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| |image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
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| |first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
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| |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]])
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| {{quote|AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}} | | {{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]]. 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]]. | | {{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|image=[[File:Bonetail.PNG|250px]]}} |
| | | '''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]]. There is some regional dispute over the gender of Bonetail, as while English releases of the games depict Bonetail as male, most other regions consider Bonetail as a female. In the Italian version, Bonetail's name is derived from "Cassandra", a girl's name. In the Japanese version, all three dragons have ''baba'' in their name, which means "old woman". |
| ==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.
| | It is the older brother of [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. Unlike its still-living siblings, it is an undead dragon, having died of old age after not eating anything for centuries at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials. It 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 his two siblings, went around the world terrorizing people some time before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. |
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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.
| | After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail will roar, making it questionable if it can talk, as it never demonstrates that ability. Bonetail's many breaths cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. Its blue breath can freeze Mario, green breath can cause confusion, purple can shrink Mario or his partner, and white has the effect of a [[Sleepy Sheep]]. All of its fire breath attacks can be avoided with [[Shell Shield]] or simply guarding. If Mario defeats Bonetail, it coughs up a chest containing the [[Return Postage]] [[Badge]]. |
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| At the beginning of the fight, Mario's [[party member|partner]] makes a comment regarding Bonetail:
| | Bonetail is much stronger than its younger siblings, Hooktail and Gloomtail, and even than the Shadow Queen. It is the strongest boss in the game; 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 (but note that Bonetail doesn't have all of Gloomtail's attacks, like earthquake or MegaBreath). |
| *[[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''===
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| [[File:SMKun 34 Bonetail.png|thumb|left|Bonetail in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
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| 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==
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| ===''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)===
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| {{: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== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Bonetail.png|Bonetail's head design
| | MeetBonetail.PNG|[[Mario]] meeting Bonetail. |
| MeetBonetail.png|[[Mario]] encounters Bonetail | | LBIS122-4.png |
| PMTTYD Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail.png|The battle with Bonetail
| | byebonetail.png|Bonetail after being defeated. |
| PMTTYD Bonetail Defeated.png|Bonetail defeated
| | PMTTYDBonetailHeadEarly.png|Bonetail's unused early head design. |
| Pit of 100 trials floor 100.png|Bonetail in the remake
| | PM2 last floor.png|Bonetail defeated. |
| 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== | | ==Names in other languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{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> | | |Jap=ゾンババ |
| |JapR=Zonbaba | | |JapR=Zonbaba |
| |JapM=Portmanteau of「ゾンビ」(''zonbi'', "zombie") and「ゴンババ」(''Gonbaba'', "[[Hooktail]]") or「ブンババ」(''Bunbaba'', "[[Gloomtail]]") | | |JapM=Portmanteau of "''zonbi''" (ゾンビ, zombie) and "''unbaba''" (ウンババ, [[Blargg]]). |
| |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> | | |Ita=Ossandra |
| |ChiSR=Shīgǔ Bābā | | |ItaM=Pormanteau of "''osso''" (bone) and Cassandra (an Italian female name). |
| |ChiSM=From “尸骨” (''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and “轰巴巴” (''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or “蹦巴巴” (''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
| | |Fra=Occicroc |
| |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>
| | |FraM=Portmanteau of "''occire''" (slay) and "''croc''" (fang) |
| |ChiTR=Shīgǔ Bābā
| | |Spa=Zombaba |
| |ChiTM=From「屍骨」(''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and「轟巴巴」(''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or「蹦巴巴」(''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
| | |SpaM=From the Japanese name ''Zonbaba'', but with an M before the B because, in Spanish orthography, N can't come before B. |
| |Dut=Ivora<ref>{{cite|quote=Dat is Ivora, de oudere zus van Vermila.
| | |Ger=Lohviata |
| |title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=nl}}</ref> | | |GerM=Portmanteau of "''lohe''" (blaze) and "''viata''", which might be based on the English word bloviate.<br />[[wikipedia:Loviatar|Loviatar]] was a blind goddess from Finnish mythology.}} |
| |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") | |
| |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>
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| |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
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| |KorM=Portmanteau of "좀비" (''Jombi'', "zombie") and "곤자잔" (''Gonjajan'', "[[Hooktail]]") or "깜자잔" (''Kkamjajan'', "[[Gloomtail]]")
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| |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== | | ==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. | | *Bonetail, along with Gloomtail, possesses one of the very few attacks in the game that cannot be blocked with a [[Guard]] or [[Superguard]]: the bite attack. Other such attacks are the [[Bulky Bob-omb]]s and [[Bob-ulk]]'s explosions. |
| **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. | | *If the player is skilled enough, it is very possible to defeat Bonetail before fighting his youngest sibling, [[Hooktail]]. By using a series of glitches, Bonetail can be reached before beating [[Blooper|the prologue]]. |
| | | *Despite being the strongest boss, Bonetail only offers one [[Star Point]] after defeat, just like the Shadow Queen. This is often considered a gag. |
| ==References==
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| {{PMTTYD}} | | {{PMTTYD}} |
| [[Category:Dragons]] | | [[Category:Dragons]] |
| [[Category:Skeletons]] | | [[Category:Skeletons]] |
| [[Category:Ice creatures]] | | [[Category:Ice Creatures]] |
| [[Category:Optional bosses]] | | [[Category:Optional Bosses]] |
| [[Category:Siblings]]
| | [[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Bosses]] |
| [[Category:Pets]]
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| [[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bosses]] | |
| [[Category:Super Mario-kun characters]]
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| [[de:Lohviata]] | | [[de:Lohviata]] |
| [[it:Ossandra]] | | [[it:Ossandra]] |
