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|image=[[File:PMTTYD Hooktail Artwork.png|170px]]<br>Artwork of Hooktail
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|species=Dragon
|image=[[File:Hooktail Artwork - Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|hp=20 (+10 upon revival)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' ([[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|atk=5 (decreases by one every time Attack FX R makes noise in battle; cannot be lower than 1)
|def=1 (decreases by one every time Attack FX R makes noise in battle; cannot be lower than 0)
|items=None
|moves=Fire Breath (4, [[Piercing attack|Piercing]]), Stomp (5), Chomp (5)
|location=[[Hooktail Castle]]
|log=This giant dragon attacks by munching, stomping and breathing stinky, fiery breath. She hates things that make chirping noises, especially creatures that start with "cr-" and end with "-icket".
|tattle=That's Hooktail! It'll stomp and munch on you, and it has a more dragonish attack: stinky, fiery breath! It's tricky, especially when it's losing, and it'll try to fool you into being merciful. Oh, yeah, and one more thing. It hates things that start with "cr" and end with "icket". Supposedly, there's something related to that somewhere in this castle. Did we find it?
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{{quote|Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?|Hooktail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?|Hooktail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Hooktail''' is a dragon featured in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. She resides in [[Hooktail Castle]], and serves as the boss of Chapter 1.


'''Hooktail''' is a [[dragon]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' that had terrorized [[Petalburg|Petalburg's]] residents. As well as eating Petalburg's citizens, she had eaten anyone who came to her castle to slay her, including [[Kolorado's father]], [[List of Implied Characters#Old Man Skoo|Old Man Skoo]], and [[Koopley]]. When [[Mario]], [[Goombella]] and [[Koops]] came to her castle to obtain the first [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]], the [[Diamond Star]], they were given a clue on how to defeat Hooktail once they found a letter being clutched by the corpse of Kolorado's father &ndash; Hooktail cannot stand chirping sounds, especially ones that start with ''cr-'' and end with ''-icket'', the reason for this weakness being because she got food poisoning from eating a cricket. In the Japanese version of the game and the comic Super Mario-Kun, Hooktail is extremely scared of frogs.
==History==
===Background===
Much of Hooktail's background is unknown, though according to stories told by [[Grifty]], she, along with her [[Gloomtail|two]] [[Bonetail|siblings]] were once pets of the [[Shadow Queen]] who traveled around the world terrorizing people before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. Grifty's stories also mention that Hooktail Castle was created to contain one of the [[Crystal Star]]s, implying Hooktail may have been placed there in order to guard it.


[[File:Hooktail.gif|left|thumb|An in-game sprite of '''Hooktail'''.]]
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
During the fight it seems Hooktail is defeated, but she then offers 1,000 [[Coin]]s and a "Really Ultra Rare [[Badge]]" for her trust. She also, disgustingly, asks Mario if he would like to smell her feet, claiming that people pay good money to do this. It is the player's choice if Mario accepts or declines her offers. All three are traps and Hooktail will gobble Mario or stomp Mario for some damage if he accepts them. Before Mario and his team can finish her off, she swallows some of the [[audience]] members to replenish 10 of her [[Heart Point|HP]]. If the player reduces Hooktail's HP to 0 the first time, she will still eat the audience. If the audience is reduced below 10 since the player got a Bingo! from a [[Poison Mushroom]], Hooktail can regain less than 10 HP. Once Mario defeats her once and for all, Koops's dad will burst out of her mouth, claiming he survived in Hooktail's stomach by hiding in his shell. In the second part of the fight, if the player attacks Hooktail's head, the Toads she ate will be saved and will run away.
As explained by the residents there, Hooktail terrorized [[Petalburg]] for a long time, devouring many of its residents. Those who tried to stop her were ultimately devoured as well, including [[Kolorado]]'s [[Kolorado's father|father]] and [[Koopley]]. However, her victims discovered that her weakness was [[Attack FX R|cricket chirps]], noting that she became nauseated and weakened upon hearing them.


Hooktail also has two older brothers named [[Bonetail]] and [[Gloomtail]], all three being the [[Shadow Queen|Shadow Queen's]] pets. It was not revealed that Hooktail was female until the fight with Gloomtail. Koopley, Koops, [[Koopie Koo]], and Goombella all referred to Hooktail as "it", while others erroneously refer to her as a "he". Gloomtail attempted to avenge his sister by killing Mario and his friends, but Mario proved too strong and Gloomtail failed. Hooktail resides in [[Hooktail Castle]], whose builder is unknown. Her castle was built to accommodate her massive size. Later on in the game, when Mario and company revisit Hooktail's lair, they find no trace of Hooktail. Goombella wonders briefly where Hooktail disappeared to, but ends up deciding Hooktail's absence is a good thing.
When [[Mario]] visited [[the Thousand-Year Door]] and held the [[Magical Map]] aloft, the map revealed that the [[Diamond Star]] was located in Hooktail Castle. After progressing through it, it is revealed that Hooktail is the guardian of the [[Crystal Star]], and Mario battles her to retrieve it. Wearing the Attack FX R badge in the battle against her will progressively weaken her attacks, making the battle much easier.


Oddly, Hooktail was shown to actually have a hook at the end of her tail in the game but in official artwork she does not. Hooktail resembles [[zeldawiki:Valoo|Valoo]] from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''. Her name may even come from the boss battle with [[zeldawiki:Gohma|Gohma]], in which [[zeldawiki:Link|Link]] must use the [[zeldawiki:Grappling Hook|Grappling Hook]] on Valoo's hooklike tail.
Upon defeat, she tries to bargain with the player. She at first offers 1,000 [[coin]]s, then a "lovely, rare, extra-special badge", and finally a chance to sniff her feet. All three are false offers, and she will attack the player if they accept any of them. After this, she eats some of the [[audience]] members, healing her by 10 HP and causing the rest of the audience to run away. Mario then defeats her, and she coughs up the missing Koopley after fainting. He then rewards Mario with the Diamond Star, which was trapped inside her gut.


==Other appearances==
Hooktail was later referenced nearing the end of the game when encountering her brother [[Gloomtail]], where one of the party members will briefly mistake him for her and question how she survived the encounter. This promptly outraged him and had him decide to fight Mario to avenge his sister.
[[File:SMKun_Hooktail.jpg|left|thumb|Hooktail appearing in the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' series.]]
Hooktail also appeared in ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' in issue 32 of the series, the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' issue.
In it, she attacks Mario, Goombella, and Koops. As this manga is based on the original Japanese game, she gets weak by a frog's croak rather than a cricket's chirp.


Hooktail appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]] in the game ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl.]]'' The sticker is usable by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks.
===''Super Mario-kun''===
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[[File:SMKun Hooktail.jpg|left|thumb|Hooktail appearing in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''.]]
Hooktail appears in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' in volume 32 of the series, the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' issue. In it, she attacks Mario, Goombella, and Koops. As this manga is based on the original Japanese game, she gets weak by a frog's croak rather than a cricket's chirp.
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
Hooktail appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]] in the game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. The sticker is usable in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]] by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks by 36 points.
 
===Unused appearances===
====''Minecraft''====
[[File:Hooktail minecraft.jpg|thumb|150px|Hooktail as the Ender Dragon.]]
In the files for the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'', there is an unused image of Hooktail as the Ender Dragon. In the final version, the Ender Dragon is [[Gobblegut]] instead.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
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===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Hooktail
|image=[[File:Hooktail Sticker.png|100px]]
|game-''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]
|effect=[Flame] - Resistance +36
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hooktail PMTTYD encounter.png|Mario and Koops encounter Hooktail
Hooktail Threatening PMTTYD.png|Hooktail threatens to devour the heroes.
PMTTYD Hooktail Battle Introduction.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Battle.png|Mario prepares to swing his hammer at Hooktail
PMTTYD Hooktail Feeling Ill.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Breath.png|Hooktail breathing her "stinky, fiery breath" at Goombella and Mario
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 1.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 2.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Pleading 3.png
PMTTYD Hooktail Crowd.png|Hooktail gobbles the [[Toad (species)|Toads]] in the audience and restores 10 HP.
Hooktail Fainting PMTTYD.png|Hooktail faints.
Hooktail Finished! PMTTYD.png|Hooktail defeated.
Hooktail Last Burp.png|Hooktail spitting [[Koopley]]'s shell out
PMTTYD NS Hooktail.png|Hooktail as seen in the Nintendo Switch version
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Bonetail]]
*[[Gloomtail]]


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ゴンババ
|Jap=ゴンババ
|JapR=Gonbaba
|JapR=Gonbaba
|JapM=
|JapM=From「ウンババ」(''Unbaba'', "[[Blargg]]"), and possibly「ドラゴン」(''doragon'', "dragon"); the play on「ウンババ」was also used on every dragon boss in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''Super Paper Mario''.
|Fra=Carbocroc
|Chi=
|FraM= Pun on "carboniser" (burn, char) and "croc" (fang)
|ChiR=
|ChiS=
|Dut=Vermila
|DutM=Pun on ''vermiljoen'' ("vermilion") and the feminine name "Mila"
|Fre=Carbocroc
|FreM= Pun on ''carboniser'' ("burn", "char") and ''croc'' ("fang")
|Ger=Lohgard
|Ger=Lohgard
|GerM=Portmanteau of "Lohe" (blaze) and a female name ending with "gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard")
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Lohe'' ("blaze") and the feminine name suffix "-gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard")
|Ita=Crimilde
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "crimson" and the feminine name suffix "-hilde"
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Gombaba
|Spa=Gombaba
|SpaM=Taken from the Japanese ''Gonbaba'', but with the "M" before "B" because, in Spanish, "N" does not come directly before "B".
|SpaM=Same as Japanese name
|Ita=Crimilde
}}
|ItaM=Italian female name}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*There will always be eight Toads seated in the lower right seats in the audience.
*There will always be eight Toads seated in the lower right seats in the [[audience]]. Hooktail will eat these Toads to replenish herself for the second round, but two of them will escape from being eaten.
*In some translations, like the Spanish one, Hooktail is actually male.
**Jumping on Hooktail or using [[Goombella]]'s [[Headbonk]] during that round will make her spit out the Toads she has eaten, two per hit. Up to six Toads can be released from Hooktail's mouth.
*In the Spanish localization, Hooktail is depicted as a male.
*In the Japanese version and all other versions except English, Hooktail's weakness is frogs and not crickets like in the English version. However, in the American ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' demo included in the Demo Disc Version 18 for the GameCube, Hooktail is weak to frogs like in the Japanese version.


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Latest revision as of 23:38, April 26, 2024

Hooktail
Artwork of Hooktail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Artwork of Hooktail
Species Dragon
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Brawl (sticker cameo) (2008)
“Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?”
Hooktail, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Hooktail is a dragon featured in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She resides in Hooktail Castle, and serves as the boss of Chapter 1.

History

Background

Much of Hooktail's background is unknown, though according to stories told by Grifty, she, along with her two siblings were once pets of the Shadow Queen who traveled around the world terrorizing people before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind The Thousand-Year Door. Grifty's stories also mention that Hooktail Castle was created to contain one of the Crystal Stars, implying Hooktail may have been placed there in order to guard it.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

As explained by the residents there, Hooktail terrorized Petalburg for a long time, devouring many of its residents. Those who tried to stop her were ultimately devoured as well, including Kolorado's father and Koopley. However, her victims discovered that her weakness was cricket chirps, noting that she became nauseated and weakened upon hearing them.

When Mario visited the Thousand-Year Door and held the Magical Map aloft, the map revealed that the Diamond Star was located in Hooktail Castle. After progressing through it, it is revealed that Hooktail is the guardian of the Crystal Star, and Mario battles her to retrieve it. Wearing the Attack FX R badge in the battle against her will progressively weaken her attacks, making the battle much easier.

Upon defeat, she tries to bargain with the player. She at first offers 1,000 coins, then a "lovely, rare, extra-special badge", and finally a chance to sniff her feet. All three are false offers, and she will attack the player if they accept any of them. After this, she eats some of the audience members, healing her by 10 HP and causing the rest of the audience to run away. Mario then defeats her, and she coughs up the missing Koopley after fainting. He then rewards Mario with the Diamond Star, which was trapped inside her gut.

Hooktail was later referenced nearing the end of the game when encountering her brother Gloomtail, where one of the party members will briefly mistake him for her and question how she survived the encounter. This promptly outraged him and had him decide to fight Mario to avenge his sister.

Super Mario-kun

Mario, Goombella, and Koops battling on Hooktail from Super Mario-kun
Hooktail appearing in Super Mario-kun.

Hooktail appears in Super Mario-kun in volume 32 of the series, the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door issue. In it, she attacks Mario, Goombella, and Koops. As this manga is based on the original Japanese game, she gets weak by a frog's croak rather than a cricket's chirp.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Hooktail appears as a Sticker in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The sticker is usable in The Subspace Emissary by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks by 36 points.

Unused appearances

Minecraft

Image of Minecraft: Wii U Edition showing Hooktail as the Enderdragon.
Hooktail as the Ender Dragon.

In the files for the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft: Wii U Edition, there is an unused image of Hooktail as the Ender Dragon. In the final version, the Ender Dragon is Gobblegut instead.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Hooktail
PMTTYD Hooktail Head Sprite.png Max HP 20 (+10 upon revival) Attack 5 Defense 1
Location(s) Hooktail Castle Role Boss Level 65
Sleep? 20% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 0% Stop? 0% Soft? 0%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 0% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0% KO? 0% Moves Fire Breath (4, Piercing), Stomp (5), Chomp (5)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items None
Tattle Log #:
99
Log This giant dragon attacks by munching, stomping and breathing stinky, fiery breath. She hates things that make chirping noises, especially creatures that start with "cr-" and end with "-icket".
Tattle That's Hooktail! Max HP is 20, Attack is 5, and Defense is 1. It'll stomp and munch on you, and it has a more dragonish attack: stinky, fiery breath! It's tricky, especially when it's losing, and it'll try to fool you into being merciful. Oh, yeah, and one more thing. It hates things that start with "cr" and end with "icket". Supposedly, there's something related to that somewhere in this castle. Did we find it?

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sticker
Hooktail
A Sticker of Hooktail
Artwork from:
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Flame] - Resistance +36
Usable by: Anyone

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ゴンババ
Gonbaba
From「ウンババ」(Unbaba, "Blargg"), and possibly「ドラゴン」(doragon, "dragon"); the play on「ウンババ」was also used on every dragon boss in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario.

Dutch Vermila
Pun on vermiljoen ("vermilion") and the feminine name "Mila"
French Carbocroc
Pun on carboniser ("burn", "char") and croc ("fang")
German Lohgard
Portmanteau of Lohe ("blaze") and the feminine name suffix "-gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard")
Italian Crimilde
Portmanteau of "crimson" and the feminine name suffix "-hilde"
Spanish Gombaba
Same as Japanese name

Trivia

  • There will always be eight Toads seated in the lower right seats in the audience. Hooktail will eat these Toads to replenish herself for the second round, but two of them will escape from being eaten.
    • Jumping on Hooktail or using Goombella's Headbonk during that round will make her spit out the Toads she has eaten, two per hit. Up to six Toads can be released from Hooktail's mouth.
  • In the Spanish localization, Hooktail is depicted as a male.
  • In the Japanese version and all other versions except English, Hooktail's weakness is frogs and not crickets like in the English version. However, in the American Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door demo included in the Demo Disc Version 18 for the GameCube, Hooktail is weak to frogs like in the Japanese version.