Sky-Blue Spiny

Sky-Blue Spiny
Sprite from 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	Spiny

Sky-Blue Spinies (or S. Blue Spinies) are variants of Spinies that are seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. They are thrown by Dark Lakitus and can be found on floors 61-70 of the Pit of 100 Trials. They are stronger than normal Spinies and can charge. They can sometimes curl up and hide in their shell, making them impervious to any attack, even those that bypass defense.

Their body structure is the same as an ordinary Spiny, except instead of red, their shells are blue similar to the Spiny Shells in the Mario Kart series. Additionally, their skin is slightly darker like the Dark Lakitus that throw them. This gives them a resemblance to Buzzy Beetles, so much so that the German version of the game refers to them as "Käfer-Stachis", meaning "Buzzy Beetle Spinies". However, they lack the usual qualities of Buzzy Beetles, such as resilience to fire.

In the English version of the original game, it is mistakenly stated that Dark Lakitu's Sky-Blue Spinies hatch from "pipes" in Goombella's Tattle for both enemies. However, the supposed "pipes" which spawn Sky-Blue Spinies are actually regular blue Spiny Eggs. Their name is the result of a mistranslation: Spiny Eggs are referred to as ｢パイポ｣ Paipo in Japanese, which comes from a well-known Japanese folktale but can also be interpreted (incorrectly, in this case) as an approximation of the English word "pipe" into Japanese katakana. Despite this mistranslation, ｢パイポ｣ Paipo is correctly translated as "Spiny Egg" elsewhere in the English text of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, namely with regard to the standard species of Spiny fought in the game. This was fixed in the remake, which correctly refers to them as Spiny Eggs.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
S. Blue Spiny
	Max HP	6	Attack	6	Defense	4
	Location(s)	Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 61, 64-66, 69)	Role	Common	Level	22
	Sleep?	60%	Dizzy?	60%	Confuse?	60%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	50%	Fright?	80%
	Gale Force?	10%	KO?	50%	Moves	Spikeball Shot (6), Ball Up (Raises Defense to ???), Charge Up (ATK+6), Superball Shot (12)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	0 - 1	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 30	Log	Spawned from a pipe thrown by Dark Lakitu, it will charge at you. When it's balled up, your attacks won't work.
	Tattle	That's a Sky-Blue Spiny. It appeared from a pipe thrown by the Dark Lakitu. Max HP is 6, Attack is 6, and Defense is 4. It'll totally charge at you! Sometimes it balls up to defend and store energy for an attack. If you can, beat it and any buddies it may have with a special attack.

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Sky-Blue Spiny
	Max HP	6	Attack	6	Defense	4
	Location(s)	Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 61, 64-66, 69)	Role	Common	Level	22
	Sleep?	60%	Dizzy?	60%	Confuse?	60%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	50%	Fright?	80%
	Gale Force?	10%	KO?	50%	Moves	Spikeball Shot (6), Ball Up (Raises Defense to ???), Charge Up (ATK+6), Superball Shot (12)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	0 - 1	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 31	Log	Spawned from a Spiny Egg thrown by Dark Lakitu, it will charge at you. When it's balled up, your attacks won't work.
	Tattle	That's a Sky-Blue Spiny. It appeared from a Spiny Egg thrown by the Dark Lakitu. Max HP is 6, Attack is 6, and Defense is 4. It'll totally charge at you! Sometimes it balls up to defend and store energy for an attack. If you can, beat it and any buddies it may have with a special move.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ソライロトゲゾー[?] Sora-iro Togezō	Sky-blue Spiny
Chinese (simplified)	蔚蓝色刺刺龟[?] Wèilánsè Cì Cì Guī	Sky-blue Spiny
Chinese (traditional)	蔚藍色刺刺龜[?] Wèilánsè Cì Cì Guī	Sky-blue Spiny
French	Hériss Bleu[?]	Blue Spiny
German	Käfer-Stachi[?]	Buzzy Beetle Spiny
Italian	Mini Koopistrice[?]	Mini Spiny	original
	Koopistrice celeste[?]	Sky-Blue Spiny	remake
Korean	하늘색가시돌이[?] Haneulsaeg Gasidori	Sky-blue Spiny
Spanish (NOA)	Picudo Celeste[?]	Sky-Blue Spiny
Spanish (NOE)	Pinchón Celeste[?]	Sky-Blue Spiny