Editing Fracktail

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|title=Fracktail
|image=[[File:Fracktailbattle.jpg|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|species=[[Robot]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' (as a [[Trophy]]) ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
}}
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'''Fracktail''' is a giant robotic dragon that is the first boss in the game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', found in [[Yold Desert]], at the end of [[Yold Ruins]]. It has spiral eyes and magenta skin, and it can burrow into the sand and go underground. It will surprise [[Mario#Super Paper Mario|Mario]] and appear out of the ground, and then fly in the air. Fracktail slightly resembles a Chinese [[dragon]], and is coloured like [[Hooktail]], his equivalent from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. The repeating patterned segments of Fracktail's body, as well as its name are both references to a [[wikipedia:fractal|fractal]], a geometric repetition of a pattern. He claims Mario has a Level 5 [[mustache]]. Fracktail is the largest enemy in the ''Mario'' series, also sharing that title with [[Wracktail]].

==History==
===''Super Paper Mario''===
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|image=[[File:Fracktail.jpg|300px]]
|hp=??
|atk=1
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|location=[[Yold Ruins]]
|card type=Uncommon
|tattle=Fracktail valiantly guarded the Pure Heart inside Yold Ruins. That is, until Dimentio fried his processor.
|tippi=That's Fracktail, the robotic guardian of the [[Pure Heart]]. It's quite enormous... Max HP is ??, Attack is 1. It can fly and swoop down with its big open mouth... But I think the antenna-like horn atop its head is its weak spot... I think you're going to need to use [[Thoreau]] to hit it...
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Fracktail is originally the robotic protector of the [[Pure Heart]], who spends "thousands of years" (it is actually 1,500 years), protecting it from "lawless intruders." When he realizes that Mario is the [[Heroes of Light|hero]] meant to obtain the Pure Heart (after scanning his database, which made his eyes turn into the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection|Internet]] connection symbol for the [[Wii Shop Channel]]), he was about to just let him pass. However, Count Bleck's minion, [[Dimentio]] blasts him with a spell, and causes him to short-circuit. Fracktail's system is corrupted and it says nonsensical things (for example, it says Mario's threat level is "jelly roll 1"), riffs on [[MS-DOS]] and [[wikipedia:Windows 95|Windows 95]], [[wikipedia:Windows 98|98]], and [[wikipedia:Windows ME|ME]] error messages, and makes a reference to the ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' character [[zeldawiki:Error|Error]] (who stated "I AM ERROR"). It then attacks Mario.

[[File:FracktailPreBattle.png|thumb|left|Fracktail before the battle]]

In order to defeat Fracktail, Mario must flip into 3D then jump on top of its long back when the robot glides low. The battle scene will then shift to the back of Fracktail's back as he flies. Players must then pick up a [[Frackle]] crawling around on its back using [[Thoreau]] and throw the Frackle at Fracktail's weak point which is its antenna. After taking three hits, Fracktail will perform an aerial loop. Mario must jump from the tail at the end of the loop back onto the head; failing to do so will result in falling to the ground and having to dodge Fracktail's attacks until the chance to jump onto its back arises again.

Fracktail must be hit in its antenna nine times, and upon being defeated, its personality briefly returns to normal. It apologizes for its error in attacking Mario and pleads that he save the world, and then it explodes.

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
Fracktail makes an appearance as a [[trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. Excluding Bowser, he is the only [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'']] series boss to have this distinction.
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==Related enemies==
*[[Frackle]] &ndash; The creatures that crawl along Fracktail's back. Mario must pick them up and toss them at Fracktail's antenna to defeat him.
*[[Wracktail]] &ndash; A stronger, more violent version of Fracktail found at the bottom of the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]].

==''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' trophy==
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! width=100px | Name !! width=100px | Image !! width=200px | Game !! | Description
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! Fracktail
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| align=center | '''Wii''' ''Super Paper Mario''
| ''A giant, red, robotic dragon built to be the protector of a Pure Heart. Fracktail has a long body with little arms and wings, and he shoots out of the ground into the air to attack Mario. The only way to beat him is to first jump on his back. You can then pick up the Frackles on his back and score damage by throwing them at his weak point--the yellow antenna orb.''
|-
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ズンババ
|JapR=Zunbaba
|JapM=「婆」 ''baba'' means "old woman" and has been used in all other ''Paper Mario'' series dragon names.
|Fra=Drakal
|FraM=Pun on "dragon" and ''fractale'' (fractal)
|Ger=Lohkost
|GerM=Pun on ''Lohe'' (blaze) and ''kost'' (food), sounds similar to ''Rohkost'', which means raw vegetables, or the bug that is called a "locust".
|Spa=Dracofrac
|SpaM=Draco is used to refer to dragons.
|Ita=Dracker
|ItaM=Pun on ''drago'' (dragon) and "hacker".}}
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