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| {{character infobox | | {{quote|Arooooooooooooo!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door}} |
| |image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch) | | |
| |species=Dragon | | {{ttydenemy |
| |first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]]) | | |PM2=yes |
| |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]]) | | |image=[[Image:Bonetail.PNG]] |
| | |moves=Dangerous Breath (8; burn (orange), sleep (white), confusion (purple), frozen (blue)), Recover (20 HP), Stomp (8), Chomp (8) |
| | |hp=200 |
| | |atk=8 |
| | |def=2 |
| | |location=[[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]] |
| | |items=None |
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| | |log=The oldest brother of Hooktail. He's just bones now. He's incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest? |
| | |tattle=That's Bonetail. He's the oldest brother of Hooktail. ...So old he's just bones, in fact. Wow. Now THAT'S old. He has various breaths that might confuse us or put us to sleep. When his HP gets low, he'll recover... or reanimate, as the case may be. He's probably stronger than the last boss, seriously! Let's do this right! |
| | |before=[[Gloomtail|100]] |
| | |#=101 |
| | |after=[[Rawk Hawk|102]] |
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| {{quote|AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
| | '''Bonetail''' is a large zombified [[Dragon]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', living at the bottom of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. |
| '''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]]. Bonetail is depicted as male in the original English localization, but female in every other version, including the English version of [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch remake]]. | |
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| ==History==
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| ===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
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| 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]].
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| At the beginning of the fight, Mario's [[party member|partner]] makes a comment regarding Bonetail:
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| *[[Goombella]]: "''Wow! What a freak!''"
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| *[[Koops]]: "''Yikes! What a grump!''"
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| *[[Flurrie]]: "''Mercy! Such anger!''"
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| *[[Yoshi Kid]]: "''Whoa! What a psycho!''" (GCN) / "''Whoa! What a monster!''" (Switch)
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| *[[Vivian]]: "''Wow! What a grouch!''"
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| *[[Bobbery]]: "''Rather a crabby sort, eh?''"
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| *[[Ms. Mowz]]: "''My! What a crab!''"
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| ===''Super Mario-kun''===
| | He is the oldest member of the "tail" family, older than both [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. As his name implies, he is merely a skeleton of a Dragon, implying that he has been living far longer than the other members of the family. He was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]] and was put in the pit to guard and punish anyone she wanted. The reason why he became a skeleton is that he never ate anything for so long and died of old age. Any actions outside of the Pit of 100 Trials, if any, are unknown. |
| [[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.
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| ==Profiles and statistics==
| | After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail will roar, making it questionable if he can talk, as he has not ever demonstrated that ability. Bonetail's many breaths can confuse and cause sleep. He can also restore his [[HP]] if it's low. Eventually, Mario defeated him and Bonetail burped up a chest containing the [[Badges#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Return Postage Badge]]. |
| ===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
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| {{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYD Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]}}
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| ===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
| | Bonetail is the strongest enemy in the game, even stronger than the Shadow Queen. He is not necessarily harder than the Shadow Queen though, because the Shadow Queen has two hands, which can allow her to attack more than once, however the player may prepare however they wish for the Shadow Queen battle, but they may be exhausted from completing the previous 99 levels of the Pit of 100 Trials before reaching Bonetail. |
| {{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|180px]]}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Bonetail.png|Bonetail's head design
| | Image:MeetBonetail.PNG|[[Mario]] meeting Bonetail. |
| MeetBonetail.png|[[Mario]] encounters Bonetail | | image:byebonetail.png|Bonetail after being defeated. |
| PMTTYD Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail.png|The battle with Bonetail
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| PMTTYD Bonetail Defeated.png|Bonetail defeated
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| Pit of 100 trials floor 100.png|Bonetail in the remake
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| PMTTYDNS Bonetail Defeated.jpg|Bonetail defeated in the remake
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| Bonetail head TTYD early.png|Bonetail's [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|unused]] early head design
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | == Trivia == |
| {{foreign names
| | *Depending on which partner is accompanying Mario when he enters the 100th floor, the partner will make a short exclamation about the shock of finding such a huge dragon. |
| |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>
| | *In the German and French versions of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bonetail is portrayed as female. |
| |JapR=Zonbaba
| | *Bonetail plays the same role in this game as [[The Master]] (in his final form) did in the original [[Paper Mario]], in that they are both completely optional and stronger than the final bosses from their respective games. |
| |JapM=Portmanteau of「ゾンビ」(''zonbi'', "zombie") and「ゴンババ」(''Gonbaba'', "[[Hooktail]]") or「ブンババ」(''Bunbaba'', "[[Gloomtail]]")
| | *He resembles [[Bonechill]] and [[Zombone]] |
| |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>
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| |ChiSR=Shīgǔ Bābā
| | == Foreign Names == |
| |ChiSM=From “尸骨” (''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and “轰巴巴” (''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or “蹦巴巴” (''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
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| |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>
| | |Fra=Occicroc |
| |ChiTR=Shīgǔ Bābā
| | |FraM= Portmanteau of "occire" (slay) and "croc" (fang)}} |
| |ChiTM=From「屍骨」(''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and「轟巴巴」(''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or「蹦巴巴」(''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
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| |Dut=Ivora<ref>{{cite|quote=Dat is Ivora, de oudere zus van Vermila.
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| |DutM=From ''Ivoor'' ("ivory")
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| |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>
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| |FreM=Portmanteau of ''occire'' ("slay") and ''croc'' ("fang")
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| |Ger=Lohviata<ref>{{cite|quote=Das ist Lohviata.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
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| |GerM=Portmanteau of ''Lohe'' ("blaze") and possibly the English word "bloviate"; also likely a pun on "{{wp|Loviatar}}"
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| |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>
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| |ItaM=Pormanteau of ''osso'' ("bone") and the female name "Cassandra"
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| |Kor=좀자잔<ref>{{cite|quote=『좀자잔』이야|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>
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| |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>
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| |SpaM=From the Japanese name "Zonbaba", but with an "m" before the "b" because, in Spanish orthography, "n" should not come before "b"
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| ==Trivia==
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| *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.
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| **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.
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| ==References==
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