Cleft
| Cleft | |||
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 A Cleft from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | |||
| First appearance | Paper Mario (2000) | ||
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) | ||
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Clefts are animate rock enemies resembling spiked skulls 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. Clefts have a large amount of variant types, all of which are very strong and sturdy and are capable of disguising themselves as ordinary rocks, though they are also easily flipped over with an explosion or the Quake Hammer, rendering them helpless. They pursue and attack Mario by charging into him, are immune to fire, and, aside from a few variants, have spiked heads preventing him from jumping on them.
History
Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Clefts inhabit Mt. Rugged. They are initially disguised as white rocks on the overworld, but when they detect Mario, they change into a dull brown and gain their features. When encountering one, Goombario's tattle suggests running away if the player finds them too difficult to defeat. Green Hyper Clefts inhabit Gusty Gulch and are additionally capable of charging their attacks to boost their power.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Clefts inhabit Boggly Woods, and in fitting with its aesthetic, are monochrome. Earth Tremor does not flip them, but if executed well enough, it can defeat them automatically. Additionally, if three questions of the 65th Super Fun Quirk Quiz are answered incorrectly, the player will have to face four Clefts. The original active coloration of Cleft makes a cameo on a poster in Glitzville, though due to the placement of buildings it is very difficult to see in-game.
Hyper Clefts also return, and several new variants of Clefts are introduced. These are the spikeless Bald Cleft and Hyper Bald Cleft, which are safe to jump on but still have high defense; the large and nigh-invulnerable Iron Cleft, which can only be defeated with Yoshi's Gulp; and the moon-dwelling Moon Cleft, which uses a brighter version of the original coloration for Cleft in Paper Mario and is said to simply be an ordinary Cleft on the moon, despite also being stronger.
Super Paper Mario
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It has been suggested that Moon Cleft#Super Paper Mario be merged with this section. (discuss) |
In Super Paper Mario, Bald Clefts appear in the Yold Desert region. Downtown of Crag contains a spiked, tan Cleft that is identified as a normal Cleft in the original Japanese and a Moon Cleft in the localization, despite not being on the moon. The Flopside Pit of 100 Trials contains a dark version of this Cleft called the Dark Cleft.
Statistics
Paper Mario
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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
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Cleft | ||||||||
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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 |
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| Japanese | シンエモン Shin'emon |
Male name in Japan; shared with Moon Cleft from Super Paper Mario |
| Chinese | 岩石怪 Yánshí Guài |
Rock Monster |
| German | Kirk |
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| Italian | Teschiolito |
From "teschio" (skull) and the Ancient Greek word "lithos" (stone) |
| Spanish | Cleft |
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