Lakilester

“My name is Lakilester... Er, no, it's Michael... No, um... Oh yeah... Spike. Yeah yeah, I'm Spike... Well whatever. Never mind.”

—Lakilester, Paper Mario

Lakilester (self-nicknamed Michael, Spike, and Jonathan (Japanese version only)) is Mario's eighth and last party member in Paper Mario. In Super Paper Mario, Lakilester appears as a Catch Card found on the ninetieth floor of the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials. Lakilester is a portmanteau of Lakitu and Lester, and is probably a pun on "lackluster". Lakilester is a partner who joins Mario after Mario defeats him, as well as abandoning the antagonists to do so, very much as Vivian from the sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

History

Paper Mario

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Concept art of Lakilester

Lakilester's portrait.

In Flower Fields, Mario and his team finds a Lakitu on the way to Cloudy Climb. He introduces himself by his nickname Spike, then attacks. After he is defeated, a female Lakitu named Lakilulu comes and asks Mario not to finish Lakilester. Lakilester is annoyed and asks Lakilulu to call him Spike because it's his new name. Lakilester tells Mario that he is working for Huff N. Puff and asks him why he is trying to save the world. No matter what he answers, Lakilester thinks Mario is cool and joins the party. Lakilester wants to be stronger for his girlfriend, which is similar to Koops in the sequel. By using his field ability, Mario can hop on his cloud and hover over certain surfaces, such as spikes and lava, without getting hurt. Though it is entirely possible to use Lakilester to travel over lava, he visibly struggles while doing so. He moves considerably slower and his cloud's expression changes to an angry frown. However, because Lakilester floats low over the ground, he cannot be used to cross gaps like Parakarry can.

Super Mario-Kun

Super Mario-Kun

Lakilester makes an appearance also in volume 26 of Super Mario-Kun. As in the game, he initially attacks Mario. His moves include throwing a Spiny Surge while his cloud can use Hurricane. Mario and his partners eventually fight back by stacking each other and having Mario using this stack to reach Lakilester. Lakilester then joins Mario to help him on his quest.

Attacks

Attack	Flower Points Needed	Effect	To Attack	Move Ranks
Spiny Flip	None	Throws a Spiny Egg at one enemy.	Align the cursor with the target.	Initial
Spiny Surge	4	Throws a lot of Spiny Eggs at all enemies.	Repeatedly tilt to fill the gauge.	Initial
Cloud Nine	4	Creates a cloud that boosts Mario's evasion rate.	Press as the red stars light up.	Super Rank
Hurricane	5	Blows enemies out of the battlefield.	Repeatedly press and at the same time to fill the gauge.	Ultra Rank

Catch Card

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Lakilester's Catch Card.

• Card Type: Rare
• Card Description: This is Mario's good buddy Lakilester from Paper Mario. He played it cool in shades as he flew over lava.

Trivia

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Lakilester's unused graphic/s, from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and Super Paper Mario respectively.

• Originally, Lakilester was going to make an appearance in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, but he was removed along with most of the other partners from the original Paper Mario.
  • Lakilester also has sprite data for Super Paper Mario, even though he never appeared in that game.
• Lakilester is the only character other than Watt who can damage Bowser after he powers himself up with the Star Rod during the first round of the final battle. However, the two can only take away 1 HP each.
• Carrie's ability from Super Paper Mario is extremely similar to his ability.
• Lakilester hates his real name and wants other people to call him Spike.
• When battling Lakilester as a boss, if Mario manages to put him to sleep, he would be doing the guarding pose as if he's using an Action Command.