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|image=[[File:Dull Bones - Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Dull Bones for ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|image=[[File:Dull Bones - Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Dull Bones for ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Toru Asakawa]] ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]]-present)
|variant_of=[[Dry Bones]]
|variant_of=[[Dry Bones]]
|variants=[[Dark Dull Bones]]<br>[[Red Bones]]
|variants=[[Dark Dull Bones]]<br>[[Red Bones]]
|notable=[[Kolorado's father]]<br>[[The Dead Bones]]
|notable=[[Dead Bones]]
}}
}}
{{quote|We're gonna take the skin off YOUR bones!|The Dead Bones|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|We're gonna take the skin off YOUR bones!|Dead Bones|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
 
'''Dull Bones''' are a yellowed variant of [[Dry Bones]] found in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series.
'''Dull Bones''' are a chartreuse variant of [[Dry Bones]] first seen in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.


==History==
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:PMTTYD Dull Bones Swarm.png|left|200px|thumb|The Dull Bones army]]
[[File:PMTTYD Dull Bones Swarm.png|left|200px|thumb|The Dull Bones army]]
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' along with its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Switch remake]], Dull Bones are weaker than a Dry Bones and appear commonly in [[Hooktail Castle]], appearing among many identical lifeless piles. They attack by throwing bones at [[Mario]] and his partners. Despite having very low [[Heart Point|HP]], their defense power makes them slightly harder to defeat. Still, they are easily taken out by simply using the [[Hammer]]. Using a [[POW Block]] or [[Koops]]’s [[Power Shell]] is also very efficient, especially when there are many Dull Bones in battle. Unlike Dry Bones, they cannot reassemble once they are down. However, Dull Bones can construct other Dull Bones to help in the battle. A stronger variant, the [[Red Bones]], appears as a mini-boss and summons an enormous horde of Dull Bones to repel Mario, though these are not fought in the typical way and instead must be pushed through. Three of them later appear in the [[Glitz Pit]] called [[The Dead Bones]]. One is also seen at the [[Palace of Shadow Tower]], a sub-dungeon of the [[Palace of Shadow]], as the weakest Dry Bones-esque enemy, which must be defeated first. Dull Bones also appear in the first ten floors of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. They are also potential members of the [[Audience]], where they have the gimmick of only providing [[Star Power]] when [[Appeal|appealing]].
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Dull Bones are weaker than Dry Bones and appear commonly in [[Hooktail Castle]], appearing among many identical lifeless piles. Dull Bones attack by throwing bones at [[Mario]] and his partners. Despite having very low [[Heart Point|HP]], their defense power makes them slightly harder to defeat. Still, they are easily taken out by simply using the [[Hammer]]. Using a [[POW Block]] or [[Koops]]’s [[Power Shell]] is also very efficient, especially when there are many Dull Bones in battle. Unlike Dry Bones, they cannot reassemble once they are smashed. However, Dull Bones can construct other Dull Bones to help in the fight. A subtype of Dull Bones, the [[Red Bones]], appears as a miniboss here and summons an enormous horde of Dull Bones to repel Mario, though these are not fought in the typical way and instead must be pushed through. Three of them later appear in the [[Glitz Pit]] called the [[Dead Bones]]. One is also in the [[Riddle Tower]] as the weakest Dry Bones-esque enemy, which must be defeated first. They also appear in the first ten floors of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]].
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In the remake, Dull Bones in the audience use modern Dry Bones talking sounds, although the voice clips for dialogue do not. A large horde of Dull Bones also appears alongside some [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s in the remake's ending credits. Shortly after appearing onstage, they are scared off by [[Hooktail]].
===''Super Paper Mario''===
Dull Bones also appear in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where they are now stronger than Dry Bones and can be found in [[The Underwhere]], [[Castle Bleck]] and in the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]]. Unlike Dry Bones, Dull Bones can throw bones to attack. They are very weak against [[Bowser]]'s [[Fire Breath]]. A shadowy version called the [[Dark Dull Bones]] appears in the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]].


====''Super Paper Mario''====
===Other appearances and references===
Dull Bones also appear in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where they are now stronger than Dry Bones and can be found in [[The Underwhere]], [[Castle Bleck]], and in the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]]. Unlike Dry Bones, Dull Bones can throw bones to attack. They are weak against [[Bowser]]'s [[Fire Breath]] and [[Boomer (Super Paper Mario)|Boomer]]'s explosion attack. A shadowy version called the [[Dark Dull Bones]] appears in the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]].
 
===Nintendo Monopoly===
Several Dull Bones make a cameo appearance in the [[Nintendo Monopoly]] board game.
Several Dull Bones make a cameo appearance in the [[Nintendo Monopoly]] board game.
===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario Strikers''====
[[File:Dull Bones unused model.png|thumb|Unused Dull Bones model from ''Super Mario Strikers'']]
In the game files for ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', there is an [[list of Super Mario Strikers pre-release and unused content|unused]] model of a Dull Bones medic, which would have marked the enemy's first 3D appearance.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Strikers/Unused Models#Medic|Super Mario Strikers/Unused Models § Medic]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=November 24, 2022}}</ref>
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==Statistics==
==Statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Dull Bones|image=[[File:PMTTYDDullBones.png]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Dull Bones|image=[[File:PMTTYDDullBones.png]]|align=horizontal}}
====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Dull Bones|align=horizontal}}


===''Super Paper Mario''===
===''Super Paper Mario''===
{{:Super Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Dull Bones|align=horizontal}}
{{:Super Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Dull Bones|align=horizontal}}
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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|Jap=ホネノコ
|Jap=ホネノコ
|JapR=Honenoko
|JapR=Honenoko
|JapM=Portmanteau of「骨」(''hone'', "bone") and「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', "[[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]]")
|JapM=Portmanteau of「骨」(''hone'', bone) and「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', [[Koopa Troopa]])
|ChiS=骨头慢慢龟
|Spa=Koopa Esqueleto
|ChiSR=Gǔtou Mànmàn Guī
|SpaM=Sketeton Koopa
|ChiSM=Bone Koopa Troopa
|Fra=Koopa Skelet
|ChiT=骨頭慢慢龜
|FraM=Pun on "Koopa" and "squelette" (skeleton).
|ChiTR=Gǔtou Mànmàn Guī
|ChiTM=Bone Koopa Troopa
|Dut=Dull Bones
|FreA=Skelémoussé
|FreAM= From ''Skelex'' ("Dry Bones") and ''émoussé'' ("blunt")
|FreE=Koopa Skelet
|FreEM=From "Koopa" and ''squelette'' ("skeleton")
|Ger=Knochen-Koopa
|Ger=Knochen-Koopa
|GerM=Bone Koopa
|GerM=Bone Koopa
|Ita=Kooposso
|Ita=Kooposso
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and ''osso'' ("bone")
|ItaM=Pun on "Koopa" and "osso" (bone).
|Kor=좀비와르르
|Kor=좀비와르르
|KorR=Jombi Wareureu
|KorR=Jombi Wareureu
|KorM=Zombie Dry Bones
|KorM=Zombie Dry Bones
|Spa=Koopa Esqueleto
|SpaM=Sketeton Koopa
}}
}}
 
==Triva==
==References==
* In a prototype of [[Super Mario Strikers]], a model of a medic Dull Bones is in the files, but never used. This would have been the enemies first, and so far only 3D appearance.
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[[File:Dull Bones unused model.png|thumb|Unused Dull Bones model from Super Mario Strikers.]]
 
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