IDLE

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IDLE
IDLE in Mario & Luigi: Brothership
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Species	Concordian humanoids
Members Ireen Dulles Loog Ellow Princess Peach Starlow Dorrie

“We're not idle! We're IDLE!”

—IDLE, Mario & Luigi: Brothership

IDLE is a group of characters who appear in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. They are a team of four Concordian children who all reside on Desolatt Island, each with a yellow-orange scarf tied around a different part of their body. Its name is an acronym made up of the initials of their members:

• Ireen, a short, pink Concordian who wears her scarf as a hair bow, and is the self-proclaimed leader of the group.
• Dulles, a lanky, green Concordian with his scarf tied around his antenna.
• Loog, a short, blue Concordian wearing his scarf as a bandana. He also proclaims himself as the leader of the group.
• Ellow, a stocky, yellow Concordian wearing his scarf as a sack that is tied underneath his head.

Princess Peach, Starlow, and Dorrie join the group after the Color-Full Sea Great Lighthouse Island is relit; Peach wears her scarf around her right arm, and Dorrie wears one around its neck, but Starlow does not wear one.

At one point in the game, the four Concordian members ride a missile, piledriving it into the barrier surrounding the Color-Full Sea's Great Lighthouse. (Ellow holds the rocket directly, with the rest holding onto his back.) It is later revealed that they survived. The group also goes on scouting missions throughout the game.

If the player chooses Adaphne's upgrade for Shipshape Island, the group, along with Peach, Starlow, Dorrie, and Technikki save Mario, Luigi, and Cozette as Fortress Zokket transforms into the Soli-Tree. Later, the group gets scattered and has to be found on Shrimpee Islet and Mykroh Islet, with their Bond being collected afterward. This Bond is one of the Bonds necessary for breaching the barrier that Reclusa sets up around the Soli-Tree.

During the end of the game, the group says their goodbyes along with the rest of the cast. They are later shown posing in front of a Concordian child in Allsand Island during the credits.

Profiles

• Website description:
  • English (American):
    IDLE
    A group of rambunctious kids who are eager to help, but not very good at it.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      サビレッタ島で出会うグミ、ズレッタ、グレール、 ズンドー の4人の子どもたち。マリオたちと出会い、 その活躍を目の当たりにして一緒に世界を取り戻そうと協力する。
      (Translation: Four children, Gumi, Zuretta, Gurēru, and Zundō, who are encountered on Sabiretta Island. After encountering Mario and friends and witnessing their accomplishments, they decide to team up in order to take back the world.)
    • French (Canada):
      Un groupe d’enfants bruyants qui sont impatients d’aider... mais maladroits par contre.
      (Translation: A group of noisy kids who are excited to help... but clumsy on the other hand.)
    • Portuguese (Brazil):
      Um grupo de jovens bagunceiros que estão sempre dispostos a ajudar, mesmo não sendo muito bons nisso.
    • Spanish (Latin America):
      Un grupo de chicos bulliciosos que están dispuestos a ayudar, pero a veces no les salen bien las cosas.
      (Translation: A group of boisterous kids who are there to help, but sometimes things don't turn out well.)

Gallery

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  Peach and Starlow alongside IDLE

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  Peach and IDLE riding a Dorrie

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  IDLE posing

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  Ireen

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  Dulles

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  Loog

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  Ellow

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  IDLE on a rocket

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  A vision of IDLE in the sky

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	グズグズ団 Guzuguzu Dan	Lingering Group
Chinese	拖拉拖拉团[?] Tuōlatuōla Tuán	Lingering Group
Dutch	Team G.A.A.P.	From gaap ("yawn")
French (NOA)	POLARITÉ	Polarity
French (NOE)	LES ZÉROS	The Zeros. Pun on les héros ("the heroes"); the h is mute, but when the liaison is made, the word héros sounds like zéro ("zero").
German	Team WYRG	Teamwork, also from würg ("choke")
Italian	N.E.T.T.Y	With the determinative article i ("the"), it is a pun on inetti ("incapables"); outside from the "Y" (which is acknowledged as lacking an explanation, but could derive from their shared final letter), all letters are the members' initials.
Korean	꾸물꾸물단[?] Kkumul-kkumul Dan	Sluggish Group
Portuguese	Estáticos	Statics
Spanish (NOA)	Los Simpáticos	The Laid-Backs
Spanish (NOE)	Los Remolones	The Slackers, contains the colloquialism molón ("cool")

Dulles

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ズレッタ[?] Zuretta	Pun on the second syllable in「グズグズ」(Guzuguzu, "IDLE") and possibly「ズレた」(zureta, "misaligned")
Chinese	拉雷塔[?] Lāléitǎ	From the second syllable in「拖拉拖拉」(Tuōlatuōla, "IDLE") and Chinese male name ending「塔」(-tǎ)
Dutch	Andurs[?]	From the second/third letter in G.A.A.P. ("IDLE"); possibly from the male given name "Anders" and a pun on anders ("different")
French (NOA)	Lassuperius	From the second syllable in POLARITÉ ("IDLE")
French (NOE)	Étofraiz	From the second letter in ZÉROS ("IDLE"); pun on est aux fraises ("to be clueless")
German	Yuri[?]	From the second letter in WYRG ("IDLE")
Italian	Tony	-
Korean	문타[?] Munta	From the second syllable in "꾸물꾸물" (Kkumul-kkumul, "IDLE")
Portuguese	Tato	From the second syllable in Estáticos ("IDLE")
Spanish (NOA)	Pat[?]	From the second syllable in Simpáticos ("IDLE")
Spanish (NOE)	Morris	From the second syllable in Remolones ("IDLE")

Loog

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	グレール[?] Gurēru	Pun on the third syllable in「グズグズ」(Guzuguzu, "IDLE") and possibly「グレる」(gureru, "to turn delinquent")
Chinese	拖雷尔[?] Tuōléiěr	From the third syllable in「拖拉拖拉」(Tuōlatuōla, "IDLE")
Dutch	Abbart[?]	From the second/third letter in G.A.A.P. ("IDLE"); possibly from the male given name "Bart" and pun on apart ("unusual")
French (NOA)	Rigelio	From the third syllable in POLARITÉ ("IDLE")
French (NOE)	Rebel	From the third letter in ZÉROS ("IDLE"); pun on rebelle ("rebel")
German	Rolf[?]	From the third letter in WYRG ("IDLE")
Italian	Teppy	From teppista ("hooligan")
Korean	꾸일[?] Kkuiru	From the third syllable in "꾸물꾸물" (Kkumul-kkumul, "IDLE") and the Japanese name
Portuguese	Tito	From the third syllable in Estáticos ("IDLE")
Spanish (NOA)	Tico[?]	From the third syllable in Simpáticos ("IDLE")
Spanish (NOE)	Lolo	From the third syllable in Remolones ("IDLE")