“Real good wordin', real good timin'! It really got me right there! In the heart!”
—Cudge, Super Paper Mario
Cudge is a Pixl in the game Super Paper Mario. He is the eighth Pixl found in the game. His name is a pun on "cudgel", which refers to a blunt weapon, such as a Hammer, which Cudge is used as, replacing actual Hammers featured in past Paper Mario games. Cudge can be used to destroy both easily seen or camouflaged Yellow Blocks. He notes that he was not always a Pixl, meaning that Pixls might not be an actual species, but just transformed beings. (Indeed, Carson reveals in one of his many stories that Pixls are created through putting the spirit of an unknown entity into a man-made vessel designed for a certain purpose.) This Catch Card description may be referring to this when it says "he's a real people Pixl", or it may be referring to him having good social abilities.
Cudge is found in Gap of Crag after the heroes insert the Elemental Tablets into the pillars. Before he joins the team, he asks the player what his or her favorite word is. The word typed in is what Cudge will scream out (with an exclamation mark) afterwards (e.g. If the player types in "MARIO", Cudge will scream "MARIO!"). He then joins the team. Tippi doesn't seem to hold very high opinions of him, as she calls him a big oaf in one of her area Tattles in the Gap of Crag.
Card Type: Rare
Card Description: This hard-hitting Pixl can shatter yellow blocks. But he's a real people Pixl.
[edit] Names in Other Languages
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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| Japanese |
ハまハンマ
Hamahamma |
Play on the word "Hammer"
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| Spanish |
Marty |
Pun on Martillo (hammer)
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| French |
Taptap |
Onomatopoeia hinting at a hammer blow
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| German |
Knüppl |
Pun on Knüppel (club, cudgel)
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| Italian |
Martolomeo |
Pun on martello, hammer, and Bartolomeo, the equivalent of the name Bartholomew
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