Toothy
| Toothy | |||
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 Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | |||
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018) | ||
| Variant of | Pokey | ||
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Toothies are Pokeys made entirely out of teeth that are found in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. These enemies are encountered in Plack Beach. They attack by charging at the player one to three times. If they have no body, they summon a Blue Virus with a spear in their mouth and have it charge at the player. If Bowser is in a battle with a Toothy, the virus will jump en route. He simply has to use his punch on the Blue Virus in midair when it come close to him. If Mario and Luigi are in a battle with a Toothy, its charge attack is deflected with the hammer. If it spits out a Blue Virus, the virus will either stay idle or hop. If it stays idle the Mario Bros. must jump, but if it hops as it pulls its spear out, Mario and Luigi must not jump. In addition getting hit could result in getting the Poison status effect. Toothies can also rebuild their bodies. Dealing damage to their bodies does not cause damage, however dealing damage to the head will. With one Hammer swing or Bowser's punch, the player can wipe out the entire body, leaving the head stuck in the ground. If Bowser inhales the teeth that make up Toothy's body, he can increase his defense and also make the Toothy vulnerable, as it can no longer rebuild its body. Bowser's flame will not do any damage or take out a Toothy's body.
Bowser can use the Vacuum Block to inhale a Blitty from a Toothy after visiting Broque Monsieur's shop for the first time.
Toothies reappear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, where they also appear in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode as enemies. They are melee troopers, and are weak to boomerang attacks from Boomerang Bros. and Wendy. In the Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story mode of the game, they take 0 damage upon getting hit with a First Strike on either using Bowser's punch or the Bros.' hammers, as the strike will be redirected towards their body. Bowser's flame now makes them take normal damage rather than 0 (aside from the First Strike itself).
Skellokey from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is similar to Toothy, as both are bony variants of Pokeys.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy | ||||||||
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| Toothy | ||||||||
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HP | 27 (41) | POW | 30 (75) | DEF | 42 (63) | SPEED | 12 (18) |
| Coins | 5 (8) | Level | 10 | Fire | Normal | Burn? | Normal | |
| Role | Common | Battled by | Anyone | Location(s) | Plack Beach | Dizzy? | Normal | |
| Stat down? | Normal | KO? | Normal | Experience | 18 | Item drop | Hot Drumstick - 24.0% Fiery Drumstick - 6.0% | |
| Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW. | ||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy | ||||||||||
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| Toothy | ||||||||||
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HP | 24 | POW | 52 | DEF | 18 | SPEED | 12 | Experience | 18 |
| Fire | Normal | Jump | Normal | Hammer | Normal | Battled by | Anyone | Coins | 5 | |
| Burn | 1x | Dizzy | 1x | Stat down | 1x | Speed down | 1x | Item drop | Hot Drumstick - 30% Fiery Drumstick - 20% | |
| Level 2 | Location(s) | Plack Beach | ||||||||
- Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: They bear a strong resemblance to Pokeys and share their weakness to boomerang attacks.
Gallery[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハガサンボン[?] Hagasanbon |
Pun on「歯が3本」(ha ga san-bon, three pieces of teeth) and「サンボ」(Sanbo, Pokey) | |
| French (NOA) | Totémail[?] | Possibly a portmanteau of totem and émail ("enamel") | |
| French (NOE) | Pokenotte[?] | From "Pokey" and quenotte ("tooth") | |
| German | Karies-Pokey[?] | Caries Pokey | |
| Italian | Dentabruco[?] | From dente ("tooth") and Marghibruco (Pokey's name in Italian localizations) | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Dentudo[?] | Toothy | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Trimuelito[?] | From tri- (a prefix for "three") and diminutive of muela ("tooth") |
Trivia[edit]
- If Bowser uses Shy Guy Squad, Magikoopa Mob, or Broggy Bonker on a Toothy if it still has its body or if Bowser uses a First Strike (in the original game only), the Toothy will take normal damage, and not 0.
- Outside of battle, Toothies can charge into Bowser to engage a battle while Toothies can spit a virus to chase Mario and Luigi temporarily before disappearing. The virus can be whacked with a hammer to prevent a battle from starting. Other methods will start a battle.
- In the remake, Toothies are the only big enemies that still attack Mario & Luigi in the overworld.
| Pokeys | |
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| Characters | Mega Paper Macho Pokey • Mummipokey • Punkey the Pokey Prince • The Pokey Triplets • Tower Power Pokey |
| Species | Big Pokey • Blow Hard • Cactus Jack • Dark Pokey • Drool Hard • Green Pokey • Hanging Blow Hard • Mad Pokey • Poison Pokey • Pokey • Pokey (heading) • Pokey (projectile) • Pokey Head • Pokey Mummy • Pokey Pom • Pokeyplant • Seedy Pod • Skellokey • Snow Pokey • Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) • Spiky Snifit • Toothy |
