
Eventually, Mario defeated him and Bonetail coughed up a chest containing the Return Postage Badge.īonetail is the strongest enemy in the game, even stronger than the Shadow Queen. All of his breaths can be avoided with Shell Shield. His blue breath can freeze Mario, green breath can confuse him, purple can shrink him and white can put him to sleep. Bonetail's many breaths cause a variety of status ailments in addition to dealing damage. His actions outside of the Pit of 100 Trials, if there are any, are unknown.Īfter 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 has not ever demonstrated that ability. He was once a pet of the Shadow Queen that was put in the pit to guard and punish anyone of her choice. 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 is the older brother of Gloomtail and Hooktail. In the Japanese version, all three dragons have "baba" in their name, which means "old woman". In the German version of the game, Bonetail is depicted as a female, and in the Italian version, Bonetail's name is derived from "Cassandra", a girl's name. As his name suggests, he is a mere skeleton. Maybe even the toughest?īonetail is a large, skeletal dragon that resides at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy
