The Paddler
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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.
Backstory
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, albiet as Space Dancers.
Appearances
- File:Rhythm Rally Story icon.png Rhythm Rally
- File:Rhythm Rally The 3DS icon.png Rhythm Rally 2
- File:Remix 2 DS icon.png Remix 2
- File:Cosmo Rally icon.png Cosmic Rhythm Rally
- File:Remix 8 DS icon.png Remix 8
- File:Remix 10 DS icon.png Remix 10
- File:Battle of the Bands Icon.png Battle of the Bands (cameo)
- File:Cheer Readers 2 icon.png Cheer Readers 2 (cameo)
- File:Fashion Remix icon.png Barbershop Remix
- File:Final Remix icon.png Final Remix
Gallery
- Paddler DS.png
Artwork from Rhythm Heaven
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven
Space Gramps dressed like a Paddler from Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic
- 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
- Cosmo Dancer aka Paddler.png
Artwork for Cosmic Rhythm Rally from Rhythm Heaven Megamix
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.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
ピンポン人 | Ping-pong Guy |
 EnglishNOA |
The Paddler Paddler |
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 EnglishNOE |
The Paddler Paddlers |
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 French |
Le fou du rebond Les fous du rebond |
The rebound madman The rebound madmen |
 Spanish |
El de la paleta | The one with the paddle |
 Italian |
Paoletto Tirosvelto Tennistavolisti |
Paul Quickthrow Table tennis players |
 Korean |
랠리인 | Rally Guy |