The Poker Faces

The Poker Faces
Species	Bristles
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! You're gonna be coleslaw, kid! And that ain't good!”

—The Poker Faces, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Poker Faces (also known as The Ultimate Weapons) are two Bristles that Mario fights in the Glitz Pit in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Their name is derived from "poker face," when a person's face does not indicate what kind of cards they have. It is also a pun on "poke," referencing their spiked appearance.

The Poker Faces are ranked 8th in the Glitz Pit.

Statistics

Nintendo GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bristle
	Max HP	2	Attack	1	Defense	4
	Location(s)	Shhwonk Fortress, Glitz Pit	Role	Boss, common	Level	16
	Sleep?	40%	Dizzy?	40%	Confuse?	40%
	Tiny?	60%	Stop?	100%	Soft?	100%
	Burn?	0%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	50%
	Gale Force?	40%	KO?	95%	Moves	Destruction (1)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	5	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 84	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.
	Tattle	That's a Bristle. ...Totally covered in spikes. They're so prickly! Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 4. 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!

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bristle
	Max HP	2	Attack	1	Defense	4
	Location(s)	Shhwonk Fortress, Glitz Pit	Role	Common	Level	16
	Sleep?	40%	Dizzy?	40%	Confuse?	40%
	Tiny?	60%	Stop?	100%	Soft?	100%
	Burn?	0%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	50%
	Gale Force?	40%	KO?	95%	Moves	Destruction (1)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	5	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 87	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.
	Tattle	That's a Bristle. Totally covered in spikes. They're so prickly! Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 4. 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!

Names in other languages

The Poker Faces

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ポーキングストーンズ Pōkingu Sutōnzu	Poking Stones		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	穿凿锐石 Chuānzáo Ruì Shí	Cut-through Sharp Stones		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	穿鑿銳石 Chuānzáo Ruì Shí	Cut-through Sharp Stones		[?]
Dutch	De Stekelige Prikkers	The Spiky Stingers		[?]
French	Noirs Fléaux	Black scourges		[?]
German	Stachel-Steine	Sting Stones		[?]
Italian	I Bombing Stones	Pun on "The Rolling Stones"		[?]
Korean	포킹 스톤즈 Poking Seutonjeu	Poking Stones		[?]
Spanish (Latin American)	El Dúo Picudo	The Beaked Duo		[?]
Spanish (European)	Isa y Fernan	A reference to the most famous Spanish king and queen: Ferdinand II of Aragon (Fernando in Spanish) and Isabella I of Castile (Isabel in Spanish)		[?]

The Ultimate Weapons

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ざんこくな　ぜんしんキョウキ Zankoku na Zenshin Kyōki	The Cruel Ultimate Weapons		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	残酷的全身凶器 Cánkù de Quánshēn Xiōngqì	Brutal Full-Body Weapons		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	殘酷的全身凶器 Cánkù de Quánshēn Xiōngqì	Brutal Full-Body Weapons		[?]
Dutch	De Wrede Wapens	The Cruel Weapons		[?]
French	Haltères cruels	Cruel dumbbells		[?]
German	Die wandelnden Waffen	The walking Weapons		[?]
Italian	Il duetto di folli	The fools' duet		[?]
Korean	잔혹한 전신 흉기 Janhoghan Jeonsin Hyung-gi	Brutal Full-Body Weapons		[?]
Spanish (Latin American)	Las armas destructoras	The destructive weapons		[?]
Spanish (European)	Tanto monta, monta tanto	"They amount to the same, the same they amount to", motto that appears in the royal emblem of Ferdinand II of Aragon, from who the name "Fernan" comes from.		[?]