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[[File:Zip Toad.png| | {{character infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Zip Toad.png]] | |||
|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]] | |||
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' | |||
}} | |||
{{quote|You're cool, baby... but I'm cooler!|Zip Toad|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}} | {{quote|You're cool, baby... but I'm cooler!|Zip Toad|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}} | ||
'''Zip Toad''' is a famous movie star with an ego who is one of the suspects in the investigation on board the [[Excess Express]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Zip Toad's name is a pun | '''Zip Toad''' is a famous movie star with an ego who is one of the suspects in the investigation on board the [[Excess Express]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Zip Toad's name is a pun on "ZIP code". He has a few parallels with Linda Arden, the fictional actress from the 1934 English detective novel ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}'', the novel which Chapter 6 is based upon. Both are celebrities, and both were involved with impersonation in some capacity. In Arden's case, she entered the Orient Express under a different name ("Mrs. Hubbard"). In Zip Toad's case, [[Doopliss]] disguised himself as him in order to subvert Mario's efforts to collect the [[Garnet Star]]. | ||
==History== | |||
During Chapter 6, Zip Toad is found in room 001 on the Excess Express. On the second day of the journey, [[Pennington]] tells [[Mario]] that someone may be using the [[Ratooey]] [[businessman]]'s [[List of implied items#Nitro Honey Syrup|Nitro Honey Syrup]] recipe, the [[Excess Express waitress]]' [[Shell Earrings]], and [[Toodles]]' [[Gold Ring (item)|Gold Ring]] to create an explosion. He finds a [[Vital Paper]] that belongs to the businessman in Zip Toad's room. He later finds another paper in his own room. After using [[Vivian]]'s ability, Zip Toad comes out of hiding and Mario catches him. When he is apprehended, he gives the stolen items to Mario. However, it turns out that Zip Toad is actually [[Doopliss]] in disguise, hired by [[Beldam]] of the [[Shadow Sirens]] to bomb the train in a "sticky, yummy, gooey mess" in an effort to prevent Mario and his partners from reaching the [[Garnet Star]] in the [[Poshley Sanctum]], and frame Zip Toad for the crime. He escapes when the train stops at [[Riverside Station]]. | |||
When Mario and his team set out to find the [[Crystal Star|last]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the real Zip Toad sends him an [[Mailbox SP#The Real Zip Toad: !|e-mail]], containing a picture of himself in front of a window. In the e-mail, Zip Toad commends Mario and his team for stopping the Shadow Sirens' plan and clearing his name, and tells him that he is going to film a movie in [[Toad Town]] called ''[[List of implied entertainment#On Golden Toad 2|On Golden Toad 2]]''. He also reveals more about his movie career by quickly mentioning another film that featured him: ''[[List of implied entertainment#The Toad Warrior|The Toad Warrior]]''. The title of these films are likely parodies of ''{{wp|On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond}}'' and ''{{wp|Mad Max 2|The Road Warrior}}'', respectively. | |||
==E-Mail== | |||
;! | |||
[[File:Jr troopa cameo.png|thumb|An attached image of the Real Zip Toad (with [[Jr. Troopa]] in the background) in his e-mail to Mario]] | |||
<blockquote> | |||
What's up, super-sleuth! I heard you uncovered my impostor! You're the best, man, seriously!<br> | |||
<br> | |||
See, when you get to be as big a star as Zip Toad, these sorts of things happen all the time. It's the biz.<br> | |||
<br> | |||
But, man alive! For a no-name like you to brave danger and find my impostor! Reminds me of a younger, yet less successful, me.<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Yeah, so as for me, I'm headed to [[Toad Town]] to film my next leading role: The soon-to-be hit film On Golden Toad 2. It'll be huge.<br> | |||
<br> | |||
I hear you're on an adventure or something, so I'll leave you with a line from my last flick, The Toad Warrior: "You're cool, baby...but I'm cooler!"<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Best of luck, kid!<br> | |||
<br> | |||
The Super Star<br> | |||
The Real Zip Toad | |||
</blockquote> | |||
==Tattle== | ==Tattle== | ||
[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Zip Toad only | [[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Zip Toad only while he is [[Doopliss]] in disguise. | ||
*"''I KNEW I knew him! That's Zip Toad, the movie star! Women go NUTS for him! Y'know, he's hot and all, but he seems pretty stuck up about being famous. I guess all celebrities are kinda like that. It's too bad, 'cause I kinda liked him...''" | |||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
| | |Jap=ミスター トロン | ||
| | |JapR=Misutā Toron | ||
|JapM=Mister Tron | |||
|Chi= | |||
|ChiR= | |||
|ChiM= | |||
|Dut= | |||
|DutM= | |||
|Fre=Bolet Wood | |||
|FreM=From ''boletus'' (a species of mushroom) and "[[wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]]" | |||
|Ger=Star T. | |Ger=Star T. | ||
|GerM= | |GerM=From "star" and abbreviation of "Toad" | ||
|Ita=Toadivo | |Ita=Toadivo | ||
|ItaM=From | |ItaM=From "Toad" and ''divo'' ("VIP") | ||
|Kor= | |||
|KorR= | |||
|KorM= | |||
|Spa=T. Zip | |||
|SpaM=Zip Toad | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Toads}} | {{Toads}} | ||
{{PMTTYD}} | {{PMTTYD}} | ||
[[Category:Toads]] | [[Category:Toads]] | ||
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | [[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]] | ||
[[de:Star T.]] | [[de:Star T.]] | ||
[[it:Toadivo]] | [[it:Toadivo]] |