A remake of my Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door analysis for GameCube, now covering the remake on Switch! In this episode, it's all about the dour chapter 4 and a pair of shadowy characters adding intrigue to the main plot. Doo_liss the shapeshifting Duplighost has stolen Mario's identity, and Vivian (a former enemy) teams up with our hero to stop him. I do discuss the latter character's gender identity after careful research on the matter, and report on whether it was always the intention of the writers for her to be a trans woman.

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Music used (in order):

♫ Win Battle, Partner Fainted TTYD [GameCube]
♫ Twilight Trail TTYD [Switch]
♫ Palace of Shadow (Courtyard Tower) TTYD [Switch]
♫ Training Luigi's Mansion
♫ Megalovania EarthBound Halloween Hack
♫ Creepy Steeple TTYD [Switch]
♫ Twilight Town TTYD [GameCube]
♫ Twilight Town TTYD [Switch]
♫ Doo_liss Drops In TTYD [Switch]
♫ Crystal Palace Crawl Paper Mario [N64]
♫ Creepy Steeple (Cursed) TTYD [Switch]
♫ Doopliss Battle TTYD [GameCube]
♫ Twilight Trail (Cursed) TTYD [Switch]
♫ It'sayou… Mario?! (Doo_liss) TTYD [Switch]
♫ Event Battle: Atomic Boo TTYD [Switch]
♫ We're the Three Shadows! TTYD [Switch]
♫ Vivian (Primer) TTYD [Switch]
♫ Event Battle: Three Shadows TTYD [Switch]
♫ Birdo's Theme (Arranged) Mario Strikers Charged
♫ Soul Rumblings Paper Mario: Color Splash
♫ Shadow Mario Super Mario Sunshine
♫ Battle: Imposter Mario TTYD [Switch]
♫ Peace Returns to Twilight Town TTYD [Switch]
♫ Bobbery and Scarlette TTYD [Switch]

Sources & further reading

Additional video clips:

⍟ Leon Theremin plays "Deep Night" Charlie Draper
   • Leon Theremin plays "Deep Night" (1930)  
⍟ Spooky Vibraphone Lorenzo Bergamino
   • Spooky Vibraphone  
⍟ Mortal Kombat footage deathmule
   • Mortal Kombat All Fatalities Arcade K...  
⍟ Paper Mario Gets Confused Doobus Goobus
   • Paper Mario Gets Confused  
⍟ Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga footage Ninbanyan
   • Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Switch O...  
⍟ TTYD Japanese GameCube footage ヒラ
   • 【名作】神ゲー確定の『ペーパーマリオ』シリーズ最高傑作【ペーパーマリオRP...  
⍟ Doki Doki Panic footage やまだくん
   • 夢工場ドキドキパニック プレイ動画 / Yume Koujou (Drea...  
⍟ Super Paper Mario footage つちのこゲームズ
   • 【爆弾マリオが強すぎる…】モノノフ王国ブブドー100人抜き挑戦　後編【スー...  
⍟ TTYD JPN GameCube credits niyout
   • ペーパーマリオRPG 239  
⍟ Oneshotting Doo_liss SmashMarioPro 2000vvvvv
   • What Happens If You OneShot Doopliss...  
⍟ TTYD JPN Switch footage Daidara Games
   • 戦うのはマリオの仲間たち『ペーパーマリオRPG』を実況プレイ #43【...  
⍟ Crash Bandicoot: Warped footage Ruba
   • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy  Cra...  
⍟ King of the Hill clip Arc
⍟ The Nightmare Before Christmas Top Clips
⍟ Squilliam clip EvanTheEaglesFan2009
⍟ Runaway Brain clip Smile's Looney Bin
⍟ Soylent Green clip rschreck
⍟ The Emperor Arrives clip Star Jedi 951
⍟ The Princess Bride clip Movie Clip Microcosm what movies mean to us.
⍟ Muppet Classic Theater clip King Midas
⍟ HannaBarbera's Rumpelstiltskin NerdyGirlFilms

Images:

⍟ Official TTYD sprites in thumbnail uploaded by fawfulthegreat64
https://www.spritersresource.com/nin...
⍟ 90's Apple Promo still Blake Patterson

Articles referenced:

⍟ The Cutting Room Floor TTYD regional differences
https://tcrf.net/Paper_Mario:_The_Tho...
⍟ TCRF Super Paper Mario
https://tcrf.net/Super_Paper_Mario/En...
⍟ Birdo: Under the Bow The Mushroom Kingdom
https://themushroomkingdom.net/birdo....
⍟ Legends of Localizaion Atai
https://legendsoflocalization.com/per...

Sound effects & music:

⍟ TTYD GameCube music uploaded by ViviVGM
⍟ TTYD remake music uploaded by Charisma entertainer
   • Paper Mario: the Thousand Year Door OST  
⍟ Baby Kate voice clip Zak Wolf

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0:00 Opening
0:08 The darkest chapter?
0:40 4 = death
01:04 A sketchy warp pipe
01:37 Welcome to Twilight Town
02:36 Pig curse
03:32 Creepy music
04:31 Transformed Twilighters
05:56 Doo_liss
07:15 Identity theft
12:13 Say my name
12:55 Luigi in the crowd
13:36 An unlikely friend
15:18 Vivan is transgender
19:47 Stealing back the "p"
20:16 Learned crows
20:42 Doopliss showdown
22:45 Doopliss = Rumpelstiltskin
23:52 The aftermath
24:31 Patron thanks
24:38 End screen

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