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'''Twilight Town''' is a somewhat creepy town in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]. While [[Mario]] and his teammates were searching for the [[Ruby Star|fourth Crystal Star]], the residents here were turned into pigs by [[Doopliss]], who eventually stole Mario's identity and kidnapped his team (the team was unaware that the Mario they were with was Doopliss) and caused trouble here, but it was [[Vivian|Shadow Siren Vivian]] who joined the team to help Mario break the curse and get his appearance back. It is somehow speculated that this very town is the [[Shadow Sirens]]' birthplace.
{{distinguish|Twilight City|DS Twilight House}}
{{location infobox
|image=[[File:TTYDNS Twilight Town.png|250px]]
|greater_location=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
|inhabitants=[[Twilighter]]s, [[Crow]]s
|ruler=[[Mayor Dour]]
|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]])
}}
{{quote|My traveling friends... Welcome to Twilight Town. Well, I'd LIKE to welcome you... But "welcoming" people is generally a good thing, and it's nothing but bad here.|Mayor Dour|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Twilight Town''' is a creepy, perpetually twilit town in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and is mainly inhabited by [[Twilighter]]s, one of which, [[Mayor Dour|Dour]], serves as the mayor. [[Crow]]s inhabit Twilight Town as well, and players can listen to their conversations when Mario uses Vivian's field [[Veil]] ability. To enter Twilight Town through the pipe in [[Rogueport Underground]], Mario is required to have his name to be written on his clothes, otherwise the pipe will reject him.


[[Category: Places]]
While [[Mario]] and his friends are searching for the [[Ruby Star|fourth Crystal Star]], the Twilighters are turned into [[pig]]s by a distant bell in [[Creepy Steeple]]. After heading there through [[Twilight Trail]], Mario finds a [[Duplighost]] named [[Doopliss]] who had been responsible for the chaos caused in Twilight Town. Despite putting up a good fight, and reverting all of the Twilighters to normal in the process, Doopliss managed to steal Mario's identity in an attempt to cause more havoc.
 
At around this time, [[Vivian]] had been looking for the [[Superbombomb]] after her sister [[Beldam]] framed her for "dropping" it. In his cursed state, Mario helped her find it, and as thanks Vivian decided to help him retrieve his identity. After listening in to a conversation of a [[Doopliss's parrot|parrot]] who Doopliss had locked up, the duo was able to correctly guess Doopliss's name, then battle him again back at Creepy Steeple, allowing Mario to win back his identity. The Twilighters, shocked over the fact that Doopliss had disguised himself as Mario, praised Mario for restoring peace to Twilight Town.
 
Later on, Lord Crump is seen looking for the Superbombomb when he gets stopped by [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]]. After a brief confrontation between the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] and the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Troop]], Bowser inadvertently ignites the Superbombomb, sending both groups flying.
 
==Inhabitants==
The town is inhabited almost entirely by [[Twilighter]]s, though there are also several [[Crow]]s. Many of the Twilighters are turned into pigs during the chapter.
 
;Main story
*[[Mayor Dour]]
*[[Battle Master]]
*[[Eve]] and her three sons
*[[Twilight Shop manager]]
*[[Twilight Shop manager's wife]]
*Twilighter gatekeeper
*Twilighter innkeeper
*[[Gloomer]]
 
;Chapter 4 only
*[[Beldam]]
*[[Marilyn]]
*[[Vivian]]
*[[Dupree]]
*[[Traveling Sisters Three]]
 
==Items==
Some items are on sale in the [[Twilight Shop]] which is located in the east area (+Shop Point rewards). In the remake, the grass sticking out of the ground can both be squished for one Coin at random.
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Item
!Location
!Location Image
!Location Image (Remake)
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Boo's Sheet|game=NS}}<br>{{PMTTYD item|Jammin' Jelly|game=NS}}<br>{{PMTTYD item|Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom|game=NS}}
|In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.
|[[File:Twilight Town (Storeroom Items).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Storeroom Items) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|rowspan=6|{{PMTTYD item|Coin|game=NS}}
|In the first scene, in the rightmost bush.
|[[File:Twilight Town (Coin).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Coin 4) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|30 given by [[Mayor Dour]] for completing his [[Newsletter...|trouble]].
|[[File:Twilight Town (Mayor Dour Coins).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Mayor Dour Coins) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|200 given by innkeeper after sleeping in the inn 50 times. Missable if given elsewhere.
|[[File:Twilight Town (Inn Reward Coins).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Inn Reward Coins) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|In the first scene, in the third bush. [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|N/A
|[[File:Twilight Town (Coin 1) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|In the first scene, in the seventh bush. [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|N/A
|[[File:Twilight Town (Coin 2) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|In the first scene, in the thirteenth bush. [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|N/A
|[[File:Twilight Town (Coin 3) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Defend Plus|game=NS}}
|In the second scene, in a chest box in the storage room of the shop.
|[[File:Twilight Town Treasure Chest.png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town Treasure Chest (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Fire Flower|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|In the first scene, in the lowest leftmost bush.
|N/A
|[[File:Twilight Town (Fire Flower).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Inn Coupon|game=NS}}
|In the second scene, behind the notice board in the right of the shop.
|[[File:Twilight Town (Inn Coupon).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Inn Coupon) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Meteor Meal|game=NS}}
|In the second scene, given by [[Eve]] for doing [[Tell that person...|her trouble]].
|[[File:Twilight Town (Meteor Meal).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Meteor Meal) (Switch).png|250px]]
|--style="background:lightgreen"
|{{PMTTYD item|Peachy Peach|game=NS}}
|In the first scene, appearing in the left desk every time [[Mario]] sleeps at the [[inn]].
|[[File:Twilight Town (Peachy Peach).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Peachy Peach) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Routing Slip|game=NS}}
|In the first scene, received from [[Mayor Dour]] while doing [[Newsletter...|his trouble]].
|[[File:Twilight Town (Routing Slip).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Routing Slip) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star|game=NS}}
|In the second scene, given by Eve if Mario does a favor for her in Chapter 4.
|[[File:Twilight Town (Shooting Star).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Shooting Star) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|rowspan=3|{{PMTTYD item|link=Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece|game=NS}} (×3)
|In the first scene, behind the leftmost house.
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece TwilightTownBehindHouse.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece TwilightTownBehindHouse (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|In the first scene, in the southernmost bush in the southeast area.
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece TwilightTownGrass.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece TwilightTownGrass (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|In the second scene, behind the fence near the southeast tree.
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece TwilightTownBehindTree.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece TwilightTownBehindTree (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Superbombomb|game=NS}}
|In the first scene, in the leftmost bush after [[Vivian]] dropped it.
|[[File:Twilight Town (Superbombomb).png|250px]]
|[[File:Twilight Town (Superbombomb) (Switch).png|250px]]
|}
 
==Profiles==
*'''[[Tattle]]s'''
**''"This is Twilight Town. It's twilight here, which I guess makes sense, huh? That big moon gives me the heebie-jeebies. I guess the sky here is always the same... No morning, noon, or night... Wouldn't perpetual dusk get a little like, boring?"''
**''"This is Twilight Town. The people here are just as shadowy as the sky... I wonder if I'd get that way if I lived here long enough? ...Gross. Still, I guess being all gothed-out is better than being a pig..."''
*'''Map description'''
**"''A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the townspeople have dim, gray complexions, not to mention dim expressions.''" (GCN)
**"''A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the gloomy townspeople have dim expressions.''" (Switch)
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYD Pigs.png|Mario and Goombella encountering one of the residents that had been turned into a pig.
PMTTYD Twilight Town First Area.png
Maude and Flo.png
Twilight Town Treasure Chest.png
Beldam and Marilyn TTYD screenshot.png
Vivian joins Mario.png
PMTTYD Twilight Inn Interior.png
PMTTYD Twilight Town battle.png
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ウスグラ{{ruby|村|むら}}
|JpnR=Usugura Mura
|JpnM=Dim Town
|ChiS=阴暗村
|ChiSR=Yīn'àn Cūn
|ChiSM=Dim Town
|ChiT=陰暗村
|ChiTR=Yīn'àn Cūn
|ChiTM=Dim Town
|Dut=Duisterdorp
|DutM=''Duister'' meaning dim or shady, ''dorp'' meaning village.
|Fre=Penocta
|FreM=Comes from ''pénombre'' ("shade"); ''nocta'' refers to the night
|Ger=Düsterdorf
|GerM=Gloomy Village; possibly a pun on {{wp|Düsseldorf}}, one of Germany's largest cities
|Ita=Casalcrepuscolo
|ItaM=Twilight Casale
|Kor=어둑어둑 마을
|KorR=Eoduk-eoduk Ma'eul
|KorM=Dusk Village
|Spa=Villa Sombría
|SpaM=Grim Town
}}
 
==Notes==
*[[Goombella]] breaks the [[fourth wall]] when she tattles on the gatekeeper; she says that there is "a gatekeeper" in every town and if there was not, the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|game]] would be much easier to beat.
*During the Bowser segment, an unseen item called the Twilight Blade can be found in the bushes, although Bowser then says "Just Joking". A similar occurrence also happens when checking one of the statues in [[Bowser's Castle]].
{{PMTTYD}}
[[Category:Towns]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door locations]]
[[de:Düsterdorf]]
[[it:Casalcrepuscolo]]

Latest revision as of 05:47, February 25, 2025

Not to be confused with Twilight City or DS Twilight House.
Twilight Town
A view of Twilight Town shown when visiting for the first time.
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Greater location Rogueport's surrounding areas
Ruler Mayor Dour
Inhabitants Twilighters, Crows
“My traveling friends... Welcome to Twilight Town. Well, I'd LIKE to welcome you... But "welcoming" people is generally a good thing, and it's nothing but bad here.”
Mayor Dour, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Twilight Town is a creepy, perpetually twilit town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and is mainly inhabited by Twilighters, one of which, Dour, serves as the mayor. Crows inhabit Twilight Town as well, and players can listen to their conversations when Mario uses Vivian's field Veil ability. To enter Twilight Town through the pipe in Rogueport Underground, Mario is required to have his name to be written on his clothes, otherwise the pipe will reject him.

While Mario and his friends are searching for the fourth Crystal Star, the Twilighters are turned into pigs by a distant bell in Creepy Steeple. After heading there through Twilight Trail, Mario finds a Duplighost named Doopliss who had been responsible for the chaos caused in Twilight Town. Despite putting up a good fight, and reverting all of the Twilighters to normal in the process, Doopliss managed to steal Mario's identity in an attempt to cause more havoc.

At around this time, Vivian had been looking for the Superbombomb after her sister Beldam framed her for "dropping" it. In his cursed state, Mario helped her find it, and as thanks Vivian decided to help him retrieve his identity. After listening in to a conversation of a parrot who Doopliss had locked up, the duo was able to correctly guess Doopliss's name, then battle him again back at Creepy Steeple, allowing Mario to win back his identity. The Twilighters, shocked over the fact that Doopliss had disguised himself as Mario, praised Mario for restoring peace to Twilight Town.

Later on, Lord Crump is seen looking for the Superbombomb when he gets stopped by Bowser and Kammy Koopa. After a brief confrontation between the X-Nauts and the Koopa Troop, Bowser inadvertently ignites the Superbombomb, sending both groups flying.

Inhabitants[edit]

The town is inhabited almost entirely by Twilighters, though there are also several Crows. Many of the Twilighters are turned into pigs during the chapter.

Main story
Chapter 4 only

Items[edit]

Some items are on sale in the Twilight Shop which is located in the east area (+Shop Point rewards). In the remake, the grass sticking out of the ground can both be squished for one Coin at random.

Item Location Location Image Location Image (Remake)
Boo's Sheet Boo's Sheet
Jammin' Jelly Jammin' Jelly
Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Mushroom
In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop. Mario near the items in the storeroom of the item shop in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near the items in the storeroom of the item shop in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Coin Coin In the first scene, in the rightmost bush. Mario getting a Coin from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting a Coin from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
30 given by Mayor Dour for completing his trouble. Mario getting 30 Coins from Mayor Dour in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting 30 Coins from Mayor Dour in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
200 given by innkeeper after sleeping in the inn 50 times. Missable if given elsewhere. Mario getting 200 Coins from the innkeeper in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting 200 Coins from the innkeeper in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
In the first scene, in the third bush. Nintendo Switch N/A Mario getting a Coin from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
In the first scene, in the seventh bush. Nintendo Switch N/A Mario getting a Coin from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
In the first scene, in the thirteenth bush. Nintendo Switch N/A Mario getting a Coin from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Defend Plus Defend Plus In the second scene, in a chest box in the storage room of the shop. Only treasure chest in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Also contains third black chest. Only treasure chest in the Twilight Town in the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch. Also contains Black Chest with the Tube Mode curse.
Fire Flower Fire Flower Nintendo Switch In the first scene, in the lowest leftmost bush. N/A Mario getting a Fire Flower from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Inn Coupon Inn Coupon In the second scene, behind the notice board in the right of the shop. Mario getting the Inn Coupon from behind a sign in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Inn Coupon from behind a sign in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Meteor Meal Meteor Meal In the second scene, given by Eve for doing her trouble. Mario getting a Meteor Meal from Eve in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting a Meteor Meal from Eve in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Peachy Peach Peachy Peach In the first scene, appearing in the left desk every time Mario sleeps at the inn. Mario near a Peachy Peach in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near a Peachy Peach in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Routing Slip Routing Slip In the first scene, received from Mayor Dour while doing his trouble. Mario getting the Routing Slip from Mayor Dour in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Routing Slip from Mayor Dour in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Shooting Star (item) Shooting Star In the second scene, given by Eve if Mario does a favor for her in Chapter 4. Mario getting a Shooting Star from Eve in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting a Shooting Star from Eve in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Star Piece (Paper Mario series) Star Piece (×3) In the first scene, behind the leftmost house. Mario getting the Star Piece behind the leftmost house in Twilight Town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Star Piece behind the leftmost house in Twilight Town in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
In the first scene, in the southernmost bush in the southeast area. Mario getting the Star Piece in a clump of grass in Twilight Town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Star Piece in a clump of grass in Twilight Town in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
In the second scene, behind the fence near the southeast tree. Mario getting the Star Piece behind the right tree in Twilight Town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Star Piece behind the right tree in Twilight Town in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
Superbombomb Superbombomb In the first scene, in the leftmost bush after Vivian dropped it. Mario getting the Superbombomb from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Superbombomb from a bush in Twilight Town of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.

Profiles[edit]

  • Tattles
    • "This is Twilight Town. It's twilight here, which I guess makes sense, huh? That big moon gives me the heebie-jeebies. I guess the sky here is always the same... No morning, noon, or night... Wouldn't perpetual dusk get a little like, boring?"
    • "This is Twilight Town. The people here are just as shadowy as the sky... I wonder if I'd get that way if I lived here long enough? ...Gross. Still, I guess being all gothed-out is better than being a pig..."
  • Map description
    • "A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the townspeople have dim, gray complexions, not to mention dim expressions." (GCN)
    • "A town stuck in a perpetual state of dim twilight. Even the gloomy townspeople have dim expressions." (Switch)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ウスグラむら[?]
Usugura Mura
Dim Town
Chinese (simplified) 阴暗村[?]
Yīn'àn Cūn
Dim Town
Chinese (traditional) 陰暗村[?]
Yīn'àn Cūn
Dim Town
Dutch Duisterdorp[?] Duister meaning dim or shady, dorp meaning village.
French Penocta[?] Comes from pénombre ("shade"); nocta refers to the night
German Düsterdorf[?] Gloomy Village; possibly a pun on Düsseldorf, one of Germany's largest cities
Italian Casalcrepuscolo[?] Twilight Casale
Korean 어둑어둑 마을[?]
Eoduk-eoduk Ma'eul
Dusk Village
Spanish Villa Sombría[?] Grim Town

Notes[edit]

  • Goombella breaks the fourth wall when she tattles on the gatekeeper; she says that there is "a gatekeeper" in every town and if there was not, the game would be much easier to beat.
  • During the Bowser segment, an unseen item called the Twilight Blade can be found in the bushes, although Bowser then says "Just Joking". A similar occurrence also happens when checking one of the statues in Bowser's Castle.