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-[[File:Zip Toad.png|frame|The movie star Zip Toad]]
+{{character infobox
+|image=[[File:Zip Toad.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
+|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
+|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
+}}
 {{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 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]].
-'''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 for ''ZIP code''. He's in room 001 on the Excess Express. However, it turned out that Zip Toad was 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 comrades from reaching the [[Garnet Star]] in the [[Poshley Heights|Poshley]] [[Poshley Sanctum|Sanctum]], and frame him for the crime. With help from [[Pennington]], Mario and his team foiled their plans. When Mario and his team set out to find the [[Crystal Star|last]] [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the real Zip Toad sends him an [[List of e-mails in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#The Real Zip Toad: !|e-mail]], containing a picture of the actor 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 was going to film a movie in [[Toad Town]] called ''[[On Golden Toad 2]]''. He also reveals more about his movie career by quickly mentioning another film that featured him: ''[[The Toad Warrior]]''.
+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 [[Three Shadows]] to bomb the train in a "[[Threatening Note|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]].
-==E-Mail==
+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 Three Shadows' 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.
-;!
+[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Zip Toad only while he is Doopliss in disguise.
+==Profiles==
+*'''Email:'''
+;! (GameCube)<br>What's up! (Switch)
 [[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]]
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-==Tattle==
+*'''Tattle:''' "''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...''"
-[[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...''"
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+PMTTYDNS concept art characters 9.png|Concept art of the [[Excess Express]] passengers and staff, including an early version of Zip Toad with blue spots rather than red
+</gallery>
 ==Names in other languages==
 {{foreign names
-|Fra=Bolet Wood
+|Jap=ミスター トロン
-|FraM=''Bolet'' means "boletus" (a species of mushroom); "Wood" is a reference to [[wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]].
+|JapR=Misutā Toron
+|JapM=Mister Tron
+|ChiS=特伦
+|ChiSR=Tèlún
+|ChiSM=Tron
+|ChiT=特倫
+|ChiTR=Tèlún
+|ChiTM=Tron
+|Dut=Toadivo
+|DutM=From "Toad" and ''divo'' ("VIP")
+|Fre=Bolet Wood
+|FreM=From ''boletus'' (a species of mushroom) and "[[wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]]"
 |Ger=Star T.
-|GerM=
+|GerM=From "star" and abbreviation of "Toad"
-|Jap=トロン
-|JapR=Toron
-|JapM=Possibly derived from Japanese adverb「トロトロ」(''torotoro'', sluggishly or dawdling)
 |Ita=Toadivo
-|ItaM=From ''Toad'' and ''divo'', the Italian word for "VIP".
+|ItaM=From "Toad" and ''divo'' ("VIP")
+|Kor=트론
+|KorR=Teulon
+|KorM=Tron
 |Spa=T. Zip
 |SpaM=Zip Toad
 }}
-==Trivia==
+== Trivia ==
-*[[Jr. Troopa]] from the first ''[[Paper Mario]]'' (in his form which includes both wings and a spike) can be spotted in the background of the picture accompanying Zip Toad's e-mail.
+* In the original game's end credits [[Parade|parade]], Zip Toad's silhouette can be seen with the Poshley Heights characters.
-*Some of the movies that Zip Toad has been in are nods to movies in real life. For example, The Toad Warrior is a parody of [[wikipedia:The Road Warrior|The Road Warrior]].
+**In the remake, he, [[Chef Shimi]], the [[Excess Express waitress]], [[Toodles]], [[Heff T.]], and the [[Businessman|businessman]] follow behind [[Pennington]] as he investigates the stage. This is until [[Ghost T.]] appears and spooks at them, resulting in them all fleeing in horror as Ghost T. ascends into a bright light.
-*Zip Toad has a few parallels with Linda Arden, the fictional actress from the 1934 English detective novel ''{{wp|Murder on the Orient Express}}''. 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 the Toad celebrity in order to subvert Mario's efforts to collect the [[Garnet Star]].
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