Bonetail

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy
Bonetail
Image:Bonetail.PNG
Max HP 200
Attack 8
Defense 2
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials
Log The oldest brother of Hooktail. He's just bones now. He's incredibly tough... Maybe even the toughest?
Items None
Moves Dangerous Breath (8; burn (orange), sleep (white), confusion (green), shrunk (purple), frozen (blue)), Recover (20 HP), Stomp (8), Chomp (8)
Tattle That's Bonetail. He's the oldest brother of Hooktail. ...So old he's just bones, in fact. Wow. Now THAT'S old. He has various breaths that might confuse us or put us to sleep. When his HP gets low, he'll recover... or reanimate, as the case may be. He's probably stronger than the last boss, seriously! Let's do this right!
Bestiary
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“AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
—Bonetail, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Bonetail is a large zombified Dragon in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, living at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials.

He is the oldest member of the "tail" family, older than both Gloomtail and Hooktail. As his name implies, he is merely a skeleton of a Dragon, having died of old age after not eating anything for centuries at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials. He was once a pet of the Shadow Queen, and was put in the pit to guard and punish anyone of her choice. Any of his actions outside of the Pit of 100 Trials, if any, are unknown.

After Mario and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail will roar, making it questionable if he can talk, as he has not ever demonstrated that ability. Bonetail's many breaths cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. He can also restore his HP if it's low. Eventually, Mario defeated him and Bonetail burped up a chest containing the Return Postage Badge.

Bonetail is the strongest enemy in the game, even stronger than the Shadow Queen. He is not necessarily harder than the Shadow Queen though, because the Shadow Queen has two hands, which can allow her to attack more than once. However, the strain of completing the previous 99 levels of the Pit of 100 Trials contributes to the difficulties faced when fighting Bonetail, as items, FP and HP are more likely to be depleted by the time he is reached than when the player confronts the Shadow Queen.

[edit] Trivia

  • Depending on which partner is accompanying Mario when he enters the 100th floor, the partner will make a short exclamation about the shock of finding such a huge dragon.
  • In the Italian, German and French versions of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bonetail is portrayed as female.
  • Bonetail plays the same role in this game as Culex did in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, The Master (in his final form) did in the original Paper Mario, and Shadoo did in the saga's next game Super Paper Mario, in that they are all completely optional and stronger than the final bosses from their respective games.
  • He bears some resemblance to another skeletal Dragon, Zombone.

[edit] Gallery

Mario meeting Bonetail.

Bonetail after being defeated.

[edit] Names in Other Languages

Language Name Meaning
Japaneseゾンババ
Zonbaba
SpanishZombabaPormanteau of "Zom" (zombie) and "baba", which refers to the part that all the tail family have in common
FrenchOccicrocPortmanteau of "occire" (slay) and "croc" (fang)
GermanLohviataPortmanteau of "Lohe" (blaze) and "viata", which is probably an imaginary word
ItalianOssandraPormanteau of "osso" (bone) and "Cassandra" (Italian name)


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