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| “ | Hey, hang on, there, Slick! What are you doing, interrupting my 'ME' time? | „ |
| ~ Doopliss's first introduction, as he rocks back in forth in his chair. |
| “ | So, you figured it out by now, right, Slick? Your body and name belongs to me now! | „ |
| ~ Doopliss on stealing Mario's body and identity. |
| “ | All right, kids, put on your fighting gloves! Uh... Woo hoo! It's-a me! | „ |
| ~ Doopliss impersonating Mario in front of his partners |
Doopliss is the main antagonist of Chapter 4 and a supporting antagonist in Chapters 6 and 8 of the 2004 video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its 2024 remake of the same name.
He is a playful Duplighost trickster who enjoys tormenting the gloomy townsfolk of Twilight Town with his “pranks”. He is adept at mimicking people's identities, and is even capable of taking over a victim's body and name completely. After his initial defeat at the hands of Mario, he joins the Three Shadows/Shadow Sirens in their mission to stop Mario from collecting the Crystal Stars and resurrect the Shadow Queen.
He is voiced by Charles Martinet while disguised as Mario.
Appearance[]
Doopliss is a Duplighost: an undead creature who has a sheet ghost-like appearance. Featuring a completely unique appearance for his species, he wears a blue party-hat sporting a pattern of orange stars, on his chest wears a blue bow tie representing his prankster demeanor, and orange feet or shoes. His dark eyes with red pupils and jagged smile also give him a more spooky and sinister appearance compared to other Duplighosts.
Powers/Abilities[]
As with any member of his species, Doopliss also possesses a special power which allows him to visually duplicate anyone of his choice. He is especially unique in the sense that Doopliss can not only copy their looks, but steal their body and identity altogether. The victim that he duplicates remains as a silent purple silhouette of themselves and cannot be identified at all (except by Doopliss himself to taunt and torment them). When impersonating Mario, Doopliss will appear with an off-putting look in his eyes, although Mario's party members fail to see through the disguise.
Biography[]
Chapter 4[]
During their quest for the Ruby Star, Mario and his partners noticed the people of Twilight Town turning into pigs when the sound of a bell was heard. Mayor Dour told them that the sounds are a curse produced in Creepy Steeple and asked them to find out who is causing the curse. Once there, the then-identified creature revealed himself as the main cause of the devastating toll. This starts a battle between Mario and his partners and Doopliss, during which Doopliss uses his ability to turn into a shadow form of Mario. When this form is beaten rather easily, Mario's partner remarks about the ease of obtaining the Crystal Star, returning back to Twilight Town. Unknown to Mario's friends though, this was not Mario, but Doopliss disguised as him, who stole his body right before he was defeated.
The real Mario, appears as a silent shadow, returns back to the town alone, but is ambushed by his imposter. Here, Doopliss lets Mario in on a game: that if he correctly guessed his real name, he would be forced to give Mario back his appearance and identity. If Mario guesses wrong, which is guaranteed to happen since the missing the letter "p" is required to spell his name properly, he would face an invincible Doopliss in battle. When this happens, he demands that the player doesn't run away, though the player is left with no choice but to flee.
As the now nameless Mario returns back to Twilight Town, he ran into one of the Three Shadows named Vivian, who was woefully looking for the Superbobomb weapon her sister had left missing. Once Mario found it for her, she was thankful for him going out of his way to help her despite his own problems and decided to return the favor by joining him and helping him get his identity back, though unaware that the shadow was secretly her enemy, Mario. As Mario and Vivian return to Creepy Steeple, they discover Doopliss's true name from his pet parrot, who had also been guarding the missing lowercase "p".
When Mario and Vivian reached Doopliss again, he asked them to guess his name. When inputting Doopliss, the player must do it exactly like this: D-o-o-p-l-i-s-s, only without the little dashes. When Mario guessed Doopliss' name right, he freaked out due to his spell being undone, and hid in the top tower of the Creepy Steeple yet again where he was first fought. However, Doopliss was joined by Mario's friends, all of whom have fell for the disguise and manipulations. Upon realizing his identity, Vivian abandons Mario out of embarrassment and shame, leaving him to face Doopliss and his friends alone. However, she quickly returns to Mario's side on account of him being the one person to treat her with kindness. Following Doopliss' was defeated, his disguise fell apart, giving Mario his body and name back, and promptly fled. He runs into the Three Shadows shortly afterward, subsequently taking Vivian's place as their third member.
Chapter 6[]
Doopliss was later spotted again on a train headed for yet another of the Crystal Stars. Here, he disguised himself as a celebrity named Zip Toad who threatened to yummify the train with a special bomb made from combining a special syrup with calcium and gold if Mario went to Poshley Heights, the location of one of the Crystal Stars. He had become a member of the Shadow Sirens at this point. Mario caught Doopliss before he could carry out the threat, and when he did, Doopliss attempted to flee and succeeded when the train stopped to refuel. He later appears near the end of the chapter, when he and the Three Shadows steal the fake Crystal Star. While the Three Shadows are able to vanish, Doopliss, unable to do so, jumps out the window they broke in though,
Chapter 8[]
Doopliss is encountered for the third time in the Palace of Shadow, where he is fought again alongside with the Three Shadows. After Mario and company return from the Moon with the final Crystal Star, Doopliss (disguised as Professor Frankly) urges Mario to open the Thousand-Year Door and chase after Grodus, though this was all a part of the Shadows' plot to enter the Palace. Beldam treats Doopliss badly similarly to how she treated Vivian, and demeaningly calls him a Freak-in-a-sheet. However, Mario once again defeats him and the Three Shadows, and proceeds further through the Palace. Later, he is seen alongside his fellow Three Shadows rooting for the Shadow Queen.
After the Shadow Queen was defeated, he fled alongside the other Shadows from the Palace of Shadow. It was later revealed that Doopliss renounced being a prankster and was hired by Flurrie to be an actor along with her, and now both are working on the stage where Doorless plays Mario, because he enjoys being him.
Quotes[]
| “ | Wha-What did you just say?!? It can't be... NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? HOW? I'm...feeling...faint... | „ |
| ~ Doopliss' villainous breakdown after getting his power weakened when Mario and Vivian tell him his real name. |
| “ | What's going on here, huh? Fight with your girlfriend? Well, don't expect any sympathy from us, ghoulies! | „ |
| ~ Doopliss taunting Mario and Vivian. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- If Mario defeats Doopliss before he copies Mario, he will automatically heal ten HP, thus making the second half of Chapter 4 impossible to avoid.
- Doopliss's Japanese and PAL region name, "Rumpel", was derived from Rumpelstiltskin from the story of the same name, who, like Doopliss, forces the main protagonist to guess their name.
- Also worthy of note is that his name is directly derived from "Duplication": his signature power, as well as "Duplicitous" per clear description of his nature and behavior.
- Doopliss has a poisoned animation found in the game's data. As bosses are immune to being poisoned, the animations are unused.
External Links[]
- Doopliss on the Mario Wiki
- Doopliss on the Super Mario Wiki
- Doopliss on the Paper Mario Wiki
- Doopliss on the Nintendo Wiki
