Punio

Punio is a supporting character in . He is a Puni with two dark-gray stripes on his body and a green ball at the top of his antenna. He lives in The Great Tree within the Boggly Woods with the other Punies. During the events of the game, Lord Crump and the X-Nauts storm The Great Tree in search of the Crystal Star hidden there. Punio escapes to Rogueport Sewers to find help, and teams up with Mario and his party to free his home. According to the Puni Elder, he is next in line to be the leader of the Puni tribe.
==History==
===Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door===
Punio first appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In the beginning of the game, while Mario is searching for The Thousand-Year Door, he sees Punio, but he scurries away before they can interact.
After finding the first Crystal Star in Hooktail Castle, Mario is able to catch up with Punio. Cornered, he begs Mario to not eat him, thinking that he and his party are affiliated with the X-Nauts. After being reassured that they are here to help, Punio explains that the X-Nauts attacked his home and he escaped to Rogueport Sewers to find help. He finds a switch that activates a hidden path, leading to a Warp Pipe that takes Mario to Boggly Woods.
He leads Mario to The Great Tree, only to be discovered the entrance is blocked by a locked door. He then reveals there's a secret entrance, but they will need the power of wind to reveal it. This leads to Madame Flurrie, a wind spirit, joining Mario's party, and with her powers, the secret entrance is revealed and Punio can unlock the door from the inside. Inside, they discover several Punies hiding, and Puniper reveals that the rest of them have been captured by the X-Nauts. They eventually free the rest of the Punies, and with their help, Mario finds the Crystal Star at the bottom of the tree. After running the X-Nauts out of it, the Punies reclaim the tree for themselves, and they thank Mario for his help.
At the end of the story following the Shadow Queen's defeat, just before Mario and Peach are about to return to the Mushroom Kingdom, Punio and Petuni appear and give them Mushrooms as a going away gift, and say farewell.
==Appearances==
==Gallery==
PunioTTYD.png|Punio in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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Punis.png|Punio and a group of Punies by 
Category:Punies
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