Tattle

Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario move
Tattle
Mastered by	Goombario, Goombella, Tippi, and Tiptron
Rank	Base Rank
Effect	Provides information, and reveals the enemy's health meter
Target	Any single enemy
Action Command Tier	NICE

Tattle is a move that is used in the Paper Mario series. It can be used in battle or on the field by a partner, and informs Mario about a specific enemy, character, or place that he is currently near. The partner who can use Tattle is always the first obtainable partner in the game.

History

Paper Mario

See also: Paper Mario bestiary

In Paper Mario, Goombario is able to use Tattle after joining Mario's party, listing information and statistics from memory. Tattling on the field will tell Mario about his surroundings, or a character if they are close to him.

Tattling in battle will list various characteristics and traits of an enemy, including HP, Attack power, Defense power, and sometimes battle strategies. Tattling an enemy will also make a health meter appear under the enemy, indicating how much HP it has left. The health meter will then appear from that point on whenever Mario encounters the same enemy. Goombario will often also make comments about the enemy unrelated to its battle abilities, adding flair to the Tattle. There is no Action Command associated with Goombario's Tattle move.

Some targets cannot be Tattled on in battle, including General Guy's light bulb and the Fuzzipede, since the scenery becomes too dark for Goombario to use Tattle for the latter. However, Gulpits' Rocks and the tree in the Goomba King battle can be Tattled on, despite being inanimate objects. Additionally, if a Duplighost (such as Lee) transforms into Goombario, it can then use Tattle on Mario.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

See also: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its remake on the Nintendo Switch, Goombella can use Tattle after joining Mario's party. This version of Tattle is similar to Goombario's. During battle, she reads information about enemies from the Tattle Log but recites the info from memory outside battle.

Goombella's version of Tattle adds an Action Command and a Stylish move. When using this move in battle, a circle appears on the targeted enemy and a crosshair moves toward the circle; to complete the Action Command, the player must press when the crosshair is inside the circle, and to perform the Stylish move, the player must press again right away. If the player presses the button while the crosshair is outside the circle, the Tattle move fails. Additionally, the Tattle Log will automatically update its data if an enemy becomes stronger (as some recurring bosses do). In the remake, stronger versions of bosses have separate Tattle Log entries.

Mario using the garbage can to obtain info about Vivian.

When an enemy becomes no longer able to be encountered, such as all bosses (with the exception of the Iron Clefts, Rawk Hawk, Prince Mush, and Whacka since they can be refought), Bald Clefts and X-Naut related enemies (with the exception of the Z-Yux), their Tattle Log page will appear in Professor Frankly's garbage can, where Mario can retrieve it and add it to the Tattle Log.

Outside of battle, the player may press to get information about nearby people, places, or objects, depending on what Mario is facing. The Nintendo Switch remake includes an icon above Goombella's head to indicate the target can be tattled. Additionally added in the remake, the player can press to receive Partner Hints from Goombella and other party members about how to proceed through the game.

During battles in the remake, the player can press to re-read the Tattle dialogue of enemies in the battle Goombella has used Tattle on already. This does not use up a turn.

Super Paper Mario

See also: Super Paper Mario bestiary

In Super Paper Mario, Tattling works differently due to the different game mechanics. Mario's main partner, Tippi, and her replica, Tiptron, can use Tattle. At any time (except for in situations where Tippi is unavailable), the player may point the Wii Remote at the screen. Tippi will turn into a large cursor, and the screen will freeze and darken. The player can move the cursor over an enemy or object by pointing the remote and press to see its Tattle information. When selecting the player character, Tippi gives advice on what to do next. Tippi's Tattle ability can also reveal invisible objects.

All enemies and bosses may be scanned using Tippi's Tattle, except Dimentio and the Underchomp. In Dimentio's first battle in Chapter 3, Tippi is still captured by Francis, and for his second battle in Castle Bleck, Mario and Tippi leave Luigi to fight him alone. It is unknown if this was an intentional choice or not, given Dimentio's significance to the overall plot. The Underchomp cannot be Tattled at all due to the turn-based nature of the fight. Despite this, it still has unused Tattle text. Big Blooper is the only enemy that cannot be Tattled during its fight, but can be Tattled later on. Francis cannot be tattled during his mandatory fight, but can be tattled during his optional fight. Bowser cannot be Tattled during his first fight, but can be Tattled during his second.

References in other games

While not referred to as Tattle by name, the on-the-field functionality of Tattling appears in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Paper Mario: Color Splash, and Paper Mario: The Origami King, used by Kersti, Huey, and Olivia, respectively, in the same fashion as Tippi. In Paper Mario: The Origami King, when Mario and Bob-omb are on The Princess Peach and Olivia is absent, pressing will have him Tattle instead. No form of Tattling exists during battle, but in Paper Mario: The Origami King, there are Hint Envelopes found in boss battles that give Mario information and tips about the specific boss, in a similar manner. Mario can also press X during standard battles to ask Olivia for a hint, which will prompt her to say information about certain enemies on the field. This concept was added to the Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where Goombella and other party members will provide Partner Hints whenever is pressed.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mallow can perform a similar move called Thought Peek.

In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi can obtain information in a similar manner using the Game Boy Horror.

Gallery

Paper Mario

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  A profile of Goombario's Tattle (shown when Goombario joins Mario's party)

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  Goombario tattling a Spiked Goomba

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  Goombario tattling Green Ninjakoopa

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  Lee (as Goombario) tattling Mario

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  Goombario tattling Buzzar

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  Goombario’s Tattle on a Dryite (who fought at a Dojo in Toad Town)

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  Goombario's Tattle on a Bulb Bush

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  Goombario's Tattle on a Village Leader in Yoshi's Village (Japanese version)

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  Goombario’s Tattle on a Bubble Plant

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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  Goombella tattling a Goomba

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  Goombella's in-field Tattle in Petal Meadows

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  Reminder

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  Goombella tattling a Paragloomba

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  Goombella's in-field Tattle inside the Palace of Shadow

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  Goombella using Tattle on Gus during the battle with him in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Preview for Tattle in the remake

Super Paper Mario

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  Tippi tattling on a Frackle

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ものしり[?] Monoshiri	Know-it-All
Chinese (simplified)	扫描[?] Sǎomiáo	Scan	Paper Mario
	百科知识[?] Bǎikē Zhīshì	Encyclopedia Knowledge	The Thousand-Year Door remake
Chinese (traditional)	百科知識[?] Bǎikē Zhīshì	Encyclopedia Knowledge
Dutch	Tipgever[?]	Tipster
French	Indic[?]	Informer
German	Scanner[?]	Scanner
Italian	Enciclopedia[?]	Encyclopedia
Korean	분석[?] Bunseok	Analysis
	박학다식[?] Bakhakdasik	Know-it-All	The Thousand-Year Door remake
Spanish	Descripción[?]	Description