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[[File:Lahla.PNG|frame|right|'''Peeka''', wearing cat ears.]]
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{{Quote|Hi there, cutie! Welcome to Westside Goods!|Peeka|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
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|image=[[File:Lahla.png]]
'''Peeka''' is [[Lahla]]'s sister who runs the [[Westside Goods]] shop in [[Rogueport]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. She acts as a sort of "bouncer" for the [[Pianta Syndicate]]. Anyone wishing to see [[Don Pianta]] (and later [[Frankie]]) must buy a [[Dried Shroom]], then a [[Dizzy Dial]] in that order as a sort of password to gain access to him. Peeka then asks for a password in the form of a question to make sure someone did not just stumble on the order by accident and to further secure the Syndicate's main buiding. There is a door at the back of the shop Peeka will open if everything is answered correctly. This door leads to the secret back alley that is linked to the only entrance to the main building of the Pianta Syndicate. She likes jewelry and bags.
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{{quote|Hi there, cutie! Welcome to Westside Goods!|Peeka|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Peeka''' is [[Lahla]]'s sister who runs the [[Westside Goods]] shop in [[Rogueport]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Peeka acts as a sort of "bouncer" for the [[Pianta syndicate]]. Anyone wishing to see [[Don Pianta]] (and later [[Frankie]]) must buy a [[Dried Shroom]] then a [[Dizzy Dial]] in that order as a sort of password to gain access to him. Peeka then asks for a password in the form of a question to make sure someone did not just stumble on the order by accident and to further secure the syndicate's main building. The question is "what is your favorite color", and the correct answer is "yellow". Before asking this however, she asks Mario "what color is your mustache?"; no matter what Mario answers, Peeka realizes that was not the right question, and asks the right one. There is a door at the back of the shop Peeka will open if everything is answered correctly. This door leads to the secret back alley that is linked to the only entrance to the main building of the Pianta syndicate. She likes jewelry and bags.


==Tattle information==
==Tattle information==
* ''That's Peeka, a Boo that works at Westside Goods. She's so pretty... for a Boo. I think her sister's Lahla, the Boo who works at the Pianta Parlor.''
*''That's Peeka, a Boo that works at Westside Goods. She's so pretty... for a Boo. I think her sister's Lahla, the Boo who works at the Pianta Parlor.''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ユーノ
|Jap=ユーノ
|JapR=Yuno
|JapR=Yūno
|JapM=-
|JapM=From「幽霊」(''yūrei'', "ghost") and the name suffix「の」(''-no'')
|Fra=Boony
|Fre=Boony
|FraM=Pun on "Boo" and "bunny".
|FreM=Play on "Boo" and "bunny"
|Ger=Zwinky
|GerM=Diminutive of ''zwinkern'' ("to blink")
|Ita=Boonita
|Ita=Boonita
|ItaM=From "Boo" and the Spanish "bonita", meaning pretty
|ItaM=Play on "Boo" and ''bonita'' (Spanish word for "pretty")
|Spa=Mari
|SpaM=Diminutive of the Spanish name "Maria"; with her sister's name they're a reference to {{wp|Our Lady of the Pillar|Maria del Pilar}}
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Peeka.PNG|frame|right]]
[[File:Peeka.png|thumb|Peeka in the Japanese version.]]
*Peeka's name is a play on the word Peek-a-boo.
*Peeka and [[Lahla]] have a similar face to [[Lady Bow]].
*In the European and American versions, Peeka wears cat ears like her sister, Lahla. In other versions, she wears bunny ears instead. Her bunny ears, cuffs, and bow is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Playboy Bunny|Playboy Bunny suit]].
*Peeka's name is a play on the phrase "peekaboo", as in Peeka "[[Boo]]".
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*In the Japanese version of the original game, Peeka and Lahla wear bunny ears which, coupled with their cuffs and bow-tie, resembles a {{wp|Playboy Bunny|bunny suit}}. In other versions, they wear cat ears.
{{Boos}}
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[[Category:Paper Mario Series Characters]]
[[Category:Shopkeepers]]
[[Category:Shopkeepers]]
[[Category:Minor NPCs]]
[[Category:Merchants and Salespeople]]
[[Category:Pianta Syndicate]]
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Latest revision as of 13:55, April 27, 2024

Not to be confused with Peepa.
Peeka
Peeka/Lahla
Species Boo
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
“Hi there, cutie! Welcome to Westside Goods!”
Peeka, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Peeka is Lahla's sister who runs the Westside Goods shop in Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Peeka acts as a sort of "bouncer" for the Pianta syndicate. Anyone wishing to see Don Pianta (and later Frankie) must buy a Dried Shroom then a Dizzy Dial in that order as a sort of password to gain access to him. Peeka then asks for a password in the form of a question to make sure someone did not just stumble on the order by accident and to further secure the syndicate's main building. The question is "what is your favorite color", and the correct answer is "yellow". Before asking this however, she asks Mario "what color is your mustache?"; no matter what Mario answers, Peeka realizes that was not the right question, and asks the right one. There is a door at the back of the shop Peeka will open if everything is answered correctly. This door leads to the secret back alley that is linked to the only entrance to the main building of the Pianta syndicate. She likes jewelry and bags.

Tattle information[edit]

  • That's Peeka, a Boo that works at Westside Goods. She's so pretty... for a Boo. I think her sister's Lahla, the Boo who works at the Pianta Parlor.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ユーノ
Yūno
From「幽霊」(yūrei, "ghost") and the name suffix「の」(-no)

French Boony
Play on "Boo" and "bunny"
German Zwinky
Diminutive of zwinkern ("to blink")
Italian Boonita
Play on "Boo" and bonita (Spanish word for "pretty")
Spanish Mari
Diminutive of the Spanish name "Maria"; with her sister's name they're a reference to Maria del Pilar

Trivia[edit]

Peeka/Lahla
Peeka in the Japanese version.
  • Peeka and Lahla have a similar face to Lady Bow.
  • Peeka's name is a play on the phrase "peekaboo", as in Peeka "Boo".
  • In the Japanese version of the original game, Peeka and Lahla wear bunny ears which, coupled with their cuffs and bow-tie, resembles a bunny suit. In other versions, they wear cat ears.