Dimentio (Super Paper Mario)

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Dimentio is the main antagonist and the final boss of Super Paper Mario. Dimentio is initially one of the four main minions of Count Bleck (the central antagonist of the game), along with O'Chunks, Mimi, and Nastasia. However, over the course of the game, Dimentio eventually reveals himself to be the real villain, using his former master merely as a way to further his plans to obtain the Chaos Heart and use its power for his own agenda. He has another form known as Super Dimentio, which serves as the final boss in the game.

Unlike Count Bleck and his other minions, Dimentio only cares about himself, having no qualms about recreating the universe in his own "perfect" image regardless of the consequences, and he only tolerates or values people on the basis of how useful they are. Dimentio initially feigns mutual respect for Mario and the others, but he decides to end their games with the exception of Luigi, because at that point he was the only one of any use to him. When he openly reveals his disloyalty to Count Bleck near the end of the game, he appears to be angry at the count's intentions to wipe out the existence and leave it in ruin; it soon becomes clear he was only acting in order to coerce Mario and Luigi into joining him, and because he wished to have the Chaos Heart for himself. In addition, when ultimately defeated, he was perfectly willing to destroy all of the existence beyond repair post-mortem if he could not rule over it out of pure spite, even leaving behind a shadow of his power to ensure the Chaos Heart can exist long enough to achieve this purpose.

Dimentio is rather sadistic, taking pleasure in attacking his enemies and ending the games of Mario, Peach, Bowser, Luigi and even himself (though his game-ending explosions were not truly lethal and had only transported those caught in them elsewhere). He is also very arrogant, never believing there was even a chance of him failing to get his hands on the Chaos Heart. Despite deluding himself into believing that his goals are heroic, he understands that the heroes see him as evil.

Why He's A Hilarious Cataclysmic Magician

 * 1) Even though he is a psychopathic villain, he seems very lighthearted and sometimes makes various jokes.
 * 2) He is very mischievous and gets most of his information by eavesdropping on Count Bleck and the other minions.
 * 3) Unlike other villains, he likes to hide his psychotic intentions and likes to trick others into believing his loyalty is true, much like Bill Cipher.
 * 4) He is very intelligent. As he is a skilled actor and trickster, being able to fool all of his peers into believing his loyalty is true, and smart enough to manipulate others into getting the Chaos Heart, and he almost succeeded if Mario didn't manage to stop him.
 * 5) He has a very colorful style of speech, often throwing gleeful insults at the heroes throughout the game, and in the English version, using numerous similes.
 * 6) * In the Japanese version, he instead peppers his speech with foreign phrases like "It's showtime!" and "Comment allez-vous?" He also has a tendency to bid people farewell with a "Bon voyage!" or "Au revoir!" ("Ciao!" in the English version).
 * 7) His character design is pretty interesting, both the usual form and the final form known as "Super Dimentio", which looks creative to say the least.
 * 8) His boss battles are pretty fun.
 * 9) His theme song is also pretty good.
 * 10) Unlike many villains in the Mario franchise, he goes out of his way to outright attempt to kill Mario & Co. in their own hub world (Flipside).

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) He often speaks in a mocking or condescending manner. And he constantly smiles, only breaking his grin when hit in battle and upon defeat.

Trivia

 * His name is a pun on "dementia" and "dimension".
 * He can flip between dimensions, but he can also manipulate them (an ability he shares with Merloo) and controls Dimension D, which he designed.