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* {{Irony}}: The "Good Ending" narration makes note that Mario had done his quest without the aid of anyone telling him where to go or what to do. This is the path that involves following the Narrator's words to a T.
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* MultipleEndings:
** Doing everything the Narrator says -- going through the door on the left, grabbing the key and entering the right door, then hammering the "Dark Lotus" -- leads to the "Good Ending" [[spoiler:The lotus gives off an anti-climatic "ow", which is followed by triumphant narration detailing life returning to the castle and the princess emerging from the decayed remains of the lotus, all while the setting [[StylisticSuck remains static throughout said narration.]]]]
** Choosing to go through the door at the far back of the room where the Dark Lotus resides leads to Mario going through a pseudo-endless curved hallway, with the Narrator eventually having his patience reached when Mario keeps doing that, leading to Mario trekking through the darkness alone with no guidance.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: The Narrator's remark in the "No Key" route:
-->'''Narrator:''' If only I had some sort of guiding voice, telling me where to go or what to do get the most out of the story of my life.
** Doing everything the Narrator says -- going through the door on the left, grabbing the key and entering the right door, then hammering the "Dark Lotus" -- leads to the "Good Ending" [[spoiler:The lotus gives off an anti-climatic "ow", which is followed by triumphant narration detailing life returning to the castle and the princess emerging from the decayed remains of the lotus, all while the setting [[StylisticSuck remains static throughout said narration.]]]]
** Choosing to go through the door at the far back of the room where the Dark Lotus resides leads to Mario going through a pseudo-endless curved hallway, with the Narrator eventually having his patience reached when Mario keeps doing that, leading to Mario trekking through the darkness alone with no guidance.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: The Narrator's remark in the "No Key" route:
-->'''Narrator:''' If only I had some sort of guiding voice, telling me where to go or what to do get the most out of the story of my life.
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* SilentProtagonist: Mario, as per usual. Ends up proving to be the one factor the Narrator wants out a protagonist, when Luigi's more talkative nature ends up testing their patience.
* StylisticSuck: At one point when going through the endlessly generating hallways, the Narrator struggles to generate more walls with Mario's constant walking, rending one wall texture stretched out.
* StylisticSuck: At one point when going through the endlessly generating hallways, the Narrator struggles to generate more walls with Mario's constant walking, rending one wall texture stretched out.
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* FakeOutTwist: Choosing the red mushroom in the dungeon leads to this type of scene. [[spoiler:The Narrator is revealed to be Princess Peach, who trapped Mario in a dream of her own creation after the whole of Mushroom Kingdom was plunged into nightmares by the Dark Lotus, and Mario is soon to awaken to what the Dark Lotus had done. Shortly after she closes her speech, she suddenly turns into the Dark Lotus, with the Narrator calling "sike" on that actually being the true ending.
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* FakeOutTwist: Choosing the red mushroom in the dungeon leads to this type of scene. [[spoiler:The Narrator is revealed to be Princess Peach, who trapped Mario in a dream of her own creation after the whole of Mushroom Kingdom was plunged into nightmares by the Dark Lotus, and Mario is soon to awaken to what the Dark Lotus had done. Shortly after she closes her speech, she suddenly turns into the Dark Lotus, Lotus,]] with the Narrator calling "sike" on that actually being the true ending.
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-->'''Narrator:''' Honestly, [[spoiler:"[[AllJustADream it was all a dream]]"? Is that the kind of drivel that gets people excited these days?
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-->'''Narrator:''' Honestly, [[spoiler:"[[AllJustADream it was all a dream]]"? dream]]"?]] Is that the kind of drivel that gets people excited these days?
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The story follows our protagonist Mario, who's typically jumping and hammer-ing his way through his adventure on order from Princess Peach. But one day, the letters stopped coming by, leading Mario to investigate the oddly absent castle to discover what happened.
While that's the set up in terms of story, it being based on ''The Stanley Parable'' means there's more to it than that. Especially when you choose to defy the Narrator.
While that's the set up in terms of story, it being based on ''The Stanley Parable'' means there's more to it than that. Especially when you choose to defy the Narrator.
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The story follows our protagonist Mario, who's typically jumping and hammer-ing his way through his adventure on order from Princess Peach. But one day, the letters stopped coming by, leading Mario to investigate the oddly absent castle to discover what happened.
happened. While that's the set up in terms of story, it being based on ''The Stanley Parable'' means there's more to it than that. Especially when you choose to defy the Narrator.
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* DyingToBeReplaced: In one ending, the Narrator tries to invoke this by killing off Mario and restarting the story with Luigi as the main protagonist. Unfortunately for them, Luigi's not a SilentProtagonist, and thus subsequently gets repeatedly ticked off by his narration being interupted until deciding to work with what's best and bring Mario back.
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus, found in the "Good Ending" path and discussed in another ending. While there's no hint of outright villainy, the narration describes it as the cause behind everyone's disappearance in one path, [[spoiler:while another suggests that it put everybody in a coma state and that Mario's just one of many.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Upon reading any of the books in the library, the narration will subseqntly lead to Mario facing off against a giant pig in a pseudo-battle that ends with the former curbstomped by the latter.
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus, found in the "Good Ending" path and discussed in another ending. While there's no hint of outright villainy, the narration describes it as the cause behind everyone's disappearance in one path, [[spoiler:while another suggests that it put everybody in a coma state and that Mario's just one of many.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Upon reading any of the books in the library, the narration will subseqntly lead to Mario facing off against a giant pig in a pseudo-battle that ends with the former curbstomped by the latter.
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* DyingToBeReplaced: In one ending, the Narrator tries to invoke this by killing off Mario and restarting the story with Luigi as the main protagonist. Unfortunately for them, Luigi's not a SilentProtagonist, and thus subsequently gets repeatedly ticked off by his narration being interupted interrupted until deciding to work with what's best and bring Mario back.
* FakeOutTwist: Choosing the red mushroom in the dungeon leads to this type of scene. [[spoiler:The Narrator is revealed to be Princess Peach, who trapped Mario in a dream of her own creation after the whole of Mushroom Kingdom was plunged into nightmares by the Dark Lotus, and Mario is soon to awaken to what the Dark Lotus had done. Shortly after she closes her speech, she suddenly turns into the Dark Lotus, with the Narrator calling "sike" on that actually being the true ending.
-->'''Narrator:''' Honestly, [[spoiler:"[[AllJustADream it was all a dream]]"? Is that the kind of drivel that gets people excited these days?
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus, found in the "Good Ending" path and discussed in another ending. While there's no hint of outright villainy, the narration describes it as the cause behind everyone's disappearance in one path, [[spoiler:while another suggests that it put everybody in a coma state and that Mario's just one ofmany.]]
many, but that was a FakeOutTwist courtesy of the [[BigBad Narrator.]]]]
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Upon reading any of the books in the library, the narration willsubseqntly subsequently lead to Mario facing off against a giant pig in a pseudo-battle that ends with the former curbstomped curb-stomped by the latter.
* FakeOutTwist: Choosing the red mushroom in the dungeon leads to this type of scene. [[spoiler:The Narrator is revealed to be Princess Peach, who trapped Mario in a dream of her own creation after the whole of Mushroom Kingdom was plunged into nightmares by the Dark Lotus, and Mario is soon to awaken to what the Dark Lotus had done. Shortly after she closes her speech, she suddenly turns into the Dark Lotus, with the Narrator calling "sike" on that actually being the true ending.
-->'''Narrator:''' Honestly, [[spoiler:"[[AllJustADream it was all a dream]]"? Is that the kind of drivel that gets people excited these days?
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus, found in the "Good Ending" path and discussed in another ending. While there's no hint of outright villainy, the narration describes it as the cause behind everyone's disappearance in one path, [[spoiler:while another suggests that it put everybody in a coma state and that Mario's just one of
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Upon reading any of the books in the library, the narration will
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* ShoutOut: Descending to the dungeon floor on the right side has the narrator give Mario the option of [[Film/TheMatrix taking either the blue mushroom, or the red mushroom.]]
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* ShoutOut: Descending to the dungeon floor on the right side has the narrator give Mario the option of [[Film/TheMatrix taking either the blue mushroom, or the red mushroom.]]]]
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* DyingToBeReplaced: In one ending, the Narrator tries to invoke this by killing off Mario and restarting the story with Luigi as the main protagonist. Unfortunately for them, Luigi's not a SilentProtagonist, and thus subsequently gets repeatedly ticked off by his narration being interupted until deciding to work with what's best and bring Mario back.
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* MortonsFork: Upon reaching the library, the Narrator advises grabbing a book of your choice and taking it to the chair in the middle to read out. Regardless of what book is chosen, it'll inevitably lead to Mario [[GaintSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere facing off against a giant pig.]]
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* MortonsFork: Upon reaching the library, the Narrator advises grabbing a book of your choice and taking it to the chair in the middle to read out. Regardless of what book is chosen, it'll inevitably lead to Mario [[GaintSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere [[GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere facing off against a giant pig.]]
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''The Paper Parable'' is a ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' GameMod based on its inspiration, ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', a 2011 EnvironmentalNarrativeGame.
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''The Paper Parable'' is a ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' GameMod based on its inspiration, inspiration ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', a 2011 an EnvironmentalNarrativeGame.
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While that's the set up in terms of story, it plays
being based on ''The Stanley Parable'' means there's more to it than that. Especially when you choose to defy the Narrator.
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!!Tropes
* {{Anticlimax}}: The good ending achieved by following the narrator's story to a t. [[spoiler:Upon hammering the Dark Lotus, it gives off a simple "ow" before the narrator triumphantly declared]]
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus,
* {{Anticlimax}}: The good ending achieved by following the narrator's story to a t. [[spoiler:Upon hammering the Dark Lotus, it gives off a simple "ow" before the narrator triumphantly declared]]
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus,
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* {{Anticlimax}}: The good ending achieved by following the narrator's story to a t. [[spoiler:Upon hammering the Dark Lotus, it gives off a simple "ow" before the narrator triumphantly declared]]
* FoulFlower: The Dark
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''The Paper Parable'' is a ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' GameMod based on its inspiration, ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', a 2011 EnviromentalNarrativeGame.
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* {{Anticlimax}}: The good ending achieved by following the narrator's story to a t. [[spoiler:Upon hammering the Dark Lotus, it gives off a simple "ow" before the narrator triumphantly declared]]
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus,
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Upon reading any of the books in the library, the narration will subseqntly lead to Mario facing off against a giant pig in a pseudo-battle that ends with the former curbstomped by the latter.
* MortonsFork: Upon reaching the library, the Narrator advises grabbing a book of your choice and taking it to the chair in the middle to read out. Regardless of what book is chosen, it'll inevitably lead to Mario [[GaintSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere facing off against a giant pig.]]
* FoulFlower: The Dark Lotus,
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Upon reading any of the books in the library, the narration will subseqntly lead to Mario facing off against a giant pig in a pseudo-battle that ends with the former curbstomped by the latter.
* MortonsFork: Upon reaching the library, the Narrator advises grabbing a book of your choice and taking it to the chair in the middle to read out. Regardless of what book is chosen, it'll inevitably lead to Mario [[GaintSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere facing off against a giant pig.]]
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* ShoutOut: Descending to the dungeon floor on the right side has the narrator Film/TheMatrix.
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* ShoutOut: Descending to the dungeon floor on the right side has the narrator Film/TheMatrix.give Mario the option of [[Film/TheMatrix taking either the blue mushroom, or the red mushroom.]]
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''The Paper Parable'' is a ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' GameMod based on its inspiration, ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', a 2011 EnviromentalNarrativeGame.
The story follows our protagonist Mario, who's typically jumping and hammer-ing his way through his adventure on order from Princess Peach. But one day, the letters stopped coming by, leading Mario to investigate the oddly absent castle to discover what happened.
!!Tropes
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* OverlyLongGag: The Pit of 100 Trials, unlocked after getting five of the bad endings, is essentially a watered down version of the dungeon without any enemies. Meaning you'll be going through each of the hundred floors while the narrator is singing "100 Tasty Mushrooms" for most of the descent.
* ShoutOut: Descending to the dungeon floor on the right side has the narrator Film/TheMatrix.
The story follows our protagonist Mario, who's typically jumping and hammer-ing his way through his adventure on order from Princess Peach. But one day, the letters stopped coming by, leading Mario to investigate the oddly absent castle to discover what happened.
!!Tropes
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* OverlyLongGag: The Pit of 100 Trials, unlocked after getting five of the bad endings, is essentially a watered down version of the dungeon without any enemies. Meaning you'll be going through each of the hundred floors while the narrator is singing "100 Tasty Mushrooms" for most of the descent.
* ShoutOut: Descending to the dungeon floor on the right side has the narrator Film/TheMatrix.
