Flurrie

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Not to be confused with Flurry.
Flurrie
Artwork of Flurrie from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Full name Madame Flurrie
Species Wind spirit
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“...Perhaps if I grabbed you and gave you a little sugar?”
Flurrie, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Madame Flurrie, commonly known as simply Flurrie, is Mario's third party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She is described as a cloud spirit or wind spirit,[1] and is a slightly pompous retired actress who eventually resumes her career at the end of the game. Her face resembles Wendy O. Koopa, while her hair resembles Ludwig von Koopa's hair. Her ability is to blow out large amounts of wind, as hinted at by her name, which comes from "flurry", meaning a small burst of wind. In the overworld, she can blow wind which makes incoming enemies dizzy and blows away flaps in the environment, in order to reveal hidden objects or passageways, similar to Watt from Paper Mario and Fleep in Super Paper Mario. Since she is not on the ground, she is unaffected by quake attacks like the Earth Quake item.

History

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Prior to meeting Mario, Flurrie was a famous actress. She was very well-known with fans all over the world, and starred in plays such as A Mid-Winter Day's Nap.[2] Weary of the spotlight, she retired to a house in Boggly Woods, where she became a friend of the local Punies.

When Mario, Goombella, Koops, and Punio go to the Great Tree, they find that the door is locked. Punio recalls a secret entrance somewhere around a low branch of the tree, but it is covered by an "invisible thing", and he doesn't know how to remove it or even exactly where it is. He suggests that Mario should go to Flurrie's house and ask her to help them find it.

When they go to Flurrie's house, she tells them that she cannot be seen without her Necklace and asks Mario to get it back for her. They return to the first area of the woods and find the Three Shadows with the necklace. Mario defeats them and gets the necklace back for Flurrie, who insists she must repay Mario and gives a very large kiss which knocks away his current party member and Punio. She then joins the party.

At the very end of the adventure, Flurrie becomes a top-class actress once more, now alongside Doopliss. Flurrie creates a play aptly titled "Paper Mario" about the past events in the game. Flurrie plays herself, Doopliss plays Mario, and the rest of the cast are themselves.

Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, Flurrie appears as a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in the Sammer's Kingdom. Her Catch Card describes her as the most "Rubenesque" of Mario's companions, referencing the Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens, famous for his paintings of large, voluptuous women.

Flurrie could also be seen very briefly at the beginning of the game. During the intro, she, and all the other partners from the previous Paper Mario titles can been seen in a photograph.

Super Mario Run

Flurrie had a minor cameo in Super Mario Run (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch), though her presence on the in-game alert for the event was her only appearance in the game.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • In-game description: Flurrie is a cloud spirit who can control the wind. Press and hold X Button to blast out mighty winds and blow things away. Blow blasts at enemies to make their heads spin.
  • Instruction booklet: Blows a strong wind to confuse enemies or uncover nearby secrets.[3]
  • Player's Guide: Flurrie is a former stage star, and a cloud spirit who can control the wind. With her by your side, press and hold the X Button to blow away certain objects of to daze enemies momentarily so you can walk past them.[4]


Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Flurrie
Flurrie's idle sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Max HP 15-25 Attack 2-4 Defense 0
Location(s) Creepy Steeple Role Support Level 0
Sleep? N/A Dizzy? N/A Confuse? N/A
Tiny? N/A Stop? N/A Soft? N/A
Burn? N/A Freeze? N/A Fright? N/A
Gale Force? N/A KO? N/A Moves Body Slam (2-4)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items none
Tattle Log #:
N/A
Log N/A
Tattle N/A
  • Attacks and stats
HP
  • Initial: 15 HP
  • Super Rank: 25 HP
  • Ultra Rank: 35 HP
Attacks
Attack FP Needed Effect Action Command Attack Power Move Ranks
Body Slam 0 Pounds on a single enemy. Align the cursor with a target. Initial: 2
Super: 4
Ultra: 6
Initial
Gale Force 4 If successful, blows all enemies out of battle. Outside of battle, Flurrie can use this attack to reveal hidden passages and blow enemies around, allowing Mario and co. to sneak past them. Press and release A Button a few times to fill the gauge. N/A Initial
Lip Lock 3 Steals enemies' HP to add to her own. Pierces Defense. Press A Button when the red star lights up. Super: 4
Ultra: 6
Super Rank
Dodgy Fog 4 Makes Mario dodgy for a few turns. Tilt Control Stick with the onscreen prompts. N/A Ultra Rank

Super Paper Mario

Catch Card
Madame Flurrie
  • Card Type: Rare
  • Card Description: It's Madame Flurrie from the last Paper Mario adventure. The most Rubenesque Mario companion ever?

Trivia

  • In The Thousand-Year Door, there is an area in Petal Meadows where Flurrie’s ability can be used to blow away the bushes. However, doing this results in no reward whatsoever. This interaction was removed in the Nintendo Switch remake

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クラウダ[?]
Kurauda
"Clouda", from「クラウド」(kuraudo, "cloud")
マダム・クラウダ[?]
Madamu Kurauda
Madam Clouda
Chinese (simplified) 库萝妲[?]
Kùluódá
Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (traditional) 庫蘿妲[5]
Kùluódá
Transliteration of Japanese name
Dutch Flurrie[?] -
Fameuze Flurrie[6] Famous Flurrie
French Cumulia[?] Derived from "cumulus"
German Aerona[?] Portmanteau of "aero-" (prefix denoting a connection to air) and female name "Verona"
Italian Spirù[?] From spirare ("to blow")
Korean 마담클라우드[?]
Madam Keullaudeu
Madame Cloud
Spanish Claudia[?] A Spanish name, may also come from English word "cloud"

References

  1. ^ "Flurrie is a refined and dignified lady who lives in these woods. The elder says she's a wind spirit who can wield the powers of the air with ease." Punio, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
  2. ^ "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! I can't believe I got to meet you, Madame Flurrie! I loved your performance in a "A Mid-Winter Day's Nap"! I've seen it THREE times!" – Toad woman in east Rogueport. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
  3. ^ Nintendo (2004). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
  4. ^ Thomason, Steve (October 1, 2004). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America. ISBN 1-930206-51-8. Page 15.
  5. ^ Nintendo HK官方頻道 (April 25, 2024). 紙片瑪利歐RPG 介紹影片(香港). YouTube (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Nintendo Nederland (May 1, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – De beste papieren! (Nintendo Switch). YouTube (Dutch). Retrieved May 4, 2024.