Pungent

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Pungent
Pungent.jpg
Species Puni
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“I had heard the rumors... From Madame Flurrie to them Jabbies… Yeah, the word is out: Mario can win over the hearts of anyone and everyone! I tell ya, as a people person and a salesman, I must say I'm more than a little jealous!”
Pungent, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Pungent is the shopkeeper of Pungent's Great Tree Shop inside the Great Tree in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. His name is based on the word "pungent", meaning "affecting the senses to a great extent". Furthermore, "gent" is the abbreviated form of "gentleman", which might be a reference to his mustache. He is also the only Puni with visible facial hair. During the X-Naut invasion of the Great Tree, Pungent is one of the few Punies not to be captured by them. He hid in his shop until the entrance is uncovered by Mario's ally Flurrie. Recognizing Mario was there to help, Pungent aids him by selling him rare items.

Pungry, who camouflaged the entrance to Pungent's shop, is apparently friends with him and likes to hang out inside his shop.

Tattle information

  • That's Pungent, the manager of this shop. Weird place for a shop, if you ask me. But since we're here, I guess we could buy something...

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese プーニン[?]
Pūnin
Derived from "Puni"; with elongation symbol and the character「ん」(n) added
Chinese (simplified) 普宁[?]
Pǔníng
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Chinese (traditional) 普寧[?]
Pǔníng
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Teunini[?] From the name "Teun" and "mini" or Ini ("Puni")
French Poulignon[?] Pun on Pouni ("Puni") and mignon (French for cute, usually implying small)
German Bubuvicz[?] From Bubu ("Puni") and a modified spelling of the German suffix -vitz
Italian Fufuliano[?] Portmanteau of Fufino ("Puni") and the name "Giuliano"
Korean 마닌[?]
Manin
Derived from "말랑" (Mallang, "Puni") and the Japanese name
Spanish Punín[?] From "Puni" and the Spanish suffix -ín meaning cute or small.