Rocko

Rocko
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species	Pianta
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“Da boss told me to look after dis place. You do anythin' funny, I'll toss you like DAT!”

—Rocko, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Rocko is a member of the Pianta syndicate and a lackey of Don Pianta in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Goombella refers to him as "the low man on the totem pole", as he was recently employed. Rocko works as a bouncer and keeps the Pianta Parlor running smoothly. Rocko looks identical to Vinny and Tony, being a yellow Pianta wearing a suit and sunglasses.

Profiles

• Tattle: That's Rocko, of the Piantas. He's the muscle that keeps the parlor moving smoothly. He's new to the Pianta syndicate. I think he's still low man on the totem pole.

Naming

Much like Tony and Vinny, Rocko's name is a stereotypical given name associated with Italian-Americans. Most other translations give the three a collective naming theme:

• The Dutch, French and Spanish versions give the three traditional Italian given names;
• The German version gives them Italian surnames that are also violence-themed puns;
• The Italian version instead gives the three adjectival titles.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	プレドン[?] Puredon	Possibly from "Don Corleone" from The Godfather, a film about fictional Italian-American gangsters
Chinese	普雷頓[?] Pǔléidùn	From the Japanese name
Dutch	Bruno[?]	-
French	Alicio[?]	-
German	Trittone[?]	Tritt ("kick") and the Italian surname suffix -one; may also derive from tritone (Italian for "triton")
Italian	Il Bruto[?]	The Brute; also the alternative Italian name of Popeye's rival, Bluto.
Korean	프레돈[?] Peuledon	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Angelo[?]	-