Ms. Mowz
- “And now, it is time for us to part, my little cheese hunk!”
- —Ms. Mowz, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Template:Character-infobox Ms. Mowz is a Little Mouser encountered in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She is the only optional party member available in the game; and depending on when the player acquires her, she is either the sixth or seventh member to join Mario's party. She is known to constantly flirt with Mario, which tends to annoy Flurrie and Goombella (who occasionally calls Ms. Mowz a floozy). She has the useful ability to sniff out any type of item (Similar to Watt's ability to show hidden items in the first Paper Mario), ranging from coins to items to Star Pieces; however, this ability is more like playing hot-and-cold, as straight answers are not given. In battle, Ms. Mowz possesses the ability to cut through Defense.
Mario's first storyline encounter with Ms. Mowz is at Hooktail Castle. She later appears in Chapter 2, The Great Tree in Boggly Woods; and in Chapter 3, in the Glitz Pit storeroom. Mario can also encounter a maskless Ms. Mowz in her Rogueport shop, the Lovely Howz of Badges. Later, Mario goes to the Trouble Center and accepts the trouble marked "Elusive Badge!" by ??? (amusingly, he is told that taking anonymous requests could be dangerous), who he finds is actually Ms. Mowz. She asks Mario to find a badge in Hooktail Castle; she knows it's in Hooktail's room, but is unsure exactly where it is. She says that she has a clue: "Use The Power of the Wind...". If the player goes to Hooktail's room and blow on the area where Hooktail was before with Flurrie, a flap will blow away, revealing a chest that has an Attack FX badge inside. When he takes the badge back, Ms. Mowz reveals that she hid it there herself to test Mario's skills, and if he can find badges then she wants to be with him, and joins the party. At the very end of the adventure, she returns to running her badge shop.
Attacks and Stats
| Attack | Flower Points Needed | Effect | To Attack | Ms. Mowz's Hit Points | Attack Power | Move Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Slap | 0 | Slaps an enemy and ignores defense. | Repeatedly tilt the Control Stick left and right. | Level 1: 15 Level 2: 20 Level 3: 25 |
Level 1: 1/2 Level 2: 1/3 Level 3: 1/4 |
Initial |
| Kiss Thief | 2 | Steals enemies' items or badges. | Press the A Button when the gauge hits OK but don't let it overflow. | Level 1: 15 Level 2: 20 Level 3: 25 |
N/A | Initial |
| Tease | 3 | Makes enemies Dizzy. | Hold down the A Button to fill the gauge, but don't let it overflow! | Level 2: 20 Level 3: 25 |
N/A | Super Rank |
| Smooch | 10 | Replenishes 10 of Mario's HP. | Alternate by pressing A and B to fill the gauge. | Level 3: 25 | N/A | Ultra Rank |
Foreign Names
Catch Card
Card Type: Rare
Card Description: It's Ms. Mowz from the last Paper Mario adventure. This thief had a nose for rare badges. Great smoocher!
Trivia
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix includes a remixed rendition of Ms. Mowz's theme under the title "Ms. Mowz Song".
- In Super Paper Mario, Ms. Mowz is a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in the Sammer's Kingdom. Francis also wants to buy a Ms. Mowz doll with "real smooching action".
- A species of mice named "Mowz" appear in Mario Party 8.
- Koops seems to have a small crush on Ms. Mowz, though it doesn't seem to conflict with his relationship with Koopie Koo.
- Ms. Mowz is resembles Rouge the Bat, from Sonic the Hedgehog. They are both treasure hunters, they love gewels, they have a crush on a character in red (Mario and Knuckles), and they are always switching from bad to good
