Cleft
Template:Species-infobox Clefts are rock monsters that appear in the Paper Mario series. Their name comes from the word "cleft", which can alternately refer to a crack in a rock or an indentation of the chin, both of which are characteristics of the Clefts. In the first Paper Mario game, Clefts are brown with red shoes, but in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they are gray with black shoes, while the original coloration is seen in Moon Clefts instead.
Clefts inhabit Mt. Rugged in Paper Mario, and Boggly Woods in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though their many sub-species can be found in a variety of other areas as well. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, if three questions of the Super Fun Quirk Quiz are answered incorrectly, the player will have to face four Clefts. Although regular Clefts don't appear in Super Paper Mario, Moon Clefts do, as well as Bald Clefts.
All species of Clefts have high defense and high attack, and will attack by ramming Mario. If Mario flips them over with an explosion or a Quake Hammer, their defenseless undersides are exposed to attack. Earth Tremor does not flip them, but if executed well enough, it can defeat them automatically.
Varieties of Clefts
Notable Clefts
- Cleftor – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Armored Harriers – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Profiles and statistics
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Cleft | |||||||||
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Max HP | 2 | Attack | 2 | Defense | 2 (standing), 0 (flipped) | |||
| Role | Common | Type | Ground, Top Spiky (standing), Ground (flipped) | Level | 10 | ||||
| Strong | Fire | Weak | None | Moves | Spike Charge (2), Struggle, Stand Up | ||||
| Sleep? | 40%, -1 | Dizzy? | 50%, -1 | Shock? | 50%, 0 | ||||
| Shrink? | 75%, 0 | Stop? | 90%, 0 | Fright? | 40% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 40% | Hurricane? | 40% | Coins | 2 + 1-3 | ||||
| Items | None | Run | 12 | Location(s) | Mt. Rugged | ||||
| Tattle | This is a Cleft. Clefts are pretty strong, so you'd better be careful. Max HP: 2, Attack Power: 2, Defense Power: 2 Their specialty is pretending to be rocks, so watch your step on the mountain. You'll get hurt if you jump on the spikes on their heads. You know, there's courage in running away sometimes... | ||||||||
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Cleft | ||||||||
| File:A cleft.PNG | Max HP | 2 | Attack | 2 | Defense | 2 | ||
| Location(s) | Petal Meadows, Boggly Woods, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 12, 17) | Role | Boss, common | Level | 12 | |||
| Sleep? | 50% | Dizzy? | 50% | Confuse? | 50% | |||
| Tiny? | 70% | Stop? | 100% | Soft? | 100% | |||
| Burn? | 0% | Freeze? | 70% | Fright? | 50% | |||
| Gale Force? | 70% | KO? | 95% | Moves | Cleft Charge (2) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 1 - 3 | Items | Mushroom, Thunder Bolt, Earth Quake, Mini Mr. Mini, Dizzy Dial | |||
| Tattle Log #: 79 |
Log | A spiky, rock-headed jerk that's impervious to fire attacks and has a solid body. | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Cleft. A rock-head jerk with spikes on his noggin. What a rocker! Max HP is 2, Attack is 2, and Defense is 2. That hard head is a major pain. Fire doesn't hurt it, but other types of items are pretty effective, usually. If nothing seems to work on it, you can always just run. | |||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シンエモン Shin'emon |
Male name in Japan |
| German | Kirk |
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| Italian | Teschiolito |
From "teschio" (skull), and the ancient greek "lithos" (stone) |
| Portuguese | Cleft |
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