Huff N. Puff

Huff N. Puff
Full Name	Huff N. Puff
Species	Puff
First Appearance	Paper Mario (2000)

The article's title should not be confused with Huffin Puffin.

“Is that you, Spike!? So! You have betrayed me!”
—Huff N. Puff, Paper Mario

Huff N. Puff is a a large cloud monster of the Puff species appearing in the game Paper Mario. He is found in the sixth chapter of the game, Dark Days in Flower Fields, in the area Flower Fields preventing the sun from shining over the lands.

History

Bowser assigned Huff N. Puff to guard the sixth Star Spirit, Klevar, by using the Star Rod to turn him into a Ruff Puff beast.

Mario and his comrades, with the help from their new teammate Lakilester, destroy his Puff-Puff Machine, defeat him, save Klevar and bring peace back to Flower Fields. His base of operations is Cloudy Climb.

After Huff N. Puff is defeated, he explodes, sending several Tuff Puffs flying in all directions. In spite of this, he does make an appearance in the credits during the parade, being shrunk by the Yoshi kids and chased by Gourmet Guy, who has a knife and fork and wants to eat him. However, the parade at the end is argued by some to be merely showing most of the characters who appeared in the game, as many Mario games are portrayed as being a play of some sort.

Tattle Log and Statistics

Huff N. Puff

Paper Mario Enemy
Huff N. Puff
Max HP	60
Attack	5
Defense	0
Location(s)	Cloudy Climb
Moves	Recover Body Slam (5) Storm Breath (7-2) Thunder Strike (12 or 10) Super Earthquake (5-15)
Tattle This is Huff N. Puff. He's a giant cloud monster. His thunder attack is very dangerous. If you don't defend, you'll take massive damage. When you attack Huff N. Puff, little clouds called Tuff Puffs come out. Their number is based on the amount of damage you do. If you leave the Tuff Puffs, Huff N. Puff will swallow them up and restore his HP. You need to use smart tactics to beat this guy, Mario.

Huff N. Puff attacks by Body Slamming, blowing wind, and using thunder and lightning strikes. When his HP reaches as low as five, he will then begin attacking by creating earthquakes.

If Huff N. Puff is struck with any attack, he will spawn several Tuff Puffs. The number of Tuff Puffs is equal to the amount of damage done. These Tuff Puffs provide backup while battling Mario and his comrades. Huff N. Puff can inhale the Tuff Puffs to restore HP.

Lady Bow and Lakilester are great choices for battling Huff N. Puff. When he prepares for his lightning strike, Mario can use Bow's Outta Sight move. If she's ultra-ranked, she can use her fan smack which causes great damage. Lakilester can use his Cloud Nine move to protect Mario from massive damage for a short time, and he can use Spiny Surge to attack the Tuff Puffs as well as Huff N. Puff with considerable damage. Watt is useless for this battle, however, since Huff N. Puff will primarily absorb the electricity from Watt's attacks, causing no effect.

Tuff Puff

Paper Mario Enemy
Tuff Puff
Max HP	1
Attack	2
Defense	0
Location(s)	Cloudy Climb
Moves	HP Drain (2)
Tattle These are the Tuff Puffs that break off when you damage Huff N. Puff. Tuff Puffs will fly over and attack you directly. You have to shake them off using the action command or they'll keep on damaging you. Huff N. Puff will swallow the Tuff Puffs to restore his HP, so think carefully when attacking. You can beat the Tuff Puffs easily by attacking all enemies.

Tuff Puffs are weaker versions of Ruff Puffs that are knocked off from the much larger Huff N. Puff. The Tuff Puffs provide backup while Huff N. Puff is battling Mario and his comrades, and attack collectively as one unit by draining two HP from Mario with each use of their HP Drain move.

The player must repeatedly tap the A button to tear them off, similar to the action command for the Jungle Fuzzy. In addition, Huff N. Puff can suck them back up, and restore one HP for every small Tuff Puff and two HP for every large Tuff Puff. All of the Tuff Puffs are defeated automatically when Huff N. Puff himself is destroyed.

Despite the fact that the Tuff Puffs were once part of Huff N. Puff, they still refer to him as their master.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	オズモーン Ozumōn
Spanish	Huff Puff
French	Pfff Haaaa (Huff N.Puff) Ouf Pfff (Tuff Puff)
German	Schnaufula	pun on "schnaufen" (means to puffing)
Portuguese	Huff N. Puff	-

Trivia

• If Lakilester is Mario's active partner upon confronting Huff N. Puff, the cloud boss will react differently, addressing the Lakitu directly as "Spike" and calling out his betrayal.
• Tuff Puffs have lower HP than any other enemy in the game, along with Crystal Bits and Petit Piranhas.

Paper Mario
Main Characters	Mario • Princess Peach • Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Goombario • Kooper • Bombette • Parakarry • Lady Bow • Watt • Sushie • Lakilester • Twink
Minor Characters	Bootler • Bruce • Bubble Plant • Chanterelle • Chet Rippo • Chuck Quizmo • Club 64 Bartender • Dane T. • Fearsome 5 • Fice T. • Fishmael • Franky • Frost T. • Gooma • Goomama • Goombaria • Goompa • Goompapa • Gourmet Guy • Guard Door • Harry T. • Herbert • Herringway • Igor • Kolorado • Kolorado's Wife • Koopa Koot • Koover • Lakilulu • Lily • Little Mouser • Little T. • Luigi • Madam Merlar • Master Poet • Mayor Penguin • Merle • Merlee • Merlon • Merlow • Merluvlee • Minh T. • Moustafa • Mort T. • Mr. E • Mr. Hammer • Muss T. • Oaklie • Penguin Patrol • Petunia • Posie • Postmaster • Radio Contest Toad • Raphael the Raven • Rip Cheato • Rosie • Rowf and Rhuff • Russ T. • Spiky John • Spiky Tom • Stanley • Star Kid • Sun • Tayce T. • Toad in the Desert • Toad Minister • Tolielip • Vanna T. • Village Leader • Wandering Nomadimouse • Whacka • Whale • Wise Wisterwood • Yakkey
Chapters	The Stolen Star Rod • A Plea From the Stars • Storming Koopa Bros. Fortress • The Mystery of Dry, Dry Ruins • The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba • Trials in the Toy Box • Hot, Hot Times on Lavalava Island • Dark Days in Flower Fields • A Star Spirit on Ice • A Star-Powered Showdown • Ending
Star Spirits	Eldstar • Mamar • Skolar • Muskular • Misstar • Klevar • Kalmar
Bosses	Anti Guy • Big Lantern Ghost • Blooper • Bowser • Bowser??? • Buzzar • Chan • Chompy • Crystal King • Electro Blooper • Fuzzipede • Fuzzy • General Guy • Goomba King • Huff N. Puff • Jr. Troopa • Kent C. Koopa • Koopa Bros. • Lakilester • Lava Piranha • Lee • Magikoopa • Monstar • Red and Blue Goomba • Super Blooper • The Master • Tubba Blubba • Tubba Blubba's Heart • Tutankoopa
Enemies	Albino Dino • Amazy Dayzee • Bandit • Bombshell Bill Blaster • Baby Blooper • Bill Blaster • Bob-omb • Bombshell Bill • Bony Beetle • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Bzzap! • Chain Chomp • Cleft • Clubba • Crazee Dayzee • Crystal Bit • Dark Koopa • Dry Bones • Duplighost • Ember • Forest Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Gloomba • Goomba • Gray Magikoopa • Green Magikoopa • Groove Guy • Gulpit • Hammer Bro. • Hurt Plant • Hyper Cleft • Hyper Goomba • Hyper Paragoomba • Jungle Fuzzy • Kammy Koopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopatrol • Lakitu • Lava Bud • M. Bush • Medi Guy • Monty Mole (Flower Fields) • Monty Mole (Mt. Rugged) • Paragloomba • Paragoomba • Piranha Plant • Petit Piranha • Podoboo • Pokey • Pokey Mummy • Putrid Piranha • Pyro Guy • Red Magikoopa • Ruff Puff • Sentinel • Shy Guy • Shy Stack • Sky Guy • Spear Guy • Spiky Gloomba • Spiked Goomba • Spike Top • Spiny • Spy Guy • Stilt Guy • Stone Chomp • Swooper • Swoopula • White Clubba • White Magikoopa • Yellow Magikoopa
Locations	Mario's House • Post Office • Goomba Village • Goomba Road • Koopa Bros. Fortress • Koopa Village • Pleasant Path • Mt. Rugged • Dry Dry Outpost • Dry Dry Ruins • Dry Dry Desert • Boo's Mansion • Forever Forest • Gusty Gulch • Windy Mill • Tubba Blubba's Castle • Toad Town • Toad Town Tunnels • Lavalava Island • Mt. Lavalava • Flower Fields • Shy Guy's Toy Box • Shiver City • Shiver Region • Shiver Snowfield • Shiver Mountain • Crystal Palace • Shooting Star Summit • Starborn Valley • Star Haven • Bowser's Castle • Peach's Castle