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Battle Master

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Not to be confused with The Master or Master Toad.

Battle Master
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Species	Toad
Appears in	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“Hey there, kid. You got a minute to learn what it means to fight? Like, to fight with your whole heart?”

—Battle Master, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

The Battle Master,^[1] also known as the Battle Master Toad^[2] is a Toad who appears in the Nintendo Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He wears a purple tangzhuang coat and guapi mao cap. He introduces himself after Professor Frankly instructs Mario and Goombella to go to Petal Meadows, and can be found in various locations throughout the world afterwards.

When Mario talks to the Battle Master, he is given two choices. One is to go into a practice battle against three Goomboards, indestructible enemies that deal no damage, similar to the Action Command Dojo and Battle Lab from previous Paper Mario games. Mario can either take turns practicing his attacks with no FP or SP cost, or have the Battle Master jump at him holding a Goomboard to practice his guards. During these battles, Mario is able to use any move for each badge in his possession, even if the corresponding badge is not equipped, and Attack FX badges along with W Emblem and L Emblem are disabled. This battle also has a unique theme, titled "Master of Action Commands," which is composed with Chinese instruments. The other option is to read various tips for battles, including explanations for the stage and action commands. For the duration of the time that Mario has lost his name, the Battle Master instead refers to Mario as "Nameless Frank".

Locations

The Battle Master can be found in the following locations:

Rogueport, Rogueport East next to the pipe leading to Rogueport Underground.
Petalburg, outside Toce T.'s house.
The Great Tree, near the exit to Boggly Woods, after Flurrie joins the party.
Glitzville, near the juice shop.
Twilight Town, by the pumpkin patch in the second area.
Keelhaul Key, outside Keelhaul Galleria.
Riverside Station, near the train platform.
Fahr Outpost, outside Northwinds Mart.

When Mario first arrives in Twilight Town at the start of Chapter 4, the Battle Master will have already been turned into a pig by Doopliss. Until Doopliss is defeated for the first time and the curse upon Twilight Town is lifted, the Battle Master cannot be interacted with, and he will not appear at any other location.

Tattle

"That's the Battle Master. He's a master of battling. Let me know if I'm going too fast here. He'll teach you the secrets of battling and help you practice tricky Action Commands. So if you're having trouble mastering any aspects of battles, just ask the Battle Master! I mean, obviously."

As a pig

"This little fella seems oddly relaxed, don't you think? Something tells me this is not a normal pig..."

Gallery

The practice battle stage
The Battle Master in a credits image
Concept art showing early designs of the Battle Master
The Battle Master on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Multimedia

Master of Action Commands - The music that plays during the Battle Master's practice battles.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Ref.
Japanese	バトルたつじん Batoru tatsujin	Battle Master	^[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	战斗达人奇诺比奥 Zhàndǒu Dárén Qínuòbǐ'ào	Battle Master Toad	^[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	戰鬥達人奇諾比奧 Zhàndǒu Dárén Qínuòbǐ'ào	Battle Master Toad	^[?]
Dutch	Knokcoach	Brawl Coach	^[?]
French (Canada)	Maître Martial	Martial Master	^[?]
French (Europe)	Maître Castagne	Brawl Master	^[?]
German	Kampf-Coach	Battle Coach	^[?]
Italian	Maestro di lotta	Battle Master	^[?]
Korean	배틀달인 Baeteul-Darin	Battle Master	^[?]
Spanish	Maestro del combate	Combat master	^[?]

References

^ 7 new details in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Nintendo of America. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ Nintendo Magazine 2024 summer (Digital English edition). nintendo.co.jp. Page 9. Retrieved July 12, 2024. (Archived July 12, 2024, 02:32:45 UTC via Wayback Machine.)

[Edit] Toads
Toad characters
Miscellaneous/multiple series		Caddie Master • Chancellor • Jammin' Toad • Pixel Toad • Purple Toad (Super Mario Maker 2) • Toad • Toad wearing headphones • Toadette • Toadsworth • Toad Brigade (Captain Toad · Brigade Blue Toad · Brigade Green Toad · Brigade Purple Toad · Brigade Yellow Toad) • Yellow Toad and Blue Toad
Super Mario RPG		Cinder Toad • Elder • Gardener • Gaz • Granny • Moleville Toad • Monstermama • Mushroom Boy • Raini • Raz • Rose Town innkeeper • Toadofsky • Vault Guard • Very game-obsessed young Toad
Mario Party series		Battle T. • Fun Gus • Jack • Mr. E • Mrs. Shroomlock • Mushbert • Mushroom Bank Toads • Mushroom Genie • Mushroom Jeanie • Mushroom Shop clerk • Professor Fungi • Puff • Shroomlock
Paper Mario series	Paper Mario	Castle maids • Club 64 bartender • Composer • Dane T. • Fice T. • Frost T. • Great Gossip Trio • Harry • Little T. • Master Poet • Minh T. • Mini T. • Mort T. • Mr. E • Muss T. • Pop Diva • Rangers • Russ T. • Tayce T. • The Master • Three Beautiful Sisters • Trading Event Toad • Vanna T.
	The Thousand-Year Door	Battle Master • Doe T. • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Ghost T. • Heff T. • Herb T. • Jolene • Niff T. • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Porter • Prince Mush • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesman • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Zess T. • Zip Toad
	Sticker Star	Crybaby Toad • Forebear • Shady Toad • Sling-a-Thing Toad • Steward • Sticker Museum curator • Swindler Toad • Traveling Toad • Troublesome Toad
	Color Splash	Action Toad • Barista Toad • Bloo • Bloo Bay Beach barista • Bridge Kinopio • Card Connoisseur Toad • Chosen Toads (Justice Toad · Mountain Sage · Shipwrecked Toad) • Daffodil Peak park ranger • "Deep Cuts" Toad • Five Fun Guys• Foreman (Paper Mario: Color Splash) • Fort Cobalt barista • Greenie • Green Energy Plant researcher • Guide Toad • Know-it-All Toad • Legendary captain • Lighthouse keeper • Mustard Café chef • Peddler Kinopio • Plum Park greeter • Port Prisma barista • Prof. Kinopio • Purp • Railfan • Redd • Rescue Squad (Red Rescue Squad Apprentice Toad · Rescue Blue · Rescue Green · Rescue Purple · Rescue Red · Rescue Squad Chief · Rescue Yellow) • Rock Paper Wizard • Sunset Express conductor • Tangerino Grill Chef • Tangerino Grill host • Tea Party Toads • Toadmaster General • Wringer • Violet Passage captain • Yella
	The Origami King	Battle Lab Toad • Captain T. Ode • Chef Kinopio • DJ Toad • Earth Vellumental Temple curator • Feelin' Fungi • Fortune Toad • Kanchō Kinopio • Love Toad • Master Toad • Oarsman • Origami Craftsman • Professor Toad • Sea Captain Toad • Senchō Kinopio • Toad mechanic • Toad Researcher • Toad's BBQ Foodeatery caretaker
Mario & Luigi series		? Card Toad • Attack Piece Toad • Delivery Toad • Doctor • Dr. Toadley • Dr. Toadley's intern • Gramma Red and Gramma Green • Hide-and-seek Toad • Hollijolli Mayor • Know-It-All Toads • Lookout Toad • Monologue Toad • PR Toad • Starshade Bros. • Toadbert • Toadiko • Toadsworth the Younger
Other media	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	Bingo • Caveboy • Cowpoke • George Washingtoad • Gramps • Mayor Fettuccine • Moldy • Mr. Mayor • Mushroom rebel • Obi-Wan Toadi • Outback mayor • Pine • Pronto • Scooter • Señor Mayor • The Three Mushrooms
	The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3	Baker • Emperor Ed • Mushroom nanny • Mushroom referee • Painter • Prince Hugo • Servant • Sultan • Mushroom Marauder and Jake the Crusher Fungus • Toad's cousin
	Super Mario Bros. (Valiant Comics)	Benny (It's Always Fair Weather) • Benny (Just Deserts) • Chef Spore • Elliot • Fifty-Mile-Musher • Moonfungie • Wooster
	Super Mario Kodansha manga	Cannon Boy z • Jī • Judge Kinopio • Kinoko Police (Commando Kinopio) • Kinoko Police Captain • Kinoko Sennin de Arushindo • Kinopio-kun (KC Mario) • Kinopio-san • Kinoppe • Shochō • Uerubā
	Miscellaneous	Chanterelle (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) • Chef Toad • Kinopio-kun • Minister of Massage • Toadman • Toad General • Toadster • Todojewski
Toad variants
Caveman • Dryite • Imposter Toad • Mermushroom • Mini Toad • Mummy-Me • Paper Toad • Shangri-Spa Toad • Toad

[Edit] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube / Nintendo Switch)
Main characters		Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • X-Nauts • Yoshi Kid
Species		Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters		Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars		Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses	Regular	Lord Crump • Blooper (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door boss) • Gold Fuzzy • Three Shadows (Beldam • Marilyn • Vivian/Doopliss) • The Iron Adonis Twins • Rawk Hawk • Gloomtail • Grodus • Bowser • Kammy Koopa
	Chapter	Hooktail • Magnus von Grapple • Macho Grubba • Doopliss • Cortez • Smorg • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen
	Optional	Gus • Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Prince Mush^a • Whacka^a
Non-playable characters	Rogueport	Arfur • Badge clerk • Bomberto • Chet Rippo • Darkly • Dazzle • Eddy the Mask • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Grifty • Herb T. • Ian Foomus^a • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi and his party (Blooey · Hayzee · Jerry · Screamy · Torque) • Lumpy • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Peeka • Pianta syndicate (Don Pianta · Francesca · Frankie · Rocko · Tony · Vinny) • Plenn T. • Podley • Professor Frankly • Robbo Thieves (Garf · Goose · Gus · Ishnail · Pierre) • Swindell • Toadsworth • Wonky • Zess T.
	Glitz Pit teams	The Bob-omb Squad (Master Crash) • Chomp Country • Craw-Daddy • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • The Fuzz • The Goomba Bros. • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare (Hamma Jamma) • The Hand-It-Overs (Bandy Andy) • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Koopinator • The KP Koopas (King K) • The Magikoopa Masters • The Mind-Bogglers • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • The Punk Rocks (Cleftor) • Rawk Hawk • The Shellshockers (Shellshock) • Spike Storm • The Tiny Spinies (Spiky Joe) • Wings of Night (Sir Swoop)
	Other / wandering	Battle Master^a • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Creepy Steeple Boo • Doe T. • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Grubba • Heff T. • Jabble • Johnson • Jolene • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Korvallis • Kroop • Lady Bow • Mayor Dour • Maude • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Pennington • Petuni • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Podler • Porter • Prince Mush • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Reporter • Rob • Scarlette • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesman^a • Toadette • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Whacka • Zip Toad
Enemies		Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para- · Spiky) · Hyper (Para- · Spiky) · Para- · Spiky) • Goomboard^a • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para-) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para-) · Para- · Shady (Para-)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations	Rogueport	Lovely Howz of Badges • Pianta Parlor • Podley's Place • Rogueport Underground (Deepdown Depot · Herb T.'s place · Pit of 100 Trials) • Trouble Center • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Westside Goods
	Chapter 1	Petal Meadows • Petalburg (Niff T.'s shop) • (Path to) Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle
	Chapter 2	Boggly Woods (Flurrie's House) • Great Tree (Pungent's Great Tree Shop)
	Chapter 3	Glitzville (Fresh Juice Shop · Hot Dog Stand · Souvenir shop) • Glitz Pit
	Chapter 4	Twilight Town (Twilight Shop) • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple
	Chapter 5	Keelhaul Key (Keelhaul Galleria) • Pirate's Grotto
	Chapter 6	Excess Express (Sales Stall) • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights (Poshley Sanctum)
	Chapter 7	(Path to) Fahr Outpost (Northwinds Mart) • Moon (X-Naut Fortress)
	Chapter 8	Palace of Shadow (Tower)
	Bowser	World 1 • World 2 • World 3
	Miscellaneous	Bowser's Castle • Inn • Item Shop • Mario Bros.' House
Items and objects	Items	Badge • Coin • Flower • Heart • Meat • Pianta token • Shine Sprite • Star Piece • Stone keys
Items and objects	Objects	Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Metal Block • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Stone Block • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Moves	General	Action Command • Appeal • Charge • First Strike • Flee • Guard • Stylish move • Superguard
	Mario	Jump (Spin · Spring) • Hammer (Super · Ultra) • Plane Mode • Paper Mode • Tube Mode • Boat Mode
	Special	Sweet Treat • Earth Tremor • Clock Out • Power Lift • Art Attack • Sweet Feast • Showstopper • Supernova
	Goombella	Headbonk • Tattle • Multibonk • Rally Wink
	Koops	Shell Toss • Power Shell • Shell Shield • Shell Slam
	Flurrie	Body Slam • Gale Force • Lip Lock • Dodgy Fog
	Yoshi Kid	Ground Pound • Gulp • Mini-Egg • Stampede
	Vivian	Shade Fist • Veil • Fiery Jinx • Infatuate
	Bobbery	Bomb • Bomb Squad • Hold Fast • Bob-ombast
	Ms. Mowz	Love Slap • Kiss Thief • Tease • Smooch
Game mechanics	Stats	Badge Point • Defense • Flower Point • Heart Point • Power • Star Point • Star Power
	Status effects	Allergic • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Frozen • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Tiny
	Battle	Audience • Bingo! • Level up • Stage
	Minigames	65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Happy Lucky Lottery • Pianta Parlor games • Stump Petuni
	Miscellaneous	Loading zone
Music		"Rogueport" • "Master of Action Commands"^a • "Battle - Chapter 1" • "Battle - Hooktail" • "Battle - Magnus von Grapple" • "Catch That Egg!" • "Event Battle - The Champ" • "Battle - Prince Mush"^a • "Riverside Station Platform" • "Riverside Station Premises"^a • "Poshley Heights" • "Final Battle - Shadow Queen" • "Mario's House" • "Ms. Mowz" • "Super Luigi" • "Meanwhile, Princess Peach..." • "Attack-a of the Whacka!"^a
Lists and sub-articles		Art Gallery^a • Badges • Battle tips^a • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Enemy item drop tables • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Music names in other languages • Names for Grifty's tales in other languages • Nintendo Music (soundtrack (GameCube · Nintendo Switch)) • Partner Hints^a • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallery^a • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Text changes^a • Treasure chest locations • Unnamed NPCs
Miscellaneous		Nintendo Characters: Paper Mario RPG • Flash game • Paper Mario RPG Special Comic • Parade • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • What's new? Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
^a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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