Kolorado: Difference between revisions

===''Paper Mario''===

Mario first hears of the famous adventurer during his visit to [[Koopa Village]]. [[Kooper]] mentions that Kolorado is his role model, and if Mario enters his house, he meets Kolorado's Wife, who is angry that her husband is constantly away from home. Mario and [[Parakarry]] find a [[letter]] addressed to Kolorado they found on [[Mt. Rugged]] and plan to deliver it to him.

Mario and his [[partner]]s meet Kolorado when they journey to [[Dry Dry Desert]] in an attempt to rescue the [[Star Spirit]] [[Mamar]]. Kolorado, along with a group of fellow explorers, is there to find the treasure of the famous [[Dry Dry Ruins]]. When Mario discovers the Dry Dry Ruins, he finds an [[Artifact]] that he gives to Kolorado. Kolorado gives him a [[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]] as thanks. Kolorado sends Mario a letter, stating that he finally found the ruins (Mario never tells him he had found it), but has not found any treasure there. [[Moustafa]] also sends Mario a letter saying he saw a "suspicious looking Koopa" messing around the ruins, referring to Kolorado.

Mario encounters Kolorado again in the [[Toad Town]] Port. The explorer is attempting to find a way to [[Lavalava Island]], in order to find a legendary treasure there. Mario finds a [[Whale]] who agrees to carry the two adventurers to the island after Mario cures it of a stomachache caused by [[Fuzzipede]]. Kolorado then accompanies Mario to [[Yoshi's Village]] and when a path is opened to [[Mt. Lavalava]], he rushes ahead to the volcano. On the way, he is saved by Mario from the dangerous inhabitants of [[Jade Jungle]] (although Mario has the option to ignore Kolorado and continue through the jungle, after which Kolorado would somehow escape the enemy and berate Mario for not helping him).

Kolorado reaches the volcano, but is unable to find any treasure. At one point, he is nearly killed by a [[Spiny Tromp]] trap. During Mario's battle with the [[Lava Piranha]], Kolorado attempts to aid him, but is badly burnt and runs away. After the plant's defeat, Kolorado, Mario, and the newly freed Star Spirit [[Misstar]] venture deeper into the near-erupting volcano to try to find a way out. At the end of the volcano, a [[Treasure Chest|chest]] is discovered, and a frantic Kolorado makes a near fatal reach for it as lava rises behind him. He is scooped up at the last minute by Misstar, and the band of adventurers escape from the volcano.

Through the rest of ''Paper Mario'', Kolorado is alluded to in two of [[Goombario]]'s [[Tattle]]s, in both of which Goombario impersonated Kolorado and his love for treasure. A [[Duplighost]] in Crystal Palace also disguised himself as Kolorado, bizarrely intending to trick Mario into thinking he was [[Kooper]].

After the game is beaten, Kooper becomes Kolorado's assistant and leads him to [[Shiver City]], where they being leaving on an expedition to Crystal Palace, fulfilling Kolorado's past plans. When they get there, though, they are stopped by Parakarry, who gives Kolorado a message from his infuriated wife, forcing him to forestall the expedition and return to Koopa Village. Kolorado is later seen alongside his wife in the game's ending parade, where he waves to the [[player]] atop a float based on the Whale and is sprayed into the air.

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