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{{quote2|Art, c'est vous! Are you ready to make your debut, honh?! Zee world awaits!|Bleu|[[Super Paper Mario]]}}
{{quote|Art, c'est vous! Are you ready for your debut, honh?! Zee peaceful world awaits!|Bleu|[[Super Paper Mario]]}}
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|image=[[File:SPM Bleu.png]]
|image=[[File:SPM Bleu.png]]
|species=[[Flip-Flop Folk]]
|species=[[Flip-Flop Folk]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
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'''Bleu''' is an artist with a stereotypical French accent in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. He lives on the first floor of [[Flopside]] with his daughter named [[Lily (Super Paper Mario)|Lily]], who secretly wants to be an actress. Bleu's name is French for ''blue'', the color he wears and the color of his skin. His [[Flipside]] counterpart is [[Sacre]], and together their names form the well-known French phrase ''[[wikipedia:Sacrebleu|Sacrebleu!]]''.
'''Bleu''' is an artist with a stereotypical French accent in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. He lives on the first floor of [[Flopside]] with his daughter [[Lily (Super Paper Mario)|Lily]], who secretly wants to be an actress. Bleu's name is French for ''blue'', the color he wears and the color of his skin. His [[Flipside]] counterpart is [[Sacre]], and together their names form the well-known French phrase ''[[wikipedia:Sacrebleu|Sacrebleu!]]''.


Bleu's role in the game is to give [[Princess Peach]] haircuts in the form of a ponytail. As Bleu states, these haircuts are hard to maintain, so whenever the player changes characters or goes up an elevator, the hairdo changes back to the original one.
Bleu's role in the game is to give [[Princess Peach]] haircuts in the form of a ponytail. As Bleu states, these haircuts are hard to maintain, so whenever the player changes characters, uses the [[Return Pipe]] or goes up an elevator, the hair changes back to its original style.


==Name in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ガカンヌ
|Jap=ガカンヌ
|JapR=Gakan'nu
|JapR=Gakannu
|JapM=
|JapM=From「画家」(''gaka'', artist) and possibly a reference to French artist "{{wp|Paul Cézanne}}"
|Fra=Sano
|Fre=Sano
|FraM=
|FreM=Both this and Sacre's French name ''Piano'' are derived from the Italian proverb ''Chi va piano va sano'' ("He who goes slowly goes safely")
|Ger=Bleu
|Ger=Bleu
|GerM=-
|GerM=-
|Spa=Ángel
|Spa=Ángel
|SpaM=
|SpaM=Common name. Alongside Sacre, they form Miguel Ángel, Spanish name of Italian artist Michelangelo
|Ita=Bleu
|Ita=Bleu
|ItaM=With Par's (Sacre) name, they make "Parbleu", another french esclamation
|ItaM=With Par's (Sacre) name, they make "Parbleu", another French exclamation
}}
}}
{{SPM}}
{{SPM}}
[[Category:Flip-Flop Folk]]
[[Category:Flip-Flop Folk]]
[[Category:Parents]]
[[Category:Parents]]
[[Category:Super Paper Mario Characters]]
[[Category:Super Paper Mario characters]]
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[[it:Bleu]]

Revision as of 03:30, June 18, 2024

“Art, c'est vous! Are you ready for your debut, honh?! Zee peaceful world awaits!”
Bleu, Super Paper Mario
Bleu
SPM Bleu.png
Species Flip-Flop Folk
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)

Bleu is an artist with a stereotypical French accent in Super Paper Mario. He lives on the first floor of Flopside with his daughter Lily, who secretly wants to be an actress. Bleu's name is French for blue, the color he wears and the color of his skin. His Flipside counterpart is Sacre, and together their names form the well-known French phrase Sacrebleu!.

Bleu's role in the game is to give Princess Peach haircuts in the form of a ponytail. As Bleu states, these haircuts are hard to maintain, so whenever the player changes characters, uses the Return Pipe or goes up an elevator, the hair changes back to its original style.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガカンヌ[?]
Gakannu
From「画家」(gaka, artist) and possibly a reference to French artist "Paul Cézanne"
French Sano[?] Both this and Sacre's French name Piano are derived from the Italian proverb Chi va piano va sano ("He who goes slowly goes safely")
German Bleu[?] -
Italian Bleu[?] With Par's (Sacre) name, they make "Parbleu", another French exclamation
Spanish Ángel[?] Common name. Alongside Sacre, they form Miguel Ángel, Spanish name of Italian artist Michelangelo