Editing Thoreau

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SPM Thoreau.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|species=[[Pixl]]
}}
{{quote|No matter! Details do bore me!|Thoreau|Super Paper Mario}}
[[File:SPM Thoreau Sprite.png|left|thumb|100px|Thoreau's in-game sprite.]]
'''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]]''. 

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.

[[File:SuperMarioKun Volume 37 Thoreau.png|thumb|left|Thoreau's appearance in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
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!"

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.

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]].
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==Profiles==
===[[Catch Card]]===
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*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''This handy Pixl can pick things up and throw them. He's very... handy.''
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===Tattle===
*"''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...''"

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|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>
|JapR=Toru-nagēru
|JapM=Stylistic variant of「取る」(''toru'', to take) and「投げる」(''nageru'', to throw)
|Fre=Lanceloin
|FreM=Throwfar
|Ger=Wurfowitz
|GerM=From "wurf" (to throw) and "-witz" (a Germanic name ending and also meaning "joke")
|Ita=Manolo
|ItaM=A given name, likely a play on "mano" (hand)
|Spa=Lanci
|SpaM=From "lanzar" (to throw)
|Kor=자바더언저
|KorR=Jabadeo'eonjeo
|KorM=From "잡다" (''japda'', to grab) and "던지다" (''deonjida'', to throw)
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==References==
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