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1as well as three original games, ''Relic Hunter'', ''Wonder Journey'' and ''Fruit Shake''.
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3'''UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR THE CANON PAPER MARIO SERIES!'''
4!!The tropes loom before you, false hero.
5* OneHundredPercentCompletion: Required to get TheStinger.
6* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Implied in ''Color Splash Recut'', as the impatient, starving schoolchildren in Regale Trainworks deal no damage when they queue up to yell at Mario due their frustration over the broken train. Their generic Toad counterparts in the original could potentially kill ''their hero'' at low HP with their screams.
7* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Prince Montoir, having accidently released Shroomsday-as-the-Plague, intends]]
8* BittersweetEnding:
9** Downplayed in ''Relic Hunter'', in which the plague is gone, [[spoiler: and in the GoldenEnding, the cursed underground kingdom is freed from its curse,]] while the villains turn themselves to the law, one of them [[spoiler: being the story-tied partner's mentor, and the butler who allied with Peach decides to accompany his friend so as to atone for his family's crimes.]]
10** Played straight in ''Color Splash Recut''. [[spoiler:This time, Huey [[YouCantGoHomeAgain is unable to return to Prism Island]] regardless of what you do, since Splotchleek is the true source of the corruptive Black Paint and he admits he can't get back home this time, unlike Merluvlee aka the Sticker Comet.]]
11* BotanicalAbomination: [[spoiler:The fungus Shroomsday, the FinalBoss of ''Relic Hunter''.]] and [[spoiler:the floral Sporepocalypse, the {{Superboss}} of ''Wonder Journey''.]]
12* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Princess Shadhema, the true identity of Kersti. Born the daughter of the Shadow Queen and Starmageddon, and having a similar destructive power]]
13* DyingCurse: Upon defeat
14* EarnYourHappyEnding: In ''Relic Hunter'',
15* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:King Montgomery, the ruler of the Holey Underground]]
16* FinalBoss:
17** [[InSpiteOfANail Megasparkle Bowser]] [[spoiler:(and technically Shroomsday)]] in ''Sticker Star Recut''.
18** [[spoiler:Shroomsday]] is properly faced in ''Relic Hunter''.
19** [[spoiler:Supershadow Cackletta]] in ''Paper Jam Recut''.
20** [[spoiler:Starmageddon]] in ''Wonder Journey''.
21** [[spoiler:Spotchleek Bossblob]] in ''Color Splash Recut''.
22* GrandFinale: Color Splash Recut can be considered this to the Recut
23* GuestStarPartyMember:
24** In ''Relic Hunter'', three
25** In ''Paper Jam Recut'', a fourth party member
26* HumanAllAlong: Or rather, [[spoiler: Shamaness, but once Shroomsday reobtains his crowns from the Sticker Comet, ''she'' reverts to the Prism Island's incarnation of Merluvlee.]]
27* NamedByTheAdaptation: Whatever's sentient in the Black Paint now has a name, [[spoiler:Splotchleek. And a voice.]]
28* OptionalPartyMember:
29** In ''Relic Hunter'', Prince Montoir [[spoiler:and his father King Montgomery.]]
30** In ''Color Splash Recut'', Sledge and Robin.
31* PromotedToPlayable:
32** In ''Relic Hunter'', Blizz[[spoiler: aka the boss of ''Sticker Star'' World 4,]]
33* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
34* RecurringElement:
35** The Pit of 100 Trials (except for ''Relic Hunter'').
36** The Shamans Merlon
37* SixthRanger:
38** In ''Relic Hunter'' [[spoiler:Prince Montoir]] can be recruited by defeating him in battle,
39** Flurrie, [[spoiler:Sir Mordrat]],
40** Sledge, Toadsworth, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin]] and...
41* TakeThat: In the Japanese versions, the Easy Mode difficulty ([[EasyModeMockery which doesn't allow you to play the final chapter]]) is called "LightNovel".
42* TheStinger: If you get all flags in ''Sticker Star Recut'', [[spoiler:after defeating the final boss, ten eyes stare back at the player,]]
43* ThereIsAnother: Turns out the Sticker Book isn't unique
44* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler: Piper the Ptooie's revised design reveals that he's a descendant of Sporepocalypse, but unlike many of his creations, retained his own free will.]]
45* UpdatedRerelease:
46* WhamLine: ''False hero.''

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