History TearJerker / PaperMarioColorSplash

* The recurring {{Railfan}} NPC Toad is apparently ''depressed'', as he always says something along the lines of "trainspotting is the only thing that fills up the emptiness in my life" whenever you talk to him.

* The Piper sidequest has color-coded Toads reminiscing about their old friend Piper, with hopes to see him again once rainbow-colored flowers bloom around their favorite tree. It turns out Piper died, and not in a drained-color way. It's punctuated by the flowers falling off the tree and blowing away. It has a happy ending, though, when Piper reincarnates out of the seed that kicked off the sidequest.

* On the Sunset Express, a Shy Guy decides to speak with Mario. He laments that he dreamed of going to a far away place, but being in Bowser's army means he has to give up on his dreams. Towards the end of the conversation, he realizes the next time he and Mario meets, they're more likely gonna meet as enemies. And meet as enemies they do. Later in the game, after defeating a Shy Guy, this one says he's the one from the Sunset Express. He says "If it had to happen this way, I'm glad it was you..." before disappearing... Making matters sadder is enemies in Mario, especially in the Paper Mario series, rarely [[NonLethalKO die]] but respawn, but the Shy Guy's dramatic lines combined with the fact that he never reappears implies he really did bite the bullet.

* The Piper sidequest has color-coded Toads reminiscing about their old friend Piper, with hopes to see him again once rainbow-colored flowers bloom around their favorite tree. Turns out Piper died, and not in a drained-color way. It's punctuated by the flowers falling off the tree and blowing away. It has a happy ending. though, when Piper reincarnates out of the seed that kicked off the sidequest.

* You can die after beating the final boss if you don't save Peach in time, or if you take too long getting out of the castle ''after'' rescuing her. Waiting too long will have the castle collapse completely, killing Peach, Mario, and Huey, and Luigi if you wait too long to get on his kart.

* The Piper sidequest has color-coded Toads reminiscing about their old friend Piper, with hopes to see him again once rainbow-colored flowers bloom around their favorite tree. [[spoiler:Turns out Piper died, and not in a drained-color way. It's punctuated by the flowers falling off the tree and blowing away]]. It has a happy ending. though, when [[spoiler:Piper reincarnates out of the seed that kicked off the sidequest]].
* On the Sunset Express, a Shy Guy decides to speak with Mario. He laments that he dreamed of going to a far away place, but being in Bowser's army means he has to give up on his dreams. Towards the end of the conversation, he realizes the next time he and Mario meets, they're more likely gonna meet as enemies. [[spoiler: And meet as enemies they do. Later in the game, after defeating a Shy Guy, this one says he's the one from the Sunset Express. He says "If it had to happen this way, I'm glad it was you..." before disappearing... Making matters sadder is enemies in Mario, especially in the Paper Mario series, rarely [[NonLethalKO die]] but respawn, but the Shy Guy's dramatic lines combined with the fact that he never reappears implies he really did bite the bullet.]]
** Making it worse is that [[spoiler:the second encounter is optional, as the Shy Guy is swinging from a trapeze in the forest and can't be attacked unless you wait for the right moment. If you hadn't attacked that Shy Guy, he would've been just fine.]]
* You can die after beating the final boss if you don't save Peach in time, or if you take too long getting out of the castle ''after'' rescuing her. Waiting too long will have the castle collapse completely, killing Peach, Mario, and Huey.
* The ending has [[spoiler:Huey leaving to get rid of the black paint, having to lie to Mario and friends so they'll let him leave]]. Afterward, Peach reassures Mario that no matter where [[spoiler:Huey]] is, she feels he's happy.

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