Editing Flavio

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|image=[[File:Flavio.jpg|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
}}
{{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]].

==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.

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.

==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!''"

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マルコ
|JapR=Maruko
|JapM=A reference to the famous explorer "[[wikipedia:Marco Polo|Marco Polo]]"
|Fra=Marco
|FraM=A reference to the famous explorer, Marco Polo
|SpaE=Marco
|SpaEM=A reference to the famous explorer, Marco Polo
|Ger=Korsario
|GerM=Portmanteau of "Korsar" (corsair) and "Mario"
|Ita=Marco
|ItaM=A reference to the famous explorer, Marco Polo
}}

==Trivia==
*He is also known to be the editor of the magazine ''[[List of Implied Organizations#Foppish Gourmet Weekly|Foppish Gourmet Weekly]]''.
*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.
*During Chapter 6, Pa-Patch (who chooses to stay on Keelhaul Key) sends Mario an email saying "''Every now and then that cretin Flavio spits out some bit o' drivel about treadin' water instead o' seizin' life, but I just tune 'im out.''" This makes it sound as though Flavio was staying at Keelhaul Key as well, when it is clear he returned to Rogueport after Chapter 5 and is not seen on Keelhaul Key again, although it is possible that he often sails to Keelhaul Key with Cortez as Bobbery does after the game's [[Shadow Queen|final boss]] is defeated.
*During the Chapter 7 [[66th Annual Quirk Quiz]] with the mechanical [[Thwomp]], Flavio is listed as one of the answers for the question "What's the name of the girl in Petalburg who's waiting patiently for Koops's return?".
*There is a [[List_of_Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door_glitches#Flavio_as_a_Permanent_Partner|glitch]] that lets the player keep Flavio as a partner throughout the game after Chapter 5.

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