Editing Broque Monsieur

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|image=[[Image:Brirock_ML3.jpg|230px]]

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

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])

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

'''Broque Monsieur''' is a [[Brock]] character in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' speaking English with a thick French accent and able to speak French itself. 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 a store where [[Bowser]] can shop at to get healing items. His name is a pun on the name Brock (or the word block) and [[Wikipedia:Croque-monsieur|croque-monsieur]], a French sandwich.

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''===

|title='''''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|Bowser's Inside Story]]'' Enemy'''

|image=[[Image:Broque_Monsieur_BiS.png]]

|location=[[Plack Beach]]

|hp=158

|gear=None

|related=[[Broque Madame]], [[Broggy]], [[Blitty|Blitties]]

An unknown period of time before Broque Monsieur's first appearance, he and [[Broque Madame]] dated, but have since separated. This is revealed when Mario and Luigi chat with her.

He is first shown to be stuck on an island while Bowser walks past. He yells for Bowser's help, who only does it for  a prize offered by Broque, the [[Vacuum Block]]. Broque tells Bowser to grab the rope and pull. At first, Bowser cannot pull the island any closer, but with the help of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] on the inside of his arms, he pulls the island back to the shore. Broque then fights Bowser to help him master the Vacuum Block technique.

He is shown in a battle against Bowser. He explains the "vacuum" command to Bowser. He fights by using items he gets out of [[Question Block|? Block]]s. Sometimes he uses a [[mushroom]] to recover 30 [[Heart Point|HP]]. However, he could go in the opposite direction of the mushroom and instead, it heals Bowser. Sometimes he uses a [[Mega Mushroom]] and makes himself giant. To counter Broque's colossal attack, the player has to make Bowser punch Broque just as he's about to ram into him. Doing this will make Broque's body be knocked far away from the battle field. While Broque's body is trying to get to his head, Bowser can punch it for extra [[coin]]s. He loses a turn when he uses a coin. When being battled, he rotates his head to make himself look more fierce.

During Giant Bowser's first battle (in [[Dimble Wood]]), Broque is seen with [[Broggy]], continuously saying "Big! Oui, so big!"

Much later in the game, after [[Dark Bowser]] unleashes the dark wind on the Mushroom Kingdom, he's shown in a bubble with several [[Toad (species)|Toads]] and the [[Blue Paratroopa]]s.

[[File:CharlesBloquette.gif|left|frame|Broque Monsieur rotating his head]]

Broque also runs [[Broque Monsieur's Shop|his own shop]] where he sells items for Bowser. He also has some shops around the Mushroom Kingdom in the shape of a block. He owns two different shops. One for gear, [[Broggy's Shop|mained by Broggy]], and one for items such as [[Syrup]]. Through the block-shaped shops called "[[Shop Block]]s", Broque Monsieur can release "[[Negative Ions]]" to heal Bowser completely at the cost of 10 coins, much like [[Royal Mushroom Tea]] for Mario and Luigi.

While Broque is amicable towards Bowser, he has a strong dislike of Mario because he considers Mario's habit of breaking blocks and lowering their "value" to be abhorrent. Because of this, Broque will refuse to sell items to the brothers and impolitely insist they leave his shop immediately and never come back (though he will immediately apologize for his rudeness). Additionally, the Mario Bros.' [[hammer]] is not strong enough to hit a Shop Block, thus eliminating the other method of shopping through Broque Monsieur.

If the player gives him 15 Blitties, he will give Broggy to Bowser so he can use the special move [[Broggy Bonker]].

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

Broque Monsieur appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. He welcomes Mario, Luigi, and Peach to Pi'illo Island. He also provides enemies, which Toadsworth uses to further explain battling. Once the [[Gromba]]s he unleashes are defeated, he states that this was all an act, although the dark aura around him during that time suggests that he was possessed by [[Antasma]]. Broque mentions, upon the bros' arrival, that they are familiar; however, he disregards this. Not much else is known about his role in the game. Broque's species, the [[Brock]]s appear in this game also. 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.

==Manner of speaking==

*In the Japanese version of the game, he speaks using "[[wikipedia:Engrish|Engrish]]" words, phrases and sentences fairly often (for instance, in a scene he says "Oh my dog! What's happen!"<ref>「オウ　マイ　ドッグ！／ワッツ　ハップ～～～ン！」</ref>).

*In the English version, as well as the Spanish, Dutch and Italian 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 American-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.

{{main|List of quotes in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story#Broque_Monsieur}}

*''"Your tongue, bit upon it!"''

{{foreignname

|JapM=Official rōmaji is "Brirock." A portmanteau of English "Brick" and "Block." May also be derived from the name "Brock".

|SpaE=Charles Bloquette

|SpaEM=Charles Blockette, pun of Charles Martinet, the voice actor of Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi; and block

|SpaA=Monsieur le Bloque

|FraE=Charlie Bloc

|FraEM=Charlie Block

|FraA=Monsieur duBloc

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

|GerM= Blockhard

|Ita=Luc Bloque

|ItaM=The French given name ''Luc'' (Luke) and ''bloque'', a distortion of the French "bloc"

|KorR=Beulrokeu

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

|Rus=месье Дюблок

|RusR=Monsieur Dublock

|RusM="Dublock" is a reference to many common French family names starting with "Du", like ''Dubois'' or ''Dupont''.

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