Editing Bootler

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PM Bootler.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=[[Boo]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{Quote|Lady Bow, your beauty is like the song of a nightingale in the evening. Indeed... I feel you've grown into a fine young girl who'd make your ancestors proud!|Bootler|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Bootler''' is a [[Boo]] butler who works for [[Lady Bow]] in [[Boo's Mansion]] during the events of ''[[Paper Mario]]''. He also acts as her personal adviser. Bootler is very over-protective of Lady Bow, and initially opposes her joining [[Mario]] on his quest to defeat [[Tubba Blubba]] (and even then wishes to go along with her, though she does not acquiesce). This protective behavior towards a princess and his white mustache makes him similar to [[Toadsworth]], though he debuted earlier than him.

[[Goombario]] states that "his title would be 'butler'" upon [[Tattle|tattling]] Bootler, indicating that the portmanteau in his name may have simply been caused by the unique Boo speech patterns seen exclusively in ''Paper Mario'' (which do indeed involve replacing words and parts of words with "Boo"). He, the Boo portraits found on the second floor of [[Boo's Mansion]], and later [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]'s [[Boo Mario|Boo form]]s all have facial hair.

[[File:Bootler.png|frame|left]]
Bootler seems to have a certain connection with Lady Bow's ancestors. He constantly reminds her that the ancestors would be displeased if she was harmed in any way. According to a seemingly knowledgeable [[Toad (species)|Toad]] found near [[Toad Town]]'s port, Bootler was once in love with Lady Bow's grandmother, who was apparently Boo's Mansion's mistress during Bow's early childhood. This Toad also reveals that, in his youth, Bootler traveled the globe with [[Goompa]] and [[Koopa Koot]].

In ''Paper Mario'', Bootler scares [[Fice T.]] and Mario at the entrance of [[Forever Forest]]. When he frightens people, he grows to many times his normal size and screams at the victim. Bootler seems to enjoy scaring Fice T., as implied in the letter he sent to him. Bootler has also written [[Lady Bow]] a letter expressing his worry about her safety, which the player can read at the [[Toad Town Post Office]].

After Mario defeats the [[Shadow Queen]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Lady Bow and Bootler go to [[Poshley Heights]] for a nice vacation, where Mario can talk to them. 

In the remake, wanted posters of a cowboy Boo resembling Bootler are seen scattered across the outside of the east side of [[Riverside Station]].

Bootler also makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', as a poster of [[Francis]]'s collection.

==Profiles==
===''Paper Mario''===
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' "''He's a Boo called Bootler. He's the manager of the mansion and the personal assistant of Lady Bow. Ordinarily his title would be "butler." Being a butler is hard work. Hmm... Maybe I'm just imagining this, but doesn't it look like he's enjoying himself? Maybe he likes hard work??''"

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
*'''Tattle:''' "''That's Bootler. He's Bow's butler... but what does a butler do, exactly? It looks like he only listens to Bow, so I guess he wouldn't answer me if I asked...''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PM Bow and Bootler.png|Lady Bow and Bootler in ''Paper Mario''
PMTTYD Bow Bootler Poshley Heights.png|Lady Bow and Bootler in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
SPM_Francisroomright.png|Posters of Lady Bow and Bootler in ''Super Paper Mario''
PMTTYDNS Bootler.jpg|Bootler in the [[Nintendo Switch]] remake of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year door]]''
PMTTYDNS concept art characters 2.png|Concept art from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' for the Nintendo Switch, featuring the wanted poster Boo character who seems to be Bootler
</gallery>

==Naming==
"Bootler" is a pun on "Boo" and "butler".
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=セバスチャン
|JpnR=Sebasuchan
|JpnM=Sebastian; a common name used for butler characters in Japanese media
|ChiS=嘘嘘管家
|ChiSR=Xūxū Guǎnjiā
|ChiSM=Boo Butler
|ChiSN=''Paper Mario''
|ChiS2=赛巴斯钦
|ChiS2R=Sàibāsīqīn
|ChiS2M=Sebastian
|ChiS2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|ChiT=賽巴斯欽
|ChiTR=Sàibāsīqīn
|ChiTM=Sebastian
|Dut=Seboostiaan
|DutM=Pun on "Boo" and the name "Sebastiaan"
|Fre=Majordôme
|FreM=Pun on ''majordome'' ("butler") and ''fantôme'' ("ghost")
|Ger=Buhutler
|GerM=Pun on "butler" and ''Buu Huu'' ("Boo")
|Ita=Boolindo
|ItaM=From "Boo" and ''lindo'' ("clean")
|Kor=세바스찬
|KorR=Sebaseuchan
|KorM=Sebastian
|Spa=Ambrosio
|SpaM=From "ἀμβρόσιος" (''ámbrósios'', Greek adjective for "immortal")
}}

==Notes==
*Bootler is the only minor character in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] to make a visual appearance in three of six games, aside from [[Whacka]], who is likely three different Whackas in all his appearances, as there is more than one Whacka.

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