The Paddler

The Paddler

Image

Artwork from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Appears in

Rhythm Heaven
Rhythm Heaven Fever (cameo)
Rhythm Heaven Megamix

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 in Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Story

These strange beings live on planet Ping-Pong, 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.

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 彼らのダンスがすごい理由の巻 (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

• Rhythm Rally
• Rhythm Rally 2
• Remix 2
• Rhythm Rally 2 (Rhythm Heaven only)
• Remix 8
• Remix 10
• Battle of the Bands (cameo)
• Cheer Readers 2 (cameo)
• Barbershop Remix
• Final Remix

Gallery

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  Artwork from Rhythm Heaven

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  Sprite from Rhythm Heaven

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  Artwork for Rhythm Rally from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

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  Artwork for Rhythm Rally 2 from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

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  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
Japanese	ピンポン人	Ping-pong Guy
EnglishNOA	The Paddler Paddler
EnglishNOE	The Paddler Paddlers
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
German	Tischtennis-Champ Tischtennis-Champs	Table Tennis Champ Table Tennis Champs
Italian	Paoletto Tirosvelto Tennistavolisti	Paul Quickthrow Table tennis players
Korean	랠리인	Rally Guy