Dragon Quest:Paulo

Paulo ポポロ
Character's information
Location	Lakanaba
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Age	5 (earliest,  Torneko 1) 12 (latest,  Torneko 3 PS2
Status
Family	Torneko (Father) Nina (Mother)
Occupation
Title
Background information
Earliest Mystery Dungeon appearance	Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon (1993)
Earliest non-Mystery Dungeon appearance	Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (1990)
Latest Mystery Dungeon appearance	Dragon Quest More Mystery Dungeon Mobile (2009)
Latest non-Mystery Dungeon appearance	Dragon Quest Rivals Ace (2021)
Created by	Yuji Horii
Designed by	Akira Toriyama

Paulo (Japanese: ポポロ, Popolo) is a character in the Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series. His first appearance in a Mystery Dungeon title was in  Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon, which was his second Dragon Quest appearance. His first Dragon Quest appearance was in Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. He's a playable character in  Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon.

Biography

Physical Appearance

Paulo is a thin boy with blue hair, similar to his father. In  Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon, Paulo would grow up to his twelfth birthday and appears with the same clothes as Torneko's, though their placement are swapped. Sometimes, he can be seen wearing claws as they are his main weapons to attack enemies.

History

Early Life

Though he was introduced in Dragon Quest IV, little is known about his life and personality in the game's entire story. It would be in Torneko's own spin-off games that we discover what happened to him and his family after the event of the aforementioned game.

Paulo was born before the events of Dragon Quest IV occurred. Torneko remarked his resemblance compared to when he was a kid, both physically and mentally.

Torneko 3

As seven years went by after the events of Torneko: The Last Hope, Paulo went with his family in a trip. On the ship, both Torneko and Nina celebrated his twelfth anniversary before a storm hit them.

Paulo got an important role later on and followed his own adventure in the islands.

Family

• Torneko

Paulo's father. Mentioned in numerous Dragon Quest games.

• Nina

Paulo's mother. Mentioned in numerous Dragon Quest games.

Appearances

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

Games

Paulo appears in  Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon. Paulo appears in  World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope. Paulo appears in  Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance: Mystery Dungeon. Paulo appears in  Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon. Paulo appears in  Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance: Mystery Dungeon. Paulo appears in Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Mobile. Paulo appears in Dragon Quest More Mystery Dungeon Mobile.

Torneko 1		Torneko 2		Torneko 3		Young Yangus
		PS1	GBA	PS2	GBA
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In Other Media

Paulo is known to appear in numerous Dragon Quest mainline and spin-off games. Unlike Torneko, there are 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  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion, Paulo is referenced by Dan.

Dragon Quest Rivals Ace

In Dragon Quest Rivals Ace, Paulo appears in the game's third card pack, "Starry Battle". His appearance is retrieved from Torneko's Great Adventure 3.

Gallery

• 

  Paulo in an advertisement for Torneko 3.

• 

  Paulo running with a Slime in Dragon Quest Rivals Ace.

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Paulo
Japanese		ポポロ