Dark Boo
| Dark Boo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sprite 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 | Boo | ||
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Dark Boos are purple-colored Boos introduced in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They later appear in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Super Paper Mario.
History
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Dark Boos may be found only in the hidden spot of the Poshley Sanctum, and also in the Pit of 100 Trials on levels 51-59. Dark Boos have the same moves as their white counterparts, although they have more HP and attack power.
An Atomic variant of a Dark Boo was planned to appear in the game, it would have been a stronger version. However, this was scrapped.
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Dark Boos can be found in Underwhere Road and in a few rooms of the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. Here, they hide in 3-D, waiting for the player to walk by. Then, they flip to 2-D and sneak attack them. While in 3D, they act just like regular Boos, turning intangible when looked at and chasing the player when not. Shadowy versions of Dark Boos, called Dark Dark Boos, can be found in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Dark Boos reappear in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time in the Gritzy Caves area, once again stronger than a normal Boo. A Dark Boo's only attack has it appear behind a brother and ram him, similar to their regular counterparts, albeit much faster. If it opens up its right eye, the attack is aimed at Mario. If it opens up its left eye, the attack is aimed at Luigi. If one of the Mario Bros. is attacked, the Dark Boo steals either a normal Item or a Bros. Item and will flee with the item on the next turn if not defeated quickly. They are usually encountered in large groups, rarely appearing alongside other enemies. Dark Boos are resilient to Bro Flowers, Ice Flowers and Mix Flowers. Unlike the ones in the Paper Mario series, Dark Boos lack yellow eyes and the blue mouth/tongue.
This marks their first and so far only appearance in the Mario & Luigi series.
Profiles and statistics
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
GameCube
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Dark Boo | ||||||||
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Max HP | 8 | Attack | 5 | Defense | 0 | ||
| Location(s) | Poshley Sanctum, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 51-59) | Role | Common | Level | 24 | |||
| Sleep? | 40% | Dizzy? | 100% | Confuse? | 40% | |||
| Tiny? | 85% | Stop? | 40% | Soft? | 90% | |||
| Burn? | 100% | Freeze? | 40% | Fright? | 40% | |||
| Gale Force? | 85% | KO? | 10% | Moves | Scare (5), Outta Sight (makes user or ally invisible for one turn), Float (makes user and all allies invulnerable to ground attacks) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 0 - 4 | Items | Dizzy Dial, Honey Syrup (drop only), Power Punch, Slow Shroom, Tasty Tonic (drop only), Thunder Rage, Volt Shroom (drop only) | |||
| Tattle Log #: 73 |
Log | A creepy-looking Boo with high HP and Attack. Get it before it turns invisible! | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Dark Boo. Purple just looks... so wrong. These Boos are SO creepy. Max HP is 8, Attack is 5, and Defense is 0. Its HP and Attack are high, but they're just like ordinary Boos otherwise. So, just attack it like a normal Boo. Get it before it turns invisible! | |||||||
Nintendo Switch
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Boo | ||||||||
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Max HP | 8 | Attack | 5 | Defense | 0 | ||
| Location(s) | Poshley Sanctum, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 51-59) | Role | Common | Level | 24 | |||
| Sleep? | 40% | Dizzy? | 100% | Confuse? | 40% | |||
| Tiny? | 85% | Stop? | 40% | Soft? | 90% | |||
| Burn? | 100% | Freeze? | 40% | Fright? | 40% | |||
| Gale Force? | 85% | KO? | 10% | Moves | Scare (5), Outta Sight (makes user or ally invisible for one turn), Float (makes user and all allies invulnerable to ground attacks) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 0 - 4 | Items | Dizzy Dial, Honey Syrup (drop only), Power Punch, Slow Mushroom, Tasty Tonic (drop only), Thunder Rage, Volt Mushroom (drop only) | |||
| Tattle Log #: 76 |
Log | A creepy-looking Boo with high HP and Attack. Get it before it turns invisible! | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Dark Boo. Purple just looks... so wrong. These Boos are SO creepy. Max HP is 8, Attack is 5, and Defense is 0. Its HP and Attack are high, but they're just like ordinary Boos otherwise. So, just attack it like a normal Boo. Get it before it turns invisible! | |||||||
Super Paper Mario
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Boo | |||||||||
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Max HP | 13 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Underwhere Road (7-2), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 56, 62 and 85) | |||
| Attack | 2 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Catch Card | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP; Chapter 7-2: Found on a top-right platform of the second area with the Dark Boos and Underhands. | ||||
| Score | 700 | ||||||||
| Card description | This ghastly ghost hates being stared at. Unlike other Boos, it will turn around in front of you. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 92 93 94 |
Tattle | That's a Dark Boo. It likes the dark even more than other Boos... Max HP 13 and Attack is 2. When it sees someone, it gets in their face... I wonder...do you think it looks forward all day to startling people? | |||||||
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Boo | ||||||||
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HP | 45 | POW | 57 | Defense | 54 | ||
| Experience | 20 | Coins | 6 | Speed | 39 | |||
| Location(s) | Gritzy Caves | Role | Common | Item drop | Trampoline – 12% 1-Up Mushroom – 3% | |||
| Level | 15 | Battled by | Anyone | |||||
| Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release). | ||||||||
Gallery
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ダークテレサ (Paper Mario series)[?] Dāku Teresa |
Dark Boo | |
| テレテレサ[1] (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time) Tereteresa |
Pun on「照れる」(tereru, "to be shy") and「テレサ」(Teresa, "Boo") | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 暗色害羞幽灵[?] Ànsè Hàixiū Yōulíng |
Dark Boo | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 暗色害羞幽靈[?] Ànsè Hàixiū Yōulíng |
Dark Boo | |
| French | Boo Noctal[?] | Nocturnal Boo | |
| German | Finster-Buu (Paper Mario series) Finsterbuu (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)[?] |
Dark Boo | |
| Italian | Boo Scuro[?] | Dark Boo | |
| Korean | 창피부끄 (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)[?] Changpibukkeu |
Portmanteau of "창피하다" (changpihada, "to be embarrassed") and "부끄부끄" (Bukkeu-Bukkeu, "Boo") | |
| 다크부끄 (Paper Mario series)[?] Dakeu Bukkeu |
Dark Boo | ||
| Spanish | Boo Oscuro[?] | Dark Boo |
References
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time From Japanese to English. The Mushroom Kingdom.
