Puni elder

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Puni elder
Puni elder
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)
“Oh, stop with the whining! You never interrupt an elder mid-lecture! NEVER! You wonder why the other Punies call you a "doofus" sometimes? That's why. And your time to be a doofus is over, because you have to lead our Puni tribe one day! That day is not far off! ...And THAT is why you need to listen! Now, first of all...”
Puni elder, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Puni elder, also known as the Great Tree elder,[1] is an elderly and wise Puni with a short temper. She is the leader of the Puni tribe during the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and lectures people for hours on end. Whenever she yells at someone, she grows to a tremendous size. During Mario's quest, she gives him the Puni Orb. As she is old and has bad hearing, the Puni elder mispronounces Mario's name as 'Marty-o' (Japanese: マリコ - Mariko), and, during Bowser's visit to the Great Tree, mistakenly refers to Princess Peach as "Princess Pinch".

Tattle

  • "That's the Puni elder. She's ancient, but actually peppier than everyone else. No need to worry about her! She'll live to be 150, griping and nagging all the way."

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese オババ
Obaba
Pun on「お婆さん」(obāsan, "grandmother") and「婆」(baba, "old woman")
プニのオババ (Trouble Center list)
Puni-zoku no Obaba
Obaba of the Punis
Chinese 老婆婆
Lǎopópo
Granny
普尼族老婆婆 (Trouble Center list)
Pǔnízú Lǎopópo
Grandma of the Punis
Dutch Leider Leader
French Matriarche Matriarch
German Bubuma Portmanteau of Bubu ("Puni") and Oma ("grandma")
Italian Matriarca Matriarch
Korean 할멈
Halmeom
Grandma
말랑족 할멈 (Trouble Center list)
Mallang-jok Halmeom
Grandma of the Punis
Spanish Punicleta Portmanteau of "Puni" and the Spanish name "Cleta"

References

  1. ^ "I hoped you'd deliver this Silver Club newsletter routing slip to the Great Tree elder..." – Mayor Dour, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door