Bristle

This article is about spiked monsters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For information about the similarly named porcupine enemies from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III, see Bristles.

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! You're gonna be coleslaw, kid! And that ain't good!”
—Bristle, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy
Bristle
Max HP	2
Attack	1
Defense	4
Location(s)	Shhwonk Fortress, Glitzville
Log	A petrified, spine-covered monster that attacks by charging at you and is impervious to fire. If you approach, its spikes will pop out and poke you.
Items	None
Moves	Destruction (1)
Tattle That's a Bristle. ...Totally covered in spikes. They're so prickly! AND they're impervious to fire! Even trying to get close enough to whack it with a hammer is dangerous! Seriously, its spikes will totally pop out! So, since you can't Jump on it or use your Hammer... you'd better use an item!
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Bristles are spiked monsters made of rock and are found in the game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Similar to Clefts, Bristles have spiked tops, high defense, an immunity to fire attacks, and can be flipped over by an earthquake or an explosion. Unlike Clefts, Bristles do not lose their top-spiked defense when flipped and are also immune to close-range attacks like Gulp and Mario's Hammer, as their large side-spikes pop out to protect against approachers (even when the Bristle is asleep).

Despite their copious defenses, Bristles have very low HP and are easily taken out with POW Blocks, Earth Quakes, or Earth Tremor. Mario is also capable of simply hammering them should he have the Spike Shield badge equipped, though without Power Smash, Piercing Blow, or the Ultra Hammer it will do no damage.

Notable Bristles

• The Poker Faces - Two Bristles that compete in the Major League division at the Glitz Pit.

Sub-Species

• Dark Bristle

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	トゲダルマー Togedarumā	Modification of toge "spine" and daruma "untippable doll"
French	Bouldepic	Modified orthograph for "boule de pics" (ball of spikes)
German	Dornhart	Pun on "Dorn" (thorn) and "hart" (hard)
Italian	Palla Spina	Spiny Ball (spiny = spinata/spinosa)

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Main Characters	Mario • Peach • Goombella • Koops • Flurrie • Yoshi • Vivian • Admiral Bobbery • Ms. Mowz
Chapters	Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars	Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses	Armored Harriers • Atomic Boo • Blooper • Bonetail • Bowser • Cortez • Dark Bones • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus X • Gus • Hooktail • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Rawk Hawk • Red Bones • Shadow Queen • Shadow Sirens • Sir Grodus • Smorg
Minor Characters	Arfur • Bandy Andy • Black Chest Demon • Blooey • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chet Rippo • Cleftor • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express Conductor • Excess Express Engineer • Flavio • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitz Pit Security • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goom Goom • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma Jamma • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Kroop • King K • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pierre • Pine T. • Pine T. Jr. • Plenn T. • Podley • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni Elder • Rob • Rocko • Screamy • Shellshock • Sir Swoop • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • Swindell • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • The Traveling Sisters Three • Thriff T. • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toad waitress • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Vinny • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies	Amazy Dayzee • Arantula • Bombshell Bill Blaster • Badge Bandit • Bald Cleft • Beldam • Bill Blaster • Big Bandit • Bob-omb • Bob-ulk • Bombshell Bill • Boo • Boomerang Bro. • Bristle • Bulky Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cleft • Crazy Dayzee • Dark Boo • Dark Bristle • Dark Craw • Dark Koopa • Dark Koopatrol • Dark Lakitu • Dark Paratroopa • Dark Puff • Dark Wizzerd • Dry Bones • Dull Bones • Elite Wizzerd • Elite X-Naut • Ember • Fire Bro. • Flower Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Gloomba • Goomba • Green Fuzzy • Green Magikoopa • Hammer Bro. • Hyper Bald Cleft • Hyper Cleft • Hyper Goomba • Hyper Paragoomba • Hyper Spiky Goomba • Ice Puff • Iron Cleft • KP Koopa • KP Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopatrol • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Marilyn • Mini-X-Yux • Mini-Yux • Mini-Z-Yux • Moon Cleft • Pale Piranha • Parabuzzy • Paragloomba • Paragoomba • Paratroopa • Phantom Ember • Pider • Piranha Plant • Poison Pokey • Poison Puff • Pokey • Putrid Piranha • Red Spike Buzzy • Red Chomp • Red Magikoopa • Ruff Puff • Shady Koopa • Shady Paratroopa • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spania • Spike Top • Spiky Gloomba • Spiky Goomba • Spiky Parabuzzy • Spinia • Spiny • Spunia • Swampire • Swooper • Swoopula • Vivian • White Magikoopa • Wizzerd • X-Naut • X-Naut PhD • X-Yux • Yux • Z-Yux
Locations	Rogueport • Rogueport Sewers • Petal Meadows • Petalburg • Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle • Boggly Woods • Great Tree • Glitzville • Glitz Pit • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple • Keelhaul Key • Pirate's Grotto • Excess Express • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights • Fahr Outpost • The Moon • X-Naut Fortress • Palace of Shadow • Pit of 100 Trials