Editing Broque Monsieur

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|image=[[File:Broque Monsieur MLBIS Artwork.png|230px]]<br>Artwork from ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''

|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

|species=[[Brock]]

{{quote|Ah, [[Bowser|sweet monsieur]]! 'Elp me! I need 'elp! Helpez-moi, s'il vous plaît!|Broque Monsieur|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}}

'''Broque Monsieur''' is a [[Brock]] character in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. He speaks English with a thick French accent, and able to speak French itself, as well as Spanish. According to the Japanese official site, he is the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]'s leading [[block]] collector; he is also a collector of block-shaped kittens called [[Blitty|Blitties]]. Broque Monsieur owns a block-shaped dog named [[Broggy]], and manages [[Broque Monsieur's Shop|a store]] where [[Bowser]] (whom he often refers to as "Monsieur Turtle Bits") can shop at to get items and equipment. His name is a pun on the name "Brock" (or the word block) and {{wp|croque monsieur}}, a French sandwich. Bowser often refers to him as "blockface".

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====

|[[File:M&LBIS Broque Monseiur Battle Head Transformation.gif]] [[File:MLBISBJJBroqueMonseiurBattleHeadTransformation.gif]]

|Broque Monsieur rotating his head in both versions

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An unknown period of time before the events of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', he and [[Broque Madame]] dated, but have since separated as he gave her up for blocks. This is revealed when Mario and Luigi chat with her inside her house in [[Blubble Lake]].

[[File:MLBiS - Broque Monsier First Encounter.png|thumb|left|Broque Monsieur asking [[Bowser]] to assist him when a bridge broke, preventing him from leaving an island]]

While on an island in [[Plack Beach]], cleaning his [[block]] collection, the bridge connecting the island to the beach breaks apart, leaving Broque Monsieur stranded in the ocean on the island. When Bowser walks past the island, he yells for his help, who only does it for a prize offered by Broque Monsieur, the [[Vacuum Block]]. He tells Bowser to grab the rope and pull it. At first, Bowser cannot pull the island any closer, but with the help of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] on the inside of [[Arm Center|his arms]], he pulls the island back to the shore. As promised, Broque gives him the block, but Bowser complains that it is just a regular block and nothing else. He then fights Bowser to help him master the Vacuum Block technique, rotating his head to make himself look more fierce before the battle commences.

[[File:MLBiS - Vacuum Block Effect Screenshot.png|thumb|Broque Monsieur getting inhaled during the Vacuum Block tutorial]]

Broque Monsieur starts by giving a tutorial on how to vacuum, and then gives Bowser a [[Retry Clock]]. After the tutorial, he fights by using items he gets out of [[? Block]]s. The most frequent of these are [[Mega Mushroom]]s that make him grow giant so he can ram into Bowser. To [[counterattack]], Bowser must punch Broque just as he is about to ram into him, and doing this will knock Broque's body far away from the battlefield, with his head laying on the ground. While Broque's body is trying to get to his head, Bowser can punch the head to gain one [[coin]] each time he hits it. Sometimes, a [[mushroom]] will come out of the block to heal Broque Monsieur for 30 [[Heart Point|HP]]; however, it may go in the opposite direction and heal Bowser instead. A coin can even pop out, which does nothing and wastes Broque's turn. Every time he gets inhaled by Bowser, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] have a chance of fighting him inside [[Bowser's body]], though he will escape after a few turns. Each time the brothers hit Broque Monsieur, they will receive a coin. After a few more turns, Broque Monsieur will state he is impressed, and announce that the battle is over.

Later on Plack Beach, after gaining the ability to [[Fire Breath|breathe fire]], Broque Monsieur can be seen calling out for [[Broggy]]. He later finds Broggy, who rams into him. Broggy goes on to fight Bowser, but before the fight commences, Broque tells Bowser to not punch Broggy, and instead use his Fire Breath. Bowser beats Broggy, causing him to run away, with Broque chasing after him.

[[File:BroqueBroggyShop.png|thumb|left|Broque Monsieur's shop]]

Broque is later seen in [[Dimble Wood]], running [[Broque Monsieur's Shop|his own shop]] where he sells consumable items for Bowser. Right next to that shop is [[Broggy's Shop|a shop run by Broggy]], that sells gear. When buying items at his shop, he introduces the [[Bonus Card|Scratch Card]]s, which allows him to refund any coins spent while shopping if he lands either a [[Mushroom]], [[Fire Flower|Flower]] or [[Super Star|Star]]. Before Bowser leaves though, Broque asks him if he could do him a favor: collect [[Blitty|Blitties]] hidden inside enemies by using the vacuum technique. In exchange for collecting all fifteen Blitties, he will lend Broggy to Bowser for a walk. During [[Super Bowser|Giant Bowser]]'s battle against [[Bowser's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Bowser's Castle]], Broque Monsieur can be seen with Broggy, continuously saying "Big! Oui, so big!" once he sees the gigantic Bowser.

Scattered across many areas in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] are [[Shop Block]]s, which, once punched, will activate it, showing Broque Monsieur on its screen. Broque Monsieur will first ask if Bowser wants to be freshened using the "[[Negative Ions|negative-ion]] treatment", before selling both items and gear to him.

 

 

 

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Broque Monsieur reappears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', the original game's [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] remake, with the same role. He does not take damage from Bowser's punch at all despite having 80 HP and the battle will immediately end if either Bowser masters the Vacuum technique and punches him once or if the Vacuum Block command is successfully executed four times. The Mushroom he gets to restore his HP is now a [[Drumstick]] that recovers some of Bowser's HP. The scenes where he comments on seeing Giant Bowser in Dimble Wood, as well as being trapped inside a bubble, along with the other inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom, are removed in the remake.

 

====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====

 

Broque Monsieur appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. He welcomes Mario, Luigi, and Peach to Pi'illo Island and also provides enemies, which Toadsworth uses to further explain battling. He rotates his head to look more fierce offscreen before the Bros. arrive for this. Once the [[Gromba]]s he unleashes are defeated, he rotates his head to be nice again and states that this was all an act. Broque mentions, upon the bros' arrival, that they are familiar; however, he disregards this. His species, the [[Brock]]s, also appear in this game. Later in the game, he is also seen telling his co-workers that Mario and Luigi are crazy because of them hitting blocks from beneath, to which he turns around and sees Mario and Luigi listening, and runs out from embarrassment. In this game, he seems to have lightened up towards Mario and Luigi, and seeing them as strong allies; possibly starting to like them, but still finding them crazy for hitting blocks. Also, when the [[Dreambeats]] are playing, he is seen listening to them, making him fall asleep and a [[Dream Orb]] appears.

 

A Dream World version of Broque Monsieur appears in [[Dreamy Pi'illo Castle]] to teach Mario how to fight in the Dream World, and also runs a couple of shops: one in this same Dream World and the other in [[Dreamy Neo Bowser Castle]].

 

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====

[[Yoshi Theater (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Yoshi Theater]] features a poster in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', depicting a movie starring Broque Monsieur, Broque Madame, and Broggy.

 

 

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Broque Monsieur appears as a Novice-class Shield-type {{iw|smashwiki|primary spirit}} with one support slot. His artwork is taken from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. The [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] raises a fighter's overall power without granting any special effect. Its puppet fighter is [[Pac-Man]], fought on the Battlefield version of the [[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros.]] stage.

 

Broque Monsieur often uses "{{wp|Engrish}}" words, phrases, and sentences in both Japanese and Korean releases<ref>Example: {{cite|quote=「オウ　マイ　ドッグ！／ワッツ　ハップ～～～ン！」 ("Oh my dog! What's happen!")|title=''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''|author=Broque Monsieur|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> He also uses some French words in said versions.<ref>Example: {{cite|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|quote=「ムッシュ」 ("Monsieur") / 「シルブプレ」 ("S'il vous plaît")|author=Broque Monsieur|title=''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''}}</ref> His trait of adding English sentences was carried over to the Korean version. In the English version, as well as the Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Russian, and Portuguese versions, he speaks with a French accent. In the European-French version, Broque Monsieur speaks broken French, saying sentences in an English context, using "le" instead of "la", and saying English words sometimes. In the Canadian French version, Broque Monsieur speaks stereotypical European French (similar to his portrayal in other translations), due to differences between the French spoken in Quebec and France. In the German version, Broque Monsieur speaks correct German, without any accent, but in a noble and polite manner.

 

 

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====

 

 

 

{{foreign names

|JapM=Portmanteau of "brick" and "block", or male name "Brock"; officially romanized as "Brirock"<ref>{{cite|language=ja|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/cljj/character/index.html|title=マリオ＆ルイージRPG3!!! : 登場するキャラクター|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 29, 2024}}</ref>

|SpaA=Monsieur le Bloqué

|SpaE=Charles Bloquette

|SpaEM=Charles Blockette

|FreA=Monsieur duBloc

|FreAM="duBloc" is a reference to many common French family names starting with "Du", like "Dubois" or "Dupont"

|GerM=Blockhard

|Ita=Luc Blocque

|ItaM=From the French given name ''Luc'' ("Luke") and homophone of ''bloc'' ("block")

|RusM=Transliteration of NOA French name

|KorR=Beullokeu

|KorM=In Korean, Blocks are called "블록" (''Beullok'') and it is shown to be spelled similar to English. However, the official romanization is "Brirock", just like the Japanese romanization.

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