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|moves= Ground Pound (3), Tackle (3), Potion (Huge)
|location=[[The Great Tree]]<br>[[Keelhaul Key]]<br>[[X-Naut Fortress]]
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{{quote|You rang, dude? I mean, sir? You rang, [[Sir Grodus]], dude? Grodus? Sir Grodus, sir? |X-Naut|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|You rang, dude? I mean, sir? You rang, [[Sir Grodus]], dude? Grodus? Sir Grodus, sir?|X-Naut|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''X-Nauts''' are soldiers of the [[X-Nauts (organization)|eponymous organization]] that are under the command of [[Sir Grodus]] and [[Lord Crump]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. They are short and individually weak, but rush to defend their leader, Lord Crump, if he is threatened; [[X-Nauts (platoon)|a large army of X-Nauts]] (exceeding any count of X-Nauts seen where they are standard enemies) is often summoned by Lord Crump. It is unknown what is behind their uniform, as they do not show their true appearance, just like a [[Shy Guy]].


'''X-Nauts'''  are aliens that work for [[Grodus]] and [[Lord Crump]] of the [[Secret Society of the X-Nauts]]; they all appear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. These guys are short and individually weak, but rush to defend their threatened leader, often Lord Crump.
X-Nauts are known in a pre-release English localization of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' as '''Boomer Gangers'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Skawo|date=July 19, 2011|url=youtu.be/VDMEQrZ92IA?t=25m47s|title=<nowiki>[TCRF]</nowiki> Paper Mario 2 - Entire Demo Footage|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 8, 2012}}</ref>


Several X-Nauts were encountered in the [[Great Tree]] as they and Crump searched for the [[Emerald Star]]. The surviving X-Nauts were forced to retreat when Crump was defeated. Also, some were encountered in the [[X-Naut Fortress]], including X-Naut PhD's and Elite X-Nauts. At least four X-Nauts aside from Crump survived, and are shown in the ending sequence: A regular X-Naut, a PhD, and two Elite X-Nauts.
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Costume Sprite.png|thumb|left|An X-Naut uniform.]]
In battle, X-Nauts attack by charging into Mario or jumping on top of him. They can also use potions to heal each other or make themselves huge; increasing their Attack. They also appear in [[Bowser]]'s platforming levels, where they attack by charging at Bowser if they spot him.


A large army of X-Nauts (exceeding any count of X-Nauts seen in the Great Tree or X-Naut Fortress) is often summoned by Lord Crump. When Mario defeated Crump the first time, he summoned the X-Nauts (which included a regular X-Naut named Johnson) to attack Mario, but they accidentally attacked Crump instead while Mario and Goombella escaped. Later, on [[Keelhaul Key]], Crump brought the army of X-Nauts with him on a spiked ship to attack Mario and take the [[Sapphire Star]] back from him. They fought against the Toads and [[Cortez]]'s Embers, and eventually Crump called them in to assist him in the fight against Mario, but when Crump was defeated, he and the army retreated. Shortly afterward, when Crump encountered [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] in [[Twilight Town]], Crump summoned the army of X-Nauts again. Bowser and Kammy retaliated by summoning various members of the Koopa Troop (Hammer Bros., Koopatrols, and Magikoopas). Crump threw a Superbombomb at them, but as it was broken it didn't work. Bowser set it off with his fiery breath, destroying both armies (though Bowser, Kammy, and Crump survived).
Several X-Nauts are encountered in [[the Great Tree]] as they and Crump search for the [[Emerald Star]]. The remaining X-Nauts are forced to retreat once Crump is defeated. Also, some are encountered in the [[X-Naut Fortress]], including [[X-Naut PhD]]s and [[Elite X-Naut]]s. At least four X-Nauts aside from Crump remain by the end of the game, and are shown in the ending sequence: A regular X-Naut soldier, an X-Naut PhD, and two Elite X-Nauts.


In recent years, X-Nauts have (according to ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'') been featured in two sci-fi TV shows: ''[[Starship X-Naut]]'' and ''[[The Grodus Chronicles]]'' (the latter of which is only known to have featured one X-Naut whose lover had dumped him). There have been many seasons of ''Starship X-Naut'', and the show is a favorite of geeks such as [[Francis]]. Apparently, he favors people who would dump somebody over a conversation about the propulsion system of the X-Nauts' spaceship on the show. An X-Naut made a cameo appearance on the ''[[Nintendo Monopoly]]'' board.  
X-Nauts also appear as members of the [[Audience]] during some battles. They typically throw rocks at Mario if the battle drags for too long or if Mario receives contact damage and/or his attack deals no damage.


==Varieties of X-Nauts (I.E. Sub-Species)==
====''Super Paper Mario''====
* '''X-Naut Troopers''' are the lesser X-Nauts, also the weakest. These types of X-Nauts are field troops and the lowest of Grodus' underlings. When led by high-ranking commanders, such as Lord Crump, they can use more attacks.
According to ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', X-Nauts have been featured in two sci-fi TV shows: ''[[Starship X-Naut]]'' and ''[[The Grodus Chronicles]]'' (the latter of which is only known to have featured one X-Naut whose lover had dumped him). There have been many seasons of ''Starship X-Naut'', and the show is a favorite of geeks such as [[Francis]]. Apparently, he favors people who would dump somebody over a conversation about the propulsion system of the X-Nauts' spaceship on the show.
* '''[[Elite X-Naut]]s'''
* '''[[X-Naut PhD]]s'''


==Notable X-Nauts==
A [[Sammer Guy]] goes by the name of [[List of Sammer Guys#Laughing X-Naut|Laughing X-Naut]].
* [[Sir Grodus]] &ndash; ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
* [[Lord Crump]] &ndash; ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
* [[Johnson (X-Naut)|Johnson]] &ndash; ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''


==X-Naut Platoon Stats==
===''Nintendo Monopoly''===
*'''HP:''' 10
An X-Naut makes a cameo appearance on the ''[[Nintendo Monopoly]]'' board.
*'''Attack:''' 5 (Decreases as HP is lost)
 
*'''Defense:''' 0
===''Super Mario Run''===
*'''Location:''' [[Keelhaul Key]]
Two X-Nauts had a minor cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]), though their presence on the in-game alert for the event was their only appearance in the game.
*'''Tattle:''' That's an X-Naut platoon. Crump commands them all. Where'd they come from? Their Max HP depends on their condition, but Attack is 5 and Defense is 0. They're gonna come at us with coordinated group maneuvers, I'm sure. ...But they're pretty wimpy, so we should be able to handle it, don'tcha think?
 
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=X-Naut|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Sprite.png]]}}
 
====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=X-Naut|align=horizontal}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
X-Naut TTYD artwork.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
PMTTYDNS Audience Artwork 1.png|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
PMTTYDNS Audience Artwork 2.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYDNS chapter 5 Lord Crump battle.jpg|X-Nauts in the battle against Lord Crump in chapter five of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
SMR TTYD Promo.png|X-Naut cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
X-Nauts Instagram.jpg|Promotional character introduction (alongside [[Lord Crump]])
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|An X-Naut on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ぐんだんいん
|JapR=Gundan'in
|JapM=From「軍団員」(''gundan-in'', "corps member")
|ChiS=军团成员
|ChiSR=Jūntuán Chéngyuán
|ChiSM=Corps Member
|ChiT=軍團成員
|ChiTR=Jūntuán Chéngyuán
|ChiTM=Corps Member
|Dut=Kruistronaut
|DutM=From ''kruis'' ("cross") and ''astronaut''
|FreA=Cruxonaute
|FreAM=From ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross") with the suffix ''-naute'' ("-naut")
|FreE=Cruxitroufion
|FreEM=Portmanteau of ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross") and ''troufion'' ("low-ranked soldier")
|Ger=Fußsoldat
|GerM=Foot soldier
|Ita=Executore
|ItaM=X-ecutioner
|Kor=군단원
|KorR=Gundan Won
|KorM=Corps Member
|Spa=Soldado X
|SpaM=Soldier X
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The X-Nauts' name was possibly derived from the letter "X" (or the word "cross") and the word "astronaut".
*Due to the lack of voice acting in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', the pronunciation of "X-Naut" is unknown. It may be pronounced like the letter "X", which is supported by [[Goombella]]'s [[tattle]]s using the article "an" and by [[Koops]] saying "tissues... to the extreme" (i.e. phonetically "ex snot") when first meeting [[Punio]]. However, it can also be pronounced "cross", as suggested by Goombella's tattle on [[X-Yux]], in which case it may be a play on noughts and crosses, an alternative name for {{wp|tic-tac-toe}}.
*Due to the lack of voice acting in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (aside from small voice clips from [[Mario]], [[Peach]], and [[Bowser]]), the actual pronunciation of "X-Naut" is unknown. It's possible that it's pronounced "ex", like the letter "X", or it could be pronounced "cross", like the [[X-Yux|X-Yuxes]]. Although the word "an" was applied to the X-Nauts, it should also be noticed that it was incorrectly applied to the X-Yuxes in [[Goombella]]'s [[Tattle]], as well (unless she pronounced it "Ex-Yux" first, before revealing its actual pronunciation).
*In ''Super Paper Mario'', there is a [[Sammer Guy]] by the name of "Laughing X-Naut."
*The only two X-Nauts with names are Lord Crump and a random X-Naut named Johnson. Perhaps by coincidence, Crump and Johnson are also the names of two of the Big Five from the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime. In addition, during Goombella's email at the ending scene of the game, '''five''' X-Nauts (a regular X-Naut, a PhD, two Elite X-Nauts, and Crump) are seen alongside Grodus in Poshley Heights.
*In spite of the fact that Grodus and Crump both turn good after the Shadow Queen is defeated, during the "endless play mode" after the player defeats her, X-Nauts in the audience are still evil, as they continue to throw rocks and empty cans at Mario. Comically, they are also very likely to do ths during the fights with Bowser and the Shadow Queen, both of whom quite recently did some heavy damage to Grodus.


==Names in Other Languages==
==References==
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|Fra=Cruxitroufion
 
|FraM= Portmanteau of "cruxi-" (a prefix referring to a cross) and "troufion" (low-ranked soldier)
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|GerM= From Latin "crux" meaning cross, "-ionen" is a standard suffix like the English "-ions"
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Latest revision as of 18:52, July 16, 2024

This article is about the goggled footsoldier enemies in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the organization they work for, see X-Nauts (organization). For the horde made up of several of them, see X-Nauts (platoon).
X-Naut
Artwork of a X-Naut from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) artwork
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variants
Notable members
“You rang, dude? I mean, sir? You rang, Sir Grodus, dude? Grodus? Sir Grodus, sir?”
X-Naut, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

X-Nauts are soldiers of the eponymous organization that are under the command of Sir Grodus and Lord Crump in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its remake. They are short and individually weak, but rush to defend their leader, Lord Crump, if he is threatened; a large army of X-Nauts (exceeding any count of X-Nauts seen where they are standard enemies) is often summoned by Lord Crump. It is unknown what is behind their uniform, as they do not show their true appearance, just like a Shy Guy.

X-Nauts are known in a pre-release English localization of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as Boomer Gangers.[1]

History[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

An X-Naut uniform.

In battle, X-Nauts attack by charging into Mario or jumping on top of him. They can also use potions to heal each other or make themselves huge; increasing their Attack. They also appear in Bowser's platforming levels, where they attack by charging at Bowser if they spot him.

Several X-Nauts are encountered in the Great Tree as they and Crump search for the Emerald Star. The remaining X-Nauts are forced to retreat once Crump is defeated. Also, some are encountered in the X-Naut Fortress, including X-Naut PhDs and Elite X-Nauts. At least four X-Nauts aside from Crump remain by the end of the game, and are shown in the ending sequence: A regular X-Naut soldier, an X-Naut PhD, and two Elite X-Nauts.

X-Nauts also appear as members of the Audience during some battles. They typically throw rocks at Mario if the battle drags for too long or if Mario receives contact damage and/or his attack deals no damage.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

According to Super Paper Mario, X-Nauts have been featured in two sci-fi TV shows: Starship X-Naut and The Grodus Chronicles (the latter of which is only known to have featured one X-Naut whose lover had dumped him). There have been many seasons of Starship X-Naut, and the show is a favorite of geeks such as Francis. Apparently, he favors people who would dump somebody over a conversation about the propulsion system of the X-Nauts' spaceship on the show.

A Sammer Guy goes by the name of Laughing X-Naut.

Nintendo Monopoly[edit]

An X-Naut makes a cameo appearance on the Nintendo Monopoly board.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Two X-Nauts had a minor cameo in Super Mario Run (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch), though their presence on the in-game alert for the event was their only appearance in the game.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Naut
PMTTYD X-Naut Sprite.png Max HP 4 Attack 3 Defense 0
Location(s) The Great Tree, X-Naut Fortress Role Common Level 13
Sleep? 90% Dizzy? 90% Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 95% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 80% Fright? 100%
Gale Force? 80% KO? 95% Moves Ground Pound (3), Tackle (3), Potion (Huge)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items Dizzy Dial, Fire Flower, Honey Syrup (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Stopwatch, Super Shroom, Volt Shroom (drop only), HP Plus
Tattle Log #:
107
1151
Log A foot soldier that uses potions and attacks by ramming. This X-Naut is the lowest of Grodus's underlings.
Tattle That's an X-Naut. Says here it's classified as an "enemy combatant." That description stinks... You think it means they're just low-level foot soldiers? Max HP is 4, Attack is 3, and Defense is 0. They drink these potions that make them all big and burly...then they attack! One's easy, but if there's two or more, better watch out! Use special moves and items!

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Naut
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 4 Attack 3 Defense 0
Location(s) The Great Tree, X-Naut Fortress Role Common Level 13
Sleep? 90% Dizzy? 90% Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 95% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 80% Fright? 100%
Gale Force? 80% KO? 95% Moves Ground Pound (3), Tackle (3), Potion (Huge)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items Dizzy Dial, Fire Flower, Honey Syrup (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Stopwatch, Super Mushroom, Volt Mushroom (drop only), HP Plus
Tattle Log #:
111
Log A foot soldier that uses potions and attacks by ramming. This X-Naut is the lowest of Grodus's underlings.
Tattle That's an X-Naut. Says here it's classified as an "enemy combatant." That description stinks... You think it means they're just low-level foot soldiers? Max HP is 4, Attack is 3, and Defense is 0. They drink these potions that make them all big and burly...then they attack! One's easy, but if there's two or more, better watch out! Use your partner's moves and items to take 'em down!

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ぐんだんいん[?]
Gundan'in
From「軍団員」(gundan-in, "corps member")
Chinese (simplified) 军团成员[?]
Jūntuán Chéngyuán
Corps Member
Chinese (traditional) 軍團成員[?]
Jūntuán Chéngyuán
Corps Member
Dutch Kruistronaut[?] From kruis ("cross") and astronaut
French (NOA) Cruxonaute[?] From crux (Latin word for "cross") with the suffix -naute ("-naut")
French (NOE) Cruxitroufion[?] Portmanteau of crux (Latin word for "cross") and troufion ("low-ranked soldier")
German Fußsoldat[?] Foot soldier
Italian Executore[?] X-ecutioner
Korean 군단원[?]
Gundan Won
Corps Member
Spanish Soldado X[?] Soldier X

Trivia[edit]

  • Due to the lack of voice acting in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the pronunciation of "X-Naut" is unknown. It may be pronounced like the letter "X", which is supported by Goombella's tattles using the article "an" and by Koops saying "tissues... to the extreme" (i.e. phonetically "ex snot") when first meeting Punio. However, it can also be pronounced "cross", as suggested by Goombella's tattle on X-Yux, in which case it may be a play on noughts and crosses, an alternative name for tic-tac-toe.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Skawo (July 19, 2011). [TCRF] Paper Mario 2 - Entire Demo Footage. YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2012.