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[[Image:Pungent.jpg|thumb|'''Pungent''']]
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'''Pungent''' is the shopkeeper of a [[Pungent's Shop|hidden store]] inside the [[Great Tree]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. During the [[X-Naut]] invasion of the Great Tree, Pungent was one of the few [[Puni]]es not to be captured by the extraterrestrial villains. He hid in his shop, until the entrance was blown away by [[Mario|Mario's]] ally [[Flurrie]]. Recognizing the plumber was there to help, Pungent aided Mario by selling him rare items. [[Pungry]] (a.k.a. The Mover) likes to hang out inside Pungent's shop when he is not working at the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]].
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|species=[[Puni]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
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==Tattle Information==
'''Pungent''' is the shopkeeper of [[Pungent's Great Tree Shop]] inside [[the Great Tree]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. His name is based on the word "pungent", meaning "affecting the senses to a great extent". Furthermore, "gent" is the abbreviated form of "gentleman", which might be a reference to his mustache. He is also the only Puni with visible facial hair. During the [[X-Naut]] invasion of the Great Tree, Pungent is one of the few [[Puni]]es not to be captured by them. He hid in his shop until the entrance is uncovered by [[Mario]]'s ally [[Flurrie]]. Recognizing Mario was there to help, Pungent aids him by selling him rare items.  
* ''That's Pungent, the manager of this shop. Weird place for a shop, if you ask me. But since we're here, I guess we could buy something...''


==Trivia==
[[Pungry]], who camouflaged the entrance to Pungent's shop, is apparently friends with him and likes to hang out inside his shop.
*Pungent's name is, in addition to being a pun on "Puni", based on the word "pungent", meaning "effecting the senses to a great extent".
*Pugent is the only known Puni with facial hair, or any hair at all.


==Foreign Names==
==Tattle information==
{{Foreignname|
*''That's Pungent, the manager of this shop. Weird place for a shop, if you ask me. But since we're here, I guess we could buy something...''
|Fra=Poulignon
|FraM=-}}


==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=プーニン
|JapR=Pūnin
|JapM=Derived from "[[Puni]]"; with elongation symbol and the character「ん」(''n'') added
|Chi=
|ChiR=
|ChiM=
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Poulignon
|FreM=Pun on ''Pouni'' ("Puni") and ''mignon'' (French for cute, usually implying small)
|Ger=Bubuvicz
|GerM=
|Ita=Fufuliano
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Fufino'' ("Puni") and the name "Giuliano"
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Punín
|SpaM=From "Puni" and the Spanish suffix ''-ín'' meaning cute or small.
}}


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Latest revision as of 13:58, May 18, 2024

Pungent
Pungent.jpg
Species Puni
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

Pungent is the shopkeeper of Pungent's Great Tree Shop inside the Great Tree in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. His name is based on the word "pungent", meaning "affecting the senses to a great extent". Furthermore, "gent" is the abbreviated form of "gentleman", which might be a reference to his mustache. He is also the only Puni with visible facial hair. During the X-Naut invasion of the Great Tree, Pungent is one of the few Punies not to be captured by them. He hid in his shop until the entrance is uncovered by Mario's ally Flurrie. Recognizing Mario was there to help, Pungent aids him by selling him rare items.

Pungry, who camouflaged the entrance to Pungent's shop, is apparently friends with him and likes to hang out inside his shop.

Tattle informationEdit

  • That's Pungent, the manager of this shop. Weird place for a shop, if you ask me. But since we're here, I guess we could buy something...

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese プーニン
Pūnin
Derived from "Puni"; with elongation symbol and the character「ん」(n) added

French Poulignon
Pun on Pouni ("Puni") and mignon (French for cute, usually implying small)
German Bubuvicz
 
Italian Fufuliano
Portmanteau of Fufino ("Puni") and the name "Giuliano"
Spanish Punín
From "Puni" and the Spanish suffix -ín meaning cute or small.