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|greater_location=[[Petal Meadows]]
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|ruler=[[Hooktail]]
|ruler=[[Hooktail]]
|inhabitants=[[Dull Bones]], [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and [[Goomba]]s
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|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=
|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]])
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'''Hooktail Castle''' is a location that is found during the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' in Chapter 1. Although not explicitly stated, it is the first major dungeon in the game, as it takes place in a closed location that features many traps and enemies, a boss at the end, and a quest reward at the end. It is the castle where [[Hooktail]], the dragon who is terrorizing [[Petalburg]], is fought and resides. [[Mario]], and his [[partners]] — [[Goombella]] and [[Koops]] — travel here to defeat Hooktail and collect the [[Diamond Star]]. The castle is full of many traps and enemies that Mario and his partners must avoid and defeat. The enormous rooms in the castle provide a resting place for some of the Koopas that have fallen victim to Hooktail's ways — however, not all of the skeletons found throughout the castle remain in an eternal rest.
{{quote|Oh, man… Hooktail Castle… The stories were all true… This place is TERRIFYING…|Koops|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Hooktail Castle''' is a location that is found during the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' in Chapter 1. Although not explicitly stated, it is the first major dungeon in the game, as it takes place in a closed location. Like [[Koopa Bros. Fortress]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'', it features many traps and enemies, a boss at the top of the castle, four keys to unlock four doors, and a quest reward at the end. It is the castle where [[Hooktail]], the dragon who is terrorizing [[Petalburg]], is fought and resides. [[Mario]], and his [[partners]] — [[Goombella]] and [[Koops]] — travel here to defeat Hooktail and collect the [[Diamond Star]]. The castle is full of many traps and enemies that Mario and his partners must avoid and defeat. The enormous rooms in the castle provide a resting place for some of the Koopas that have fallen victim to Hooktail's ways — however, not all of the skeletons found throughout the castle remain in an eternal rest.


The in-game map description reads, "''A massive castle built to accommodate Hooktail's bulk. It's full of lethal traps.''"
==History==
==History==
===Background===
===Background===
Though not much is known about the entire history of Hooktail Castle, some backstory was revealed throughout ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' in stories and rumors talked about amongst the many creatures Mario meets along his travels. According to some stories told by [[Grifty]], Hooktail Castle was built long ago in order to harbor one of the [[Crystal Stars]]. Ironically, despite the fact that Hooktail Castle was created to contain one of the Crystal Stars — which were scattered across the world in order to keep the [[Shadow Queen]] at rest — Hooktail was the guardian of the castle as well as one of the Shadow Queen's pets. It is unknown if the castle was originally created vacant, and then later taken over by Hooktail by purely coincidental means, if it was taken over by Hooktail purposely to guard the Crystal Star in hopes of somehow helping the long-dormant Shadow Queen, or if Hooktail was specifically put into the castle to guard the Crystal Star.
According to stories told by [[Grifty]], Hooktail Castle was built long ago in order to harbor one of the [[Crystal Stars]], which had been scattered throughout the land to exert the [[Shadow Queen]]'s power. Since the castle was built to "accommodate Hooktail's bulk", it is likely that Hooktail, being one of the Shadow Queen's pets, was tasked with guarding the Crystal Star by her master and given Hooktail Castle to live in while doing so. Alongside containing traps to prevent potential thieves from reaching Hooktail and the Crystal Star at the top of the castle, the castle contains torture devices such as the [[wikipedia:Rack (torture)|Rack]], a [[wikipedia:Flail (weapon)|flail]], and a ball-and-chain. There are also many prison cells in the castle. As such, it is possible that Hooktail Castle was additionally utilized to imprison and torture enemies of the Shadow Queen, not dissimilar to her [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]].


It is presumable that Hooktail Castle was once inhabited by beings other than Hooktail quite some time ago, as the castle features some torture devices including the [[wikipedia:Rack (torture device)|Rack]], a [[wikipedia:Flail (weapon)|flail]], and a ball-and-chain. Many of the rooms are filled with the corpses of Koopas, but it is unknown as to how long they were there. There were also some prison cells found in the castle, similar to those found in castles from fourteenth-century Spain and Scotland; one of these prison cells has the skeletal remains of a Koopa residing behind it.
At some point, [[Kolorado's father]] decided to travel to Hooktail Castle to defeat the dragon, but only made it to the second room past the front door before dying. 10 years prior to the events of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', [[Koopley]] would aim to do the same. While he was much more successful in his quest compared to Kolorado's father, managing to make it all the way to Hooktail, he ultimately lost the battle with her and was eaten.


===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
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Mario and his partners enter Hooktail via a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] that leads them into the background where the castle is structured. Upon first entering the castle, they find a [[Recovery Block]] and a [[spring]] that leads them to an [[Plane Mario|Airplane Panel]]. Below the Airplane Panel is a broken bridge that hovers above a moat — at the end of this moat, they can also collect an [[HP Plus]] badge. As they soar across the moat, they reach a tall set of pink doors that lead them into the heart of the castle.
[[File:PMTTYD Hooktail Artwork.png|thumb|left|Hooktail, the guardian of the castle.]]
When Mario and Goombella first arrive in [[Petal Meadows]], they see Hooktail flying to Hooktail Castle, as well as a stone structure that looks like a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]. The pipe, which leads into the background of the castle, is accessible after placing the [[Sun Stone|Sun]] and [[Moon Stone|Moon]] Stones from [[Shhwonk Fortress]] into the nearby pedestals. At the start, there is a [[Recovery Block]] and a [[spring]] which leads to a [[plane panel]], allowing Mario to fly across the ensuing moat in [[Plane Mode]]. A garden with a broken bridge appears under the plane panel. This garden hovers above a moat, and at the end of it, Mario can collect an [[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]] badge when using Koops. After soaring across the moat, Mario reaches a set of purple doors that lead to the center of the castle.


Immediately after entering this part of the castle, they encounter many [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s that are ready to attack. They can also find the [[Power Bounce]] badge within a red [[Question Block|? Block]] here. In the next room, they find many skeletons of Koopas that fell victim to Hooktail along their travels, including the remains of [[Kolorado's father]]. His skeleton is found clutching a note addressed to his son, [[Kolorado]], as a warning about Hooktail and her weaknesses. The note contains his last words, as he wrote it while dying. In this note, Mario and his partner discover that they need to find something that begins with a 'cr' and ends with an 'icket' in order to defeat Hooktail.
Inside the area, there are many [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s and a [[Power Bounce]] badge within a red [[? Block|? block]]. In the next room, there are skeletons of Koopas and the skeleton of Kolorado's father, which clutches a note addressed to [[Kolorado]] containing a warning about Hooktail and her weaknesses and his last words. At the far end of the room, there is a [[Red Bones]] that guards the doorway to the next room. When it is awakened, the room becomes flooded with [[Dull Bones]], and Mario and his partner are pushed away from the door, though the Red Bones battles Mario if it is hit by a [[hammer]]. After defeating the Red Bones, Mario can gain access to the next room.


At the far end of the room, they find a [[Red Bones]] guarding the doorway to the next room. As they awaken in, the room quickly becomes flooded with countless [[Dull Bones]], which push Mario and his partner away from the door. After Mario uses his [[hammer]] to whack his way to the Red Bones, they engage in battle. Mario eventually wins, gaining access to the next room.
In the next few rooms, there are more [[Dull Bones]] and a [[Shine Sprite]] in their path. A red [[Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key]] is needed to unlock a locked door after passing through the rooms. It is on a high platform that can be accessible from [[Lift Switch]]es that cause arrow-imprinted blocks to go up and down. Mario can use Koops' Shell Toss ability to hit the switches while he jumps up blocks. The purple block leads to a square-shaped hole in a wall with a Star Piece on a ledge. By [[jump]]ing on two [[Stone Block]]s, Mario can reach a big black and yellow block that leads to a wall ledge and a Star Piece. With the black and yellow block up, Mario can use Koops to hit a red [[! Switch]] to flip a nearby staircase to the other side, allowing Mario to grab the key via Koops' shell. After this, Mario and his partner can reach a Save Block and a large green block that goes up.


[[Image:AFX obtain.png|thumb|left|250px|Mario obtains the Attack FX R badge, the key to defeat Hooktail.]]
After some travel, they reach a room with a few Dull Bones and a [[Paragoomba]] and a cell, which can be raised by pressing a red ! Switch. The cell leads to a room with a [[black chest]]. After collecting the [[Black Key]] in a chest at the room to the right, spikes pop out of the ground of the room forming a maze. The ceiling is also covered in spikes and lowers towards the ground, which will [[Game Over|crush Mario and his partner]] if they do not escape within 50 seconds. After unlocking the chest, the being inside the chest curses Mario, allowing him to turn paper-thin and squeeze into narrow spaces. He can then reach the [[Attack FX R]] badge ([[Attack FX G]] in the remake) in the prison cell to the left.
Through the next few rooms, Mario and his partner encounter many more [[Dull Bones]] in their path. After some travel, they eventually reach a room with a [[Black Chest Demon|mysterious black chest]]. They quickly move to the room to the right and collect the [[Black Key]]. But as they attempt to make their way back, the entire floor becomes protruding with sharp spikes that form a maze throughout the room. To Mario and his partners' dismay, the ceiling, too, is covered in sharp spikes and is lowering quickly towards the ground, but the heroes escape the treacherous room and insert the black key into the chest. The demon that resides in the chest then curses Mario - from then on, he can turn paper thin and squeeze into even the narrowest of spaces. Mario and his partners makes their way back, collecting a red badge called [[Attack FX R]]. It is with this badge that Mario may have a chance at defeating Hooktail.


[[File:Hooktail.jpg|thumb|250px|Hooktail, the guardian of the castle.]]
After reaching the second level of the castle by a big green block in the fourth room of the previous area, there is another locked door. The second key is located in a cell room with Kolorado's dead father in it and requires [[Paper Mode]]. After unlocking the door, there is a [[Recovery Block]]. There is also a switch that causes a bridge to appear. Mario can use Koops to hit the second switch and create another bridge, and they can use a window that does not have any bars on it to pass through the third gap, which is low enough to jump through, and a Star Piece can be found behind the windows at the start. Mario can also jump through the other window and enter the west door. Later, there is a room with many Dull Bones and another large green block on the ground. Mario can use Koops again and reach the third level. A [[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]] can be seen on a ledge on the left wall and it can be collected if Mario drops down from the third level in front or behind the bars.  
As Mario progressed farther and farther up the castle, he eventually entered a room and encountered a [[Ms. Mowz|mysterious thief]]. The small mouse had come to the castle to steal rare badges, but was off before long. In that same room, Mario and his partners found they key to the room across the way. They unlocked the door and progressed furthermore up the castle. After going up two flights of stairs and traveling across the outside ledge of another room, Mario and his partners eventually reached a long bridge high in the air. This bridge was infested Koopas of different sorts along the way to an extremely high tower. At the top of this tower, Mario and his partners encountered a [[Save Block]], [[Recovery Block]], and an enormous pair of doors that led into a large circular dormitory. Through these doors, Mario and his partners encounter Hooktail. After a long battle, the dragon was defeated and regurgitates [[Koopley]], [[Koops]]'s long lost father. After a touching reunion, Koopley gave Mario the [[Diamond Star]], something he had found in Hooktail's belly and had kept as a souvenir.


After [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates|Chapter 5]], [[Merlon]] will be awaiting for Mario outside his shop in [[Rogueport]]. He tells Mario and his partners of a fortune he had received; this fortune told of a room hidden in Hooktail Castle. If Mario and his partners return to the room with the spikes and head to the far right of the room, they will discover a large crack in the wall. With the help of [[Admiral Bobbery]], the wall was blasted way. In the secret room, they discovered the [[Up Arrow]], an item that helped Merlon be able to power up Mario's partners even more.
[[File:Mario in the Castle.png|thumb|Mario leveling up in a battle in Hooktail Castle]]
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After meeting a mysterious thief named [[Ms. Mowz]] that came to the castle to steal rare badges in the treasure room, she leaves out the window after chatting with Mario and giving him a kiss. In this room, there is a Mushroom, a [[Honey Syrup]], and a key in the chests. After unlocking a door, Mario progresses further up the castle. Mario and his partner can then enter a room with Dull Bones at the bottom, a plane panel at the top, and big black and yellow block that allows Mario to elevate up to the two ceiling ledges. On the ceiling, Mario can obtain a Star Piece at the east end. To obtain a key, Mario can hit a yellow block to move the large black and yellow block downward, then Koops can be shot at the key. If Mario goes down a gap in the room, he can obtain the [[Last Stand P]] badge.  


==Enemies Found in Hooktail Castle==
After unlocking a locked door and collecting a Shine Sprite, Mario must go up two flights of stairs and travel across the outside ledge of another room. Mario and his partner then reach a long bridge with Koopas that leads up to a tower with a [[Spiked Goomba|Spiky Goomba]] on duty. At the top of this tower, there is a [[Save Block]], [[Recovery Block]], and an enormous pair of purple doors. Through these doors, Mario and his partners encounter Hooktail, and after she is defeated, Koopley is spat out of her, and he gives Mario the [[Diamond Star]].
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Once Hooktail is defeated, [[Koopook]] will post a trouble at the [[Trouble Center]] asking participants to find him in Hooktail Castle. If Mario locates him on the ledge near the green elevator block, he will reward Mario with the [[Special Card]]. Once Chapter 4 is cleared, Ms. Mowz will anonymously post a trouble to find an [[Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|elusive badge]]; doing so has Ms. Mowz join Mario as a partner. After [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates|Chapter 5]], [[Merlon]] will tell Mario and his partners about a fortune he had received, which told of a room hidden in Hooktail Castle. If Mario and his partners return to the room with the spikes and blast a large crack in the right wall with [[Bobbery]], they can find an [[Up Arrow]].
!Enemy !! HP !! Attack !! Defense
 
==Enemies==
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|[[Dull Bones]]||1||2||1   
|[[Dull Bones]]||1||2||1   
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|[[Paragoomba]]||2||1||0  
|[[Paragoomba]]||2||1||0  
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|[[Spiky Goomba]]||2||2||0  
|[[Spiked Goomba]]||2||2||0  
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|[[Koopa Troopa]]||4||2||1  
|[[Koopa Troopa]]||4||2||1  
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===Bosses===
===Bosses===
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!Enemy!!HP!!Attack!!Defense||Status
!Enemy!!HP!!Attack!!Defense||Status
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|[[Red Bones]]||5||3||1||Midboss
|[[Red Bones]]||5||3||1||Mid-Boss
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|[[Hooktail]]||20||5||1||Chapter boss
|[[Hooktail]]||20||5||1||Chapter 1 Boss
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|}


==Area Tattles==
===Formations===
*This is the entrance to Hooktail Castle. Not bad...  There's a garden up ahead. There's a Save Block here, too, so we'd probably better use it, don'tcha think?
''For [[List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|enemy formations]] in Hooktail Castle, see [[List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Hooktail Castle|here]].''
*This is the Hooktail Castle garden. Looks like the bridge has been out for a while. Even so, this castle just seems so... majestic, y'know? It's so big, and... strange.
{{br}}
*This is a corridor in Hooktail Castle. Can't say I'm a fan of the bone-pile decor. I don't really wanna have my bones end up here, Mario. How about we move on?
*I guess that's a dungeon beyond us... Ick... There are bones scattered everywhere. Mmm... Mold and dust... Great.  You could totally choke on the stench in this place. HAAAAAACK!
*This must be the great hall of Hooktail Castle. I'd say it's the center of the castle. This place is so full of traps and dangers... It's kind of hard to get around, huh? If we could just walk to a window and look at the sky, that might clear our heads...
*This is Hooktail Castle. You feel that upward-moving draft in here? Wow, sure is a big castle. Who do you think built it?  So many questions!
*These are the dungeons of Hooktail Castle. I don't think they're in use, but... yuck. Hey, y'know, I was meaning to ask... Have you mastered Koops's "Hold" move yet? When Koops is with you, just press and hold X to make his shell stop ahead of you. You can even move around while it stays there!  Try it out in different areas!
*What a totally weird room. There's just gotta be something hidden here. Then again, EVERY room in this castle is totally weird.
*This is Hooktail Castle. There's an upward-moving draft in this room, too. Of course, tons of bones lying around, too. This place needs a decorator, STAT! You never know which bones are gonna attack, so careful where you walk, OK? Oh, and if you want to ride that green block, remember, Koops is the MAN!
*This is Hooktail's treasure room. Ms. Mowz was looking for something here, but I don't think there's anything left.
*This is Hooktail Castle. The door up on that platform to the right is hard to reach. I wonder if the switch on the right might control the block that could get us up there... Looks like a job for Koops...
*Mario, take a look at this! It's like you could reach out and touch the sky, huh? Looking out from the heights makes my head go goomby... I mean... I mean goony!
*This is Hooktail's lair. Yup, the highest chamber in the castle! Now, where's Hooktail, huh? Hmmm... Y'know, maybe we should be glad it's not around at the moment...
*This is a hidden room in Hooktail Castle. Who knew there was a room in here? Well... I guess secret rooms are supposed to be secret...


==Names in Other Languages==
==Items==
{{foreignname
 
|Jap=ゴンババ城
{| class="wikitable"
|JapR=Gonbaba Shiro
!Item
|JapM=Gonbaba Castle
!Location
|Spa= Castillo de Gombaba
|-
|SpaM= Castle of Gombaba
|{{PMTTYD item|Attack FX G|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]<br>{{PMTTYD item|Attack FX R|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]
|In the storeroom in the right of the first floor, it is in the first cell.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Black Key|game=NS}}
|In the spiky room in the right of the first floor, it is in the chest in the middle.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Green|text=Castle Key (Green)|game=NS}}
|In the second room on the first floor, it is in the right of the area behind the cells.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Red|text=Castle Key (Red)|game=NS}}
|In the third room on the first floor, it is on a low ledge on the north wall. Accessible from the flippable stairs.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Yellow|text=Castle Key (Yellow)|game=NS}}
|In the storeroom on the third floor, it is in the chest in the far-left.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Castle Key Blue|text=Castle Key (Blue)|game=NS}}
|In the stair area on the third floor, it is across a gap in the south. Requires [[Koops]].
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Diamond Star|game=NS}}
|Found by [[Koopley]] in [[Hooktail]]'s stomach. Given to Mario after Hooktail is defeated.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B|text=Elusive Badge|game=NS}}
|Inside the chest covered by a piece of paper at the center of Hooktail's room while doing [[Elusive badge!|Ms. Mowz's trouble]].
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Honey Syrup|game=NS}}
|In the storeroom on the third floor, it is in the chest in the front-left.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|HP Plus|game=NS}}
|Outside the castle, it is to the right under the broken bridge. Requires Koops.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Last Stand P|game=NS}}
|In the stair area on the second floor, it is on top of the high platform in the southeast. Accessible with the yellow block from the third floor.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom|game=NS}}
|In the room with a block to the third floor, it is on a ledge by the left wall.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Mushroom|game=NS}}
|In the storeroom on the third floor, it is in the chest in the middle.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Power Bounce|game=NS}}
|In the first room on the first floor, it is in the red ? block.
|-
|rowspan=3|{{PMTTYD item|Shine Sprite|game=NS}} (×3)
|In the third room on the first floor, it is by the north wall.
|-
|In the storeroom on the third floor, it is above the left chests.
|-
|In the stair area on the fourth floor, it is in front of the window by the door to the outside.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Special Card|game=NS}}
|In the room with a block to the third floor, it is given by [[Koopook]] for doing [[Try to find me!|his trouble]].
|-
|rowspan=5|{{PMTTYD item|Star Piece|game=NS}} (×5)
|In the second room on the first floor, it is under a panel behind the leftmost cell.
|-
|In the third room on the first floor, it is on a high ledge on the north wall. Accessible from the yellow block or the window area on the second floor.
|-
|To the right of the third room on the first floor, it is on a high ledge through a hole on the wall. Accessible from the purple block.
|-
|In the window area on the second floor, it is in the right of the area behind the windows.
|-
|In the airplane room on the third floor, it is on the right of the north ledge.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Up Arrow|game=NS}}
|To the right of the spiky room on the first floor, it is inside a chest that appears after hitting the ! block. Requires [[Bobbery]].
|}
 
==Profiles==
*'''[[Tattle]]s:'''
**''This is the entrance to Hooktail Castle. Not bad...  There's a garden up ahead. There's a Save Block here, too, so we'd probably better use it, don'tcha think?''
***''This is the entrance to Hooktail Castle. There's a Save Block here! We should use it, don'tcha think?'' (Switch)
**''This is the Hooktail Castle garden. Looks like the bridge has been out for a while. Even so, this castle just seems so... majestic, y'know? It's so big, and... strange.''
***''Looks like the bridge has been out for a while. Even so, this castle just seems so... majestic, y'know? It's so big and... strange.'' (Switch)
**''This is a corridor in Hooktail Castle. Can't say I'm a fan of the bone-pile decor. I don't really wanna have my bones end up here, Mario. How about we move on?''
**''I guess that's a dungeon beyond us... Ick... There are bones scattered everywhere. Mmm... Mold and dust... Great.  You could totally choke on the stench in this place. HAAAAAACK!''
**''This must be the great hall of Hooktail Castle. I'd say it's the center of the castle. This place is so full of traps and dangers... It's kind of hard to get around, huh? If we could just walk to a window and look at the sky, that might clear our heads...''
**''This is Hooktail Castle. You feel that upward-moving draft in here? Wow, sure is a big castle. Who do you think built it? So many questions!''
**''These are the dungeons of Hooktail Castle. I don't think they're in use, but... yuck. Hey, y'know, I was meaning to ask... Have you mastered Koops's "Hold" move yet? When Koops is with you, just press and hold {{button|GCN|X}} to make his shell stop ahead of you. You can even move around while it stays there!  Try it out in different areas!''
**''What a totally weird room. There's just gotta be something hidden here. Then again, EVERY room in this castle is totally weird.''
**''This is Hooktail Castle. There's an upward-moving draft in this room, too. Of course, tons of bones lying around, too. This place needs a decorator, STAT! You never know which bones are gonna attack, so careful where you walk, OK? Oh, and if you want to ride that green block, remember, Koops is the MAN!''
**''This is Hooktail's treasure room. Ms. Mowz was looking for something here, but I don't think there's anything left.''
**''This is Hooktail Castle. The door up on that platform to the right is hard to reach. I wonder if the switch on the right might control the block that could get us up there... Looks like a job for Koops...''
**''Mario, take a look at this! It's like you could reach out and touch the sky, huh? Looking out from the heights makes my head go goomby... I mean... I mean goony!''
**''This is Hooktail's lair. Yup, the highest chamber in the castle! Now, where's Hooktail, huh? Hmmm... Y'know, maybe we should be glad it's not around at the moment...''
**''This is a hidden room in Hooktail Castle. Who knew there was a room in here? Well... I guess secret rooms are supposed to be secret...''
 
==Gallery==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
<gallery>
Hooktail Castle background.png|Hooktail Castle in the sun
Location Of The First Crystal Star Revealed.png|[[Diamond Star]] revealed
Hooktail Castle icon.png|Hooktail Castle as it appears on the map
Hooktail Castle Sprite.png|Sprite of the castle
Secret Warp Pipe Unrevealed.png|The secret entrance to Hooktail Castle
Secret Warp Pipe Revealed.png
HooktailCastle CHAPTER 1 Background PMTTYD.png|Mario jumping to Hooktail Castle in the background
PMTTYD Before Hooktail Castle 1.png
PMTTYD Before Hooktail Castle 2.png
Introduction Of Hooktail Castle.png|The introduction
Koops HP Plus PMTTYD.png|[[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]]
PMTTYD Mario airplane.png|[[Plane Mode]]
HooktailCastle Tattle PMTYD.png|Goombella tattling the first corridor of Hooktail Castle
Goombella Tattling Paratroopa PMTTYD.png|Goombella tattling a [[Koopa Paratroopa]]
Power Bounce Obtained PMTTYD.png|[[Power Bounce]]
PMTTYD Kolorado's Father.png|The dead body of [[Kolorado's father]] on the ground.
Koops and Kolorado's Father.png|[[Koops]] mistakes the [[Dull Bones]] for [[Koopley|his own father]].
PMTTYD Kolorado's Father Letter.png
PMTTYD Koops Admitting Mistake.png
PMTTYD Red Bones Encounter.png
PMTTYD Dull Bones Swarm.png|The [[Dull Bones]] swarm
RedBones Fight PMTTYD.png|Mid-boss battle
PMTTYD Shine Sprite HooktailCastleCellRoom.png|The first [[Shine Sprite]]
PMTTYD Star Piece HooktailCastlePurpleBlock.png|Mario getting the Star Piece in the high platform after taking the purple block
PMTTYD Star Piece HooktailCastleWall.png|Mario getting the Star Piece on the wall ledge after taking the big black and yellow block
Castle Key 1 PMTTYD.png|The first key
HooktailPuzzle 1 PMTTYD.png|The ! Switch and various blocks
PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Second Save Block.png
PMTTYD Paper Curse Black Chest.png
Hooktail Castle Black Key PMTTYD.png|[[Black Key]]
Spikes PMTTYD.png|The spiked ceiling is about to lower down.
PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Spike Maze.png|The spike room
PMTTYD Paper Mode First Obstacle.png|Mario slipping past the bars in Hooktail Castle.
AFX obtain.png|Mario obtains the [[Attack FX R]] badge, the key to defeat Hooktail.
Castle Key 2 PMTTYD.png|The second key
HooktailPuzzle 2 PMTTYD.png|Koops being shot at a switch
PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Revealing Path.png
PMTTYD Star Piece HooktailCastleBehindWindow.png|Mario getting the Star Piece behind the windows in the third area.
PMTTYD Mario Jumping Through Window.png
PMTTYD Second Dungeon Area.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Life Shroom.png
PMTTYD Second Dungeon Top Area.png
MowzHooktailCastle.png
Ms. Mowz Introduction.png|Encountering Ms. Mowz
MsMowzMarioKoops.png|Mario meets Ms. Mowz.
Ms Mowz Kiss 1.png|Mario gets kissed by Ms. Mowz.
PMTTYD Ms Mowz Window.png
MushroomHooktailCastle.png|[[Mushroom]]
Castle Key 3 PMTTYD.png|The third key
PMTTYD Shine Sprite HooktailCastleStoreroom.png|The second Shine Sprite
HoneySyrupHooktailCastle.png|[[Honey Syrup]]
Castle Door Unlocked.png|Mario is unlocking the third castle door
PMTTYD Yellow Elevator Block Puzzle.png
MarioYellowBlockUp PMTTYD.png|Mario gets elevated up to the plane panel
PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Indoor Plane Panel.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Plane Mode Ledge.png
PMTTYD Star Piece HooktailCastleYellowBlock.png|Mario getting the Star Piece in the upper-north-east corner of the plane room
Castle Key 4 PMTTYD.png|The fourth key
Mario Falling Down PMTTYD.png|Mario and Koops are falling down the fourth area
Last Stand P Platform PMTTYD.png|[[Last Stand P]]
PMTTYD Shine Sprite HooktailCastleHighRoom.png| Mario and Koops next to the last Shine Sprite on the fourth floor
Last Castle Door Chapter 1.png|Mario opened the fourth castle door
HooktailCastle Bridge.png|The bridge
PMTTYD Outside Hooktail's Lair.png|Hooktail's lair
Hooktail PMTTYD encounter.png|Mario and Koops encounter Hooktail
Hooktail Threatening PMTTYD.png|Hooktail threatens to devour the heroes.
PMTTYD Hooktail Battle Introduction.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Battle.png|Mario prepares to swing his hammer at Hooktail
PMTTYD Hooktail Feeling Ill.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Breath.png|Hooktail breathing her "stinky, fiery breath" at Goombella and Mario
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 1.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 2.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 3.png
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
Koopley Relieved.png|Koopley
Koops and Koopley.png
Koopley and Diamond PMTTYD.png
Diamond Star Souvenir PMTTYD.png
Koopley Pleads Mario PMTTYD.png
PMTTYD Crystal Star get.png
KoopookTTYD.png|Koopook [[Trouble Center]] mission
PMTTYD Attack FX B screenshot.png|Mario using Flurrie to blow away the "sheet" and reveal a chest containing the [[Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Attack FX B]] badge
</gallery>
 
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
<gallery>
PMTTYD NS Plane Mode.png
TTYDNS Koops Crying.png
TTYD NS Koops Asks About Letter 1.jpg
TTYDNS Koops Reading Letter.png
TTYD NS Koops Asks About Letter 2.jpg
TTYD NS Mario Reads Kolorado Dad Letter.jpg
TTYDNS Red Bones Nothing But Bones.png
TTYDNS Castle Dull Bones Horde.png
TTYDNS Looking Up As Spikes Fall.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Castle Spike Room.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Castle Black Chest.png
PMTTYD NS Hooktail Castle Switch.jpg
TTYDNS Hooktail Castle New Pipe.jpg
PMTTYD NS Ms. Mowz Hooktail Castle.jpg
TTYDNS Hooktail Castle Battle POW.jpg
TTYDNS Outside Hooktail's Lair in Ch 1.png
TTYDNS Hooktail in Darkness.png
PMTTYD NS Hooktail.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Battle about to Start.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Hates Frogs.png
TTYD NS Hooktail Being Weird.jpg
TTYDNS Hooktail Eating Audience.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Empty Audience.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Defeated.png
TTYDNS Hooktail Spitting Koopley Out.png
TTYDNS Koopley Is Out.png
TTYDNS Koopley Reveals the Truth.jpg
TTYDNS Koopley Diamond Star.png
TTYDNS Diamond Star Get.png
TTYD NS Top of castle after Ch 1.jpg
TTYDNS Hooktail Lair Tattle.jpg
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
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|JapR=Gonbaba Jō
|JapM=Hooktail Castle
|ChiS=轰巴巴城堡
|ChiSR=Hōngbābā Chéngbǎo
|ChiSM=Hooktail Castle
|ChiT=轟巴巴城堡
|ChiTR=Hōngbābā Chéngbǎo
|ChiTM=Hooktail Castle
|Dut=Vermila's kasteel
|DutM=Hooktail's castle
|Fre=Château de Carbocroc
|FreM=Hooktail's Castle
|Ger=Lohgards Burg
|Ger=Lohgards Burg
|GerM=Hooktail's Castle}}
|GerM=Hooktail's Castle
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|Ita=Castello di Crimilde
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|ItaM=Hooktail's Castle
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Latest revision as of 06:11, September 26, 2024

Hooktail Castle
Outside Hooktail Castle
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Greater location Petal Meadows
Ruler Hooktail
Inhabitants Dull Bones, Koopa Troopas, and Goombas
“Oh, man… Hooktail Castle… The stories were all true… This place is TERRIFYING…”
—Koops, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Hooktail Castle is a location that is found during the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in Chapter 1. Although not explicitly stated, it is the first major dungeon in the game, as it takes place in a closed location. Like Koopa Bros. Fortress from Paper Mario, it features many traps and enemies, a boss at the top of the castle, four keys to unlock four doors, and a quest reward at the end. It is the castle where Hooktail, the dragon who is terrorizing Petalburg, is fought and resides. Mario, and his partners — Goombella and Koops — travel here to defeat Hooktail and collect the Diamond Star. The castle is full of many traps and enemies that Mario and his partners must avoid and defeat. The enormous rooms in the castle provide a resting place for some of the Koopas that have fallen victim to Hooktail's ways — however, not all of the skeletons found throughout the castle remain in an eternal rest.

The in-game map description reads, "A massive castle built to accommodate Hooktail's bulk. It's full of lethal traps."

History[edit]

Background[edit]

According to stories told by Grifty, Hooktail Castle was built long ago in order to harbor one of the Crystal Stars, which had been scattered throughout the land to exert the Shadow Queen's power. Since the castle was built to "accommodate Hooktail's bulk", it is likely that Hooktail, being one of the Shadow Queen's pets, was tasked with guarding the Crystal Star by her master and given Hooktail Castle to live in while doing so. Alongside containing traps to prevent potential thieves from reaching Hooktail and the Crystal Star at the top of the castle, the castle contains torture devices such as the Rack, a flail, and a ball-and-chain. There are also many prison cells in the castle. As such, it is possible that Hooktail Castle was additionally utilized to imprison and torture enemies of the Shadow Queen, not dissimilar to her Pit of 100 Trials.

At some point, Kolorado's father decided to travel to Hooktail Castle to defeat the dragon, but only made it to the second room past the front door before dying. 10 years prior to the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Koopley would aim to do the same. While he was much more successful in his quest compared to Kolorado's father, managing to make it all the way to Hooktail, he ultimately lost the battle with her and was eaten.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

RogueportPetalburgPetal MeadowsHooktail CastleThe Great TreeBoggly WoodsPirate's GrottoKeelhaul KeyTwilight TownTwilight TrailFahr OutpostCreepy SteepleMoonX-Naut FortressGlitzvillePoshley SanctumRiverside StationPoshley HeightsA map of Rogueport and the surrounding areas visited during Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
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Artwork of Hooktail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Hooktail, the guardian of the castle.

When Mario and Goombella first arrive in Petal Meadows, they see Hooktail flying to Hooktail Castle, as well as a stone structure that looks like a pipe. The pipe, which leads into the background of the castle, is accessible after placing the Sun and Moon Stones from Shhwonk Fortress into the nearby pedestals. At the start, there is a Recovery Block and a spring which leads to a plane panel, allowing Mario to fly across the ensuing moat in Plane Mode. A garden with a broken bridge appears under the plane panel. This garden hovers above a moat, and at the end of it, Mario can collect an HP Plus badge when using Koops. After soaring across the moat, Mario reaches a set of purple doors that lead to the center of the castle.

Inside the area, there are many Koopa Troopas and Koopa Paratroopas and a Power Bounce badge within a red ? block. In the next room, there are skeletons of Koopas and the skeleton of Kolorado's father, which clutches a note addressed to Kolorado containing a warning about Hooktail and her weaknesses and his last words. At the far end of the room, there is a Red Bones that guards the doorway to the next room. When it is awakened, the room becomes flooded with Dull Bones, and Mario and his partner are pushed away from the door, though the Red Bones battles Mario if it is hit by a hammer. After defeating the Red Bones, Mario can gain access to the next room.

In the next few rooms, there are more Dull Bones and a Shine Sprite in their path. A red Castle Key is needed to unlock a locked door after passing through the rooms. It is on a high platform that can be accessible from Lift Switches that cause arrow-imprinted blocks to go up and down. Mario can use Koops' Shell Toss ability to hit the switches while he jumps up blocks. The purple block leads to a square-shaped hole in a wall with a Star Piece on a ledge. By jumping on two Stone Blocks, Mario can reach a big black and yellow block that leads to a wall ledge and a Star Piece. With the black and yellow block up, Mario can use Koops to hit a red ! Switch to flip a nearby staircase to the other side, allowing Mario to grab the key via Koops' shell. After this, Mario and his partner can reach a Save Block and a large green block that goes up.

After some travel, they reach a room with a few Dull Bones and a Paragoomba and a cell, which can be raised by pressing a red ! Switch. The cell leads to a room with a black chest. After collecting the Black Key in a chest at the room to the right, spikes pop out of the ground of the room forming a maze. The ceiling is also covered in spikes and lowers towards the ground, which will crush Mario and his partner if they do not escape within 50 seconds. After unlocking the chest, the being inside the chest curses Mario, allowing him to turn paper-thin and squeeze into narrow spaces. He can then reach the Attack FX R badge (Attack FX G in the remake) in the prison cell to the left.

After reaching the second level of the castle by a big green block in the fourth room of the previous area, there is another locked door. The second key is located in a cell room with Kolorado's dead father in it and requires Paper Mode. After unlocking the door, there is a Recovery Block. There is also a switch that causes a bridge to appear. Mario can use Koops to hit the second switch and create another bridge, and they can use a window that does not have any bars on it to pass through the third gap, which is low enough to jump through, and a Star Piece can be found behind the windows at the start. Mario can also jump through the other window and enter the west door. Later, there is a room with many Dull Bones and another large green block on the ground. Mario can use Koops again and reach the third level. A Life Mushroom can be seen on a ledge on the left wall and it can be collected if Mario drops down from the third level in front or behind the bars.

Mario leveling up in a battle in Hooktail Castle

After meeting a mysterious thief named Ms. Mowz that came to the castle to steal rare badges in the treasure room, she leaves out the window after chatting with Mario and giving him a kiss. In this room, there is a Mushroom, a Honey Syrup, and a key in the chests. After unlocking a door, Mario progresses further up the castle. Mario and his partner can then enter a room with Dull Bones at the bottom, a plane panel at the top, and big black and yellow block that allows Mario to elevate up to the two ceiling ledges. On the ceiling, Mario can obtain a Star Piece at the east end. To obtain a key, Mario can hit a yellow block to move the large black and yellow block downward, then Koops can be shot at the key. If Mario goes down a gap in the room, he can obtain the Last Stand P badge.

After unlocking a locked door and collecting a Shine Sprite, Mario must go up two flights of stairs and travel across the outside ledge of another room. Mario and his partner then reach a long bridge with Koopas that leads up to a tower with a Spiky Goomba on duty. At the top of this tower, there is a Save Block, Recovery Block, and an enormous pair of purple doors. Through these doors, Mario and his partners encounter Hooktail, and after she is defeated, Koopley is spat out of her, and he gives Mario the Diamond Star.

Once Hooktail is defeated, Koopook will post a trouble at the Trouble Center asking participants to find him in Hooktail Castle. If Mario locates him on the ledge near the green elevator block, he will reward Mario with the Special Card. Once Chapter 4 is cleared, Ms. Mowz will anonymously post a trouble to find an elusive badge; doing so has Ms. Mowz join Mario as a partner. After Chapter 5, Merlon will tell Mario and his partners about a fortune he had received, which told of a room hidden in Hooktail Castle. If Mario and his partners return to the room with the spikes and blast a large crack in the right wall with Bobbery, they can find an Up Arrow.

Enemies[edit]

Enemy HP Attack Defense
Dull Bones 1 2 1
Goomba 2 1 0
Paragoomba 2 1 0
Spiked Goomba 2 2 0
Koopa Troopa 4 2 1
Koopa Paratroopa 4 2 1

Bosses[edit]

Enemy HP Attack Defense Status
Red Bones 5 3 1 Mid-Boss
Hooktail 20 5 1 Chapter 1 Boss

Formations[edit]

For enemy formations in Hooktail Castle, see here.

Items[edit]

Item Location
Attack FX G Attack FX G Nintendo Switch
Attack FX R Attack FX R Nintendo GameCube 		In the storeroom in the right of the first floor, it is in the first cell.
Black Key Black Key In the spiky room in the right of the first floor, it is in the chest in the middle.
Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) Castle Key (Green) In the second room on the first floor, it is in the right of the area behind the cells.
Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) Castle Key (Red) In the third room on the first floor, it is on a low ledge on the north wall. Accessible from the flippable stairs.
Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) Castle Key (Yellow) In the storeroom on the third floor, it is in the chest in the far-left.
Castle Key (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) Castle Key (Blue) In the stair area on the third floor, it is across a gap in the south. Requires Koops.
Diamond Star Diamond Star Found by Koopley in Hooktail's stomach. Given to Mario after Hooktail is defeated.
Attack FX B (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) Elusive Badge Inside the chest covered by a piece of paper at the center of Hooktail's room while doing Ms. Mowz's trouble.
Honey Syrup Honey Syrup In the storeroom on the third floor, it is in the chest in the front-left.
HP Plus HP Plus Outside the castle, it is to the right under the broken bridge. Requires Koops.
Last Stand P Last Stand P In the stair area on the second floor, it is on top of the high platform in the southeast. Accessible with the yellow block from the third floor.
Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Mushroom In the room with a block to the third floor, it is on a ledge by the left wall.
Mushroom Mushroom In the storeroom on the third floor, it is in the chest in the middle.
Power Bounce Power Bounce In the first room on the first floor, it is in the red ? block.
Shine Sprite Shine Sprite (×3) In the third room on the first floor, it is by the north wall.
In the storeroom on the third floor, it is above the left chests.
In the stair area on the fourth floor, it is in front of the window by the door to the outside.
Special Card Special Card In the room with a block to the third floor, it is given by Koopook for doing his trouble.
Star Piece Star Piece (×5) In the second room on the first floor, it is under a panel behind the leftmost cell.
In the third room on the first floor, it is on a high ledge on the north wall. Accessible from the yellow block or the window area on the second floor.
To the right of the third room on the first floor, it is on a high ledge through a hole on the wall. Accessible from the purple block.
In the window area on the second floor, it is in the right of the area behind the windows.
In the airplane room on the third floor, it is on the right of the north ledge.
Up Arrow Up Arrow To the right of the spiky room on the first floor, it is inside a chest that appears after hitting the ! block. Requires Bobbery.

Profiles[edit]

  • Tattles:
    • This is the entrance to Hooktail Castle. Not bad... There's a garden up ahead. There's a Save Block here, too, so we'd probably better use it, don'tcha think?
      • This is the entrance to Hooktail Castle. There's a Save Block here! We should use it, don'tcha think? (Switch)
    • This is the Hooktail Castle garden. Looks like the bridge has been out for a while. Even so, this castle just seems so... majestic, y'know? It's so big, and... strange.
      • Looks like the bridge has been out for a while. Even so, this castle just seems so... majestic, y'know? It's so big and... strange. (Switch)
    • This is a corridor in Hooktail Castle. Can't say I'm a fan of the bone-pile decor. I don't really wanna have my bones end up here, Mario. How about we move on?
    • I guess that's a dungeon beyond us... Ick... There are bones scattered everywhere. Mmm... Mold and dust... Great. You could totally choke on the stench in this place. HAAAAAACK!
    • This must be the great hall of Hooktail Castle. I'd say it's the center of the castle. This place is so full of traps and dangers... It's kind of hard to get around, huh? If we could just walk to a window and look at the sky, that might clear our heads...
    • This is Hooktail Castle. You feel that upward-moving draft in here? Wow, sure is a big castle. Who do you think built it? So many questions!
    • These are the dungeons of Hooktail Castle. I don't think they're in use, but... yuck. Hey, y'know, I was meaning to ask... Have you mastered Koops's "Hold" move yet? When Koops is with you, just press and hold X Button to make his shell stop ahead of you. You can even move around while it stays there! Try it out in different areas!
    • What a totally weird room. There's just gotta be something hidden here. Then again, EVERY room in this castle is totally weird.
    • This is Hooktail Castle. There's an upward-moving draft in this room, too. Of course, tons of bones lying around, too. This place needs a decorator, STAT! You never know which bones are gonna attack, so careful where you walk, OK? Oh, and if you want to ride that green block, remember, Koops is the MAN!
    • This is Hooktail's treasure room. Ms. Mowz was looking for something here, but I don't think there's anything left.
    • This is Hooktail Castle. The door up on that platform to the right is hard to reach. I wonder if the switch on the right might control the block that could get us up there... Looks like a job for Koops...
    • Mario, take a look at this! It's like you could reach out and touch the sky, huh? Looking out from the heights makes my head go goomby... I mean... I mean goony!
    • This is Hooktail's lair. Yup, the highest chamber in the castle! Now, where's Hooktail, huh? Hmmm... Y'know, maybe we should be glad it's not around at the moment...
    • This is a hidden room in Hooktail Castle. Who knew there was a room in here? Well... I guess secret rooms are supposed to be secret...

Gallery[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

  • Hooktail Castle in the sun

    Hooktail Castle in the sun

  • Diamond Star revealed

    Diamond Star revealed

  • Hooktail Castle as it appears on the map

    Hooktail Castle as it appears on the map

  • Sprite of the castle

    Sprite of the castle

  • The secret entrance to Hooktail Castle

    The secret entrance to Hooktail Castle

  • Secret Warp Pipe Revealed.png
  • Mario jumping to Hooktail Castle in the background

    Mario jumping to Hooktail Castle in the background

  • PMTTYD Before Hooktail Castle 1.png
  • PMTTYD Before Hooktail Castle 2.png
  • The introduction

    The introduction

  • Goombella tattling the first corridor of Hooktail Castle

    Goombella tattling the first corridor of Hooktail Castle

  • Goombella tattling a Koopa Paratroopa

    Goombella tattling a Koopa Paratroopa

  • The dead body of Kolorado's father on the ground.

    The dead body of Kolorado's father on the ground.

  • Koops mistakes the Dull Bones for his own father.

    Koops mistakes the Dull Bones for his own father.

  • PMTTYD Kolorado's Father Letter.png
  • PMTTYD Koops Admitting Mistake.png
  • PMTTYD Red Bones Encounter.png
  • The Dull Bones swarm

    The Dull Bones swarm

  • Mid-boss battle

    Mid-boss battle

  • The first Shine Sprite

    The first Shine Sprite

  • Mario getting the Star Piece in the high platform after taking the purple block

    Mario getting the Star Piece in the high platform after taking the purple block

  • Mario getting the Star Piece on the wall ledge after taking the big black and yellow block

    Mario getting the Star Piece on the wall ledge after taking the big black and yellow block

  • The first key

    The first key

  • The ! Switch and various blocks

    The ! Switch and various blocks

  • PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Second Save Block.png
  • PMTTYD Paper Curse Black Chest.png
  • The spiked ceiling is about to lower down.

    The spiked ceiling is about to lower down.

  • The spike room

    The spike room

  • Mario slipping past the bars in Hooktail Castle.

    Mario slipping past the bars in Hooktail Castle.

  • Mario obtains the Attack FX R badge, the key to defeat Hooktail.

    Mario obtains the Attack FX R badge, the key to defeat Hooktail.

  • The second key

    The second key

  • Koops being shot at a switch

    Koops being shot at a switch

  • PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Revealing Path.png
  • Mario getting the Star Piece behind the windows in the third area.

    Mario getting the Star Piece behind the windows in the third area.

  • PMTTYD Mario Jumping Through Window.png
  • PMTTYD Second Dungeon Area.png
  • PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Life Shroom.png
  • PMTTYD Second Dungeon Top Area.png
  • MowzHooktailCastle.png
  • Encountering Ms. Mowz

    Encountering Ms. Mowz

  • Mario meets Ms. Mowz.

    Mario meets Ms. Mowz.

  • Mario gets kissed by Ms. Mowz.

    Mario gets kissed by Ms. Mowz.

  • PMTTYD Ms Mowz Window.png
  • The third key

    The third key

  • The second Shine Sprite

    The second Shine Sprite

  • Mario is unlocking the third castle door

    Mario is unlocking the third castle door

  • PMTTYD Yellow Elevator Block Puzzle.png
  • Mario gets elevated up to the plane panel

    Mario gets elevated up to the plane panel

  • PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Indoor Plane Panel.png
  • PMTTYD Hooktail Castle Plane Mode Ledge.png
  • Mario getting the Star Piece in the upper-north-east corner of the plane room

    Mario getting the Star Piece in the upper-north-east corner of the plane room

  • The fourth key

    The fourth key

  • Mario and Koops are falling down the fourth area

    Mario and Koops are falling down the fourth area

  • Mario and Koops next to the last Shine Sprite on the fourth floor

    Mario and Koops next to the last Shine Sprite on the fourth floor

  • Mario opened the fourth castle door

    Mario opened the fourth castle door

  • The bridge

    The bridge

  • Hooktail's lair

    Hooktail's lair

  • Mario and Koops encounter Hooktail

    Mario and Koops encounter Hooktail

  • Hooktail threatens to devour the heroes.

    Hooktail threatens to devour the heroes.

  • PMTTYD Hooktail Battle Introduction.png
  • Mario prepares to swing his hammer at Hooktail

    Mario prepares to swing his hammer at Hooktail

  • PMTTYD Hooktail Feeling Ill.png
  • Hooktail breathing her "stinky, fiery breath" at Goombella and Mario

    Hooktail breathing her "stinky, fiery breath" at Goombella and Mario

  • PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 1.png
  • PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 2.png
  • PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 3.png
  • Hooktail gobbles the Toads in the audience and restores 10 HP.

    Hooktail gobbles the Toads in the audience and restores 10 HP.

  • Hooktail faints.

    Hooktail faints.

  • Hooktail defeated.

    Hooktail defeated.

  • Hooktail spitting Koopley's shell out

    Hooktail spitting Koopley's shell out

  • Koopley

    Koopley

  • Koops and Koopley.png
  • Koopley and Diamond PMTTYD.png
  • Diamond Star Souvenir PMTTYD.png
  • Koopley Pleads Mario PMTTYD.png
  • PMTTYD Crystal Star get.png
  • Koopook Trouble Center mission

    Koopook Trouble Center mission

  • Mario using Flurrie to blow away the "sheet" and reveal a chest containing the Attack FX B badge

    Mario using Flurrie to blow away the "sheet" and reveal a chest containing the Attack FX B badge

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)[edit]

  • PMTTYD NS Plane Mode.png
  • TTYDNS Koops Crying.png
  • TTYD NS Koops Asks About Letter 1.jpg
  • TTYDNS Koops Reading Letter.png
  • TTYD NS Koops Asks About Letter 2.jpg
  • TTYD NS Mario Reads Kolorado Dad Letter.jpg
  • TTYDNS Red Bones Nothing But Bones.png
  • TTYDNS Castle Dull Bones Horde.png
  • TTYDNS Looking Up As Spikes Fall.png
  • TTYDNS Hooktail Castle Spike Room.png
  • TTYDNS Hooktail Castle Black Chest.png
  • PMTTYD NS Hooktail Castle Switch.jpg
  • TTYDNS Hooktail Castle New Pipe.jpg
  • PMTTYD NS Ms. Mowz Hooktail Castle.jpg
  • TTYDNS Hooktail Castle Battle POW.jpg
  • TTYDNS Outside Hooktail's Lair in Ch 1.png
  • TTYDNS Hooktail in Darkness.png
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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゴンババ城じょう[?]
Gonbaba Jō 		Hooktail Castle
Chinese (simplified) 轰巴巴城堡[?]
Hōngbābā Chéngbǎo 		Hooktail Castle
Chinese (traditional) 轟巴巴城堡[?]
Hōngbābā Chéngbǎo 		Hooktail Castle
Dutch Vermila's kasteel[?] Hooktail's castle
French Château de Carbocroc[?] Hooktail's Castle
German Lohgards Burg[?] Hooktail's Castle
Italian Castello di Crimilde[?] Hooktail's Castle
Korean 곤자잔 성[?]
Gonjajan Seong 		Hooktail Castle
Spanish Castillo de Gombaba[?] Hooktail's Castle
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Blooey • The Bob-omb Squad • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Ultra Hammer • Veil
Objects Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Art Gallerya • Badges • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Flash game • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Goldbobbington's • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Clan • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Parade • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Stump Petuni • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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