Paper Mario – Episode 45: A Crappy Mother

The title is more literal than it would have you believe.

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[SirDawkster]

Emile was the first YouTuber I ever watched when I was nine. Now I'm twenty-three and Emile's still my favorite.

[AntoinC]

Good lord, I love the pitch shift for baby Toad's voice. I have to say it again, the attention and effort that's gone into the voice acting for this LP has elevated it so much, I absolutely love it.

[VitaEmerald]

Rip Cheato really went “come back when you’re a little MMM richer!”

[madammonarch]

No matter what, one thing stays consistent. Chugga forgetting that 'rhyming' is a word.

[hank]

“I heard that this Amazy Dayzee is so timid that it runs away when it sees anyone.”

*”But beware their wrath when pushed too far, trust me…”*

[Lheticus]

The thing with the partners closing doors behind Mario may be unironically the biggest mind blow of this Let's Play for me.

[rubyamateurtactician]

Whenever I hear about why children not using status moves, I like to mention the time I encountering a wild Absol that used swords dance and double team over and over again, and then proceeded to one shot me with a single night slash. I gained some respect for status moves after that.

[BioshadowX]

I love the implications of the Goomba family hoping to see Gommbario and then Mario just pulling him out of a pocket dimension.

[Rocketsnail]

21:45 “Sorry Mario, I can’t give credit! Come back when you’re a little mmm richer!”

[magecodi]

Nothing left to do in Toad Town; except, you know, the star piece across the water that has been taunting Emile since the first time he walked into it.

[connormcnulty]

Partners closing doors after Mario is a reference to Super Mario RPG, where any door Mario opens will stay open, he does not close any doors, except his own.

[powerpete]

7:45

*Chugga starts hammering*

Me, thinking: “ah yes, he’s clearly punishing the lame husband for not helping his wife in the past”

Chugga: “YOU DON’T HAVE KNEES!!”

[shadeknight]

As a kid, I used to love Mega Quake, but now that I'm older and understand basic calculations, Mega Quake has become an example of a Badge that's too costly for what it does. It works just like the other Quake Hammers, but deals 6 Piercing Damage on a successful Command for 7 FP. Already, we see that it costs more FP than its maxed base damage. You might think you can just use Flower Saver to bring the cost down, but you can only bring it down to 5 FP. Meanwhile, Power Quake with two Power Plus does 6 Damage for 4 FP, so not only is that cheaper still, but you also boost all of Mario's other attacks. You might think you could just pair Mega Quake with Power Plus to bump its damage to 8, but the problem is that there is only one regular enemy on the ground with over 12 HP. As I stated multiple times, at a high level, you calculate the damage to regular enemies in percentages, so ultimately, you still use up 7 FP for an attack that doesn't OHKO, and those Power Plus Badges end up eating 12 BP for nothing. There are a few enemies in the last chapter and in Chapter 6 that can be OHKOed with that setup, but even then, there are far more efficient methods for dealing with those.

Actually, you don't want to upgrade Kooper for a while. Reason being that Chapter 6 is chock full of flying enemies, and Kooper can't do shit to those. It's better to upgrade Parakarry since Air Raid is godly there. Hell, even Bombette is a better pick at this point.

[nixienooo]

7:47 Maybe toads have knees hidden in their skeletons like penguins do?
14:00 TIL that this is probably the origin for that one kart in MKWII

[Iinneus]

Bootler says he wishes he'd gone with to protect Lady Bow... I would LOVE to see Bootler help her smack around some enemies, _honestly._

[barretworks]

"I hope you're plagued with dissatisfaction" has to be one of the worst compliments I've ever heard

[rkeyzah]

8:29 "I hope you're plagued with dissatisfaction at whatever your craft is."

I actually really needed to hear this perspective, Chugga. I've been having a bit of a rough time in regards to both my dance hobby and my future career prospects. Thank you for your words of wisdom. :')

[arunravindran]

Fun fact about status in vanilla, there's a hard cap of how many times an enemy can be affected by the same status. Usually status are so broken that you never hit the cap, but if you do they end up becoming immune in hard mode mods they decrease the cap.

[taipenn]

21:45 Sorry Mario, I can’t give credit. Come back when you’re a little mmm richer.

[alexeidarling]

What a heartwarming reunion! I'll be good and not tell his mom and sister what a complainer he was in the desert!
- Cool lore and all, but WE found that vase and don't you forget it!
- Man, almost every partner has someone who wants them to quit the adventure and come home!
- Finally - Merlee activates at a useful time!
- I usually wait to upgrade Kooper until just before Chapter 7, since it's super useful there!
- Rip Cheato looks like a human donut. I can't unsee it.