Ian Foomus
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Ian Foomus | |
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Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) | |
Species | Little Mouser |
First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
- “Hiya. I'm Ian Foomus, the infamous info mouse. I know things. Things worth knowing.”
- —Ian Foomus, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Ian Foomus is a Little Mouser who appears in the Nintendo Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He appears in the Trouble Center, offering advice to help with different troubles. He wears a gray cap, holds a book, and has a pencil tucked behind his ear. As Goombella's Tattle indicates, his name is a portmanteau of "infamous" and "info mouse."[1]
Tattle[edit]
- "That's Ian Foomus, the infamous info mouse. He gathers intel about folks in trouble...instead of helping them. If you're stuck on a request from the Trouble Center, this smug li'l sleuth probably has the info you need. Buuut that info comes at a price, so only ask him if you're really stuck. Know-it-alls... Such a pain, am I right?"
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | チューロック Chūrokku |
From「チューさん」(Chū-san, "Little Mouser") and the name ending "-lock", possibly invoking Sherlock Holmes |
Chinese | 吱洛 Zhīluòkè |
Transliteration of Japanese name, where「吱吱」(zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) is from「吱吱 |
Dutch | Jan Foomuis |
Pun on "Infamous" and Muis ("Mouse") |
French | Kandi Raton |
Pun on qu'en-dira-t-on ("gossip", "what people say") and raton ("young rat") |
German | Ian Fomaus |
Pun on Infamie ("Infamy") and Maus ("Mouse") |
Italian | Losquit |
From losco ("shady") and Squit ("Little Mouser") |
Korean | 찍록이 Jjiklok'i |
Transliteration of Japanese name, where "찍찍" (jjik-jjik, onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) is from "찍찍이" (Little Mouser) |
Spanish | Soplín |
From soplón ("snitch") |
References[edit]
- ^ Good Vibes Gaming (April 24, 2024). Paper Mario: TTYD Is So Much Better on Switch (1:34). YouTube. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
Little Mousers | |
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Characters | Ian Foomus • Little Mouser (character) • Mousimilian • Moustafa • Ms. Mowz • Nomadimouse (character) • Pierre |
Species | Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser |