Editing Puni

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Punis.jpg|200px]]
|notable=[[Mover]]<br>[[Petuni]]<br>[[Puni elder]]<br>[[Punio]]<br>[[Puniper]]<br>[[Pungent]]<br>[[Pungry]]<br>[[Punderton]]
|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|Uh... Are you sure [[Punio|your]] [[Mario|huge mustachioed man]] won't try to eat us?|Puni|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
The '''Punies''' are a species of small quadrupedal creatures which resemble insects found in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. They live in [[the Great Tree]] located in the [[Boggly Woods]]. [[Mario]] must use them to defeat a rival clan, the [[Jabbi]]es, twice in the Great Tree.

The name "Puni" is likely derived from「ぷにぷに」(''punipuni''), a Japanese word describing something squishy, but also resembles the English word "puny", meaning "small". The way Mario leads the Punies is very similar to [[Pikmin]]. Like the Pikmin, the Punies follow Mario everywhere and are used to solve puzzles, but they can scatter and depart from him if they get distracted. The number of Punies Mario leads is similar to Pikmin; [[Captain Olimar]] can lead 100 Pikmin while Mario leads 101 Punies. In addition, the glowing antenna the Punies sport on their heads mirrors both the Pikmins' stems and the antenna on Olimar's and Louie's helmet, and they closely resemble the Pikmin's original concept art.<ref>{{cite|date=July 18, 2023|url=www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-10-pikmin-4-part-1|title=Ask the Developer Vol. 10, Pikmin 4—Part 1|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=September 22, 2023}}</ref>

In battle, Punies are members of the [[audience]] and will swarm in if Mario pulls off a [[stylish move]]. If a loud noise emits, though, all Punies flee.

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Fort Francis]] contains several models and posters of Puni characters.

==History==
As Mario was exploring [[Rogueport Underground]] for the first time looking for [[the Thousand-Year Door]], he stumbled upon a small insect creature which was, indeed, a Puni. However, it escaped through a small opening, and Mario was unable to interact with it.

Later, after Mario gets the first [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] (the [[Diamond Star]]), he goes back to Rogueport Underground, now with a new ability, which is turning sideways. Luckily for Mario, next to the opening in which the insect had gone through were bars. Mario went through these bars to find out that the insect was just behind them. Mario learns that this insect is named [[Punio]], who tells Mario his homeland, Boggly Woods and primarily the Great Tree, is under attack, and that he needs his help.

When Mario reaches the Great Tree through a "secret entrance", he is told by a few Punies, which were all hidden, that their friends have been locked up somewhere in the Great Tree. Upon freeing them, Mario and all the Punies in the Great Tree will attack the Jabbies, the Punies' rivals, who have allied with the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]]. A total of 101 Punies, including Punio and [[Petuni]], will temporarily join Mario during the events of Chapter 2.

After Mario defeats [[Lord Crump]] and the X-Nauts, the Punies will go back to their normal lives, and even make peace with the Jabbies.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
PMTTYD NS Characters Group Artwork.png|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
PMTTYDNS concept art characters 5.png|Concept art with various design iterations of Punis
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 4.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 5.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 6.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Blue Cage With 90 Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree 10 Punies Joined.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Shrine.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Reveals Warp Pipe.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Whoa Nelly 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Enter Hive 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Destroy Hive 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Calling Punies.png|[[Puni elder]] calling all lost Punies.
PMTTYD The Great Tree 10 Puni Bubbles.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree 90 Punies Joined.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree 101 Puni Bubbles.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Jabbi Whoa Nelly 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Enter Hive 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Destroy Hive 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Trapped Lord Crump.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Second Ground Pound.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Freeing Punies.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Reunite.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Ground Pound Wind Puzzle 4.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Before Lord Crump 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Before Lord Crump 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Shrine Before Lord Crump 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Last Shrine 1.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Last Shrine 2.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Last Shrine 3.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Last Shrine 4.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Last Shrine 5.png
PMTTYD The Great Tree Puni Bubbles Countdown.png
SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|''Super Paper Mario'' (plushies)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=プニ{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|JapR=Puni-zoku
|JapM=Puni Tribe
|Chi=普尼族
|ChiR=Pǔnízú
|ChiM=Puni Tribe
|Dut=Ini
|Dut2=Ini-stam
|DutM=From ''ienimini'' ("teeny-tiny")
|Dut2M=Puni tribe
|Fre=Pouni
|FreM=French adaption of the English name
|Ger=Bubu
|GerM=Possibly from ''bubi'' ("little boy"), referencing their small size
|Ita=Fufino
|ItaM=Possibly from ''Fuffi'' or ''Fufi'' (typical pet names) and the diminutive suffix ''-ino''
|Kor=말랑족
|KorR=Mallang-jok
|KorM=Mallang Tribe, "말랑" (''mallang'') means soft or tender
|Spa=Puni
}}

==References==
<references/>

{{PMTTYD}}
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Punies|*]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door species]]
[[de:Bubu]]
[[it:Fufino]]