Editing Zip Toad

[[File:Zip Toad.png|frame|The movie star Zip Toad]]
{{quote|You're cool, baby... but I'm cooler!|Zip Toad|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Zip Toad''' is a famous movie star with an ego who is one of the suspects in the investigation on board the [[Excess Express]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Zip Toad's name is a pun for ''ZIP code''. He's in room 001 on the Excess Express. However, it turned out that Zip Toad was actually [[Doopliss]] in disguise, hired by [[Beldam]] of the [[Shadow Sirens]] to bomb the train in a "sticky, yummy, gooey mess" in an effort to prevent [[Mario]] and his comrades from reaching the [[Garnet Star]] in the [[Poshley Heights|Poshley]] [[Poshley Sanctum|Sanctum]], and frame him for the crime. With help from [[Pennington]], Mario and his team foiled their plans. When Mario and his team set out to find the [[Crystal Star|last]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the real Zip Toad sends him an [[List of e-mails in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#The Real Zip Toad: !|e-mail]], containing a picture of the actor in front of a window. In the e-mail, Zip Toad commends Mario and his team for stopping the Shadow Sirens' plan and clearing his name, and tells him that he was going to film a movie in [[Toad Town]] called ''[[On Golden Toad 2]]''. He also reveals more about his movie career by quickly mentioning another film that featured him: ''[[The Toad Warrior]]''.

==E-Mail==
;!
[[File:Jr troopa cameo.png|thumb|An attached image of the Real Zip Toad (with [[Jr. Troopa]] in the background) in his e-mail to Mario]]
<blockquote>
What's up, super-sleuth! I heard you uncovered my impostor! You're the best, man, seriously!<br>
<br>
See, when you get to be as big a star as Zip Toad, these sorts of things happen all the time. It's the biz.<br>
<br>
But, man alive! For a no-name like you to brave danger and find my impostor! Reminds me of a younger, yet less successful, me.<br>
<br>
Yeah, so as for me, I'm headed to [[Toad Town]] to film my next leading role: The soon-to-be hit film On Golden Toad 2. It'll be huge.<br>
<br>
I hear you're on an adventure or something, so I'll leave you with a line from my last flick, The Toad Warrior: "You're cool, baby...but I'm cooler!"<br>
<br>
Best of luck, kid!<br>
<br>
The Super Star<br>
The Real Zip Toad
</blockquote>

==Tattle==
[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Zip Toad only while he is [[Doopliss]] in disguise.
*"''I KNEW I knew him! That's Zip Toad, the movie star! Women go NUTS for him! Y'know, he's hot and all, but he seems pretty stuck up about being famous. I guess all celebrities are kinda like that. It's too bad, 'cause I kinda liked him...''"

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Fra=Bolet Wood
|FraM=''Bolet'' means "boletus" (a species of mushroom); "Wood" is a reference to [[wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]].
|Ger=Star T.
|GerM=
|Jap=トロン
|JapR=Toron
|JapM=Possibly derived from Japanese adverb「トロトロ」(''torotoro'', sluggishly or dawdling)
|Ita=Toadivo
|ItaM=From ''Toad'' and ''divo'', the Italian word for "VIP".
|Spa=T. Zip
|SpaM=Zip Toad
}}

==Trivia==
*[[Jr. Troopa]] from the first ''[[Paper Mario]]'' (in his form which includes both wings and a spike) can be spotted in the background of the picture accompanying Zip Toad's e-mail.
*Some of the movies that Zip Toad has been in are nods to movies in real life. For example, The Toad Warrior is a parody of [[wikipedia:The Road Warrior|The Road Warrior]].
*Zip Toad has a few parallels with Linda Arden, the fictional actress from the 1934 English detective novel ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}''. Both are celebrities, and both were involved with impersonation in some capacity. In Arden's case, she entered the Orient Express under a different name ("Mrs. Hubbard"). In Zip Toad's case, [[Doopliss]] disguised himself as the Toad celebrity in order to subvert Mario's efforts to collect the [[Garnet Star]].
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-{{character infobox
+[[File:Zip Toad.png|frame|The movie star Zip Toad]]
-|image=[[File:Zip Toad.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
-|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
-|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|You're cool, baby... but I'm cooler!|Zip Toad|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
-'''Zip Toad''' is a famous movie star with an ego who is one of the suspects in the investigation on board the [[Excess Express]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Zip Toad's name is a pun on "ZIP code". He has a few parallels with Linda Arden, the fictional actress from the 1934 English detective novel ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}'', the novel which Chapter 6 is based upon. Both are celebrities, and both were involved with impersonation in some capacity. In Arden's case, she entered the Orient Express under a different name ("Mrs. Hubbard"). In Zip Toad's case, [[Doopliss]] disguised himself as him in order to subvert Mario's efforts to collect the [[Garnet Star]].
-==History==
-===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
-During Chapter 6, Zip Toad is found in room 001 on the Excess Express. On the second day of the journey, [[Pennington]] tells [[Mario]] that someone may be using the [[Ratooey]] [[businessman]]'s [[List of implied items#Nitro Honey Syrup|Nitro Honey Syrup]] recipe, the [[Excess Express waitress]]' [[Shell Earrings]], and [[Toodles]]' [[Gold Ring (item)|Gold Ring]] to create an explosion. He finds a [[Vital Paper]] that belongs to the businessman in Zip Toad's room. He later finds another paper in his own room. After using [[Vivian]]'s ability, Zip Toad comes out of hiding and Mario catches him. When he is apprehended, he gives the stolen items to Mario. However, it turns out that Zip Toad is actually [[Doopliss]] in disguise, hired by [[Beldam]] of the [[Three Shadows]] to bomb the train in a "[[Threatening Note|sticky, yummy, gooey mess]]" in an effort to prevent Mario and his partners from reaching the [[Garnet Star]] in the [[Poshley Sanctum]], and frame Zip Toad for the crime. He escapes when the train stops at [[Riverside Station]].
-When Mario and his team set out to find the [[Crystal Star|last]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the real Zip Toad sends him an [[Mailbox SP#The Real Zip Toad: !|email]], containing a picture of himself in front of a window. In the email, Zip Toad commends Mario and his team for stopping the Three Shadows' plan and clearing his name, and tells him that he is going to film a movie in [[Toad Town]] called ''[[List of implied entertainment#On Golden Toad 2|On Golden Toad 2]]''. He also reveals more about his movie career by quickly mentioning another film that featured him: ''[[List of implied entertainment#The Toad Warrior|The Toad Warrior]]''. The title of these films are likely parodies of ''{{wp|On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond}}'' and ''{{wp|Mad Max 2|The Road Warrior}}'', respectively.
-In the original game's end credits [[Parade|parade]], Zip Toad's silhouette can be seen with the Poshley Heights characters. In the remake, he, [[Chef Shimi]], the [[Excess Express waitress]], [[Toodles]], [[Heff T.]], and the [[Businessman|businessman]] follow behind [[Pennington]] as he investigates the stage. This is until [[Ghost T.]] appears and spooks at them, resulting in them all fleeing in horror as Ghost T. ascends into a bright light.
-===''Super Mario-kun''===
+'''Zip Toad''' is a famous movie star with an ego who is one of the suspects in the investigation on board the [[Excess Express]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Zip Toad's name is a pun for ''ZIP code''. He's in room 001 on the Excess Express. However, it turned out that Zip Toad was actually [[Doopliss]] in disguise, hired by [[Beldam]] of the [[Shadow Sirens]] to bomb the train in a "sticky, yummy, gooey mess" in an effort to prevent [[Mario]] and his comrades from reaching the [[Garnet Star]] in the [[Poshley Heights|Poshley]] [[Poshley Sanctum|Sanctum]], and frame him for the crime. With help from [[Pennington]], Mario and his team foiled their plans. When Mario and his team set out to find the [[Crystal Star|last]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the real Zip Toad sends him an [[List of e-mails in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#The Real Zip Toad: !|e-mail]], containing a picture of the actor in front of a window. In the e-mail, Zip Toad commends Mario and his team for stopping the Shadow Sirens' plan and clearing his name, and tells him that he was going to film a movie in [[Toad Town]] called ''[[On Golden Toad 2]]''. He also reveals more about his movie career by quickly mentioning another film that featured him: ''[[The Toad Warrior]]''.
-[[File:Excess Express Passengers SuperMarioKun.png|thumb|Zip Toad in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
-Zip Toad is briefly seen as one of the passengers onboard the Excess Express in volume 34 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Unlike in the game, he is not replaced by Doopliss due to him having been reformed earlier in the story arc.
-==Profiles==
+==E-Mail==
-===Email===
+;!
-;! (GCN)<br>What's up! (Switch)
+[[File:Jr troopa cameo.png|thumb|An attached image of the Real Zip Toad (with [[Jr. Troopa]] in the background) in his e-mail to Mario]]
-[[File:Jr troopa cameo.png|thumb|An attached image of the Real Zip Toad (with [[Jr. Troopa]] in the background) in his e-mail to Mario (GCN)]]
-[[File:PMTTYDNS ZipToad Mail.png|thumb|Attached image (Switch)]]
 <blockquote>
-What's up, super-sleuth! (GCN)<br>
+What's up, super-sleuth! I heard you uncovered my impostor! You're the best, man, seriously!<br>
-What's up, super sleuth! (Switch)
-I heard you uncovered my impostor! You're the best, man, seriously!<br>
 <br>
 See, when you get to be as big a star as Zip Toad, these sorts of things happen all the time. It's the biz.<br>
@@ Line 35: / Line 14: @@
 But, man alive! For a no-name like you to brave danger and find my impostor! Reminds me of a younger, yet less successful, me.<br>
 <br>
-Yeah, so as for me, I'm headed to [[Toad Town]] to film my next leading role: The soon-to-be hit film On Golden Toad 2. It'll be huge. (GCN)<br>
+Yeah, so as for me, I'm headed to [[Toad Town]] to film my next leading role: The soon-to-be hit film On Golden Toad 2. It'll be huge.<br>
-Yeah, so as for me, I'm headed to Toad Town to film my next leading role—the soon-to-be hit film "On Golden Toad 2." It'll be huge. (Switch)<br>
 <br>
-I hear you're on an adventure or something, so I'll leave you with a line from my last flick, The Toad Warrior: "You're cool, baby...but I'm cooler!" (GCN)<br>
+I hear you're on an adventure or something, so I'll leave you with a line from my last flick, The Toad Warrior: "You're cool, baby...but I'm cooler!"<br>
-I hear you're on an adventure or something, so I'll leave you with a line from my last flick, "The Toad Warrior." "You're cool, baby...but I'm cooler!" (Switch)<br>
 <br>
 Best of luck, kid!<br>
 <br>
-The Super Star (GCN)<br>
+The Super Star<br>
-The Super Star, (Switch)<br>
 The Real Zip Toad
 </blockquote>
-===Tattle===
+==Tattle==
-[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Zip Toad only while he is Doopliss in disguise.<br>
+[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Zip Toad only while he is [[Doopliss]] in disguise.
+*"''I KNEW I knew him! That's Zip Toad, the movie star! Women go NUTS for him! Y'know, he's hot and all, but he seems pretty stuck up about being famous. I guess all celebrities are kinda like that. It's too bad, 'cause I kinda liked him...''"
-"''I KNEW I knew him! That's Zip Toad, the movie star! Women go NUTS'' (GCN) / ''WILD'' (Switch) ''for him! Y'know, he's hot and all, but he seems pretty stuck up about being famous. I guess all celebrities are kinda like that. It's too bad, 'cause I kinda liked him...''"
-<br>
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-PMTTYDNS concept art characters 9.png|Concept art of the [[Excess Express]] passengers and staff, including an early version of Zip Toad with blue spots rather than red
-</gallery>
 ==Names in other languages==
 {{foreign names
-|Jap=ミスター トロン
+|Fra=Bolet Wood
-|JapR=Misutā Toron
+|FraM=''Bolet'' means "boletus" (a species of mushroom); "Wood" is a reference to [[wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]].
-|JapM=Mister Tron
-|ChiS=特伦先生
-|ChiSR=Tèlún Xiānshēng
-|ChiSM=Mister Tron
-|ChiT=特倫先生
-|ChiTR=Tèlún Xiānshēng
-|ChiTM=Mister Tron
-|Dut=Toadivo
-|DutM=From "Toad" and ''divo'' ("VIP")
-|Fre=Bolet Wood
-|FreM=From ''boletus'' (a species of mushroom) and "[[wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]]"
 |Ger=Star T.
-|GerM=From "star" and abbreviation of "Toad"
+|GerM=
+|Jap=トロン
+|JapR=Toron
+|JapM=Possibly derived from Japanese adverb「トロトロ」(''torotoro'', sluggishly or dawdling)
 |Ita=Toadivo
-|ItaM=From "Toad" and ''divo'' ("VIP")
+|ItaM=From ''Toad'' and ''divo'', the Italian word for "VIP".
-|Kor=미스터 트론
-|KorR=Miseuteo Teulon
-|KorM=Mister Tron
 |Spa=T. Zip
 |SpaM=Zip Toad
 }}
+==Trivia==
+*[[Jr. Troopa]] from the first ''[[Paper Mario]]'' (in his form which includes both wings and a spike) can be spotted in the background of the picture accompanying Zip Toad's e-mail.
+*Some of the movies that Zip Toad has been in are nods to movies in real life. For example, The Toad Warrior is a parody of [[wikipedia:The Road Warrior|The Road Warrior]].
+*Zip Toad has a few parallels with Linda Arden, the fictional actress from the 1934 English detective novel ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}''. Both are celebrities, and both were involved with impersonation in some capacity. In Arden's case, she entered the Orient Express under a different name ("Mrs. Hubbard"). In Zip Toad's case, [[Doopliss]] disguised himself as the Toad celebrity in order to subvert Mario's efforts to collect the [[Garnet Star]].
 {{Toads}}
 {{PMTTYD}}
 [[Category:Toads]]
-[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]]
+[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Characters]]
-[[Category:Super Mario-kun characters]]
 [[de:Star T.]]
 [[it:Toadivo]]