Editing Talk:Dry Bones

== RIP, Koopa ==

So, wait, these ARE dead [[Koopas]]? Because in previous games they seemed to have been born that way.{{unsigned|Wariofett4242}}
:Yep. {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig}}
:Yes they are dead [[Koopas]].

== aren't they in super mario world, too? ==

aren't dry bones in [[Super Mario World]], also? [[User:Username|Infectedshroom]][[Image:infectoicon.png]] 18:35, 26 June 2007 (EDT)

Yes. -- [[User: Sir Grodus|Sir Grodus]]

then i'll put that in there.[[User:Username|Infectedshroom]][[Image:infectoicon.png]]

I added that they can be defeated permanently with the cape in SMW. It's my first edit! :) [[User: CD Santa|CD Santa]]

== super Mario Galaxy ==

They aren't on four legs, they're leaning over lik emaybe a zombie would. {{User:Minimariolover10/sig}}

You're right, you can see that they have hands not 4 feet because they're clenched into fists.--[[User:Kamek101|Kamek101]] 09:36, 9 December 2007 (EST)

I don't think that's what he or she means, they are standing on two feet ( or hands ) and the ones in the front aren't really touching the ground, it just appears that way because dry bones is slouched.
Never mind actually, I think I was the one who didn't understand what you said, well typed anyway.

==Sub-Species?==

I really don't think that they are. They're just Koopa Troopas who came back from the dead.{{unsigned|Hammer}}
:Yeah, I think we are a bit generous around the wiki in giving the Sub-Species status to creatures. A [[Paragoomba]], for example, is arguably a sub-species of Goomba, it can become a Goomba easily when you jump on them. - {{User:Cobold/sig}} 08:06, 24 December 2007 (EST)

==nominate==
I NOMINATE THIS PAGE AS A FEATURED ARTICLE (or if im doing it wrong could some1 do it 4 me?) {{unsigned|Wiki443556}}

Sigh. Gramurz r gud man. All caps prove n00bishness. IIRC, this article has been featured before. Using numbers instead of phrases is bad. Sign your edits.... blah blah blah.... brush your teeth.... [[User:GreenKoopa|GreenKoopa]] - [[User talk:GreenKoopa|Comments or questions?]]
:It has been nominated before, not featured. For how to nominate an article, please see [[MarioWiki:Featured Articles]]. But please remember to give a good reason for your nomination (don't ask me what a good reason would look like), otherwise the community might decide to remove your vote. {{User:Time Q/sig}} 17:23, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

==Thanks==
This may be a dumb place to say this, but thanks, Sir Grodus, for the source. I was looking everywhere for it yesterday. X_X {{User:InfectedShroom/sig}}

== Am I Missing Something, Or Do I Have..........'''AMNESIA?!''' ==

It says that chronologically, they first appeared in Partners in Time. Then the next paragraph says their ''true'' debut is in Super Mario World, which is what I thought. So, how is it that they first appeared in Partners in Time? That can't be right, can it?

{{User:Dom/sig}}

:They first appeared to us in Super Mario Bros. 3, as far as I know. '''However''', their first appearance '''in the history of the Mushroom Kingdom''' (hence the word "chronologically") was in M&L:PiT. —{{User:Soler/sig}} 08:07, 25 June 2008 (EDT).

== Japanese Name ==

In japanese, ''karakara''  means bone dry, not clattering. ''Garagara'' means clattering.--[[User:Bowser the Second|Bowser the Second]] 00:26, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
:Go ahead and change it then. :) If you have trouble navigating the non-English names template, let us know. {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 12:36, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
== Magic? ==
Ok. Mario Party DS Said Dry Bones Turned [[Donkey Kong]] to stone with MAGIC! Since when did Dry Bones Learn MAGIC? I mean he didn't have magic in any other game! - [[User: Thirsty for Power]]

:Dry Bones' trophy explains that it was learned from Kamek. {{User:Twentytwofiftyseven/sig|}} 20:26, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

And, correct me if I'm wrong, didn't they have magic in Mario RPG? [[User: Mecha-Boss Unit]]

:The ''boss'' Dry bones used magic in Mario party DS. I'm pretty sure Kamek was comanding/controlling him. Dry & Dull bones both ''might'' use magic in the Paper mario series to bring back partners. Also, aren't their bones held together by magic? I mean there aren't Dry Goombas... It has to be Kamek! - {{User|Doopliss rocks}}

That Explained a Bunch. Thanks! but woulbn't it be cool if there WERE dry goombas? [[User: Mecha-Boss Unit]]
:There were [[Zombie Goomba]]s {{User:MrConcreteDonkey/sig}}

== Excuse me ==

Will someone please explain to me where Dry Bones was in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games? I've searched the article ten times over yet I haven't seen the word Sonic in the whole thing except as the title of a (misplaced) navbox. I think it should be removed from that navbox and the navbox removed from the page.

P.S.Sorry about the sig problems, I've fixed it--[[Special:Random|<font color="red">Marioguy1</font>]] My talk page <sub>([[Special:Mypage|haha]], no [[User talk:Marioguy1|link]] for you [[User:Marioguy1|)]]</sub> 00:10, 4 July 2009 (EDT)

Also, where is Super Mario Galaxy 2 section? I'm thinking this should be unfeatured. {{User:Booderdash/sig|.}}

==Skeleton (Species)?==
Is it allowed if I create a [[Skeleton (species)]] article to describe the species origin of skeleton enemies like Dry Bones and Fishbones?--[[User:Prince Ludwig|Prince Ludwig]] 23:36, 16 June 2011 (EDT)
:Seems it's okay then. I'll try.--[[User:Prince Ludwig|Prince Ludwig]] 15:22, 12 July 2011 (EDT)
::I suggest not, skeletons aren't really a species just meatless remains of the dead or undead. -[[User:FourPaperHeroes|<span style="color:green">'''Four'''</span> <span style="color:grey">'''Paper'''</span>]] [[User talk:FourPaperHeroes|<span style="color:green">'''Heroes'''</span>]] [[File:FourPaperHeroes.jpg|35px]] 15:34, 12 July 2011 (EDT)
:::I agree with Four Paper Heroes {{User|Goomba's Shoe15}}
::::Just when anybody would really agree with ''me'', especially ''you'' Goomba's Shoe15? Hmph. Whatever. If that's the case, let's not do it until the time is right.--[[User:Prince Ludwig|Prince Ludwig]] 18:28, 12 July 2011 (EDT)

== Origin of Name ==
My guess is that the English name comes from the African-American spiritual "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_Bones Dem Bones]," itself based on [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2037:1-14&version=MSG;CEV;CEB;NET;NRSV Ezekiel 7:1-14] from the Hebrew Bible, although in ''that'' tale, the bones regained their sinews, flesh, and skin, while the Mario enemy is a collection of disconnected bones held together by magic; the only reason I don't add this to the article is that I haven't found a source at or about Nintendo that said so. [[User:Julyo|Julyo]] ([[User talk:Julyo|talk]]) 00:56, 15 February 2013 (EST)

== Missing Paper Mario Infotrmation ==
This article is missing the Bestiary Info Boxes for Paper Mario, Paper Mario TTYD and Super Paper Mario. [[User:Hellmasterbg|Hellmasterbg]] ([[User talk:Hellmasterbg|talk]]) 02:04, 12 June 2014 (EDT)
:Sure you haven't checked [[List of Dry Bones profiles and statistics|here]]? {{User:Mario/sig}} 02:05, 12 June 2014 (EDT)

== Italics ==

Who in the WORLD redid the page in italics? [[Special:Contributions/98.16.11.4|98.16.11.4]] 21:51, 21 January 2015 (EST)

== Super Mario World ==

Is Mario World the only game which they throw bones? --[[Special:Contributions/78.248.232.59|78.248.232.59]] 13:13, 29 March 2016 (EDT)
:Your answer would be right in this article: they throw bones in ''Paper Mario'' games, ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', ''Super Princess Peach'', ''Mario Party DS'', and ''Mario Party 9''. {{User:Bazooka Mario/sig}} 20:39, 30 March 2016 (EDT)
::They also throw it in ''Super Mario Maker''. Only in ''Super Mario World'' style.--{{User:LudwigVon/sig}}  20:53, 30 March 2016 (EDT)

== Koopa or Koopa Troopa ==

Right now, the leading sentence calls Dry Bones "skeletal versions of Koopa Troopas," and they are listed as a subspecies on both [[Koopa Troopa]]'s page and [[Koopa (species)]] under the Koopa Troopa section. However, right now, the infobox labels their parent species [[Koopa]] and they're not listed on [[Template:Koopa Troopas]] (despite [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s being listed). So, which is it? Are they Koopas or Koopa Troopas? {{User:Time Turner/sig}} 21:32, 2 August 2017 (EDT)
:Both because Dry Bowser. Note the lack of Bony Beetle in the category, I was about to ask about that myself. {{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} 20:43, 2 August 2017 (CT)
::For convenience's sake, let's set aside any subspecies or individual characters. If we were looking only at Dry Bones, would it be a Koopa or a Koopa Troopa? To me, the obvious answer is that Dry Bones are derived species of Koopa Troopas (never mind the oddity of a necromanced skeleton being called a species), but perhaps there's something obvious that I'm missing. {{User:Time Turner/sig}} 22:13, 2 August 2017 (EDT)
:::It would be considered a Troopa, yes. {{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} 21:14, 2 August 2017 (CT)