Editing Bonetail

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|species=Dragon
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}

{{quote|AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Bonetail''' is a large, skeletal dragon in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' residing at the bottom of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. She is the older sister of [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. Unlike her still-living siblings, she is an undead dragon, having died of unknown reasons. She was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]], but it is never stated why or how Bonetail came to reside at the bottom of the Pit. According to [[Grifty]], Bonetail, along with her two siblings, went around the world terrorizing people some time before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. There is some regional dispute over the gender of Bonetail, as while the English version depicts Bonetail as male, other versions depict Bonetail as female. In the Italian version, Bonetail's name is derived from "Cassandra", a girl's name. In the English version of the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch remake]], however, Bonetail is referred to with female pronouns.

==History==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail roars, and her many breaths during battle cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. Her blue breath can [[Frozen|freeze]] Mario, green breath can cause [[Confused|confusion]], purple can turn Mario or his partner [[Tiny (status effect)|tiny]], and white can inflict [[sleep]]. All of her breath attacks can be avoided with [[Shell Shield]] or simply guarding. If Mario defeats Bonetail, she coughs up a chest containing the [[Return Postage]] [[badge]].

Bonetail is much stronger than her younger siblings, Hooktail and Gloomtail. She is the strongest boss in the game, being stronger than the Shadow Queen, but only offers one [[Star Point]] after defeat; Bonetail can restore 20 HP when having lower HP and has the most HP out of any enemy. Additionally, Bonetail has the same default attack and defense stats as Gloomtail, with other buffs added throughout the fight. However, Bonetail does not have all of Gloomtail's attacks, like his earthquake attack or Megabreath.

In the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], a clear bonus of 999 coins is given upon defeating Bonetail. The color of Bonetail's confusion breath has also been changed from green to pink.

Once defeated, Bonetail cannot be fought again and will be absent if Mario returns to the bottom of the Pit. Nothing remains in her room except the open chest and the ambient music that plays in the room after she is defeated. In the Nintendo Switch remake, [[Whacka]] will become the new final boss of the Pit if he is driven out of [[Keelhaul Key]] and the player has received the "[[Mailbox SP#RDM Extra Issue|RDM Extra Issue]]" email.

At the beginning of the fight, Mario's [[party member|partner]] makes a comment regarding Bonetail:
*[[Goombella]]: "''Wow! What a freak!''"
*[[Koops]]: "''Yikes! What a grump!''"
*[[Flurrie]]: "''Mercy! Such anger!''"
*[[Yoshi Kid]]: "''Whoa! What a psycho!''" (GCN) / "''Whoa! What a monster!''" (Switch)
*[[Vivian]]: "''Wow! What a grouch!''"
*[[Bobbery]]: "''Rather a crabby sort, eh?''"
*[[Ms. Mowz]]: "''My! What a crab!''"

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:SMKun 34 Bonetail.png|thumb|left|Bonetail in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Despite being an optional boss in the game being adapted, Bonetail appears in volume 34 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. In it, she makes everyone in Rogueport stupid with her "idiot breath", and Mario, Goombella, and Koops must defeat her to revert everyone back to normal. Unlike in the game, she is able to speak.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYD Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]}}

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|180px]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bonetail.png|Bonetail's head design
MeetBonetail.png|[[Mario]] encounters Bonetail
PMTTYD Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail.png|The battle with Bonetail
PMTTYD Bonetail Defeated.png|Bonetail defeated
Pit of 100 trials floor 100.png|Bonetail in the remake
PMTTYDNS Bonetail Defeated.jpg|Bonetail defeated in the remake
Bonetail head TTYD early.png|Bonetail's [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|unused]] early head design
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゾンババ<ref>{{cite|quote=『ゾンババ』よ|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo Co.|language=ja}}</ref>
|JapR=Zonbaba
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ゾンビ」(''zonbi'', "zombie") and「ゴンババ」(''Gonbaba'', "[[Hooktail]]") or「ブンババ」(''Bunbaba'', "[[Gloomtail]]")
|ChiS=尸骨巴巴<ref>{{cite|quote=这是“尸骨巴巴”哦。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hans}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Shīgǔ Bābā
|ChiSM=From “尸骨” (''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and “轰巴巴” (''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or “蹦巴巴” (''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
|ChiT=屍骨巴巴<ref>{{cite|quote=他是「屍骨巴巴」喔。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hant}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Shīgǔ Bābā
|ChiTM=From「屍骨」(''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and「轟巴巴」(''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or「蹦巴巴」(''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
|Dut=Ivora<ref>{{cite|quote=Dat is Ivora, de oudere zus van Vermila.
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=nl}}</ref>
|DutM=From ''Ivoor'' ("ivory")
|Fre=Occicroc<ref>{{cite|quote=C'est Occicroc.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=fr-ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=C'est Occicroc !|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''occire'' ("slay") and ''croc'' ("fang")
|Ger=Lohviata<ref>{{cite|quote=Das ist Lohviata.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Lohe'' ("blaze") and possibly the English word "bloviate"; also likely a pun on "{{wp|Loviatar}}"
|Ita=Ossandra<ref>{{cite|quote=Questa è Ossandra, la sorella maggiore di Crimilde.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Pormanteau of ''osso'' ("bone") and the female name "Cassandra"
|Kor=좀자잔<ref>{{cite|quote=『좀자잔』이야|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>
|KorR=Jomjajan
|KorM=Portmanteau of "좀비" (''Jombi'', "zombie") and "곤자잔" (''Gonjajan'', "[[Hooktail]]") or "깜자잔" (''Kkamjajan'', "[[Gloomtail]]")
|Spa=Zombaba<ref>{{cite|quote=Aquí dice que es Zombaba, la hermana mayor de Gombaba.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=es-419}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Aquí pone que es Zombaba, la hermana mayor de Gombaba.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=es-es}}</ref>
|SpaM=From the Japanese name "Zonbaba", but with an "m" before the "b" because, in Spanish orthography, "n" should not come before "b"
}}

==Trivia==
*As a defeatable, standalone boss by default with no minions to summon, and along with [[Whacka]] in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], Bonetail is the only boss Mario cannot defeat with a single jump (performed by a failed action Jump command) or hammer blow strengthened by [[Power Rush]] badges.
**Among these two, Bonetail is the only boss Mario cannot defeat alone in one turn without FP-based attacks, such as the [[Power Bounce]] badge by performing three jumps in one move.

==References==
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