Bald Cleft

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Bald Cleft
Bald Cleft from Super Paper Mario.
Artwork of a Bald Cleft from Super Paper Mario
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
Variant of Cleft
Variants

Bald Clefts are a type of Cleft without spikes on their heads. While this makes them safe to jump on, they still have a high amount of defense relative to most other enemies, especially the ones found near them. This can be negated by flipping them upside-down, much like normal Clefts.

History[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Bald Clefts introduced in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They can be found on pedestals on the path leading to Shhwonk Fortress during Chapter 1, and attack by charging at Mario and his partners. After that, there is no way to refight this enemy, making it the only one-time enemy to be unrelated with the X-Nauts.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Bald Clefts appear again in Super Paper Mario as enemies in the Yold Desert. Like their relatives, they disguise themselves as rocks and reveal their true form when a hero gets close enough. They attack the same way as they did in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. However, the Super Paper Mario variety are not as tough as their other Paper Mario counterparts, as they can easily be defeated with Boomer. None have the ability to flip dimensions. They appear in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials in rooms 13, 34, and 71.

Statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bald Cleft
Bald Cleft TTYD.png Max HP 2 Attack 1 Defense 2
Location(s) Petal Meadows Role Boss Level 12
Sleep? 50% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 70% Stop? 100% Soft? 100%
Burn? 0% Freeze? 70% Fright? 50%
Gale Force? 40% KO? 95% Moves Charge (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins 5 Items None
Tattle Log #:
77
Log Basically a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. It attacks by charging and is impervious to fire.
Tattle That's a Bald Cleft. Basically, a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. Uh… This is kind of mean, but bald guys… really just don't do it for me. Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 2. Yeah. This guy is rock solid. Fire doesn't even hurt it. It might be best to attack with, say… a POW Block.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Super Paper Mario enemy
Bald Cleft
Sprite of a Bald Cleft from Super Paper Mario. Max HP 2 Role Common Location(s) Yold Desert (1-3), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 13, 34 and 71)
Attack 1 Card type Common
Defense 2 Items Courage Shell Card location(s) Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
Score 200
Card description This hardheaded minion is easily mistaken for a rock. It'll turn around if it bumps into a wall. If hit with an explosion, its Defense drops to 0.
  List of Catch Cards  
  105      106      107  
Tattle That's a Bald Cleft. You might confuse this rock-hard foe with a rock... Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, Defense is 2. Flames won't scorch this foe... Set off an explosion near it to flip it over. Then it'll be vulnerable to attack...

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese シンノスケ
Shinnosuke
Portmanteau of「シンエモン」(Shin'emon, Cleft) and「之助」(-nosuke, used as a suffix in Japanese male names)

French Decleft
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German Kahl-Kirk
Bald Cleft
Italian Teschiosso
Portmanteau of "teschio" (skull) and "osso" (bone)
Korean 돌턱
Dolteok
Stone Jaw

Spanish Cleft Calvo
Bald Cleft