Rip Cheato
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| Appears in | Paper Mario (2000) |
- “I, the eminent Rip Cheato, will sleep better knowing you've bought this, for you are a man of great taste.”
- —Rip Cheato, Paper Mario
Rip Cheato is a shady character that appears in Paper Mario. He sells Mario items for 64 coins (a reference to the Nintendo 64, the console Paper Mario was released for) in the last room of Toad Town Tunnels. He has three Star Pieces for sale, but he also has junk items such as Dried Shrooms which are sold for the same price.
The pipe in his room leads to the blue locked house in Toad Town, known as the Odd House, which is near Tayce T. The pipe makes a convenient secondary entrance to the tunnels.
Another shady merchant with a similar name, Chet Rippo, is located in Toad Town, though he adjusts Mario's stats instead of selling him items. Rip Cheato's role is filled in later entries of the series by Charlieton in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Flimm in Super Paper Mario.
List of items[edit]
The items are always acquired in a set order, as follows:
- Star Piece
- Life Shroom
- Bump Attack Badge
- Repel Gel
- Star Piece
- Super Shroom
- Mushroom
- Dried Shroom
- Dried Shroom
- Star Piece
- (and onwards) Dried Shroom
Tattle[edit]
- "He's a merchant by the name of Rip Cheato. Who knows why he set up here... I guess it doesn't matter. People can sell stuff wherever they want. It's their choice. I actually kind of like it here. It's like a secret fort!"
Naming[edit]
"Rip Cheato" is derived from "rip-off" and "cheater".
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ボッタクール Bottakūru |
Comes from「ぼっ手繰る」(bottakuru, to rip off) | [1] | |
| Chinese | 掠奇多 Lüèqíduō |
From the English name | [?] | |
| French | Rip Cheato | - | [?] | |
| German | R. Ozzo. | Mirror name of "Z. Orro", German name of Chet Rippo | [?] | |
| Spanish | Rip Truco | "Truco" means "trick" or "cheat". | [?] |
