Bleu

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“Art, c'est vous! Are you ready for your debut, honh?! Zee peaceful world awaits!”
Bleu, Super Paper Mario
Bleu
SPM Bleu.png
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)

Bleu is an artist with a stereotypical French accent in Super Paper Mario. He lives on the first floor of Flopside with his daughter Lily, who secretly wants to be an actress. Bleu's name is French for blue, the color he wears and the color of his skin. His Flipside counterpart is Sacre, and together their names form the well-known French phrase Sacrebleu.

Bleu's role in the game is to give Princess Peach haircuts in the form of a ponytail. As Bleu states, these haircuts are hard to maintain, so whenever the player changes characters, uses the Return Pipe or goes up an elevator, the hair changes back to its original style.

Tattle[edit]

  • "That's Bleu... He's a town painter who searches for the essence of art... He doesn't understand that his stubbornness is limiting his art... His daughter calls him "The Artist" for many reasons..."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガカンヌ[?]
Gakannu
From「画家」(gaka, artist) and possibly a reference to French artist "Paul Cézanne"
French Sano[?] Both this and Sacre's French name Piano are derived from the Italian proverb Chi va piano va sano ("He who goes slowly goes safely")
German Bleu[?] -
Italian Bleu[?] With Par's (Sacre) name, they make "Parbleu", another French exclamation
Spanish Ángel[?] Common name. Alongside Sacre, they form Miguel Ángel, Spanish name of Italian artist Michelangelo