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|image=[[File:General White.png]]
|image=[[File:General White.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|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]])
|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=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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{{Quote|I am General White. I am a Bob-omb! And I have lost my hopes and dreams. My heart has grown cold... I must apologize, but I ask that you leave me alone.|General White|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{Quote|I am General White. I am a Bob-omb! And I have lost my hopes and dreams. My heart has grown cold... I must apologize, but I ask that you leave me alone.|General White|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''General White''' is an retired [[Bob-omb]] general that helped create [[Big Bob]], which can launch people to [[Moon|The Moon]], at [[Fahr Outpost]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. [[Mario]] and his party must find him and get him to fire the cannon. He is elusive and sends Mario and friends on a long chase across the map looking for him, ending in his house in Fahr Outpost.
'''General White''' is a retired [[Bob-omb]] general that helped create [[Big Bob]], which can launch people to [[Moon|The Moon]], at [[Fahr Outpost]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. For most of the game, General White remains at [[Petalburg]] where he sulks about losing his life's work. [[Mario]] and his party must find him and get him to fire the cannon. He is elusive and sends Mario and friends on a long chase across the map looking for him, ending in his house in Fahr Outpost where Mario must repeatedly jump on him to wake him up from his deep sleep.


The first time is when Mario must get the cannon back online. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:
The first time is when Mario must get the cannon back online. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:
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*The [[Puni]] at the entrance of [[the Great Tree]].
*The [[Puni]] at the entrance of [[the Great Tree]].
*The [[Twilighter]] in front of the inn at [[Twilight Town]] ([[Mayor Dour]] or the Twilighter near the [[Twilight Shop]] in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch remake]]).
*The [[Twilighter]] in front of the inn at [[Twilight Town]] ([[Mayor Dour]] or the Twilighter near the [[Twilight Shop]] in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch remake]]).
During this search, General White leaves a message on the Graffiti Corner of the Rogueport message board, requesting information about Mario's location.


The second (optional) time is when [[Goldbob]] sends Mario and friends to deliver a package to him for his [[Delivery, please!|trouble]]. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:
The second (optional) time is when [[Goldbob]] sends Mario and friends to deliver a package to him for his [[Delivery, please!|trouble]]. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:
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*Goldbob in [[Poshley Heights]].
*Goldbob in [[Poshley Heights]].


During Chapter 7, General White leaves a message on the Graffiti Corner of the Rogueport message board, requesting information about Mario's location.
General White also appears in volume 34 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Like in the game, he has to be woken up, but he never seems to have left Fahr Outpost and does not need to be searched for. While he does activate Big Bob, Bowser ends up destroying it before it can launch Mario, [[Goombella]], and [[Koops]] to the moon.  


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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
PMTTYD Petalburg General White.png
PMTTYD Oblivious To General White.png
PMTTYD Sleeping General White.png|General White sleeping
PMTTYD Sleeping General White.png|General White sleeping
PMTTYD General White Looking For Mario.png
PMTTYD Cannon Control Room.png
TTYD NS Depressed General White.jpg|General White in Petalburg in the remake
PMTTYDNS General White.jpg|Mario jumping on General White in the remake
PMTTYDNS General White.jpg|Mario jumping on General White in the remake
TTYD NS Credits General White.jpg|General White in the remake credits
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 05:28, October 18, 2024

General White
General White
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Bob-omb
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“I am General White. I am a Bob-omb! And I have lost my hopes and dreams. My heart has grown cold... I must apologize, but I ask that you leave me alone.”
General White, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

General White is a retired Bob-omb general that helped create Big Bob, which can launch people to The Moon, at Fahr Outpost in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For most of the game, General White remains at Petalburg where he sulks about losing his life's work. Mario and his party must find him and get him to fire the cannon. He is elusive and sends Mario and friends on a long chase across the map looking for him, ending in his house in Fahr Outpost where Mario must repeatedly jump on him to wake him up from his deep sleep.

The first time is when Mario must get the cannon back online. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:

During this search, General White leaves a message on the Graffiti Corner of the Rogueport message board, requesting information about Mario's location.

The second (optional) time is when Goldbob sends Mario and friends to deliver a package to him for his trouble. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:

General White also appears in volume 34 of Super Mario-kun. Like in the game, he has to be woken up, but he never seems to have left Fahr Outpost and does not need to be searched for. While he does activate Big Bob, Bowser ends up destroying it before it can launch Mario, Goombella, and Koops to the moon.

Tattle information[edit]

  • "That's General White, the Bob-omb. I guess white Bob-ombs are pretty rare. He has a cool mustache, too. He might even give your lip fuzz a run for its money!"

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ホワイトしょうぐん[?]
Howaito Shōgun
General White
Chinese (simplified) 白色将军[?]
Báisè Jiāngjūn
General White
Chinese (traditional) 白色將軍[?]
Báisè Jiāngjūn
General White
Dutch Generaal de Wit[?] General von White
French Général Blanc[?] General White
German Bomb-umm[?] Pun on "Bob-omb" and "bumm" (onomatopoeia for an explosion)
Italian Generale Candido Bucaneve[?] General White Snowdrop
Korean 화이트장군[?]
Hwaiteu-Janggun
General White
Spanish General Bomblanco[?] Pun on "bomb" and blanco ("white")

Trivia[edit]

  • In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door's end credits parade, General White's silhouette can be seen with the Fahr Outpost characters.
    • In the remake, a sleeping General White is passed down a group of Bob-ombs following the Fahr Outpost mayor; they eventually throw him on the stage, a callback to his heavy sleeping.