Heronicus
| Heronicus | |
|---|---|
 Sprite fromSuper Paper Mario | |
| Appears in | Super Paper Mario (2007) |
- “You smell of...evil, perhaps? I have not smelled that in an age. Who are you?! I, Heronicus, used to travel about defeating evil.”
- —Heronicus,Super Paper Mario
Heronicus is a character inSuper Paper Mario who lives inFlipside in the houses behindSaffron's restaurant. He is a retired explorer who "knows much about other lands", with certain smells bringing back memories. After each chapter a different smell brings back a memory of the world most recently visited by the heroes.
On a shelf in Heronicus' home, there is the vase fromChapter 2-3, aMeowmaid-like relic, and a model of the two stone heads found inChapter 4-2; atop his bookshelf, a dark rock fromOuter Space, a totem pole fromDowntown of Crag and a torch holder fromThe Underwhere can also be found. Heronicus additionally has a picture that may possibly depict a blueSquarp hole, andFlipping in his home reveals a picture of a sandy, dune-filled expanse resemblingYold Desert (Curiously, this picture actually shows the background Yold Desert possessed in thepre-release version ofSuper Paper Mario).
Heronicus also appears briefly at the beginning of Chapter 6-1. After entering the room withJade Blooper, the firstSammer Guy, Heronicus runs away and exits, apparently having lost to him. His name is also seen in theFlipside Arcade, where he holds the high scores of 550000 and 80000 inMansion Patrol, and 100,0000 inHammer Whacker.
After the game is beaten, Heronicus tells the player that he spent a part of his life exploring to find a "legendary Pixl", with a partner. When they found this Pixl, there was a rock slide; Heronicus leaped into action and saved his partner, but the legendary Pixl was lost during the incident. This is the reason Heronicus stopped exploring. It is mentioned inFlopside byHatch outside of the Flopside version of Heronicus's house that the person who lived there (presumably Heronicus's Flopside version) also went exploring for a legendary Pixl. Again, there was also a rock slide, but instead of saving his partner, he saved the Pixl instead. It is unknown where the Flopside Heronicus went, but the Pixl he saved wasPiccolo, who is then found inside the house.
Tattle[edit]
- "That's Heronicus... He was once an explorer... He knows much about other lands... He's since retired from exploration, but certain smells bring back memories..."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴーケツ[?] Gōketsu | From「 | |
| French | Zéronicus[?] | Possibly a portmanteau ofzéro ("zero") and the English name | |
| German | Heronikus[?] | Heronicus | |
| Italian | Geronimus[?] | From "Geronimo" | |
| Spanish | Federico[?] | Given name |
