Clefts are burly rock monsters that appear in the Paper Mario series. Their name comes from the word "cleft", which can alternately refer to a crack in a rock or an indentation of the chin, both of which are characteristics of the Clefts.
These enemies have high defense and high attack, though if Mario flips them over with an explosion or a Quake Hammer, their defenseless undersides are exposed to attack. Earth Tremor does not flip them, but if executed well enough, it can defeat them automatically. Clefts inhabit Mt. Rugged in Paper Mario, and Boggly Woods in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though their many sub-species can be found in a variety of other areas as well, including the Moon.
In the first Paper Mario game, Clefts were brown, but in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they are gray; both these coloration coincide with those of their differing locations.
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, if 3 questions of the Super Fun Quirk Quiz are answered incorrectly, the player will have to face 4 Clefts.
[edit] Varieties of Clefts
[edit] Notable Clefts
| Paper Mario Enemy
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| Cleft
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| Max HP
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2
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| Attack
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2
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| Defense
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2
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| Location(s)
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Mt. Rugged
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| Moves
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Cleft Charge (2)
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| Tattle
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| This is a Cleft. Clefts are pretty strong, so you'd better be careful. Their specialty is pretending to be rocks, so watch your step on the mountain. You'll get hurt if you jump on the spikes on their heads. You know, there's courage in running away sometimes...
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| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy
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| Cleft
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| Max HP
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2
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| Attack
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2
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| Defense
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2
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| Location(s)
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Shhwonk Fortress, Boggly Woods, Pit of 100 Trials
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| Log
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A spiky, rock-headed jerk that's impervious to fire attacks and has a solid body.
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| Items
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Mushroom, Thunder Bolt, Earth Quake, Mini Mr. Mini, Dizzy Dial
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| Moves
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Cleft Charge (2)
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| Tattle
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| That's a Cleft. A rock-head jerk with spikes on his noggin. What a rocker! That hard head is a major pain. Fire doesn't hurt it, but other types of items are pretty effective, usually. If nothing seems to work on it, you can always just run.
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Bestiary
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[edit] Names in Other Languages
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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| Japanese |
シンエモン
Shin'emon |
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| German |
Kirk |
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| Italian |
Teschiolito |
From "teschio" (skull), and the ancient greek "lithos" (stone)
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| Portuguese |
Cleft |
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[edit] Trivia
