Broque Monsieur

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“Ah, sweet monsieur! 'Elp me! I need 'elp! Helpez-moi, s'il vous plait!”
—Broque Monsieur, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Broque Monsieur is a character in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. He speaks with a French accent and appears to be made from ? Blocks. According to the Japanese official site, he is the Mushroom Kingdom's leading block collector. He is also a collector of block-shaped kittens called Blitties. He has a dog, Broggy, and manages a store with Bowser's healing items. Broque speaks French and English with an accent. In the Japanese version, he can speak English. (In a screenshot, he says "Oh my dog! What's happen!" [sic]^[1]

Bowser's Inside Story Enemy
Broque rotating his head.
Broque Monsieur
Location	Plack Beach
HP	158
Power	27
Defense	27
Speed	24
Experience	30
Coins	0
Items	Mushroom
Gear	None
Related	Broque Madame

He is shown in a battle against Bowser. He explains the "vacuum" command to Bowser. He fights by using items he gets out of ? Blocks. Sometimes he uses a mushroom to recover 30 HP and sometimes he uses a Mega Mushroom and makes himself giant. To counter Broque's giant move, the player has to make Bowser punch Broque just as he's about to ram into him. Doing this will make Broque's body be knocked far away from the battle field. While Broque's body is trying to get to his head, Bowser can punch his head for extra coins. When being battled, he rotates his head to make himself look more fierce.

Broque also runs a shop where he sell equipment for Bowser. These shops may be the replacement of Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge from the previous game. He also has some shops around the Mushroom Kingdom in a shape of a T.V. He owns two different shops. One for armor, which is run by his dog Broggy, and one for items such as Syrup. Through the T.V.-shaped shops called "Shop Blocks", Broque Monsieur can release "negative ions" to heal Bowser completely at the cost of 10 coins, much like the Emoglobin stand inside Bowser's body.

While Broque is amicable towards Bowser, he has a strong dislike of Mario because he considers Mario's habit of breaking blocks and lowering their "value" to be abhorrent. Because of this, Broque will refuse to sell items to the brothers and impolitely insist they leave his shop immediately, and never come back. Additionally, the Mario Bros.' hammer is not strong enough to hit a Shop Block, thus eliminating the other method of shopping through Broque Monsieur.

[edit] Trivia

• Broque Monsieur's English name may be a pun on "croque monsieur", which is a French hot ham and cheese sandwich.
• If Mario and Luigi chat with Broque Madame, it is revealed that she and Broque Monsieur dated at one time, but have since separated.

[edit] Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ブリロック Burirokku	Official rōmaji is "Brirock." A portmanteau of English "Brick" and "Block." May also be derived from the name "Brock."
Spanish (NOA)	Monsieur le Bloque	Block Monsieur
Spanish (NOE)	Charles Bloquette	Charles Blockette
French	Charlie Bloc	Charlie Block. He speaks with an English accent : some famous English words are in the (French) sentences.
German	Blockhard	Blockhard

[edit] References

1. ^ 「オウ　マイ　ドッグ！／ワッツ　ハップ～～～ン！」