Swindell

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Swindell
A bandit from Rogueport.
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Bandit
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“I tell you, Ishnail is miles better than that Don Pianta guy! By a long shot! Now, don't get me wrong! I've never met either one. So I'm just talking here...”
Swindell, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Swindell is a Bandit that lives in the east side of Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Goombella has heard he is a thief but he has never been seen stealing. He spends time whispering to Arfur, a Doogan, about something unknown. Swindell's name is a pun on "swindle," a verb meaning to obtain money or possessions through deception.

Swindell seems to be a supporter of Ishnail and does not like the actions of the Pianta syndicate led by Don Pianta. However, he admits that he has neither seen Ishnail, Don Pianta or the Don's successor, Frankie. At the end of the game, he decides that neither of them are as good as Mario.

Tattle

  • "That's Swindell, the bandit. At least, I HEAR he's a thief, but I've never seen him steal. He's always whispering to Arfur about something."

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ボーロン[1]
Bōron
Boron; from「ボロドー」(Borodō, "Bandit")
Chinese 波隆[2]
Bōlóng
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Knevel[3] ?
French Maskrate[4] Portmanteau of Maskass ("Shy Guy"), in which Bandits are relatives to, and rate ("fail")
German Klausie[5] Derived from the name "Klaus"
Italian Furfabio[6] From Furfo ("Bandit") and the given name "Fabio"
Korean 도리버[7]
Doribeo
From "도두기" (Dodugi, "Bandit")
Spanish (NOA) Fraudio[8] Portmanteau of "fraud" and the given name "Claudio"
Spanish (NOE) Serrallonga[9] A possible reference to Spanish mini-series Serrallonga, la llegenda del bandoler, which is about a famous bandit

References

  1. ^ ボロドーの ボーロンよ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese).
  2. ^ "这是小贼波隆哦。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Tencent (Simplified Chinese).
  3. ^ "Dat is Knevel de Bandit." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch).
  4. ^ "Maskrate. Il a l'air d'un voleur, mais il ne fait rien de bien méchant." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (French).
  5. ^ "Das ist Klausie, der Bandit." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German).
  6. ^ "Questo è Furfabio." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
  7. ^ "도두기 도리버야" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).
  8. ^ "Es Fraudio, el Bandido." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
  9. ^ "Es Serrallonga." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish).