Adaphne
| Adaphne | |
|---|---|
 Adaphne inMario & Luigi: Brothership | |
| Appears in | Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024) |
- “I have both brains and beauty. Many are inexorably drawn to me. I'm also athletic, musical, and possessed of a heart of gold. Not only am I all these things, I'm the model of humility as well.”
- —Adaphne,Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Adaphne is a supporting character inMario & Luigi: Brothership. She is yellow-skinned with brown hair and is dressed in a red outfit. A self-proclaimed "god-level" genius, she looks down upon her fellow inventor,Technikki. She is also infatuated byLuigi, whom she calls her "green genius". Adaphne's name is a portmanteau of "adapter" and the given name "Daphne".
History[edit]
Background[edit]
Dr. Vulko states that Adaphne "detailed a new theory of locomotion" when she was born instead of crying.
Sometime before the events of the game (and presumably beforeConcordia split apart), she competed in the Genius Competition inMerrygo. She won the last three of five rounds, and thus the competition as a whole—her third win in a row. Her winning invention incorporatedConnectar into its design and could generate power from "perpetual commotion" (a pun onperpetual motion), though no one in the crowd could understand or care about her explanation of its creation. Afterwards, she spoke to Technikki, condescendingly congratulating her, an "average" genius, on winning the first two rounds of the Genius Competition. Technikki would go on to createClockout Blow based on Adaphne's winning invention.
It is implied that Adaphne never had any real friends. If her design modification for Shipshape Island is rejected, she mentions that she does not care about not being involved in the plan, but that she might have thought differently if she "had friends like [Mario and Luigi's] in [her] younger days".
Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]
Mario and Luigi travel toJellyfish Island in search of Adaphne, so that she may help them bypass the barrier around Fortress Zokket. There, in Club Dyode, she is asleep on an inner tube in the pool. Once awoken, she informs the brothers that she will help them if they make her a Jellyfish Pizza, as the chef is taking a day off. Falling in love with Luigi as he makes the pizza, she requests that the brothers make her Jellyfish Pizzas every day.
After Jellyfish Island is connected, Adaphne travels toShipshape Island with her assistants. Her idea to get past Fortress Zokket's barrier is to have Shipshape travel underwater, utilizing her Oxygenerator system. However, she demands that everyone other than her assistants and Luigi leave for Jellyfish Island while she works on modifying Shipshape. If Adaphne's idea is rejected in favor of Technikki's plan of flying over the barrier, she and her assistants return to Jellyfish Island where Mario and Luigi can take on a harder version of the Jellyfish Pizza minigame. If Adaphne's plan is chosen, a body double takes her place in the dance hall.
In theDueling Geniuses side quest, Adaphne tasks Luigi with collecting three Zokket Alloys to make the "best boots", giving him theAdaphne Scope to do so. Mario and Luigi can either collect the Zokket Alloys with the Adaphne Scope to receive the Adaphne Boots, or get help from Technikki, who upgrades the Adaphne Scope into theTechnikki Scope Deluxe. This leads to Technikki working together with Adaphne to create the Adaphnikki Boots, with Adaphne only agreeing due to it supposedly being Luigi's idea. Creating either pair of boots completes the side quest.
FollowingReclusa's awakening, if Technikki modified Shipshape, Adaphne saves Mario, Luigi,Snoutlet, andCozette on a rocket she created, flying them back to Shipshape Island. If Adaphne modified Shipshape, Technikki,IDLE,Princess Peach,Starlow, andDorrie instead save the heroes as Adaphne's engine makes the submerging getaway, with the Oxygenerator bubbles shielding the islands from Reclusa'sDoom Blooms.
During the credits, Adaphne can be seen meeting with Technikki inLottacoins.
Gallery[edit]
Adaphne and Technikki on Lottacoins Island during the credits
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アダップル[?] Adappuru | From「アダプター」(adaputā, "adapter") and likely "Apple" (a rare feminine given name from English) | |
| Chinese | 卞雅琪[?] Biànyǎqí | Homophone of「变压器/變壓器」(biànyāqì, "transformer") | |
| Dutch | Adaptia[?] | From "adapter" and female given name "Tia" | |
| French(European) | Involta[1] | Could be from the electric unit "volt" | |
| German | Adaphne[?] | - | |
| Italian | Adattina[2] | Fromadattatore ("adapter") and diminutive suffix-ina or the name "Tina" | |
| Korean | 어댑플[?] Eodaebpeul | From the Japanese name | |
| Portuguese | Adaptânia[3] | Portmanteau ofadaptador ("adapter") and female given name "Tânia" | |
| Spanish | Adafne[?] | Same as the English name, using the Spanish spelling "Dafne" |
Notes[edit]
- According to one of theGrampy Turnips in theSoli-Tree, Adaphne secretly does care about Technikki's inventions, sneaking into Technikki's lab on Merrygo Island to look at them.
References[edit]
- ^Rencontre avec le GRAND CONDUCTEUR ! MARIO & LUIGI L'ÉPOPÉE FRATERNELLE #29. By Kirbendo - Let's Play onYouTube. Retrieved on December 22, 2024.
- ^Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica - LIVE #8. By Mariuigi Khed onYouTube. Retrieved on December 4, 2024.
- ^Mario & Luigi: Brothership in-game name (Brazilian Portuguese localization)
