Editing Hooktail Castle

{{location infobox

|greater_location=[[Petal Meadows]]

|ruler=[[Hooktail]]

}}

{{quote|Oh, man… Hooktail Castle… The stories were all true… This place is TERRIFYING…|Koops|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

The in-game map description reads, "''A massive castle built to accommodate Hooktail's bulk. It's full of lethal traps.''"

==History==

===Background===

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===

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[[File:PMTTYD Hooktail Artwork.png|thumb|left|Hooktail, the guardian of the castle.]]

In the next few rooms, there are more [[Dull Bones]] and a [[Shine Sprite]] in their path. A red [[Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key]] is needed to unlock a locked door after passing through the rooms. It is on a high platform that can be accessible from [[Lift Switch]]es that cause arrow-imprinted blocks to go up and down. Mario can use Koops' Shell Toss ability to hit the switches while he jumps up blocks. The purple block leads to a square-shaped hole in a wall with a Star Piece on a ledge. By [[jump]]ing on two [[Stone Block]]s, Mario can reach a big black and yellow block that leads to a wall ledge and a Star Piece. With the black and yellow block up, Mario can use Koops to hit a red [[! Switch]] to flip a nearby staircase to the other side, allowing Mario to grab the key via Koops' shell. After this, Mario and his partner can reach a Save Block and a large green block that goes up.

After meeting a mysterious thief named [[Ms. Mowz]] that came to the castle to steal rare badges in the treasure room, she leaves out the window after chatting with Mario and giving him a kiss. In this room, there is a Mushroom, a [[Honey Syrup]], and a key in the chests. After unlocking a door, Mario progresses further up the castle. Mario and his partner can then enter a room with Dull Bones at the bottom, a plane panel at the top, and big black and yellow block that allows Mario to elevate up to the two ceiling ledges. On the ceiling, Mario can obtain a Star Piece at the east end. To obtain a key, Mario can hit a yellow block to move the large black and yellow block downward, then Koops can be shot at the key. If Mario goes down a gap in the room, he can obtain the [[Last Stand P]] badge.  

==Enemies==

==Items==

!Item

!Location

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|In the storeroom in the right of the first floor, it is in the first cell.

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|{{PMTTYD item|Black Key|game=NS}}

|In the spiky room in the right of the first floor, it is in the chest in the middle.

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|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Green|text=Castle Key (Green)|game=NS}}

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|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Red|text=Castle Key (Red)|game=NS}}

|In the third room on the first floor, it is on a low ledge on the north wall. Accessible from the flippable stairs.

|-

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|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Blue|text=Castle Key (Blue)|game=NS}}

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|{{PMTTYD item|Diamond Star|game=NS}}

|Found by [[Koopley]] in [[Hooktail]]'s stomach. Given to Mario after Hooktail is defeated.

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|{{PMTTYD item|link=Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B|text=Elusive Badge|game=NS}}

|-

|{{PMTTYD item|HP Plus|game=NS}}

|-

|{{PMTTYD item|Last Stand P|game=NS}}

|In the stair area on the second floor, it is on top of the high platform in the southeast. Accessible with the yellow block from the third floor.

|-

|{{PMTTYD item|link=Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom|game=NS}}

|In the room with a block to the third floor, it is on a ledge by the left wall.

|-

|{{PMTTYD item|Power Bounce|game=NS}}

|In the first room on the first floor, it is in the red ? block.

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|rowspan=3|{{PMTTYD item|Shine Sprite|game=NS}} (×3)

|In the third room on the first floor, it is by the north wall.

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|In the storeroom on the third floor, it is above the left chests.

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|In the stair area on the fourth floor, it is in front of the window by the door to the outside.

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|{{PMTTYD item|Special Card|game=NS}}

|In the room with a block to the third floor, it is given by [[Koopook]] for doing [[Try to find me!|his trouble]].

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|rowspan=5|{{PMTTYD item|Star Piece|game=NS}} (×5)

|In the second room on the first floor, it is under a panel behind the leftmost cell.

|-

|In the third room on the first floor, it is on a high ledge on the north wall. Accessible from the yellow block or the window area on the second floor.

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|To the right of the third room on the first floor, it is on a high ledge through a hole on the wall. Accessible from the purple block.

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|In the window area on the second floor, it is in the right of the area behind the windows.

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|In the airplane room on the third floor, it is on the right of the north ledge.

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|{{PMTTYD item|Up Arrow|game=NS}}

|}

==Gallery==

<gallery>

Hooktail Castle background.png|Hooktail Castle in the sun

PMTTYD Before Hooktail Castle 1.png

PMTTYD Before Hooktail Castle 2.png

Koops HP Plus PMTTYD.png|[[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]]

PMTTYD Mario airplane.png|[[Plane Mode]]

Goombella Tattling Paratroopa PMTTYD.png|Goombella tattling a [[Koopa Paratroopa]]

Power Bounce Obtained PMTTYD.png|[[Power Bounce]]

Koops and Kolorado's Father.png|[[Koops]] mistakes the [[Dull Bones]] for [[Koopley|his own father]].

PMTTYD Kolorado's Father Letter.png

Hooktail Last Burp.png|Hooktail spitting [[Koopley]]'s shell out

Koopley Relieved.png|Koopley

Koops and Koopley.png

Koopley and Diamond PMTTYD.png

PMTTYD Crystal Star get.png

KoopookTTYD.png|Koopook [[Trouble Center]] mission

PMTTYD Attack FX B screenshot.png|Mario using Flurrie to blow away the "sheet" and reveal a chest containing the [[Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B]] badge

</gallery>

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|ChiS=轰巴巴城堡

|ChiSR=Hōngbābā Chéngbǎo

|ChiTR=Hōngbābā Chéngbǎo

|ChiTM=Hooktail Castle

|Fre=Château de Carbocroc

|FreM=Hooktail's Castle

|SpaM=Hooktail's Castle

}}

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[[Category:Castles]]