Editing Bristle

{{distinguish|Bristles}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Bristle.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|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]])
|variants=[[Dark Bristle]]
}}
{{quote|Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! You're gonna be coleslaw, kid! And that ain't good!|Bristle|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
[[File:PMTTYD Millennium Ruins Bristles.png|thumb|left|[[Shhwonk Fortress]]]]
'''Bristles''' are spiked monsters made of rock and are found in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. Similar to [[Cleft]]s, Bristles have spiked tops, high defense, an immunity to fire attacks, and can be flipped over by an earthquake or an explosion. Unlike Clefts, Bristles do not lose their top-spiked defense when flipped and are also immune to close-range attacks like [[Gulp]] and [[Mario]]'s [[Hammer]], as their large spears pop out to protect against approachers. Bristles will not pop out their spears if paralyzed (i.e. [[asleep]], [[frozen]], or [[immobilized]]), but they are still immune to direct contact moves such as [[Ms. Mowz]]'s [[Kiss Thief]] like with [[Pokey]]s.

Despite their copious defenses, Bristles have very low HP and are easily taken out with items (e.g. [[POW Block]], [[Earth Quake]], [[Ice Storm]]), [[Superguard]]s, or Special Moves (e.g. [[Earth Tremor]]). Mario is also capable of simply hammering them should he have the [[Spike Shield]] [[badge]] equipped, though without attack-increasing badges, [[Piercing Blow]], or the [[Ultra Hammer]], it will do no damage.

Although Bristles have made no appearances outside of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', they are mentioned in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. Before the Mario Bros. learn the [[Bros. Ball]] move, [[Toadsworth the Younger]] tells his [[Toadsworth|older self]] that he "looks like he has a Bristle in his britches".
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Bristle|image=[[File:Bristle.png]]|align=horizontal}}

====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Bristle|align=horizontal}}

Although Bristles have made no appearances outside of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', they were mentioned in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. Before the Mario Bros. learned the [[Bros. Ball]] move, [[Young Toadsworth]] told his [[Toadsworth|older self]] that he "looks like he has a Bristle in his britches".

==Notable Bristles==
*[[The Poker Faces]] - Two Bristles that compete in the Major League division at the [[Glitz Pit]].

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=トゲダルマー
|JapR=Togedarumā
|JapM=Combination of「刺」(''toge'', "spike") and「達磨」(''daruma'', {{wp|Daruma doll|a type of doll}})
|Chi=尖刺球
|ChiR=Jiāncì Qiú
|ChiM=Spiked Ball
|Dut=Bristle
|Fre=Bouldepic
|FreM=Contraction of ''boule de pics'' (lit. "ball of spikes")
|Ger=Dornhart
|GerM=Hard Thorn
|Ita=Palla Spina
|ItaM=Spike Ball
|Kor=가시뚜기
|KorR=Gasittugi
|KorM=Combination of "가시" (''gasi'', spike) and "뚜기" (''ttugi'', hopping)
|SpaA=Bolapicos<ref>https://youtu.be/0cW13ANRrjk?si=LSaEPmU0i3G4_gqO&t=4631</ref>
|SpaAM=Ball with pointy ends
|SpaE=Bolapincho
|SpaEM=Spikeball
}}

==References==
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