Reacher

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Reacher
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars promotional artwork: A Reacher
First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)

Reachers are skeletal ghosts who inhabit the Sunken Ship in the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. They resemble large, sad, humanoid skeletons whose bodies are obscured by tombstones. Reachers attack by reaching towards a party member (hence the name) with their long skeletal arms. They can also attack by hurling a large bone (similar to Dry Bones) or by singing Elegy, which prevents a party member from using magic.

Like most powerful enemies in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, only one Reacher appears at a time in battle. Reachers are aided by other ghouls in combat like Greapers.

An unused enemy that appears in the game's programming seems to be a relative of a Reacher, but then with a blue chest. This look-a-like is known as Juju. It was stronger and had a better variety of special attacks such as Silver Bullet and Knock Out, and its Thought Peek thought is 'K-9 is after my Bones!'.

The original artwork for Reacher has blue eyes, while in the game, it has green eyes.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Reacher
Battle idle animation of a Reacher from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 184 FP 100 Speed 3
Location(s) Sunken Ship Attack 95 Magic attack 8
Role Common Defense 75 Magic defense 0
Bonus Flower Defense Up! (60%) Yoshi Cookie Pick Me Up Morph rate 100%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak Thunder Strong None Sp. attacks Strong Bone Toss, "Bone Toss", Elegy
Coins 8 Exp. points 30 Items Pick Me Up (25%), Royal Syrup (5%)
Psychopath "Hope you'll stay close."

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Reacher
Image of a Reacher from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG HP 184 Weak Elements Lightning Drops Pick Me Up
Exp. 30 Weak Statuses FearPoisonSleepMute Rare Drops Royal Syrup
Found in Sunken Ship
Monster List profile The way they throw dreadfully big bones, with their dreadfully long arms, is so dreadful that one might think of them as otherworldly.
Thought Peek "Whenever I reach out my hand, there you are."
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Names in other languages

Reacher

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese グレイビー[?]
Gureibī
From "grave" and diminutive "-y"
Chinese 墓碑怪[?]
Mùbēi Guài
Tombstone Monster
French Tontombe[?] Portmanteau of "tonton" ("uncle" in familiar way) and "tombe" (tomb)
German Greifer[?] Grasper
Italian Lapidio[?] Pun on "lapide" (tombstone) and "lapidare" (to stone)
Korean 그레이비[?]
Geureibi
Gravy; from the Japanese name
Spanish Lapidario[?] Lapidary; also includes "lápida" (gravestone)

Juju

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese グレイバー[?]
Gureibā
Agent nouns of "grave"