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|image=[[File:PMTTYD NS Hooktail Artwork.png|170px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|image=[[File:Hooktail.jpg|200px]]
|species=Dragon
|hp=20 (+10 upon revival)
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|atk=5 (3 using Attack FX R)
|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]])
|def=1 (none using Attack FX R)
|items=None
|moves=Fire Breath (4), Stomp (5), Chomp (5)
|location=[[Hooktail Castle]]
|log=This giant dragon attacks by munching, stomping and breathing stinky, fiery breath. She hates things that make chirping noises, especially creatures that start with "cr-" and end with "-icket".
|tattle=That's Hooktail! It'll stomp and munch on you, and it has a more dragonish attack: stinky, fiery breath! It's tricky, especially when it's losing, and it'll try to fool you into being merciful. Oh, yeah, and one more thing. It hates things that start with "cr" and end with "icket". Supposedly, there's something related to that somewhere in this castle. Did we find it?
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{{quote|Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?|Hooktail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?|Hooktail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Hooktail''' is a dragon featured in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]]. She resides in [[Hooktail Castle]] and serves as the boss of Chapter 1.


'''Hooktail''' is a [[dragon]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' that had terrorized [[Petalburg|Petalburg's]] residents. As well as eating Petalburg's citizens, she had eaten anyone who came to her castle to slay her, including [[Kolorado's Father]], [[List of Implied Characters#Old Man Skoo|Old Man Skoo]], and [[Koopley]]. When [[Mario]], [[Goombella]] and [[Koops]] came to her castle to obtain the first [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the [[Diamond Star]], they were given a clue on how to defeat Hooktail once they found a letter being clutched by the corpse of Kolorado's father-- Hooktail cannot stand chirping sounds, especially ones that start with ''cr-'' and end with ''-icket'', the reason for this weakness being because she got food poisoning from eating a cricket. Some believe that it is a reference to the Toad of the Four Heroes, who is described as having a "strange voice". He defeated Hooktail long ago and his voice may have sounded like a cricket.
==History==
===Background===
Much of Hooktail's background is unknown, though according to stories told by [[Grifty]], she, along with her [[Gloomtail|two]] [[Bonetail|siblings]] were once pets of the [[Shadow Queen]] who traveled around the world terrorizing people before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. Grifty's stories also mention that Hooktail Castle was created to contain one of the [[Crystal Stars]], implying Hooktail may have been placed there in order to guard it.


[[File:Hooktail.gif|left|thumb|An in-game sprite of '''Hooktail'''.]]
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
During the fight it seems Hooktail is defeated, but she then offers 1,000 Coins and a "Really Ultra Rare Badge" for her trust. She also, disgustingly, asks Mario if he would like to smell her feet, claiming that people pay good money to do this. It is the player's choice if Mario accepts or declines her offers. All three are traps and Hooktail will gobble Mario or stomp Mario for some damage if he accepts them. Before Mario and his team can finish her off, she swallows some of the [[audience]] members to replenish 10 of her HP. Once Mario defeats her once and for all, Koops' dad will burst out of her mouth, claiming he survived in Hooktail's stomach by hiding in his shell.  
As explained by the residents of [[Petalburg]], Hooktail has terrorized villages in [[Petal Meadows]] for a long time, devouring many of their residents. Those who tried to stop her were ultimately devoured as well, including [[Koopley]], who was tricked into smelling her feet. Luckily, adventurers such as [[Kolorado]]'s [[Kolorado's father|father]] discovered her weakness of [[Attack FX R|cricket chirps]] (or [[Attack FX G|frog croaks]] in the remake), noting that she becomes nauseated upon hearing them.


Hooktail also has two older brothers named [[Bonetail]] and [[Gloomtail]], all three being the [[Shadow Queen|Shadow Queen's]] pets. It was not revealed that Hooktail was female until the fight with Gloomtail. Koopley, Koops, [[Koopie Koo]], and Goombella all referred to Hooktail as "he". Gloomtail attempted to avenge his sister by killing Mario and his friends, but Mario proved too strong and Gloomtail failed. Hooktail resides in [[Hooktail Castle]], whose builder is unknown. Her castle was built to accommodate her massive size.
When [[Mario]] visits [[the Thousand-Year Door]] and holds the [[Magical Map]] aloft, the map reveals that the [[Diamond Star]] is located in Hooktail Castle. After progressing through it, it is revealed that Hooktail is the guardian of the Diamond Star, and Mario battles her to retrieve it. Wearing the Attack FX R (Attack FX G in the remake) badge in the battle will progressively weaken her Attack (to a minimum of 1) in addition to lowering her Defense to 0, making the battle much easier.


[[File:SMKun_Hooktail.jpg|left|thumb|Hooktail appearing in the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' series.]]
After depleting her HP, she tries to bargain with Mario. She at first offers 1,000 [[coin|coins]] (10,000 coins in the remake), then a "lovely, rare, extra-special badge", and finally a chance to sniff her feet. All three are false offers, and she will attack Mario for 5 damage if the player accepts any of them. After this, she eats six of the [[Toad (species)|Toads]] in the [[audience]], healing her by 10 HP and causing the rest of the audience to run away. Jumping on Hooktail or using [[Goombella]]'s [[Headbonk]] will make her spit out the Toads she has eaten, two per hit. Upon defeat, she coughs up the missing Koopley after fainting. He then rewards Mario with the Diamond Star, which was trapped inside her gut.
Later on in the game, when Mario and company revisit Hooktail's lair, they find no trace of Hooktail. Goombella wonders briefly where Hooktail disappeared to, but ends up deciding Hooktail's absence is a good thing.


==Other Appearances==
Hooktail is later referenced near the end of the game when encountering her brother [[Gloomtail]], with one of the party members briefly mistaking him for her and questioning how she survived the encounter. This promptly outrages him and causes him to start a fight with Mario to avenge his sister. However, it is possible that Hooktail did survive, as if the player returns to her lair after her defeat, her body is nowhere to be seen, and Goombella questions where she went in her field tattle.
Hooktail also appeared in ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' in issue 32 of the series, the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' issue.


Hooktail appears as a [[sticker]] in the game ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl.]]'' The sticker is usable by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks.
===''Super Mario-kun''===
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[[File:SMKun Hooktail.jpg|left|thumb|Hooktail appearing in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''.]]
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Hooktail appears in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' in volume 32 of the series, the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' issue. In it, she attacks Mario, Goombella, and Koops. As this manga is based on the original Japanese game, she is weakened by a frog's croak rather than a cricket's chirp.


==Names in Other Languages==
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{Foreignname|
Hooktail appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]] in the game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. The sticker is usable in [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]] by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks by 36 points.
 
===Unused appearances===
====''Minecraft''====
[[File:Hooktail minecraft.jpg|thumb|150px|Hooktail as the Ender Dragon.]]
In the files for the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'', there is an unused image of Hooktail as the [[nwiki:Ender Dragon|Ender Dragon]]. In the final version, the Ender Dragon is [[Gobblegut]] instead.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|align=horizontal|transcludesection=Hooktail|image=[[File:PMTTYD Hooktail Head Sprite.png]]}}
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Hooktail
|image=[[File:Hooktail Sticker.png|100px]]
|game-''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]
|effect=[Flame] - Resistance +36
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYD Hooktail Artwork.png|Hooktail's original artwork
Hooktail PMTTYD encounter.png|Mario and Koops encounter Hooktail
Hooktail Threatening PMTTYD.png|Hooktail threatens to devour the heroes.
PMTTYD Hooktail Battle Introduction.png|The start of the battle against Hooktail
PMTTYD Hooktail Battle.png|Mario prepares to swing his hammer at Hooktail
PMTTYD Hooktail Feeling Ill.png|Hooktail hearing the cricket sound
PMTTYD Hooktail Breath.png|Hooktail breathing her "stinky, fiery breath" at Goombella and Mario
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 1.png|Hooktail's first bargain
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 2.png|Hooktail's second bargain
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 3.png|Hooktail's third bargain
PMTTYD Hooktail Crowd.png|Hooktail gobbles the [[Toad (species)|Toads]] in the audience and restores 10 HP.
Hooktail Fainting PMTTYD.png|Hooktail faints.
Hooktail Finished! PMTTYD.png|Hooktail defeated.
Hooktail Last Burp.png|Hooktail spitting [[Koopley]]'s shell out
PMTTYD NS Hooktail.png|Hooktail as seen in the Nintendo Switch version
PMTTYDNS concept art characters 4.png|Concept artwork with various design iterations of Hooktail; the colored one notably lacks the "pop-up book" effect and has a floral pattern on her back.
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Bonetail]]
*[[Gloomtail]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゴンババ
|Jap=ゴンババ
|JapR=Gonbaba
|JapR=Gonbaba
|JapM=
|JapM=From「ウンババ」(''Unbaba'', "[[Blargg]]"), and possibly「ドラゴン」(''doragon'', "dragon"); the play on「ウンババ」was also used on every dragon boss in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''Super Paper Mario''.
|Fra=Carbocroc
|ChiS=轰巴巴
|FraM= Pun on "carboniser" (burn, char) and "croc" (fang)
|ChiSR=Hōngbābā
|ChiSM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|ChiT=轟巴巴
|ChiTR=Hōngbābā
|ChiTM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|Dut=Vermila
|DutM=Pun on ''vermiljoen'' ("vermilion") and the feminine name "Mila"
|Fre=Carbocroc
|FreM= Pun on ''carboniser'' ("burn", "char") and ''croc'' ("fang")
|Ger=Lohgard
|Ger=Lohgard
|GerM=Portmanteau of "Lohe" (blaze) and a female name ending with "gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard")
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Lohe'' ("blaze") and the feminine name suffix "-gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard")
|Ita=Crimilde
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "crimson" and the feminine name suffix "-hilde"
|Spa=Gombaba
|Spa=Gombaba
|SpaM=Taken from the Japanese ''Gonbaba'', but with the ''M'' before ''B'' because, in Spanish grammar, ''N'' should not come directly before ''B''.}}
|SpaM=Same as Japanese name
|Kor=곤자잔
|KorR=Gonjajan
|KorM=From Japanese name and "짜자잔" (''Jjajajan'', "Blargg")
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the game ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', there is a dragon boss called [[Fracktail]] that closely resembles Hooktail.  
*In the original English localization, Hooktail is referenced with either masculine or gender-neutral pronouns until the confrontation with Gloomtail. The remake consistently refers to her with feminine pronouns instead.  
*Oddly, Hooktail was shown to actually have a hook at the end of her tail in the game, but in her official artwork, she does not.
*In the Spanish localization, Hooktail is depicted as a male.
*If the player reduces Hooktail's HP to 0 the first time she will still eat the audience.
*In non-English versions of the GameCube original (as well as all versions of the remake), Hooktail's weakness is frogs and not crickets. However, in the American ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' demo included in the Demo Disc Version 18 for the GameCube, Hooktail is weak to frogs.
*If the player reduces the audience because the player got a Bingo! from a Poison Mushroom, Hooktail could regain less than 10 HP.
 
*The "music cue" that plays before Hooktail speaks is also used for [[Cortez]].
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*Hooktail resembles [[zeldawiki:Valoo|Valoo]] from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''. Her name may even come from the boss battle with [[zeldawiki:Gohma|Gohma]], in which [[zeldawiki:Link|Link]] must use the [[zeldawiki:Grappling Hook|Grappling Hook]] on Valoo's hooklike tail.
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Latest revision as of 14:55, July 7, 2024

Hooktail
Artwork of Hooktail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Species Dragon
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?”
Hooktail, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Hooktail is a dragon featured in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its remake. She resides in Hooktail Castle and serves as the boss of Chapter 1.

History

Background

Much of Hooktail's background is unknown, though according to stories told by Grifty, she, along with her two siblings were once pets of the Shadow Queen who traveled around the world terrorizing people before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind The Thousand-Year Door. Grifty's stories also mention that Hooktail Castle was created to contain one of the Crystal Stars, implying Hooktail may have been placed there in order to guard it.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

As explained by the residents of Petalburg, Hooktail has terrorized villages in Petal Meadows for a long time, devouring many of their residents. Those who tried to stop her were ultimately devoured as well, including Koopley, who was tricked into smelling her feet. Luckily, adventurers such as Kolorado's father discovered her weakness of cricket chirps (or frog croaks in the remake), noting that she becomes nauseated upon hearing them.

When Mario visits the Thousand-Year Door and holds the Magical Map aloft, the map reveals that the Diamond Star is located in Hooktail Castle. After progressing through it, it is revealed that Hooktail is the guardian of the Diamond Star, and Mario battles her to retrieve it. Wearing the Attack FX R (Attack FX G in the remake) badge in the battle will progressively weaken her Attack (to a minimum of 1) in addition to lowering her Defense to 0, making the battle much easier.

After depleting her HP, she tries to bargain with Mario. She at first offers 1,000 coins (10,000 coins in the remake), then a "lovely, rare, extra-special badge", and finally a chance to sniff her feet. All three are false offers, and she will attack Mario for 5 damage if the player accepts any of them. After this, she eats six of the Toads in the audience, healing her by 10 HP and causing the rest of the audience to run away. Jumping on Hooktail or using Goombella's Headbonk will make her spit out the Toads she has eaten, two per hit. Upon defeat, she coughs up the missing Koopley after fainting. He then rewards Mario with the Diamond Star, which was trapped inside her gut.

Hooktail is later referenced near the end of the game when encountering her brother Gloomtail, with one of the party members briefly mistaking him for her and questioning how she survived the encounter. This promptly outrages him and causes him to start a fight with Mario to avenge his sister. However, it is possible that Hooktail did survive, as if the player returns to her lair after her defeat, her body is nowhere to be seen, and Goombella questions where she went in her field tattle.

Super Mario-kun

Mario, Goombella, and Koops battling on Hooktail from Super Mario-kun
Hooktail appearing in Super Mario-kun.

Hooktail appears in Super Mario-kun in volume 32 of the series, the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door issue. In it, she attacks Mario, Goombella, and Koops. As this manga is based on the original Japanese game, she is weakened by a frog's croak rather than a cricket's chirp.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Hooktail appears as a Sticker in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The sticker is usable in The Subspace Emissary by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks by 36 points.

Unused appearances

Minecraft

Image of Minecraft: Wii U Edition showing Hooktail as the Enderdragon.
Hooktail as the Ender Dragon.

In the files for the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft: Wii U Edition, there is an unused image of Hooktail as the Ender Dragon. In the final version, the Ender Dragon is Gobblegut instead.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Hooktail
PMTTYD Hooktail Head Sprite.png Max HP 20 (+10 upon revival) Attack 5 Defense 1
Location(s) Hooktail Castle Role Boss Level 65
Sleep? 20% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 0% Stop? 0% Soft? 0%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 0% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0% KO? 0% Moves Fire Breath (4, Piercing), Stomp (5), Chomp (5)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items None
Tattle Log #:
99
Log This giant dragon attacks by munching, stomping and breathing stinky, fiery breath. She hates things that make chirping noises, especially creatures that start with "cr-" and end with "-icket".
Tattle That's Hooktail! Max HP is 20, Attack is 5, and Defense is 1. It'll stomp and munch on you, and it has a more dragonish attack: stinky, fiery breath! It's tricky, especially when it's losing, and it'll try to fool you into being merciful. Oh, yeah, and one more thing. It hates things that start with "cr" and end with "icket". Supposedly, there's something related to that somewhere in this castle. Did we find it?

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sticker
Hooktail
A Sticker of Hooktail
Artwork from:
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Flame] - Resistance +36
Usable by: Anyone

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ゴンババ
Gonbaba
From「ウンババ」(Unbaba, "Blargg"), and possibly「ドラゴン」(doragon, "dragon"); the play on「ウンババ」was also used on every dragon boss in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario.

Chinese (simplified) 轰巴巴
Hōngbābā
Transliteration of Japanese name

Chinese (traditional) 轟巴巴
Hōngbābā
Transliteration of Japanese name

Dutch Vermila
Pun on vermiljoen ("vermilion") and the feminine name "Mila"
French Carbocroc
Pun on carboniser ("burn", "char") and croc ("fang")
German Lohgard
Portmanteau of Lohe ("blaze") and the feminine name suffix "-gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard")
Italian Crimilde
Portmanteau of "crimson" and the feminine name suffix "-hilde"
Korean 곤자잔
Gonjajan
From Japanese name and "짜자잔" (Jjajajan, "Blargg")

Spanish Gombaba
Same as Japanese name

Trivia

  • In the original English localization, Hooktail is referenced with either masculine or gender-neutral pronouns until the confrontation with Gloomtail. The remake consistently refers to her with feminine pronouns instead.
  • In the Spanish localization, Hooktail is depicted as a male.
  • In non-English versions of the GameCube original (as well as all versions of the remake), Hooktail's weakness is frogs and not crickets. However, in the American Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door demo included in the Demo Disc Version 18 for the GameCube, Hooktail is weak to frogs.