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{{character-infobox
{{about|Luigi's Spike Top partner from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|the characters from [[Yoshi's Crafted World]]|[[Torque (species)]]}}
|image=[[File:Torque.PNG]]<br>''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' sprite for Torque
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Torque.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
|species=[[Spike Top]]
|species=[[Spike Top]]
}}
}}
{{quote|The only reason I lent [[Luigi|him]] my rig was 'cause he got on his knees and begged. And what happens? He's in it for one second before he completely totals it! Idiot!|Torque|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Yeah, I'm Torque, and don't for a second think this dude's tellin' the whole story. The only reason I lent [[Luigi|him]] my rig was 'cause he got on his knees and begged. And what happens? He's in it for one second before he completely totals it! Idiot! I'm not lettin' this dip outta my sight until he repays me the 5,000-coin repair costs!|Torque|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
'''Torque''' is a [[Spike Top]] that teams up with [[Luigi]] in his quest to assemble the [[List of implied items#Marvelous Compass|Marvelous Compass]] during the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Before joining Luigi, Torque lived on [[List of implied locations#Circuit Break Island|Circuit Break Island]], the home of extreme kart racing.
'''Torque''' is a [[Spike Top]] that teams up with [[Luigi]] in his quest to assemble the [[List of implied items#Marvelous Compass|Marvelous Compass]] during the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Before joining Luigi, Torque lived on [[List of implied locations#Circuit Break Island|Circuit Break Island]], the home of extreme kart racing.


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|JapR=Toruku
|JapR=Toruku
|JapM=Torque
|JapM=Torque
|Fra=Clédouze
|ChiS=托鲁库
|FraM=Pun on "clé de douze", a type of wrench
|ChiSR=Tuōlǔkù
|Spa=Rante
|ChiSM=Torque
|SpaM=Pun on "Carburante" (Carburant), and the name "Dante"
|ChiT=托魯庫
|ChiTR=Tuōlǔkù
|ChiTM=Torque
|Dut=Schrouf
|DutM=From ''schroef'' ("screw")
|Fre=Clédouze
|FreM=From ''clé de douze'' (a type of wrench)
|Ger=Schraub
|Ger=Schraub
|GerM=From "Schraube" (screw) or "schrauben" (to screw)
|GerM=From ''schrauben'' ("to screw")
|Ita=Bricolo
|Ita=Bricolo
|ItaM=From "bricolage"
|ItaM=From "{{wp|bricolage}}"; shared with [[Blockafeller]]
|Kor=토크
|KorR=Tokeu
|KorM=Torque
|SpaA=Torqui
|SpaAM=From "torque"
|SpaE=Bríccolo
|SpaEM=From "bricolage"
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 11:25, July 9, 2024

This article is about Luigi's Spike Top partner from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the characters from Yoshi's Crafted World, see Torque (species).
Torque
Sprite of Torque from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Spike Top
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Yeah, I'm Torque, and don't for a second think this dude's tellin' the whole story. The only reason I lent him my rig was 'cause he got on his knees and begged. And what happens? He's in it for one second before he completely totals it! Idiot! I'm not lettin' this dip outta my sight until he repays me the 5,000-coin repair costs!”
Torque, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Torque is a Spike Top that teams up with Luigi in his quest to assemble the Marvelous Compass during the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Before joining Luigi, Torque lived on Circuit Break Island, the home of extreme kart racing.

Differing in appearance from a regular Spike Top, Torque has a green shell, and instead of a spike, Torque's has a wrench. Apparently, Torque has the ability to attach a variety of different tools to his shell, and as such, he became a mechanic of go-karts.

When Luigi arrived on Circuit Break Island, he discovered that the champion of the kart races would earn a trophy with a piece of the Marvelous Compass embedded in the plaque. Luigi claims that he entered the contest and was paired with Torque. Together, they won the race and earned the piece of the Marvelous Compass. In reality, however, at the beginning of the race, Luigi accidentally went in reverse, destroying all the karts in the competition (and thus winning the race). Torque decides to tag along with Luigi until the plumber can pay him back for all the damage he caused on the island. It is not known if he gets his money back.

Torque's name is a direct reference to the word torque, which is a rotating force that is often applied by real world wrenches.

Tattle information[edit]

  • That's Luigi's pal, Torque. I hear he's like, a totally excellent mechanic. According to Mechanics Weekly... that tool on his back can basically do anything. He seems ticked off, though. I wonder what happened?

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トルク[1]
Toruku
Torque
Chinese (simplified) 托鲁库[?]
Tuōlǔkù
Torque
Chinese (traditional) 托魯庫[?]
Tuōlǔkù
Torque
Dutch Schrouf[?] From schroef ("screw")
French Clédouze[?] From clé de douze (a type of wrench)
German Schraub[?] From schrauben ("to screw")
Italian Bricolo[?] From "bricolage"; shared with Blockafeller
Korean 토크[?]
Tokeu
Torque
Spanish (NOA) Torqui[?] From "torque"
Spanish (NOE) Bríccolo[?] From "bricolage"

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door From Japanese to English". (June 1, 2014). The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved January 4, 2015.