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'''Stop Watches'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=21|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Nintendo}}</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Stopwatches'''),<ref>{{cite|date=July/August 1988|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1|page=10|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page=[[Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg|88]]|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies|date=June 4, 2001|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Official Perfect Guide|page=5|isbn=0970646844|publisher=Versus Books}}</ref> also known as '''Time Stops''',<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=29|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</ref> appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as clock items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.
'''Stop Watches'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=21|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Stopwatches'''),<ref>{{cite|date=July/August 1988|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1|page=10|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page=[[Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg|88]]|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies|date=June 4, 2001|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Official Perfect Guide|page=5|isbn=0970646844|publisher=Versus Books}}</ref> also known as '''Time Stops''',<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=29|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as clock items that usually slow down or stop time when collected.
==History==
==History==
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
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====''Paper Mario''====
====''Paper Mario''====
The Stop Watch later appears as an item in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. When Mario or his partners use it, it will [[immobilize]] enemies for a few turns (assuming it is successful). It can be bought at most stores and is a fairly common item. Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
The Stop Watch later appears as an item in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. When Mario or his partners use it, it will [[immobilize]] enemies for a few turns (assuming it is successful). It can be bought at most stores and is a fairly common item. Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
*In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the first scene of the [[Ultra Boots]] area in [[Toad Town Tunnels]].
*In a [[List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario|hidden block]] in the first scene of the [[Ultra Boots]] area in [[Toad Town Tunnels]].
*On top of a [[Brick Block|brick block]] one screen south of the next-to-last part of the main road of [[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]].
*On top of a [[Brick Block|brick block]] one screen south of the next-to-last part of the main road of [[Dry Dry Desert (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Desert]].
*Behind a bush in the back of the shore where [[Whale (character)|Whale]] resides.
*Behind a bush in the back of the shore where the [[whale (character)|whale]] resides.
*In a hidden block before the stairs where Mario fights [[Monstar]] in [[Shiver Snowfield]].
*In a hidden block before the stairs where Mario fights [[Monstar]] in [[Shiver Snowfield]].
*On sale at [[Boo's Shop]] (25 coins) and the [[Star Haven Shop]] (15 coins).
*On sale at [[Boo's Shop]] (25 coins) and the [[Star Haven Shop]] (15 coins).
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Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
*In a rock on the [[moon]] surface near where Mario lands.
*In a rock on the [[moon]] surface near where Mario lands.
*Behind near the entrance in the first part of descending stairs in the [[Palace of Shadow]].
*Behind near the entrance in the first part of descending stairs in the [[Palace of Shadow]].
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====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
The Stop Watch also appears as an uncommon item in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where it [[Immobilized|immobilizes]] all enemies.
The Stop Watch also appears as an uncommon item in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where it [[Immobilized|immobilizes]] all enemies.
Stop Watches appear in the following locations:
*[[Merlee's Mansion|Chapter 2-2]], in the chest on top of Merlee's Mansion.
*[[Castle Bleck Entry|Chapter 8-1]], over the west wall of the area where Peach was first controllable, right chest.


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


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


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

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

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

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

History[edit]

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

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

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

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

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

Paper Mario series[edit]

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

Paper Mario[edit]

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

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

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

Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

Super Paper Mario[edit]

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

Stop Watches appear in the following locations:

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

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

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

Unused appearances[edit]

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

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

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

Super Mario Advance[edit]

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

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

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

Trivia[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
  2. ^ Tilden, Gail, et al. (July/August 1988). Nintendo Power Volume 1. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 10.
  3. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 88.
  4. ^ Arnold, J. Douglas, James Yamada, and Mark Elies (June 4, 2001). Super Mario Advance Official Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 0970646844. Page 5.
  5. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 29.
  6. ^ Floogal (December 23, 2006). Paper Mario Stat/Attack Guide. GameFAQs (English). Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Jdaster64 (April 7, 2016). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ. GameFAQs. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  8. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3/Unused Objects. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  9. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 27.
  10. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 21.
  11. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 33.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 10.
  13. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 70.
  14. ^ August 13, 2020. Official 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 character sheet given to companies obtaining a Mario license by Nintendo of America for reference. Besides characters and items directly from the game, it also contains the original “Stop Watch” character that exists only in select pieces of North American licensed material, such as greeting cards and one issue of the Valiant Super Mario Bros. comics. Its game equivalent is the Stop Watch item that looks like an ordinary watch.. Supper Mario Broth (English). Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  15. ^ MarioBrothBlog (December 5, 2022). Previously, I have posted about the enigmatic "Stop Watch" character, an animate version of the Stop Watch item from Super Mario Bros. 2 that appeared in a few licensed works. Reader @RealSplatJam discovered that it likely originated from a misinterpretation of the game's manual.. X. Retrieved June 2, 2024.