Poison Pokey

Poison Pokey
A Poison Pokey in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Pokey Mummy

Poison Pokeys are variation of Pokeys from the Paper Mario series, acting as a visual and functional replacement to the undead Pokey Mummies from the first Paper Mario. They attack like regular Pokeys, but are stronger and can induce poison.

History

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake, Poison Pokeys are found at the Riverside Station and in floors 41-49 of the Pit of 100 Trials. Like normal Pokeys, they can summon more of them to the fight and are highly susceptible to burning. Likely due to their poisoning, they sometimes drop a Tasty Tonic when defeated so any poisoning can be cured.

Super Paper Mario

Poison Pokeys appear again in Super Paper Mario. They can be found in Castle Bleck and in the 85th room of the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. They attack like regular Pokeys, flinging their body segments or hopping towards the player if they lose all their body segments. Poison Pokeys are more aggressive than normal Pokeys to the heroes and are found in large groups in this game. Since most healing items in this game also cure poison, however, they are ultimately less dangerous than before. Poison Pokeys sometimes drop Dried Shrooms, Fresh Veggies, Horsetails, Shroom Shakes, Peachy Peachs, and Catch Cards.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Poison Pokey
	Max HP	8	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Riverside Station, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 42-44, 47-49)	Role	Common	Level	23
	Sleep?	75%	Dizzy?	60%	Confuse?	70%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	60%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	40%	Fright?	80%
	Gale Force?	70%	KO?	95%	Moves	Slam (3, Poison), Body Throw (4, Poison), Pull (summons Poison Pokey), Bonk (5, Poison)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 3	Items	Tasty Tonic (drop only), Earth Quake, HP Drain, Life Shroom, Mr. Softener
Tattle Log #: 55	Log	A poisonous Pokey that attacks with poison and sometimes calls in friends. Take it out quickly.
	Tattle	That's a Poison Pokey. As you probably guessed, it's a poisonous Pokey. Max HP is 8, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. If you get poisoned, your HP will slowly drain, so you may want to avoid that. I'm sure you can see this, but they have spines all over, so DON'T touch them. They may be smiling, but that doesn't mean they're happy to see you!

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Poison Pokey
	Max HP	8	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Riverside Station, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 42-44, 47-49)	Role	Common	Level	23
	Sleep?	75%	Dizzy?	60%	Confuse?	70%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	60%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	40%	Fright?	80%
	Gale Force?	70%	KO?	95%	Moves	Slam (3, Poison), Body Throw (4, Poison), Pull (summons Poison Pokey), Bonk (5, Poison)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 3	Items	Tasty Tonic (drop only), Earth Quake, HP Drain, Life Mushroom, Mr. Softener
Tattle Log #: 58	Log	A poisonous Pokey that attacks with poison and sometimes calls in friends. Take it out quickly.
	Tattle	That's a Poison Pokey. As you probably guessed, it's a poisonous Pokey. Max HP is 8, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. If you get poisoned, your HP will slowly drain, so you may want to avoid that. I'm sure you can see this, but they have spines all over, so DON'T touch them. They may be smiling, but that doesn't mean they're happy to see you!

Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario enemy
Poison Pokey
	Max HP	12	Role	Common	Location(s)	Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum (8-4), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Room 85)
	Attack	2	Card type	Common
	Defense	0	Items	Dried Shroom, Fresh Veggie, Peachy Peach, Shroom Shake	Card location(s)	Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
	Score	800
	Card description	With prickles and poison, this baddie is double trouble. All it needs is a big hug. Any volunteers?
List of Catch Cards     66      67      68	Tattle	That's a Poison Pokey. It's much like a regular Pokey, but it has poisonous spines... Max HP is 12 and Attack is 2. Watch your step... Being poisoned isn't pleasant... If you do get poisoned, most items that restore HP also cure poison...

Gallery

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  Catch Card

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	msg/global.txt	btl_hlp_sambo_mummy btl_un_sambo_mummy	Pokey Mummy

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドクサンボ[?] Doku Sanbo	Poison Pokey
Chinese	毒刺球丸子[?] Dú Cìqiú Wánzi	Poison Pokey
Dutch	Poison Pokey[?]	-
French	Pokey Poison[?]	Poison Pokey
German	Faul-Pokey[?]	Rotten Pokey
Italian	Marghibruco velenoso[?]	Poison Pokey
Korean	포이즌선인[?] Poijeun Seonin	Poison Pokey
Spanish	Pokey Venenoso[?]	Poison Pokey