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{{quote|As [[Royal Sticker|their]] caretaker, it's my duty to find all of them, or else I can't return to the [[Sticker Star]]!|Kersti|Paper Mario: Sticker Star}}
{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:3DS_PaperMario_3_char02_E3.png|200px]]
|full_name=Kersti
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' (2012)
|species=[[Sticker Fairy]]
|affiliation=[[Mario]], [[Royal Sticker]]s
}}
'''Kersti''' is a [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|sticker]] fairy who appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. Kersti grants Mario the ability to use the [[Battle Spinner]] and [[paperize|paperization]]. She is [[Mario]]'s initial companion in the game, and his only companion for the vast majority of it. Kersti's name is an anagram of the word "sticker" but with the letter C removed. 

==History==
According to her introduction, Kersti came from the [[List of implied locations#Sticker Star|Sticker Star]] on the night of the [[Sticker Fest]], as part of the process of granting everybody's wishes. Kersti first meets Mario at the site of the Sticker Fest, stuck to a sign after [[Bowser]] destroys the [[Sticker Comet]] and steals one of the [[Royal Sticker]]s for himself. After Mario peels her off, Kersti goes off on him, believing it was he who destroyed the Sticker Comet, but after Mario offers to help search for the Royal Stickers, she forgives him, and they set off to find the six Royal Stickers.

At the end of their adventure, Kersti sacrifices herself in the final battle with Bowser, allowing Mario to use her as a sticker to increase his power and overcome the power granted to Bowser by the last Royal Sticker. However, after the battle, Mario brings Kersti back to life by wishing on the Royal Stickers. Having returned to the site of the rebuilt Sticker Fest, she scolds Bowser for trying to steal the Sticker Comet again. She then jokes about changing her career, and Mario, Peach, and Bowser laugh.

==General Information==
===Personality===
Kersti is shown to be benevolent, but also has a feisty side to her. She has an aggressive dislike of [[Kamek]]. She is also known to be extremely scolding to Mario at times but gives him very useful advice and tips and grants him with several abilities.

===Powers and Abilities===
Kersti has the ability to "paperize" stickers by pressing {{button|3ds|Y}}, turning the stickers into objects that can be placed into designated locations. She also has the ability to create a tool used during any battle she is present in called the Battle Spinner; this is a slots-type minigame where Mario must match up two or more images in order to use more stickers per turn, and if Mario gets three of the same image, a special effect will occur.

Like [[Goombario]], [[Goombella]] and [[Tippi]] before her, she can perform [[tattle]]s (by pressing {{button|3ds|L}}), however she usually only provides  insight on what the player should do next, as she cannot tattle enemies or places. Due to the nature of the tattle, only one particular one is available at any one time during the game, and changes as the player continues through the game. Thus in [[Rustle Burrow|certain]] [[Rumble Volcano|scenarios]] when Mario is separated from Kersti, he can't use these abilities. In the final battle with Bowser, Kersti sticks herself into Mario's album, and when used by Mario, creates a special battle spinner that always wins by landing on her image. Mario is slightly healed, and 5 sticker slots are created which do not diminish after a turn. Then for the rest of the battle, Mario becomes shiny, allowing him to do normal damage to Bowser despite his [[Royal Sticker]].

==Sticker Description==
"''Sacrifices herself to give Mario all her power, leaving everything to him.''"

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ルーシー
|JapR=Rūshī
|JapM=From the female name Lucy and an anagram of "seal" (シールー, ''shīrū'').
|SpaA=Tina
|SpaAM=From the female name Tina and a pun of ''pegatina'' (a synonym for ''estampa'' [sticker]).
|Fra=Collette
|FraM=Word play: "''Colette''" is a French female first name, and "''Collette''" comes from the verb "''coller''" meaning "to stick", and "''-ette''", a diminutive female suffix.
|Ita=Corinne
|ItaM=Female name, pun on the word "''Corona''" ("Crown").
|Chi=紙貼貼
|ChiR=Zhi Tietie
|ChiM=Paper sticker
|}}

==Trivia==
*Kersti slightly resembles a [[Pixl]] from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
*In both areas that Mario loses Kersti, the player is unable to save the game or return to the World Map. This is most likely so the player can't go to other places without Kersti.
*With powerful stickers, it is possible to defeat Bowser entirely without ever using the Kersti sticker. She will remain in the album after the battle and can be tossed like any other sticker. However, it is unknown how she would be otherwise used in the game, as stickers are not saved after the credits.
*Kersti slightly resembles [[Rosalina]]'s crown, as both are silver in color and have turquoise gems on both sides.
*Kersti shares [[Goombella]]'s catchphrase of "y'know".
*Kersti is similar to [[wikipedia:Twilight Sparkle|Twilight Sparkle]] from ''[[wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic|My Little Pony]]'' as both are beings with magical powers, both have a heroic male ally, and both are snappy, intelligent, heroines.
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