She assists Mario when he helps her find a missing object, unaware of his actual identity. In the story of the game, she initially works as a member of the Shadow Sirens, which includes her two sisters Beldam and Marilyn, working against Mario and his allies. Vivian first appeared in the 2004 role-playing video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The Italian version, in particular, emphasizes her status as a trans woman by having Vivian express pride in having transitioned she pushes back against her sister's bullying by saying "I'm proud to have turned into a woman!" Appearances In non-English/German localizations of the game, Vivian is still recognized as transgender. When Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was localized to English and German, Vivian's status as a trans woman was not mentioned, and the transphobia from her sister was changed to insults about her appearance. This detail was carried over to the French and Spanish translations. In the original Japanese version, Vivian is described as a boy who looks like a girl, and not explicitly transgender. Vivian is a transgender woman, and is mocked by Beldam, who misgenders her and calls her a cross-dresser. Her two older sisters, Beldam and Marilyn, wear blue and yellow hats respectively and vary in size. Vivian is a purple, ghost-like person with pink hair, white gloves, and a pink-and-white striped hat with the ability to hide herself in shadows and can manipulate flames. Vivian has been called one of the best LGBTQ characters in video games. In the Japanese version and European language translations, she is a transgender woman, while the script in English releases was altered to remove any mention of her trans status. She initially serves as an enemy to the player character Mario, later joining the player's party after he helps her. Vivian ( Japanese: ビビアン, Hepburn: Bibian) is a fictional character appearing in the 2004 role-playing video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) Vivian, as she appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
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