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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is Chuggaaconroy's 6th Let's Play, and his 3rd Mario Let's Play. This LP has 86 videos, and the time length is 13 hours 52 minutes and 56 seconds. That is not including his run on the Pit of 100 Trials during a stream. The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario, and is part of the larger Mario franchise.

The story has Mario travel to the ramshackle town of Rogueport to meet Princess Peach after news she acquired a map leading to an ancient treasure. He soon finds that Peach has been kidnapped again, and comes in conflict with the X-Nauts, a malevolent secret society. Mario's quest has him collect the seven Crystal Stars, mysterious artifacts of great power that are linked to an ancient evil sealed deep below Rogueport.

The Thousand-Year Door borrows many gameplay elements from its predecessor, such as a drawing-based art style, and a turn-based battle system with an emphasis on timing moves correctly. For the majority of the game the player controls Mario, although Bowser and Princess Peach are playable at certain points. The game was announced at a 2003 Game Developers Conference and was released late-July 2004 in Japan and late 2004 for the rest of the world.

The game was praised by critics, generally lauded for its engaging plot and gameplay. The Thousand-Year Door won the "Role Playing Game of the Year" award at the 2005 Interactive Achievement Awards, and is commonly called the best game in the series. The game was followed by Super Paper Mario, which released for the Wii in 2007.

A remastered version of the game was announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, and is set to be released for the Nintendo Switch in 2024. The title will feature visually enhanced and updated graphics. However, the characters still use their general designs from the original, rather than the updated designs used in the later Paper Mario games starting with Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Game Contents

The Thousand-Year Door is set in the Mushroom Kingdom. The town of Rogueport serves as the hub world, connecting to all other locations in the game. The story is divided into eight chapters and a prologue, each of which primarily takes place in one of the unique areas. Each of the major locations are designed around a specific theme; Glitzville, for example, is a floating city known for its fighting arena. The enemies and town inhabitants in the game range from recurring Mario characters, like Boo, to characters exclusive to the game, such as the X-Nauts.

Characters

The Thousand-Year Door contains several characters, the majority of whom are not playable. Progression in the game is sometimes dependent on interaction with non-player characters, although many are used in the game's various minor sidequests. In particular, the Goomba Professor Frankly, who knows the most about the mysteries relating to Rogueport, must be visited every time Mario retrieves a Crystal Star. The game continues the tradition of Paper Mario, in which Mario can be accompanied by one assistant character at a set time. There are seven party members in total: Goombella the Goomba, Koops the Koopa, Madame Flurrie the wind spirit, a Yoshi who is named by the player, a shadow being named Vivian, Admiral Bobbery the Bob-omb, and the optional Ms. Mowz the Squeek.

Mario is the main character of The Thousand-Year Door, although the story also rotates between portions where the player plays briefly as Princess Peach and Bowser. Most of Peach's story is spent on her interaction with the X-Nauts' computer AI TEC, who falls in love with Princess Peach despite not fully understanding the concept of love. Princess Peach agrees to teach TEC about love in exchange for the ability to contact Mario via e-mail. The series antagonist Bowser, tries to collect the Crystal Stars before Mario does instead of directly opposing Mario, though his attempts mostly become comedic relief.

Story

The game opens with an introduction about a seaside town that was destroyed by a cataclysm and consequently sunk into the depths of the earth. Rogueport was later built at this site, with the fortunes of the lost kingdom fabled to exist behind the eponymous Thousand-Year Door, located in the ruins of the old town. Peach mails Mario a magical treasure map she had purchased in Rogueport, beckoning him to come. Before Mario arrives, she is captured by the X-Nauts, led by Grodus, who had intended to obtain the map. With the help of Goombella and Professor Frankly, Mario learns that the map can potentially reveal the location of the seven legendary Crystal Stars, which are required to unlock the Thousand-Year Door. Mario then sets out and collects all the Crystal Stars, acquiring new partners on the way.

Meanwhile, Peach is held captive at the X-Nauts' base on the Moon. She gradually learns about the X-Nauts' plan, and e-mails her findings to Mario. Meanwhile, Bowser attempts to steal the Crystal Stars for himself to attempt to take over the world. The "treasure" is the dormant Shadow Queen, the demon responsible for the ancient cataclysm. Grodus intends to resurrect the Shadow Queen by using Peach's body as its new vessel, believing that he could control it and conquer the world. Peach is removed from their base before Mario arrives. Mario unlocks the Thousand-Year Door with the Crystal Stars but is unable to prevent the Shadow Queen's possession of Peach. With the help of the Crystal Stars, Mario defeats and exorcises the Shadow Queen. The game ends with Mario and Peach returning home together.

Plot

Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome

The adventure begins when Princess Peach goes on a cruise to Rogueport where she meets a hooded woman, and buys a box which contains a map. She sends this to Mario, along with a letter asking him to help her search for the map's treasure. Soon after that, she is kidnapped by Sir Grodus. Mario receives the letter with the map and decides to help her, and thus boards a ship to Rogueport.

Shortly after Mario reaches Rogueport, he finds Lord Crump attempting to interrogate Goombella about the Crystal Stars. Mario intervenes and Lord Crump tries to defeat him. After defeating the X-Naut general and escaping from the X-Nauts, Goombella introduces herself, and Mario explains his quest to her. As Goombella is also searching for the map's treasure, she decides to join Mario. Then, Goombella suggests to go to Professor Frankly's house, to consult him and show him the map. At the professor's house, Frankly explains that the map is related to the legend of the treasure of the Thousand-Year Door, and that, to obtain the treasure, one must first open the door with the seven Crystal Stars. Said objects can be found by holding the Magical Map before the Thousand-Year Door, which is located in the town's sewers. So, Mario holds the map before the Thousand-Year Door, revealing the location of the first Crystal Star.

Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon

Mario and Goombella show the updated map to Professor Frankly, who reveals that the first Crystal Star is in Petal Meadows. To reach this place, they must find a pipe in Rogueport Sewers. After finding it, Mario and Goombella arrive in Petal Meadows, where they see Hooktail and her castle. The duo stops at a nearby village called Petalburg and discover from the mayor that the dragon Hooktail has been terrorizing the village. The mayor tells them that Hooktail guards the Crystal Star in her castle, and that to access it, they must find the two stone keys in Shhwonk Fortress. After finding them, Mario and Goombella march to Hooktail's castle, with Koops in tow (who wants to defeat Hooktail to avenge his dead father and become stronger). After navigating through the castle's traps with the help of Koops, they encounter the dragon and defeat her, allowing Koops's father to get out of the dragon's gut and present Mario with the Diamond Star.

Somewhere else, it is revealed that Princess Peach was abducted by the X-Nauts. When an X-Naut tells Sir Grodus someone got the first Crystal Star, Peach accidentally blurts out Mario's name. Grodus hears this and orders the Shadow Sirens to steal the map in Mario's possession. Peach then meets TEC-XX, who develops an interest in Peach's concept of love, and asks for her help to understand it. Peach agrees; in exchange, TEC lets her send e-mails to Mario. During another scene transition, at Bowser's Castle, Kammy Koopa tells Bowser about Mario's quest to find the Crystal Stars and Peach's abduction, things that motivate Bowser to hunt for the Crystal Stars and kidnap Peach back. Bowser and Kammy then head for Rogueport.

Back in Petalburg, the group receives an e-mail from Peach, who tells them she has been kidnapped. Mario and co. head back to the Thousand-Year Door to reveal the location of the next star.

Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree

The second Crystal Star is revealed to be in the Great Tree, home of small creatures known as Punies, deep inside Boggly Woods. When searching for the pipe leading to Boggly Woods in Rogueport Sewers, Mario and his partners encounter Punio, who tells them that the X-Nauts have invaded the Great Tree, capturing most of the Punies and that the Jabbies, the Punies' enemies, have allied with the X-Nauts and are trying to expulse the Punies from the Great Tree. Mario and co. decide to help out the Punies, and therefore Punio leads the group to the Boggly Woods. After getting there, Mario and co. encounter the Shadow Sirens with a necklace, who do not recognize him due to having lost a sketch of him. The group continues and arrives at the Great Tree. However, they realize that the tree is locked. Punio suggests they find Madame Flurrie; to find the secret entrance. However, upon reaching her home, Flurrie reveals she has lost her necklace and does not want anyone to see her without it. After defeating the Sirens and returning the necklace to Flurrie, she joins them in their quest. The group finds the secret entrance and enters the tree; after freeing the locked Punies with the aid of a special orb and after solving the Great Tree's puzzles and defeating the Jabbies, they reveal the second Crystal Star at the bottom of the tree. There, Lord Crump snatches it, and activates a time bomb to blow up the tree. After chasing him to the entrance, he stops the bomb and uses Magnus von Grapple to fight the heroes, but he is defeated by the group. Afterwards, the X-Nauts evacuate the tree and Mario and co. obtain the Emerald Star.

At the X-Naut headquarters, the X-Nauts inform Sir Grodus that Mario has taken the Emerald Star. Meanwhile, TEC-XX calls for the Princess, and asks her to dance with him. TEC then lets Peach e-mail Mario.

Bowser can be seen arriving in Petalburg, and then talking to what he thinks is Peach, but is revealed to be a poster by a nearby Koopa.

As Mario and his team move on, they receive another e-mail from Peach, who tells them that the X-Nauts are searching for the Crystal Stars. Mario and his team reveal the location of the next Crystal Star, and they visit Professor Frankly for details.

Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory

The third Crystal Star appears in a large arena on a floating town. To reach Glitzville, Mario and the gang must visit Don Pianta. He offers them the ticket they need after doing him a favor. Once Mario and his team arrive in Glitzville, they enter the Glitz Pit, a popular place in which fighters brawl, and spot the Crystal Star on the Champ's Belt, held by Rawk Hawk, the current champion. They sign up in the Pit, battle through the ranks, and eventually gain a newborn Yoshi as a partner. Soon, a mysterious figure known only as "X" starts sending cryptic e-mails to Mario. The e-mails lead Mario and his partners to discover that the Star on the belt is a fake, and that the real Crystal Star is being used by Grubba, the promoter of the Glitz Pit. Mario & co. expose his wrongdoings and chase him into the arena, where he transforms into Macho Grubba in order to eliminate Mario and his friends. However, the group manages to defeat him. After the battle, Jolene, Grubba's assistant, appears and reveals herself as the mysterious X, explains her story, and gives Mario the Gold Star.

At the X-Naut base, TEC-XX asks Peach to go ask Grodus a question relating to his plans. The Princess goes undercover in an X-Naut disguise and learns that Grodus is plotting to use the Crystal Stars to take over the world. TEC allows her to send this message to Mario. Meanwhile, Bowser and Kammy are searching for one of the Crystal Stars in the Great Tree, where they discover that Mario already obtained it.

Mario & co. receive another message from Peach; they promptly reveal the fourth crystal star's location.

Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls

Professor Frankly tells the group that the Crystal Star is located in Creepy Steeple, near Twilight Town. When Mario & co. get to Twilight Town, they discover that the village is under a curse cast by a monster who lives in the steeple. Using a new Black Chest Demon power, the group reaches the steeple, and battles the monster. During the battle, the monster uses an ability to steal Mario's name and body, transforming Mario into a shadowy version of himself. Mario's partners claim the Crystal Star and leave with whom they think is Mario. Meanwhile, the Shadow Sirens are in Twilight Town, planning on defeating Mario and his partners with their new weapon: the Superbombomb. However, Beldam seems to have lost it, prompting her to blame Vivian and to force her to search for it. The real Mario returns to Twilight Town, and helps Vivian with her problem. Out of gratitude, she joins Mario's party. They eventually discover from the monster's parrot that the monster's name is Doopliss. After telling Doopliss his name, he is weakened and flees to Creepy Steeple. Mario and Vivian chase him there and they fight once more. Mario and his new partner defeat Doopliss, allowing Mario to regain his name and body and obtain the Ruby Star.

At the X-Naut base, TEC-XX asks the Princess to participate in a sort of "quiz show" with him. By doing this, she discovers what the "treasure" of the Thousand-Year Door really is: the soul of an ancient demon. The Princess then relays this information to Mario. Meanwhile, Bowser continues his quest for the Crystal Stars by flying to Glitzville in his Koopa Clown Car. However, it malfunctions halfway there, and he travels underwater to return to Rogueport. After he and Kammy return, he orders Kammy to continue her research on the Crystal Stars.

Back in Twilight Town, Mario and his friends receive the message from Peach. They reveal the next Crystal Star and visit Professor Frankly for details.

Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates

The fifth Crystal Star is located deep within a pirate's lair on the southern island of Keelhaul Key. To reach the island, Mario enlists the help of Flavio and Admiral Bobbery. They sail to the island with some Toads, Pa-Patch, and Lord Crump in disguise (known as "Four-Eyes"). On their way to the island, Mario and co. are attacked by Cortez's Embers, which shipwreck them on Keelhaul Key. Later on, some of the crew members are attacked by more Embers, and Bobbery sacrifices himself to save them. Bobbery says he is close to death, and after giving him his last request, they find out that he just fell asleep. After Mario wakes him, he joins Mario's party. With the aid of Bobbery and Flavio's Skull Gem, Mario and co. enter Pirate's Grotto. After solving some puzzles, and after gaining another ability from a Black Chest Demon, they finally reach the lair of Cortez. After they battle, Cortez gives Mario his Sapphire Star. Afterwards, Lord Crump abandons his disguise and tells Mario that he will continue attacking him with his ship's cannons until he hands over the Crystal Star. With the help of Cortez's ship and Flavio's Skull Gem, they defeat the invading X-Nauts, along with their leader.

In the X-Naut base, TEC-XX wishes to gain access to a disk in Grodus's room, and asks Peach to help him. After making an invisibility potion, she helps him and he promises to analyze the data. Peach then sends another e-mail to Mario, informing him of this. Meanwhile, in Twilight Town, Bowser and Kammy Koopa run into Lord Crump. The three get into an argument, which escalates to an armed confrontation between the Koopa Troop and the X-Nauts. However, Bowser inadvertently ignites the Superbombomb, knocking out both armies.

Back at Keelhaul Key, Cortez ferries Mario and his teammates to Rogueport. Mario gets the e-mail from Peach, telling them about what TEC is analyzing. Mario and his team then reveal the next Crystal Star's location, and visit Professor Frankly for information.

Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess

The sixth Crystal Star is in Poshley Sanctum in the town Poshley Heights. The only way to reach the town is on the famous Excess Express. After doing Don Pianta another favor, he gives Mario a train ticket. During the first day on the Excess Express, Mario and his team found many mysterious happenings, including thefts of items and messages threatening to blow up the train. On their second day of travel, Pennington, a Bumpty detective, helps Mario and his friends solve the crimes and they manage to capture a fake Zip Toad who was really Doopliss in disguise, and was the one who attempted to halt the train by causing an explosion with some stolen items. At sundown, when the train stops at Riverside Station for refuel, Doopliss escapes capture. Mario and company find that the drawbridge has been lifted, preventing the Excess Express from continuing its route. The gang enters Riverside Station and flips the switch to bring the drawbridge back down. They discover that a group of Smorgs are behind it. On the third and final day of the journey, a stowaway Smorg monster attacks the train, kidnapping all of its passengers. Mario and his friends defeat the creature, rescuing the passengers in the process, and finally reach Poshley Heights. They venture into Poshley Sanctum, a museum that happens to belong to Pennington. The Shadow Sirens, who happen to be already inside, snatch what appears to be the Garnet Star and flee. However, Pennington reveals that what they stole was a fake, and lets Mario find where the real Crystal Star is. After some exploring, Mario and company manage to find the real Garnet Star.

Back at the X-Naut base, the X-Nauts tell Grodus that Mario has six of the seven Crystal Stars. They also tell him of TEC's betrayal. Meanwhile, TEC tells the Princess the data he gained from Grodus's data disk, and prepares to help Peach escape. Before he is able to, Grodus enters with two X-Nauts and orders them to initiate a data-wipe procedure of TEC's memory. TEC tells Peach "I love you" just before he is shut down.

Meanwhile, Bowser is searching for another Crystal Star in Rawk Hawk's workout room, which he has found in the form of the Champ's Belt. However, he quickly learns that it is not a real Crystal Star, just a glass fake.

Mario and his team return to Rogueport and receive an e-mail from Peach, telling them about what the X-Nauts plan to do with her, but an important part of it is cut off due to TEC being shut down. Back in Rogueport, Mario and co. reveal the next Crystal Star's location and visit Professor Frankly for details.

Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon

The last Crystal Star appears to be on the moon. To reach the moon, Mario and his companions travel to Fahr Outpost to find a cannon to shoot them to the moon. After searching for Goldbob and General White, whose blessings are needed to operate the cannon, Mario & co. enter the cannon and are shot to the moon.

On the moon, the group discovers the X-Naut Fortress. Once they arrive at the end of it, Lord Crump appears, bragging about his latest creation — Magnus von Grapple 2.0, and tries once more to defeat Mario and company. After Lord Crump is defeated, the Crystal Star is released.

Meanwhile, Bowser is searching for another Crystal Star in the Poshley Sanctum. A Paragoomba flies in and tells Bowser that Mario has collected every Crystal Star and is heading for the Thousand-Year Door, which contains a great treasure. Bowser announces that he will steal this treasure and defeat Mario.

As Mario and his allies prepare to leave the fortress, they discover that all of the doors have been locked, except for one. In this room, the heroes find TEC, who is running on backup power. He recognizes Mario and tells him to rescue the Princess, who has been taken to the Palace of Shadow, a place that lies beyond the Thousand-Year Door. He then activates an emergency transporter. The group is transported to a room in Rogueport Sewers. After exiting the room, Professor Frankly meets them at the entrance and urges them to open the Thousand-Year Door.

Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door

After Mario has received all seven Crystal Stars, the time has come to open the Thousand-Year Door and enter the Palace of Shadow to rescue Princess Peach from Grodus.

Mario and his friends open the Thousand-Year Door with the seven Crystal Stars, allowing them to enter the Palace of Shadow. The palace itself is full of enemies, puzzles, and traps. Eventually, Mario and co. battle and trounce a dragon named Gloomtail, older brother of Hooktail. After the dragon's defeat, he relinquishes the key to access the Riddle Tower. After solving the puzzles of the tower, a secret passage which leads deeper into the palace is revealed. Mario and his party continue down that path, but not before defeating the Shadow Sirens, who try to get rid of them. Finally, Mario and company reach the throne room of the palace, where they find and defeat Sir Grodus. Bowser and Kammy, who drop in unexpectedly, also battle Mario, but are thwarted in the end. Grodus uses the distraction of the battle to bring Princess Peach into the deepest part of the palace. There, he opens a sealed coffin and frees the Shadow Queen, the ancient demon of legend. Beldam suddenly appears and announces that she was the one who orchestrated the plot to free her mistress. The Shadow Queen refuses to be controlled by Grodus, and fries him with a lightning bolt, apparently killing him. The Queen then possesses Princess Peach, using her as a vessel to sustain her life. The world is then covered in darkness. Mario and his allies fight the Queen, but she eventually decides to fight in her real form, in which she is invincible. She proves too much for the group to handle, however, the Crystal Stars suddenly react to the evil of the Queen and fly throughout the world, each returning to where they were found, allowing the people of the world to cheer on Mario and his party. The hope of the people of the world break through the Queen's invulnerability, and this also allows Peach to give the heroes the last of her power. Strengthened, the heroes seal the Shadow Queen forever, saving the world.

Goombella later sends Mario a message, explaining what everyone has done: she works with Professor Frankly, while Koops plans on becoming the Mayor of Petalburg. Flurrie has returned to the stage and enacts "Paper Mario" as her comeback smash while Doopliss plays the role of Mario. The Yoshi fights in the Glitz Pit as the "Great Gonzales Jr.", while Vivian has forgiven her sisters and lives in Twilight Town. Admiral Bobbery sails the seas with Cortez, and Ms. Mowz runs her Lovely Howz of Badges. Lord Crump, Grodus and the X-Nauts survived and are spending their time in Poshley Heights. TEC survived as well, and hopes to see the Princess again one day. The game ends when the Princess visits the Mario Bros. with another treasure map.

Gameplay

In terms of gameplay, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door brings over the core mechanics of the N64 original and enhances them. Mario now has a voice used for jumping and attacking, and starts his adventure with a hammer. Action Commands can also be performed from the start. However, he has lost the ability to Spin Dash from the original game.

The partner system is also enhanced. Unlike the original, where partners had a simple fine/injured status system, this game gives partners their own Heart Points. As such, partners can fall in battle, and items such as the Mushroom can be used on them as well. Several partners are similar to ones seen in Paper Mario, like Koops being the counterpart of Kooper, but generally have more abilities available. Timed moves are more abundant in this game. In addition, battles are set up on a stage, like a play; this greatly affects battles, and characters can interact with the audience and stage.

Background

Another element introduced in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the background scenery, which is actually accessible for Mario through certain pipes. Several places which only appear in the background can be visited this way, some of which include Hooktail Castle, the Great Tree, the X-Naut Fortress, and Merlee's house in the Rogueport Sewers. This feature was carried over to the next game in the series, Super Paper Mario. Certain abilities are disabled here, however. Mario's partners cannot be used in the background, Mario cannot move to a different screen/area, and he also cannot walk past any houses or locations.

Intermissions

After each chapter is completed, two intermission scenes precede the beginning of the next chapter. The player can save their progress before and after each intermission.

Princess Peach intermissions

The first intermission allows the player to control Princess Peach, similarly to the intermissions from Paper Mario. These intermissions follow Peach as she is held captive in the X-Naut Fortress, as well as her interactions with the fortress's main computer, TEC-XX, who had a malfunction upon discovering Peach, causing him to fall in love with her. The intermissions also provide more context to the X-Nauts, their motive for kidnapping Peach, and their greater overall plans. At the end of each intermission, Peach sends a message to Mario's Mailbox SP.

Bowser intermissions

The Peach intermission is followed by a Bowser intermission, a new addition to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. These intermissions serve as comic relief to contrast the more serious nature of the Peach intermissions. Each intermission follows Bowser and Kammy Koopa; having discovered that Mario is collecting the Crystal Stars and Princess Peach has been kidnapped, Bowser sets off to find the Crystal Stars first and kidnap Peach himself. However, Bowser usually visits the places Mario has been to one chapter before, and his search for Peach and the Crystal Stars in each location he visits ends to no avail.

The Bowser intermissions at the end of Chapter 2, Chapter 4, and Chapter 6 include a side-scrolling platformer level in the style of Super Mario Bros. The levels are called World 1-X, World 2-X, and World 3-X, in reference to the world numbering of Super Mario Bros., with the X being replaced by the number of attempts Bowser has used for the level. Bowser has unlimited lives during each level. Each level is themed after a basic environment from Super Mario Bros. and plays an arrangement of music from that game. Each level also has a time limit of 180 seconds, which kills Bowser if time runs out. If only 30 seconds remain, the "Hurry up!" jingle from Super Mario Bros. plays and the music speeds up. Bowser can also earn points and collect coins in these levels; however, these elements have no effect on gameplay. Each coin Bowser collects is worth 500 points, with the coin count being retained after dying. If the coin count reaches 99, it simply reverts to 0 upon collecting the next coin, without any special effect.

In these levels, Bowser can press  to jump, and can perform a Ground Pound by pressing  again in mid-air. He also has the ability to breathe fire by holding , which can defeat enemies and destroy blocks, although he cannot breathe fire in mid-air. The only item that appears in these levels is Meat, which allows Bowser to radically increase his size and take an extra hit from hazards, similar to the effects of a Super Mushroom. However, touching lava or falling into a bottomless pit immediately kills Bowser. Bowser has four possible sizes:

  • An extremely small size, which Bowser reverts to after taking a hit while at his default size.
  • A medium size, the default size at which Bowser starts each level.
  • A large size, which Bowser grows to after using a piece of Meat from his default size. At this size, Bowser flattens enemies if he stomps on them.
  • A gigantic size, which Bowser grows to after using a piece of Meat from his large size. At this size, Bowser starts flashing yellow and becomes invincible similarly to Mega Mario, allowing him to crush everything in his way, including enemies, blocks, and Warp Pipes.

Enemies react to Bowser in different ways: while X-Nauts charge at Bowser, Goombas are scared by him and run away when he approaches them. The end of each level features a flagpole; reaching it completes the level and briefly displays the word "FINISH". There is also a small castle next to the flagpole, as another reference to Super Mario Bros. If Bowser is at an extremely small or medium size, he descends the flagpole and enters the castle; however, if he is large or gigantic, he destroys the flagpole and simply stands next to the castle.

Episodes

  1. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Prologue - Episode 1
  2. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Prologue - Episode 2
  3. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Prologue - Episode 3
  4. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Prologue - Episode 4
  5. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 1
  6. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 2
  7. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 3
  8. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 4
  9. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 4.5
  10. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 5
  11. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 6
  12. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Episode 7
  13. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Peach Interlude
  14. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 1 - Bowser Interlude
  15. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 1
  16. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 1
  17. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 2
  18. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 3
  19. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 4
  20. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 5
  21. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 6
  22. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 7
  23. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Episode 8
  24. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 2 - Bowser Interlude
  25. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 2 - Part 1/2
  26. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 2 - Part 2/2
  27. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 1
  28. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 2
  29. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 3
  30. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 4
  31. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 4.5
  32. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 5
  33. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 6
  34. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 7
  35. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 8
  36. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 9
  37. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 10
  38. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Episode 11
  39. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 3 - Interlude
  40. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 4 - Episode 1
  41. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 4 - Episode 2
  42. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 4 - Episode 3
  43. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 4 - Episode 4
  44. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 4 - Episode 5
  45. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 4 - Interlude
  46. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 4
  47. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 1
  48. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 1.5
  49. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 2
  50. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 3
  51. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 3.5
  52. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 4
  53. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 5
  54. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 6
  55. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Episode 7
  56. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 5 - Interlude
  57. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 5
  58. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 5 - Part 2
  59. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 5 - Part 2.5
  60. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Day 1: Morning
  61. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Day 1: Evening & Night
  62. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Day 2: Morning & Evening
  63. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Day 2: Night
  64. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Day 3: Morning
  65. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Day 3: Afternoon
  66. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 6 - Interlude
  67. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 7 - Episode 1
  68. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 7 - Episode 2
  69. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 7 - Episode 3
  70. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 7 - Episode 4
  71. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 7 - Episode 5
  72. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 7 - Episode 6
  73. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Post Chapter 7
  74. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 8 - Episode 1
  75. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 8 - Episode 2
  76. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 8 - Episode 3
  77. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 8 - Episode 4
  78. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 8 - Episode 5 (Part 1/2)
  79. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chapter 8 - Episode 5 (Part 2/2)
  80. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Finale - Final Battle (Part 1)
  81. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Finale - Final Battle (Part 2)
  82. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Finale - Final Battle (Part 3)
  83. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Finale - Ending (Part 1)
  84. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Finale - Ending (Part 2)
  85. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Finale - Credits
  86. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Special Feature: Post Ending Goodies
  87. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Pit of 100 Trials (Part 1)
  88. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Pit of 100 Trials (Part 2)

Memorable Moments

  • Running Gags
    • "GRAPHICS ONLY POSSIBLE ON THE NINTENDO GAMECUBE!!"
    • In Chapter 5, Chugga constantly falls into the water (which causes damage from piranhas and resets you to the start of the section), usually after he says how well things are going.
  • Prologue, Episode 1
    • At the very beginning of the Let's Play, he talks about how this will be his first playthrough with his new memory card... only to realize that he forgot to put the memory card in.
  • Prologue, Episode 2
    • Goombella kisses Mario, prompting Chugga to shout "BESTIALITY! THIS IS NOT SONIC NEXT-GEN!"
    • During his first interaction with Professor Frankly: "HRMMM...HERRRM...Constipation solved."
  • Prologue, Episode 3
    • His extremely loud "WHAAAAAAT?"
    • After entering the sewers with Goombella and Professor Frankly: Sewer Goomba: Hey! Hey, man! What's up? Who's the hottie you got there with you? Chugga: How dare you talk about Frankly like that. [Random subtitle: "...Foxy grandpa?"]
  • Chapter 2, Episode 3
    • Chugga wants to see how long he can go without mentioning Flurrie's... endowements. He makes it six episodes, at the most.
    • A character referring to the X-Nauts as "goons" prompts Chugga to decide that the enemies in this game are the members of Something Awful.
  • Chapter 2, Episode 4
    • Chugga's voice acting-for the elder Puni makes her very hilarious whenever she goes into a rant.
  • Chapter 2, Episode 5
    • Chugga decides to show the world what he really does when he cuts the recording.
  • Chapter 2, Episode 6
    • "JESUS CHRIST WITH A SIDE OF PUDDING WOULD YOU GO DOWN!"
  • Chapter 2, Episode 7
    • Chugga makes a point that, after using Flurrie to blow all the Punies across a gap, you'll want to switch back to Koops before the boss fight. Guess what he forgets to do immediately after saying this.
  • Chapter 3, Episode 7
    • The title of the episode is This video ends with "Bitch". When Jolyne reprimands him for inappropriate conduct... Chugga: What do you mean it's highly inappropriate? I'm walking down the freaking hall! ...Bitch.
    • His reaction (basically just saying "CAAAAKE" over and over) to the cake appearing.
  • Chapter 4, Episode 2
    • The giant "OH SHIT!" upon finding an Amayzee Dayzee.
  • Chapter 6, Day 1: Morning
    • After the train driver says "huzzah!" a lot, Chugga decides he must be DeceasedCrab.
  • Chapter 6, Interlude
    • "We're tiny!"
  • Chapter 7, Episode 1
    • The battle with the three Ice Puffs that quickly gets out of hand. It carries on over to the next episode.
  • Chapter 7, Episode 2
    • Chuggaaconroy's reaction to looking for General White in nearly every previous Crystal Star location, and finding he was in the village that he started in the whole time. He never stopped crying after that. Chugga: (after seeing General White walk back to his house)... FFFOR THE LOVE OF THE SECOND COMING OF JOHTO! HE'S IN— WAS... HERE THE WHOLE TIME!!!!
  • Chapter 7, Episode 3
    • Chugga, to a Moon Cleft: "Wow. You just had, like half of the moon fall on you."
  • Chapter 7, Episode 4
    • "GROOOODUUUS How's it goin-" *gets hit by an X-Yux*
  • Chapter 8, Episode 5
    • Getting both double star points off of Grodus and a boosted Power Bounce against Bowser.
  • Finale, Ending
    • At the end, Frankly asks how everyone's going to leave the Palace of Shadow. Chugga, with a horrified tone, says — "WALK!"

Videos

Original LP

Pit of 100 Trials

Switch Remake

Emile thousand year door reaction

Trivia

  • On September 14th 2023, an excited Chuggaaconroy and NintendoCapriSun saw the announcement trailer for the Switch remastered version of the game.
  • After Chuggaaconroy said at the end of his redux Paper Mario LP that his next LP would be a highly requested one, some fans speculated it could've been TTYD. However, it later turned out to be Pokémon Black 2 & White 2.
    • Due to the success of the Paper Mario redux LP, it is still widely believed that TTYD will be the next redux LP. It remains unknown if Chugga will choose to play the original GameCube version or upcoming Switch remake.
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The Thousand-Year Door
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