Super Paper Mario

The first boss, Fracktail, is a giant, malfunctioning security dragon. During the fight, it makes a number of Nintendo references:

• Wii Shop Loading Symbol

  When Fracktail begins to malfunction, its eye changes into a blue ring with a small blue ball rotating around it. This is the "loading" icon for the Wii Shop Channel.

• I Am Error

  Shortly before the fight begins, Fracktail says "I am Error!". This was first said by the character named Error in Zelda II: Adventure of Link, and later became a popular internet meme.

• Please Insert Side B

  In the Japanese version, Fracktail says "Please Insert Side B". This is a reference to one of the common messages that appeared on the Famicom Disk System when you needed to switch disk sides.

In Saffron's house you can find a wall-mounted Nintendo DS used to keep track of recipes. It is referred to as the "Dining Specializer".

In the Flopside Milk Shop, flip the screen to find two treasure chests. One of them contains Cooking Disk B, meant for the Dining Specializer, and shaped like a Nintendo DS cartridge.

Games Room: Systems

In Stage 3-4 you can find a games room near a Spike Pit. Inside there are multiple Nintendo systems, including:

• Famicom
• Super Famicom
• Nintendo 64
• Virtual Boy
• GameCube

If you flip to 3D mode, you can also see a Wii hooked up to a flat screen TV.

Games Room: Dolls & Posters

In the games room, there are also loads of dolls, mostly characters from Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

• Vivian (PM:TTYD)
• Multiple colours of Baby Yoshi (PM:TTYD)
• Punio & Petuni (PM:TTYD)
• Whacka (PM)
• Bub-Ulb (PM)
• Clubba (PM)
• Pennington (PM:TTYD)
• Princess Peach
• Yoshi Egg
• Fire Flower
• Mushroom

On the walls are posters of Lady Bow (PM) and Petuni, and you can also find a radio controller Professor Frankly (from PM:TTYD).

Games Room: Request List

If you examine the TVs and Computers in the Games Room, you can find Francis's list of things to buy, which includes:

• Ms. Mowz doll with real smooching action (from PM:TTYD)
• Larry Koopa: Zombie Heartbreaker (Larry Koopa is one of the Koopa Kids from Super Mario Bros. 3)
• Magnus von Grapple figurine (from PM:TTYD)
• Tanooki suit made from real tanooki (from Super Mario Bros. 3)
• "Harder than Bedrawk: The Rawk Hawk Story" on DVD (from PM:TTYD)
• 47th issue of Cyborg Wart (reference to Wart, the final boss of Super Mario Bros. 2)

When Francis is talking to Peach later on, in his inventory he is holding "Cyborg Wart" and "Rare Candy Collection" (which may be a reference to the Rare Candy items in Pokémon).

Throughout the game, references are made to TV shows about the X-Nauts and "The Grodus Chronicles", referring to the antagonists in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Mega Star

When Mario, Peach or Bowser collects a Mega Star, they will transform into a giant, 8-bit version of their sprite from Super Mario Bros.

On stage 3-1, an enemy Koopa Troopa grabs a Mega Star and transforms into an 8-bit Koopa Troopa, also from Super Mario Bros.

Pal Pill

The Pal Pill appears as three 8-bit Mario heads from Super Mario Bros. When you collect it, you are surrounded by tiny 8-bit versions of your current character who will take damage and help you to attack enemies.

Shell Shock

The Shell Shock is an 8-bit green Koopa Shell from Super Mario Bros. When you use it, you have to play a minigame that may make the shell grow up to three times its original size, increasing the amount of damage it will do.

In stage 3-1, jump between the two red pipes and you fall into a Paper Mario style version of World 1-2 from Super Mario Bros.

When you arrive in the Underwhere in Chapter 7-1, the first guy you speak to says:

"This is where people go when their game is over; some call it World -1."

This refers to the infamous Minus World glitch from Super Mario Bros., where the world number would be displayed as -1.

In Chapter 7-2, complete Dorguy the 2nd's quiz with 100% and he'll say that your brain age must be pretty low, referring to the DS education software Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

The Pit of 100 Trials takes place inside what appears to be a large Game & Watch, with flat LCD graphics that change to affect the layout on each of the 100 stages.

In Chapter 7-2, you have to fight the Underchomp, a three-headed Chain Chomp. However, you have to fight the Underchomp in an RPG style against a black backround, choosing your moves and items in order to affect the most damage.

It has been suggested that this could be a reference to Enix's Dragon Quest series or Nintendo's Mother series, and the fact the Underchomp is weak to sound-based attacks definitely suggests inspiration has been taken from the latter.

During the Piccolo sidequest, you have to collect the Training Equipment for Merluvlee by trading the "You-Know-What" with Bestovius. The Training Equipment is actually a Nintendo DS. Bestovius says she can have it because he has upgraded to the newer, sleeker model.

After giving Merluvlee the Training Equipment, you ask what she's training and she replies "Why, my brain, of course!" Another reference to Brain Age.

Whenever you use Piccolo's power, the sound effects made by your character will change into 8-bit sound effects from Super Mario Bros.

In Flopside, Merlee will offer to charm you in exchange for Coins. When you accept, she shouts "WIIIIII!" as she casts the spell.

Paper Mario Partners

For every 10 stages you clear in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials, you receive a catch card. The last eight of these are cards of your partners from Paper Mario.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Partners

After restoring the Sammer world, return and beat all 100 Sammer Guys and you will receive Catch Cards for Mario's partners in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Lakitu's Description

Lakitu's Catch Card reads:

"Lakitu chucks Spinys like coins at a Pianta Parlor. What's its problem? Someone made fun of its glasses."

The Pianta Parlor was a minigame casino in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

In the baseball in Flipside, enter the back room of the bar and you can play four different minigames, two of which contain cameos:

• One is shown in First Person. Using the gun, you have to shoot down all the ghosts in the foyer of Luigi's Mansion.
• In the game where you hit Striker Koopa shells, the background seems to be a Game & Watch style LCD version of Super Mario Bros.

There are 100 Sammer Guys in Chapter 6, and many of them are named after things from the Mario series. The following is a list of the notable references:

No.	Name	Reference to…
1.	Jade Blooper	Blooper
2.	Hills With Eyes	The hills in Mario games often have eyes
3.	Puffing Fist
4.	Squatting Birdo	Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2.
5.	Leaping Cheep	Cheep Cheep
6.	Master Wiggler	Wiggler
7.	Shoe of Kuribo	the Goomba's Shoe item from Super Mario Bros. 3, which was named "Kuribo's Shoe" in the manual.
8.	Guy Who Fry	Fryguy from Super Mario Bros. 2
9.	Screaming Mantis
10.	Koopa in Winter	Koopa Troopa
11.	Footsteps of Coins	Coins (he claims to place Coins all over the world)
12.	Urchin Lung
13.	Crow Who Eats
14.	Swollen Tongue
15.	Slipping Grip
16.	Clammy Hand
17.	Forbidden Slap
18.	Hairy Arantula in the Grass	Arantula
19.	Another Castle	Toad's phrase "Thank you Mario! But our Princess is in another castle!" from Super Mario Bros.
20.	Rolling Thwomp	Thwomp
21.	Thrashing Prawn
22.	Thousand-Year Roar	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
23.	Unshy Guy	Shy Guy
24.	Useless Badge	Badges
25.	Sunshine Flood	Super Mario Sunshine
26.	Grand Master Kickface
27.	Soaring Cape	Mario's cape from Super Mario World
28.	Yowling Yux	Yux
29.	Mystical Whistle	Magic Whistle from Super Mario Bros. 3
30.	Laughing X-Naut	X-Nauts from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
31.	Dances on Turtles	Koopa Troopa
32.	Fathomless Chasm of Falling	Bottomless pits
33.	Thirsting Bones	Dry Bones
34.	Molten Panther
35.	Peeking Boo	Boo
36.	Action Commander	Action commands from Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
37.	Bullet Ill	Bullet Bill
38.	Sliding Shell	Koopa Shell
39.	Software Pirate
40.	Flailing Boom Boom	Boom Boom from Super Mario Bros. 3
41.	Sun of Displeasure	Angry Sun from Super Mario Bros. 3
42.	Furious Fang of Goomb	Goomba from Super Mario Bros.
43.	Zesty Recipe	Zess T. from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
44.	Warping Pipe	Warp Pipes
45.	Fruit in Belly	Possibly Yoshi
46.	Last Sheep	Sleepy Sheep item
47.	Infinity Shlurp	Shlurp from Super Paper Mario
48.	Spanner of Rock	Rocky Wrench from Super Mario Bros. 3
49.	Star of Seven Shards	Possibly Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
50.	Ice World	World 6 from Super Mario Bros. 3
51.	Weeping Pokey	Pokey
52.	Hammer Uncle	Hammer Bros.
53.	Squatting Toad	Toad
54.	Ageless Goomba	Goomba
55.	The Negative One	Minus World glitch from Super Mario Bros. (often depicted as -1)
56.	Bob the Silent Blade
57.	Piranha Root	Piranha Plants
58.	Over the Flagpole	A glitch that allowed you to jump over the Flagpole in Super Mario Bros.
59.	Cheep Chop	Cheep Cheep
60.	Raging Blargg	Blargg
61.	Sleeping Turnip	Vegetables from Super Mario Bros. 2
62.	Way of the Blooper	Blooper
63.	Phanto Grin	Phanto from Super Mario Bros. 2
64.	Invisible Brock	Invisible blocks
65.	Chomp of Eternity	Chain Chomp
66.	Monty Who Waits	Monty Mole
67.	Mustard of Doom	One of the phrases said by Fawful from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
68.	Peanut-Butter Pider	Pider
69.	Wrath of Whacka	Whacka
70.	Micro Boomba	Micro Goomba
71.	Steel Clubba	Clubba
72.	Staggering Dizzy Fuzzy	Fuzzy from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
73.	Upward Leaping Ninji	Ninji from Super Mario Bros. 2
74.	Bronze Shroom	Golden Mushrooms
75.	Lakitu Storm	Lakitu
76.	Wandering Spiny	Spiny
77.	Ripper Van Fish	Rip Van Fish from Super Mario World
78.	Infinite Jump	Possibly after the Staircase trick in Super Mario Bros. where you could earn unlimited 1UPs by endlessly bouncing on a Koopa Shell.
79.	Alternate Path
80.	Dayzee the Merciless	Dayzee
81.	Smiling Cloud	The smiling clouds from Super Mario Bros.
82.	Bullet Bull	Bullet Bill
83.	Block of Pow	POW Block from Mario Bros.
84.	Inferno Flower	Fire Flower
85.	Plugged Snifit	Snifit from Super Mario Bros. 2
86.	Bounding Star	Starman
87.	Metal Cap	Metal Cap from Super Mario 64
88.	Belly of the Yoshi	Yoshi
89.	No Charging Chuck	Chargin' Chuck from Super Mario World
90.	Climbing Vine	Vines
91.	Quizmo Question That Has No Answer	Chuck Quizmo from Paper Mario
92.	Strolling Ptooie	Ptooie from Super Mario Bros. 3
93.	Fuzzy on Face	Fuzzy
94.	Glitz Blade	Glitz Pit from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
95.	Cloak of Tanooki	Tanooki Suit from Super Mario Bros. 3
96.	Coin Harvester Without Remorse
97.	Pidget on Wind's Breath	Pidget from Super Mario Bros. 2
98.	Sensei Ruff Puff	Ruff Puff
99.	Pit of Crying Shames	The Pit of 100 Trials
100.	End Boss