Ever Heard Of Pappy Van Poodle Character?
Does The Name Pappy Van Poodle Mean Anything To You?
A quiz show I was listening to asked the question,’ who is Pappy Van Poodle ? ‘ and I was stumped. Pappy is a selfless dog who would do anything to help his friends so it is about time he gets the attention he deserves, he needs to make a comeback in one of the challenger packs for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Pappy Van Poodle Uncovered
Pappy Van Poodle is a character from Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball on the Nintendo 3DS. He only appears if the player does not negotiate with Rusty Slugger. He is a pug that dresses as a business man and sells fake ‘blue orbs’ (he sells the infinite, 10% discount red orbs for $100 each). He becomes furious when he goes out of his way to make up numerous lies and it all comes crashing down. He is also considered one of the more difficult characters in the game to convince since he is very stubborn and doesn’t like to negotiate with Rusty. If you do manage to convince him into negotiating, his offer is one blue orb for 500 dollars.
Pappy Van Poodle was first introduced by Nintendo on July 19, 2013 via their Miiverse channel without any prior announcements. Nintendo’s simple introduction along with his appearance in-game made many consumers think that Pappy was some sort of real-life promotion, which he isn’t. A few days later on July 21st, Nintendo confirmed that Pappy is a character from Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball and acknowledged his popularity among fans by adding him as an icon to the game’s official Miiverse community.
Nintendo has posted fan art of Pappy in their Miiverse channels and even created trophies for him and other characters in the latest Super Smash Bros Wii U:
Pappy Van Pupper (trophy) – Awarded to those who are full of wisdom! Appears in: All smash games. Tip: Watch out for his side special move—it can be really painful!
The Pug Who Thinks He’s Boss – Awarded to the winner of the Smash Bros. Online Fan Poll! Appears in: Wii U and 3DS versions Tip: He uses radar to sniff out opponents who are hiding nearby.
On December 16, 2013 Nintendo added a trophy of Pappy to their official site during their New Year celebrations (left). On January 26 Nintendo created a poll on which character would like to see on Super Smash Bros 4 (right):
Pap Van Poodle has made numerous cameo appearances in Nintendo games ever since his introduction. For example, he can be seen running on an elliptical machine in Zombi U and even appears as a sticker in Hyrule Warriors:
On June 10, 2014 Nintendo released its latest console – The Wii U and unveiled many of its features. One of the new console’s features deals with Miiverse connectivity and allows gamers to share screenshots from their games on a TV screen via a picture-in-picture display. Nintendo has been promoting this feature using Pappy images posted by fans from all over the world:
On July 18, 2014 Nintendo unveiled its latest IP for Wii U – Splatoon. In Japan there is a promotion going where you can win unique Splatoon posters that were available exclusively through preordering the game at various Japanese retailers. Gamers who purchased their copy of Splatoon from LAWSON got a ‘LAWSON’ edition poster which featured Squid Girl and Pappy Van Pupper:
Pappy Van Poodle made his first and only appearance in Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball.
He is one of the rotating characters that appear every time the player negotiates with Rusty Snatcher. Like all other Nintendo Miiverse characters, he speaks in ‘Miispeak’ (a form of gibberish).
He appears on Earth Day (April 22) wearing his Super Plumber Bros uniform:
He makes another appearance on Mother’s Day (May 10th) dressed as a gardener:
During Autumn Pappy can be seen dressed in a pumpkin outfit asking for candy during Halloween. He also appears to have a pet ghost named Boo-pup:
On New Year’s Eve/Day you can see Pappy and his dog in party hats celebrating in their house:
Pappy Van Pupper made an appearance at E3 2014 in Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros Invitational Tournament. He was part of the winning fan-made custom video which featured four Miiverse characters defeating various Nintendo villains:
Nintendo has not yet confirmed whether or not Pappy Van Pupper will make future appearances outside of Nintendo games, but their latest games Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer) and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam have many Miiverse icons that look just like him.
Pappy appears in Nintendo games such as Super Smash Bros, Hyrule Warriors and Zombi U. He can be seen running on an elliptical machine in ZombiU, he also appears as a sticker in Hyrule Warriors. Pappy was originally going to appear in Animal Crossing: New Leaf under the name PPT which is an acronym for ‘papers please’. In The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes there are three Pappys who work at a shop called Chuparosa.
Papyrus from Undertale has a theme song called “Beloved Tomboyish Dog” that starts out with what sounds like Miispeak before breaking into English. This theme song was featured in the game’s trailer. It is believed that this is a nod to Pappy who shares similar personality traits with Papyrus (e.g.: living underground, dog ears, fashion soul).
