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{{quote|Are [[Party member#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|all of]] [[Mario|you]] ready? And [[Fourth wall|you]] there! In front of the | {{quote|Are [[Party member#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|all of]] [[Mario|you]] ready? And [[Fourth wall|you]] there! In front of the TV! You listen up, too!|Professor Frankly|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}} | ||
[[File:PMTTYD Goomba trio.png|thumb|left|200px|Professor Frankly advising Mario and Goombella about enemy Goombas]] | [[File:PMTTYD Goomba trio.png|thumb|left|200px|Professor Frankly advising Mario and Goombella about enemy Goombas]] | ||
'''Professor Frankly''' is [[Goombella]]'s and [[Kolorado]]'s old teacher at [[U Goom]] in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is an elderly [[Goomba]] with grayish brown puffs of hair and eyebrows and wears thick glasses (as indicated by the circular pattern drawn in their lenses, a common motif in Japanese media). Professor Frankly is one of two known Goombas to have square teeth rather than pointed teeth, the other being [[Goombario]]. Frankly's name is derived from the qualifier "frankly", a word used to signify blunt honesty. | '''Professor Frankly''' is [[Goombella]]'s and [[Kolorado]]'s old teacher at [[U Goom]] in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is an elderly [[Goomba]] with grayish brown puffs of hair and eyebrows and wears thick glasses (as indicated by the circular pattern drawn in their lenses, a common motif in Japanese media). Professor Frankly is one of two known Goombas to have square teeth rather than pointed teeth, the other being [[Goombario]]. Frankly's name is derived from the qualifier "frankly", a word used to signify blunt honesty. | ||
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[[Mario]] first meets Professor Frankly after he rescues [[Goombella]] from a gang of [[X-Naut]]s who are attacking her. When Mario and Goombella arrive at the professor's house, Goombella tells him that they need his help to study the legendary treasure of [[Rogueport]]. After learning that Mario possesses the [[Magical Map]], he takes the pair to [[the Thousand-Year Door]]. When the group leaves his house, the professor removes a rotten piece of a fence blocking a green [[Warp Pipe]] leading to [[Rogueport Underground]]. Before they enter, the professor asks Mario if they know about the battle system and the Action Commands, where the player has the option to learn about them in a tutorial. | [[Mario]] first meets Professor Frankly after he rescues [[Goombella]] from a gang of [[X-Naut]]s who are attacking her. When Mario and Goombella arrive at the professor's house, Goombella tells him that they need his help to study the legendary treasure of [[Rogueport]]. After learning that Mario possesses the [[Magical Map]], he takes the pair to [[the Thousand-Year Door]]. When the group leaves his house, the professor removes a rotten piece of a fence blocking a green [[Warp Pipe]] leading to [[Rogueport Underground]]. Before they enter, the professor asks Mario if they know about the battle system and the Action Commands, where the player has the option to learn about them in a tutorial. | ||
When Mario, Goombella, and Frankly visit the Thousand-Year Door for the first time, the Magical Map in Mario's hands indicate the location of the [[Diamond Star|first]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] inside [[Hooktail Castle]] in [[Petal Meadows]]. Frankly mentioned that he met [[Princess Peach]], when she was on a journey of her own and he also mentions another "[[X-Nauts (organization)|strange group]]" is doing the same. Each of Mario and his partners' subsequent visit to the Thousand-Year Door to use the Crystal Star they collected to uncover the location of the next Crystal Star is immediately followed by their visit to the professor and study it out. Before Goombella and Mario starts their quest, Frankly gives him the [[Power Smash]] badge and a tutorial on how to equip and use badges on the pause menu. During each visit, Frankly, who is making progress in his research about the ancient city that preceded [[Rogueport]] as well as an ancient demon that plunged that city into darkness, talks about the latest | When Mario, Goombella, and Frankly visit the Thousand-Year Door for the first time, the Magical Map in Mario's hands indicate the location of the [[Diamond Star|first]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] inside [[Hooktail Castle]] in [[Petal Meadows]]. Frankly mentioned that he met [[Princess Peach]], when she was on a journey of her own and he also mentions another "[[X-Nauts (organization)|strange group]]" is doing the same. Each of Mario and his partners' subsequent visit to the Thousand-Year Door to use the Crystal Star they collected to uncover the location of the next Crystal Star is immediately followed by their visit to the professor and study it out. Before Goombella and Mario starts their quest, Frankly gives him the [[Power Smash]] badge, and serving a tutorial on how to equip and use badges on the pause menu. During each visit, Frankly, who is making progress in his research about the ancient city that preceded [[Rogueport]] as well as an ancient demon that plunged that city into darkness, talks about the latest e-mail from [[Princess Peach]] (that Mario receives after each chapter) and tells Mario and his partners the exact location of the Crystal Star they must collect next. In addition, tattle log entries that the player may have missed can be found in Frankly's bin. On the back shelf of his house, a miniature version of the head-shaped rocks at the entrance to Pirate's Grotto can be seen, as well as spherical objects bearing the Sun, Moon, Star and Puni designs seen in the Great Tree. | ||
After Mario and co. obtain the [[Crystal Star|final]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] from the [[X-Naut Fortress]] on the [[Moon#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Moon]], the [[Three Shadows]] abduct Frankly, knock him unconscious, and then locked him up in a closet. [[Doopliss]] takes the guise of the professor in order to trick Mario into opening the Thousand-Year Door so [[Grodus]] can enter the [[Palace of Shadow]]. Frankly later escapes and gives chase into the palace. After the [[Shadow Queen]] is awakened and possesses Princess Peach, the real Frankly is seen in one of the palace's darkened rooms, distressed at the thought of her revival. Following the Shadow Queen's defeat, he reunites with Mario and co. and reveals his discovery of a large treasure chest containing the true treasure. When Mario visits him post-game, Frankly reveals the contents of this chest to be a seemingly insignificant [[Dried Mushroom]]; however, Frankly is excited nonetheless by it, as it proves that residents of the ancient city ate [[Mushroom]]s. | After Mario and co. obtain the [[Crystal Star|final]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] from the [[X-Naut Fortress]] on the [[Moon#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Moon]], the [[Three Shadows]] abduct Frankly, knock him unconscious, and then locked him up in a closet. [[Doopliss]] takes the guise of the professor in order to trick Mario into opening the Thousand-Year Door so [[Grodus]] can enter the [[Palace of Shadow]]. Frankly later escapes and gives chase into the palace. After the [[Shadow Queen]] is awakened and possesses Princess Peach, the real Frankly is seen in one of the palace's darkened rooms, distressed at the thought of her revival. Following the Shadow Queen's defeat, he reunites with Mario and co. and reveals his discovery of a large treasure chest containing the true treasure. When Mario visits him post-game, Frankly reveals the contents of this chest to be a seemingly insignificant [[Dried Mushroom]]; however, Frankly is excited nonetheless by it, as it proves that residents of the ancient city ate [[Mushroom]]s. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:Frankly np leaflet.jpg|thumb|100px|Artwork of Frankly, from a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' subscription leaflet bundled with some late [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] games.]] | [[File:Frankly np leaflet.jpg|thumb|100px|Artwork of Frankly, from a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' subscription leaflet bundled with some late [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] games.]] | ||
*Professor Frankly breaks the [[fourth wall]] just before Chapter 5 by telling the player, the "person in front of the TV" | *Professor Frankly breaks the [[fourth wall]] just before Chapter 5 by telling the player, the "person in front of the TV" to listen carefully about what he has to say about [[the Thousand-Year Door]]. Mario's current partner then comments about that, but Frankly tells them to disregard it. [[Lord Crump]] (under the alias of Four Eyes) also breaks the Fourth Wall during this chapter. | ||
*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the items listed on [[Francis]]'s to-buy list is a radio-controlled Professor Frankly. | *In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the items listed on [[Francis]]'s to-buy list is a radio-controlled Professor Frankly. | ||
*If the player uses the phone booth in [[Glitzville]] after Professor Frankly is abducted, it is still possible to receive a call, supposedly from Frankly himself, warning Mario to be careful in his travels. | *If the player uses the phone booth in [[Glitzville]] after Professor Frankly is abducted, it is still possible to receive a call, supposedly from Frankly himself, warning Mario to be careful in his travels. | ||
