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{{character infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYD NS TECXX.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:PMTTYD Staff Credits 44.png|304x239px]]
|species=Computer
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
|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|How amusing. I am right here, before your eyes. I am this laboratory's main computer. I am the TEC-XX. Many call me TEC. You may. Sir Grodus created me to be a perfect computer, one that is flawless in its reason.|TEC|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|How amusing. I am right here, before your eyes. I am this laboratory's main computer. I am the TEC-XX. Many call me TEC. You may. Sir Grodus created me to be a perfect computer, one that is flawless in its reason.|TEC-XX|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}


The '''TEC-XX''', more commonly known as '''TEC''', is the main computer of the [[X-Naut Fortress]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. TEC was designed to be "flawless and perfect," though a sort of glitch resulted in him feeling love, which led to him ultimately revolting against the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]]. After each chapter, he talks to [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in an intermission. TEC is likely based on {{wp|HAL 9000}} from ''{{wp|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'', because of his intelligence and security systems. However, TEC makes no attempt to harm anyone on the station, unlike with HAL's attempts at self-preservation following logic errors. In the Japanese version of the original game and the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]] in all regions, TEC's camera "eye" is red, further emulating HAL. Since "X" can be pronounced "Cross" according to the [[X-Yux]] tattle log, his name can be interpreted as "TEC-Doublecross"—foreshadowing how he double-crosses [[Grodus]] near the end of the story.
The '''TEC-XX''', better known as '''TEC''', is the main computer of the [[X-Naut Fortress]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. TEC was designed to be "flawless and perfect," though a sort of glitch resulted in him feeling love, which led to him ultimately revolting against the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]]. After each chapter, he talks to [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in an intermission. TEC is likely based on {{wp|HAL 9000}} from ''{{wp|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'', because of his intelligence and security systems. However, TEC makes no attempt to harm anyone on the station, unlike with HAL's attempts at self-preservation following logic errors. In the Japanese version of the original game and the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]] in all regions, TEC's camera "eye" is red, further emulating HAL. Since "X" can be pronounced "Cross" according to the [[X-Yux]] tattle log, his name can be interpreted as "TEC-Doublecross"—foreshadowing how he double-crosses [[Sir Grodus]] near the end of the story.


==History==
==History==
{{quote|I am unsure. An unusual program deviation occurred when I observed you earlier. My higher-brain circuitry malfunctioned and nearly overheated at your image. Also, an unidentified impulse sped through my processors. These events are new to me. There is more to this phenomenon, as well. I ran diagnostic programs...and their solution was...I want to know more about you. I want to observe you. Such a compulsion has no precedence. Cause unknown. I, the perfect computer... I must diagnose this unusual situation. I will not fail. That is why I led you here.|TEC|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|I am unsure. An unusual program deviation occurred when I observed you earlier. My higher-brain circuitry malfunctioned and nearly overheated at your image. Also, an unidentified impulse sped through my processors. These events are new to me. There is more to this phenomenon, as well. I ran diagnostic programs...and their solution was...I want to know more about you. I want to observe you. Such a compulsion has no precedence. Cause unknown. I, the perfect computer... I must diagnose this unusual situation. I will not fail. That is why I led you here.|TEC-XX|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
 
When Peach is first kidnapped by the X-Nauts and held in the X-Naut Fortress, two doors leading to TEC automatically open for her. When she meets TEC, he first praises Sir Grodus, then explains that he had a special reaction to Peach and wants to "observe" and learn more about her. Peach finds this weird and questions if TEC is in love with her; he reveals that he cannot comprehend the idea of love and is incapable of feeling it. Wanting to be the world's most perfect computer, TEC asks Peach to help him feel love, offering to grant her wishes in exchange. Peach asks to be able to contact [[Mario]], and TEC allows her to do so on his keyboard, sending a message to Mario's [[Mailbox SP]]. He states that he does not have any need for Peach at the moment and allows her to leave.
When Peach is first kidnapped by the X-Nauts and held in the X-Naut Fortress, two doors leading to TEC automatically open for her. When she meets TEC, he first praises Grodus, then explains that he had a special reaction to Peach and wants to "observe" and learn more about her. Peach finds this weird and questions if TEC is in love with her; he reveals that he cannot comprehend the idea of love and is incapable of feeling it. Wanting to be the world's most perfect computer, TEC asks Peach to help him feel love, offering to grant her wishes in exchange. Peach asks to be able to contact [[Mario]], and TEC allows her to do so on his keyboard, sending a message to Mario's [[Mailbox SP]]. He states that he does not have any need for Peach at the moment and allows her to leave.


After Chapter 2, Peach is heard in her room, wondering if she will ever be able to dance in the Mushroom Ball again. TEC calls Peach into her room and assures her that Mario has received the email, then admits to eavesdropping on her. TEC explains that, having heard Peach, he now wants to dance with her, and creates a holographic clone of Peach for her to dance with. After the dance, TEC realizes that he had fun doing it, and lets Peach send another email to Mario before sending her back to her room.
After Chapter 2, Peach is heard in her room, wondering if she will ever be able to dance in the Mushroom Ball again. TEC calls Peach into her room and assures her that Mario has received the email, then admits to eavesdropping on her. TEC explains that, having heard Peach, he now wants to dance with her, and creates a holographic clone of Peach for her to dance with. After the dance, TEC realizes that he had fun doing it, and lets Peach send another email to Mario before sending her back to her room.
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After Chapter 6, TEC has finished analyzing the data and calls Peach into his room. He explains Grodus's plan and realizes that it is more important to ensure Peach's safety than to follow Grodus. TEC says that Peach must escape as fast as possible, telling her she is on the [[Moon]]. As Peach writes an email to Mario before escaping, Grodus enters with two X-Nauts and calls TEC a traitor. The X-Nauts shut off TEC and delete his data, to Peach's horror.
After Chapter 6, TEC has finished analyzing the data and calls Peach into his room. He explains Grodus's plan and realizes that it is more important to ensure Peach's safety than to follow Grodus. TEC says that Peach must escape as fast as possible, telling her she is on the [[Moon]]. As Peach writes an email to Mario before escaping, Grodus enters with two X-Nauts and calls TEC a traitor. The X-Nauts shut off TEC and delete his data, to Peach's horror.


After defeating [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]] and claiming the [[Crystal Star]], Mario finds himself locked in the X-Naut Fortress with seemingly no way to exit. Mario soon comes across TEC on the bottom floor. Running on backup power, TEC tells Mario that Peach has been taken to the [[Palace of Shadow]] with Grodus. After imploring Mario to save Peach and give her his thanks, TEC activates the door to the teleporter, allowing Mario and company to teleport themselves back to [[Rogueport Underground]]. Once Mario and company are safe, TEC detonates several explosives to ensure the base can no longer be used for evil, destroying himself in the process.
After defeating [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]] and claiming the [[Crystal Star]], Mario finds himself locked in the X-Naut Fortress with seemingly no way to exit. Mario soon comes across TEC on the bottom floor. Running on backup power, TEC tells Mario that Peach has been taken to the [[Palace of Shadow]] with Grodus. After imploring Mario to save Peach and give her his thanks, TEC activates the door to the teleporter, allowing Mario and company to teleport themselves back to [[Rogueport Underground]] before shutting himself off.


However, in the game's ending, it is revealed in an email sent to Mario from [[Goombella]] that TEC is still functional and wants to see Mario and Peach again. After the game is completed, Mario can return to the X-Naut Fortress via the teleporter in Rogueport Underground to revisit TEC, who expresses pleasure to see him again and explains both the circumstances behind his destruction and that, some time after, he regained consciousness for a reason even he is unaware of, though he recalls seeing white and hearing Peach's voice shortly before awakening.
In the game's ending, it is revealed in an email sent to Mario from [[Goombella]] that TEC is still functional. Goombella mentions that TEC wants to see Mario and Peach again. After the game is completed, Mario can return to the X-Naut Fortress via the teleporter in Rogueport Underground to revisit TEC, who expresses pleasure to see him again.


In the Nintendo Switch remake, TEC can also be seen at the top of the stage when it is zoomed out at the very conclusion of the credits when the "The End" screen appears behind the main cast.
In the Nintendo Switch remake, TEC can also be seen at the top of the stage when it is zoomed out at the very conclusion of the credits when the "The End" screen appears behind the main cast.


==Quiz==
==Quiz==
In the Peach intermission after chapter 4, TEC is in a conflicted mood and asks Peach to have a quiz. If Peach answers a question incorrectly, TEC will restart the quiz. In the remake, answering a question incorrectly stays on the current question.
In the Peach intermission after chapter 4, TEC is in a conflicted mood and asks Peach to have a quiz. If Peach answers a question incorrectly, TEC will restart the quiz.


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!Question
!Question
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|data-label="#"|2
|data-label="#"|2
|data-label="Question"|What is the goal of [[Grodus]], leader of the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]]?
|data-label="Question"|What is the goal of [[Sir Grodus|Grodus]], leader of the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]]?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|To conquer the world.
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|To conquer the world.
|data-label="Answer 2"|To get rich.
|data-label="Answer 2"|To get rich.
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<gallery>
<gallery>
TEC-XX Face JP.png|TEC's camera in the Japanese version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
TEC-XX Face JP.png|TEC's camera in the Japanese version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
TEC-XX Face US.png|TEC's camera in the International versions of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYD Staff Credits 12.png|TEC-XX, as seen in the end credits.
PMTTYD Staff Credits 12.png|TEC-XX, as seen in the end credits.
PMTTYD TEC-XX Surveillance 1.png|TEC's screen, showing Peach captured
PMTTYD TEC-XX Surveillance 1.png|TEC's screen, showing Peach captured
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PMTTYD Peach TEC-XX First Encounter.png|Peach's first encounter with TEC
PMTTYD Peach TEC-XX First Encounter.png|Peach's first encounter with TEC
PMTTYD Peach Typing on Keyboard.png|Peach typing on TEC's keyboard
PMTTYD Peach Typing on Keyboard.png|Peach typing on TEC's keyboard
PMTTYD Grodus Orders TEC Shutdown.png
PMTTYD NS TECXX.png|TEC as seen in the Nintendo Switch version
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress Mario TEC.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Going Dark.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Mario Surprised.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Memory.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress Low Power.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress Low Power Leaving.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Last Line.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Explosion.png
TTYDNS TEC Glitch.png|TEC seeing Peach for the first time in the remake
TTYDNS TECs Malfunction Seeing Peach.png|TEC explaining his malfunction in the remake
PMTTYD NS TECXX 2.jpg|TEC-XX and Peach in the remake
TTYDNS TEC Final Email.jpg|TEC getting shut down in the remake
PMTTYDNS The End.jpg|TEC at the end of the Nintendo Switch version's credits
PMTTYDNS The End.jpg|TEC at the end of the Nintendo Switch version's credits
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|TEC-XX on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
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</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=TEC-XX
|Jap=TEC-XX<br>''Tī Ī Shī Batsu Batsu''<br>テック<br>''Tekku''
|JapR=Tī Ī Shī Batsu Batsu
|JapM=TEC-XX<br><br>Tech
|JapM=TEC-XX
|Jap2=テック
|Jap2R=Tekku
|Jap2M=Tech
|Chi=TEC-XX
|Chi=TEC-XX
|ChiR=<!-- Tì Yì Sēi Áikèsi Áikèsi -->
|ChiM=TEC-XX
|Chi2=提克
|Chi2=提克
|Chi2R=Tíkè
|Chi2R=Tíkè
|Chi2M=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Chi2M=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Dut=Perfecte Computer
|Dut=Perfecte Computer<br>PC
|DutM=Perfect Computer
|DutM=Perfect Computer<br>-
|Dut2=PC
|Fre=TECH XX<br>Tech
|Fre=TECH XX
|SpaA=CIM <br> Computadora Inteligente de Mega X
|Fre2=Tech
|SpaAM=XIC <br> X-Naut's Intelligent Computer
|Ger=TEC-XX
|SpaE=CIM <br> Computador Inteligente de Mega X
|Ger2=Tech
|SpaEM=XIC <br> X-Naut's Intelligent Computer
|Ita=TEC XY
|Ger=TEC-XX (Tech)
|Ita2=TEC
|GerM=-
|Kor=TEX-XX
|Ita=TEC XY<br>TEC
|KorR=Ti I Ekseu Ekseu Ekseu
|ItaM=-
|KorM=TEX-XX
|Kor=TEX-XX<br>''Ti I Ekseu Ekseu Ekseu''<br>테크<br>''Tekeu''
|Kor2=테크
|KorM=TEX-XX<br><br>Tech
|Kor2R=Tekeu
|Kor2M=Tech
|SpaA=Computadora Inteligente de Mega X
|SpaAM=X-Naut's Intelligent Computer
|SpaA2=CIM
|SpaA2M=XIC
|SpaE=Computador Inteligente de Mega X
|SpaEM=X-Naut's Intelligent Computer
|SpaE2=CIM
|SpaE2M=XIC
}}
}}


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