is happy Parakarry will be his successor. That may mean Parakarry is now the current Postmaster.
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Latest revision as of 20:12, November 11, 2024

Parakarry
Mario and Parakarry
Artwork of Parakarry holding Mario in Paper Mario.
Species Koopa Paratroopa
First appearance Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Another letter, duly delivered. A postman's job is never done.”
—Parakarry, Paper Mario

Parakarry is Mario's fourth party member in Paper Mario. He is a cyan-shelled Koopa Paratroopa wearing a flight helmet, brown shoes, and a mail bag, and is the Mushroom Kingdom's primary mail carrier, delivering Princess Peach's party invitation to Mario and Luigi, which begins the events of Paper Mario. He along with Corporal Paraplonk, Koops, and Holly Koopa are the only Koopas that have shoes that are a different color to their shells.

Parakarry works for the Toad Town Post Office; his boss is the postmaster. Parakarry tends to be quite clumsy and often loses the letters he is supposed to deliver, and it is also noted in-game that he is rather slow at delivering mail. As such, there are quite a few pieces of undelivered mail scattered across the kingdom. Parakarry's name is a portmanteau of "Paratroopa" (or perhaps the alternate "Para-Koopa", as his name features a "K") and the word "carry", as he is a mail carrier whose ability is being able to help carry Mario over large gaps he cannot jump over. His role is fulfilled by Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Parakarry has appeared in the most Paper Mario games out of all of Mario's partners, whether it be a direct appearance, a cameo, or a simple mention. Paper Mario: Color Splash and Paper Mario: The Origami King are the only installments to not reference him at all.

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Parakarry joins Mario's party in Paper Mario
Parakarry joining Mario's party in Paper Mario

Parakarry first appears in the opening where he delivers a party invitation from Princess Peach to Mario's House. Mario first meets Parakarry in person on Mt. Rugged (though Mario can optionally find him floating in the Post Office earlier in the game, before Chapter One to be specific). Parakarry explains to Mario that he is normally a letter-perfect postman, but he has lost three Letters and asks Mario to retrieve them. After Mario recovers the Letters and returns them to Parakarry, the Paratroopa joins Mario's party seemingly out of both thanks and as a wish to assist Mario in finding all of his other lost Letters. Outside of battle, Parakarry can carry Mario for a short amount of time, flying over gaps Mario cannot Jump across. With Parakarry on his team, Mario can also deliver the Letters he finds by talking to their recipients with Parakarry out on the field. Parakarry has a Defense Power of 1 like Kooper, meaning he takes one less damage from attacks that happen to damage partners.

He also receives two letters at the Toad Town Post Office: one from Frost T. thanking him for delivering his letter, and one from Whacka who admires his ability of flying. At the end of the game, Parakarry delivers party invitations from Princess Peach to the rest of Mario's party members, along with Mario himself.

Duplighosts and Lee can transform into Parakarry along with Mario's other partners, in which case his name appears as "Parakarry???"

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Parakarry at the very beginning of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Parakarry appears at the start of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake, delivering a letter to the Mario Bros.' House from Princess Peach as she vacations in Rogueport, a callback to the opening of Paper Mario.[1] In the remake, he makes another cameo during the end credits, leading the parade in place of Luigi, who led the parade in the original game's credits.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

In Super Paper Mario, Peach does not send a letter to Mario to begin the story, so Parakarry does not appear at the beginning scene of that game. Toad takes his place by just alerting the Mario Bros. that Princess Peach was kidnapped. However, he does appear on a portrait with all of Mario's partners in Mario's house, as well as on a Catch Card found on the fiftieth level of the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials. There is also sprite data for him inside the game, but it is never used.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Parakarry is mentioned in Paper Mario: Sticker Star in World 5-1, Shy Guy Jungle. A letter from him can be found in the trash-covered area. It reads, "Thank you for your letter. Sorry I'm not here to receive it, but I will get back to you shortly. Thanks. - Parakarry"

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Parakarry. Page 54, volume 26 of Super Mario-kun.
In Super Mario-kun

Parakarry appears in a short chapter in volume 26 of Super Mario-kun. After deliveries to a Whacka, a Lava Bubble, and a giant fish, Parakarry interrupts Mario, Goombario, and Kooper's adventure by delivering mail sent by Goompa to Goombario. Soon, a sign reveals itself to be a Paragoomba that steals Parakarry's mailbag, annoying Parakarry. Then, a group of Paragoombas attack Parakarry. Kooper attempts to help by throwing Mario from a slingshot, but fails. Parakarry then loses his wings. Goombario has Parakarry eat the item that Goompa sent. The Paragoombas then kick the mailbag, letting loose the mail. Parakarry gets angry and has his wings suddenly reappear. Parakarry, powered from the item, dive bombs into the Paragoombas, defeating them. Soon, Parakarry happily flies away, forgetting his mailbag, but Mario reminds him of this fact, and because of this, Parakarry comically falls.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

  • Tattles:
    • Toad Town Post Office: His name is Parakarry. He's a Paratroopa who works for the post office. He's well known for being the slowest mailman around. A slow mailman? That can't be good.
    • Mt. Rugged: He's Parakarry, a Paratroopa who delivers letters. He's got some problems. It must be nice to have wings. He can fly anywhere. All postmen should have wings. You know, some people say that if you help someone in trouble, good things will happen to you. You know, karma. What? You've never heard that?
  • In-game bio: He's a mail-carrying Paratroopa who's looking for lost mail. Press Down C Button to have him carry Mario for short distances. While he's carrying Mario, press Down C Button again to put him down. He can deliver letters to recipients all over the world. His specialty is attacking airborne enemies.
  • Player's Guide: The hardest working mailman in the Mushroom Kingdom is a Parakoopa with a purpose. When you find a need to cross gaps that are too wide to jump, Parakarry will carry you to the other side. He can also carry some enemies away from the battle with his Super Rank Air Lift ability.[2]

The following is Parakarry's attacks and stats:

Attack Flower Points needed Effect Action Commands Attack Power Move Ranks
Sky Dive None Parakarry kicks one enemy while airborne. Press A Button right before contact. Base Rank: 1/2
Super Rank: 2/3
Ultra Rank: 4/5 		Base Rank
Shell Shot 3 Parakarry retreats into his shell and shoots himself at an enemy. Hold Control Stick left and release as the cursor overlaps with the target. Base Rank: 0/5
Super Rank: 0/6
Ultra Rank: 0/7 		Base Rank
Air Lift 3 Parakarry attempts to carry an enemy off the battle, defeating them without dropping Star Points Press A Button repeatedly. N/A Super Rank
Air Raid 6 Parakarry will fly around like crazy, damaging all enemies. Repeatedly tilt the Control Stick to the left to fill the gauge. Ultra Rank: 2-6 Ultra Rank

Values in bold are for perfectly executed action commands.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Catch Card
Parakarry
  • Card Type: Rare
  • Card Description: Parakarry earned his fame from the original Paper Mario. He's the most fearsome mail carrier of them all!

Gallery[edit]

  • Parakarry helping Mario over a dangerous area

    Parakarry helping Mario over a dangerous area

  • Concept artwork for Paper Mario

    Concept artwork for Paper Mario

  • Parakarry at the very beginning of Paper Mario

    Parakarry at the very beginning of Paper Mario

  • Parakarry in the Toad Town Post Office

    Parakarry in the Toad Town Post Office

  • Mario first meeting up with Parakarry in Paper Mario

    Mario first meeting up with Parakarry in Paper Mario

  • Sprite from Paper Mario

    Sprite from Paper Mario

  • Parakarry's portrait from Paper Mario

    Parakarry's portrait from Paper Mario

  • Parakarry's sprite in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Parakarry's sprite in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • Parakarry in a portrait from Super Paper Mario

    Parakarry in a portrait from Super Paper Mario

  • Super Paper Mario (unused)

    Super Paper Mario (unused)

  • Parakarry in the credits of the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Parakarry in the credits of the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • Parakarry's portrait from the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Parakarry's portrait from the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パレッタ[?]
Paretta 		From「パタパタ」(Patapata, "Paratroopa"), and either a corruption of "letter" or Italian male surname "Letta"
Chinese (simplified) 啪来嗒[?]
Pāláidā 		Transliteration of the Japanese name
Chinese (traditional) 帕瑞塔[?]
Pàruìtǎ 		Transliteration of the Japanese name
French Parakarry[?] -
German Parakarry[?] -
Italian Koopostino[?] Portmanteau of "Koopa" and postino ("postman")
Korean 펄리[?]
Peolli 		Shortening of "펄럭펄럭" (Peoleok-peoleok, "Paratroopa") and "펄럭이" (peoleok'i, "fluttering")
Spanish Parakarry[?] -

Trivia[edit]

  • In a demo movie after the title screen for Paper Mario (before pressing START Button), Mario and Parakarry are shown avoiding the Bullet Bills fired from the Bill Blasters, which only happens prior to the fight with the Koopa Bros. However, this cannot be done in-game, as Parakarry does not join Mario's party until after the Koopa Bros. have been defeated.
  • In Paper Mario, if Parakarry is Mario's partner when Mario obtains Yakkey from Tubba Blubba, his response to Yakkey is in "wavy" text, which usually indicates panic or fear. He is the only partner in which this occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023. YouTube (American English). Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Averill, Alan, Jason Leung, and Jennifer Villarreal (2001). Paper Mario Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-07-0. Page 13.
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Koopa Paratroopas
Characters Caged "Bird" • Corporal Paraplonk • Gattai monster • Knot-Wing the Koopa • Koopa General • Koopa Paratroopa Trio • Parakarry • Postmaster • Sergeant Flutter • Sphinx Zō • The KP Koopas • The Shellshockers
Species Big Koopa Paratroopa • Big Troopa • Dark Paratroopa • Dark Paratroopa (Super Paper Mario) • Dreamy Paratroopa • G. R. P-Troopa • Gold Koopa Paratroopa • Grand Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Paratroopa 10-Stack • KP Paratroopa • Mad G. P-Troopa • Malakoopa • Paper Macho Koopa Paratroopa • Paper Paratroopa • Parabones • Paratroopea • Scaratroopea • Shady Paratroopa • Shiny Paratroopa • Soopa Koopa Paratroopa • Z Koopa
Related items Koopa Troopa Orb • Lazy Shell • Paratroopa Shell • Para-Wing • Party-Wing • Troopa Medal
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Paper Mario
Main characters Mario • Princess Peach • Twink • Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Goombario • Kooper • Bombette • Parakarry • Lady Bow • Watt • Sushie • Lakilester
Species Baby Yoshi • Bellbell Plant • Boo • Bub-ulb • Bulb Bush • Candy Cane • Cymbal Bush • Doogan • Dryite • Flower Spirit • Heart Plant • Li'l Oink • Munchlesia • Ninji • Nomadimouse • Penguin • Raven • Sentinel • Snowman • Spinning Flower • Star Kid • Toad • Trumpet Plant • Yoshi
Minor characters Albino Dino • Bootler • Bruce • Bubble Plant • Chet Rippo • Chuck Quizmo • Club 64 bartender • Dane T. • DJ Toad • Fearsome 5 • Fice T. • Fishmael • Flight • Franky • Frost T. • Gooma • Goomama • Goombaria • Goompa • Goompapa • Gourmet Guy • Great Gossip Trio • Guard Door • Harry • Herbert • Herringway • Igor • King Mousta • Kolorado • Kolorado's wife • Koopa Koot • Kooper's mother • Koover • Lakilulu • Lily • Little Mouser • Little T. • Luigi • Madam Merlar • Master Poet • Mayor Penguin • Mayor Penguin's wife • Merle • Merlee • Merlon • Merlow • Merluvlee • Minh T. • Mini T. • Mort T. • Moustafa • Mr. E • Mr. Hammer • Muss T. • Nomadimouse • Oaklie • Penguin patrol • Petunia • Pop Diva • Posie • Postmaster • Rangers • Raphael the Raven • Rhuff • Rip Cheato • Rosie • Rowf • Russ T. • Sashimie • Spiky John • Spiky Tom • Spiny Tromp • Stanley • Sun • Tayce T. • Three Beautiful Sisters • Toad in the Desert • Toad Minister • Tolielip • Trading Event Toad • Vanna T. • Village Leader • Watt's mother • Whacka • Whale • Whirlwind • Wise Wisterwood • Yakkey
Chapters Opening • A Plea From the Stars • Storming Koopa Bros. Fortress • The Mystery of Dry, Dry Ruins • The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba • Trials in the Toy Box • Hot, Hot Times on Lavalava Island • Dark Days in Flower Fields • A Star Spirit on Ice • A Star-Powered Showdown
Star Spirits Eldstar • Mamar • Skolar • Muskular • Misstar • Klevar • Kalmar
Bosses Bill Blaster • Blooper (Baby · Electro · Super) • Bowser • Bowser??? • Buzzar • Chomp (Stone) • Crystal King (Bit) • Fuzzipede • Fuzzy • Goomba (Bros. · King) • Koopa Troopa (Bros. · Jr. · Kent C.) • Lakilester • Magikoopa (Kammy Koopa) • Monstar • Piranha Plant (Lava · Lava Bud · Petit) • Ruff Puff (Huff N. · Tuff) • Shy Guy (Anti · Big Lantern Ghost · General · Squad · Stack · Stilt) • The Master • Tubba Blubba (Tubba's Heart) • Tutankoopa
Enemies B. Bill Blaster • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Bony · Chan · Spike Top) • Bzzap! • Cleft (Hyper) • Clubba (White) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Duplighost (Lee) • Fuzzy (Forest · Jungle) • Goomba (Gloomba · Hyper · Paragoomba (Hyper · Paragloomba) · Spiked (Gloomba)) • Gulpit • Hammer Bro • Hurt Plant • Koopa Troopa (Dark · Dry Bones · Paratroopa · Koopatrol) • Lakitu • Lava Bubble (Ember) • M. Bush • Magikoopa (Gray · Green · Red · White · Yellow) • Monty Mole (Flower Fields) • Piranha Plant (Frost · Putrid) • Pokey (Mummy) • Ruff Puff • Shy Guy (Bandit · Groove · Medi · Pyro · Sky · Spear · Spy) • Spiny • Swooper (Swoopula)
Locations Boo's Mansion • Boo's Shop • Bowser's Castle • Cloudy Climb • Club 64 • Crystal Palace • Dry Dry Desert • Dry Dry Outpost • Dry Dry Railroad • Dry Dry Ruins • Flower Fields • Forever Forest • Goomba King's Fortress • Goomba Road • Goomba Village • Gusty Gulch • Harry's Shop • Item Shop • Jade Jungle • Koopa Bros. Fortress • Koopa Village • Koopa's Shop • Lavalava Island • Little Mouser's Shop • Mario's House • Mt. Lavalava • Mt. Rugged • Princess Peach's room • Peach's Castle • Playroom • Pleasant Path • Shiver City • Shiver Mountain • Shiver Region • Shiver Shop • Shiver Snowfield • Shooting Star Summit • Shroom Grocery • Shy Guy's Toy Box • Starborn Valley • Star Haven • Star Haven Shop • Star Way • Storehouse • Sun Tower • Toad House • Toad Town • Toad Town Dojo • Toad Town Post Office • Toad Town Tunnels • Tubba Blubba's Castle • Windy Mill • Yoshi's Cabana • Yoshi's Village
Moves Action command • Air Lift • Air Raid • Belly Flop • Body Slam • Bomb • Charge • Chill Out • Cloud Nine • Dash • Dizzy Shell • Electro Dash • Fan Smack • Fire Shell • First Strike • Focus • Ground Pound • Guard • Headbonk • Hurricane • Jump • Lullaby • Mega Bomb • Mega Shock • Multibonk • Outta Sight • Peach Beam • Power Bomb • Power Shell • Power Shock • Refresh • Run Away • Shell Shot • Shell Toss • Sky Dive • Smack • Smooch • Spin Dash • Spiny Flip • Spiny Surge • Spook • Squirt • Star Beam • Star Storm • Tattle • Tidal Wave • Time Out • Turbo Charge • Up & Away • Water Block
Stats / statuses Badge Point • Charged • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Electrified • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Immobilized • Injured • Invisible • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Sleep • Star Point • Star Power • Stone • Tiny
Objects Badge • Beehive • Brick block • Bubble • Chain • Chomp Rock • Coin • Fire Bar • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Jack-in-the-box • K64 • Koopa Clown Car • Lakitu's Cloud • Metal Block • Power Platform • Puff Puff Machine • Recovery block • Save Block • Slot Machine • Star Ship • Stilts • Stone Block • Super Block • Switch • Treasure chest (Mysterious) • Warp Pipe • Wooden box • Wooden dock • Yellow Block
Miscellaneous 64th Trivia Quiz-Off • Badges • Bestiary • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Gallery • Glitches • Jump Attack • Letters • Luigi's Diary • Media • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Selling prices • Shops • Smash Attack • Soundtrack • Staff • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tayce T. recipes • Toad Town News • Trading Events • Treasure Chest locations • Unnamed NPCs (By location: A–S · T–Z)
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Blooey • The Bob-omb Squad • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Ultra Hammer • Veil
Objects Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Art Gallerya • Badges • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Flash game • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Goldbobbington's • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Clan • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Parade • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Stump Petuni • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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