X-Naut
- 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).
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 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) | ||
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- “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
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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
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
An X-Naut makes a cameo appearance on the Nintendo Monopoly board.
Super Mario Run
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
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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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! | |||||||
Gallery
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
X-Nauts in the battle against Lord Crump in chapter five of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
X-Naut cameo in Super Mario Run
An X-Naut on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| 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
- 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
- ^ Skawo (July 19, 2011). [TCRF] Paper Mario 2 - Entire Demo Footage. YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
