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  | name        = Torneko
  | jpname      = トルネコ
  | romaji      = Toruneko
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  | image       = Torneko 1 Official Artwork - Torneko.png
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  | description = Official artwork of Torneko in Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon.
  | location    = Lakanaba
  | species     = Human
  | gender      = Male
  | age         = 40+
  | status      = Alive
  | family      = {{DragonQuest|Nina}} <sup>(Wife)</sup><br>{{DragonQuest|Paolo}} <sup>(Son)</sup>
  | occupation  = Arms Merchant
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  | debut       = {{Torneko1Title||s}} (1993)
  | debut-nomd  = ''Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen'' (1990)
  | latest      = {{DragonQuestMoreMobileTitle||s}} (2009)
  | latest-nomd = ''Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince'' (2023)
  | creator     = {{Meta|Yuji Horii}}
  | artist      = {{Meta|Akira Toriyama}}
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'''Torneko''' {{JA|トルネコ|Toruneko}} is the protagonist of the ''{{DragonQuest|Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon|Torneko's Great Adventure}}'' series. He made his debut appearance in {{Torneko1Title}} in 1993.

==Biography==
===Physical Appearance===
Torneko wears a loose muumuu, chosen for comfort and practicality over fashion-ability. He hefts a giant backpack of sorts at all times, which he uses to hold his wares, personal belongings and, presumably, some of the party's items. He has a mustache and huge belly, both of which help to bring out his general jolliness. He has blue hair and a blue mustache.<ref name="dqwiki">https://dragon-quest.org/wiki/Torneko_Taloon Torneko Taloon - Dragon Quest Wiki</ref>

===Personality===
His personality in his own game series is similar to any silent protagonist. However, by interacting with other non-playable characters and even his own family, he is known to have the typical mindset of a family man and a merchant, although he is not greedy.

===Name===
Torneko and Taloon are not actual names used in the real world, being nomenclature invented by the original development staff and {{Meta|Enix}} America Corporation. For the characters cameo appearance in ''Dragon Quest VIII'', the localization team headed by Richard Honeywood opted to make Taloon his surname instead of abandoning it outright.<ref name="dqwiki"/>

===History===
====Early life====
Introduced in the third chapter of ''Dragon Quest Ⅳ'', Torneko is known as a merchant who would later join Solo or Sofia, the game's protagonists, as one of "the Chosen Ones". It would be in his own spin-off games that we discover what happened to him and his family after the event of the aforementioned game.

Torneko knew how to bargain since he was a kid, with his first successful attempt on trading a {{DragonQuest|Dragon Scale}} for a stick to a bully named Lalo. He would later find interest in being a merchant and started working as one in Surene, later renamed to Zalenagrad, and one of many locations in ''Dragon Quest Ⅳ''. Later on, he would meet for the first time Nina, albeit frustrated and even her strangling him after he told her the weapon her ex-husband had could not be returned in this store. This first encounter evolved into a relationship, resulting in both of them getting married and have a kid named Paulo, before the events of ''Dragon Quest Ⅳ''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060102060053/http://na.square-enix.com/games/torneko/characters.html</ref>

====Torneko 1====
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After saving the world with The Chosen Ones, he returned to his town and continued his work as an arms merchant. One day, he decided to expand his merchandises to unknown territories and went with his family on opening one there. Arriving at the location, they would build a house, return a lost treasure for {{DragonQuest|the King}} nearby them, and start their job there. Unbeknownst to Torneko, their house was near a mystery dungeon.

====Torneko 2====

====Torneko 3====

====Young Yangus====

==Family==
* {{DragonQuest|Nina}}
Torneko's wife. Mentioned in numerous ''Dragon Quest'' games.

* {{DragonQuest|Paolo}}
Torneko's son. Mentioned in numerous ''Dragon Quest'' games.

==Appearances==
For more about Torneko as a character in a specific game, click through their respective links.

===Torneko's Great Adventure===
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* '''{{Torneko1|Torneko}}''' appears in {{Torneko1Title}}.
* '''{{Torneko2PS1|Torneko}}''' appears in {{Torneko2PS1Title}}.
** '''{{Torneko2GBA|Torneko}}''' appears in {{Torneko2GBATitle}}.
* '''{{Torneko3PS2|Torneko}}''' appears in {{Torneko3PS2Title}}.
** '''{{Torneko3GBA|Torneko}}''' appears in {{Torneko3GBATitle}}.
* '''{{YoungYangus|Torneko}}''' appears in {{YoungYangusTitle}}.
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===Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon===
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* '''{{YoungYangus|Torneko}}''' appears in {{YoungYangusTitle}}.
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  | Torneko 2 PS1            = ✓
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  | Torneko 3 PS2            = ✓
  | Torneko 3 GBA            = ✓
  | Young Yangus             = ✓
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===Spin-offs===
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* '''Torneko''' appears in {{DragonQuestMobileTitle}}.
* '''Torneko''' appears in {{DragonQuestMoreMobileTitle}}.
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==In Other Media==
Torneko is known to appear in numerous ''Dragon Quest'' main and spin-off games. Despite the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' titles being canon to the mainline series, there are no direct references between him and the ''Mystery Dungeon'' franchise in other media.

===Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion===
In {{Shiren2Title}}, Torneko is mentioned by {{Shiren|Dan}}{{UT}}.

==Gallery==
===Official Artwork===
<gallery>
Torneko 1 Official Artwork - Torneko.png     | (1993)<br>Artwork from ''Torneko 1''.
Torneko 2 PS1 Chunsoft Website - Torneko.png | (1999)<br>Artwork from the ''Torneko 2 PS1'' Chunsoft official website.
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Torneko 1 - Torneko.png | (1993)<br>Torneko in ''Torneko 1''.
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Key Art=
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Torneko running from monsters.jpg | Torneko running away from monsters in ''Torneko: The Last Hope''.
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==In Other Languages==
{{In Other Languages
  | en    = Taloon <sup>{{Torneko1|Taloon's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon|Torneko 1 (Unreleased)}}</sup><br>Torneko
  | ja    = {{Tt|トルネコ|Toruneko}}
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==See Also==
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==References==
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