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| {{character infobox
| | [[image:SPM_Thoreau.jpg|thumb|'''Thoreau'''.]] |
| |image=[[File:SPM Thoreau.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Paper Mario''
| | {{quote|What's this [[Wii Remote|(1)]], you say? You need not worry. The [[player|great being that watches us]] will know what it is.|Thoreau|Super Paper Mario}} |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
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| |species=[[Pixl]]
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| {{quote|No matter! Details do bore me!|Thoreau|Super Paper Mario}} | |
| [[File:SPM Thoreau Sprite.png|left|thumb|100px|Thoreau's in-game sprite.]]
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| '''Thoreau''' is the second [[Pixl]] the player encounters in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' after [[Tippi]], the first Pixl partner to be unlocked, and one of the twelve original Pixls created by the [[Tribe of Ancients|Ancients]]. Thoreau resembles a hand, with his head as the palm and the five circles being the fingers. This indicates his ability to grab and throw most enemies (although some, such as the [[Cursya]], cannot be picked up), an ability originating in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''.
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| Thoreau can be used to pick up specific objects to aid with puzzles (e.g. a block that must be thrown to exit a room), grab items and activate switches from afar (like [[Kooper]] and [[Koops]]), and steal [[Shroom Shake]]s from [[Mr. L]] and [[Shadoo]] as they are about to use them in battle. The player can use Thoreau to throw enemies into each other, which [[Piercing attack|pierces Defense]] (similar to [[Yoshi Kid|Yoshi]]'s [[Gulp]]), making it a useful technique against enemies that take very little damage through normal means. Grabbing an enemy before it recovers from being thrown or picking up a defeated enemy will make it appear [[Dizzy]], though in the latter case the enemy is properly defeated upon hitting the ground or an object. | | '''Thoreau''' is a character in the [[Wii]] video game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. He is the second of the many [[Pixl]] creatures that [[Mario]] will find in the game. This Pixl allows all of the characters (which include Mario, [[Princess Peach]], [[Bowser]], and [[Luigi]]) to pick up the enemy and then throw them. This attack first originated from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', or ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]'' on the [[NES]]. Other than that, he can also activate switches from afar (just like [[Kooper]] or [[Koops]]). His name was revealed in the 214th issue of Nintendo Power magazine. According to [[Tippi]], Thoreau "sounds posh and upper class, but he's not afraid to get his hands dirty." He claims to have been locked away for 1,500 years when Mario saves him in the first chapter, but it is unknown whether he knows the right way to count. |
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| [[File:SuperMarioKun Volume 37 Thoreau.png|thumb|left|Thoreau's appearance in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
| | Thoreau believes that a "great being" (a reference to the [[player]]) listens to him, and believes that it would wish to know that Mario can use him to grab things with the 1 button. This is, indeed, breaking the fourth wall. |
| Thoreau's name was revealed in the 214th issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', which also joked that he was once a part of a tacky wall paper design. According to Tippi, Thoreau "sounds posh and upper class, but he's not afraid to get his hands dirty." Thoreau's name is a play on the word "throw", and his statement that details bore him alludes to [[wikipedia:Henry David Thoreau|Henry David Thoreau]]'s quote, "Simplify, simplify, simplify!"
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| Thoreau is rescued from a [[treasure chest]] in [[Yold Town]] during Chapter 1-2, and claims that the [[Ancients]] locked him away for 1,500 years. He is the only Pixl to break the [[fourth wall]]: he states that a "great being", the player, is listening and would wish to know to press {{button|wii|1}} to use him.
| | ==Trivia== |
| | *His name is a play on the words "throw", referring to his ability. |
| | *It is also possible that his name is based off of real-life philosopher Henry David Thoreau. As a joke, Thoreau mentions that he "dislikes details", a pun on Thoreau's famous quote: "Simplify, simplify!" |
| | *Interestingly, Thoreau resembles a hand, his head being the palm and the five circles being the fingers, this being a nod to his special ability. |
| | *He is the only Pixl who talks after joining Mario's party, when he says, "Looks like [[Fracktail]] is charging in from the right." |
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| Thoreau also appears in the ''Super Paper Mario'' story arc of volume 37 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Here, he attempts to defend Tippi from Mario's yelling at her. He eventually rescues Mario from being defeated by [[O'Chunks]].
| | ==[[Catch Card]]== |
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| | [[Image:229. Thoreau Card.JPG|frame|Thoreau's Catch Card.]] |
| ==Profiles==
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| ===[[Catch Card]]===
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| {|class="wikitable" align=center width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#f9f9f9;color:black"
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| |[[File:SPM Thoreau Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
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| *'''Card Type:''' Rare
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| *'''Card Description:''' ''This handy Pixl can pick things up and throw them. He's very... handy.''
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| ===Tattle===
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| *"''That's Thoreau. He's a Pixl that can help you pick up and throw things... Thoreau was stuffed in a box 1,500 years ago, but now he has been released. He sounds posh and upper class, but he's not afraid to get his hands dirty...''"
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| ==Names in other languages==
| | '''Card Type:''' Rare |
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| |Jap=トるナゲール<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsmmB7gsdGQ&t=656 【純潔の愛、黒き渇望】 スーパーペーパーマリオ 実況プレイpart3 - YouTube]「いえーす！ ボクモンは フェアリン トるナゲールどえーす！！」</ref>
| | '''Card Description:''' This handy Pixl can pick things up and throw them. He's very...handy. |
| |JapR=Toru-nagēru
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| |JapM=Stylistic variant of「取る」(''toru'', to take) and「投げる」(''nageru'', to throw) | | == Foreign Names == |
| |Fre=Lanceloin | | {{Foreignname| |
| |FreM=Throwfar | | |Fra=Lanceloin |
| | |FraM= Throwfar |
| |Ger=Wurfowitz | | |Ger=Wurfowitz |
| |GerM=From "wurf" (to throw) and "-witz" (a Germanic name ending and also meaning "joke") | | |GerM= "Wurf" means "throw", "witz" is a suffix |
| |Ita=Manolo | | |Ita=Manolo |
| |ItaM=A given name, likely a play on "mano" (hand) | | |ItaM= A given name, pun on "mano" (hand)}} |
| |Spa=Lanci
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| |SpaM=From "lanzar" (to throw)
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| |Kor=자바더언저
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| |KorR=Jabadeo'eonjeo
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| |KorM=From "잡다" (''japda'', to grab) and "던지다" (''deonjida'', to throw)
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| ==References==
| | {{Pixls}} |
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