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[[File:Helvetica.png|thumb|Helvetica]]
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Helvetica.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Super Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
}}
{{quote|You ever hear of "The Grodus Chronicles"? The plot rips off one I was planning!|Helvetica|Super Paper Mario}}
{{quote|You ever hear of "The Grodus Chronicles"? The plot rips off one I was planning!|Helvetica|Super Paper Mario}}
'''Helvetica''' is a struggling author named after the [[wikipedia:Helvetica|Helvetica]] font. He is encountered in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', living on the first floor of [[Flipside]]. He writes slowly, so his works are never published, unlike his [[Flopside]] counterpart, the best-selling author, [[Garamond]]. Helvetica actually sends Garamond ideas in his dreams, and the two eventually switch places. Helvetica sometimes thinks he would be better off working as a cook, seeing as his culinary works make even chefs jealous.
'''Helvetica''' is a struggling author named after the [[wikipedia:Helvetica|Helvetica]] typeface. He is encountered in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', living on the first floor (ground floor in the PAL version) of [[Flipside]]. He writes slowly, so his works are never published, unlike his [[Flopside]] counterpart, the best-selling author [[Garamond]]. This also causes him to struggle to meet deadlines for his job as a magazine wordsmith. Helvetica actually gives Garamond ideas in his dreams, and the two eventually switch places as well as jobs.<ref>{{cite|quote=The wordsmith submits his articles very early nowadays... He's like a different person. ...What if he really was?  Oh, I don't care, as long as he makes his deadline...|title=''Super Paper Mario''|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref> Helvetica cooks for himself, but his culinary works supposedly make even chefs jealous.
 
==Tattle==
*"''That's Helvetica... He's a struggling novelist who made his debut 30 years ago... He's good at what he does, but he writes slow, so his books are never released... He's poor and cooks for himself, but his fare is so good, it makes chefs jealous.''"
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=サッカス
|JapR=Sakkasu
|JapM=From「作家」(''sakka'', writer)
|Fre=Clopin
|FreM=Both this and Garamond's French name ''Clopant'' are derived from ''clopin-clopant'' ("hobbling along")
|Ger=Helvetikus
|GerM=Helvetica
|Ita=Tahoma
|ItaM=Named after {{wp|Tahoma (typeface)|another typeface}}
|Spa=Benito
|SpaM=Named after another typeface
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Flip-Flop Folk]]
[[Category:Flipside residents]]
[[Category:Super Paper Mario Characters]]
[[Category:Super Paper Mario characters]]
[[it:Tahoma]]

Latest revision as of 19:48, October 29, 2024

Helvetica
Helvetica
Sprite from Super Paper Mario
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
“You ever hear of "The Grodus Chronicles"? The plot rips off one I was planning!”
Helvetica, Super Paper Mario

Helvetica is a struggling author named after the Helvetica typeface. He is encountered in Super Paper Mario, living on the first floor (ground floor in the PAL version) of Flipside. He writes slowly, so his works are never published, unlike his Flopside counterpart, the best-selling author Garamond. This also causes him to struggle to meet deadlines for his job as a magazine wordsmith. Helvetica actually gives Garamond ideas in his dreams, and the two eventually switch places as well as jobs.[1] Helvetica cooks for himself, but his culinary works supposedly make even chefs jealous.

Tattle[edit]

  • "That's Helvetica... He's a struggling novelist who made his debut 30 years ago... He's good at what he does, but he writes slow, so his books are never released... He's poor and cooks for himself, but his fare is so good, it makes chefs jealous."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サッカス[?]
Sakkasu
From「作家」(sakka, writer)
French Clopin[?] Both this and Garamond's French name Clopant are derived from clopin-clopant ("hobbling along")
German Helvetikus[?] Helvetica
Italian Tahoma[?] Named after another typeface
Spanish Benito[?] Named after another typeface

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The wordsmith submits his articles very early nowadays... He's like a different person. ...What if he really was? Oh, I don't care, as long as he makes his deadline..." – Super Paper Mario. Nintendo of America (English).