X-Naut PhD

X-Naut PhD
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	X-Naut

“What? WHAT? WHAT IS IT?! If you have nothing to say, then don't speak to me. I'm busy. See, I've even got a busy X-Naut clipboard here. And it says DO NOT DISTURB!”

—X-Naut PhD, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

X-Naut PhDs are expert X-Naut scientists, as the name implies ("PhD" stands for Doctor of Philosophy, which is generally recognized as the highest university degree obtainable). These X-Nauts wear lab coats and blue uniforms. They are usually responsible for building the inventions the other X-Nauts use for their plans, such as the Magnus von Grapple mech suits, and are also the creators of the Yux species. In battle, they attack by throwing chemicals at Mario and his team; additionally, they can drink potions to make themselves Dodgy or to heal. An X-Naut PhD also appears in the final Bowser intermission level, World 3, where it throws chemicals at Bowser in a similar manner to Hammer Bros.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Naut PhD
	Max HP	9	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	X-Naut Fortress	Role	Common	Level	27
	Sleep?	80%	Dizzy?	80%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	90%	Stop?	80%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	70%	Fright?	90%
	Gale Force?	70%	KO?	95%	Moves	Chemical Throw (Blue (makes self dodgy) Red (4 and burns Mario) Orange (regains 10 HP to self or to partner, or 5 HP to self and one partner) Yellow (3 to Mario and partner and shrink (attack -2) to Mario and partner) Purple (4 and lowers defense (defense -3) to Mario))
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 4	Items	Dried Shroom (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Honey Syrup (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Shooting Star, Stopwatch, Super Shroom, Tasty Tonic (drop only), Volt Shroom (drop only), P-Down, D-Up, P-Down, D-Up P
Tattle Log #: 108	Log	An X-Naut that throws chemicals. Research is ongoing about the effects of the chemicals they throw.
	Tattle	That's an X-Naut PhD. Guys like this invent all the annoying things we fight. Max HP is 9, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. He likes to throw beakers of chemicals. The chemicals do all kinds of stuff, like making things huge or burning people. He may also use potions to heal himself or make himself impossible to hit. X-Naut PhDs are REALLY annoying, so take them out before they boost themselves.

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Naut PhD
	Max HP	9	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	X-Naut Fortress	Role	Common	Level	27
	Sleep?	80%	Dizzy?	80%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	90%	Stop?	80%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	70%	Fright?	90%
	Gale Force?	70%	KO?	95%	Moves	Chemical Throw (Blue (makes self dodgy) Red (4 and burns Mario) Orange (regains 10 HP to self or to partner, or 5 HP to self and one partner) Yellow (3 to Mario and partner and shrink (attack -2) to Mario and partner) Purple (4 and lowers defense (defense -3) to Mario))
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 4	Items	Dried Mushroom (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Honey Syrup (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Shooting Star, Stopwatch, Super Mushroom, Tasty Tonic (drop only), Volt Mushroom (drop only), P-Down, D-Up, P-Down, D-Up P
Tattle Log #: 113	Log	An X-Naut that throws chemicals. Research is ongoing about the effects of the chemicals they throw.
	Tattle	That's an X-Naut PhD. Guys like this invent all the annoying things we fight. Max HP is 9, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. He likes to throw beakers of chemicals. The chemicals do all kinds of stuff, like making things huge or burning people. He may also use potions to heal himself or make himself impossible to hit. X-Naut PhDs are REALLY annoying, so take them out before they boost themselves.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	けんきゅういん[?] Kenkyūin	Researcher
Chinese (simplified)	研究成员[?] Yánjiū Chéngyuán	Research Member
Chinese (traditional)	研究成員[?] Yánjiū Chéngyuán	Research Member
Dutch	Genie-kruistronaut[?]	Genius-X-Naut
French	Chercheur[?]	Researcher
German	Forscher[?]	Scientist or investigator
Italian	Ricercatore[?]	Researcher
Korean	연구원[?] Yeonguwon	Researcher
Spanish	Investigador[?]	Researcher