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{{location-infobox
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|image=Poshley Heights.png
|image=[[File:Poshley Heights.png|200px]]<br>Mario and Mini-Yoshi standing in front of the hotel's entrance
|width=200px
|greater_location=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
|caption= Mario and Yoshi standing in front of the hotel's entrance
|inhabitants=[[Bumpty|Bumpties]], [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s
|greaterloc=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
|inhabitants=[[Bumpty|Bumpties]], [[Toad]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=
|latest_appearance=
}}
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'''Poshley Heights''' is a posh village that [[Mario]] travels to by riding the [[Excess Express]] to get the [[Garnet Star]], in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It is also the home of many wealthy celebrities, including [[Goldbob]] and [[Toodles]]. It also has very expensive items. Many [[Bumpty|penguin]]s live here as well. [[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] vacation here after Mario and company defeat the [[Shadow Queen]]. [[Sir Grodus]], [[Lord Crump]] and the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] are also shown to have ended up in Poshley Heights after the Shadow Queen's defeat, however, when Mario goes to the place where they can be seen in [[Goombella|Goombella']]s [[Mailbox SP|e-mail]], they can't be found there.
'''Poshley Heights''' is a posh village that [[Mario]] travels to by riding the [[Excess Express]] to get the [[Garnet Star]], in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It is also the home of many wealthy celebrities, including [[Goldbob]] and [[Toodles]]. It also has very expensive items. Many [[Bumpty|Bumpties]] live here as well. [[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] vacation here after Mario and company defeat the [[Shadow Queen]]. [[Sir Grodus]], [[Lord Crump]] and the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] are also shown to have ended up in Poshley Heights after the Shadow Queen's defeat, however, when Mario goes to the place where they can be seen in [[Goombella|Goombella']]s [[Mailbox SP|e-mail]], they can't be found there.


Poshley Heights has the only [[inn]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' that has more than one room (not counting Rogueport). This inn is similar to the [[Marrymore]] suite from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
Poshley Heights has the only [[inn]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' that has more than one room (not counting Rogueport). This inn is similar to the [[Marrymore]] suite from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''.
 
==Characters found==
The in-game map description reads, ''"A town famous for all of the rich and famous people living in it. There are plenty of extravagant vacation homes and hotels in town."''
 
==Characters Found==
*A [[Toad (species)|Toad]] worker in black and blue uniform checks train tickets.
*A [[Toad (species)|Toad]] worker in black and blue uniform checks train tickets.
*The [[Businessman|Ratooey businessman]]
*The [[Businessman|Ratooey businessman]]
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*[[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]]
*[[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]]
*[[Bub]]
*[[Bub]]
*[[Bumpty]] residents
*[[Bumpty|Penguin]] residents
*[[Dupree]]
*[[Dupree]]
*A green Toad girl who sells [[Fresh Pasta]] in her stand
*A green Toad girl who sells [[Fresh Pasta Bunch|Fresh Pasta]] in her stand
*[[Traveling Sisters 3]]
*[[Traveling Sisters 3]]
*An orange Toad, who is the receptionist of the [[Inn|Royal Poshley Park Tower]]. When Mario rests here, the staff will prepare an [[Omelette Meal]] for him for the next day.
*An orange Toad, who is the receptionist of the [[Inn|Royal Poshley Park Tower]]. When Mario rests here, the staff will prepare an [[Omelette Plate|Omelette Meal]] for him for the next day.
*[[Toadia]]
*[[Toadia]]
*[[Pennington]]
*[[Pennington]]
*[[Lady Bow|Bow]] and [[Bootler]] (after the game is beaten)
*[[Lady Bow]] and [[Bootler]] (after completing the game)


==Items==
==Items==
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|[[Chocolate Cake|Choco Cake]]
|[[Chocolate Cake|Choco Cake]]
|[[File:Chocolate Cake TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Choco Cake TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|Given by [[Toadia]] after finishing [[I wanna meet Luigi!|her trouble]].
|Given by [[Toadia]] after finishing [[I wanna meet Luigi!|her trouble]].
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|In the second area, it's behind the pasta-selling little shop in the left.
|In the second area, it's behind the pasta-selling little shop in the left.
|-
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|[[Omelette Meal]]
|[[Omelette Plate|Omelette Meal]]
|[[File:Omelette Meal TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Omelette Meal TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the second area, it appears in the desk to the left of the inn counter after sleeping at the [[inn]].
|In the second area, it appears in the desk to the left of the inn counter after sleeping at the [[inn]].
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|In the third scene, it's high to the right of Poshley Sanctum.
|In the third scene, it's high to the right of Poshley Sanctum.
|-
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|rowspan=4|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]]
|rowspan=4|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Star Piece TTYD.gif|25x25px]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Star Piece TTYD.gif|25x25px]]
|In the first scene, it's under a panel in the red floor at the center.
|In the first scene, it's under a panel in the red floor at the center.
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==Area tattles==
==Area Tattles==
*''This is the Poshley Heights Station. The Excess Express to Rogueport is here. This place is sooooo upscale. It's like, the polar opposite of Rogueport. You can tell that movie stars and millionaires live here. It just REEKS of cash.  
*"''This is the Poshley Heights Station. The Excess Express to Rogueport is here. This place is sooooo upscale. It's like, the polar opposite of Rogueport. You can tell that movie stars and millionaires live here. It just REEKS of cash.''"
*''This is Poshley Heights. It's a relaxed town that positively reeks of money. There's a very nice hotel here, too. Wouldn't it be nice to stay there sometime?  
*"''This is Poshley Heights. It's a relaxed town that positively reeks of money. There's a very nice hotel here, too. Wouldn't it be nice to stay there sometime?''"
*''That's Poshley Sanctum. I guess the sanctum grounds are used as a public square. That fountain out front is unique, huh? Yeah, but that water... I bet [[Nibbles]] would still chomp your tush if you fell in...
*"''That's Poshley Sanctum. I guess the sanctum grounds are used as a public square. That fountain out front is unique, huh? Yeah, but that water... I bet [[Nibbles]] would still chomp your tush if you fell in...''"
 
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==In-game map description==
*''A town famous for all of the rich and famous people living in it. There are plenty of extravagant vacation homes and hotels in town.''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ピカリーヒルズ
|Jap=ピカリーヒルズ
|JapR=Pikarī Hiruzu
|JapR=Pikarī Hiruzu
|JapM=Pikarī Hills. "Pikarī" it's just the Japanese word "''hikari''" (光, light), written in Katakana with a [[wikipedia:Dakuten|handakuten]] in the kana "hi" and doublevocalized in the final "i": ヒカリ → ピカリー.
|JapM=Diminutive of「ピカり」(''pikari'', a Japanese term for "dazzling") + "hills"
|Fra=Picaly Hills
|Chi=
|FraM=From the Japanese name.
|ChiR=
|Ger=Bad Glimmerich
|ChiM=
|GerM=Some German and Austrian villages start with "''Bad''", which is literally meaning ''bath'' and is used as a town title for a spa town. "''Glimmer''", literally ''mica'', refers to the social status of the people living in this place. The ending "''-rich''" means that something is ''like something'', so here this all means ''Spa Town Mica-Like''.
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Picaly Hills
|FreM=From the Japanese name
|Ger={{nowrap|Bad Glimmerich}}
|GerM=From ''bad-'' (meaning "bath", a prefix in German place names indicating a spa town) + ''glimmer'' ("to gleam") and possibly ''-ich'' (a German suffix for place names)
|Ita=Sfoggy Hills
|ItaM=Diminutive of ''sfoggiare'' ("to flaunt) + "hills"
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Villa Preciosa
|Spa=Villa Preciosa
|SpaM=Valuable Village
|SpaM=Valuable Village
|Ita=Sfoggy Hills
|ItaM=From the verb ''sfoggiare'', meaning "to show off".
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In [[Goldbob]]'s pool, there are [[Nibble]]s.
*In the house adjacent to the hotel, the [[Bumpty|penguin]] at the far end of the room references [[Shiver City]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'', while [[Tattle|tattling]] the penguin near the front door reveals that he bought the house because of the sales of [[Herringway]]'s novels, as the penguin is a relative of Herringway.
*In the house adjacent to the hotel, the [[Bumpty]] at the far end of the room references [[Shiver City]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'', while [[Tattle|tattling]] the Bumpty near the front door reveals that he bought the house because of the sales of [[Herringway]]'s novels, as the Bumpty is a relative of Herringway.
 
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