Editing Flavio

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Flavio.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|Monetary wealth gives me freedom, and freedom gives me wealth of spirit!|Flavio|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Flavio''' is a "famous", narcissistic, and naïve [[Rogueport]] entrepreneur who appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He owns many ships, his favorite being the [[S.S. Flavion]], which he and [[Mario]] need to use to travel to [[Keelhaul Key]]. Flavio's name is most likely derived from the Latin word "flavus", which means "yellow", a reference to the color of his skin, as well as his cowardly nature.
==History==
[[File:PMTTYD Flavio at bar.png|x200px|thumb|left|Flavio talking to Mario in Rogueport]]
Mario can first meet Flavio at [[Podley]]'s bar. He is seen with text above him, showing him singing a pirate's song. When talked to, he rants about his prized possession, the [[Skull Gem]]. 

When Mario and his friends need to get to Keelhaul Key during Chapter 5, in order to obtain the [[Sapphire Star|fifth Crystal Star]], they need to ask Flavio to ferry them there with his ship, the S.S. Flavion. Flavio reluctantly agrees to take Mario to Keelhaul Key under the condition that he can keep all the treasures of the pirate king [[Cortez]]. After finding an [[Admiral Bobbery|experienced helmsman]] to help navigate, Mario boards the ship and the group shoves off.

On the trip to Keelhaul Key, [[Ember|Cortez's forces]] attack the ship, causing it to sink. The group is eventually washed ashore on Keelhaul Key and they set up camp there, Flavio soon getting in an argument with [[Pa-Patch]]. As the two of them go off to fight, they encounter more Embers and hide behind Mario. Afterward, Flavio decides someone should investigate the island, choosing to stay behind and sends Mario off to explore in his stead. Once Mario finds Bobbery, he returns to Flavio to ask for a [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]], saying it was Bobbery's last request. After giving Bobbery the Chuckola Cola and returning to Flavio, Mario and Bobbery tells Flavio about a mysterious skull rock near where Bobbery was found. Outvoted, Flavio partners with Mario for the moment until they reach the entrance to [[Pirate's Grotto]], the puzzle to get into it being the Skull Gem Flavio owns and the puzzle in the song that he sings.

After Mario fights Cortez and obtains the Sapphire Star, he exits the grotto and finds out that [[Lord Crump]] and his forces are bombarding the island with their ship. Flavio suggests to ask Cortez to borrow his ship, the [[Black Skull]]. After some negotiating and Flavio giving up his Skull Gem, Cortez agrees to give Mario the ship. After a battle with the X-Nauts, Lord Crump decides to retreat, and Mario and co. go back to Rogueport.

In an [[Mailbox SP|Email]] from Pa-Patch, it is implied that Flavio occasionally returns to Keelhaul Key to complain to the remaining islanders about them "''treadin' water instead o' seizin' life''", as Pa-Patch puts it.

Apparently, after the incident and bidding Mario farewell, Flavio got insurance for his boat wreck and became the second richest man in [[Rogueport]].

According to the 7th issue of the [[Rogueport Direct Mail Service|RDM]], Flavio was punched in the face by [[Zess T.]] after causing gourmet ingredients to spoil on the dock by holding up a crew with a two-day story. He temporarily lost his memory as a result. The issue also says he is twenty-five years old.

==Personality==
Flavio is constantly bragging about how brave and courageous he is, but he is actually a coward and tries not to engage in anything dangerous, instead trying to get [[Mario]] and his crew members to do it instead. He also gets mad at anyone who disagrees with him, mainly [[Pa-Patch]], and he either snaps at them or challenges them to a fight.

Despite his arrogance and admitting that he is cowardly, Flavio, in an act of bravery, negotiates with Cortez and warns him that Mario will fight him again and he will even throw the Skull Gem away if he does not help.

==Tattle==
;Rogueport, Podley's Place
*"''That's the entrepreneur, Flavio. He's like, super-rich, and he owns lots of ships. What's he doing in [[Podley's Place|here]] so early in the day, though?  Think he's doing OK?''"
;Rogueport harbor
*"''That's the entrepreneur, Flavio. He's like, super-rich. He owns lots of ships. I don't know for sure, but it looks like [[S.S. Flavion|this ship]] is his favorite.''"
;Keelhaul Key
*"''That's the entrepreneur, Flavio. He calls himself the leader of this group. He's a funny enough guy... but he mostly loafs around and makes folks do his work. Not much of a leader, huh? ...But WHAT a dresser!''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYD NS Characters Group Artwork.png|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|Flavio on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マルコ<ref>{{cite|quote=ぼうえきしょうにんの　マルコよ|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo Co.|language=ja}}</ref>
|JapR=Maruko
|JapM=Marco, a reference to the famous explorer [[wikipedia:Marco Polo|Marco Polo]]
|ChiS=马可<ref>{{cite|quote=这是贸易商马可哦。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hans}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Mǎkě
|ChiSM=From the Japanese name and「马可·波罗」(''Mǎkě Bōluó'', Marco Polo)
|ChiT=馬可<ref>{{cite|quote=他是貿易商，叫做馬可喔。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hant}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Mǎkě
|ChiTM=From the Japanese name and「馬可·波羅」(''Mǎkě Bōluó'', Marco Polo)
|Dut=Gaston<ref>{{cite|quote=Dat is de zakenman, Gaston.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=nl}}</ref>
|DutM=Possibly a reference to the villain from the Disney movie ''{{wp|Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast}}''
|Fre=Marco<ref>{{cite|quote=C'est Marco, le marchand-aventurier.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=fr-ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Marco, marchand-aventurier.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreM=A reference to the famous explorer, Marco Polo
|Ger=Korsario<ref>{{cite|quote=Der Kaufmann Korsario.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Korsar'' ("corsair") and "Mario"
|Ita=Marco<ref>{{cite|quote=Lui è Marco, un ricco commerciante.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=A reference to the famous explorer, Marco Polo
|Kor=마르코<ref>{{cite|quote=무역 상인 마르코야|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>
|KorR=Mareuko
|KorM=Marco
|Spa=Marco<ref>{{cite|quote=Es Marco, el mercader, un pez gordo del comercio que posee varios barcos.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=es-419}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Es Marco, el mercader, un pez gordo del comercio que posee varios barcos.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=es-es}}</ref>
|SpaM=A reference to the famous explorer, Marco Polo
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:PMTTYDNS concept art characters 8.png|thumb|Concept art featuring two iterations of Flavio as a Toad near an alternately colored version of his final design]]
*Flavio was originally designed as a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] before becoming the unnamed creature he appears as in the final.
*Flavio mentions that he is the editor of a magazine titled ''Foppish Gourmet Weekly''.
*The default [[Mii]] for the Roaming Gourmet role in the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''{{wp|Miitopia}}'' is named Flavio.<ref>[https://www.miilibrary.com/NX/MiitopiaSwitchDemo/Gourmet Mii Library- Flavio]</ref> The Mii in the role is also given a blonde wig styled similarly to Flavio's hair.
*Flavio is heavily associated with kazoos in the Nintendo Switch [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], as most songs relating to him in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) sound test|soundtrack]] feature the instrument.

==References==
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