Paper Mario (series)

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Template:Series-infobox The Paper Mario series is one of the many of the Mario series. Four games have been released in this series: Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Paper Mario, and Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Most of the games in the series are strictly RPGs, though Super Paper Mario is a platfomer with RPG elements. The four games have been released on separate consoles, the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo GameCube, the Wii, and the Nintendo 3DS.

Chronological Overview

Main series

Title, Original Release and System	Synopsis and Ratings
Paper Mario	The series began in 2000 with Paper Mario. This was the second Mario RPG game, the first being Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. This game was originally going to be called Super Mario RPG 2, but the name was changed due to problems with Square Enix, the company that made Super Mario RPG. The game started off with Mario receiving an invitation to Princess Peach's Castle. But when he arrives the castle is lifted up into the sky. This was caused by Bowser, who had stolen the legendary Star Rod, which could grant people's wishes. Bowser throws Mario out of the castle, and so his adventure begins. This game was later released on the Wii's Virtual Console.
Template:Releasedate Nintendo 64	IGN – 9.0: Outstanding • Gamespot – 9.5: Superb
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	Later, in 2004 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was released. This time, Bowser was not the main villain. The antagonist was Sir Grodus, the leader of the X-Nauts. The X-Nauts have kidnapped Peach, and Mario must save her by finding the Crystal Stars. Though he was not the main villain, Bowser still had a role to play as a minor villain. The player could even use him at certain stages. The main location of this game is Rogueport, a seaside town with a nasty reputation.
Template:Releasedate Nintendo GameCube	IGN – 9.1: Outstanding • Gamespot – 9.2: Superb
Super Paper Mario	The third installment in the series, Super Paper Mario, is a platformer and it had a very different battle style to the other games. Instead of going into a stage and choosing attacks, the characters simply had to run and jump or use one of a Pixls' moves to defeat an enemy. The story starts with Mario and Luigi at their house, when a Toad appears and tells them that Princess Peach has been kidnapped. The Mario Bros. blamed Bowser, but when they reached his castle, the real kidnapper, Count Bleck, appeared. Bleck sucked everyone into a black hole except Mario, who is then found by a Pixl named Tippi, who tells him that he needs to find the eight Pure Hearts to save his friends. This game also gave Mario the unique ability to flip dimensions. He could be in either 2D or 3D, but he can only stay 3D for a short time.
Template:Releasedate Wii	IGN – 8.9: Great • Gamespot – 8.8: Great
Paper Mario: Sticker Star	The fourth installment of the series was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012, making it the first handheld installment of the series. When an accident scatters stickers across the land, Mario sets off on an aventure to repair a torn world. Searching forests, deserts and mountains, Mario collects stickers to solve puzzles and battle monsters. Partners were removed from this game to focus more on the sticker aspect; instead of partners, a sticker fairy named Kersti assists Mario. Leveling up is based on completing missions instead of battling, and stickers are used to interact with the environment. The entire battle system is based on using stickers, but is again a turn-based system.
Template:Releasedate Nintendo 3DS	IGN – 8.3: Great • Gamespot – 7.5: Good

Crossover Games

Title, Original Release and System	Synopsis and Ratings
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam	This fifth installment of the Mario & Luigi series crosses over with the Paper Mario series, and is scheduled for release in 2016. One day, Luigi stumbles upon a book containing the Paper Mario universe, and accidentally releases the Paper Mario versions of Mario, Peach, and Bowser from the book. Now, the Mario Bros. have to team up with Paper Mario.
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Characters

Main protagonists

Character	Biography	First Paper Mario Appearance
Mario	Mario is the main hero of the series. He is often saving Princess Peach from the evil clutches of Bowser using his trademark Jump and Hammer, but is given the task to save her from other villains in the series, such as Grodus and Count Bleck. In Paper Mario, he is invited to a party by Princess Peach with Luigi but Bowser crashes the party, steals the entire castle using his own to bring both into the sky, and uses the Star Rod to beat Mario. The famous hero survives, and then has to recover the seven Star Spirits to gain access to Star Haven and Peach's Castle as well as being able to cancel the power of the Star Rod. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario receives a letter from Peach telling she's found a treasure map at Rogueport and asking Mario to meet the princess at said town. But as the hero arrives, he doesn't find Peach and soon learns she has been kidnapped by the evil group of the X-Nauts, who are after the Crystal Stars as well. Using the magic of the Magical Map, Mario goes after the Crystal Stars as well, to try and find Princess Peach and stop the X-Nauts, and meets new partners along the way. In Super Paper Mario, Princess Peach is missing again, and Mario and Luigi deduce Bowser kidnapped her. But once they reach Bowser's Castle, Count Bleck introduces himself and kidnaps the entire Koopa Troop as well as Bowser and Luigi, while he abducted Peach earlier. Mario is knocked out, woken up by Tippi and brought to Flipside, a town between dimensions. Merlon explains Mario must find the eight Pure Hearts, each in a different dimension, and Count Bleck created the Void that is slowly destroying every dimension. Mario goes on an adventure through dimensions with Tippi. In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Mario goes to the yearly Sticker Fest, but Bowser crashes it, breaks the Sticker Star and knocks Mario out before kidnapping Peach. The hero is awakened by Kersti, the guardian of the Sticker Star and its 6 wish-granting Royal Stickers, and has to recover the Royal Stickers that were thrown through the Mushroom Kingdom, with the final one being stuck to Bowser's head, making him extremely powerful.	Paper Mario
Princess Peach	Princess Peach is the damsel-in-distress of the series. Peach is the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom and lives in her castle. Though captured throughout games, Peach still is not completely helpless. In Paper Mario and its sequel, she is able to contact Mario with the help of Twink in the first game, and TEC in the second. Peach was only held hostage for a short time in the third game. As part of Dimentio's master plan, Peach disappeared from Castle Bleck and reappered in Flipside, the place where Mario was at the time. Peach decided to join Mario on his quest. In the fourth installment, Peach was kidnapped by Bowser after ruining the Sticker Fest. Later, she was saved by Mario, and the Sticker Fest was also saved.	Paper Mario
Luigi	Luigi is Mario's younger brother. He had a very minor role in the Paper Mario series until Super Paper Mario. In Paper Mario, when Mario and Luigi were invited to Princess Peach's castle, it was lifted up to the sky. Luigi managed to escape, and returned to the Bros. house to look after it while Mario is on his adventure. In the second game, Luigi arrived at Rogueport after one of the chapters, and tells Mario about his own adventures in the Waffle Kingdom. In Super Paper Mario, Luigi is a much more important character. He, with many others, is kidnapped by Count Bleck and imprisoned somewhere in his castle.	Paper Mario
Bowser	Bowser is Mario's rival, and the king of the Koopa Troop. His main goal is, with the help of Kammy Koopa, to take over the world and marry Princess Peach. In Paper Mario, he stole the Star Rod to make his own wishes come true, and thus he became invincible, but Mario still beat him with the help of the Star Spirits. In the second game, he learned that someone kidnapped Princess Peach and went to save her, as he claims he's the only person who has the right to kidnap Peach. Additionally, he tried to get the Crystal Stars. In the third game, he's married to Peach by Count Bleck but that event creates the Chaos Heart. Bowser finally helped Mario and Peach to save the worlds, because if the world didn't exist anymore, he wouldn't be able take over it (although the game later hints that he may actually like the worlds and didn't want them to be destroyed). In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Bowser originally just tries to steal the yearly Sticker Star out of mischief and selfishness, but accidentally breaks the comet, releasing the six Royal Stickers. One sticks to his head, making him several times stronger and spurring him to wreak havoc through the land.	Paper Mario

Secondary protagonists

Character	Biography	First Paper Mario Appearance
Twink	Twink is a young Star Kid. Twink is Peach's assistant while in Bowser's Castle. Peach often uses Twink as a messenger to Mario, when she finds out the locations of the Star Spirits. When Mario arrives at Starborn Valley, many of the Star Kids speak of Twink wondering how he has been since he left the valley.	Paper Mario
Professor Frankly	Professor Frankly is an old Goomba who lives in Rogueport. He was Goombella's teacher, and he helps Mario to find the Crystal Stars by telling him where the next star is, after analyzing the map.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
TEC-XX	TEC-XX is a computer that is a part of the Secret Society of X-Nauts, although he helped Peach. He takes the place of Twink from Paper Mario. He also has a crush on Peach.	"Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Merlon	Merlon actually covers three different characters. In Paper Mario, he's a Shaman who lives in Toad Town. He can see the future. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door he lives in Rogueport and can level up Mario's partners in exchange of Shine Sprites. In Super Paper Mario, he lives in Flipside and gives the first Pure Heart to Mario. In that game, he has a counterpart who lives in Flopside named Nolrem.	Paper Mario
Tippi	Tippi is the main Pixl in Super Paper Mario. She is able to help Mario and can even reveal hidden things. She lost her memory and was found by Merlon. At the end of the game, the player can buy Tiptron, a robotic version of Tippi.	Super Paper Mario
Kersti	Kersti is a sticker fairy who appears in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. She is Mario's primary partner throughout the game. Kersti functions as Mario's guide, dispensing useful information. She has the ability to "paperize" stickers, turning them into objects that can be placed into designated locations; this is necessary to complete the game.	Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Partners

Character	Biography	First Paper Mario Appearance
Goombario	Goombario is a young, intelligent Goomba from Goomba Village. Goombario is Mario's first partner in the game. Goombario is able to Tattle on enemies, giving Mario information on their health and strategies to defeat them. His main attack is a Headbonk, with which he can knock enemies on the head.	Paper Mario
Kooper	Kooper is a very brave, young Koopa in the first Paper Mario game. Mario meets him in Koopa Village when it is being raided by Fuzzies. One of the Fuzzies has stolen Kooper's Shell, and Mario gets it back, inspiring Kooper to join the party. Kooper is able to retreat inside his shell and hit things such as switches in areas Mario cannot reach. This move can be used in battle to hit enemies.	Paper Mario
Bombette	Bombette is a Pink Bob-omb, in Paper Mario. Mario meets her in the Koopa Bros. Fortress when she is imprisoned there by the Yellow Ninjakoopa. Bombette is able to explode and destroy cracks in walls to open up hidden rooms. In battle, Bombette is able to do a Body Slam against enemies.	Paper Mario
Parakarry	Parakarry is the Paratroopa mailman of the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario finds some mail that Parakarry had dropped, and he joins Mario out of gratitude. Parakarry is able to get Mario across large gaps that can't be jumped over. In battle, Parakarry can attack with Sky Dive, in which he dives onto an enemy from midair. Parakarry is one of Mario's only partners who reappears in another Paper Mario game. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Parakarry is the mailman again, and he delivers a letter from Princess Peach to Mario.	Paper Mario
Lady Bow	Lady Bow is the leader of the Boos in Boo's Mansion. Bow holds a start spirit in the mansion, and agrees to join Mario and give him the spirit should he defeat Tubba Blubba, who had been eating the Boos. Bow has the ability to make Mario invisible. In battle, she is able to smack an enemy. Bow was also one of the few partners in the Paper Mario series to make an appearance in another Paper Mario game. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, after the player has finished the game, Bow can be seen in Poshley Heights, alongside Bootler.	Paper Mario
Watt	Watt is a Li'l Sparky, that lives in Shy Guy's Toy Box. Mario defeated a Big Lantern Ghost, and finds Watt trapped inside of the lantern. After Mario frees her, Watt volunteers to join him. She is able to light up dark rooms to reveal hidden objects. In battle, Watt can do an Electro Dash to attack an enemy and pierce through their defenses.	Paper Mario
Sushie	Sushie is a Cheep-Cheep that lives on Lavalava Island. She is the babysitter of the five Yoshi kids in Yoshi's Village, who go missing in the jungle. Mario finds them and Sushie decides to join in return. Sushie is able to get Mario through the surface of water and dive underneath when riding on her back. In battle, Sushie is a able to do a Belly Flop to jump on an enemy.	Paper Mario
Lakilester	Lakilester is a Lakitu from Flower Fields. Lakilester originally started as one of Huff N. Puff's minions, and attacked Mario, but Mario bested him in the fight. Mario shows mercy on him, which makes Lakilester mend his ways and join the party. Lakilester can hover Mario over surfaces that would injure Mario if he tried to walk on them, such as spikes or lava. Lakilester's attacks are a Spiny Flip, where he throws a Spiny Egg at an enemy. Lakilester prefers to be called Spike rather than his real name.	Paper Mario
Goombella	Goombella is a partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She is a Goomba going to the University of Goom in Rogueport. Mario defeats Lord Crump, who was pursuing her. Goombella hears about Mario's quest and decides to help out. She also has a small crush on Mario.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Koops	Koops is a timid Koopa that lives in Petalburg. When Mario arrives in Petalburg, Koops begs for him to let him come and fight the dragon, Hooktail, whom his father, Koopley, went to fight a long time ago (and never returned). Koops's first attacks are the same as Kooper's, but his upgraded attacks differ.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Flurrie	Flurrie is a starstruck wind spirit that resides in Boggly Woods. Flurry lost her necklace, which Mario retrieved by defeating the Shadow Sirens. Grateful, she decided to help Mario and the Punis. She can blow away obstacles on the overworld, and use her "stage presence" to body slam the enemy in battle.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Yoshi	Yoshi is Mario's fourth party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He started off as an egg that wanted to tag along with Mario. He eventually hatched during Mario's battle against the Iron Adonis Twins, and joined him. Mario can ride Yoshi to move faster, or to get across narrow gaps that Mario cannot jump across on his own, much like Parakarry from the first Paper Mario. Yoshi can Ground Pound an enemy in battle (much like Lady Bow in the first one).	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Vivian	Vivian is the fifth party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. At the beginning of the game, she was a member of the Shadow Sirens and Secret Society of X-Nauts, but she eventually switched sides, due to the fact that she was constantly being belittled and verbally abused by her older sister, Beldam. Outside of battle, Vivian can use the Veil technique to sink into the shadows with Mario to avoid enemies and obstacles. In battle, Vivian's default ability, in addition to Veil, is Shade Fist, where she can punch enemies and set them on fire. Like Goombella, she has a small crush on Mario.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Admiral Bobbery	Admiral Bobbery is the sixth and final required party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He was a renowned Bob-omb sailor who spent most of his life traveling around the sea. He fell into a deep depression until Mario and his party came to his house seeking a navigator for their expedition to Keelhaul Key. Bobbery joins after Mario and co. snap him out of his funk. Outside of battle, Bobbery's abilities are nearly identical to that of Bombette's from the first Paper Mario. He could explode near cracked walls and uncover hidden areas. Unlike Bombette, however, Mario could throw him in higher areas. In battle, Bobbery can Bomb enemies.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Ms. Mowz	Ms. Mowz is an optional party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She is the manager of the Lovely Howz of Badges in Rogueport. Whenever she isn't running the shop, she's usually out, hunting for rare Badges to sell at her store. After the player takes on her trouble, Ms. Mowz will join Mario's party. Outside of battle, she has the ability to sniff out and locate nearby items. In battle, she can pierce enemy defenses with her Love Slap.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Thoreau	Thoreau is first Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario and he gives the heroes the ability to hold and throw objects and enemies. He can also be used to press switches otherwise unreachable by the heroes. Thoreau was put in a "hibernation" state, and was locked inside of a treasure chest until awakened by the legendary hero that was mentioned in the Light Prognosticus, which just-so-happened to be Mario.	Super Paper Mario
Boomer	Boomer is the second Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. Like Bombette and Admiral Bobbery from the first two Paper Mario titles, Boomer has the ability to destroy enemies by exploding on them, as well as blowing up cracked walls to reveal hidden areas for Mario and the rest of the heroes to access.	Super Paper Mario
Slim	Slim is the third Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. Slim's ability is slightly similar to Lady Bow's Outta Sight and Vivian's Veil technique, since it allows Mario and company to evade attacks from enemies and obstacles (such as spikes). This ability also allows Mario to go through narrow passageways.	Super Paper Mario
Thudley	Thudley is the fourth Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. Thudley allows the heroes to use a Ground Pound technique, much like the Spin Jump from the first two Paper Mario titles. This ability allows the heroes to pound pillars (which usually has to be done in a certain order) to access the next area. This ability also does double damage to enemies than an average jump would.	Super Paper Mario
Carrie File:Carrie.PNG to lend her power to the heroes. Carrie was not contained within a treasure chest. She was instead locked inside of a jail cell within Fort Francis. Carrie, like Lakilester and Yoshi, gives Mario and the rest of the heroes the ability to move faster and/or cross hazardous areas without taking any damage. She also allows the heroes to damage spiked enemies by jumping on top of them.	Super Paper Mario
Fleep	Fleep is the sixth Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. However, unlike the others, he was not necessarily trapped by any force but his own. When the heroes found him, he had been waiting in an outhouse on Planet Blobule for a hundred years because there was no toilet paper. His power can be used to temporarily stun enemies as well as reveal hidden objects/secrets at certain spots.	Super Paper Mario
Cudge	Cudge is the seventh Pixl in Super Paper Mario. Similar to Carrie, Cudge was not contained within a treasure chest. Instead, he was imprisoned behind a stone block, which required tablets to be inserted in a certain order. Cudge allows the heroes to hit enemies with a Hammer, as well as breaking yellow blocks to access other areas.	Super Paper Mario
Dottie	Dottie is the eighth and final required Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. She was also involved in the Pixl uprising incident that took place 1,500 years prior to the game. As with Carrie and Cudge, Dottie was not contained within a treasure chest. Instead, she was behind a locked door in Floro Caverns, helping Gabbro hide from the Floro Sapiens. Dottie has the ability to shrink the heroes, allowing them to access hidden areas that they're normally too big to get through. This ability also allows the heroes to enter areas without being detected by enemies.	Super Paper Mario
Barry	Barry is an optional Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. Barry was first seen in The Bitlands, after Tippi had gotten herself kidnapped by Francis. He stayed behind to give tips to the heroes whenever they were needed. After Francis was defeated, Barry joined Mario's party. He is notable for being the only Pixl who did not have knowledge of the fact that Mario was the hero that was mentioned in the Light Prognosticus. Barry has the ability to briefly surround one of the heroes with a barrier to deal damage against enemies. This ability can also reflect enemy projectiles.	Super Paper Mario
Dashell	Dashell is another optional Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. The player can find him at the bottom of the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials, after defeating Wracktail. Dashell gives Mario and the rest of the heroes the ability to run with super speed, much like the NES titles.	Super Paper Mario
Piccolo	Piccolo is the third and final optional Pixl party member in Super Paper Mario. The player can obtain her by doing favors for Merlee, Merluvlee, Bestovius, and Old Man Watchitt. After that, Merlee will award the heroes a key to a locked door in Flopside, where Piccolo is contained inside of a treasure chest. Piccolo has the ability to change the characters' jump sound effects, as well as Bowser's flame. She also has the ability to cure status ailments, as well as putting the Underchomp to sleep.	Super Paper Mario

Main Antagonists

Character	Biography	First Paper Mario Appearance
Bowser	Bowser is the main antagonist of Paper Mario and Paper Mario: Sticker Star. In the first game, Bowser stole the Star Rod, a magical device that grants wishes, and imprisoned the seven Star Spirits who are supposed to protect said Star Rod. Bowser also used his castle to hijack Princess Peach's Castle, with Peach still in it, and lifted the castle high into the sky. He wished to become invincible and to beat Mario, but the heroic plumber eventually defeated him with the help of the Star Spirits he saved. In the 3DS game, on the night of the Sticker Fest, Bowser decides to steal the Sticker Comet to take it as his own, but in the process breaks the Sticker Comet into pieces sprawling them across the Mushroom Kingdom. A crown happens to fall on his head making him more powerful, and he kidnaps Princess Peach. With the help of the sticker fairy, Kersti, Mario retrieves all the stickers that have spread across the land and rescued Princess Peach from Bowser, who is also aided by Bowser Jr. and Kamek.	Paper Mario
Sir Grodus	Sir Grodus appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is the ruthless leader of the Secret Society of X-Nauts, an organization whose sole mission is to conquer the world. Throughout the entire course of the game, Grodus and his minions were seeking the Crystal Stars in order to open The Thousand-Year Door.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Beldam	Beldam is the leader of the Shadow Sirens in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She is a demon over 1,000 years old. She serves Sir Grodus for the majority of the game. But in the end, it is revealed that she is the one who orchestrated the events, using the Secret Society of X-Nauts as pawns.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Shadow Queen	The Shadow Queen is the final Boss of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Many years before this game's events took place, she came into the Mushroom World, intent on enslaving it and becoming its ruler. Her ambitions were thwarted by four heroes. They sealed her up using the Crystal Stars, and trapped her in the Palace of Shadows where her soul would sleep for one thousand years. The crystal stars are also able to break her seal.	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Count Bleck	Count Bleck is the main villain of Super Paper Mario. His goal is to use power of the Chaos Heart to wipe out all of existence, as a traumatic experience caused him to lose his sanity. Following the instructions of the Dark Prognosticus, Count Bleck got Peach and Bowser married in order to create the Chaos Heart, which would form The Void, a black hole that slowly eats every world until nothing exists anymore. Although he promised his minions that he'd recreate a better world after that, a world where there would be no war, he actually didn't plan to do anything like that and rather wanted to destroy everything.	Super Paper Mario
Dimentio	Dimentio is the final boss and an important antagonist of Super Paper Mario. His plans were to take over the universe by destroying the current one and rebuilding it in his own image, but in order to do that, he needed to side with Count Bleck and his minions. Throughout the course of the game, he played both sides of the battle, using and manipulating both the heroes and Count Bleck's army to do his evil bidding. His plan all along was to steal the Chaos Heart from Count Bleck, which he did after the heroes defeated him.	Super Paper Mario

Similarities between the games

Artwork of all the Paper Mario games

• In all the games, Mario has to fight one or more of his allies at least once. In Paper Mario he fights Lakilester, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door he fights Vivian along with her sisters and the tricked Goombella, Koops, Flurrie and Yoshi with Doopliss, in Super Paper Mario he fights Bowser and Mr. L (Luigi) twice each, and in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, each Wiggler Segment is fought.
• In all the console games, Mario is able to temporarily transform into an 8-bit version of himself.
• Each console game has someone telling a long story with Mario falling asleep. When he wakes up, the storyteller asks if he's been listening, followed by Mario lying by nodding. In Paper Mario, Madam Merlar tells the story. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Luigi and the shopkeeper in Twilight Town tell the stories. In Super Paper Mario, Merlumina tells the story.
• All four games involve 1 or more giant Bloopers as a boss.
• All four games involve a grassland setting followed by a fortress of some sorts during the first chapter or area in the game.
• All four games involve an exotic world in the fifth chapter.
  • Additionally, Super Paper Mario is the only game where the fifth chapter does not feature a tropical island setting.
• All four games has at least one game show event. In Paper Mario there was the 64th Trivia Quiz-Off, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door there was the two Super Fun Quirk Quizes, in Super Paper Mario there was "That's My Merlee!" Show, and in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, there was Snifit or Whiffit.
• In all four games, the final boss is a powerful version of a member of the team of Super Paper Mario: in the first game is an invincible and giant Bowser, in the second one is Princess Peach possessed by the Shadow Queen, in the third one is a mixture of Dimentio, the Chaos Heart and Mr. L, and in the fourth one another invincible and giant Bowser.
• All four games had a remix of the Super Star theme play somewhere. In Paper Mario, when Mario runs around a certain Candy Cane, the theme will start playing. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, when playing the Bowser segments, if the player collects enough Meat in a level, Bowser grows huge and the theme plays. In Super Paper Mario, when the player obtains a Mega Star, the theme plays, and in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, the theme plays when the player grabs a Star.