Super Paper Mario/Pixls

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Pixls are a secondary party member with no HP or defense, and cannot be attacked by an enemy.

Each Pixl has its own unique ability that is activated by pressing . You can only have 1 Pixl on the field at any one time (excluding Tippi), but you can change Pixls at any time via menu screen. Pixls, like characters, are sometimes unusable due to seperation.

1 Tippi
2 Thoreau
3 Boomer
4 Slim
5 Thudley
6 Carrie
7 Barry
8 Fleep
9 Cudge
10 Dottie
11 Piccolo
12 Dashell
13 Tiptron

[edit] Tippi

Found in: Beginning of game

Primary Talent: Providing information about enemies and objects
Secret Talent: Revealing hidden objects

Description: Tippi looks like a butterfly. She is always on the field and cannot be switched out for another Pixl. She also plays a key role in the storyline.

[edit] Thoreau

Found in: Chapter 1-2

Primary Talent: Grabbing and throwing enemies and objects
Secret Talent: Activating ! blocks and switches.

Description: Thoreau looks like a baseball glove. You will use his power throughout the game to trip ! blocks and defeat heavily defended enemies. Be careful, if Thoreau picks up an enemy with a spike on its head, Mario will take damage.

[edit] Boomer

Found in: Chapter 2-1

Primary Talent: Blasting openings in cracked walls
Secret Talent: Activating switches in hard-to-reach places
His attack power is 2 times Mario's attack.

Description: Boomer is a bomb with wings and eyes. Boomer can blow open holes in cracked walls/floors, and blow away sand blocks.

[edit] Slim

Found in: Chapter 2-3

Primary Talent: Flipping your playable character into 1-D, rendering you invisible and invulnerable while standing, enableing you to fit into tiny cracks, and allowing you to avoid traps.
Secret Talent: Stealth attacks during boss battles

Description: Slim looks like a Tornado. His power is invaluable during a boss fight. The ability to dodge any move while still being able to attack is very useful. Just make sure you are standing still when the attack draws near; if you move, the attack will still damage you.

[edit] Thudley

Found in: Chapter 3-2

Primary Talent: Slamming large switches and columns
Secret Talent: Damages large enemies, knocking small enemies onto their backs, knocking objects loose from walls
His attack power is 2 times Mario's attack.

Description: Thudley looks like a lead weight. You should only use Thudley against slow moving targets, as its slow and hard to predict where you're going to land.

[edit] Carrie

Found in: Chapter 3-4

Primary Talent: Transporting playable characters over spikes and water
Secret Talent: Slightly quicker walking speed. Also allows characters to jump on spiked enemies.

Description: She looks like a unfolded cube or a cross. Her power isn't really that useful outside of solving dungeon puzzles. Also, you can use Carrie to increase Bowser's speed/jump, and use his fire breath in mid-air.

[edit] Barry

Found in: Chapter 3-1

Primary Talent: Using a force field to protect playable characters and damage enemies for a short time.
Secret Talent: Reflecting energy-based attacks back at enemies
Where Found: Beginning of chapter, behind a bush. Available after rescuing Tippi from Francis.

Description: He looks like a spiky ball. Like Slim, Barry's power is invaluable during a boss fight. Barry is optional but highly recomended as you don't need him to finish the game.

[edit] Fleep

Found in: Chapter 4-2

Primary Talent: Rvealing hidden objects via flipping 2-D covers and objects in front of them
Secret Talent: Confusing some enemies

Description: Fleep looks like a square or rectangle. His power is useful in some fights. His real usefulness comes into play when you go to complete the side quests.

[edit] Cudge

Found in: Chapter 5-2

Primary Talent: Smashing big yellow blocks into small pieces
Secret Talent: Beating on enemies
His attack power is 2 times Mario's attack.

Description: Cudge looks like a hammer. Cudge's hammer is a short ranged attack, it is however a very and powerful fast attack. Cudge can be used to take out enemies that you don't want to jump one.

[edit] Dottie

Found in: Chapter 5-4

Primary Talent: Shrinking playable characters to a small size.
Secret Talent: Enemies can't see you while small.
Third Talent: Lets you enter Itty Bits shop.
Fourth Talent: Lets you walk on water.

Description: Dottie looks like a bunch of pins lined up in a circular pattern. When shrunk, you can still function normally. Your jump height/speed are not decreased in any way.

[edit] Piccolo

Found in: Flopside

Primary Talent: Make musical notes to trigger events in the game and to change the SFX while jumping.
Secret Talent: Cures some status effects
Where Found: In the Random House in Flopside. You must get a key after completing a quest from Merlee.

Description: Piccolo looks like a music note. Her power is fairly useless. Piccolo is optional as you don't need her to finish the game. There is a few optional treasure chests that can be found by using Piccolo at certain blocks.