Ghost T.
| Ghost T. | |
|---|---|
 Sprite fromPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) | |
| Species | Toad/Ghost |
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
| Portrayed by | Samantha Kelly |
- “All I need is......YOOOOOUR LIIIIFE!!! ...No, just kidding...”
- —Ghost T.,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Ghost T. is a deceasedToad inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door who had passed away on theExcess Express many years before the game's setting and now exists in limbo between this world and the next. He resides in Cabin 004, which is a reference to how the number four isassociated with death in many East Asian cultures. His name is a pun on "ghosty", the diminutive form of "ghost".
History[edit]
Ghost T. is encountered on the Excess Express asMario and his party are on their way toPoshley Heights. At the first night,the conductor notes that he is missing a blanket, suggesting that there is a passenger on the train with no ticket who has taken the blanket. The conductor asks for Mario's help in solving the mystery. Mario must enter Cabin 004 and useVivian'sVeil ability to hide in order for Ghost T. to appear after a moment. He will show them the blanket but demands an exchange for it; he left hisdiary in the baggage car and does not want anybody except himself to read it, and this quandary is the reason for him lingering on the train after an unspecified death.
Ghost T. specifically warns Mario not to read the diary or else he will suffer a cursed fate. If Mario does open it, he will be warned three times not to read it. Should he ignore all the warnings, Mario will only be able to read the first couple of lines before Ghost T. appears from the Diary, yells at Mario for his ignorance, and, in the original game, aDizzy Dial animation plays as he forces an automaticGame Over, or, in theremake, the screen turns monochrome with static effects, which are followed by an iris out and an automatic Game Over. If Mario returns the diary, Ghost T. explains that, if he had read it, he would have become a ghost himself. After his diary is returned, Ghost T. hands Mario theblanket to hand to the conductor. A column of light then shines on Ghost T. as he begins to ascend into the next world, but he stops halfway through the ascension and decides to stay in the earthly realm because he has grown fond of his train cabin's wood paneling (wallpaper in the original version, though the cabin has just wood paneling and no wallpaper in both versions).
During theSmorg attack on the train on the third day, Ghost T. states he senses a large crowd of "something". Along with theExcess Express engineer and the shopkeeper on the train, who was knocked unconscious, Ghost T. is one of the only passengers or staff not absorbed by the Smorgs, likely because he cannot interact with physical objects. Along withHeff T. and the train's staff, likeChef Shimi, Ghost T. stays on the Excess Express for the remainder of the game.
Later, Ghost T. sends anemail to Mario by possessing theExcess Express conductor. Also, despite originally claiming that he could not leave his room, he somehow managed to leave a note onRogueport's bulletin board, possibly by possessing the conductor again or someone else.
During the end creditsparade, Ghost T.'s silhouette can be seen with the Poshley Heights characters. In the remake,Toodles,Chef Shimi, theExcess Express waitress,Zip Toad,Heff T., and thebusinessman follow behindPennington as he investigates the stage. This is until Ghost T. appears and spooks at them, resulting in them all fleeing in horror as Ghost T. finally ascends into a bright light, which he had decided against while onboard the train.
Profiles[edit]
- Email
- Hellooooooo
Oooo hooo hooo hooo! Long time, no spook! It is I, the spirit from the Excess Express! (GCN)
Ooo hooo hooo hooo! Your inbox is now haunted by me, the spirit you met on the Excess Express! (Switch)
I bet you're wondering how an ethereal being like myself can type an email...well, I actually possessed the train conductor to do it! Ooo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Don't worry, though! He's doing just fine!
I think maybe I'll do my new diary like this...email's convenient, you know? And leaving a record of my afterlife is cool, in a spiritual sense, I mean...
So...good luck with your quest. It's not yet time for you to come over to my side. But whenever you do, I'll welcome you. Ooo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Farewell!Ghost T., from Room 4
- Tattle: "That's Ghost T. He's pretty lighthearted for a ghost... But still... A ghost is a ghost!"
Gallery[edit]
Sprite
Ghost T. ascending out of the train car into the afterlife
Ghost T. punishing Mario for looking in his diary in the remake
Ghost T. ascending out of the train car into the afterlife in the remake
Ghost T's scene during the credits
Ghost T. finally ascending
Concept art of theExcess Express passengers
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ユーレイ[?] Yūrei | From「 | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 幽灵[?] Yōulíng | Ghost | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 幽靈[?] Yōulíng | Ghost | |
| Dutch | Spook-Toad[?] | Ghost Toad | |
| French | Fantôme de la 4[?] | Cabin 4's ghost | |
| Spectre de la cabine 4[?] | Specter of Cabin 4 | ||
| German | Geis T.[?] | Pun ongeist | |
| Italian | Fantasma[?] | Ghost | |
| Fantasma dello scompartimento nº4[?] | Cabin 4's ghost | ||
| Korean | 유령[?] Yulyeong | Ghost | |
| Spanish | T. Asusto[?] | Pun onte asusto ("I scare you") |
