Charlieton
| Charlieton | |
|---|---|
 Sprite fromPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) | |
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
- “Hey hey HEY-YO! I've got ALL the hottest new products right here. Look no further!”
- —Charlieton,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Charlieton is a traveling salesman appearing inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He appears to have a knack for swindling people, much likeRip Cheato; his name is even a pun on "charlatan". He sells items andBadges in theRogueport Plaza. Most of his items and Badges are fairly rare, and he is the only way forMario to complete his Badge collection. His prices are also high, but he sellsJammin' Jellies andUltra Shrooms at 120 coins each, their cheapest price in the game. Charlieton's inventory will change if Mario walks two screens away and then comes back. Therefore, all items that he sells can theoretically be obtained at any given point after Chapter 1, meaning that, while certain items may not appear for a while, they may eventually reappear. In theNintendo Switch remake, Charlieton also appears inBoggly Woods near the pipe toThe Great Tree.
Charlieton also has a chance to appear on every tenth floor except the 100th in thePit of 100 Trials, selling common items such asMushrooms at an inflated price. The prices are higher the deeper Mario is in the Pit.
Charlieton's role is filled byFlimm in the nextPaper Mario game,Super Paper Mario.
Inventory[edit]
Here is a list of the items that can be purchased from Charlieton.
Rogueport[edit]
Only four random items are available for purchase at a time. To change Charlieton's inventory, the player must go at least two screens away from Rogueport plaza.
 Charlieton | |
|---|---|
| Item | Price |
 Attack FX G | 120 Coins |
 Attack FX P | 144 Coins |
 Boo's Sheet | 24 Coins |
 Double Pain | 36 Coins 60 Coins |
 Dried Mushroom | 2 Coins |
 Earth Quake | 18 Coins |
 Hammerman | 180 Coins 240 Coins |
 Jammin' Jelly | 120 Coins |
 Jumpman | 180 Coins 240 Coins |
 Mega Rush | 60 Coins 96 Coins |
 Repel Cape | 18 Coins |
 Shooting Star | 36 Coins |
 Slow Go | 12 Coins 60 Coins |
 Stopwatch | 24 Coins |
 Timing Tutor | 120 Coins 180 Coins |
 Ultra Mushroom | 120 Coins |
 W Emblem | 360 Coins 432 Coins |
Pit of 100 Trials[edit]
Charlieton has a chance to appear on every tenth floor in thePit of 100 Trials, selling items at double their usual price, and becoming increasingly inflated (by 50% of the base price) the deeper in the pit Mario meets him. In the Nintendo GameCube version, Charlieton sellsSuper Mushroom andMaple Syrup. In the Nintendo Switch version, these are replaced withUltra Mushroom andJammin' Jelly respectively.
| Charlieton | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Price | ||||||||
| Floor 10 | Floor 20 | Floor 30 | Floor 40 | Floor 50 | Floor 60 | Floor 70 | Floor 80 | Floor 90 | |
 Mushroom | 10 Coins | 15 Coins | 20 Coins | 25 Coins | 30 Coins | 35 Coins | 40 Coins | 45 Coins | 50 Coins |
 Super Mushroom | 30 Coins | 45 Coins | 60 Coins | 75 Coins | 90 Coins | 105 Coins | 120 Coins | 135 Coins | 150 Coins |
| Ultra Mushroom | 200 Coins | 300 Coins | 400 Coins | 500 Coins | 600 Coins | 700 Coins | 800 Coins | 900 Coins | 900 Coins |
 Honey Syrup | 10 Coins | 15 Coins | 20 Coins | 25 Coins | 30 Coins | 35 Coins | 40 Coins | 45 Coins | 50 Coins |
 Maple Syrup | 40 Coins | 60 Coins | 80 Coins | 100 Coins | 120 Coins | 140 Coins | 160 Coins | 180 Coins | 200 Coins |
| Jammin' Jelly | 200 Coins | 300 Coins | 400 Coins | 500 Coins | 600 Coins | 700 Coins | 800 Coins | 900 Coins | 900 Coins |
 Fire Flower | 20 Coins | 30 Coins | 40 Coins | 50 Coins | 60 Coins | 70 Coins | 80 Coins | 90 Coins | 100 Coins |
 Thunder Rage | 40 Coins | 60 Coins | 80 Coins | 100 Coins | 120 Coins | 140 Coins | 160 Coins | 180 Coins | 200 Coins |
Boggly Woods[edit]
In theNintendo Switch remake, Charlieton appears in theBoggly Woods to sell his wares.
| Charlieton | |
|---|---|
| Item | Price |
| Mushroom | 5 Coins |
| Honey Syrup | 5 Coins |
| Fire Flower | 10 Coins |
 Sleepy Sheep | 8 Coins |
 POW Block | 5 Coins |
 Mini Mr. Mini | 10 Coins |
Profiles[edit]
- Tattle
- Rogueport: "That guy's Charlieton. He's a salesman from way far away. His prices are steep, but he's normally got rare items and pretty unusual badges. He might even have a few completely unique items that he dug up somewhere..."
- Boggly Woods (Switch version only): "That guy's Charlieton. He's a salesman from way far away... who now sells things in this forest, I guess! I'm not seeing any shops out here, so we should probably buy any items we might need from him."
- Pit of 100 Trials: "That's Charlieton, the merchant. I guess he sells his wares here, too. But... it looks like his stuff gets more expensive the deeper he is in the pit. I'm happy to be able to shop here and all, but sheesh... Well, it's your money."
Gallery[edit]
Charlieton as he appears in the original game
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ダマス[?] Damasu | From「騙す」(damasu, "to deceive"), shared withFlamm's Japanese name | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 达玛斯[?] Dámǎsī | Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 達瑪斯[?] Dámǎsī | Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Hans Prul[?] | From given nameHans andprul (meaning "a (useless) trinket" or "piece of junk") | |
| French | Roublaï[?] | Possibly from "rouble" (the Russian currency) orroublard ("wily") | |
| German | Ramschnik[?] | Rummagenik | |
| Italian | Tel-arub[?] | Possibly fromte la ruba (an expression that roughly translates to "he steals it from you") | original |
| Rubicone[?] | Rubicon; potentially from his assonance with the termfurbacchione ("slicker") | remake | |
| Korean | 바가지[?] Bagaji | Korean term for "rip-off" or "overpriced" | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | M. Baucador[?] | Pun onembaucador ("trickster") | |
| Spanish(European) | Ahmed[?] | An Arabic male name | original |
| M. Baucador[?] | Pun onembaucador ("trickster") | remake |
Notes[edit]
- In the English localization of the original game, Charlieton thanks Mario for putting his kids through college if all his inventory is sold. This line is not present in the original Japanese version, nor is it in either version of the remake.
