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{{PM item infobox
{{PM item infobox
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items Mystery.png]] [[File:Mystery TTYD.png]] [[File:Mystery Box SPM.png]]
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items Mystery.png]] [[File:Mystery TTYD.png]] [[File:Mystery Box SPM.png]] [[File:Mystery PMTTYDNS icon.png|50px]]
|pm=Who knows what it does... Take a chance to find out!
|pm=Who knows what it does... Take a chance to find out!
|ttyd=Who knows what this does? Take a chance and find out!
|ttyd=Who knows what this does? Take a chance and find out!
|spm=What does this do? Only one way to find out...
|spm=What does this do? Only one way to find out...
}}
}}
A '''Mystery Box''' is an item found in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.  
A '''Mystery''' is an item found in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.  


==History==
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
====''Paper Mario''====
The first appearance of the Mystery Box in ''Paper Mario'' goes under the name '''Mystery?'''. When used in battle, a roulette will appear, containing the following items, that will be used right after the roulette stops on an item:
The first appearance of the Mystery in ''Paper Mario'' goes under the name '''Mystery?''' When used in battle, a roulette will appear, containing the following items, that will be used right after the roulette stops on an item:
*[[Mushroom]]
*[[Mushroom]]
*[[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]]
*[[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]]
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*A [[Pebble]] that hurts [[Mario]] with 1 [[Heart Point|HP]]
*A [[Pebble]] that hurts [[Mario]] with 1 [[Heart Point|HP]]


Mystery?s can also be used for cooking, yielding a [[Mistake]] half the time, and a randomly selected one of twenty-three recipes otherwise.
Mysteries? can also be used for cooking, yielding a [[Mistake]] half the time, and a randomly selected one of twenty-three recipes otherwise.


Throughout the game, Mystery?s can be found in the following locations:
Throughout the game, Mysteries? can be found in the following locations:


* In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the north of the Shy Guy Playground in the blue area of [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]].
* In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the north of the Shy Guy Playground in the blue area of [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]].
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====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', '''Mystery''' is sold for three [[coin]]s at [[Pungent's Great Tree Shop]] and the [[Sales Stall]]. One Mystery can also be found in a bush in near the bridge in [[Petal Meadows]].
In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', a '''Mystery''' is sold for three [[coin]]s at [[Pungent's Great Tree Shop]] and the [[Sales Stall]]. One Mystery can also be found in a bush in near the bridge in [[Petal Meadows]].


When used in battle, a Mystery has the effect of one of the following items:
When used in battle, a Mystery has the effect of one of the following items:
*[[Dried Shroom]]
*[[Dried Mushroom]]
*[[Mushroom]]
*[[Mushroom]]
*[[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]
*[[Ultra Mushroom]]
*[[Honey Syrup]]
*[[Honey Syrup]]
*[[Jammin' Jelly]]
*[[Jammin' Jelly]]
*[[Volt Shroom]]
*[[Volt Mushroom]]
*[[Slow Shroom]]
*[[Slow Mushroom]]
*[[Gradual Syrup]]
*[[Gradual Syrup]]
*[[Repel Cape]]
*[[Repel Cape]]
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*[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]]
*[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]]
*[[Thunder Rage]]
*[[Thunder Rage]]
In the remake the selection is different:
*Mushroom
*Honey Syrup
*Stopwatch
*Repel Cape
*Fire Flower
*Shooting Star
*Thunder Rage
Later chapters replace Mushroom and Honey Syrup with their upgraded forms.


If it is cooked by itself or with any other item, it makes a [[Mistake]] half the time, and otherwise a random one of twenty items, mostly [[Recipes|cooking recipes]].
If it is cooked by itself or with any other item, it makes a [[Mistake]] half the time, and otherwise a random one of twenty items, mostly [[Recipes|cooking recipes]].


====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
'''Mystery Boxes''' appear under their current name in ''Super Paper Mario''. When cooked, the outcome can be random, or more commonly, a [[Mistake]]. However, the set recipe is a [[Miracle Dinner]]. The Mystery Box can be bought in [[Flipside Arcade]] for five [[Flipside Token]]s, at the [[Downtown of Crag]] for three coins, or carried by a [[Lakitu]]. Similar to ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', a random item will appear which can be any item from a [[Catch Card]] to a [[Thunder Rage]].
Mysteries appear under their name '''Mystery Boxes''' in ''Super Paper Mario''. When cooked, the outcome can be random, or more commonly, a [[Mistake]]. However, the set recipe is a [[Miracle Dinner]]. The Mystery Box can be bought in [[Flipside Arcade]] for five [[Flipside Token]]s, at the [[Downtown of Crag]] for three coins, or carried by a [[Lakitu]]. Similar to ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', a random item will appear which can be any item from a [[Catch Card]] to a [[Thunder Rage]].


A Mystery Box can contain one of the following items:
A Mystery Box can contain one of the following items:
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*[[POW Block]]
*[[POW Block]]
*[[Mighty Tonic]]
*[[Mighty Tonic]]
===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
While Mystery Boxes do not appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', another item known as a [[Secret Box]] with similar effects appears. Secret Boxes mimic a random badge effect, unlike Mystery Boxes, which mimic a random item.


===Unused appearances===
===Unused appearances===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
The Mystery Box was [[List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content|originally set to re-appear]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], as seen in early artwork, but is absent from the final game.
The Mystery was [[List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content|originally set to re-appear]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], as seen in early artwork, but is absent from the final game.
 
==Recipes==
===''Paper Mario''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|rowspan=24|[[File:PaperMario Items Mystery.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Mystery?'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Mistake|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Apple Pie|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Big Cookie|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Bland Meal|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Boiled Egg|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Dizzy Dial|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Egg Missile|link=Egg Bomb|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Fire Flower|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Fried Egg|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Fried Shroom|link=Mushroom Fry|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Honey Shroom|link=Honey Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Kooky Cookie|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Koopasta|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Koopa Tea|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Life Shroom|link=Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Potato Salad|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Sleepy Sheep|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Spaghetti|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Special Shake|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Spicy Soup|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Super Soda|link=Fresh Juice|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Tasty Tonic|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|Thunder Rage|size=25x25px}}
|-
|{{PM item|Volt Shroom|link=Volt Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|}
 
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|rowspan=21|[[File:Mystery PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Mystery'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Mistake|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Egg Bomb|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Fire Flower|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Fresh Juice|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Fried Egg|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Honey Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Koopasta|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Koopa Tea|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Mushroom Fry|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Sleepy Sheep|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Spaghetti|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Spicy Soup|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Tasty Tonic|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Thunder Rage|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Volt Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Cookie|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Dinner|size=25x25px}}
|-
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Tea|size=25x25px}}
|}
 
===''Super Paper Mario''===
{{stub|section=y|Add missing recipes}}
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Mystery Box SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Mystery Box'''
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Miracle Dinner|size=25x25px}}
|}
 
==See also==
*[[Secret Box]]


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=なにがおこるかな<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/pm_j-e.shtml "Paper Mario: From Japanese to English"]. (June 17, 2013). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved February 4, 2015.</ref>
|Jpn=なにがおこるかな<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/pm_j-e.shtml "Paper Mario: From Japanese to English"]. (June 17, 2013). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved February 4, 2015.</ref>
|JapR=Nani ga Okoru Ka Na
|JpnR=Nani ga Okoru Ka Na
|JapM=I Wonder What Will Happen
|JpnM=I Wonder What Will Happen
|Spa=Sorpresa
|ChiS=神秘?
|SpaM=Surprise
|ChiSN=''Paper Mario''
|ChiSR=Shénmì?
|ChiSM=Mystery?
|ChiS2=会发生什么事呢
|ChiS2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|ChiS2R=Huì fāshēng shénme shì ne
|ChiS2M=I Wonder What Will Happen
|ChiT=會發生什麼事呢
|ChiTR=Huì fāshēng shénme shì ne
|ChiTM=I Wonder What Will Happen
|Dut=Verrassing
|DutM=Surprise
|Fre=Mystère?
|FreM=Mystery?
|Ger=Mysterium?
|GerM=Mystery?
|Ger2=Überraschungsbox
|Ger2N=''Super Paper Mario''
|Ger2M=Surprise Box
|Ita=Chissà cos'è
|Ita=Chissà cos'è
|ItaM=Who knows what it is
|ItaM=Who knows what it is
|Chi=神秘?
|ChiR=Shénmì?
|ChiM=Mystery?
|Ger=Mysterium?<br>Überraschungsbox
|GerM=Mystery?<br>Surprise Box (''Super Paper Mario'')
|Fra=Mystère?
|FraM=Mystery?
|Kor=미스터리박스
|Kor=미스터리박스
|KorR=Miseuteoli Bagseu
|KorR=Miseuteori Bakseu
|KorM=Mystery Box
|KorM=Mystery Box
|Spa=Sorpresa
|SpaM=Surprise
}}
}}



Latest revision as of 07:20, February 2, 2025

Mystery
PaperMario Items Mystery.png Sprite of a Mystery from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Mystery Box SPM.png Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Paper Mario description Who knows what it does... Take a chance to find out!
The Thousand-Year Door description Who knows what this does? Take a chance and find out!
Super Paper Mario description What does this do? Only one way to find out...

A Mystery is an item found in Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario.

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

The first appearance of the Mystery in Paper Mario goes under the name Mystery? When used in battle, a roulette will appear, containing the following items, that will be used right after the roulette stops on an item:

Mysteries? can also be used for cooking, yielding a Mistake half the time, and a randomly selected one of twenty-three recipes otherwise.

Throughout the game, Mysteries? can be found in the following locations:

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a Mystery is sold for three coins at Pungent's Great Tree Shop and the Sales Stall. One Mystery can also be found in a bush in near the bridge in Petal Meadows.

When used in battle, a Mystery has the effect of one of the following items:

In the remake the selection is different:

  • Mushroom
  • Honey Syrup
  • Stopwatch
  • Repel Cape
  • Fire Flower
  • Shooting Star
  • Thunder Rage

Later chapters replace Mushroom and Honey Syrup with their upgraded forms.

If it is cooked by itself or with any other item, it makes a Mistake half the time, and otherwise a random one of twenty items, mostly cooking recipes.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Mysteries appear under their name Mystery Boxes in Super Paper Mario. When cooked, the outcome can be random, or more commonly, a Mistake. However, the set recipe is a Miracle Dinner. The Mystery Box can be bought in Flipside Arcade for five Flipside Tokens, at the Downtown of Crag for three coins, or carried by a Lakitu. Similar to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a random item will appear which can be any item from a Catch Card to a Thunder Rage.

A Mystery Box can contain one of the following items:

Unused appearances[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

The Mystery was originally set to re-appear in Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the Nintendo 3DS, as seen in early artwork, but is absent from the final game.

Recipes[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Recipe Result
PaperMario Items Mystery.png Mystery? Mistake Mistake
Apple Pie Apple Pie
Big Cookie Big Cookie
Bland Meal Bland Meal
Boiled Egg Boiled Egg
Dizzy Dial Dizzy Dial
Egg Bomb Egg Missile
Fire Flower Fire Flower
Fried Egg Fried Egg
Mushroom Fry Fried Shroom
Honey Mushroom Honey Shroom
Kooky Cookie Kooky Cookie
Koopasta Koopasta
Koopa Tea Koopa Tea
Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Shroom
Potato Salad Potato Salad
Sleepy Sheep Sleepy Sheep
Spaghetti Spaghetti
Special Shake Special Shake
Spicy Soup Spicy Soup
Fresh Juice Super Soda
Tasty Tonic Tasty Tonic
Thunder Rage Thunder Rage
Volt Mushroom Volt Shroom

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mystery Mistake Mistake
Egg Bomb Egg Bomb
Fire Flower Fire Flower
Fresh Juice Fresh Juice
Fried Egg Fried Egg
Honey Mushroom Honey Mushroom
Koopasta Koopasta
Koopa Tea Koopa Tea
Mushroom Fry Mushroom Fry
Sleepy Sheep Sleepy Sheep
Spaghetti Spaghetti
Spicy Soup Spicy Soup
Tasty Tonic Tasty Tonic
Thunder Rage Thunder Rage
Volt Mushroom Volt Mushroom
Zess Cookie Zess Cookie
Zess Dinner Zess Dinner
Zess Tea Zess Tea

Super Paper Mario[edit]

This section is a stub. Please consider expanding it to include any missing information. Specifics: Add missing recipes

Recipe Result
Mystery Box SPM.png Mystery Box Miracle Dinner Miracle Dinner

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese なにがおこるかな[1]
Nani ga Okoru Ka Na
I Wonder What Will Happen
Chinese (simplified) 神秘?[?]
Shénmì?
Mystery? Paper Mario
会发生什么事呢[?]
Huì fāshēng shénme shì ne
I Wonder What Will Happen The Thousand-Year Door remake
Chinese (traditional) 會發生什麼事呢[?]
Huì fāshēng shénme shì ne
I Wonder What Will Happen
Dutch Verrassing[?] Surprise
French Mystère?[?] Mystery?
German Mysterium?[?] Mystery?
Überraschungsbox[?] Surprise Box Super Paper Mario
Italian Chissà cos'è[?] Who knows what it is
Korean 미스터리박스[?]
Miseuteori Bakseu
Mystery Box
Spanish Sorpresa[?] Surprise

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paper Mario: From Japanese to English". (June 17, 2013). The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved February 4, 2015.