Parade
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Aparade appears as a celebratory event during the credits roll of somePaper Mario games, as well asSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (andits remake) andMario & Luigi: Paper Jam. It showcases most of the characters who appear in their respective game, along with events and places in its story. It is akin to the cast roll fromSuper Mario Bros. 2 andSuper Mario World, where screens show all the characters or enemies in the game.
History[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
InSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars,Luigi, in his only appearance in the game (aside from hiswish being seen atStar Hill), leads the parade shown at the staff credits at the end of the game. These characters appear in the following order:
- ThreeMushroom People walk by with flags, and four more playing instruments, withToadofsky conducting them, next to pipes withPiranha Plants.
- Theroyal bus drives, withMallow,King Nimbus, andQueen Nimbus, withFrog Sage on aLakitu's fishing rod. Fivetadpoles follow after it.
- Threemoles carry theKing Bomb, withDyna & Mite on top of it.
- TwoChain Chomps pull a miniature version ofBowser's Keep, which is being repaired byHammer Bros.Croco and aCrook steal from the keep, andBowser chases after them in hisKoopa Clown Car.
- Dodo carriesValentina on a solid gold chair. Valentina punches Dodo in the head when he stops moving.
- Booster rides by on his train. Booster'sSnifsters steal from Croco and the Crook, while Booster steals the Koopa Clown Car from Bowser, who chases him down (using hisFire Breath for the only time in the game).
- FiveShymores hop by, followed byClaymorton,Speardovich, andBowyer.Smithy comes after them, on top ofthe Blade, and hits them with his hammer.
- TheSunken Ship goes by, withJohnny and twoBandana Reds.King Calamari's tentacles are also visible under the ship.
- Geno (represented as a star) flies by. While he shows up, night falls, and the Sunken Ship becomes an "electrical" float.
- A large number of Mushroom People walk by, with giant lit up figures of a mushroom and a flower.
- In the remake,Toad leads the pack, and the Mushroom People behind him carry poles topped with Stars colored after theStar Pieces.
- TheChancellor ridesYoshi.
- Mario andPrincess Peach are on top of the last float, a figure shaped like a star.
After the last float rolls by, Geno flies up into the air, andfireworks begin to go off near the Castle. The scene switches to theStar Road, and Geno creates the letters in THE END, while he turns into the D. The music will then switch to a lullaby rendition of theSuper Mario Bros.ground theme and the words will begin to shine endlessly until the game is turned off or reset.
In the game'sremake, the daytime part of the parade uses the original 16-bit game's graphics and music, while the nighttime part changes to the remastered 3D graphics and music. This time, the star-shaped float does not back away, but stays in place instead. Mallow (holding the Geno doll) and Bowser come from their respective places in the parade to join Mario and Peach on the float, and all four watch the fireworks together. Also, when the "The End" screen appears, the player can save their progress and return back into the game.
Excluded characters[edit]
- Raz andRaini
- Granny
- Belome
- Boshi
- Punchinello
- Knife andGrate Guy
- Chef Torte and Apprentice
- Cake
- Culex
- Monstermama
- Goomhilde
- Jinx andJagger
- Garro
- Birdo
- Cinder Toad
- Czar Dragon/Zombone
- TheAxem Rangers
- Boomer
- Exor
- Members of the Smithy Gang fought in theWeapon World and theFactory (Cloaker,Domino,Factory Chief, etc.)
Paper Mario series[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
At the end, during the credits, a parade is shown similar toSuper Mario RPG.Luigi leads the parade again; this duty is implied to be the "top secret" important business that he alluded to earlier when leaving Mario. SixToads walk by with trumpets, drums, and flags. Afterward, the Star Ship goes by with all of Mario's partners -Goombario,Kooper,Bombette,Parakarry,Lady Bow,Watt,Sushie, andLakilester - on it. Three female Toads walk by, followed byChuck Quizmo andVanna T.
TheKoopa Bros. come by next on a car that resembles thefake Bowser. FourBob-ombs explode on them. In the background, a lake goes by with thewhale, withKolorado and his wife on its back.Moustafa and some mice meet up withRowf and Rhuff, whileTutankoopa is being chased by aChomp, and escapes it.Buzzar and his mountain fly by, and three eggs in Buzzar's nest hatch. AsBootler comes onscreen, Tutankoopa is now being chased by three Chomps.Tubba Blubba appears to be floating through the air, but is really being carried by Boos.Tubba's Heart chases after his body. A tree goes by with theGoomba King stuck in it, and theRed & Blue Goomba Bros. circling around it. The Goomba King falls out of the tree.
Lavalava Island goes by, with the Yoshis on it, andRaphael the Raven andLava Piranha (hardly smaller than the volcano) alternately peeking around the corner of the volcano. The five Yoshi kids jump off the island asHuff N. Puff andGourmet Guy appear. The Yoshis attack them with their tongues, shrinking Huff N. Puff. Gourmet Guy pulls out a knife and fork and chases Huff N. Puff, trying to eat him.Crystal King appears, but another Crystal King reveals him as aDuplighost, only to be revealed as a Duplighost by the real Crystal King, who is then carried away by hisCrystal Bits after berating them.Jr. Troopa andKammy Koopa fight using magic.Bowser and someHammer Bros. andKoopatrols go by. Bowser is in his Koopa Clown Car, and is caught in the crossfire of Jr. Troopa and Kammy Koopa's battle and the Hammer Bros. and Koopatrols dodge the attack in time. As they go offscreen, the angry Bowser attacks them, burning them both as they come flying back onscreen.
It is now nighttime. The sevenStar Spirits go by on their own car.Mayor Penguin, his wife, and two more penguins go by, followed by a band of Toads, twoAmazy Dayzees, and then a car with the Ancients -Merlon,Merlee,Merluvlee,Merlow,Merle, andMadam Merlar, as well asWise Wisterwood, with the Sun circling it. After twoBub-ulbs walk by, theShy Guy with the flag walks by, after him a stage withGeneral Guy, fourGroove Guys, and two Shy Guys (from theShy Squad) dancing on it appears. Twelve more Shy Guys walk by, and following up, the fifteenth Shy Guy (the straggler). Afterward, the six Toads with the trumpets, drums, and flags walk by again (with their spots flashing), and finishing up, a car withMario andPrincess Peach on it.Twink briefly appears before Mario and Peach walk to Mario's house to watch thefireworks, a large The End appears and zooms to the bottom, and the fireworks continue until the player resets or turns off the system.
Excluded characters[edit]
- Kent C. Koopa
- Most of the named Toads
- Koopa Koot
- Petunia,Posie,Lily, andRosie
- The Master,Lee, andChan
- Fuzzipede
- Anti-Guy
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
This parade differs greatly from the previous two. As the credits are shown at the end of the game, while images of the game are being shown, the characters walk by in silhouette. Among the characters that walk by areLuigi,Goombella,Professor Frankly,Toadsworth,Zess T.,Merlon,Merluvlee,Merlee, various enemies, Toads, and minor characters,Koops,Koopie Koo,Koopley,Kroop,Toadette,Dupree,Flurrie,Punio,Petuni, thePuni elder,Puniper, Punies, aJabbi,Jabble,Don Pianta,Frankie,Francesca, eitherTony,Vinny orRocko,Yoshi,Jolene,Prince Mush,Grubba,Rawk Hawk,Bowser,Kammy Koopa,Doopliss,Beldam,Marilyn,Vivian,Bobbery,Flavio,Pa-Patch,Lord Crump,Ms. Mowz,Goldbob,Sylvia,Bub,Ratooey,Heff T.,Toadia, the waitress,Zip Toad,Chef Shimi, the mayor of Fahr Outpost,General White, andGrodus.Mario andPrincess Peach are the last to appear.
In addition, during the pictures of the boss encounters, several bigger bosses or minibosses briefly appear onscreen (shadowed, like the others). These areBlooper,Hooktail,Magnus von Grapple,Atomic Boo,Cortez,Smorg,Magnus von Grapple 2.0, andShadow Queen. Shadow Queen appears around the same time as Mario and Peach.
Remake[edit]
In theNintendo Switch remake, the parade is now based on a curtain call of a stage play, set within the battle stage with a movie theater screen above showcasing screenshots from the game while an audience of characters watch. Some of these screenshots have more than one partner, which is not possible in normal gameplay.Parakarry starts the parade off this time instead of Luigi (who is sitting in the audience instead). Once Parakarry flies off the stage, the curtains open showing the game's title logo and the credits start rolling.
Goombella walks onstage shortly joined by Professor Frankly. A Rogueport Goomba, Little Mouser, Bandit and Doogan walk onstage next and run off as the Blooper appears squirting ink on the stage. Kroop and Koopley walk onstage and Koops and Koopie Koo dash into them in their shells. Ms. Mowz falls into the center and jumps off when a horde of Dull Bones arrive, along with two Paratroopas and a Red Bones, which all run off as Hooktail breathes fire at them.
A group of Punies and Jabbies arrive, among which include Punio, Petuni, Puniper, and Jabble, and some Punies floating in bubbles are blown away by Flurrie. The Puni elder comes behind Flurrie and startles her.Stewart takes a bow, followed by Jolene, Prince Mush, and a Glitz Pit security member walking onstage.Spiky Joe,King K,Bandy Andy, Rawk Hawk, andthe Iron Adonis Twins follow, and Hoggle chases the Yoshi egg across the stage which Yoshi Kid hatches out off and chases Hoggle off the stage. Grubba walks onstage between theGlitzville reporter and the Lakitu cameraman, and Grubba transforms intoMacho Grubba.
Four pigs walk onstage followed by Doopliss and five Boos. Doopliss turns into his Mario disguise and leaves with the Boos, after which the pigs transform into Mayor Dour, a male Twilighter, a female Twilighter, and a child Twilighter. The Three Shadows pop up in the center, with Vivian staying longer than Beldam and Marilyn. Flavio is carried onstage by four orange Toads, and is followed by Frankie, Francesca, Bobbery, Pa-Patch, and a crew Bob-omb. Six Embers appear around them andWhacka pops up on the left side of the stage, and Cortez drops down in his first battle form and scares Flavio away. Cortez then turns into a floating head and blows Bobbery off the stage.
Pennington slowly walks onstage accompanied by Chef Shimi, the Excess Express Waitress, Zip Toad, Toodles, Heff T. and the Businessman. Ghost T. follows them and scares them all off. As Ghost T. rises to a bright light, a horde of Smorgs bounce past. Bub runs onstage holding theAutograph, followed by Goldbob and Sylvia. The Fahr Outpost Mayor walks onstage followed by lots of other Bob-ombs carrying a sleeping General White. As General White is put down and wakes up, the Bob-ombs explode and parachute in the foreground.
An X-Naut, X-Naut PhD, and Elite X-Naut walk onstage, and run off as Lord Crump rides an X-Naut platoon in a ball formation. Crump and four X-Nauts land in the center of the stage and Grodus strikes them with lightning. Bowser falls on top of Grodus with Kammy Koopa accompanying him. Grodus is then decapitated by the Shadow Queen, who walks onstage in her Peach form and has her true form appear behind her. Mario stomps on the Shadow Queen, and Peach returns to her normal self.
The game's partners (with or without Ms. Mowz depending on if she was recruited), as well as Bowser and Kammy Koopa, then rise from the bottom and begin celebrating as confetti and streamers go off. When the camera pans out,TEC can be seen at the top of the curtain. The audience soon face the player and celebrate as well. Any emblems equipped are still in effect for Mario, but not for Doopliss’s Mario disguise, and Yoshi Kid retains whichever color he was in for the game.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]
After not appearing in theprevious title, an end-credit parade returns in this game.
The parade begins with a Green Toad leading it off (orLuigi, if the player finds him all five times in the game) alongside a Red and Blue Toad. The first float to appear is a replica of theSticker Fest stage. A Yellow and Pink Toad are dancing on the stage, and are eventually joined by a Green Toad, who appears through the curtain. The next float to come through is a float based onHither Thither Hill. The two bent Toads fromWarm Fuzzy Plains andWater's Edge Way are seen to the left, while the right of the float features the Windmill from the level, spinning as a Toad tries to hold himself down from the winds. AGoomba Fortress float comes up next, with aGoomba on the bridge, and 3 others on the fortress, who appear when the fortress' cannons go off.
TwoSpinies hold a replica of the gate that heads intoDrybake Desert. The keys then reveal themselves and the environment then turns into a desert. The following float combines the first three levels ofWorld 2 which features theYoshi Sphinx from the titular level and two graves fromSandshifter Ruins, which twoDry Bones pop out of. On the top of the float are twoPokeys, which rotate to form their yellow andgreen counterparts. On the right of the float is theParatroopa squad, who ambushed Mario in the Sphinx. The next float is based onDrybake Stadium. The float has a fountain inside, which the Toad fromDamp Oasis relaxes on with his deckchair. 3 Mural Toads pop out of the entrence, while aMural Goomba andMural Koopa appear in the middle of the building.
ASombrero Guy,Accordion Guy, andMaraca Guy leadWiggler, and the environment then turns into a forest. Some Butterflies are near Wiggler's Flower on his head, while a green Toad and threeSnifits ride on him and hissegments. The Snifit host fromSnifit or Whiffit appears on his podium on the top, with eventually more Snifits appearing as confetti flies, lights appear and an unseen crowd cheers.
The parade then shifts to an ice and snowy environment, and follows on with a float based onWorld 4, mainlySnow Rise andThe Enigmansion.Cooligans spin around on the left of the float, and the five "disco"Boos appear on a rock near a smaller replica of the mansion, which has the mansion steward and the mansion owner inside. TheBig Boo pops up on the top of the mansion and laughs. Three carts fromBowser's Snow Fort then appear, two of them are red and are ridden byShy Guys, while the one on the right is pink and is ridden byBirdo, who winks at the player.
The parade then shifts to a Jungle setting. The largest float then appears, based on the levels ofWorld 5. It is pulled by aBig Chain Chomp, andSpear Guys dance all around the forest sections. the Raft fromJungle Rapids andLong Fall Falls also appears, being ridden by another Spear Guy.Rumble Volcano appears on the end of the float, with the Traveling Toad and the enemies he has been bullied with. Fake lava then spews out of the Volcano, releasing orange confetti.
Kamek shifts the parade into nighttime and leadsBowser's Minions away. the first to appear are 9Buzzy Beetles. The next float has glowing versions of the five major bosses:Megasparkle Goomba,Tower Power Pokey,Gooper Blooper,Mizzter Blizzard andPetey Piranha. After the float passes, aHammer Bro,Boomerang Bro,Fire Bro andIce Bro throw their projectiles in the air, leading the way toBowser andBowser Jr's airship float. Bowser Jr. is on the front of the ship and laughs, while Bowser is on the ship itself, waving and eventually roaring. The Grand Finale then happens, with eight glowing Toads holding theachievement flags to follow the final float, a glowing sticker comet float withMario,Princess Peach andKersti cheering on. The parade ends with three red Toads, and the camera starts to zoom up into the Sky, where the "The End" text appears. The camera then zooms out of the book and the book closes, while lights turn off. Music then plays until the player press the
button and returns to the title screen.
After completing the game, Mario can go back to Decalburg's Sticker Fest area and talk to a Purple Toad, which will allow him to watch the parade again.
Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]
The parade in this game begins with two red Toads holding a banner with a Big Paint Star on the front following on withLuigi riding in hisStandard Kart (if Luigi hasn't been found in all the six places he can be found in, the Toads will instead hold a banner showing how many times the player found Luigi by then). Following the Toads and Luigi is all five leaders of theRescue Squad V alongside the first float based onPort Prisma. The float has four red Toads standing, the Newspaper-reading Toad from the Port Prisma Cafe and all five Big Paint Stars forming a Ferris Wheel. Eventually, a rainbow forms behind the float andfireworks go off as the wheel starts spinning and the four Toads dance.
In the next part led by theChosen Toads and a spinning Tea Cup with twoShy Guys is a float based onRuddy Road, with the cafe on the wheel that is being spun by aPaint Guy on the wheel. A Shy Guy inside another teacup is eating aMagma Burger, which due to the hot nature of the Burger causes the Shy Guy to breath fire.Draggadon then suddenly appears, scaring the Shy Guy in the process. This is followed on by a float based onRedpepper Volcano, with the hot springs fromRedpepper Crater. The Three Toads from the Hot Springs are inside the one on the float. At some point, a Shy Guy looks at them.
TheSunset Express follows on with many carriages. The first carriage has 5 Toads from the express levels sitting on the seats. The next carriage has a cardboard version of theSteak, with 2 Yellow Toads using the Salt & Pepper and the Lemon things on it. The 5 Toads then head to the carriage eat up the cardboard Steak. The last carriage has someSpikes andSpinies balancing on a hexagonal puzzle, Then, out of nowhere, aThwomp destroys the hexagons and the Spikes and Spinies fall off the carriage.
TwoKoopa Paratroopas are seen flying in the sky near the next float, which is based on the Mountain levels. On the float itself, two Toads are peeking though the gate and a Yellow Toad standee respectively, and then poke out of them and start to wave. Next to that, two Shy Guys roll rocks down the slope. The rocks turns into a giant pillar, which a Yellow Shy Guy holds in its arms, followed on with two more also holding pillars. Following on this, The threeChain Chomp powered chariots with the twoSnifits and theKoopa Troopa rush through, along withPrincess andProf. Kinopio rolling down catching up with them.
The next section is based on the forest levels, which consists of an enemy parade. Various sized Goombas wander around, which the wild Yoshis fromthe Emerald Circus chase. Also from this level is a upside down Shy Guy, twoJuggler Bros. and twoRoller Guys.
In the next section, the Snifit fromSnifit or Whiffit appears alongside other Snifits cheering on, who appear from bottom to top instead of right to left. A small float appears based onBloo Bay Beach, with theMustard Café Chef relaxing in his deckchair and theFive Fun Guys standing up. They then jump into the water and play around. ADark Bloo Inn inspired float follows on, with the two Toad owners. It then lights up and theTea Party Toads fly out.
Next is aPlum Park inspired float, whereBirdo performs her show to a small crowd of Shy Guys and Red Koopa Troopas. After this, Pink Shy Guys hold up the targets from one of the sections ofViolet Passage, alongside a float based on the Pirate Ship. On the float is theViolet Passage captain, his crew and thelegendary captain. A small float based onLighthouse Island follows after the ship.
After that, the parade shifts to night time, with someDry Bones and colorless Shy Guys marching the way alongside someBoos.Kamek then appears and uses his magic to reveal that the Shy Guys and Dry Bones are wearing colorful glowing lights. The next float has all theKoopalings on, with glowing versions of the surfaces they were on when they were thought. Coming from the bottom, is theAirship, carryingBowser, who is riding in theKoopa Clown Car, who then roars.
Finally, in the end, Toads carrying theSuper Flags lead on to the final float, which is the boat from the beginning of the game, carryingToad andPrincess Peach, all covered in colorful lights.Mario then comes out (also covered in colorful lights) and talks to Peach as fireworks go off. Then, Toad and Peach head into the float with Mario looking out for a bit. He gives the player a thumbs-up as the float vanishes.
If the player has collected all the Super Flags, Huey is shown to fall back into the Prisma Fountain at Port Prisma.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
At the end of the game,Toadette leads aPapercraft parade. The Papercrafts, which have Toadette,Mario,Luigi,Paper Mario,Starlow,Princess Peach, andPaper Peach on them, start inSunbeam Plains, and soon enterDoop Doop Dunes, where they encounter and defeat a Papercraft Goomba.Nabbit runs past, and Megacrinkle Goomba appears and is defeated. The group entersTwinsy Tropics, where threeLakitus pass by, followed by rainbow trails. A Papercraft Spike is encountered and defeated. Nabbit runs by again, holding amelon and getting chased by aYoshi. They enterGloomy Woods, where a Papercraft Boo is encountered and defeated. A group ofFly Guys appears, but are chased away byFlutter, and are followed by PapercraftKing Boo. The Papercraft enterMount Brrr, where Nabbit runs past with the melon again, chased by a group of Yoshis. He trips, allowing the Yoshis to collect the melon. PapercraftBowser Jr. appears and runs away, and is followed by PapercraftKamek. The Papercrafts enterBowser's Castle, defeating a group ofBullies,Mechakoopas, and aBroozer. Papercraft Bowser Jr. reappears and is defeated, followed by PapercraftBowser. The group returns toPeach's Castle. Luigi then joins Mario and Paper Mario on their Papercraft, and the Toads throw the Papercrafts. Mario, Luigi, Paper Mario, Starlow, Toadette, Princess Peach, and Paper Peach pose.
Notes[edit]
- At the end of the parade inPaper Mario, when Mario and Princess Peach watch the fireworks nearMario's House, the text on the house reads "MARIO'S" instead of "MARIO" which is used for the most part of the game.
