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[[Image:PMTYDpuniper.jpg|thumb|right|'''Puniper'''.]]
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYD Puniper Artwork.jpg|215px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|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=[[Puni]]
}}
{{quote|Don't get a swelled head! This doesn't mean I'll accept you as our leader...|Puniper|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Puniper''' is an obese [[Puni]] that lives in [[the Great Tree]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He doubts [[Mario]]'s skills as a hero at first but eventually he sees Mario as a good leader. He does not help initially and will not support Mario until he saves the [[Puni elder]]. Puniper's name is a portmanteau of "Puni" and "Juniper".


{{quote|Don't get a swelled head! This doesn't mean I'll accept you as our leader...|Puniper|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
==Tattle information==
*''That's Puniper of the Punies. He sure is big for a Puni. Too bad his head is big, too!''
*''That's Puniper of the Punies. He's a little bigger than the others, obviously. So maybe he can help us reach that special area... Hee hee! Just kidding. His only special power is complaining, I think.''
*''That's Puniper of the Punies. This guy just needs to stop whining and do what's right. I mean, he's huge!  When you got a big bod, you gotta step up and take charge!''


==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYD The Great Tree Punies Out of Hiding 5.png|Puniper questioning Punio's trust in Mario.
PMTTYD The Great Tree Stubborn MULE.png|The Puni elder calling out Puniper for his stubbornness.
</gallery>


'''Puniper''' is a fat [[Puni]] that lives in The [[Great Tree]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]].'' He doubts [[Mario]]'s skills as a hero at first but eventually he sees Mario as a good leader. He does not help in the game and will not support Mario untill afterwards.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=プニタ<ref>{{cite|quote=プニ族の プニタよ|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo Co.|language=ja}}</ref>
|JapR=Punita
|JapM=From "[[Puni]]" and「た」(''-ta''), usually used for masculine name ending
|Chi=普尼搭<ref>{{cite|quote=这是普尼族的普尼塔哦。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hans}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=他是普尼族的普尼塔喔。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hant}}</ref>
|ChiR=Pǔnídā
|ChiM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Dut=Maxini<ref>{{cite|quote=Dat is Maxini van de Ini's.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=nl}}</ref>
|DutM=From the name "Max" and "mini" or ''Ini'' ("Puni"). "Max" may also allude to his larger body shape.
|Fre=Pounibo<ref>{{cite|quote=C'est Pounibo de la Tribu Pouni.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=fr-ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Pounibo, de la Tribu Pouni.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreM=From ''Pouni'' ("Puni") and possibly ''beau'' ("beautiful") or the male name "Thibaut"
|Ger=Bubulas<ref>{{cite|quote=Das ist Bubulas, ein Bubu.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|GerM=''Bubu'' ("Puni") and the name "Nicolas"
|Ita=Fufurio<ref>{{cite|quote=È Fufurio.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Fufino'' ("Puni") and the male name "Furio"
|Kor=말랑욱<ref>{{cite|quote=말랑족 말랑욱이야|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>
|KorR=Mallang'uk
|KorM=Portmanteau of "말랑" (''Mallang'', "Puni") and the Korean masculine name ending "욱" (''uk'')
|Spa=Punilio<ref>{{cite|quote=Es Punilio, un Puni que necesita dejar de quejarse y poner de su parte.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=es-419}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Es Punilio, un puni antipático y gruñón que se cree el ombligo del mundo.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=es-es}}</ref>
|SpaM=From "Puni" and the male name "Emilio"
}}


[[Goombella]]'s tattle for him is: ''That's Puniper of the Punies. He sure is big for a Puny. Too bad his head is big too!''
==References==
<references/>


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Latest revision as of 00:28, October 27, 2024

Puniper
Puniper
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Puni
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Don't get a swelled head! This doesn't mean I'll accept you as our leader...”
Puniper, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Puniper is an obese Puni that lives in the Great Tree in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He doubts Mario's skills as a hero at first but eventually he sees Mario as a good leader. He does not help initially and will not support Mario until he saves the Puni elder. Puniper's name is a portmanteau of "Puni" and "Juniper".

Tattle information[edit]

  • That's Puniper of the Punies. He sure is big for a Puni. Too bad his head is big, too!
  • That's Puniper of the Punies. He's a little bigger than the others, obviously. So maybe he can help us reach that special area... Hee hee! Just kidding. His only special power is complaining, I think.
  • That's Puniper of the Punies. This guy just needs to stop whining and do what's right. I mean, he's huge! When you got a big bod, you gotta step up and take charge!

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese プニタ[1]
Punita
From "Puni" and「た」(-ta), usually used for masculine name ending
Chinese 普尼搭[2][3]
Pǔnídā
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Maxini[4] From the name "Max" and "mini" or Ini ("Puni"). "Max" may also allude to his larger body shape.
French Pounibo[5][6] From Pouni ("Puni") and possibly beau ("beautiful") or the male name "Thibaut"
German Bubulas[7] Bubu ("Puni") and the name "Nicolas"
Italian Fufurio[8] Portmanteau of Fufino ("Puni") and the male name "Furio"
Korean 말랑욱[9]
Mallang'uk
Portmanteau of "말랑" (Mallang, "Puni") and the Korean masculine name ending "욱" (uk)
Spanish Punilio[10][11] From "Puni" and the male name "Emilio"

References[edit]

  1. ^ プニ族の プニタよ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese).
  2. ^ "这是普尼族的普尼塔哦。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Simplified Chinese).
  3. ^ 他是普尼族的普尼塔喔。」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Traditional Chinese).
  4. ^ "Dat is Maxini van de Ini's." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch).
  5. ^ "C'est Pounibo de la Tribu Pouni." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
  6. ^ "Pounibo, de la Tribu Pouni." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (French).
  7. ^ "Das ist Bubulas, ein Bubu." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German).
  8. ^ "È Fufurio." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
  9. ^ "말랑족 말랑욱이야" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).
  10. ^ "Es Punilio, un Puni que necesita dejar de quejarse y poner de su parte." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
  11. ^ "Es Punilio, un puni antipático y gruñón que se cree el ombligo del mundo." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish).