Monolift
| Monolift | |||
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 Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team | |||
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) | ||
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Monolifts are small mountain-shaped enemies with hands that appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They appear only on Mount Pajamaja. Their name is derived from "monolift rack", where barbells are placed on, fitting with the "strength" theme of Mount Pajamaja, and "monolith", a type of stone. It also references the partner attack it shares with a different enemy, Grumbell. A variation, called Block Monolift, appear in the boss battle against Mammoshka. A stronger version of these enemies, named Monolifts R appear later on in the game.
In the field, Monolifts a rock, and upon sighting Mario and Luigi, chase them for a short duration. If they do not reach the Bros, they throw ther rock at them. After throwing, they are unable to move until a new rock drops down.
In battle, Monolifts can appear with Flibbees R and Grumbells. Monolifts hold two to four rocks over their head. If only carrying two or three rocks, they are immune to jump-based attacks, but in the uncommon instance a Monolift is holding a stack of four rocks, it will turn red and struggle to hold the stack up. If the Monolift is jumped on during this time, the weight will becomes too much for it, and the Monolift will be squished and defeated instantly.
When attacking, a Monolift may approach a Bro. and hold the stack of rocks even higher over its head, making it shake back and forth. The approached Bro. must hammer the Monolift when the rocks are tilting away from him to make them all fall on the Monolift. If he fails to do so successfully, the Monolift will throw the rocks at a very vertical angle into the approached Bro., or the rocks will fall on him.
Monolifts may also throw their stack of rocks high into the air, and punch them into Mario and Luigi; they must jump over them. If the Monolift faces Mario and the background, it is about to punch a metal rock at him. If the Monolift faces Luigi and the foreground, it is about to punch one at him. If the Monolift is about to punch an orange rock, it will break into two and fly towards both Bros., who must jump over them at the same time. The orange rocks also approach the Bros. slightly slower than the metal rocks do.
If a single Grumbell and Monolift are present in the battle, they may perform an attack together that involves the Monolift dropping its stack of rocks and the Grumbell dropping to the floor. The Monolift will then pick up the Grumbell and begin weightlifting after twitching its eye. After several lifts, the Monolift will throw the Grumbell at the Bro. it targets. If it twitches so its left eye is bigger, it will aim at Luigi. If it twitches so its right eye is bigger, it will aim at Mario. If the targeted Bro. dodges the Grumbell, the Grumbell will go offscreen and ram into the Monolift at the back, dealing in normal mode, 10 and 14 damage towards each other respectively. This attack takes up the Grumbell's attack turn.
Statistics
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
| Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy | ||||||||
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| Monolift | ||||||||
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HP | 120 | Role | Common | Level | 16 | Location(s) | Mount Pajamaja |
| Power | 77 | Position | Normal | No Hitter | 19 | |||
| Defense | 86 | World | Real | Weakness | None | Item drop | Taunt Ball (8%) Ultra Nut (2%) | |
| Speed | 43 | Experience | 85 (102) | Coins | 20 (100%) | |||
Gallery
A Monolift with three metal rocks.
A Monolift with two metal rocks.
A Monolift with a normal orange rock and a metal rock.
A Monolift with four rocks, making it vulnerable to be jumped on.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | リフティー[?] Rifutī |
Diminutive of English word "lift" | |
| French (NOA) | Garnott[?] | Pun on "garnotte" (garnet) | |
| French (NOE) | Caillass[?] | Pun of "caillasse" (scree) | |
| German | Werfor[?] | From "werfen" (to throw) | |
| Italian | Issosasso[?] | From "ooh issa" (exclamation for when lifting something heavy) and "sasso" (rock) | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Içapedra[?] | Portmanteau of "iça" (lift) and "pedra" (stone) | |
| Russian | Камнеброс[?] Kamnebros |
From "камень" (kamen, rock) and "бросать" (brosat, to throw) | |
| Spanish | Levarroca[?] | From "levantar" (to lift) and "roca" (rock) |
