Watt
Artwork fromPaper Mario
Species	Li'l Sparky
First appearance	Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (photograph cameo) (2024)

“You just saved me like a hero! You're a hero, aren't ya? You're the coolest!!!”

—Watt,Paper Mario

Watt is a female babyLi'l Sparky andMario's sixthparty member inPaper Mario. Although Watt's age is unconfirmed, it would appear that she is a young child because of her pacifier. HerSuper Paper Mario Catch Card description also implies that she is young.

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Watt and Mario meet for the first time, fromPaper Mario

Mario finds Watt while traveling throughShy Guy's Toy Box. He eventually comes to a dark room inhabited by theBig Lantern Ghost. The battle against the ghost involves attacking the lantern he carries to make the room brighter, and after his defeat Mario can break open the lantern and find Watt inside. Watt has different responses depending on how the lantern is broken: She says "Hm hm hee hee...Yay! I got out! Yay for me! Thanks, mister!" if the player uses theHammer orKooper, and "Cough cough... You're crazy, mister! Did ya have to, um, blow it up to get me out? Jeepers!" if the player usesBombette. Watt then explains to Mario that the Big Lantern Ghost had kidnapped her and trapped her in his lantern before joining him and his party on his quest. Watt's field ability allows Mario to hold her like a lantern, illuminating dark places and allowing him to find invisible boxes and items. Watt's main attack overrides an enemy's defenses, making her a valuable partner in many battles.

Later in the game, the player can find twoletters to Watt in theToad Town Post Office, one from hermother and another fromFuzzipede. At the end of the game, she is conversing with a group of Shy Guys, and she appears to have befriended them.

Duplighosts andLee can transform into Watt, along with Mario's other partners, during which her name appears as "Watt???"

Watt is one of the only characters inPaper Mario that is capable of dealing damage toBowser after he powers himself up with theStar Rod (during the first round of the final battle). However, she is only able to do oneHP worth of damage to him. The same thing applies toLakilester.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

InSuper Paper Mario, Watt appears as aCatch Card that could be found in theFlopside Pit of 100 Trials. She could also be seen very briefly at the beginning of the game, where she, along with all the otherpartners in thePaper Mario series could be seen in a photograph at theMario Bros.' House.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)[edit]

Exclusive to theNintendo Switch version ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a photograph featuring Watt, alongside the otherPaper Mario partners, can be seen in theMario Bros.' House.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

InSuper Mario-kun

Watt is a character in thePaper Mario arcs ofSuper Mario-kun. She is also one of Mario's various partners, but unlike in the games, Mario and his partners scare away the Big Lantern Ghost by removing its robe. Mario then breaks the lantern with a hammer to reveal Watt inside.

Unused appearances[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Likethe rest of Mario's partners from the firstPaper Mario, there is unused sprite data of Watt inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

• Tattle:Say... This is the lantern that belongs to the Big Lantern Ghost. There's something inside. Do you think it'd come out if we broke it?
• In-game bio:The child of Li'l Sparky, she can produce ample electricity. Press to illuminate areas and see invisible blocks. She's great at penetrating defenses and paralyzing enemies.
• Player's Guide:After you save Watt, the captive of Big Lantern Ghost in Shy Guy's Toy Box, she can shed light on your adventure. By holding her, you can have her light up a dark room or reveal hidden blocks. She attacks enemies with minimal physical contact, making her useful against some spiked and electric enemies.^[1]

The following is Watt's attacks and stats:

Attack	Flower Points Needed	Effect	Action Command	Attack Power	Move Ranks
Electro Dash	None	Attacks one enemy with an electric shock, ignoring enemy's defense.	should be held to fill the gauge.	Base Rank: 1/3 Super Rank: 1/4 Ultra Rank: 1/5	Base Rank
Power Shock	2	Paralyzes single enemy.	should be pressed repeatedly	N/A	Base Rank
Turbo Charge	3	Temporarily boosts Mario's attack power.	should be pressed as the red stars light up.	N/A	Super Rank
Mega Shock	5	Paralyzes all enemies.	and should be pressed repeatedly at the same time.	N/A	Ultra Rank

Values in bold are for perfectly executed action commands.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Catch Card
	Card Type: Rare Card Description:This is Mario's good buddy Watt from Paper Mario. This guy was pretty bright for his age!

Gallery[edit]

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  Watt's portrait fromPaper Mario

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  Sprite fromPaper Mario

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  Sprite of the lantern trapping Watt fromPaper Mario

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  Unused sprite fromPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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  Nintendo Switch Online artwork

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  Watt's portrait from theNintendo Switch version ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• In the Japanese version ofPaper Mario, Watt speaks in a baby-like way that turns "sh" sounds into "ch" sounds, such as howureshii desu (Happy) becomesurechii dechu.^[4] This was not retained forWestern releases.
• Additionally, in the Japanese version ofPaper Mario, if Mario uses Watt's ability and touches an overworld hazard, Mario will lose 2 HP instead of losing 1 HP like normal. This does not happen in the international versions.
• Watt is mistakenly referred to as male on herSuper Paper Mario Catch Card, and during herSuper Block upgrades in the American version ofPaper Mario. The latter would be fixed in the European version, however.
• There was a major glitch in the US version of theNintendo Classics version ofPaper Mario that caused the game to crash if the player received a Game Over with Watt as Mario's partner. In other versions of the game, the screen flickered briefly.^[5] This glitch has since been fixed.

References[edit]

• Electrical creatures
• Babies
• Paper Mario characters
• Paper Mario series party members
• Playable characters
• Super Mario-kun characters

• Articles with unsourced foreign names