Power Lift
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move | |
|---|---|
| Power Lift | |
| |
| Mastered by | Mario |
| Crystal Star | Gold Star |
| Effect | Raises Attack and Defense. |
| Target | Mario and his active partner |
| Attack Power | N/A |
Power Lift is a Special Move that can be used by Mario in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It raises the Attack and Defense of Mario and his current partner for three turns and requires 3 SP to use. The success of the Action Command determines the number of points each stat is raised by. To use the move, Mario must have the Gold Star, which is obtained at the end of Chapter 3.
The Action Command involves a 3x3 grid of panels that periodically appear and disappear. There are three types of panels: red arrows, blue arrows, and Poison Mushrooms. The player controls a cursor with the 
, which can be moved up, down, left, and right, with the goal being to press 
while the cursor is on arrow panels. Doing so partially fills a gauge of the same color, with five arrows being needed to fill it completely. Every time a gauge is filled, one point will be added to the matching stat once the move is over - red arrows boost attack, while blue ones boost defense. Pressing a Poison Mushroom drastically slows down the cursor's movement speed for a short time, making it harder to collect arrows.
In the remake, only four arrows are needed to complete a gauge, rather than five. This results in a higher average boost: whereas in the original a boost of 3 in one stat and 2 in the other is the typical best result, in the remake a boost of 4 to both stats is fairly easy (and also the maximum).
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムキムキボディ[?] Mukimuki Bodi |
Tough Body | |
| French | SuperPêche[?] | SuperForm (familiar language) | |
| German | Powerplus[?] | Power Plus | |
| Italian | Ricaricorpo[?] | Recharging Body | |
| Spanish | Recargar[?] | Recharge |
