Puniper

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Puniper
Puniper
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)
“Don't get a swelled head! This doesn't mean I'll accept you as our leader...”
Puniper, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Puniper is an obese Puni that lives in the Great Tree in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He doubts Mario's skills as a hero at first but eventually he sees Mario as a good leader. He does not help initially and will not support Mario until he saves the Puni elder. Puniper's name is a portmanteau of "Puni" and "Juniper".

Tattle information[edit]

  • That's Puniper of the Punies. He sure is big for a Puni. Too bad his head is big, too!
  • That's Puniper of the Punies. He's a little bigger than the others, obviously. So maybe he can help us reach that special area... Hee hee! Just kidding. His only special power is complaining, I think.
  • That's Puniper of the Punies. This guy just needs to stop whining and do what's right. I mean, he's huge! When you got a big bod, you gotta step up and take charge!

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese プニタ[1]
Punita
From "Puni" and「た」(-ta), usually used for masculine name ending
Chinese 普尼搭[2][3]
Pǔnídā
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Maxini[4] From the name "Max" and "mini" or Ini ("Puni"). "Max" may also allude to his larger body shape.
French Pounibo[5][6] ?
German Bubulas[7] Bubu ("Puni") and the name "Nicolas"
Italian Fufurio[8] Portmanteau of Fufino ("Puni") and the male name "Furio"
Korean 말랑욱[9]
Mallang'uk
Portmanteau of "말랑" (Mallang, "Puni") and the Korean masculine name ending "욱" (uk)
Spanish Punilio[10][11] From "Puni" and the male name "Emilio"

References[edit]

  1. ^ プニ族の プニタよ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese).
  2. ^ "这是普尼族的普尼塔哦。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Simplified Chinese).
  3. ^ 他是普尼族的普尼塔喔。」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Traditional Chinese).
  4. ^ "Dat is Maxini van de Ini's." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch).
  5. ^ "C'est Pounibo de la Tribu Pouni." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
  6. ^ "Pounibo, de la Tribu Pouni." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (French).
  7. ^ "Das ist Bubulas, ein Bubu." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German).
  8. ^ "È Fufurio." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
  9. ^ "말랑족 말랑욱이야" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).
  10. ^ "Es Punilio, un Puni que necesita dejar de quejarse y poner de su parte." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
  11. ^ "Es Punilio, un puni antipático y gruñón que se cree el ombligo del mundo." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish).