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{{quote|AROOOOOOOOOOOOO!|Bonetail|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
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{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Bonetail|image=[[File:Bonetail.png|250px]]}}
'''Bonetail''' is a large, skeletal dragon in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' residing at the bottom of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. He is the older brother of [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. Unlike his still-living siblings, he is an undead dragon, having died of old age after not eating anything for centuries at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials. He was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]], but it is never stated why or how Bonetail came to reside at the bottom of the Pit. According to [[Grifty]], Bonetail, along with his two siblings, went around the world terrorizing people some time before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. There is some regional dispute over the gender of Bonetail, as while the English version depicts Bonetail as male, other versions depict Bonetail as female. In the Italian version, Bonetail's name is derived from "Cassandra", a girl's name.
'''Bonetail''' is a large, skeletal dragon in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' residing at the bottom of the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. He is the older brother of [[Gloomtail]] and [[Hooktail]]. Unlike his still-living siblings, he is an undead dragon, having died of unknown reasons. He was once a pet of the [[Shadow Queen]], but it is never stated why or how Bonetail came to reside at the bottom of the Pit. According to [[Grifty]], Bonetail, along with his two siblings, went around the world terrorizing people some time before the Shadow Queen was imprisoned behind [[The Thousand-Year Door]]. There is some regional dispute over the gender of Bonetail, as while the English version depicts Bonetail as male, other versions depict Bonetail as female. In the Italian version, Bonetail's name is derived from "Cassandra", a girl's name.


After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail will roar, making it questionable if he can talk, as he never demonstrates that ability. Bonetail's many breaths cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. His blue breath can freeze Mario, green breath can cause confusion, purple can shrink Mario or his partner, and white has the effect of a [[Sleepy Sheep]]. All of his fire breath attacks can be avoided with [[Shell Shield]] or simply guarding. If Mario defeats Bonetail, he coughs up a chest containing the [[Return Postage]] [[Badge]].
After [[Mario]] and his teammates reach the bottom floor of the Pit of 100 Trials, Bonetail roars, making it questionable if he can talk as he never demonstrates that ability. Bonetail's many breaths cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. His blue breath can [[Frozen|freeze]] Mario, green breath can cause [[Confused|confusion]], purple can turn Mario or his partner [[Tiny (status effect)|tiny]], and white can inflict [[sleep]]. All of his fire breath attacks can be avoided with [[Shell Shield]] or simply guarding. If Mario defeats Bonetail, he coughs up a chest containing the [[Return Postage]] [[badge]].


Bonetail is much stronger than his younger siblings, Hooktail and Gloomtail, and even more than the Shadow Queen. He is the strongest boss in the game, but only offers one star point after defeat; Bonetail can restore 20 HP when having lower HP, and has the most HP out of any enemy. Additionally, Bonetail has the same default attack and defense stats as Gloomtail, with other buffs added throughout the fight (but note that Bonetail doesn't have all of Gloomtail's attacks, like Earthquake or Megabreath).
Bonetail is much stronger than his younger siblings, Hooktail and Gloomtail, and even more than the Shadow Queen. He is the strongest boss in the game, but only offers one star point after defeat; Bonetail can restore 20 HP when having lower HP, and has the most HP out of any enemy. Additionally, Bonetail has the same default attack and defense stats as Gloomtail, with other buffs added throughout the fight. However, Bonetail does not have all of Gloomtail's attacks, like his earthquake attack or Megabreath.


At the beginning of the fight, Mario's partner will make a comment regarding Bonetail:
At the beginning of the fight, Mario's [[party member|partner]] makes a comment regarding Bonetail:
*[[Goombella]]: ''"Wow! What a freak!"''
*[[Goombella]]: ''"Wow! What a freak!"''
*[[Koops]]: ''"Yikes! What a grump!"''
*[[Koops]]: ''"Yikes! What a grump!"''
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
MeetBonetail.png|[[Mario]] meets Bonetail
MeetBonetail.png|[[Mario]] encounters Bonetail
PMTTYD Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail.png
PMTTYD Pit of 100 Trials Bonetail.png|The battle with Bonetail
Bonetail head TTYD early.png|Bonetail's unused early head design.
PMTTYD Bonetail Defeated.png|Bonetail defeated
PMTTYD Bonetail Defeated.png|Bonetail defeated
Bonetail head TTYD early.png|Bonetail's [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|unused]] early head design
</gallery>
</gallery>


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|Jap=ゾンババ
|Jap=ゾンババ
|JapR=Zonbaba
|JapR=Zonbaba
|JapM=Portmanteau of "''zonbi''" (ゾンビ, zombie) and "''unbaba''" (ウンババ, [[Blargg]]).
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ゾンビ」(''zonbi'', zombie) and「ゴンババ」(''Gonbaba'', [[Hooktail]]) or「ブンババ」(''Bunbaba'', [[Gloomtail]])
|Ita=Ossandra
|Ita=Ossandra
|ItaM=Pormanteau of "''osso''" (bone) and Cassandra (an Italian female name).
|ItaM=Pormanteau of "osso" (bone) and "Cassandra" (an Italian female name)
|Fra=Occicroc
|Fre=Occicroc
|FraM=Portmanteau of "''occire''" (slay) and "''croc''" (fang)
|FreM=Portmanteau of "occire" (slay) and "croc" (fang)
|Spa=Zombaba
|Spa=Zombaba
|SpaM=From the Japanese name ''Zonbaba'', but with an M before the B because, in Spanish orthography, N can't come before B.
|SpaM=From the Japanese name "Zonbaba", but with an "m" before the "b" because, in Spanish orthography, "n" should not come before "b"
|Ger=Lohviata
|Ger=Lohviata
|GerM=Portmanteau of "''lohe''" (blaze) and "''viata''", which might be based on the English word bloviate.<br />[[wikipedia:Loviatar|Loviatar]] was a blind goddess from Finnish mythology.}}
|GerM=Portmanteau of "lohe" (blaze) and possibly the English word "bloviate"; also likely a pun on "{{wp|Loviatar}}"
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|early version]] of Bonetail's head, he is depicted with blue eyes.
*If the player returns to the 100th floor after beating Bonetail, quiet and eerie music plays in the room.
*When equipping enough [[Power Rush]] badges to give Mario the highest attack possible (99 damage), and as a standalone enemy by excluding Grodus equipping four Grodus Xs to shield him upon starting his battle, as well as the Shadow Queen's first phase of being invincible upon doing at least 60 damage total, Bonetail is the only boss that cannot be defeated in one turn without using FP (a la the [[Power Bounce]] badge) or a leveled-up partner to deal the final blow.
*Along with [[Sir Grodus]] and the [[Shadow Queen]]'s first phase, Bonetail cannot be defeated in a single turn using Mario only with his non-FP attacks strengthened by [[Power Rush]] badges.
 
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