Editing Torte

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Torte.png|64px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variant_of=[[Terrapin]]
|notable=[[Chef Torte]]<br>[[Apprentice (Torte)|Apprentice]]
}}
'''Tortes''' are a type of [[Terrapin]] that work as chefs in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch remake]]. Their name is German for "layer cake", and resembles "tortoise". Only two of them, [[Chef Torte]] and his [[Apprentice (Torte)|apprentice]], appear in the game, and work as the bakers in [[Marrymore]]. They attack [[Mario]] after he stops the wedding between [[Booster]] and [[Princess Peach]], which meant their [[cake (boss)|cake]] would go to waste.
==Battle==
Despite their statistics, the Tortes are absolutely invincible and cannot be defeated. Their only attack consists of demanding that Mario stops before running up and punching him. Mario must instead attack the cake, known as Bundt, which will eventually come to life as the 'true' boss battle and scare the two off.

Although this is the only occasion Tortes are battled in the final game, there are a few [[list of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars pre-release and unused content|unused]] enemy formations involving them, potentially meaning they were intended to be a generic enemy at some point instead.<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars#Unused Battle Formations|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars § Unused Battle Formations]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=March 25, 2020}}</ref> Alternatively, they could have been intended as placeholders for some other enemy.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Torte|image=[[File:SMRPG Torte idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Torte}}
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Torte 2}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMRPG Chef Torte Artwork.png|''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
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==Names in other languages==
===Torte===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ノコック
|JapR=Nokokku
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ノコヘい」(''Nokohei'', [[Terrapin#Names in other languages|Terrapin]]) and「コック」(''kokku'', "cook")
|ChiS=慢慢厨师
|ChiSR=Mànman Chúshī
|ChiSM=Koopa Cook
|ChiT=慢慢廚師
|ChiTR=Mànman Chúshī
|ChiTM=Koopa Cook
|Dut=Torte
|Fre=Koopâtissier
|FreM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and ''pâtissier'' ("pastry chef")
|Ger=Koopatissier
|GerM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and ''Patissier'' ("pastry chef")
|Ita=Tortolo
|ItaM=Tortolo is the name of a regional cake from {{wp|Terracina}}
|Kor=엉금요리사
|KorR=Eonggeum Yorisa
|KorM=Portmanteau of "엉금병" (''Eonggeumbyeong'', "Terrapin") and "요리사" (''yorisa'', "cook")
|Spa=Koopastelero
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and ''pastelero'' ("pastry baker")
}}

===Exhausted Torte===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ノコック（おつかれ）
|JapR=Nokokku (Otsukare)
|JapM=Torte (Exhausted)
|ChiS=慢慢厨师（疲累）
|ChiSR=Mànman Chúshī (Pílèi)
|ChiSM=Torte (Exhausted)
|ChiT=慢慢廚師（疲累）
|ChiTR=Mànman Chúshī (Pílèi)
|ChiTM=Torte (Exhausted)
|Dut=Torte (uitgeput)
|DutM=Torte (exhausted)
|Fre=Koopâtissier fatigué
|FreM=Tired Torte
|Ger=Überschufteter Koopatissier
|GerM=Overworked Torte
|Ita=Tortolo esausto
|ItaM=Exhausted Torte
|Kor=엉금요리사(피로)
|KorR=Eonggeum Yorisa (Pilo)
|KorM=Torte (Exhausted)
|Spa=Koopastelero agotado
|SpaM=Exhausted Torte
}}

==Trivia==
*In the Japanese version, [[Chef Torte]] and his [[Apprentice (Torte)|apprentice]] both have the same speech pattern (often using「ノ」as a sentence ender). In the English version, only the former is shown to have an outward accent. Despite this, the quirk slips through in a few text strings, such as their shared [[Thought Peek|thought]]. This mannerism is likely an allusion to ''okama'' (effeminate male) and/or a play on「ノコック」(''Nokokku'', [[#Names in other languages|Torte]]).<ref>{{cite|author=philh0use|date=April 2, 2022|title=[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1444089806?collection=avS2H8152RaH6Q&t=00h35m58s Super Mario RPG Ep. 5] (Mario RPG Translation Toast)|publisher=Twitch|accessdate=May 5, 2022}}</ref> Some of the remake's other languages such as Spanish give Chef Torte a lisp, with the Italian version additionally having him slip puns out of "''Tortolo''" (Torte), while the apprentice remains closer to the English version.

==References==
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{{Koopa Troopas}}
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[[Category:Koopa Troopas]]
[[Category:Chefs]]
[[Category:Knights]]
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