Editing Bonetail

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|hp=200
|atk=8
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|location=[[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]]
|items=None
|moves=Dangerous Breath (8; burn (orange), sleep (white), confusion (green), shrunk (purple), frozen (blue)), Recover (20 HP), Stomp (8), Chomp (8)
|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!
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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]].

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, having died of old age after not eating anything for centuries at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials. He was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]], and was put in the pit to guard and punish anyone of her choice. Any of his actions outside of the Pit of 100 Trials, if any, are unknown.

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 cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. His blue breath can freeze Mario, green breath can confuse him, purple can shrink him and white can put him to sleep. He can also restore his [[HP]] if it's low. Eventually, Mario defeated him and Bonetail coughed up a chest containing the [[Badges#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Return Postage Badge]].

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 strain of completing the previous 99 levels of the Pit of 100 Trials contributes to the difficulties faced when fighting Bonetail, as items, FP, and HP are more likely to be depleted by the time he is reached than when the player confronts the Shadow Queen.
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==Trivia==
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*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.
*In the Italian, German and French versions of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bonetail is portrayed as female.
*Bonetail plays the same role in this game as [[Culex]] did in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', [[The Master]] (in his final form) did in the original ''[[Paper Mario]]'', [[Shadoo]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', and [[Bowser X]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' in that they are all completely optional and stronger than the final bosses from their respective games. [[Wracktail]] somewhat plays a similar role in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', as he is a white dragon (like how the first boss is a red dragon) who is much stronger, and completely optional, though Wracktail is not more difficult if Mario and his team avoid all his attacks (and may be easier if the player has [[Luigi]]), and is not a skeleton.
*Even if he is the strongest boss, he only offers one Star Point after defeat, just as the Shadow Queen does.
*Bonetail's attack and defense stats are exactly the same as Gloomtail's, by default.
*It is possible to beat Bonetail before even fighting Hooktail. The player must exit Hooktail's Castle before fighting her and go down to the Pit of 100 Trials and survive until the end.
*It is unknown if the dragon was named Bonetail after or before his death.

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:MeetBonetail.PNG|[[Mario]] meeting Bonetail.
Image:byebonetail.png|Bonetail after being defeated.
</gallery></center>

==Names in Other Languages==
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|Jap=ゾンババ
|JapR=Zonbaba
|JapM=Portmanteau of 「ゾンビ」''zonbi'' (zombie) and　「婆」''baba'' (old woman, hag)
|Ita=Ossandra
|ItaM= Pormanteau of "osso" (bone) and "Cassandra" (Italian name)
|Fra=Occicroc
|FraM=Portmanteau of "occire" (slay) and "croc" (fang)
|Spa=Zombaba
|SpaM=From the Japanese name ''Zonbaba'' (spelled as "Zombaba" because the first component of the Japanese name is a katakana transcription of "zombie")
|Ger=Lohviata
|GerM=Portmanteau of "Lohe" (blaze) and "viata", which is probably an imaginary word}}
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