Editing Bony Beetle

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:NSMBU Bony Beetle Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variant_of=[[Buzzy Beetle]]
|subject_origin=[[Dry Bones]]
|variants=[[Big Bony Beetle]]
|comparable=[[Spiny]]
}}
'''Bony Beetles''' are undead skeletal varieties of [[Buzzy Beetle]]s that first appear as enemies in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. When stomped, a Bony Beetle falls apart before reassembling, similarly to [[Dry Bones]].

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
[[File:SMW Artwork Bony Beetle.png|thumb|left|Artwork from ''Super Mario World'', depicting their original design]]
{{multiframe|[[File:Bony Beetle SMW.png]] [[File:SMW Blue Bony Beetle.png]]|align=right}}
The Bony Beetles of ''Super Mario World'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its remake]] are bipedal and wear red shoes, except for one in the credits that has blue-tinged shoes.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/3Tc_Ek0ASSA?feature=shared&t=8310|timestamp=2:18:30|title=''Super Mario World'' - Complete Walkthrough|date=October 8, 2020|publisher=YouTube|language=en|author=Typhlosion4President}}</ref> Bony Beetles, which first appear in [[Vanilla Fortress]], have a pattern of walking around, stopping, and sticking their spikes out. A Bony Beetle's spikes damage the player character, even if he is [[Spin Jump|spin-jumping]]. A Bony Beetle can be stopped temporarily when stomped, but a [[Spin Jump#Super Mario World|Cape Spin]] can defeat one entirely.<ref>{{cite|quote=Stomp him to stop him briefly; use a Cape Spin to get rid of him for good.|page=50|title=''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|date=1993}}</ref>

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Bony Beetles return in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They are depicted similarly as in ''Super Mario World'' but have different sprites when stomped. Bony Beetles are encountered in the [[World-e]] levels [[Swinging Bars of Doom]] and [[Bowser's Last Stand]].<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/TF5EPFdGVWc?feature=shared&t=11|timestamp=0:11|author=[[User:VideoGamePhenomHD|VideoGamePhenom]]|date=October 27, 2019|title=''Super Mario Advance 4'' - World-e - Swinging Bars of Doom|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/5BoT5f0lUNU?feature=shared&t=50|timestamp=0:50|title=''Super Mario Advance 4'' - World-e - Bowser's Last Stand|publisher=YouTube|author=VideoGamePhenom|date=October 28, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Jumping under a [[? Block]] with a Buzzy Beetle does not affect it.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/ZnpXMBJoLb8?feature=shared&t=156|timestamp=02:36|title=Bowser's Second Last Stand - Super Mario Advance 4: SMB3 (Part 30)|date=May 31, 2023|publisher=YouTube|language=en|author=bradsmithVR}}</ref>

====''New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:NSMBUD Bony Beetle Screenshot.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'', showing both a retracted and an active Bony Beetle]]
Bony Beetles return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|its port]]. They use their quadrupedal design introduced in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. Bony Beetles are in mostly [[tower]]s and [[castle]]s, but they do also appear in underground and volcanic habitats. Bony Beetles behave the same as before, but the [[reissue|port]] adds sound effects for when they activate and retract their spikes. A Bony Beetle can be defeated by freezing it with an [[Ice Ball]] and then throwing the ice block it is encased within;<ref>{{cite|quote=Fireballs are ineffective, but iceballs will freeze Bony Beetles, thereby allowing you to smash them.|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=29|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref> A Bony Beetle in [[Ludwig's Clockwork Castle]] be defeated temporarily if it gets crushed between a moving platform and wall while disassembled, but it becomes normal if the player character goes offscreen a distance before returning.
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===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Bony Beetle SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|A Bony Beetle in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
A giant Bony Beetle appears in volume 4 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', based on ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It shoots spikes to form a prison-like structure as well as lasers from its eyes. When it rams into Mario, it sends him flying into a block, releasing a [[Dragon Coin]]. When [[Yoshi]] grabs the Dragon Coin, his tongue swirls out of control and defeats the Bony Beetle.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
Bony Beetles appear in [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. Those on the field attack by using a [[Shell Toss]],<ref>{{cite|timestamp=16:58|url=youtu.be/iS0NzyLXY98?feature=shared&t=1018|title=''Paper Mario'' - Walkthrough Part 33 - Bowser's Castle|date=March 4, 2022|author=NintenU|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> and they receive the [[First Strike]] if it hits [[Mario]]. A Bony Beetle uses the move in battle, dealing three units of damage to the target. If Bony Beetles have their spikes out, they jump on Mario, dealing five units of damage. A Bony Beetle can stick its spikes in and out willfully, and while its spikes are retracted, it can be flipped from a jump, with their [[Defense]] lowered to 0 in this state. A flipped Bony Beetle gets up the next turn.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/iS0NzyLXY98?feature=shared&t=1039|timestamp=17:19|title=''Paper Mario'' - Walkthrough Part 33 - Bowser's Castle|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
Since ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', Bony Beetles have been redesigned as quadrupeds to resemble [[Buzzy Beetle]]s more closely. As an enemy, a Bony Beetle extends its spikes if Mario tries to stomp it, in which case Mario has to use an [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)#Iron Jump|Iron Jump sticker]] to attack them. A Bony Beetle attacks by taking out its spikes before headbonking Mario, rolling aside if it misses.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/IePsdW3bYf0?feature=shared&t=477|timestamp=07:57|author=LuckySevenDX|date=December 26, 2013|title=Let's Play ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' Part 31: Rocky Road|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
Bony Beetles do not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', though concept art at the [[Musée Champignon]] and an [[List of Paper Mario: The Origami King pre-release and unused content|unused string]] of their name in the data shows that Bony Beetles were planned to appear as [[Folded Soldiers]].

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
A Bony Beetle hands out two [[Mini Ztar]]s on [[Star-Crossed Skyway]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'',<ref>{{cite|author=Yellow Toad|date=2013|quote=Oh dear. You get {{color|maroon|2}} {{color|purple|Mini Star}}s from the {{color|purple|Bony Beetle}}...|location=[[Star-Crossed Skyway]]|title=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|language=en}}</ref> if it is at the front of the second or third Star Stages.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=18:59|url=youtu.be/dWun3Bhn4_0?feature=shared&t=1139|title=''Mario Party Island Tour'' - Star-Crossed Skyway|date=July 16, 2016|author=Typhlosion4President|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref><ref name=mpit>{{cite|timestamp=26:59|url=youtu.be/dWun3Bhn4_0?feature=shared&t=1619|title=''Mario Party Island Tour'' - Star-Crossed Skyway|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> When a Bony Beetle gives Mini Ztars, it pulls its head into its shell and sticks out its spikes.<ref name="mpit"/>

====''Super Mario Party''====
A Bony Beetle is one of the possible guesses in the minigame [[Absent Minded]] in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=0:10|url=youtu.be/Rs7GGYQAhyQ?feature=shared&t=10|title=''Super Mario Party'' minigame: Absent Minded 60fps|date=January 17, 2019|publisher=YouTube|language=en|author=arronmunroe}}</ref>

====''Super Mario Party Jamboree''====
In ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', artwork of a Bony Beetle can appear on a ball in the minigame [[Big-Top Quiz]].
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===''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''===
Bony Beetles appear in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'', as uncommon enemies. They are Dark-attributed enemies and are mainly found in towers and castles.

This game also introduces their larger counterparts, [[Big Bony Beetle]]s. They appear in {{world link|5|castlep|World 5-Castle (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)}}, {{world link|6|towerp1|World 6-Tower 1 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)}}, {{world link|6|towerp2|World 6-Tower 2 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)}}, {{world link|6|castlep|World 6-Castle (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)}}, {{world link|7|towerp2|World 7-Tower 2}}, {{world link|8|towerp1|World 8-Tower 1 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)}}, [[World 8-6 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)|World 8-6]], {{world link|8|towerp2|World 8-Tower 2 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)}}, [[World 8-11]], and {{world link|8|towerp3|World 8-Tower 3}}.

As teammates, Bony Beetles have an HP rating of 4/6, an ATK rating of 3/6, and a RCV rating of 1/6. Their Beetle Shield Skill reduces the damage received by half for two turns, and their Awoken Skill, Dark Boost, raises the ATK of the player's Dark team members if a horizontal line of Dark orbs is cleared.

===''Dr. Mario World''===
Bony Beetles are assistants in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. In stage mode, their effect is to increase the score that resulted from a capsule match if that match eliminated four or more viruses simultaneously, where the percentage of the score increase is greater at higher levels, where it is 15% at the first level and 75% at the maximum level. In versus mode, their effect is to eliminate the lowest row of objects when the player's play area shrinks to only three rows left, meaning that the area would need to have nine rows of [[Empty Block]]s for this effect to activate, where it is only 20% at the first level and 100% at the maximum level. The Bony Beetle assistant can be obtained as a reward for clearing the first area in [[World 13 (Dr. Mario World)|World 13]].

===''Mario Golf: Super Rush''===
A Bony Beetle who can talk appears at [[Balmy Dunes]] within the Golf Adventure mode of ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=01:19|url=youtu.be/YBABAIOgj6g?feature=shared&t=79|title=Mario Golf: SuperRush<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>. Golf Adventure day at Balmy Dunes.|date=July 16, 2021|author=Puzzled Gaming|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>

==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ホネメット (JP) / Bony Beetle (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Bony Beetle Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=ゴースト族
|seikaku=頑固
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>骨になったメットの幽霊か？</big><br>
硬いこうらのメットが骨になった。踏めばグシャっとくずれるが、しばらくすると復活する。しかも立ち止まってトゲを出すので、ゆっくり歩いているうちに踏んずけちゃおう。<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|language=ja|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/ZMDYJm4.jpeg 206]}}</ref>
|tribe=Ghost clan
|disposition=Stubborn
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>The skeletal ghost of the Buzzy Beetle?</big><br>
''The hard-shelled Buzzy Beetle has become bony. If you step on it, it crumbles, but it will come back after a while. It will also stop and produce spikes, so you should step on them while you are walking carefully.''
}}

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Bony Beetle|image=[[File:PM Bony Beetle idle.gif|bottom]] [[File:PM Bony Beetle spiked idle.gif|bottom]]|align=horizontal}}

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
{{:Paper Mario: Sticker Star bestiary|transcludesection=Bony Beetle|align=horizontal}}

===''Dr. Mario World''===
*'''Stage mode:''' ''Increases score by 15%/30%/45%/60%/75% when four or more viruses are eliminated at the same time.''
*'''Versus mode:''' ''If only three rows remain, grants 20%/40%/60%/80%/100% chance to clear lowest rows (1).''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMWGroupPoster.jpg|''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMW Bony Beetle Spikes.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW old BonyBeetle.png|''Super Mario World'' ([[List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content|unused]])
Bony Beetle altar SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
1fabtek.jpg|''[[Super Mario World (arcade)]]''
88000101.jpg|''Super Mario World (arcade)''
BonyBeetlePM.png|''Paper Mario''
Bony Beetle Spiked PM.png|''Paper Mario''
SMW SMA2 Bony Beetle.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMA4 SMB3 Bony Beetle.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
PDSMBE-BonyBeetle-TeamImage.png|''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''
PDSMBE-BonyBeetleCard.png|''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''
DMW-BonyBeetle.png|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
LEGO Super Mario Character Pack Series 3 Sets.jpg|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
PMTOK Musee Champignon art 128.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
SMGPB2 Ghost House Maze.png|''Super Mario Game Picture Book 2: Mario and Luigi''
Panini SMTCC 082.jpg|[[Super Mario Trading Card Collection|''Super Mario'' Trading Card Collection]]
MGSR Bony Beetle.jpg|''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''
SMPJ Big-Top Quiz Bony Beetle.png|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ホネメット
|JpnR=Hone Metto
|JpnM=Bone Buzzy Beetle; officially romanized as "Hone Met"
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=31|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>
|Jpn2=ほねメット
|Jpn2R=Hone Metto
|Jpn2M=Bone Buzzy Beetle; officially romanized as "Hone Met"
|ChiS=骨虫怪<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
|ChiSN=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
|ChiSR=Gǔ Chóng Guài
|ChiS2=枯骨甲虫
|ChiS2N=''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''
|ChiS2R=Kūgǔ Jiǎchóng
|ChiS3=枯骨钢盔龟
|ChiS3N=since ''Dr. Mario World''
|ChiS3R=Kūgǔ Gāngkuīguī
|ChiSM=Bony Insect Monster
|ChiS2M=From "枯骨" (''kūgǔ'', "dry bone") and "钢盔甲虫" (''Gāngkuījiǎchóng'', Buzzy Beetle)
|ChiS3M=Dry-Bone Buzzy Beetle
|ChiT=枯骨鋼盔龜
|ChiTR=Kūgǔ Gāngkuīguī
|ChiTM=Dry-Bone Buzzy Beetle
|FreA=Blindulos
|FreAM=From ''Blindule'' ("Buzzy Beetle" in French) and ''os'' ("bone")
|FreE=Scaraboss
|FreEM=From ''scarabée'' ("beetle") and ''os'' ("bone")
|FreEC=<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/Lmy4zgv8shc?feature=shared&t=261|timestamp=04:21|title=''Super Mario Advance 2'' - Ending (French)|author=Diddy64wii|date=November 19, 2010|publisher=YouTube|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.supersoluce.com/sites/default/files/node/65275/monstre-puzzle-and-dragons-super-mario-bros-040.jpg|title='' Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition'' screenshot|publisher=Super Soluce|language=fr|accessdate=October 12, 2024}}</ref>
|Ger=Knochen-Käfer<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=18}}</ref>
|GerM=Bone Beetle
|Ita=Booneybeetle
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Booneybeetle|author=Cheep Cheep Star Tournament scoreboard|publisher=''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=From English
|ItaN=''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''
|Ita2=Ossonella
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Canale New Super Mario Bros. U|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha733P5U4Hk|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Pista Superstar 8 - Abbatti le Ossonelle per una serie di 1-Up (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|date=February 6, 2013|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2M=From ''osso'' ("bone") and ''Nella'' ("Buzzy Beetle")
|Kor=좀비하잉바
|KorR=Jombi Haingba
|KorM=Zombie Buzzy Beetle
|PorA=Besourosso
|PorAM=From ''besouro'' ("beetle", also Buzzy Beetle's Portuguese name) and ''osso'' ("bone")
|PorE=Trinca-Espinhas
|PorEC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.lego.com/pt-pt/product/character-packs-series-3-71394|title=Packs de Personagens – Série 3|publisher=LEGO.com|language=pt-pt|accessdate=March 30, 2025|archive=web.archive.org/web/20250330172705/https://www.lego.com/pt-pt/product/character-packs-series-3-71394}}</ref>
|PorEM=Word for a very thin person, where ''espinha'' means "spine"
|Rus=Жук-скелет
|RusR=Zhuk-skelet
|RusM=Skeleton Beetle
|SpaA=Buzzy Huesos
|SpaAM=Buzzy Bones
|SpaE=Tortueso
|SpaEM=From ''tortuga'' ("turtle") and ''hueso'' ("bone")
}}

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