Editing X-Naut

{{about|the goggled footsoldier enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''|the organization they work for|[[X-Nauts (organization)]]|the horde made up of several of them|[[X-Nauts (platoon)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYD NS X Naut Artwork.png|250px]]<br>''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch) artwork
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variants=[[Elite X-Naut]]<br>[[X-Naut PhD]]
|notable=[[Johnson]]<br>[[Lord Crump]]<br>[[Sir Grodus]]<br>[[X-Nauts (platoon)]]
}}
{{quote|You rang, dude? I mean, sir? You rang, [[Sir Grodus]], dude? Grodus? Sir Grodus, sir?|X-Naut|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''X-Nauts''' are soldiers of the [[X-Nauts (organization)|eponymous organization]] that work for [[Sir Grodus]] and [[Lord Crump]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. They are short and individually weak, but rush to defend their leader, Lord Crump, if he is threatened; [[X-Nauts (platoon)|a large army of X-Nauts]] (exceeding any count of X-Nauts seen where they are standard enemies) is often summoned by Lord Crump. It is unknown what is behind their uniform, as they do not show their true appearance, just like a [[Shy Guy]].

X-Nauts are known in a pre-release English localization of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' as '''Boomer Gangers'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Skawo|date=July 19, 2011|url=youtu.be/VDMEQrZ92IA?t=25m47s|title=<nowiki>[TCRF]</nowiki> Paper Mario 2 - Entire Demo Footage|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 8, 2012}}</ref>

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Costume Sprite.png|thumb|left|An X-Naut uniform.]]
In battle, X-Nauts attack by charging into Mario or jumping on top of him. They can also use potions to heal each other or make themselves huge; increasing their Attack. They also appear in [[Bowser]]'s platforming levels, where they attack by charging at Bowser if they spot him.

Several X-Nauts are encountered in [[the Great Tree]] as they and Crump search for the [[Emerald Star]]. The remaining X-Nauts are forced to retreat once Crump is defeated. Also, some are encountered in the [[X-Naut Fortress]], including [[X-Naut PhD]]s and [[Elite X-Naut]]s. At least four X-Nauts aside from Crump remain by the end of the game, and are shown in the ending sequence: A regular X-Naut soldier, an X-Naut PhD, and two Elite X-Nauts.

X-Nauts also appear as members of the [[Audience]] during some battles. They typically throw rocks at Mario if the battle drags for too long or if Mario receives contact damage and/or his attack deals no damage.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
According to ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', X-Nauts have been featured in two sci-fi TV shows: ''[[Starship X-Naut]]'' and ''[[The Grodus Chronicles]]'' (the latter of which is only known to have featured one X-Naut whose lover had dumped him). There have been many seasons of ''Starship X-Naut'', and the show is a favorite of geeks such as [[Francis]]. Apparently, he favors people who would dump somebody over a conversation about the propulsion system of the X-Nauts' spaceship on the show.

A [[Sammer Guy]] goes by the name of [[List of Sammer Guys#Laughing X-Naut|Laughing X-Naut]].

===''Nintendo Monopoly''===
An X-Naut makes a cameo appearance on the ''[[Nintendo Monopoly]]'' board.

===''Super Mario Run''===
Two X-Nauts had a minor cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]), though their presence on the in-game alert for the event was their only appearance in the game.

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==Profiles and statistics==
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==Gallery==
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PMTTYDNS Audience Artwork 1.png|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
PMTTYDNS Audience Artwork 2.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
SMR TTYD Promo.png|X-Naut cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ぐんだんいん
|JapR=Gundan'in
|JapM=From「軍団員」(''gundan-in'', "corps member")
|ChiT=軍團成員
|ChiTR=Jūntuán chéngyuán
|ChiTM=Corps member
|Dut=Kruistronaut
|DutM=From ''kruis'' ("cross") and ''astronaut''
|FreA=Cruxonaute
|FreAM=From ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross") with the suffix ''-naute'' ("-naut")
|FreE=Cruxitroufion
|FreEM=Portmanteau of ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross") and ''troufion'' ("low-ranked soldier")
|Ger=Fußsoldat
|GerM=Foot soldier
|Ita=Executore
|ItaM=X-ecutioner
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Soldado X
|SpaM=Soldier X
}}

==Trivia==
*Due to the lack of voice acting in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', the pronunciation of "X-Naut" is unknown. It may be pronounced like the letter "X", which is supported by [[Goombella]]'s [[tattle]]s using the article "an" and by [[Koops]] saying "tissues... to the extreme" (i.e. phonetically "ex snot") when first meeting [[Punio]]. However, it can also be pronounced "cross", as suggested by Goombella's tattle on [[X-Yux]], in which case it may be a play on noughts and crosses, an alternative name for {{wp|tic-tac-toe}}.

==References==
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