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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' (volume 38) (2008)

{{quote|See, [[Koopa Troopa|they]]'ve already sworn eternal allegiance to [[Count Bleck]], 'K? And now you need to, so I'll just go ahead and pencil [[Hammer Bro Captain|you]] in for a 10 o'clock brainwashing.|Nastasia|Super Paper Mario}}

'''Nastasia''' is the secondary antagonist of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', and is the right-hand woman of [[Count Bleck]], the central antagonist of the game. Unusually for such a high-ranking villain, and unlike the rest of Count Bleck's minions, she is never fought directly; instead, most of Bleck's minions were brainwashed by Nastasia's hypnosis abilities. She functions as if she is Bleck's secretary, trying to keep things running according to his schedule and relaying his orders. Like many of Bleck's minions, she is very close to her master. Bleck trusted Nastasia enough to let her know the story about his identity as Lord Blumiere and his lost love, Timpani. Her name is Greek for "She who shall rise up again", possibly a reference to her only falling unconscious from a deadly attack or the story with the bat and the man Carson tells titled "Of Bats and Men". It is also a portmanteau of the words "nasty" and "Anastasia."

At the beginning of [[Super Paper Mario#Chapter 1: Lineland|Chapter 1]], Nastasia informs her master of some dimensional travel and believes it is the legendary [[Mario|hero]] and suggests they get an "action plan" to stop him. [[O'Chunks]] volunteers to give the hero "a proper chunking," but fails. Count Bleck tells Nastasia to consult [[Dark Prognosticus|the prophecy]] and see where the hero will go next, but she says she has already done so and sent [[Mimi]] to wait for him. After the count departs, Nastasia leaves O'Chunks to think about his "recent job performance" while she searches the castle for more members of the "Bowser organization" that haven't been brainwashed. She finds the [[Hammer Bro captain]] and brainwashes him. Then she finds Peach and [[Private Koopa]] on a balcony. She brainwashes the private, but Peach is teleported away, much to Nastasia's chagrin.

===''Super Mario-Kun''===

[[File:Super Mario Kun Volume 37 Nastasia.png|thumb|right|Nastasia's appearance in the ''Super Mario-Kun''.]]

Nastasia makes an appearance in the ''Super Paper Mario'' story arc of the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'', volumes 37 and 38, mirroring her role based on the game. At one point, she breaks the fourth wall by holding and reading the ''Super Mario-Kun'' volume itself.

[[File:Captain Koopa Brainwashed.png|thumb|250px|Nastasia brainwashes the [[Hammer Bro Captain]]]]

===[[List of Catch Cards in Super Paper Mario|Catch Card]]===

[[File:SPM Nastasia Catch Card.png|right|thumb|80px]]

*'''Card Type''': Rare

*'''Card Description''': Nastasia is Count Bleck's executive assistant. She's in charge of scheduling, organizing, and brain-control. Word is, she's got a secret crush on her boss.

:''Please see [[List of Super Paper Mario quotes#Nastasia|here]] for a full list of quotes.''

 

*''"If...If I could have been [[Tippi|that girl]] maybe things would be different."

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*Before the game's initial release, there were artworks of Nastasia and [[Tiptron]] floating over her, suggesting that she was Nastasia's personal [[Pixl]], but in the game, they do not necessarily encounter each other at all.