Ms. Mowz: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
(→‎Trivia: This isn't really needed.)
(→‎Trivia: may have fixed this in remake)
Tag: Mobile edit
 
(110 intermediate revisions by 65 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{character-infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Ms. Mowz - Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:PMTTYD NS Ms Mowz Artwork.png|182px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|full_name=Ms. Mowz
|species=[[Little Mouser]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|species=[[Little Mouser|Squeek]]
|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]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' (as a [[Catch Card]] and picture) ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
}}
}}
{{quote|Well, it is time for us to part, [[Mario|my little cheese-hunk]].|Ms. Mowz|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Well, it is time for us to part, [[Mario|my little cheese-hunk]].|Ms. Mowz|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Ms. Mowz''', originally named '''Ms. Mouse''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20070428033214/http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=3640b1f1-82f7-4c42-8aea-d8299816f8c4|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' summary|publisher=Nintendo.com|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}</ref> is a [[Little Mouser]] thief that appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. She is a [[badge]] thief that [[Mario]] encounters repeatedly in his quest to find the seven Crystal Stars. Mischievous and sultry, Ms. Mowz constantly flirts with Mario whenever she encounters him, much to the annoyance of [[Flurrie]] and [[Goombella]] (the latter occasionally calling Ms. Mowz a "floozy", although this trait is removed from the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]), as well as making [[Koops]] and [[Yoshi Kid]] envious on at least one occasion.


'''Ms. Mowz''' is a [[Little Mouser|Squeek]] thief that appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. She is a [[badge]] thief that Mario encounters repeatedly in his quest to find the seven Crystal Stars; towards the end of the game, [[Mario]] can even recruit her as an ally, where she serves as the game's sole optional party member and either the sixth or seventh member of the group depending on the player's actions.  
Midway through the game, Mario may recruit her as an ally; she serves as the game's sole optional [[Partner|party member]] and either the sixth or seventh member of the group depending on the player's actions. She is the first optional party member in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]], followed only by the optional [[Pixl]]s of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'': [[Barry]], [[Dashell]], [[Piccolo]], and [[Tiptron]].


==History==
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:Ms Mowz Kiss 1.png|thumb|left|Mario gets kissed by Ms. Mowz.]]
Mario first encounters Ms. Mowz in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' while exploring the armory of [[Hooktail Castle]] in the game's first chapter. She introduces herself as a "globe-trotting thief", and reveals that she came here to collect valuable badges. Also, she heard that Mario is on a quest for the [[Diamond Star|first Crystal Star]], but she has not seen it nor is interested in getting it. She gives Mario a farewell kiss, and mentions there is a [[Attack FX R|badge]] hidden in the castle that can defeat [[Hooktail]] before she leaves. Ms. Mowz reappears again in the following two chapters, hunting for elusive badges in [[the Great Tree]] of [[Boggly Woods]] and in storerooms of the [[Glitz Pit]]. Concurrent with and after these events, Mario and the party can actually encounter an unmasked Ms. Mowz in her legitimate [[Rogueport]] shop, the [[Lovely Howz of Badges]] — used by the thief to sell her lucrative badge finds. The locals of Rogueport, who sometimes see the undisguised Ms. Mowz wearing the standard black bandana of Squeeks, refer to her as the "Badge-Ninja".
After completing the game's fourth chapter, an anonymous request is posted to the [[Trouble Center]] in east Rogueport. Should Mario choose to answer this trouble, marked "[[Elusive badge!]]", he is instructed to meet with the requester a short walk away from the Lovely Howz of Badges, who turns out to be Ms. Mowz. She asks Mario to locate a badge in Hooktail Castle; she knows it is in Hooktail's room, but says she is unsure of its exact hiding spot. She shares her single clue: "Use The Power of the Wind...". Should the player then re-visit Hooktail's room and use Flurrie's ability, a paper flap will blow away, revealing a chest that contains the [[Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B]] badge. When Mario returns with the badge to Ms. Mowz, she reveals that the request was a ruse to test Mario's skills, and if he can find a badge she had hidden so well, then she must journey with him to find more, and promptly joins the party. The Lovely Howz of Badges is ran exclusively by Ms. Mowz's assistant from this point onwards. At the very end of the adventure, Ms. Mowz is shown to have returned to running the shop.
As a partner, Ms. Mowz has the ability to sniff out any type of [[List of items|item]] (similar to [[Watt]]'s ability to show [[Hidden Block|hidden]] [[? Block]]s in the first ''[[Paper Mario]]''), ranging from [[coin]]s, items, [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Pieces]], and [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|invisible ? blocks]]; however, this ability is more like playing hot-and-cold, as straight answers are not given beyond a backflip when the player is very close. She does, however, indicate whether the item is to the left or right of Mario by the direction she faces when she is finished sniffing. In battle, Ms. Mowz's [[Love Slap]] attack cuts through a single grounded enemy's [[Defense|defense]], her [[Kiss Thief]] can steal enemies' items and badges, her [[Tease]] move can make enemies [[dizzy]], and her [[Smooch (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Smooch]] move replenishes Mario's [[Heart Point|HP]].
[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Ms. Mowz when she is in her [[Lovely Howz of Badges|badge shop]] in [[Rogueport]], when Mario comes across her in the lobby of [[Glitz Pit]], and when Mario takes on her [[Elusive badge!|trouble]] on the roof of [[Zess T.]]'s house.
====''Super Paper Mario''====
[[File:MsMowz-SPM.png|thumb|Ms. Mowz's unused sprite in ''Super Paper Mario'']]
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Ms. Mowz appears on a [[Catch Card]] won by winning the [[Duel of 100]] in [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. An image of her can also be spied very briefly during the intro: she, along with all of the other partners from the previous two ''Paper Mario'' titles, is in a photo at the [[Mario Bros.' House]]. Lastly, during the third chapter, [[Francis]] made a "things to buy" list, and one of them was a Ms. Mowz doll "with real smooching action".
Ms. Mowz has sprite data in the internal files of ''Super Paper Mario'', even though she does not physically appear in the game.
===''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''===
Though she does not appear in ''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'', one of the songs in the game is a new rendition of her theme song under the title "Ms. Mowz Song". This composition also incorporates the music to [[X-Naut Fortress]].
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Luigi and Ms. Mowz SuperMarioKun.png|thumb|Ms. Mowz in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Ms. Mowz appears in volume 35 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' during the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' arc. [[Luigi]] runs into her after arriving in Rogueport, and she informs him on how Mario is fighting the [[Shadow Queen]]. She and Luigi then head into [[Rogueport Underground]], fighting enemies together as they try to reach Mario.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
Ms. Mowz is mischievous and flirtatious, constantly flirting with Mario whenever she encounters him, much to the annoyance of [[Flurrie]] and [[Goombella]] (the latter occasionally calls Ms. Mowz a floozy), as well as making [[Koops]] envious on at least one occasion. She has the ability to sniff out any type of [[item]] (similar to [[Watt]]'s ability to show hidden [[? Block]]s in the first ''[[Paper Mario]]''), ranging from [[coin]]s, items, [[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Pieces]], and [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|invisible ? blocks]]; however, this ability is more like playing hot-and-cold, as straight answers are not given. She does, however, does a flip when Mario is near to something collectable. In battle, Ms. Mowz's basic [[Love Slap]] attack cuts through enemy Defense, while her more advanced move [[Kiss Thief]] can steal enemies' items and badges during battle.
*'''In-game description:''' ''Ms. Mowz, the mouse thief, is actually the manager of the Lovely Howz of Badges shop in Rogueport. Press {{button|gcn|X}} to have her sniff for any nearby goodies. Her nose twitches when treasure is nearby.''
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''To convince Ms. Mowz to join your party, you must complete the Elusive badge side quest that's posted in the Trouble Center after Chapter 4 (see page 124). Once she's in your company, press the X Button to have her sniff out any items or objects hidden nearby.''<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|url=archive.org/details/papermariothethousandyeardoorplayersguide_201909/page/n13/mode/2up|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=October 1, 2004|isbn=1-930206-51-8}}</ref>
*'''[[Tattle]]s:'''
**'''Rogueport, Lovely Howz of Badges''': ''That's the badge manager at the Lovely Howz of Badges. For a manager, she sure is gone from the store a lot... Where do you think she goes? This shop's small, but it's totally adorable. She really knows how to decorate.''
**'''Glitz Pit, lobby''': ''That's Ms. Mowz, the thief. She jets off to exotic locales to hunt for rare badges. The fact that she's here means the Glitz Pit must have something special...''
**'''Rogueport, when taking on her trouble''': ''That's Ms. Mowz, the thief. Hmph. She jets off to exotic places to find rare badges. She's only like, the biggest flirt I've ever met in my entire life! It's weird that she's the anonymous requester of the super-secret badge...''


Mario first runs into the Squeek thief while exploring the armory of [[Hooktail Castle]] in the game's first chapter. Ms. Mowz reappears again in the following two chapters, hunting for elusive badges in [[The Great Tree]] of [[Boggly Woods]] and in store rooms of the [[Glitz Pit]] colosseum. Concurrent with and after these events, Mario and the party can actually encounter an unmasked Ms. Mowz in her legitimate [[Rogueport]] shop, the [[Lovely Howz of Badges]] - used by the thief to sell her lucrative badge finds. The locals of Rogueport, who sometimes see the undisguised Ms. Mowz wearing the standard black bandana of Squeeks, refer to her as the "Badge-Ninja".
====Attacks and stats====
Ms. Mowz has the following attacks and stats:


After completing the game's fourth chapter, an anonymous request is posted to the [[Trouble Center]] in east Rogueport. Should Mario choose to answer this trouble, marked "Elusive Badge!", he is instructed to meet with the requester a short walk away from the Lovely Howz of Badges, who turns out to be Ms. Mowz. She asks Mario to locate a badge in Hooktail Castle; she knows it's in Hooktail's room, but says she's unsure of its exact hiding spot. She shares her single clue: "Use The Power of the Wind...". Should the player then re-visit Hooktail's room and uses Flurrie's ability, a paper flap will blow away, revealing a chest that has the [[Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B]] badge inside. When Mario returns with the badge to Ms. Mowz, she reveals that the request was a ruse to test Mario's skills, and if he can find a badge she had hidden so well, then she must journey with him to find more, and promptly joins the party. The Lovely Howz of Badges is ran exclusively by Ms. Mowz's assistant from this point onwards. At the very end of the adventure, Ms. Mowz is shown to have returned to running the shop.
;HP
*Initial: 15 HP
*Super Rank: 20 HP
*Ultra Rank: 25 HP


====Attacks and Stats====
;Attacks
{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
{|style="text-align:center;width:100%"class=wikitable
|-style="background: #ABC;"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
Line 31: Line 64:
|[[Love Slap]]
|[[Love Slap]]
|0
|0
|Slaps an enemy and ignores defense.
|Slaps a single grounded enemy and ignores defense.
|Repeatedly tilt the {{button|gcn|Stick}} left and right.
|Repeatedly tilt the {{button|gcn|Stick}} left and right.
|Level 1: 15<br>Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 25
|Level 1: 15<br>Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 25
Line 39: Line 72:
|[[Kiss Thief]]
|[[Kiss Thief]]
|2
|2
|Steals enemies' items or badges.
|Steals a single grounded enemy's item or badge.
|Press the {{button|gcn|A}} when the gauge hits OK, but don't let it overflow.
|Press the {{button|gcn|A}} when the gauge hits OK before it fills completely.
|Level 1: 15<br>Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 25
|Level 1: 15<br>Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 25
|N/A
|N/A
Line 47: Line 80:
|[[Tease]]
|[[Tease]]
|3
|3
|Makes enemies [[Dizzy]].
|Makes all enemies [[Dizzy]].
|Hold down the {{button|gcn|A}} to fill the gauge, but don't let it overflow.
|Hold down the {{button|gcn|A}} to fill the gauge, but don't let it overflow.
|Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 25
|Level 2: 20<br>Level 3: 25
Line 61: Line 94:
|Ultra Rank
|Ultra Rank
|}
|}
====Tattle information====
*''"That's the badge manager at the Lovely Howz of Badges. For a manager, she sure is gone from the store a lot... Where do you think she goes? This shop is small, but it's totally adorable. She really knows how to decorate."''
*''"That's Ms. Mowz, the thief. She jets off to exotic locales to hunt for rare badges. The fact that she's here means the Glitz Pit must have something special..."''
*''"That's Ms. Mowz, the thief. Hmph. She jets off to exotic places to find rare badges. She's only like, the biggest flirt I've ever met in my entire life! It's weird that she's the anonymous requester of the super-secret badge..."''


===''Super Paper Mario''===
===''Super Paper Mario''===
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Ms. Mowz appears on a [[Catch Card]] won by winning the [[Duel of 100]] in [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. An image of her can also be spied very briefly during the intro, where she among all the other partners from the previous two ''Paper Mario'' titles are in a photo at the [[Mario Bros.' House]]. Lastly, during the third chapter, [[Francis]] made a "things to buy" list, and one of them was a Ms. Mowz doll "with real smooching action".
{|class="wikitable"align=center width=100%
|-
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
|-
|[[File:SPM Ms Mowz Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''It's Ms. Mowz from the last Paper Mario adventure. This thief had a nose for rare badges. Great smoocher!''
|}


====[[Catch Card]]====
==Gallery==
[[File:255MsMowzCard.png|thumb|80px|Ms. Mowz's Catch Card.]]
<gallery>
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
PMTTYD Ms Mowz Artwork.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
*'''Card Description:''' It's Ms. Mowz from the last Paper Mario adventure. This thief had a nose for rare badges. Great smoocher!
Howzofbadges.png|Ms. Mowz without her mask
*'''How to Obtain the Card:''' The Duel of 100 in Sammer's Kingdom needs to be completed in order to obtain all ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' partner cards from [[King Sammer]].
MowzHooktailCastle.png
Ms. Mowz Introduction.png|Encountering Ms. Mowz
MsMowzMarioKoops.png|Mario meets Ms. Mowz.
PMTTYD Ms Mowz Window.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Surprise Ms. Mowz 1.png|[[The Great Tree]]
PMTTYD The Great Tree Surprise Ms. Mowz 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 4.png
PMTTYD Ms. Mowz Joins.png
Ms Mowz maskless.png|Ms. Mowz without her mask and her shoes, as seen in the Lovely Howz of Badges
PMTTYD NS Ms Mowz Artwork 2.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
PMTTYDNS Love Slap.jpg|Ms. Mowz using Love Slap in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYDNS Kiss Thief.jpg|Ms. Mowz using Kiss Thief in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYDNS Tease.jpg|Ms. Mowz using Tease in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYDNS Smooch.jpg|Ms. Mowz using Smooch in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYDNS Ms. Mowz searching.jpg|Ms. Mowz sniffing for items in the Nintendo Switch remake
PMTTYDNS The End.jpg|Ms. Mowz with the rest of the cast in the ending credits parade
Mowz8bit.jpg|Ms. Mowz's 8-bit sprite appearance in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]
TTYDPartnersHD.png|Photo of the partners from the Nintendo Switch remake
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|Ms. Mowz on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
Shadow Queen SMK.jpg|Ms. Mowz and other characters against the Shadow Queen in ''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
Line 80: Line 139:
|Jap=チュチュリーナ
|Jap=チュチュリーナ
|JapR=Chuchurīna
|JapR=Chuchurīna
|JapM="Chu Chu" is an onomatopoeia for both the squeak of a mouse and kissing
|JapM=From「チューさん」(''Chū-san'', [[Little Mouser]]),「チューチュー」(''chūchū'', onomatopoeia for both the squeak of a mouse and kissing), and feminine name ending "-rina" or "-lina"
|Chi=吱吱莉娜
|ChiR=Zhīzhīlìnà
|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese name, where「吱吱」(zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) is from「吱吱鼠」(Little Mouser)
|Dut=Miss Mowz
|Fre=Carmina
|FreM=Femininized form of ''carmin'' ("carmine")
|Fre2=Carla
|Fre2N=[[Lovely Howz of Badges]] pseudonym
|Fre2M=Common female Spanish name
|Ger=Nagerine
|Ger=Nagerine
|GerM=Pun on "Nager" (rodent)
|GerM=From ''Nager'' ("rodent") and the suffix for forming feminine nouns ''-ine''
|Ita=Squitty
|ItaM=Diminutive of ''Squit'' ("[[Little Mouser]]" and also an onomatopoeia for mouse's squeaking)
|Kor=찍찍리나
|KorR=Jjikjjikrina
|KorM=Transliteration of Japanese name, where "찍찍" (''jjikjjik'', onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) is from "찍찍이" (''Jjikjjig-i'', Little Mouser)
|Spa=Lupina
|Spa=Lupina
|SpaM= From [[wikipedia:Arsène Lupin|Arsène Lupin]], a fictional gentleman thief
|SpaM=Femininized form of {{wp|Arsène Lupin}}
|Ita=Squitty
}}
|ItaM="Squit" is a onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse
|Fra=Carmina
|FraM=Pun on "Carmin" (Carmine, a deep red)}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:MsMowz-SPM.png|thumb|right|Ms. Mowz's unused sprite in ''Super Paper Mario''.]]
[[File:PMTTYD Lovely Howz of Badges Attack FX B Position.png|thumb]]
*''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' includes a remixed rendition of Ms. Mowz's theme under the title "Ms. Mowz Song".
*She and [[Admiral Bobbery|Bobbery]] are the only two partners in the game who never fight Mario (although like Bobbery, her initial encounters with Mario include some tension or hostility): [[Vivian]] attacks Mario and the early party with [[Three Shadows|her sisters]], while [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]], and [[Yoshi Kid]] appear alongside [[Doopliss]] while his Mario disguise has fooled them.
*Ms. Mowz has sprite data for ''Super Paper Mario'', even though she didn't appear in the game. It is likely she along with all the other previous Paper Mario partners were planned to appear in Super Paper Mario, but were cut or removed for unknown reasons.
*If the player recruits Ms. Mowz into the party before Bobbery and then uses a healing item on a partner outside of battle, a glitch may occur where Bobbery's name is listed above Ms. Mowz, even if he has not joined the party yet.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=@Ben-xv8dy|date=April 16, 2023|url=youtube.com/watch?v=1mzG03a6ghA|title=''Admiral Bobbery Early in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 1, 2024}}</ref>
*She and [[Bobbery]] are the only two partners in the game who can never attack Mario (although like Bobbery, her initial encounters with Mario include some tension or hostility): [[Vivian]] attacks Mario and the early party with [[The Shadow Sirens|her sisters]], while [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]] and [[Yoshi (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Yoshi]] may appear alongside [[Doopliss]] while his Mario disguise has fooled them.
*If the player somehow maxes out the badges in inventory during Elusive badge!, Ms. Mowz leaves the Attack FX B badge in front of Lovely Howz of Badges.
 
==References==
<references/>
 
{{Little Mousers}}
{{Little Mousers}}
{{PMTTYD}}
{{PMTTYD}}
Line 100: Line 174:
[[Category:Shopkeepers]]
[[Category:Shopkeepers]]
[[Category:Thieves]]
[[Category:Thieves]]
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Playable characters]]
[[Category:Playable Characters]]
[[Category:Paper Mario series party members]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Characters]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]]
[[Category:Heroes]]
[[Category:Super Mario-kun characters]]
[[Category:Rodents]]
[[Category:Paper Mario Series Party Members]]
[[de:Nagerine]]
[[de:Nagerine]]
[[it:Squitty]]
[[it:Squitty]]

Latest revision as of 12:47, November 1, 2024

Ms. Mowz
Artwork of Ms. Mowz from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Species Little Mouser
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Well, it is time for us to part, my little cheese-hunk.”
—Ms. Mowz, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Ms. Mowz, originally named Ms. Mouse,[1] is a Little Mouser thief that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She is a badge thief that Mario encounters repeatedly in his quest to find the seven Crystal Stars. Mischievous and sultry, Ms. Mowz constantly flirts with Mario whenever she encounters him, much to the annoyance of Flurrie and Goombella (the latter occasionally calling Ms. Mowz a "floozy", although this trait is removed from the Nintendo Switch remake), as well as making Koops and Yoshi Kid envious on at least one occasion.

Midway through the game, Mario may recruit her as an ally; she serves as the game's sole optional party member and either the sixth or seventh member of the group depending on the player's actions. She is the first optional party member in the Paper Mario series, followed only by the optional Pixls of Super Paper Mario: Barry, Dashell, Piccolo, and Tiptron.

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Mario gets kissed by Ms. Mowz.

Mario first encounters Ms. Mowz in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door while exploring the armory of Hooktail Castle in the game's first chapter. She introduces herself as a "globe-trotting thief", and reveals that she came here to collect valuable badges. Also, she heard that Mario is on a quest for the first Crystal Star, but she has not seen it nor is interested in getting it. She gives Mario a farewell kiss, and mentions there is a badge hidden in the castle that can defeat Hooktail before she leaves. Ms. Mowz reappears again in the following two chapters, hunting for elusive badges in the Great Tree of Boggly Woods and in storerooms of the Glitz Pit. Concurrent with and after these events, Mario and the party can actually encounter an unmasked Ms. Mowz in her legitimate Rogueport shop, the Lovely Howz of Badges — used by the thief to sell her lucrative badge finds. The locals of Rogueport, who sometimes see the undisguised Ms. Mowz wearing the standard black bandana of Squeeks, refer to her as the "Badge-Ninja".

After completing the game's fourth chapter, an anonymous request is posted to the Trouble Center in east Rogueport. Should Mario choose to answer this trouble, marked "Elusive badge!", he is instructed to meet with the requester a short walk away from the Lovely Howz of Badges, who turns out to be Ms. Mowz. She asks Mario to locate a badge in Hooktail Castle; she knows it is in Hooktail's room, but says she is unsure of its exact hiding spot. She shares her single clue: "Use The Power of the Wind...". Should the player then re-visit Hooktail's room and use Flurrie's ability, a paper flap will blow away, revealing a chest that contains the Attack FX B badge. When Mario returns with the badge to Ms. Mowz, she reveals that the request was a ruse to test Mario's skills, and if he can find a badge she had hidden so well, then she must journey with him to find more, and promptly joins the party. The Lovely Howz of Badges is ran exclusively by Ms. Mowz's assistant from this point onwards. At the very end of the adventure, Ms. Mowz is shown to have returned to running the shop.

As a partner, Ms. Mowz has the ability to sniff out any type of item (similar to Watt's ability to show hidden ? Blocks in the first Paper Mario), ranging from coins, items, Star Pieces, and invisible ? blocks; however, this ability is more like playing hot-and-cold, as straight answers are not given beyond a backflip when the player is very close. She does, however, indicate whether the item is to the left or right of Mario by the direction she faces when she is finished sniffing. In battle, Ms. Mowz's Love Slap attack cuts through a single grounded enemy's defense, her Kiss Thief can steal enemies' items and badges, her Tease move can make enemies dizzy, and her Smooch move replenishes Mario's HP.

Goombella can use Tattle on Ms. Mowz when she is in her badge shop in Rogueport, when Mario comes across her in the lobby of Glitz Pit, and when Mario takes on her trouble on the roof of Zess T.'s house.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

A beta image of Ms. Mowz, for Super Paper Mario.
Ms. Mowz's unused sprite in Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, Ms. Mowz appears on a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in Sammer's Kingdom. An image of her can also be spied very briefly during the intro: she, along with all of the other partners from the previous two Paper Mario titles, is in a photo at the Mario Bros.' House. Lastly, during the third chapter, Francis made a "things to buy" list, and one of them was a Ms. Mowz doll "with real smooching action".

Ms. Mowz has sprite data in the internal files of Super Paper Mario, even though she does not physically appear in the game.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix[edit]

Though she does not appear in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, one of the songs in the game is a new rendition of her theme song under the title "Ms. Mowz Song". This composition also incorporates the music to X-Naut Fortress.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Luigi encountering Ms. Mowz in Super Mario-kun
Ms. Mowz in Super Mario-kun

Ms. Mowz appears in volume 35 of Super Mario-kun during the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door arc. Luigi runs into her after arriving in Rogueport, and she informs him on how Mario is fighting the Shadow Queen. She and Luigi then head into Rogueport Underground, fighting enemies together as they try to reach Mario.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

  • In-game description: Ms. Mowz, the mouse thief, is actually the manager of the Lovely Howz of Badges shop in Rogueport. Press X Button to have her sniff for any nearby goodies. Her nose twitches when treasure is nearby.
  • Player's Guide: To convince Ms. Mowz to join your party, you must complete the Elusive badge side quest that's posted in the Trouble Center after Chapter 4 (see page 124). Once she's in your company, press the X Button to have her sniff out any items or objects hidden nearby.[2]
  • Tattles:
    • Rogueport, Lovely Howz of Badges: That's the badge manager at the Lovely Howz of Badges. For a manager, she sure is gone from the store a lot... Where do you think she goes? This shop's small, but it's totally adorable. She really knows how to decorate.
    • Glitz Pit, lobby: That's Ms. Mowz, the thief. She jets off to exotic locales to hunt for rare badges. The fact that she's here means the Glitz Pit must have something special...
    • Rogueport, when taking on her trouble: That's Ms. Mowz, the thief. Hmph. She jets off to exotic places to find rare badges. She's only like, the biggest flirt I've ever met in my entire life! It's weird that she's the anonymous requester of the super-secret badge...

Attacks and stats[edit]

Ms. Mowz has the following attacks and stats:

HP
  • Initial: 15 HP
  • Super Rank: 20 HP
  • Ultra Rank: 25 HP
Attacks
Attack Flower Points Needed Effect To Attack Ms. Mowz's Hit Points Attack Power Move Ranks
Love Slap 0 Slaps a single grounded enemy and ignores defense. Repeatedly tilt the Control Stick left and right. Level 1: 15
Level 2: 20
Level 3: 25 		Level 1: 1-2
Level 2: 1-3
Level 3: 1-4 		Initial
Kiss Thief 2 Steals a single grounded enemy's item or badge. Press the A Button when the gauge hits OK before it fills completely. Level 1: 15
Level 2: 20
Level 3: 25 		N/A Initial
Tease 3 Makes all enemies Dizzy. Hold down the A Button to fill the gauge, but don't let it overflow. Level 2: 20
Level 3: 25 		N/A Super Rank
Smooch 10 Replenishes 10 of Mario's HP. Alternate by pressing A Button and B Button to fill the gauge. Level 3: 25 N/A Ultra Rank

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Catch Card
Ms. Mowz's Catch Card
  • Card Type: Rare
  • Card Description: It's Ms. Mowz from the last Paper Mario adventure. This thief had a nose for rare badges. Great smoocher!

Gallery[edit]

  • Ms. Mowz without her mask

    Ms. Mowz without her mask

  • MowzHooktailCastle.png
  • Encountering Ms. Mowz

    Encountering Ms. Mowz

  • Mario meets Ms. Mowz.

    Mario meets Ms. Mowz.

  • PMTTYD Ms Mowz Window.png
  • PMTTYD The Great Tree Surprise Ms. Mowz 2.png
  • PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 1.png
  • PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 2.png
  • PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 3.png
  • PMTTYD The Great Tree Ms. Mowz 4.png
  • PMTTYD Ms. Mowz Joins.png
  • Ms. Mowz without her mask and her shoes, as seen in the Lovely Howz of Badges

    Ms. Mowz without her mask and her shoes, as seen in the Lovely Howz of Badges

  • Ms. Mowz using Love Slap in the Nintendo Switch remake

    Ms. Mowz using Love Slap in the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Ms. Mowz using Kiss Thief in the Nintendo Switch remake

    Ms. Mowz using Kiss Thief in the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Ms. Mowz using Tease in the Nintendo Switch remake

    Ms. Mowz using Tease in the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Ms. Mowz using Smooch in the Nintendo Switch remake

    Ms. Mowz using Smooch in the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Ms. Mowz sniffing for items in the Nintendo Switch remake

    Ms. Mowz sniffing for items in the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Ms. Mowz with the rest of the cast in the ending credits parade

    Ms. Mowz with the rest of the cast in the ending credits parade

  • Ms. Mowz's 8-bit sprite appearance in the X-Naut Fortress

    Ms. Mowz's 8-bit sprite appearance in the X-Naut Fortress

  • Photo of the partners from the Nintendo Switch remake

    Photo of the partners from the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Ms. Mowz on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Ms. Mowz on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • Ms. Mowz and other characters against the Shadow Queen in Super Mario-kun

    Ms. Mowz and other characters against the Shadow Queen in Super Mario-kun

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チュチュリーナ[?]
Chuchurīna 		From「チューさん」(Chū-san, Little Mouser),「チューチュー」(chūchū, onomatopoeia for both the squeak of a mouse and kissing), and feminine name ending "-rina" or "-lina"
Chinese 吱吱莉娜[?]
Zhīzhīlìnà 		Transliteration of Japanese name, where「吱吱」(zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) is from「吱吱鼠」(Little Mouser)
Dutch Miss Mowz[?] -
French Carmina[?] Femininized form of carmin ("carmine")
Carla[?] Common female Spanish name Lovely Howz of Badges pseudonym
German Nagerine[?] From Nager ("rodent") and the suffix for forming feminine nouns -ine
Italian Squitty[?] Diminutive of Squit ("Little Mouser" and also an onomatopoeia for mouse's squeaking)
Korean 찍찍리나[?]
Jjikjjikrina 		Transliteration of Japanese name, where "찍찍" (jjikjjik, onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) is from "찍찍이" (Jjikjjig-i, Little Mouser)
Spanish Lupina[?] Femininized form of Arsène Lupin

Trivia[edit]

PMTTYD Lovely Howz of Badges Attack FX B Position.png
  • She and Bobbery are the only two partners in the game who never fight Mario (although like Bobbery, her initial encounters with Mario include some tension or hostility): Vivian attacks Mario and the early party with her sisters, while Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, and Yoshi Kid appear alongside Doopliss while his Mario disguise has fooled them.
  • If the player recruits Ms. Mowz into the party before Bobbery and then uses a healing item on a partner outside of battle, a glitch may occur where Bobbery's name is listed above Ms. Mowz, even if he has not joined the party yet.[3]
  • If the player somehow maxes out the badges in inventory during Elusive badge!, Ms. Mowz leaves the Attack FX B badge in front of Lovely Howz of Badges.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door summary. Nintendo.com. Archived April 28, 2007, 03:32:14 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Thomason, Steve (October 1, 2004). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America. ISBN 1-930206-51-8. Page 17.
  3. ^ @Ben-xv8dy (April 16, 2023). Admiral Bobbery Early in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. YouTube (English). Retrieved November 1, 2024.
[Edit]
Little Mousers
Characters Ian Foomus • Little Mouser (character) • Mousimilian • Moustafa • Ms. Mowz • Nomadimouse (character) • Pierre
Species Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser
[Edit]
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
Retrieved from "https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Ms._Mowz&oldid=4418733"