Cudge

Not to be confused with Kudgel.

Cudge
Artwork from Super Paper Mario
Species	Pixl
First appearance	Super Paper Mario (2007)

“Real good wordin', real good timin'! It really got me right there! In the heart!”

—Cudge, Super Paper Mario

Cudge shouting out the player's favorite word.

Cudge's in-game sprite

Cudge is a Pixl in the game Super Paper Mario. He is the eighth Pixl found in the game, and one of the twelve original Pixls created by the Ancients. His name comes from "cudgel", referring to a blunt weapon such as a Hammer, which Cudge manifests in the user's hands to replace actual Hammers featured in past Paper Mario games. Cudge can be used to destroy both easily seen or camouflaged yellow blocks. He notes that he was not always a Pixl, meaning that Pixls might not be an actual species, but just transformed beings. (Indeed, Carson reveals in one of his many stories that Pixls are created through putting the spirit of an unknown entity into a man-made vessel designed for a certain purpose.) This Catch Card description may be referring to this when it says "he's a real people Pixl", or it may be referring to him having good social abilities.

The hammer that Cudge generates.

Cudge is found in Gap of Crag after the heroes insert the elemental tablets into the pillars. Before he joins the team, he asks the player what their favorite word is, which he will then fly up and scream out loud before joining the team. The word must be eight letters long or Cudge will not like the word. His powers are needed to destroy the block obstructing the pipe leading to the Floro Caverns.

Profiles

Catch Card

Card Type: Rare Card Description: This hard-hitting Pixl can shatter yellow blocks. But he's a real people Pixl.

Tattle

• "That's Cudge, a Pixl that allows you to hammer things with titanic force... Cudge was locked away in the stone monument in the sky above the Gap of Crag... Cudge is very enthusiastic about hammering things into oblivion..."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハまハンマ[?] Hamahanma	Partial repetition of「ハンマー」(hanmā, hammer)
French	Taptap[?]	An onomatopoeic term hinting at a hammer blow
German	Knüppl[?]	From "knüppel" (club)
Italian	Martolomeo[?]	Pun on "martello" (hammer) and the name "Bartolomeo" (the equivalent of the name "Bartholomew")
Korean	해멈머[?] Haemeommeo	Possibly a partial repetition of "해머" (haemeo, hammer)
Spanish	Marty[?]	Diminutive of "martillo" (hammer); also is short for the Spanish surname "Martínez"