Broque Monsieur

“Ah, sweet monsieur! 'Elp me! I need 'elp! Helpez-moi, s'il vous plaît!”

—Broque Monsieur, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Broque Monsieur is a Brock character in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story speaking English with a thick French accent and able to speak French itself. He also speaks Spanish. According to the Japanese official site, he is the Mushroom Kingdom's leading block collector; he is also a collector of block-shaped kittens called Blitties. Broque Monsieur owns a block-shaped dog named Broggy, and manages a store where Bowser can shop at to get healing items. His name is a pun on the name Brock (or the word block) and croque-monsieur, a French sandwich.

History

Mario & Luigi series

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Broque Monsieur
Location(s)	Plack Beach
Battled by	Anyone
Role	Training
Level	11
HP	158 (237)
POW	27 (68)
DEF	30 (45)
SPEED	42 (63)
Fire	Normal
Burn?	Immune
Dizzy?	Immune
Stat down?	Normal
KO?	Immune
Experience	30
Coins	0 (0)
Item drop	--
Notice The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

The first encounter with Broque Monsieur, where he asks Bowser to assist him when a bridge broke, preventing him from leaving an island.

An unknown period of time before Broque Monsieur's first appearance, he and Broque Madame dated, but have since separated. This is revealed when Mario and Luigi chat with her.

He is first shown to be stuck on an island while Bowser walks past. He yells for Bowser's help, who only does it for a prize offered by Broque, the Vacuum Block. Broque tells Bowser to grab the rope and pull. At first, Bowser cannot pull the island any closer, but with the help of Mario and Luigi on the inside of his arms, he pulls the island back to the shore. Broque then fights Bowser to help him master the Vacuum Block technique.

He is shown in a battle against Bowser. He explains the "vacuum" command to Bowser. He fights by using items he gets out of ? Blocks. Sometimes he uses a mushroom to recover 30 HP. However, he could go in the opposite direction of the mushroom and instead, it heals Bowser. Sometimes he uses a Mega Mushroom and makes himself giant. To counter Broque's colossal attack, the player has to make Bowser punch Broque just as he's about to ram into him. Doing this will make Broque's body be knocked far away from the battle field. While Broque's body is trying to get to his head, Bowser can punch it for extra coins. He loses a turn when he uses a coin. When being battled, he rotates his head to make himself look more fierce.

During Giant Bowser's first battle (in Dimble Wood), Broque is seen with Broggy, continuously saying "Big! Oui, so big!"

Much later in the game, after Dark Bowser unleashes the dark wind on the Mushroom Kingdom, he's shown in a bubble with several Toads and the Blue Paratroopas.

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Broque Monsieur rotating his head

Broque also runs his own shop where he sells items for Bowser. He also has some shops around the Mushroom Kingdom in the shape of a block. He owns two different shops. One for gear, mained by Broggy, and one for items such as Syrup Jars. Through the block-shaped shops called "Shop Blocks", Broque Monsieur can release "Negative Ions" to heal Bowser completely at the cost of 10 coins, much like Royal Mushroom Tea for Mario and Luigi.

While Broque is friendly towards Bowser, he has a strong dislike of Mario because he considers Mario's habit of breaking blocks and lowering their "value" to be abhorrent. Because of this, Broque will refuse to sell items to the brothers and impolitely insist they leave his shop immediately and never come back (though he will immediately apologize for his rudeness). Additionally, the Mario Bros.' hammer is not strong enough to hit a Shop Block, thus eliminating the other method of shopping through Broque Monsieur.

If the player gives him 15 Blitties, he will give Broggy to Bowser so he can use the special move Broggy Bonker.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Broque Monsieur appears in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. He welcomes Mario, Luigi, and Peach to Pi'illo Island and also provides enemies, which Toadsworth uses to further explain battling. Once the Grombas he unleashes are defeated, he states that this was all an act. Broque mentions, upon the bros' arrival, that they are familiar; however, he disregards this. His species, the Brocks, also appear in this game. Later in the game, he is also seen telling his co-workers that Mario and Luigi are crazy because of them hitting blocks from beneath, to which he turns around and sees Mario and Luigi listening, and runs out from embarrassment. In this game, he seems to have lightened up towards Mario and Luigi, and seeing them as strong allies; possibly starting to like them, but still finding them crazy for hitting blocks.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Yoshi Theater features a poster in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, depicting a movie starring Broque Monsieur, Broque Madame, and Broggy.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Broque Monsieur appears as a shield-type, primary spirit. Its artwork is taken from Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

Language

• In the Japanese version of the game, he speaks using "Engrish" words, phrases and sentences fairly often (for instance, in a scene he says "Oh my dog! What's happen!"). His trait of adding English sentences was carried over to the Korean version.
• In the English version, as well as the Spanish, Dutch and Italian versions, he speaks with a French accent.
• In the European-French version, Broque Monsieur speaks broken French, saying sentences in an English context, using "le" instead of "la", and saying English words sometimes.
• In the Canadian French version, Broque Monsieur speaks stereotypical European French (similar to his portrayal in other translations), due to differences between the French spoken in Quebec and France.
• In the German version, Broque Monsieur speaks correct German, without any accent, but in a noble and polite manner.

Quotes

Main article: List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story quotes § Broque Monsieur

• "Ah! Bonjour!"
• "Your tongue, bit upon it!"
• "Such a fine block! We sing the song of block!"
• "Come, let us try zis out!"
• "ALLOOOOOOO! MON CUTE BROGGY! COME BACK TO MOI! I AM MISSING YOU!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブリロック[?] Burirokku	Official rōmaji is "Brirock." A portmanteau of English "Brick" and "Block." May also be derived from the name "Brock".
Dutch	Broque Monsieur[?]	Name copied from the English version
German	Blockhard[?]	Blockhard
Italian	Luc Blocque[?]	The French given name Luc (Luke) and blocque, a distortion of the French "bloc"
Korean	블로크[?] Beulrokeu	In Korean, Blocks are called "블록" (Beulrok) and it is shown to be spelled similar to English. However, the official romanization is "Brirock", just like the Japanese romanization.
Russian	Месье Дюблок[?] Mesye Dyublok	Transliteration of NOA French name
Spanish (NOA)	Monsieur le Bloque[?]	Block Monsieur, or Mister the Block
Spanish (NOE)	Charles Bloquette[?]	Charles Blockette