Mario falling through a trap door created by a Guard Door

“Bloooaaahhhhhhhh!!!! Welcome, worm! I'm called the Guard Door of Bowser's Castle. It's my job to keep suspicious types from entering.”

—Guard Door,Paper Mario

Guard Doors are huge stone faces ofBowser that act as gates inPaper Mario. In three areas ofBowser's Castle, a Guard Door can be found; they need to have something done before they letMario pass. If Mario completes the objective, the gate will split in half and open. Their roles in the game are similar to theThwompquizmasters fromPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door andthethreeDorguys fromSuper Paper Mario.

The first one Mario encounters opens a trap door, sending Mario to a jail cell. After Mario escapes, the gate lets him in. The second quizzes Mario five times on various enemies; however, if Mario answers three questions wrong, he will then be forced to fight threeAnti Guys. The third and final Door sends Mario into a battle with the "Super Ultra Mighty Koopa Bros. the Great", but they are knocked away by the new and improvedJr. Troopa, whom Mario then has to fight. The third Guard Door is the exit from Bowser's Castle leading up toPeach's Castle and the final battle with Bowser.

A Guard Door also makes an appearance in issue 27 ofSuper Mario-kun, which is an adaption ofPaper Mario. At one point, Mario starts drawing swirly glasses and a mustache on the statue's face, much to Mario's partners' disbelief. The statue then tests Mario by havingShy Guys,Dry Bones,Koopa Troopas, andGoombas walk around, much as in the game. The statue than spawns aHammer Bro while Mario shrinks.Twink then rescues Mario and drops him into some liquid, having Mario grow up and then eventually defeat the Hammer Bro and the statue.

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• Bowser lookalikes
• Doors
• Animate objects
• Paper Mario objects