History Characters / PaperMario

* FanservicePack: Peach is the subject of an unprecedented level of implied fanservice in ''The Thousand Year Door'', with an optional ShowerScene almost every time you play as her and two segments in which she must undress to sneak around the {{Big Bad}}'s SupervillainLair; the second of these requires her to become an InvisibleStreaker, no less.

* NiceGuy: He's nothing but friendly and cheerful. The {{Superboss}} variant in ''The Thousand Year Door'''s remake in particular is quite friendly, simply seeing Mario's whack on his head as a request to play, and even after losing the fight, he gleefully awaits to see Mario again.

** This is fortunately played straight with the Whacka you fight as a {{Superboss}} in the remake of ''The Thousand Year Door'' who is ''a lot'' more durable, enough so as to endure a full-blown fight with Mario, and eagerly awaits to "play" again if he loses.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: In the ''The Thousand Year Door'' Switch remake, a singular Whacka appears at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials after Bonetail has been vanquished, as Goombella warns you not to whack him if she's out. Notably, he only appears if you have also [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential whacked the Whacka on Keelhaul Key enough times to make it disappear.]] Trying to whack ''this'' Whacka results in him retaliating with a [[{{Superboss}} very, very tough battle]].

* VillainDecay: Since Bowser was demoted from BigBad to comic relief BigBadWannabe in ''Thousand-Year Door'', Kammy ended up following in his footsteps. In ''Paper Mario'', Kammy had humorous qualities and dialogue mostly in response to others but had relatively little in the way of comedic traits herself, and took her role as TheDragon very seriously, with an appropriately ominous theme the reason for the near HopelessBossFight against Bowser at the end being thanks to her machinations. In ''Thousand-Year Door'', she tries to get Bowser's permission to take his minions on a picnic in Petal Meadows, is terrified when the Puni Elder yells at her, and gets kicked in the face by Rawk Hawk. Bowser also seems to have less respect for her, repeatedly calling her a hag and even [[AshFace roasting her with his fire breath]] at one point purely out of frustration from his Clown Car breaking down mid-flight.

[[folder:Whacka (Unmarked Spoilers)]]

* {{Superboss}}: In the Switch remake of ''The Thousand-Year Door''. If you have whacked the Whacka on Keelhaul Key enough to make it disappear AND beaten the Pit of 100 Trial's original superboss Bonetail, then Mario will receive an email tited "RDM Extra Issue" stating that a "mythical creature" has been sighted at the bottom of the Put. Said creature is a Whacka, who replaces Bonetail at the end of subsequent runs of the Pit, with one of the highest HP totals in the game, brutally high attack power, and the ability to heal himself.

* {{Superboss}}: Replaces the original Superboss Bonetail at the end of subsequent runs of the Pit of 100 Trials in the Switch remake of ''The Thousand-Year Door'', with one of the highest HP totals in the game, brutally high attack power, and the ability to heal himself.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: In the ''The Thousand Year Door'' Switch remake, a singular Whacka appears at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials after Bonetail has been vanquished, as Goombella warns you not to whack him if she's out. Trying to whack this Whacka results in him retaliating with a [[{{Superboss}} very, very tough battle]].

-->'''Text:''' [[WhatTheHellPlayer How do you]] [[YouBastard sleep at night?]]

[[folder:Whacka]]

* MythologyGag: As a superboss, he can be fought on return trips to the Pit of 100 Trials after Bonetail is dealt with. This makes him similar to Shadoo from ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', who similarly fights Mario and co. on return visits to the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials. For bonus points, the Flopside Pit had to be unlocked by clearing the Flipside Pit whose final opponent, Wracktail, is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to Bonetail by virtue of being a stronger white recolor of a red first-chapter boss.

An incredibly rare mole-like creature that drops the extremely powerful Whacka Bump healing item when attacked.

* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. The more you hit Whacka the more his speech becomes broken and limited, indicating increasing brain damage.

** This is fortunately played straight with the Whacka you fight as a {{Superboss}} in the remake of ''The Thousand Year Door'' is ''a lot'' more durable, durable enough to endure a full-blown fight with Mario, and eagerly awaits to "play" again if he loses.

[[caption-width-right:200:"Whack-OOOWWWWWWW!!! Don't hit me!"]]