History Characters / SuperPaperMario

** Dimentio can be considered this to Luigi: while the latter has worked for both sides because he's been brainwashed but is still loyal in his normal state, the former plays on both sides for his own benefit, attacking heroes and betraying Count Bleck in the finale. Also, while Mr. L fights with a robot [[GadgeteerGenius he actually built himself]] in his first fight, Dimentio just hacks the poor Fracktail [[SorcerousOverlord with his magic]] when he first presents himself to Mario.

** O'Chunks is this to Bowser, being TheBrute to Bowser's [[TheBigGuy big guy]], and while Bowser joins the heroes to save his army, O'Chunks joined Count Bleck after his men died in battle.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the ''Super Mario-Kun'' manga, she's a GenkiGirl. This contrasts her game personality, where she is quite reserved.

* BlatantLies: His {{Leitmotif}} is called "Dimentio, Charming Magician". He is [[OmnicidalManiac anything but]] [[MonsterClown charming]]!

* TheChessmaster: Manipulated both the heroes of light and his own allies for his own ends. It is also heavily implied that he was responsible for several of the events foretold within the Dark Prognosticus, and possibly even creating the Dark Prognosticus itself.

* OptionalBoss: The Flipside Pit of 100 Trials is an optional quest, with Wracktailserving as the final challenge.

The flamboyant ruler of Sammer's Kingdom, the Japan-inspired setting of the game's sixth chapter. He hosts a tournament called the Duel of 100, in which challengers must defeat his 100 Sammer Guys in an attempt to win the purple [[PlotCoupon Pure Heart]] as their reward.

* GoodParents: Apart from keeping her LockedOutOfTheLoop, they appear to have raised Luvbi lovingly and responsibly and are heartbroken when she is forced to resume her true form.

A female Nimbi who is the sheltered daughter of Queen Jaydes and King Grambi. She is actually the White Pure Heart, given a physical body by her parents in order to escape detection by those who would try to abuse its power, though in time her protectors came to see her as their own child.

* NoIndoorVoice: His voice is rendered in all caps.

* NoIndoorVoice: Like his 1-4 counterpart, Wracktail has a tendency to shout his lines.

* LightIsNotGood
* NoIndoorVoice: Like his weaker counterpart.
* OptionalBoss: Of the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_rEXT1ctnc "Dimentio, Charming Magician"]].

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Her love story with Count Bleck forms the crux of the game's narrative, yet Mario is still technically TheProtagonist.\

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Her love story with Count Bleck forms the crux of the game's narrative, yet Mario is still technically TheProtagonist.

* TheSociopath: Incredibly manipulative, has nothing resembling empathy, constantly smiles when performing horrific acts as well as making cruel jokes when killing and other atrocities. Tippi even outright calls him one.

* BonusBoss: Of the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials.

* WalkingSpoiler: Well, it ''is'' a BonusBoss.

'''Main characters:''' [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosMarioBrothers The Mario Brothers]] | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopaKingdom The Koopa Kingdom]] ([[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] -- [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowserJr Bowser Jr.]] -- [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopalings The Koopalings]] -- [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosOtherHighRankingSubordinates Other High-Ranking Subordinates]] -- [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopaKingdomBosses Bosses]]) | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosAssortedNasties Assorted Nasties]]\\

* BigBad: The main villain of the game. Or so it seems at first.

* ScaryShinyGlasses: Her eyes are almost never seen through those things. At least, until the reveal, when Dimentio hits her as she takes a hit for Bleck. They're closed until she wakes up, however.

* BigBad: The true mastermind behind all the events in the game.

* GodhoodSeeker: His basic goal. Why does he want to accomplish this? No reason whatsoever; he's just ''nuts''.

* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: There are hints that he might have been the writer of the Dark Prognosticus or at least was involved in its creation, meaning that he would be this as everything Bleck did in the game would be traced back to him.

* MonsterClown: Especially Super Dimentio.

* PlayingBothSides: Manipulated Count Bleck and the heroes into helping him obtain the Chaos Heart.

* VillainousBreakdown: He becomes an OmnicidalManiac after being defeated by Mario and company for the last time.

* {{Expy}}: He is heavily inspired from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka Palazzo]]. Both are [[VillainousHarlequin magical harlequins]]/[[MonsterClown clowns]] that are [[TheSociopath considered sociopathic]] that brainwash one of the main protagonists. In addition both have a [[MysteriousPast very unknown past]], while being [[LaughablyEvil very funny]] when committing their various atrocities as they become [[FromNobodyToNightmare more and more dangerous as their games go on]], which ends with both of them [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeding with their plan]] as they [[TheStarscream betray their leader]] so they can destroy the universe and [[RestartTheWorld recreate it]] [[GodhoodSeeker so they can become a god]], leading them to be the final boss and true BigBad. Finally, the {{Leitmotif}} for both of them is a type of CreepyCircusMusic.

* ManipulativeBastard: He manipulates both Count Bleck and the heroes so he can get the Chaos Heart for himself so he can rewrite the multiverse InHisOwnImage. [[NearVillainVictory His plan almost worked out]] and if it wasn't for the fact [[EvilCannotComprehendGood that he didn't realize the Pure Hearts can be re-used as long as there is love]] then he would've won.

* ManipulativeBastard: As Count Bleck learns the hard way.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90E9WxUVcWA Mimi the Copycat]].

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xst5I01nFOs It's Showtime]]", his normal battle theme, combines circus horns with a variety of synth sounds. This, combined with the frantic melody, creates an overwhelming feeling.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kemuZS2YRs The Ultimate Show]]", the battle theme for Dimentio's OneWingedAngel form as the FinalBoss, has a melody of distorted circus instruments, accompanied by a techno bassline and beat.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjndpVE-2pY Dimentio, Charming Magician.]]

* ShapeShifting: She has the ability to use this, and it's utilized three or four times in-game.

* {{Expy}}: He is heavily inspired from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka Palazzo]]. Both are [[VillainousHarlequin magical harlequins]]/[[MonsterClown clowns]] that are [[TheSociopath considered sociopathic]] that brainwash one of the main protagonists. In addition both have a [[MysteriousPast very unknown past]], while being [[LaughablyEvil very funny]] when committing their various atrocities as they become [[FromNobodyToNightmare more and more dangerous as their games go on]], which ends with both of them [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeding with their plan]] as they [[TheStarscream betray their leader]] so they can destroy the universe and [[RestartTheWorld recreate it]] [[GodhoodSeeker so they can become a god]], leading them to be the final boss and true BigBad. Finally, the {{Leitmotif}} for both of them is a formation of CreepyCircusMusic.

* {{Expy}}: He is heavily inspired from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka Palazzo]]. Both are [[VillainousHarlequin magical harlequins]]/clowns that are [[TheSociopath considered sociopathic]] that brainwash one of the main protagonists. In addition both are [[LaughablyEvil very funny]] while committing their various atrocities while [[FromNobodyToNightmare being more and more dangerous as their games go on]], which ends with both of them [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeding with their plan]] as they [[TheStarscream betray their leader]] so they can destroy the universe and [[RestartTheWorld recreate it]] [[GodhoodSeeker so they can become a god]], leading them to be the final boss and true BigBad.

** Her Japanese name is Manēra, a pun on the Japanese word "mane" (mimicking) and the English word "money" (referencing the debts she oversees in Chapter 2-3).

* ContinuityNod: All of the [[RecurringElement recurring]] Shaman characters such as Merlon and Merlee throughout the first two games were implied by Wonky in ''The Thousand-Year Door'' to be {{IdenticalStranger}}s hailing from a strange tribe whose members were named based on their professions. Given how their descendants in ''Super'' continue this trend and how the Ancients travelled and some settled across dimensions, it would seem that the Tribe of Ancients is what he was referring to.

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->''"He constructed me... constructed... me... n-no, no! I'm Tippi... I wasn't constructed by anyone."''
A robot copy of Tippi created by Francis. After the game's ending, Francis will offer to sell her to Mario for [[{{Cap}} 999 coins]].

* CloningBlues: Downplayed. A few pieces of her dialogue come close to an explicit recognition that she's not the real Tippi, and her reactions imply that she's having an identity crisis.
* ExpositionFairy: Gameplay-wise, she is functionally identical to Tippi. She was included in the game so that Tippi's ability to scan things wouldn't be [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost]] after the ending.
* PaintingTheMedium: Unlike the real Tippi, she speaks in "robot" speech boxes (albeit with the rainbow outline used by all other Pixls).
* ReplacementGoldfish: Since Tippi herself is permanently gone at the end of the game, Tiptron serves as a replacement for her in the PlayableEpilogue.
* RobotMe: Francis designed her to resemble, act, and function like Tippi. She's even programmed to believe that she ''is'' Tippi, though her being aware that she was created by Francis causes problems with this.
* WalkingSpoiler: Seeing as how Tiptron was built to replace Tippi, it would be difficult to discuss Tiptron without giving that away.
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[[folder:Merlon]]
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->''To feel sadness is to live, but as long as you are alive, the future is a blank page.''
A wizened old sage who resides in Flipside. He serves as Tippi's caretaker and the guardian of the first Pure Heart, as well as the Light Prognosticus.
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[[folder:Tribe of Ancients]]
Members of an advanced interdimensional civilization that flourished in the distant past. They were responsible for authoring the Light Prognosticus and creating the eight Pure Hearts as well as the Pixls.

* AllThereInTheManual: The player can receive ample amounts of exposition and backstory about the Ancients by speaking to Carson and Garson, a pair of [=NPCs=] who run the drink shops in Flipside and Flopside.
* DismantledMacguffin: The eight Pure Hearts they designed are actually separate pieces of a powerful artifact called the Purity Heart.
* LightIsGood: While the tribe itself is never directly associated with light, they did author the ''Light'' Prognosticus with the intention of guiding the Heroes of ''Light'' to forestall the end of all worlds.
* ThePowerOfLove: They believed this to be the only force in the universe powerful enough to counteract the Chaos Heart, and so managed to embody its various types and forms to create the Pure Hearts.
* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: Subverted. As Merlon explains, the Light Prognosticus they authored isn't fated or prophetic; it's just instructions on what the heroes can do to stop the actual prophecies of the Dark Prognosticus from coming true.

[[folder:Tribe of Darkness]]
An offshoot of the Tribe of Ancients with powerful magic, who split off from their precursors and went into hiding with the Dark Prognosticus. Blumiere (a.k.a. Count Bleck) is revealed to be one of their descendants.

* DeathSeeker: After being beaten for the second and final times, O'Chunks is actually so filled with shame that he demands his opponent to finish him off rather than show his face to Bleck again. Knowing his backstory and ''why'' he's so loyal to the Count, this takes on an ''extra'' tragic light. Thankfully, both Mario and Peach and, eventually, Bowser, will defy this (albeit the latter [[HeroicComedicSociopath shows no reluctance in Chapter 5]], and reassures the guy in Chapter 8 by reminding him that [[AwesomeEgo "There's no shame in being smacked down by a huge, studly boss!"]]).

* Hypocrite: He says directly before facing Peach in 5-2 that he won't go easy on a "wee lass"... but his signature throw attack will do less damage to her on top of being far less flashy.

An offshoot of the Tribe of Ancients who split off from their precursors and went into hiding with the Dark Prognosticus. Blumiere (a.k.a. Count Bleck) is revealed to be one of their descendants.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's possible - but neither confirmed nor denied - that the Pure Hearts' WorldHealingWave includes them, given its [[TheMultiverse Multiversal]] effect.
* DarkIsEvil: At least according to one interpretation, in which they kept the Dark Prognosticus hidden away so that they could keep its foreboding power to themselves. On the other hand...
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another is that their actions were to protect the book from being misused by others. The reaction of Blumiere's father when his son first opened the book gives merit to this, or at least implies that the tribe's goal had evolved over time. You also meet plenty of friendly characters who also claim descent from the tribe, such as Nolrem.

* MoreDespicableMinion: While none of Count Bleck's minions are good and all want to destroy the universe, they all have sympathetic traits, including Bleck himself who is a TragicVillain, and all ultimately pull a HeelFaceTurn and help undo the destruction of the universe. Dimentio, however, is a complete psychopath who was planning on betraying Bleck from the start. He dies without redeeming and even leaves a shadow of his power to destroy the universe out of spite.

* {{Expy}}: He has a lot in common with [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Luma]], in that both are alien young who've been separated from their mothers and end up travelling with Mario in his journeys through space.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Dimentio is the brains while O’Chunks is the brawn.

* BadassNormal: O'Chunks doesn't have any magic, transformation abilities, or giant robots to fight with. He holds his own quite well with just his bare hands.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: O'Chunks as O'Cabbage: Basically, Dimentio planted a floro sprout on O'Chunks to brainwash him (and see their effectiveness). It works in brainwashing him and fighting Mario, but his vocabulary decreased as a result, only being able to spout random plant names while under control. It's later implied that O'Chunks was actually the first attempt before Dimentio perfects the other floro sprout to use on Luigi as part of his own evil plan.

* DumbMuscle: He's the strongest of Count Bleck's minions, but he isn't very bright.

* FakeSpecialAttack: Getting grabbed by him results in him spinning the victim around before tossing him around the screen like a pinball, after which he does a victory pose complete with explosions. It does a whopping 1 damage in the first fight against him, and while it does get stronger in subsequent battles it's still no more damaging than any of his other attacks.
* {{Fartillery}}: In his DuelBoss battle against Bowser in Chapter 8. This is also how O'Chunks flies away after you beat him.

* IShallTauntYou: If he manages to toss you, he'll do a strange victory dance (unless you're using Peach). He'll also laugh if he manages to jump directly on you.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Count Bleck's blue.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Count Bleck's Sensitive Guy.

* ViolentGlaswegian: Well, he's violent, and he's got the accent to match.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Downplayed; he'll still enter into battle if approached by Princess Peach, but he has some reservations about doing so and only does it because she's an enemy of Count Bleck. Also, his special attack will be briefer than usual if she's on the receiving end, and he leaves out his victory dance, as well.

* TheCaligula: He's quite eccentric and excitable for a king, which manifests in an immature way to the point he insists on the heroes earning the Pure Heart through the rigorous Duel of 100 even while a rapidly growing Void is covering his kingdom's skies, which turns out to [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome have the exact outcome you might expect in a realistic scenario]]. It's a downplayed example, as ''besides'' this his kingdom seems to be in fine shape and he both has loyalty from seems to be kind to his Sammer Guys, joyfully celebrates when Jade Blooper wakes up at his shout when their world is restored and "banishing them" to vacation after the duel is complete as he plans to renovate the battle grounds into a water park.