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Paddler DS.png|Artwork from ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]''
Paddler DS.png|Artwork from ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]''
Padder.png|Sprite from ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]''
Padder.png|Sprite from ''[[Rhythm Heaven]]''
Space Gramps yelling at the Space Dancers to be paddlers.jpg|[[Space Gramps]] dressed like a Paddler from ''[[Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic]]''
Space Gramps yelling at the Space Dancers to be paddlers.jpg|[[Space Gramps]] dressed like a Paddler from ''[[Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic#05 彼らのダンスがすごい理由の巻き (Why Their Dance is so Awesome by Maki)|Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic]]''
Space Paddler 3DS.png|Artwork for [[Rhythm Rally]] from ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
Space Paddler 3DS.png|Artwork for [[Rhythm Rally]] from ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
Space Paddler 2.png|Artwork for [[Rhythm Rally 2]] from ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
Space Paddler 2.png|Artwork for [[Rhythm Rally 2]] from ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
Cosmo Dancer aka Paddler.png|Artwork for [[Cosmic Rhythm Rally]] from ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
Cosmo Dancer aka Paddler.png|Artwork for [[Cosmic Rhythm Rally]] from ''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The presence of Paddlers who look like the [[Cosmo Dancers]] in [[Cosmic Rhythm Rally]] implies that both [[Space Dancers]] and [[Cosmo Dancers]] come from different looking Paddlers.
*The presence of Paddlers who look like the [[Cosmo Dancers]] in [[Cosmic Rhythm Rally]] implies that both [[Space Dancers]] and [[Cosmo Dancers]] come from different looking Paddlers.

Revision as of 19:23, 8 May 2023

The Paddlers (ピンポン人?, Pinpon Hito) are blue, box-headed humanoid figures resembling the Space Dancers who first appear in Rhythm Rally.

Story

These strange beings live on planet Ping-Pong[1], and on a diet of table tennis. If they stop playing, they grow weak and sickly. Some have successfully weaned themselves off table tennis by substituting paddle ball. In rare cases, some of them turn into dancers[1].

They are also described as being Racing Fans, appearing in Freeze Frame. A pair of Paddlers can also be spotted in the crowd in Battle of the Bands. The image of a Paddler can be seen occasionally in Cheer Readers 2.

Throughout Rhythm Heaven, the Paddlers play table tennis is a variety of locations, such as a featureless white plain, a tropical island (where their color changes to orange), and outer space on a UFO. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, they play in a cardboard room, on a giant flower, a giant cake and a barbershop (where their color changes to red). In Cosmic Rhythm Rally, they take on the appearance of the Cosmo Dancers.

In Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic 05, "Why Their Dance is Amazing by Maki", a trio of Paddlers are shown trying to do the Space Dance, but always coming up short. Suddenly, what appears to be Space Gramps in Paddler attire comes in to suggest they play table tennis to get back in the groove. They find this method to work, and continue their dancing, albeit as Space Dancers.

Appearances

Gallery

Trivia

In Other Languages

Language Name Meaning
Flag of Japan.svg Japanese ピンポン人 Ping-pong Guy
Flag of the United States.svg EnglishNOA The Paddler
Paddler
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg EnglishNOE The Paddler
Paddlers
Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg French Le fou du rebond
Les fous du rebond
The rebound madman
The rebound madmen
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish El de la paleta The one with the paddle
Flag of Germany.svg German Tischtennis-Champ
Tischtennis-Champs
Table Tennis Champ
Table Tennis Champs
Flag of Italy.svg Italian Paoletto Tirosvelto
Tennistavolisti
Paul Quickthrow
Table tennis players
Flag of South Korea.svg Korean 랠리인 Rally Guy

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "ピンポンをしていないと元気がなくなってしまいます。まれに、ダンサーに転身する種族もいるようです。" (People who live on the planet Ping Pong. If they don't play ping pong, they lose their energy. In rare cases, some of them seem to turn into dancers.) ~ プロフィール1 (Profiles 1), Rhythm Tengoku Gold