Reacher
| Reacher | |
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| 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 and its remake. 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 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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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HP | 184 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | Pick Me Up | |||
| Exp. | 30 | Weak Statuses |    
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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." | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
Gallery
The unused Juju
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Trivia
- In the Japanese version of the remake, and the English translation thereof, Reacher's thought has been switched with Straw Head's from the original game. This error is fixed in the 1.0.1 version patch.
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 | |
| Dutch | Zerker[?] | Portmanteau of zerk ("gravestone") and werper ("thrower") | |
| French | Tontombe[?] | Portmanteau of tonton ("uncle" in familiar way) and tombe ("tomb") | |
| German | Greifer[?] | Grasper | |
| Italian | Lapidio[?] | Pun on lapide ("tombstone") and/or 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" |
