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Tolstar

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Nyeck nyeck nyeeeck! I am Tolstar, the great and famed king of Stardust Fields! I've heard tales of you, but you aren't very impressive in person! Nyeeeck nyeck nyeck!
~ Tolstar to Bowser

Background

Tolstar, the king of Stardust Fields, is a large Spike who appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake. His name likely derives from "toll star", as he forces people (such as Mario and Luigi) to pay a toll to get across the border in Stardust Fields, or a play on the Russian word толстый (tólstyj), meaning "fat." He is the first true major boss in the game.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Tolstar’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

When Bowser is stuck in his cannon in Stardust Fields during the events of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Tolstar charges the brothers all their Coins to get Bowser out the cannon and keep the incident a secret. Mario offers the coins, but they are all Mushroom Kingdom coins, and they are worth much less in the Beanbean Kingdom. The total amount of Mushroom Kingdom coins will always total 10 Beanbean coins, regardless of how many the player has. Tolstar then demands an additional 100 Beanbean coins, and the brothers must search Stardust Fields for them, either by defeating enemies or from ? Blocks. Upon collecting them, however, Tolstar still refuses to set Bowser free and attacks Mario and Luigi and their battle begins.

After defeating him, the Bros. are about to free Bowser, but Sergeant Starshade, annoyed with the Koopa King's complaints, shoots him out of the cannon (causing him to crash through the unconscious Tolstar) into parts unknown. The brothers advance to Hoohoo Village, where they are accused of kidnapping Prince Peasley by the Beanbean troops. However, a beat-up Tolstar flies over (using the miniature wings on his shoulders) to inform the guards that the two are Mario and Luigi, that they are tough, and that they did not kidnap the Prince. He is never seen again after that.

Tolstar reappears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions with the exact same role as the original game, but with different statistics. He also drops the Cosmic Pants when defeated.

General Information

Name: Tolstar

Origin: Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: King of the Stardust Fields

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (For some reason tries to fight against Mario & Luigi, with unknown reasons, some implications possible is that he believes they're the ones tht kidnapepd Prince Peasley, but after his defeat he offers them help by letting the royal knights know they weren't the ones that did it)

Codex Statistics

Tier: Varies. 8-B, up to 6-C

Cardinality: Varies

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Varies (Mario and his friends are noted to be akin to a troupe of actors, taking on different roles depending on the game[1], with his gimmick being attributed to the same as Mickey Mouse, with their strength and skills even being shown to vary with it being shown with Mario being unable to take on Wario in his pixelated form due to the Wario using a different physiology to make him be unable to interact requiring him to turn to a similar physiology to beat him). City Block level, up to Island level (Can fight Mario and Luigi)

Durability: Varies. City Block level, up to Island level (Can take multiple hits from Mario and Luigi

Striking Strength: Unknown (Attacks through throwing bombs, never physically attacks himself)

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Unknown

Attack Speed: Varies. Supersonic to Faster Than Light (Can tag Mario and Luigi)

Reaction Speed: Varies. Supersonic to Faster Than Light

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee, Several Meters with his bomb throws

Intelligence: Above Average Intelligence (Seemingly has a vast amount of knowledge of stardust field, proclaiming himself as the king of it)


Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance; Like every other character can breathe in space) Explosion Manipulation (Throws spiked bombs for his attacks), Statistics Reduction (Has a 30% chance of inflicting stat down and speed down), Status Effect Inducement (Has a 30% chance of inflicting dizzy), Fire Manipulation (Has a 30% chance of inflicting burn), Rage Power (Mid battle he gains, the fury status), Paint (Like everyone else can use paint which gives the following: Non-Standard Interaction (Abstract Interaction; Paint makes up everything, with characters in Mario can remove paint from anyone with any attack. Paint is all of life, and removal of it can cause a person or object to have no life within, having their concept of life be removed. Metaphysical interaction; Paint makes up the mind, as paint beings can directly speak to your mind by coloring your thoughts. Loss of paint can also remove your mind and memories. Paint makes up souls and ghosts. Removing it is the equivalent of destroying your soul. Paint makes up all emotions. Removing it would mean the removal of emotion. Spatial Interaction (3-D); Paint makes up all of space. Removing it makes space as if it was solid), Blood Manipulation (Paint makes up all of blood within someone, removing it is the same as removing their blood), Nullification (Power Nullification; Paint makes up the ability to use powers. Removing it would mean the removal of using powers).

Resistance to Cosmic Radiations, Biological Manipulation, & Gravity Manipulation (Can survive in the vacuum of space like every other character), Conceptual Manipulation (Can survive attacks from Mario which every one of his attacks are conceptual attacks that take away paint)


Equipment

Spiked Bombs


Other

Standard Tactics: Tolstar will throw spiked bombs, when he laughs he will throw a jumping spiked bomb and if he doesn’t laugh he will throw a grounded spiked bomb.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Note: In Paper Mario Color Splash, the main point of the game is paint. Paint is a concept. As shown in the game, paint encompasses everything. And I mean everything. Paint is shown to be all of land, liquid, life (Once bringing Toad back via paint, Huey states that paint gives life. Additionally, paint can return the blood, organs, and skin to an old fossil that's been dead years ago), mind (Paint can speak to your mind by coloring your thoughts. Paint was able to take over Bowser's body and freely act on their own. Big Paint Stars are also shown to be alive), memory (Toad couldn't remember anything with the loss of paint on his head. Returning paint gave his memories back), emotions, space (even simple holes require paint to function as holes) and souls. Removing any paint would stop making anything work. It's everything.

Battle Records

  1. "If you're familiar with things like Popeye and some of the old comic characters, you would oftentimes see this cast of characters that takes on different roles depending on the comic or cartoon," Miyamoto said. "They might be businessman in one [cartoon] or a pirate in another. Depending on the story that was being told, they would change roles. So, to a certain degree, I look at our characters in a similar way and feel that they can take on different roles in different games."