X-Naut

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This article is about the group of enemies in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the organization they work for, see X-Nauts (organization).
The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Naut
File:X-naut.png
Location(s) The Great Tree, X-Naut Fortress
Max HP 4
Attack 3
Defense 0
Moves Ground Pound (3), Tackle (3), Potion (Huge)
Items Dizzy Dial, Fire Flower, Honey Syrup (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Stopwatch, Super Shroom, Volt Shroom (drop only), HP Plus
Coins 1 - 2
Log A foot soldier that uses potions and attacks by ramming. This X-Naut is the lowest of Grodus's underlings.
More
Level 13
Exp. points 0
Sleep? 90%
Dizzy? 90%
Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 95%
Burn? 100%
Freeze? 80%
Stop? 90%
Soft? 95%
Fright? 100%
Gale Force? 80%
KO? 95%
Tattle

That's an X-Naut. Says here it's classified as an "enemy combatant." That description stinks… You think it means they're just low-level foot soldiers? Max HP is 4, Attack is 3, and Defense is 0. They drink these potions that make them all big and burly…then they attack! One's easy, but if there's two or more, better watch out! Use special moves and items!

Tattle Log #:
107
“You rang, dude? I mean, sir? You rang, Sir Grodus, dude? Grodus? Sir Grodus, sir?”
X-Naut, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

X-Nauts (originally known as Boomer Gangers[1]) are soldiers that work for Sir Grodus and Lord Crump of the X-Nauts; they all appear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They are short and individually weak, but rush to defend their leader, Lord Crump, if he is threatened. It is unknown what is behind their uniform, as they do not show their true appearance, just like a Shy Guy.

In battle, they attack by charging into Mario or jumping on top of him. They can also use potions to heal each other or make themselves huge; increasing their Attack.

Several X-Nauts were encountered in the Great Tree as they and Crump searched for the Emerald Star. The surviving X-Nauts were forced to retreat when Crump was defeated. During the boss battle with Lord Crump in Keelhaul Key, a platoon of X-Nauts helped him. Also, some were encountered in the X-Naut Fortress, including X-Naut PhD's and Elite X-Nauts. At least four X-Nauts aside from Crump survived, and are shown in the ending sequence: A regular X-Naut soldier, an X-Naut PhD, and two Elite X-Nauts.

File:X-naut Costume.png
An X-Naut uniform.

A large army of X-Nauts (exceeding any count of X-Nauts seen in the Great Tree or X-Naut Fortress) is often summoned by Lord Crump. When Mario defeated Crump the first time, he summoned the X-Nauts (which included a regular X-Naut named Johnson) to attack Mario, but they accidentally attacked Crump instead while Mario and Goombella escaped. Later, on Keelhaul Key, Crump brought the army of X-Nauts with him on a battleship to attack Mario and take the Sapphire Star back from him. They fought against the Toads and Cortez's Embers, and eventually Crump called them in to assist him in the fight against Mario, but when Crump was defeated, he and the army retreated. Shortly afterward, when Crump encountered Bowser and Kammy Koopa in Twilight Town, Crump summoned the army of X-Nauts again. Bowser and Kammy retaliated by summoning various members of the Koopa Troop (Hammer Bros., Koopatrols, and Magikoopas). Crump threw a Superbombomb at them, but as it was broken it didn't work. Bowser set it off with his fiery breath, destroying both armies (though Bowser, Kammy, and Crump survived).

In recent years, X-Nauts have (according to Super Paper Mario) been featured in two sci-fi TV shows: Starship X-Naut and The Grodus Chronicles (the latter of which is only known to have featured one X-Naut whose lover had dumped him). There have been many seasons of Starship X-Naut, and the show is a favorite of geeks such as Francis. Apparently, he favors people who would dump somebody over a conversation about the propulsion system of the X-Nauts' spaceship on the show. An X-Naut made a cameo appearance on the Nintendo Monopoly board.

Varieties of X-Nauts

  • X-Naut troopers are the lesser X-Nauts, also the weakest. These types of X-Nauts are field troops and the lowest of Grodus' underlings. When led by high-ranking commanders, such as Lord Crump, they can use more attacks.
  • Elite X-Nauts
  • X-Naut PhDs

Notable X-Nauts

X-Naut Platoon stats

Names in other languages

X-Naut

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ぐんだんいん
Gundan'in
Soldier

German Fußsoldat
Foot soldier
Spanish (NOA) Soldado X
Soldier X
Spanish (NOE) Mega X
Mega (or Big) X

X-Naut Platoon

Language Name Meaning
German Soldateska
Band of Soldiers

Trivia

  • Due to the lack of voice acting in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the pronunciation of "X-Naut" is unknown. It may be pronounced like the letter "X", which is supported by Goombella's tattles using the article "an". However, it can also be pronounced "cross", as suggested by Goombella's tattle on X-Yux.
  • In Super Paper Mario, there is a Sammer Guy by the name of Laughing X-Naut.

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