Editing Laki

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYDLakiSprite.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|species=[[Lakitu]]
|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|I tell you, I like just standing here gazing at the [[Excess Express|train]] more than I would like riding it.|Laki|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Laki''' is a character in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is an 18-year old [[Lakitu]] who appears by the train station in [[Rogueport]]. Laki is called a train enthusiast, but is more of a train obsessionist. All he does is watch the [[Excess Express|trains]] all day, and hopes to one day get to ride the Excess Express (although he lacked the money to do so all throughout ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''). His appearance is noticeably different from most other Lakitus; his hair is more curly than that of the average Lakitu, his eyes are always in an angry position, and his [[Lakitu's Cloud|cloud]] wears sunglasses. However, a separate Lakitu with this same appearance can be found actually riding the Excess Express occasionally, and two Lakitus from [[Glitzville]] also look identical to him.

Laki is mentioned in one of the [[Rogueport Direct Mail Service|RDM]] Issues in the game, where he is said to have been taken into custody after making the Excess Express late for the first time in ten years by taking pictures of it in an area where non-workers were not allowed to enter. The Excess Express staff apparently allowed Laki to get away with his crime with just a warning, although the story ended with an additional "...this time". [[Mailbox SP#RDM Issue 3|This issue of RDM]] is also notable for stating that Laki is eighteen years old, in accordance with standard newspaper practice for criminals.

==Profiles==
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' ''That's Laki, a train-loving Lakitu. All this guy does is sit here and watch trains. I'm sure he'd love to ride the Excess Express, but he can't afford a ticket. It'd be cool if he saved enough to ride it just once in his life, y'know?''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
LakiTTYD.png|Laki next to the Excess Express.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ジュオーネ
|JapR=Juōne
|JapM=From「ジュゲム」(''Jugemu'', "[[Lakitu]]") and "{{wp|Al Capone}}", an infamous Italian American gangster, or "{{wp|Don Corleone}}" from the renowned ''{{wp|The Godfather (film series)|Godfather}}'' series, which centers around a fictional Mafia family
|ChiS=裘欧涅
|ChiSR=Qiúōuniè
|ChiSM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|ChiT=裘歐涅
|ChiTR=Qiúōuniè
|ChiTM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Lakirail
|FreM=From "[[Lakitu]]" and "rail"
|Ger=Lakitone
|GerM=Combination of "Lakitu" and "Al Capone"
|Ita={{nw|Gran Lakitu}}
|ItaM=Big Lakitu
|Kor=선글라스구름김수한무
|KorR=Seongeullaseu Guleum Kimsuhanmu
|KorM=Sunglasses Cloud Lakitu
|Spa=Lakione
|SpaM=From "Lakitu" and the Italian augmentative suffix ''-one''
}}

==Notes==
*Laki is referenced in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where he leaves graffiti stating that he loves both [[Koopla]] and [[Buzzo]] in [[Merlee's Mansion]]'s men's restroom.

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