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{{quote|Arooooooooooooo!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door}}
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|image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|species=Dragon
|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]])
}}
 
{{quote|AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Bonetail''' is a large, skeletal dragon in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' residing at the bottom of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. She is the older sister of [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. Unlike her still-living siblings, she is an undead dragon, having died of unknown reasons. She was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]], but it is never stated why or how Bonetail came to reside at the bottom of the Pit. According to [[Grifty]], Bonetail, along with her two siblings, went around the world terrorizing people some time before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. Bonetail is depicted as male in the original English localization, but female in every other version, including the English version of [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch remake]].
 
==History==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail roars, and her many breaths during battle cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. Her blue breath can [[Frozen|freeze]] Mario, green breath can cause [[Confused|confusion]], purple can turn Mario or his partner [[Tiny (status effect)|tiny]], and white can inflict [[sleep]]. All of her breath attacks can be avoided with [[Shell Shield]] or simply guarding. If Mario defeats Bonetail, she coughs up a chest containing the [[Return Postage]] [[badge]].
 
Bonetail is much stronger than her younger siblings, Hooktail and Gloomtail. She is the strongest boss in the game, being stronger than the Shadow Queen, but only offers one [[Star Point]] after defeat; Bonetail can restore 20 HP when having lower HP and has the most HP out of any enemy. Additionally, Bonetail has the same default attack and defense stats as Gloomtail, with other buffs added throughout the fight. However, Bonetail does not have all of Gloomtail's attacks, like his earthquake attack or Megabreath.
 
In the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], a clear bonus of 999 coins is given upon defeating Bonetail. The color of Bonetail's confusion breath has also been changed from green to pink.


{{ttydenemy
Once defeated, Bonetail cannot be fought again and will be absent if Mario returns to the bottom of the Pit. Nothing remains in her room except the open chest and the ambient music that plays in the room after she is defeated. In the Nintendo Switch remake, [[Whacka]] will become the new final boss of the Pit if he is driven out of [[Keelhaul Key]] and the player has received the "[[Mailbox SP#RDM Extra Issue|RDM Extra Issue]]" email.
|PM2=yes
|image=[[Image:Bonetail.PNG]]
|moves=Dangerous Breath (8; burn (orange), sleep (white), confusion (purple), frozen (blue)), Recover (20 HP), Stomp (8), Chomp (8)
|hp=200
|atk=8
|def=2
|location=[[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]]
|items=None
|moves=
|log=The oldest brother of Hooktail. He's just bones now.  He's incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest?
|tattle=That's Bonetail. He's the oldest brother of Hooktail. ...So old he's just bones, in fact. Wow. Now THAT'S old. He has various breaths that might confuse us or put us to sleep. When his HP gets low, he'll recover... or reanimate, as the case may be. He's probably stronger than the last boss, seriously!  Let's do this right!
|before=[[Gloomtail|100]]
|#=101
|after=[[Rawk Hawk|102]]
}}


'''Bonetail''' is a large zombified [[Dragon]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', living at the bottom of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]].
At the beginning of the fight, Mario's [[party member|partner]] makes a comment regarding Bonetail:
*[[Goombella]]: "''Wow! What a freak!''"
*[[Koops]]: "''Yikes! What a grump!''"
*[[Flurrie]]: "''Mercy! Such anger!''"
*[[Yoshi Kid]]: "''Whoa! What a psycho!''" (GCN) / "''Whoa! What a monster!''" (Switch)
*[[Vivian]]: "''Wow! What a grouch!''"
*[[Bobbery]]: "''Rather a crabby sort, eh?''"
*[[Ms. Mowz]]: "''My! What a crab!''"


He is the oldest member of the "tail" family, older than both [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. As his name implies, he is merely a skeleton of a Dragon, implying that he has been living far longer than the other members of the family. He was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]] and was put in the pit to guard and punish anyone she wanted. The reason why he became a skeleton is that he never ate anything for so long and died of old age. Any actions outside of the Pit of 100 Trials, if any, are unknown.
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:SMKun 34 Bonetail.png|thumb|left|Bonetail in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Despite being an optional boss in the game being adapted, Bonetail appears in volume 34 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. In it, she makes everyone in Rogueport stupid with her "idiot breath", and Mario, Goombella, and Koops must defeat her to revert everyone back to normal. Unlike in the game, she is able to speak.


After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail will roar, making it questionable if he can talk, as he has not ever demonstrated that ability. Bonetail's many breaths can confuse and cause sleep. He can also restore his [[HP]] if it's low. Eventually, Mario defeated him and Bonetail burped up a chest containing the [[Badges#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Return Postage Badge]].
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYD Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|250px]]}}


Bonetail is the strongest enemy in the game, even stronger than the Shadow Queen. He is not necessarily harder than the Shadow Queen though, because the Shadow Queen has two hands, which can allow her to attack more than once, however the player may prepare however they wish for the Shadow Queen battle, but they may be exhausted from completing the previous 99 levels of the Pit of 100 Trials before reaching Bonetail.
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Tattle Log - Bonetail.png|180px]]}}


==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:MeetBonetail.PNG|[[Mario]] meeting Bonetail.
Bonetail.png|Bonetail's head design
image:byebonetail.png|Bonetail after being defeated.
MeetBonetail.png|[[Mario]] encounters Bonetail
PMTTYD Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail.png|The battle with Bonetail
PMTTYD Bonetail Defeated.png|Bonetail defeated
Pit of 100 trials floor 100.png|Bonetail in the remake
PMTTYDNS Bonetail Defeated.jpg|Bonetail defeated in the remake
Bonetail head TTYD early.png|Bonetail's [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|unused]] early head design
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Trivia ==
==Names in other languages==
*Depending on which partner is accompanying Mario when he enters the 100th floor, the partner will make a short exclamation about the shock of finding such a huge dragon.
{{foreign names
*In the German version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bonetail is portrayed as female.
|Jap=ゾンババ<ref>{{cite|quote=『ゾンババ』よ|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo Co.|language=ja}}</ref>
*Bonetail plays the same role in this game as [[The Master]] (in his final form) did in the original [[Paper Mario]], in that they are both completely optional and stronger than the final bosses from their respective games.  
|JapR=Zonbaba
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ゾンビ」(''zonbi'', "zombie") and「ゴンババ」(''Gonbaba'', "[[Hooktail]]") or「ブンババ」(''Bunbaba'', "[[Gloomtail]]")
|ChiS=尸骨巴巴<ref>{{cite|quote=这是“尸骨巴巴”哦。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hans}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Shīgǔ Bābā
|ChiSM=From “尸骨” (''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and “轰巴巴” (''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or “蹦巴巴” (''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
|ChiT=屍骨巴巴<ref>{{cite|quote=他是「屍骨巴巴」喔。|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hant}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Shīgǔ Bābā
|ChiTM=From「屍骨」(''shīgǔ'', "skeleton") and「轟巴巴」(''Hōngbābā'', "Hooktail") or「蹦巴巴」(''Bèngbābā'', "Gloomtail")
|Dut=Ivora<ref>{{cite|quote=Dat is Ivora, de oudere zus van Vermila.
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=nl}}</ref>
|DutM=From ''Ivoor'' ("ivory")
|Fre=Occicroc<ref>{{cite|quote=C'est Occicroc.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=fr-ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=C'est Occicroc !|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''occire'' ("slay") and ''croc'' ("fang")
|Ger=Lohviata<ref>{{cite|quote=Das ist Lohviata.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Lohe'' ("blaze") and possibly the English word "bloviate"; also likely a pun on "{{wp|Loviatar}}"
|Ita=Ossandra<ref>{{cite|quote=Questa è Ossandra, la sorella maggiore di Crimilde.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Pormanteau of ''osso'' ("bone") and the female name "Cassandra"
|Kor=좀자잔<ref>{{cite|quote=『좀자잔』이야|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>
|KorR=Jomjajan
|KorM=Portmanteau of "좀비" (''Jombi'', "zombie") and "곤자잔" (''Gonjajan'', "[[Hooktail]]") or "깜자잔" (''Kkamjajan'', "[[Gloomtail]]")
|Spa=Zombaba<ref>{{cite|quote=Aquí dice que es Zombaba, la hermana mayor de Gombaba.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=es-419}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Aquí pone que es Zombaba, la hermana mayor de Gombaba.|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=es-es}}</ref>
|SpaM=From the Japanese name "Zonbaba", but with an "m" before the "b" because, in Spanish orthography, "n" should not come before "b"
}}
 
==Trivia==
*As a defeatable, standalone boss by default with no minions to summon, and along with [[Whacka]] in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], Bonetail is the only boss Mario cannot defeat with a single jump (performed by a failed action Jump command) or hammer blow strengthened by [[Power Rush]] badges.
**Among these two, Bonetail is the only boss Mario cannot defeat alone in one turn without FP-based attacks, such as the [[Power Bounce]] badge by performing three jumps in one move.


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Latest revision as of 08:55, October 20, 2024

Bonetail
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Sprite 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)
“AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
Bonetail, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Bonetail is a large, skeletal dragon in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door residing at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials. She is the older sister of Gloomtail and Hooktail. Unlike her still-living siblings, she is an undead dragon, having died of unknown reasons. She was once a pet of the Shadow Queen, but it is never stated why or how Bonetail came to reside at the bottom of the Pit. According to Grifty, Bonetail, along with her two siblings, went around the world terrorizing people some time before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind The Thousand-Year Door. Bonetail is depicted as male in the original English localization, but female in every other version, including the English version of the Nintendo Switch remake.

History[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

After Mario and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail roars, and her many breaths during battle cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. Her blue breath can freeze Mario, green breath can cause confusion, purple can turn Mario or his partner tiny, and white can inflict sleep. All of her breath attacks can be avoided with Shell Shield or simply guarding. If Mario defeats Bonetail, she coughs up a chest containing the Return Postage badge.

Bonetail is much stronger than her younger siblings, Hooktail and Gloomtail. She is the strongest boss in the game, being stronger than the Shadow Queen, but only offers one Star Point after defeat; Bonetail can restore 20 HP when having lower HP and has the most HP out of any enemy. Additionally, Bonetail has the same default attack and defense stats as Gloomtail, with other buffs added throughout the fight. However, Bonetail does not have all of Gloomtail's attacks, like his earthquake attack or Megabreath.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, a clear bonus of 999 coins is given upon defeating Bonetail. The color of Bonetail's confusion breath has also been changed from green to pink.

Once defeated, Bonetail cannot be fought again and will be absent if Mario returns to the bottom of the Pit. Nothing remains in her room except the open chest and the ambient music that plays in the room after she is defeated. In the Nintendo Switch remake, Whacka will become the new final boss of the Pit if he is driven out of Keelhaul Key and the player has received the "RDM Extra Issue" email.

At the beginning of the fight, Mario's partner makes a comment regarding Bonetail:

  • Goombella: "Wow! What a freak!"
  • Koops: "Yikes! What a grump!"
  • Flurrie: "Mercy! Such anger!"
  • Yoshi Kid: "Whoa! What a psycho!" (GCN) / "Whoa! What a monster!" (Switch)
  • Vivian: "Wow! What a grouch!"
  • Bobbery: "Rather a crabby sort, eh?"
  • Ms. Mowz: "My! What a crab!"

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Bonetail
Bonetail in Super Mario-kun

Despite being an optional boss in the game being adapted, Bonetail appears in volume 34 of Super Mario-kun. In it, she makes everyone in Rogueport stupid with her "idiot breath", and Mario, Goombella, and Koops must defeat her to revert everyone back to normal. Unlike in the game, she is able to speak.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bonetail
Bonetail Max HP 200 Attack 8 Defense 2
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Level 100) Role Boss Level 0
Sleep? 0% Dizzy? 0% Confuse? 0%
Tiny? 0% Stop? 0% Soft? 0%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 0% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0% KO? 0% Moves Dangerous Breath (8, Piercing; sleep (white), confusion (green), shrunk (purple), frozen (blue)), Recover (20 HP, max twice), Stomp (8), Chomp (8)
Exp. points 99 Coins N/A Items Return Postage
Tattle Log #:
101
Log The oldest brother of Hooktail. He's just bones now. He's incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest?
Tattle That's Bonetail. He's the oldest brother of Hooktail. ...So old he's just bones, in fact. Wow. Now THAT'S old. His body's Max HP is 200, his Attack is 8, and his Defense is 2. He has various breaths that might confuse us or put us to sleep. When his HP gets low, he'll recover...or reanimate, as the case may be. He's probably stronger than the last boss, seriously! Let's do this right!

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

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bonetail
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 200 Attack 8 Defense 2
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Level 100) Role Super-Boss Level 0
Sleep? 0% Dizzy? 0% Confuse? 0%
Tiny? 0% Stop? 0% Soft? 0%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 0% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0% KO? 0% Moves Dangerous Breath (8, Piercing; sleep (white), confusion (pink), shrink (purple), frozen (blue)), Recover (20 HP, max twice), Stomp (8), Chomp (8)
Exp. points 99 Coins 999 Items Return Postage
Tattle Log #:
104
Log The oldest sister of Hooktail. She's just bones now. She's incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest?
Tattle That's Bonetail. She's the older sister of Hooktail... So old she's just bones, in fact. Wow. Now THAT'S old. Her body's Max HP is 200, her Attack is 8, and her Defense is 2. She has various breaths that might confuse us or put us to sleep. When her HP gets low, she'll recover... or reanimate, as the case may be. She's probably stronger than your basic final-boss type, seriously! Let's do this right!

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゾンババ[1]
Zonbaba
Portmanteau of「ゾンビ」(zonbi, "zombie") and「ゴンババ」(Gonbaba, "Hooktail") or「ブンババ」(Bunbaba, "Gloomtail")
Chinese (simplified) 尸骨巴巴[2]
Shīgǔ Bābā
From “尸骨” (shīgǔ, "skeleton") and “轰巴巴” (Hōngbābā, "Hooktail") or “蹦巴巴” (Bèngbābā, "Gloomtail")
Chinese (traditional) 屍骨巴巴[3]
Shīgǔ Bābā
From「屍骨」(shīgǔ, "skeleton") and「轟巴巴」(Hōngbābā, "Hooktail") or「蹦巴巴」(Bèngbābā, "Gloomtail")
Dutch Ivora[4] From Ivoor ("ivory")
French Occicroc[5][6] Portmanteau of occire ("slay") and croc ("fang")
German Lohviata[7] Portmanteau of Lohe ("blaze") and possibly the English word "bloviate"; also likely a pun on "Loviatar"
Italian Ossandra[8] Pormanteau of osso ("bone") and the female name "Cassandra"
Korean 좀자잔[9]
Jomjajan
Portmanteau of "좀비" (Jombi, "zombie") and "곤자잔" (Gonjajan, "Hooktail") or "깜자잔" (Kkamjajan, "Gloomtail")
Spanish Zombaba[10][11] From the Japanese name "Zonbaba", but with an "m" before the "b" because, in Spanish orthography, "n" should not come before "b"

Trivia[edit]

  • As a defeatable, standalone boss by default with no minions to summon, and along with Whacka in the remake, Bonetail is the only boss Mario cannot defeat with a single jump (performed by a failed action Jump command) or hammer blow strengthened by Power Rush badges.
    • Among these two, Bonetail is the only boss Mario cannot defeat alone in one turn without FP-based attacks, such as the Power Bounce badge by performing three jumps in one move.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 『ゾンババ』よ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese).
  2. ^ "这是“尸骨巴巴”哦。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Simplified Chinese).
  3. ^ 他是「屍骨巴巴」喔。」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Traditional Chinese).
  4. ^ "Dat is Ivora, de oudere zus van Vermila." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch).
  5. ^ "C'est Occicroc." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
  6. ^ "C'est Occicroc !" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (French).
  7. ^ "Das ist Lohviata." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German).
  8. ^ "Questa è Ossandra, la sorella maggiore di Crimilde." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
  9. ^ "『좀자잔』이야" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).
  10. ^ "Aquí dice que es Zombaba, la hermana mayor de Gombaba." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
  11. ^ "Aquí pone que es Zombaba, la hermana mayor de Gombaba." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish).