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Dark Aspects of Nintendo #11 - Super Paper Mario: The Divine Comedy - Thane Gaming
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The follow-up to my last video covering the Paper Mario series. This time I'll be discussing mostly Super PM's representation of the afterlife using its inspiration- a 1400's allegory called "Dante's Inferno", in which the author is guided through the nine circles of hell to meet Lucifer.

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This is the eleventh episode in my series of Dark Aspects of Nintendo, and a follow-up to my videos covering the other Paper Mario games! Be sure to watch those previous entries if you haven't:

►Super PM: Count Bleck's Story -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #10 - Super ...  
►PM: The Thousand Year Door -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #9 - Paper M...  
► Paper Mario (N64) link:    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #8 - Paper M...  
► Color Splash:    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #4 - Paper M...  

"Dark Aspects" is a series is where I analyze the family-friendly games of Nintendo’s legacy that tend to portray more mature themes than one would expect. "Super Paper Mario" furthers surprisingly moodier themes like existentialism- starting with the summoning of a foreboding, omnipresent dimension-eating void.

Every episode of my Dark Aspects series:

► Super PM: Count Bleck's Story -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #10 - Super ...  
► PM: The Thousand Year Door -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #9 - Paper M...  
► Paper Mario (N64) -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #8 - Paper M...  
► DKC3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #7 - DKC Tri...  
► DKC2: Diddy's Kong Quest -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #6 - DKC Tri...  
► DKC (Donkey Kong Country) -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #5 - Donkey ...  
► Paper Mario: Color Splash -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #4 - Paper M...  
► Majora's Mask -    • Dark Aspects #3 - Alcohol in The Lege...  
► Ocarina of Time -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #2 - The Leg...  
► EarthBound -    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo #1 -  EarthB...  
► Chulip (non-Nintendo spinoff) -    • Dark Aspects (Non-Nintendo): "Chulip"...  

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@LavaCanyon

3 years ago

5:50 108 is also a divine number and 42 is the answer of the meaning of life.

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@Shelltoast

6 years ago

Damn, I didn't even know O'Chunks had a backstory...they really did make sure to give history to everything in this game.

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@paulgrotebeverborg1119

6 years ago

That's why i like the Super Paper Mario villains, they have so much backstory (and Count Bleck has the best final castle design of every Mario game).

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@okayokey

3 years ago

People say that Mario is evil, and he does genocide. But who is the person who controls him? The person playing! This means the player is the person who does genocide.

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@modestzachman758

5 years ago

I had no idea Whacka was even in Super Paper Mario. And that game was my childhood.

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@csp5531

5 years ago

I knew there was a reason that Super Paper Mario was my favorite Mario RPG.

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@christinefilipski4432

6 years ago

The chapter 7 music is gonna give me nightmares. You know, that one creepy theme that makes you want to stop playing? That was the reason for why I still am finishing up the game.

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@goodlydraws6007

2 years ago

The fact that hell trying to usurp Heaven is just a side plot in part of a bigger story shows just how impressive this narrative is.

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@erikawithaknotac

3 years ago

Someone else had a weird interpretation of the souls in the Underwhere, they said that they were the spirits of past Mario lives.

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@MamaTrixxieAsmr

3 years ago

dudim phreykunoutonthis has to be the funniest enemy class name

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@mckayleepugmire9947

2 years ago

"Kamikaze" actually originated as the name of the 2 typhoons in a row that prevented Japan from getting conquered by the Mongolian empire. It became a name for suicide bombers probably because the empire propaganda told them they'd serve the same role. I feel like that adds to the Kamikaze Goomba's story.

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@CuriousGuy_

2 years ago

I knew I couldn't be the one who thought that Super Paper Mario was inspired by the divine comedy

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@jeremyknight9980

6 years ago

Wow, I feel terrible for Murlie, Murlan and his Flopside counterpart... Bonechill isn't the first character to be based on Satan. The Shadow Queen was also based on Satan with the whole "The Devil will be unleashed within a thousand years." thing. the Shadow Queen gets more points for me because she's threatening and more fasanating IMO. BoneChill is one of the most pathetic bosses in the game. thanks to Luigi's broken Super Jump. On the subject of Wackas. I heard that one appears in Mario Party 6. it's pretty depressing that Wackas were hunted for their Wacka Bumps.

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@meloncholy413

3 years ago

The more I hear this game’s music and see it’s animations, the further back I feel I’m traveling. My first video game was Super Mario Galaxy. Nothing can beat it’s special nostalgia. Super Paper Mario was the second game I ever played, but because it was so memorable, it ties close. This game is actually my favorite. It’s a big part of my childhood though of course. But wow, I felt like I was told the best story ever as a kid. And im still learning about it to this day...

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@saveroardhito9613

2 years ago

I find it a funny that super paper mario referencing Dante Aligiheri The Divine Comedy while at the same time have an insane traitorous clown that want to become the dominant species on the planet and destroy us all to make it happened.

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@ThaneGaming

6 years ago

Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the video :) there was one minor thing I purposefully left out because I wanted to drive home the impact of the game’s narrative- it simply didn’t fit anywhere: There are enemies called “Cherbils” in the game literally shaped like butts. Because of this, O’Chunks mentions his wanting to spank Mario & gang like “naughty little Cherbils”. Disturbing thought… need I say more? When describing where they shoot harmful gas, Tippi even gets flustered. More seriously, The Super Mario Wiki brings up theory that they may be a nod to the city of Chernobyl, Ukraine- victim of a 1980’s nuclear disaster that caused poison clouds to loom over its skies for months. I wanted to state too that the Floro King does revive later on if the player revisits the palace after they beat the game- though at the point in the story, Mario was made to dispatch a leader under the influence of who’s actually at fault. Speaking of wrongfully murdering the innocent, when the Cragnons are brainwashed the player can defeat them like any other enemy. Doing so will result in a haunting moan and a reduction of points that allow you to level up. Thanks again, I hope you continue to support the series :)

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@Smeelay

5 years ago

Count bleck for smash

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@DeltaBlazin

4 years ago

You think The River Twigz theme is bad? Try listening to it in reverse.

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@GerbNerdLolz

5 years ago

Oof. This game was pure childhood. There are some interesting details I did not know of about SPM. It just makes me wonder, what else haven’t I caught on to?

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@badatthings5793

3 years ago

I just realized that the pixels followed mario through death after dimintio game overs them

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