Level
Castle Bleck Foyer
Level code	8-2
Game	Super Paper Mario
Boss	Francis (optional) Mimi
Music track	Castle Bleck
Music sample
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TheCastle Bleck Foyer is the foyer ofCastle Bleck inSuper Paper Mario. It comes after theCastle Bleck Entry and serves as both the setting of Chapter 8-2, andLuigi's escape attempt duringChapter 2's interlude, throughout which he is playable.

Chapter 8-2: The Crash[edit]

Storyline text

An endless labyrinth of mind-boggling turns and deadly enemies...

This final journey was more dangerous and trying than our heroes had seen before.

Marioandfriends kept on withoutBowser, who was lost in a duel.

There was no time to stop and search for Bowser, or even grieve...

Our heroes knew they had to rush toward the final encounter withCount Bleck.

At the start of the level, the heroes comment on the frequent tremors running through the castle and wonder whyCount Bleck's plan involves destroying himself in the process. The first stretch of the level is a hallway filled withZoing-Oings, aCursya,Blastboxers andRed Is.

"Merlon" tellingMario to hit theblue switch

In the next room, the heroes findMerlon, who says that theLight Prognosticus says to hit the "totally unsuspicious block" next to him. They have no other option, as the door in the room is locked. However, it opens a trapdoor underneath them and they fall into a trap, while Merlon reveals himself to beMimi. In the trap, Mario, Luigi and Peach must use Boomer to blow up part of the wall so Mario canFlip and go through the hole into another room. The room has apipe leading up, five slots on the ceiling, with the pipe connected to one, and a door on either side of the room. The door on the right has spikes andSpiky Parabuzzies that can be traversed withCarrie. On the other side of the spikes is ared switch. The left door is filled withFire Bars andMagiblots, which another red switch at the end. These switches move the pipe to the left or right. They must position the pipe to the slot on the far left, as all the other slots lead to the same empty room. The slot on the left, however, leads to a room above the one with the trapdoor. The room has threechests, two containing items and one containing aCastle Bleck Key. They can fall back into the room with the locked door and continue on.

The next room is a staircase withGloombas,Hammer Bros., redKoopa Troopas andFire Bros. Midway up the stairs, there is a door, leading to an area with a few different Cursyas. Mario can flip to find a hidden path leading to anUltra Shroom Shake. Through the door at the top is another one of Mimi's traps. It is a large room withMushrooms hanging from the ceiling. Collecting one does restoreHP, but opens a trapdoor. Each trapdoor leads to a room with enemies. One has different types ofCherbils, one hasShlorps and one has aChromeba. When the player falls into a trapdoor, the enemies in the room must be defeated to make a pipe appear, leading back up. One of these enemies has the key to a door in the room.

"Merlee" questions Mario

Mimi vs. Peach.

Through that door, the heroes findMerlee. She asks them what their three greatest fears are. Each question has three options, a weak enemy, a strong enemy, and an item. After she is done asking, she tells them to enter the door on the right. The next three rooms have what the player told Merlee they feared. The last room will have multiple objects, unlessFrancis was chosen. After getting through the rooms, they find a furious Merlee waiting. She reveals herself to be Mimi.

Mimi andPrincess Peach get into a fight. Mimi makes fun of the fact that Peach always has to be rescued by Mario andLuigi. Peach then orders that the Mario Bros. stay back while she fights Mimi alone. Mimi then shifts into her true form and attacks. Peach wins, but then they all feel another tremor and hurry into the next room. Peach stays back and tries to convince Mimi to find somewhere safe, but a powerful tremor causes the floor to fall out under Mimi. Peach leaps forward to save her, but an aftershock causes them both to fall. In the next room, Mario and Luigi hear the princess scream and want to go back to get her, but the door won't budge andTippi says they must press on. The Bros. continue on to theCastle Bleck Interior.

Enemies and obstacles[edit]

• Blastboxers
• Cherbils
• Chromeba
• Cursyas
• Fire Bars
• Fire Bros.
• Francis (optional boss)
• Gloombas
• Hammer Bros.
• Heavy Cursyas
• Ice Cherbils
• Koopa Troopas
• Magiblots
• Mimi (boss)
• Poison Cherbils
• Red Is
• Reversya Cursyas
• Shlorps
• Spiky Parabuzzies
• Tech Cursyas
• Zoing-Oings

Items[edit]

Item	Icon	Location	Image
Castle Bleck Key		In the room accessed by a trapdoor after collecting the third mushroom in the room with second locked door. Appears after defeating a Chromeba found in 3D.
Castle Bleck Key Courage Shell Life Shroom		In the chests found in the correct exit pipe room where the first Castle Bleck Key of the chapter is located.
Mistake (x10)		Appears in the third room after answering fake Merlee’s third question, if option chosen instead of an Amazy Dayzee or Francis.
Mushroom		3 Mushrooms are found in the room with the second locked door. Each of the Mushrooms is hanging on a thread and by collecting it, a trapdoor is activated.
Thunder Rage (x2)		Behind the easternmost pipe in an area accessible via the exit pipe under any incorrect red ! Switch configuration. Appears in the second room after answering fake Merlee’s second question, if option chosen instead of a Fuzzy or a Hammer Bro.
Ultra Shroom		Appears in the first room after answering fake Merlee’s first question, if option chosen instead of a Goomba or a Clubba.
Ultra Shroom Shake		In a chest within the secret area via a 3D-accessible path beyond exactly one Reversya Cursya, one Heavy Cursya, and one regular Cursya.

Menu description[edit]

• "This is the ominous foyer of Castle Bleck. It's where Mimi and Peach had their epic duel."

Gallery[edit]

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  Title card

Names in other languages[edit]

The Crash

References[edit]

• Castles
• Super Paper Mario levels
• Super Paper Mario locations

• Articles with unsourced foreign names