Count Bleck's Minions are the main antagonists of Super Paper Mario. They are a group of people employed by Count Bleck to assist him in his (supposed) goal of destroying the multiverse and remaking it as a perfect new one via the Chaos Heart.
Biography[]
In order accomplish his goals, Count Bleck traveled around gathering a group of people to assist him. Eventually, he had team comprised of Nastasia, Mimi and O'Chunks. Dimentio also approached the Count and offered his services. Count Bleck turned him down at first, but after seeing he was mentioned in the Dark Prognosticus he let him join.
The group later set their plans into motions by kidnapping Peach and Bowser and having them marry to create the Chaos Heart. Nastasia also brainwashed Bowser's minions to act as foot-soldiers and guards for them.
Later, Nastasia finds Luigi wandering around Castle Bleck and brainwashes him into becoming Mr. L. However, after being defeated by Mario, Mr. L becomes Luigi again.
Count Bleck's minions encounter Mario and co. several times throughout their adventure, with the exception of Nastasia and Count Bleck himself, who stay in Castle Bleck. Eventually, Mario, Luigi, Bowser and Peach make their way to Castle Bleck and defeat O'Chunks, Mimi and Dimentio as they make their way to Count Bleck.
Though Count Bleck is invincible, the heroes use the Pure Hearts to take away his invincibility, allowing them to defeat him. After his defeat, Bleck begs the heroes to finish him off and close the Void. However, Dimentio appears and attempts to kill Bleck with an energy blast, but Nastasia absorbs it instead. Dimentio then takes control of the Chaos Heart and reveals that he had planted a Floro Sprout in Luigi. Dimentio fuses himself, the Chaos Heart and Luigi together to form Super Dimentio.
At first, Super Dimentio seems unbeatable, as the Pure Hearts were already used up to take away Count Bleck's invulnerability. However, Count Bleck and his remaining minions manage to recreate the Pure Hearts and use them to take away Super Dimentio's invincibility. Mario and co. then fight Super Dimentio and reduce him to a head. In a last ditch effort, Dimentio attempts to use the Chaos Heart to destroy all the worlds as revenge for the heroes defeating him but Bleck and Tippi sacrifice themselves to stop it.
By the end of the game, Nastasia, O'Chunks and Mimi are the only remaining minions. The three then vow to help build a perfect world instead of destroying it and creating new one before going their separate ways.
Members[]
- Count Bleck - Leader (unknown status)
- Nastasia
- O'Chunks
- Mimi
- Dimentio (traitor, deceased)
- Mr. L (defected)
- Brobot (destroyed)
- Brainwashed members of Bowser's Army (presumably defected)
Trivia[]
- Count Bleck's Minions have similarities to the X-Nauts, the main antagonists from the previous game The Thousand Year Door.
- Bleck is similar to Grodus as both are leaders of the group, both appear in the intermissions planning their next move, the two captures Princess Peach at one point and both were thought to be the main villain of the games but in the final chapter both are attacked and betrayed by the true villain (Dimentio and the Shadow Queen) after getting defeated by Mario. The main difference is that Grodus is truly evil, shows no remorse for his actions and is cruel to his subordinates with plans to take over the world whereas Bleck is a more sympathetic villain, express remorse for what he did at the end, respects his minions and only wanted to destroy the worlds out of despair for his lost love.
- Mimi is similar to Doopliss; both are shapeshifters working for the main antagonist, they're both fought three times during the main game and in the final chapter both disguise themselves as an ally to the players (Merlon and Merlee for Mimi and Professor Frankly for Doopliss) in a final attempt to stop them.
- Dimentio is similar to Bedlam as both are magicians working for the main villain and are initially thought to be a minor villain. Later at the end of the game it's revealed that they were the true masterminds behind the events of both games and secretly plotted behind their backs.
- He's also similar to the Shadow Queen as they both possess a major character (Luigi and Peach respectively) for the final battle and at one point offer Mario a chance to join them, where agreeing to their deals results in a game over.
- O'Chunks is similar to Lord Crump as both are the most loyal to the main antagonist, can be seen as arrogant and sometimes absent minded and are fought the most times throughout both games.
- Mr. L also shares similarities with Crump as both pilot robots to battle the player and wear disguises the player can easily recognize.
- While Nastasia is the only member who doesn't share similarities with the X-Nauts, she shares similar traits with Jolene, a secretary who works with Grubba, another major antagonist in the previous game. Both are secretaries with cold and strict personalities but deep down have softer personalities whose actions end up aiding Mario (Jolene secretly helps Mario uncover Grubba's use of the Crystal Star and eventually defeat him and Nastasia sacrifices herself to save Bleck from being killed by Dimentio which in turn leads to the Pure Hearts' resurrection to help Mario defeat Dimentio).
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