Stapler (Paper Mario)

“	The barking! The biting! Those sharp, sharp staples!	„
	~ Olivia describing Stapler

Paper Mario: The Origami King - The Fanged Fastener

Background

Stapler, The Fanged Fastener, is a member of the Legion of Stationery and the penultimate boss in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It is an oversized black stapler with King Olly's insignia on its side. Unlike the other members, it does not guard any of the streamers, but is instead fought in Origami Castle as King Olly's last line of defense. It appears to have a dog-like personality, frequently emitting dog sounds throughout its battle, and is the only Legion of Stationery member to not have any dialogue.

The Stapler's shadow is seen at the beginning of the game in Peach's Castle, where it transforms Bowser's minions into Folded Soldiers, ensuring that they cannot unfold themselves. Prior, it was also the one who kept Bowser stuck in his folded form.

Later, in Origami Castle, as Mario, Olivia and Bowser corner King Olly, he sets the Stapler on them. After Mario defeats the Stapler, the staple keeping Bowser folded is destroyed, allowing Mario to Hammer him, causing him to unfold and return to his normal self.

Codex Statistics

Tier: 2-C, Higher with Red and Gold Staples

Name: Stapler

Origin: Paper Mario: The Origami King

Sex: Inapplicable

Age: Unknown

Classification: Stapler, The The Fanged Fastener, Member of the Legion of Stationary

Status: Deceased (Was destroyed after being defeated by Mario)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Stapler is a member of the Legion of Stationary, a group of office supply tools made sentient by King Olly. They work for him, guarding each of the streamers to help stop Mario and others from stopping King Olly from reshaping the world in his own image.)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Universe level (Is able to harm Mario. Mario was able to defeat King Olly who was folding the very fabric of reality in order to reshape the world into his own image), Higher with Red and Gold Staples (It's red and gold staples are stronger then it's normal ones)

Durability: Universe level (Can take attacks from Mario)

Striking Strength: Universe Class, Higher with Red and Gold Staples

Lifting Strength: At least Multi-Stellar (Can pin down Mario with staplers to the degree that he can't move. It can also pull off it's own staples)

Travel Speed: Faster Than Light (Should scale to Mario)

Combat Speed: Faster Than Light (Can keep up with Mario in combat)

Reaction Speed: Faster Than Light

Stamina: High (Was able to take many hits against Mario and could still fight.)

Range: Several Meters through Large Size

Intelligence: Animalistic (Is shown to be like a ruthless dog)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology, Large Size (Type 0. Is this big compared to Mario), Natural Weaponry, Weapon Creation, and Unlimited Ammo (Naturally has an arsenal of staples that it uses to attack with no limit on how many it can make after using them), Corruption and Mind Manipulation (Stapler was able to create folded soldiers which turns them into origami and makes them fight characters they are normally loyal to against their will such as Bowser as shown here), Body Control Negation (Stapler's staples prevented Bowser from being able to unfold), Curtain Fire (Can shoot several staples at once with Staple Gun), BFR and Law Manipulation (Folded soldiers in the Origami King are able to send their opponents to a ringed battlefield regardless of where they are and forces their opponents to align the rings to fight. Stapler is able do this as well along with being able to affect how the ring system works like other bosses.), Paint Manipulation which includes: Conceptual Manipulation (Paint makes up everything, anyone in Mario can remove paint by attacking), Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation (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), Blood Manipulation (Paint makes up all of blood within someone, removing it is the same as removing their blood), Mind Manipulation & Memory Manipulation (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), Spatial Manipulation (Paint makes up all of space. Removing it makes space as if it was solid), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Paint makes up souls and ghosts. Removing it is the equivalent of destroying your soul), Empathic Manipulation (Paint makes up all emotions. Removing it would mean the removal of emotion), Power Nullification (Paint makes up the ability to use powers. Removing it would mean the removal of using powers).
Resistance to Paint Removal and Cosmic Radiations

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Equipment

Staples

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Notable Techniques

• Dog Tag: Stapler staples their opponents to the ground, pinning them stuck.
• Untag Wag: Stapler spins on top of their stapled opponent to remove it's staples.
• Bite Barrage: Stapler does a series of multiple bites, stapling their opponent with each one in the process.
• Stapler Gun: Stapler shoots a large amount of staples at their opponents.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Stapler bites their opponents with a staple, corrupting and brainwashing them into a folded soldier. Stapler BFRs their opponent into a ringed battlefield and attacks with staples.

Weaknesses: It takes a turn to create a new set of staples.

Battle Records

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