Bald Cleft

Bald Cleft
Artwork of a Bald Cleft from Super Paper Mario
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Cleft
Variants Hyper Bald Cleft

Bald Clefts are a type of Cleft without spikes on their heads that appears in the Paper Mario series.

History

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Bald Clefts first appear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as well as its Nintendo Switch remake. They can be found on pedestals on the path leading to Shhwonk Fortress during Chapter 1, and attack by charging at Mario and his partners. After that, there is no way to refight this enemy, making it the only one-time enemy to be unrelated to the X-Nauts.

Due to their lack of spikes, they are safe to jump on, although they still have a high amount of defence relative to most other enemies, especially the ones found near them. This can be negated by flipping them upside-down, much like normal Clefts. Fire elements, including a Fire Flower, do not damage them since their hides are compressed of rock. A POW Block defeats them easily.

Super Paper Mario

Bald Clefts appear again in Super Paper Mario as enemies in the Yold Desert. Like their relatives, they disguise themselves as rocks and reveal their true form when a hero gets close enough. They attack the same way as they did in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. However, the Super Paper Mario variety is not as tough as their other Paper Mario counterparts, as they can easily be defeated with Boomer. None can flip dimensions. They appear in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials in rooms 13, 34, and 71.

Statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bald Cleft
	Max HP	2	Attack	1	Defense	2
	Location(s)	Shhwonk Fortress	Role	Boss	Level	12
	Sleep?	50%	Dizzy?	50%	Confuse?	50%
	Tiny?	70%	Stop?	100%	Soft?	100%
	Burn?	0%	Freeze?	70%	Fright?	50%
	Gale Force?	40%	KO?	95%	Moves	Charge (1)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	5	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 77	Log	Basically a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. It attacks by charging and is impervious to fire.
	Tattle	That's a Bald Cleft. Basically, a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. Uh... This is kind of mean, but bald guys... really just don't do it for me. Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 2. Yeah. This guy is rock solid. Fire doesn't even hurt it. It might be best to attack with, say... a POW Block.

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bald Cleft
	Max HP	2	Attack	1	Defense	2
	Location(s)	Shhwonk Fortress	Role	Common	Level	12
	Sleep?	50%	Dizzy?	50%	Confuse?	50%
	Tiny?	70%	Stop?	100%	Soft?	100%
	Burn?	0%	Freeze?	70%	Fright?	50%
	Gale Force?	40%	KO?	95%	Moves	Charge (1)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	5	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 80	Log	Basically a rock monster with a sharp, craggy face. It attacks by charging, and is impervious to fire.
	Tattle	That's a Bald Cleft. Basically, a rock monster with a sharp, craggy face. Uh... This is kind of mean, but bald guys... really just don't do it for me. Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 2. Yeah. This guy is rock solid. Fire doesn't even hurt it. It might be best to attack with, say... a POW Block.

Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario enemy
Bald Cleft
	Max HP	2	Role	Common	Location(s)	Yold Desert (1-3), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 13, 34 and 71)
	Attack	1	Card type	Common
	Defense	2	Items	Courage Shell	Card location(s)	Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
	Score	200
	Card description	This hardheaded minion is easily mistaken for a rock. It'll turn around if it bumps into a wall. If hit with an explosion, its Defense drops to 0.
List of Catch Cards     105      106      107	Tattle	That's a Bald Cleft. You might confuse this rock-hard foe with a rock... Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, Defense is 2. Flames won't scorch this foe... Set off an explosion near it to flip it over. Then it'll be vulnerable to attack...

Gallery

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  Catch Card

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  Shhwonk Fortress

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	シンノスケ[?] Shinnosuke	Portmanteau of「シンエモン」(Shin'emon, "Cleft") and「之助」(-nosuke, used as a suffix in Japanese male names)
Chinese	岩骨怪[?] Yángǔ Guài	Rock Bone Monster
Dutch	Bald Cleft[?]	-
French (NOA)	Focett chauve[?]	Bald Cleft
French (NOE)	Decleft[?]	Portmanteau of dégarnie "bald" and "Cleft"
German	Kahl-Kirk[?]	Bald Cleft
Italian	Teschiosso[?]	Portmanteau of teschio ("skull") and osso ("bone")
Korean	돌턱[?] Dolteok	Stone Jaw
Spanish	Cleft Calvo[?]	Bald Cleft