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|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:Pennington.png]]<br>Pennington, the Bumpty detective | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]]) | |||
|species=[[Bumpty]] | |species=[[Bumpty]] | ||
| | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]]) (cameo) | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{ | {{Quote|Now, [[Mario|Luigi]]! We will reduce this case to rudimentary facts and deduce the truth!|Pennington|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}} | ||
'''Pennington''' (or, as he prefers to be called, '''The Penguin with The Improbably Large Brain''') is a [[Bumpty]] detective from [[Poshley Heights]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. [[Mario]] first meets Pennington on the [[Excess Express]], where he takes Mario (whom he mistakenly refers to as [[Luigi]]) under his wing. Pennington and Mario must solve the many mysteries that occur on the train. Of course, Mario solves all the mysteries with no help from Pennington, who often takes the credit for solving them and treats Mario as an apprentice. Appearing on the Express, he assumes a role in Chapter 6 which parallels that of {{wp|Hercule Poirot}}, a famous Belgian detective and main character from the English novel ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}''. His mannerisms, however, are more reflective of {{wp|Sherlock Holmes}}. Pennington is likely an amalgamation of the two. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Pennington on Excess Express TTYD.png|thumb|left|End scene of Pennington riding the [[Excess Express]]]] | [[File:Pennington on Excess Express TTYD.png|thumb|left|End scene of Pennington riding the [[Excess Express]]]] | ||
During the ride on the Excess Express, if Mario talks to Pennington before warning the conductor about the sticky yummy threat, he says that he is on his way back home. After the Stew Pot is stolen, Pennington gathers the train passangers to find the thief, and assumes that Mario was the suspect. Pennington then has Mario find the real thief to prove his innocence, which turns out to be [[Heff T.]] who stole it because he was hungry. Pennington congratulates Mario, and begins to work with him to find out who left the threat about a sticky yummy doom. | During the ride on the Excess Express, if Mario talks to Pennington before warning the conductor about the sticky yummy threat, he says that he is on his way back home. After the Stew Pot is stolen, Pennington gathers the train passangers to find the thief, and assumes that Mario was the suspect. Pennington then has Mario find the real thief to prove his innocence, which turns out to be [[Heff T.]] who stole it because he was hungry. Pennington congratulates Mario, and begins to work with him to find out who left the threat about a sticky yummy doom. | ||
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On the third day, Pennington is among the passengers who are absorbed into a hoard of [[Smorg]]s that attack the train. He is eventually freed when Mario defeats the Smorgs, causing them to blow away in the wind. After the Excess Express arrives in Poshley Heights, Mario heads to [[Poshley Sanctum]] for the [[Garnet Star]]. However, the sanctum curator is unavailable and the entrance is locked. Though this is to Mario's dismay, Pennington soon arrives and unlocks the door, revealing that his real profession is being the manager of the sanctum, and being a detective is just his hobby. | On the third day, Pennington is among the passengers who are absorbed into a hoard of [[Smorg]]s that attack the train. He is eventually freed when Mario defeats the Smorgs, causing them to blow away in the wind. After the Excess Express arrives in Poshley Heights, Mario heads to [[Poshley Sanctum]] for the [[Garnet Star]]. However, the sanctum curator is unavailable and the entrance is locked. Though this is to Mario's dismay, Pennington soon arrives and unlocks the door, revealing that his real profession is being the manager of the sanctum, and being a detective is just his hobby. | ||
Although he is the curator of the sanctum, he does not know where the Garnet Star is located. The only item on display is a replica of the Garnet Star (which Pennington calls a "red herring"), probably to protect the real star from falling into the wrong hands. This red herring is taken by the [[ | Although he is the curator of the sanctum, he does not know where the Garnet Star is located. The only item on display is a replica of the Garnet Star (which Pennington calls a "red herring"), probably to protect the real star from falling into the wrong hands. This red herring is taken by the [[Shadow Sirens]], although after Mario retrieves the real Garnet Star, Pennington allows him to take it and puts another fake on display. Upon talking to him afterward, he privately says "so that's where it's located" and then promptly cover himself by saying he was doing thinking games, implying that while he knew the Garnet Star was hidden within the sanctum, even he was unaware of its precise location. | ||
When [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] go to the Poshley Sanctum to steal the Garnet Star, Pennington catches them and informs them that what they have is a red herring, and that he gave the real one to "Luigi". After Bowser and Kammy depart to ambush Mario in the [[Palace of Shadow]], Pennington commends Mario for his efforts. | When [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] go to the Poshley Sanctum to steal the Garnet Star, Pennington catches them and informs them that what they have is a red herring, and that he gave the real one to "Luigi". After Bowser and Kammy depart to ambush Mario in the [[Palace of Shadow]], Pennington commends Mario for his efforts. | ||
When everybody is cheering Mario on when he | When everybody is cheering Mario on when he's fighting the [[Shadow Queen]], [[Goldbob]], his family, and [[Toodles]] are shown cheering him on, and they call him both "Gonzales" (Mario's [[Glitz Pit]] pseudonym that some of them knew him exclusively by) and his actual name, which causes Pennington to be surprised and ask if it's Mario or Gonzales, and if it's not Luigi. Even after Mario beats the Shadow Queen and returns to Poshley Sanctum, he first calls Mario "Luigi" again but quickly corrects himself. {{br}} | ||
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;Excess Express | ;Excess Express | ||
*"''That's Pennington, a train passenger. He SAYS he's a detective, but I don't know... I mean, why do detective types ALWAYS show up when something goes wrong, huh?''" | *"''That's Pennington, a train passenger. He SAYS he's a detective, but I don't know... I mean, why do detective types ALWAYS show up when something goes wrong, huh?''" | ||
;Riverside Station | ;Riverside Station | ||
*"''That's Pennington, a train passenger. He SAYS he's a detective, but I don't know... Not to be, y'know, totally catty, but what kind of detective LOSES a suspect?''" | *"''That's Pennington, a train passenger. He SAYS he's a detective, but I don't know... Not to be, y'know, totally catty, but what kind of detective LOSES a suspect?''" | ||
;Poshley Heights/Poshley Sanctum | ;Poshley Heights/Poshley Sanctum | ||
*"''That's Pennington. I guess sleuthing is just his hobby. He's the sanctum-keeper. I knew that detective bit was fishy... but I guess a little sleuthing on the side is OK...''" | *"''That's Pennington. I guess sleuthing is just his hobby. He's the sanctum-keeper. I knew that detective bit was fishy... but I guess a little sleuthing on the side is OK...''" | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
| | |Jap=ポワン<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/pmttyd_j2e.shtml "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door From Japanese to English"]. (June 1, 2014). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved January 4, 2015.</ref> | ||
| | |JapR=Powan | ||
| | |JapM=Derived from "{{wp|Hercule Poirot}}" and possibly "[[Penguin|penguin]]" | ||
| | |Spa=Holmot | ||
| | |SpaM=Possibly a portmanteau of Holmes (from {{wp|Sherlock Holmes}}) and Poirot (from Hercule Poirot) | ||
|Fra=Pingrot | |||
| | |FraM=Comes from "pingouin" (penguin) and "Poirot" | ||
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|Ger=Inspektor Ping | |Ger=Inspektor Ping | ||
|GerM=First syllable of | |GerM=First syllable of "pinguin" (penguin) | ||
|Ita=Holmut | |Ita=Holmut | ||
|ItaM=Pun on "Holmes" and possibly "Poirot" or "Helmut" | |ItaM=Pun on "Holmes" and possibly "Poirot" or "Helmut"}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *[[Francis]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' has a Pennington plush doll. | ||
*Whenever Pennington says the word "Luigi," it appears in green text, as previously seen in the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'' series]], where Luigi's and [[Baby Luigi]]'s names and nicknames are almost always written in green. In the | *Whenever Pennington says the word "Luigi," it appears in green text, as previously seen in the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'' series]], where Luigi's and [[Baby Luigi]]'s names and nicknames are almost always written in green. | ||
*A test enemy in the code of the | *When all the game's characters are cheering on Mario before the fight with the [[Shadow Queen]] via the [[Crystal Stars]], he says "Go Luigi...err...Mario?" | ||
*Pennington's character may be a reference to Hercule Poirot from 33 of Agatha Christie's murder mystery novels. | |||
*In the Italian and Spanish translations, his moniker is "the penguin with the little pink brain cells," a reference to Hercule Poirot's "little grey brain cells." | |||
*His catchphrase, "Rudimentary," is a nod to Holmes's "Elementary." | |||
*A test enemy in the code of the game is named "Pennington," though its graphic is instead a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] with its head replaced with [[Nibbles]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Allies]] | [[Category:Allies]] | ||
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]] | [[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]] | ||
[[de:Inspektor Ping]] | [[de:Inspektor Ping]] | ||
[[it:Holmut]] | [[it:Holmut]] | ||
