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|image=[[File:Tricolor MIMDOS.png]]<br>DOS<br>[[File:Tricolor MIMSNES.png]]<br>SNES<br>[[File:Tricolor MIMNES.png]]<br>NES
|first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
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The '''Tricolor''' is a name for, among other flags, the '''{{wp|flag of France}}'''. In all versions of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', it is stolen from the top of the [[Eiffel Tower]] by [[Koopa Troopa]]s raiding the city of [[Paris]]. [[Luigi]] must retrieve the flag, deduce where it belongs by asking passersby about it, and return it to the Eiffel Tower's information booth after answering trivia questions to prove its authenticity.
The '''Tricolor''' is a name for, among other flags, the '''{{wp|flag of France}}'''. In the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']], it is stolen from the top of the [[Eiffel Tower]] by [[Koopa Troopa]]s raiding the city of [[Paris]]. [[Luigi]] must retrieve the flag, deduce where it belongs by asking passersby about it, and return it to the Eiffel Tower's information booth after answering trivia questions to prove its authenticity.


The Eiffel Tower does not actually have a flag on top of it in real life. In fact, even in the game, Luigi's photograph of the Eiffel Tower shows it without the Tricolor on it.
The Eiffel Tower does not have a flag on top of it in real life. In fact, even in the game, Luigi's photograph of the Eiffel Tower shows it without the Tricolor on it.


== Information ==
{{MIM info header}}
{{MIMPC info
|boy=You'll have 1652 steps to climb with it. But don't worry, you can slide back down the 1000 foot flagpole.
|tourist=That's the topper to the most riveting sight in Paris. It took 2.5 million rivets to build it.
|reporter=That's the Tricolor--red, white and blue. Climb the Eiffel Tower and you'll know what to do.
|scientist=Gustave Eiffel built his tower in 1887. They added that flag later.
|officer=How can the French salute the Eiffel Tower without that?
}}
|-
{{MIMSNES info
|boy=You'll have 1652 steps to climb with it. But don't worry, you can slide back down the 1000 foot flagpole.
|tourist=That's the topper to the most riveting sight in Paris. It took 2.5 million rivets to build it.
|reporter=That's the Tricolor--red, white and blue. Climb the Eiffel Tower and you'll know what to do.
|scientist=Gustave Eiffel built his tower in 1887. They added that flag later.
|officer=How can the French salute the Eiffel Tower without that?
}}
|-
{{MIMNES info
|boy=You'll have 1652 steps to climb with it. But don't worry, you can slide back down the 1000 foot flagpole.
|tourist=That's the topper to the most riveting sight in Paris. It took 2.5 million rivets to build it for the World's Fair.
|reporter=That's the Tricolor--red, white and blue. Climb the Eiffel Tower and you'll know what to do.
|scientist=Engineer Gustave Eiffel built his tower in 1887. They added that flag later.
|officer=How can the French salute the Eiffel Tower without that?
}}
|}
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ger=die Trikolore
|GerM=the Tricolor
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario wir vermisst'' (CD-ROM)|language=German|accessdate
=September 27, 2024}}</ref>
}}
==References==
<references/>
{{MIM}}
{{MIM}}


[[Category:Mario is Missing! items]]
[[Category:Mario is Missing! items]]

Latest revision as of 22:00, September 26, 2024

Tricolor
Tricolor in Mario is Missing!
DOS
Tricolor in Mario is Missing!
SNES
Tricolor in Mario is Missing!
NES
First appearance Mario is Missing! (1992)

The Tricolor is a name for, among other flags, the flag of France. In the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing!, it is stolen from the top of the Eiffel Tower by Koopa Troopas raiding the city of Paris. Luigi must retrieve the flag, deduce where it belongs by asking passersby about it, and return it to the Eiffel Tower's information booth after answering trivia questions to prove its authenticity.

The Eiffel Tower does not have a flag on top of it in real life. In fact, even in the game, Luigi's photograph of the Eiffel Tower shows it without the Tricolor on it.

Information[edit]

Person Quote
PC version
Boy "You'll have 1652 steps to climb with it. But don't worry, you can slide back down the 1000 foot flagpole."
Tourist "That's the topper to the most riveting sight in Paris. It took 2.5 million rivets to build it."
Reporter "That's the Tricolor--red, white and blue. Climb the Eiffel Tower and you'll know what to do."
Scientist "Gustave Eiffel built his tower in 1887. They added that flag later."
Police officer "How can the French salute the Eiffel Tower without that?"
SNES version
Boy "You'll have 1652 steps to climb with it. But don't worry, you can slide back down the 1000 foot flagpole."
Tourist "That's the topper to the most riveting sight in Paris. It took 2.5 million rivets to build it."
Reporter "That's the Tricolor--red, white and blue. Climb the Eiffel Tower and you'll know what to do."
Scientist "Gustave Eiffel built his tower in 1887. They added that flag later."
Police officer "How can the French salute the Eiffel Tower without that?"
NES version
Boy "You'll have 1652 steps to climb with it. But don't worry, you can slide back down the 1000 foot flagpole."
Tourist "That's the topper to the most riveting sight in Paris. It took 2.5 million rivets to build it for the World's Fair."
Reporter "That's the Tricolor--red, white and blue. Climb the Eiffel Tower and you'll know what to do."
Scientist "Engineer Gustave Eiffel built his tower in 1887. They added that flag later."
Police officer "How can the French salute the Eiffel Tower without that?"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
German die Trikolore[1] the Tricolor

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario wir vermisst (CD-ROM). Software Toolworks (German). Retrieved September 27, 2024.