Hooktail



Hooktail is a dragon in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door that has terrorized Petalburg. She ate many of its residents who came to her castle to slay her, like Kolorado's dad and Koops' dad. When Mario, Goombella and Koops came to her castle to obtain the first Crystal Star, the Diamond Star, they were given a clue on how to defeat Hooktail once they found the dead body of Kolorado's father-- Hooktail cannot stand chirping sounds, especially ones that start with cr- and end with -icket.

During the fight it seems Hooktail is defeated, but before Mario and his team can finish her off, she swallowed some of the audience members to replenish 10 of her HP. Once you defeat her completely, Koops' dad will burst out of her mouth, since he's lived in her stomach.

She has two older brothers named Bonetail and Gloomtail. It was not revealed that Hooktail was female until the fight with Gloomtail, who attempted to defeat Mario and his friends for slaying his sister. Hooktail resides in Hooktail Castle, while Gloomtail was in a chamber in the Palace of Shadow, and her (presumably oldest) brother Bonetail was on the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials.

According to Grifty in Rogueport, the three siblings were once the pets of the Shadow Queen.

Stats and Tattle Information

 * HP: 30
 * Attack: 5,
 * Defense: 1
 * Location: Hooktail Castle
 * Tattle Number: 99
 * Tattle 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?

Trivia

 * In the upcoming Super Paper Mario, there is a dragon boss that is closely related to Hooktail.