Editing Recapitator

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Recaptiator.png|234x]]
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|variant_of=
|comparable=[[Dry Bones]]<br>[[Mekabon]]<br>[[Zombie]]
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'''Recapitators''' are skeletal enemies with a spiky head in ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' Their name is a blend of "decapitation", the removal of someone's head, and the prefix "re-", which denotes a return to a previous state (as in, the head is put back on). In a similar fashion  to the [[zombie]]s from other ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land]]'' games and [[Mekabon]]s from ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', Recapitators attack [[Wario]] by throwing their own heads at him, which travel in a straight path horizontally and come back like boomerangs. In their initial state, Recapitators cannot be attacked with a jump due to the spikes on their head, but fall apart when hit with a [[Dash Attack]] or [[Earthshake Punch]] and reassemble themselves after a while, similarly to [[Dry Bones]] from the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. To defeat a Recapitator, Wario must attack it with a Dash Attack or [[Ground Pound]] while its head is away from the rest of the body. In doing so, the head passes the body and breaks when it hits a wall.

There are two differently-colored variants of Recapitators: gray Recapitators are completely stationary, while green Recapitators walk from side to side on a platform, stopping in place when they attack Wario. Both variants are found in the level [[Boogie Mansion]] along with a golden variant, but [[Large Fry Cook-Off]] features only the green variant. In the latter level, while a Recapitator's head is away from its body, [[Large Fry]] can destroy the head during his charging attack, which is shortly followed by the body breaking apart on its own as it waits for the head to come back.

==Profiles and statistics==
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|EngA=This scary-looking guy is called a Recapitator, 'cuz he keeps throwing his boomerang head and putting it back on. I'll bet he's not so tough with his head off, though. Most guys aren't.''<ref name=websiteNA>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20080924150410/http://www.wariolandshakeit.com/launch/index.html|title=North American website for ''Wario Land: Shake It!''|accessdate=July 17, 2024|deadlink=y}}</ref>
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*'''[[Prima Games]] Official Game Guide:'''
**'''Threat:''' {{WLSI threat|3}}
**''Don't lose your head when battling these bony foes. Earthshake Punches reduce Recapitators to heaps of gruesome remains, but it's not long before they recover. To truly defeat Recapitators, Wario must strike them when their heads are off. Duck to dodge when a Recapitator hurls its noggin, then quickly rise and dash into the fiend's body to send it to the boneyard!''<ref name=Prima>{{cite|isbn=978-0-7615-6113-2|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''Wario Land: Shake It!'' PRIMA Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=September 22, 2008|language=en-us|page=13}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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WLSI Boogie Mansion Recapitator walking.png|Wario near a green Recapitator
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Screenshot (50).png|A green Recapitator in pile form.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スカール
|JpnR=Sukāru
|JpnM=Elongation of "skull"
}}
==References==
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[[Category:Skeletons]]
[[Category:Wario Land: Shake It! enemies]]