Professor Frankly: Difference between revisions

{{character-infobox

|image=[[File:Frankly2.jpg|200px]]

|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])

|species=[[Goomba]]

}}

{{quote|Are [[Partner#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Partners|all of]] [[Mario|you]] ready? And you there! In front of the TV! You listen up, too!|Professor Frankly|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Professor Frankly''' is [[Goombella]]'s and [[Kolorado]]'s old teacher at [[U Goom]] in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He wears thick glasses, as indicated by the swirls in the glass, which is a common motif used in Japanese media (other ''Mario'' characters with swirled glasses include [[Professor Elvin Gadd]], [[Iggy Koopa]], [[Fawful]] and [[Francis]]). Professor Frankly is one of two known Goombas to have square teeth rather than pointed teeth, the other being [[Goombario]]. Frankly's name is derived from the qualifier "frankly", a word commonly used by intellectuals to emphasize the truthfulness of what they are about to say.

[[File:PMTTYD Goomba trio.png|thumb|left|200px|Professor Frankly advising Mario and Goombella about enemy Goombas]]

After [[Mario]] and team visit [[the Thousand-Year Door]], he tells Mario and his teammates where one of the [[Crystal Stars]] is. In addition, tattle log entries that the player may have missed can be found in Frankly's bin. The good Professor consults with Mario and Goombella at various points during their quest, and helps them with hints on where to go next. On the back shelf of his house, a miniature version of the head-shaped rocks at the entrance to Pirate's Grotto can be seen, as well as spherical objects bearing the Sun, Moon, Star and Puni designs seen in the Great Tree.

After Mario and co. obtain the final Crystal Star from the [[X-Naut Fortress]], the [[Shadow Sirens]] abduct Frankly, knock him unconscious, and then locked him up in a closet. [[Doopliss]] takes the guise of the professor in order to trick Mario into opening the Thousand-Year Door so [[Sir Grodus|Grodus]] can enter the [[Palace of Shadow]]. Frankly later escapes and gives chase into the palace. After the [[Shadow Queen]] is awakened and possesses [[Princess Peach]], the real Frankly is seen in one of the palace's darkened rooms, distressed at the thought of her revival. Following the defeat of the final boss, he reunites with Mario and co. and reveals his discovery of a large treasure chest containing the true treasure. Visiting him post-game reveals the contents of this chest to be a seemingly insignificant [[Dried Shroom]]. However, Frankly is excited nonetheless by it, as it proves that residents of the ancient city ate [[Mushroom]]s.

{{br}}

==Tattle information==

*''That's Professor Frankly, head of the archaeology department at U Goom. He's researching the legendary treasure here. I totally respect him. You know the famous Professor Kolorado? He was a student of Frankly's!''