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{{quote|Rawk out, [[Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Great Gonzales]]!!! RAAAAAAAAAAAAWK! Listen to me, Gonzales! Anybody who's beat me is not ALLOWED to lose!!!|Rawk Hawk|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
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'''Rawk Hawk''', also known as the '''"Feral Nuclear Reactor"''', is the reigning champion in the [[Glitz Pit]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', until [[Mario]] arrives to take his title. Mario does this in order to obtain the [[Gold Star]], which is supposedly found on the [[Champ's Belt]], which only the champion is allowed to wear. He is a parody of pro wrestlers, particularly Hulk Hogan.
|atk=3 (4 in Japanese and European version)
 
|def=0 (The North American version mistakenly says his Defense is 1.)
==History==
|items=None
===Background===
|moves=
Prior to Mario's arrival, Rawk Hawk joined the Glitz Pit, achieved higher ranks and eventually became champion. However, he became champion only by default, since his rival, [[Prince Mush]] mysteriously disappeared before their title match could begin.
|location=[[Glitz Pit]]
 
|log=A Champion Fighter. Battling him requires a certain level of artistry. "You wanna hate me, but you can't help but love the RAAAAAAAWWWWK!"
===''Paper Mario'' series===
|tattle=That's Rawk Hawk! He flips, flaps, and slaps! ...That's what the book says. He's really good at aerial maneuvers, but other than that, he's pretty...meh. One thing you should know is that Rawk Hawk NEVER fights above the board. Carelessness leads to lifelessness, y'know!
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
|before=[[Bonetail|101]]
[[File:PMTTYD Champ's Belt Screenshot.png|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Rawk Hawk standing next to [[Grubba]], and holding the fake [[Gold Star]] on the [[Champ's Belt]].]]
|#=102
Rawk Hawk appears in the third chapter, [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Of Glitz and Glory]] of [[Glitzville]]. When Mario and his partners arrive, they find Rawk Hawk squaring off against [[The Koopinator]], whom he manages to defeat easily. [[Grubba]], the Glitz Pit promoter (and referee) congratulates Rawk Hawk for his victory. Rawk Hawk then holds up the Champ's Belt, which gets the attention of Mario and his partners. Shortly afterwards, Mario and his partners decide to become official fighters in the Glitz Pit in order to win the championship and obtain the Crystal Star. When Mario and his partners make their way into the major league, however, the Crystal Star in Rawk Hawk's belt is revealed to be a fake.
|after=[[Macho Grubba|103]]
 
As Mario and his partners continue climbing their way up the ranks, the audience begins to take their attention away from Rawk Hawk and starts to focus on Mario and his party. Rawk Hawk, jealous, threatens them, though they continue to ignore threats. Rawk Hawk then sends Mario and his partners a [[Poisoned Cake]] (after they have received a real [[cake]]), which can cause Mario's partner to fall sick and thus not participate the next round.
 
[[File:ChampionshipBattle.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Mario and [[Goombella]] preparing to fight Rawk Hawk.]]
Eventually, Mario and his partners challenge Rawk Hawk in a title match. Rawk Hawk, afraid of losing his title, decides to cheat again by having a security guard lock Mario and his partners in an abandoned minor league locker room, which would cause them to forfeit the match. However, they escape by using a toilet, and eventually confront Rawk Hawk. When the match begins, Rawk Hawk reveals himself to be responsible for the several setbacks, so they accuse him of sending that threat about the Crystal Star as well. Rawk Hawk, however, was not the one who was sending them the threatening letters, nor did he care about or was even aware of the existence of the Crystal Star. Mario and his partners then usurp Rawk Hawk's champion status. The group is then awarded with the Champ's Belt, as well as access to the Champion's Room.
 
[[File:PowerBounceRawkHawk.png|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Mario using the [[Power Bounce]] technique on Rawk Hawk.]]
After [[Macho Grubba]]'s defeat, many of the Glitz Pit fighters, including Rawk Hawk, line up to say goodbye to Mario and his partners before they left to continue their adventure. Rawk Hawk then tells Mario that he will fight fairly from then on.
 
During the intermission after Chapter 6, [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] finds Rawk Hawk's secret training area, which is located somewhere underneath [[Rogueport]]. When they arrive, they see the Champ's Belt hanging up on the wall and mistake it for the real Crystal Star. Just when they are about to grab it, however, Rawk Hawk enters the room. He expresses his amusement at how Bowser cleared his "secret training facility", stating that he "imported some super-freaks" to make it more difficult to get through, possibly alluding to the [[X-Naut]] soldiers that Bowser encountered in the prior level. During their fight, the false Crystal Star on the belt to break into two. Kammy realizes that the Star is a fake and questions Rawk Hawk about the real Star's whereabouts. Rawk Hawk tells them that "The Great Gonzales" has it, but Bowser fails to realize that "The Great Gonzales" is Mario.
 
During the seventh chapter, Rawk Hawk sends Mario an [[Mailbox SP#Rawk Hawk: YOU!!!|e-mail]] saying that he has not forgotten about their last battle and that he "feels the rage all over again" on rainy days. He then calls him a coward for giving up the belt and threatens him, saying that if he ever comes back, he will get "Rawked". Rawk Hawk reappears during the cutscene that takes place during Mario's final battle with the [[Shadow Queen]]. He, [[Jolene]], and all the other Glitz Pit fighters began cheering Mario on, encouraging him and his partners to defeat the Shadow Queen and save the world.
 
After Chapter 3, the player can optionally choose to return to the Glitz Pit, where Rawk Hawk is once again the reigning champion (since Mario hands the belt back to him before he left the first time). This makes him the only rematchable boss in the game.
 
=====E-Mail=====
;YOU!!!
[[File:PMTTYD RawkHawk Mail.png|thumb|An attached image of Rawk Hawk in his e-mail to Mario]]
<blockquote>Is this the so-called Great Gonzales? Unh! Well, it's me, your worst nightmare! The new and improved Rawk Hawk! Don't think I forgot you, punk!<br>
<br>
I'm reborn, you coward! My training regimen would blow your mind! I'm on the fast track back to the top, and ain't NOBODY gonna get in my way! Rawk!<br>
<br>
And still...on rainy days, I feel the bruises your hammer of shame left on this bod, and I feel the RAAAAAAGE again!<br>
<br>
If you EVER show your face in the [[Glitz Pit|ring]] again, I'll beat you so bad your momma won't even recognize you! Remember the RAAAWK!<br>
<br>
Number 1<br>
Rawk Hawk</blockquote>
 
=====Field Tattle=====
Outside of battle, [[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Rawk Hawk only when he is in the lobby of [[Glitz Pit]] surrounded by fans (who can be dispersed by Mario's hammer or [[Flurrie]]'s ability).
*"''Ah! The champ, Rawk Hawk. He sure has the star quality you'd expect from a champ. But know what? Who cares? Everybody knows we're gonna be the next champions!''"
 
====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the items listed on [[Francis]]'s to-buy list is ''Harder Than Bedrawk: The Rawk Hawk Story'', which is, apparently, a DVD detailing Rawk Hawk's wrestling career.
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
Rawk Hawk also makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as one of the many [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]s. In addition, one of the names that may come up on the name or stage builder entry when the random button is hit is "RAWK", a possible reference to Rawk Hawk.
 
==General information==
===Personality===
[[File:Rawkhawkfans.png|thumb|left|upright=1.1|A clear demonstration of Rawk Hawk's arrogant attitude.]]
Rawk Hawk, throughout the course of the game, has proven himself to be extremely arrogant, egotistical, and self-centered. He constantly bragged about his skill, and looked down on the other Glitz Pit fighters, labeling everyone else around him as complete wimps. Up until Mario and his partners showed up at the Glitz Pit and made their way up the ranks, he was a hundred percent convinced that no one could defeat him. Rawk Hawk is also willing to cheat if necessary in order to win. This was shown when he had a security guard lock Mario and his partners in an old, abandoned minor league locker room before the title match started, as well as sending Mario that poisoned cake, while he honestly denied knowledge about Grubba's hate mail and the real Crystal Star. However, after Mario defeated him in battle, Rawk Hawk ends up gaining a lot of respect for him as a fighter (as he demonstrated during the Crystal Star intermission cutscene that took place during the final battle, but even then he was still showing a display of arrogance), and made a decision to fight fair and square, and to never cheat again. He also gets enraged whenever people imply that he is weak, as one of the reasons why he wanted to beat Mario no matter the cost was because he felt insulted when he heard them apparently imply that his belt was fake (although they were actually referring to the Gold Star on the belt), and also attempted to do a high kick suplex on Bowser after the latter mockingly called him an "adorable little weakling", while he actually ended up being flattened by Bowser.
 
===Powers and abilities===
[[File:PMTTYD Rawk Hawk Battle Screenshot.png|thumb|Rawk Hawk performs one of his aerial attacks.]]
As it says in his [[Tattle]] information, Rawk Hawk mainly specializes in aerial attacks. His attacks consist of a jumping flip attack, a flying elbow attack, and his only ground-based attack, which is a slide kick. For his last attack, he will stomp the ground (which causes a rail to appear), hang on to the ceiling, and start shaking down a bunch of objects very quickly, which all deal 1 HP to Mario and his party, except for [[Koops]], who is immune to the attack. Judging from his attacks, Rawk Hawk seems to use the {{wp|Lucha Libre}} method of wrestling, involving flashy acrobatic moves. In terms of wrestling, he is also considered to be a heel, a villainous wrestler who uses dirty, underhanded methods to win, regardless of popular opinion.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Rawk Hawk
|image=[[File:Rawk Hawk Sticker.png]]
|game=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|effect=[Arm] - Attack +5
|usable_by=Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser
}}
}}


'''Rawk Hawk''', also known as the '''"Feral Nuclear Reactor"''', was the reigning champion in the [[Glitz Pit]] until [[Mario]] arrived to steal his title. Mario did this in order to obtain the [[Gold Star]], which was supposedly found on the [[Champ's Belt]]. However, [[Grubba]], the manager of the Glitz Pit, was in possession of the real Gold Star (the one on the belt was a fake) and was using the [[Crystal Star]] to power his strengthening machine, allowing him to transform into [[Macho Grubba]]. Rawk Hawk's only appearance was in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
==Quotes==
:''For a full list of quotes, see [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes#Rawk Hawk|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes § Rawk Hawk]]''
 
*''“Har har har har har!”''
*''“Feel the RAAAAAWWWK…”''
*''“Rawk out, [[Mario|Great Gonzales]]!!! RAAAAAAAAAAAAWK! Listen to me, Gonzales! Anybody who's beat me is not ALLOWED to lose!!!”''
*''“That's all ancient history! There's only one true champ, and that guy is Rawk Hawk!”''
*''“One of us is walking out of [[Glitz Pit|here]] with [[Champ's Belt|the belt]], and the other one's getting RAWKED!”''
*''“Hey, shut [[Jolene|your]] trap or this Gonzales won't be the only one feeling the RAAAAWK!”''
*''"Harharharharharharhar! Everyone wants a piece of the Rawk! It's a tough life!”''


Rawk Hawk has a DVD as seen in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. [[Francis]] owns this DVD of him.
==Gallery==
== Trivia ==
<gallery>
* Rawk calls himself the Hawk. This (and Rawk Hawk overall) could be a parody of the wrestler [[Wikipedia:The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]].
Rawktauntmario.png
* In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the items listed on [[Francis]]' to-buy list is "Harder Than Bedrawk: The Rawk Hawk Story", which is apparently a DVD.
PMTTYD Rawk Hawk Threat Screenshot.png
* It is unknown if Rawk Hawk is really a stage name like Mario's is the "Great Gonzales" instead of his name.
PMTTYD NS Glitz Pit 2.jpg|Grubba and Rawk Hawk in the Nintendo Switch remake
*Rawk Hawk will make a cameo apperance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as one of the many [[stickers]].
PMTTYD NS Rawk Hawk Artwork.png|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
* Judging from his attacks, Rawk Hawk seems to use the Lucha method of wrestling, involving acrobatic flashier moves. In terms of wrestling, he is also considered to be a Heel, a more villainous wrestler who would use dirtier underhanded methods regardless of popularity.  On a related note, a real wrestler known as [[Wikipedia:Hawk_(wrestler)|Hawk]] existed in the 70s, who at first was a Heel but became so popular with fans that he eventually turned face for the rest of his career.
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
===Rawk Hawk===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゴールド・ホーク
|JapR=Gōrudo Hōku
|JapM=Gold Hawk
|Ger=Aurelius
|GerM=Male form of the Roman {{wp|gens}} name Aurelii, meaning "the golden".
|Fre=Gold Hawk
|FreM=Like the Japanese name.
|Spa= Hawk Hogan <small>(''The Thousand-Year Door'')</small><br>Halcomán <small>(''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake)
|SpaM= Pun on "{{wp|Hulk Hogan}}", the ring name of an American professional wrestler.<br>Portmanteau of ''halcón'' ("falcon") and -man (suffix used in superhero names)
|Ita=Falkoman
|ItaM=Hawkman (Falko being a distortion of ''falco'', "hawk")
}}
 
===The Feral Nuclear Reactor===
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|人間|にんげん}}{{ruby|原子力|げんしりょく}}はつでんしょ<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/pmttyd_j2e.shtml "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door From Japanese to English"]. (June 1, 2014). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved January 4, 2015.</ref>
|JapR=Ningen Genshiryoku Hatsudensho
|JapM=The Human Nuclear Reactor
|Fre= Le Guerrier Nucléaire
|FreM= The Nuclear Warrior
|Ger=Das Wandelnde Kraftwerk
|GerM=The Walking Powerhouse
|Ita=La trebbiatrice di vite umane
|ItaM=The thresher of human lives
}}


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==Trivia==
{{succession box |
*In the Spanish version, after defeating [[The Koopinator]], Rawk Hawk says "The weaklings should stay home playing ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]!''". In all other versions of the game, "''Super Smash Bros. Melee''" is simply replaced with "video games".
  | title = Champion of the [[Glitz Pit]]
*If Rawk Hawk wins the match against [[Mario]], the normal winning tune plays when the match is over rather than the tune that plays when a fighter claims the championship belt.
  | game = ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
*When Rawk Hawk appears before Mario in the hallway during Chapter 3, if the player is quick enough to skim through the dialog after he leaves the map and head the same direction he went, they can get a quick glance of him disappearing into air.
  | before = Unknown (eventually [[Grubba]])
  | after = [[Mario]] (as the Great Gonzales)
|}}


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==References==
  | title = Champion of the [[Glitz Pit]]
<references/>
  | game = ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
  | before = [[Mario]] (as the Great Gonzales)
  | after = [[Mario]] (as the Great Gonzales)
|}}
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Revision as of 12:15, May 12, 2024

The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Rawk Hawk
Rawk Hawk's artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Location(s) Glitz Pit
Max HP 40
Attack 4
Defense 0
Moves Slide Kick (4), Double Flip (4 to Mario and Partner), Superman Slam (6), Prop Drop (1x10, changes to ceiling), Drop 'Shroom (Heals by five), Drop Stomp (3x3)
Items Champ's Belt
Coins N/A
Log A Champion Fighter. Battling him requires a certain level of artistry. "You wanna hate me, but you can't help but love the RAAAAAAAWWWWK!"
More
Level 34
Exp. points 0
Sleep? 60%
Dizzy? 60%
Confuse? 60%
Tiny? 85%
Burn? 100%
Freeze? 40%
Stop? 50%
Soft? 90%
Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0%
KO? 0%
Tattle

That's Rawk Hawk! He flips, flaps, and slaps! …That's what the book says. Max HP is 40, Attack is 3, and Defense is 1. He's really good at aerial maneuvers, but other than that, he's pretty… meh. One thing you should know is that Rawk Hawk NEVER fights above the board. Carelessness leads to lifelessness, y'know!

Tattle Log #:
102
“Rawk out, Great Gonzales!!! RAAAAAAAAAAAAWK! Listen to me, Gonzales! Anybody who's beat me is not ALLOWED to lose!!!”
—Rawk Hawk, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Rawk Hawk, also known as the "Feral Nuclear Reactor", is the reigning champion in the Glitz Pit in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, until Mario arrives to take his title. Mario does this in order to obtain the Gold Star, which is supposedly found on the Champ's Belt, which only the champion is allowed to wear. He is a parody of pro wrestlers, particularly Hulk Hogan.

History

Background

Prior to Mario's arrival, Rawk Hawk joined the Glitz Pit, achieved higher ranks and eventually became champion. However, he became champion only by default, since his rival, Prince Mush mysteriously disappeared before their title match could begin.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Rawk Hawk standing next to Grubba, and holding the fake Gold Star on the Champ's Belt.

Rawk Hawk appears in the third chapter, Of Glitz and Glory of Glitzville. When Mario and his partners arrive, they find Rawk Hawk squaring off against The Koopinator, whom he manages to defeat easily. Grubba, the Glitz Pit promoter (and referee) congratulates Rawk Hawk for his victory. Rawk Hawk then holds up the Champ's Belt, which gets the attention of Mario and his partners. Shortly afterwards, Mario and his partners decide to become official fighters in the Glitz Pit in order to win the championship and obtain the Crystal Star. When Mario and his partners make their way into the major league, however, the Crystal Star in Rawk Hawk's belt is revealed to be a fake.

As Mario and his partners continue climbing their way up the ranks, the audience begins to take their attention away from Rawk Hawk and starts to focus on Mario and his party. Rawk Hawk, jealous, threatens them, though they continue to ignore threats. Rawk Hawk then sends Mario and his partners a Poisoned Cake (after they have received a real cake), which can cause Mario's partner to fall sick and thus not participate the next round.

Mario and Goombella preparing to fight Rawk Hawk.

Eventually, Mario and his partners challenge Rawk Hawk in a title match. Rawk Hawk, afraid of losing his title, decides to cheat again by having a security guard lock Mario and his partners in an abandoned minor league locker room, which would cause them to forfeit the match. However, they escape by using a toilet, and eventually confront Rawk Hawk. When the match begins, Rawk Hawk reveals himself to be responsible for the several setbacks, so they accuse him of sending that threat about the Crystal Star as well. Rawk Hawk, however, was not the one who was sending them the threatening letters, nor did he care about or was even aware of the existence of the Crystal Star. Mario and his partners then usurp Rawk Hawk's champion status. The group is then awarded with the Champ's Belt, as well as access to the Champion's Room.

Mario using the Power Bounce technique on Rawk Hawk.

After Macho Grubba's defeat, many of the Glitz Pit fighters, including Rawk Hawk, line up to say goodbye to Mario and his partners before they left to continue their adventure. Rawk Hawk then tells Mario that he will fight fairly from then on.

During the intermission after Chapter 6, Bowser and Kammy Koopa finds Rawk Hawk's secret training area, which is located somewhere underneath Rogueport. When they arrive, they see the Champ's Belt hanging up on the wall and mistake it for the real Crystal Star. Just when they are about to grab it, however, Rawk Hawk enters the room. He expresses his amusement at how Bowser cleared his "secret training facility", stating that he "imported some super-freaks" to make it more difficult to get through, possibly alluding to the X-Naut soldiers that Bowser encountered in the prior level. During their fight, the false Crystal Star on the belt to break into two. Kammy realizes that the Star is a fake and questions Rawk Hawk about the real Star's whereabouts. Rawk Hawk tells them that "The Great Gonzales" has it, but Bowser fails to realize that "The Great Gonzales" is Mario.

During the seventh chapter, Rawk Hawk sends Mario an e-mail saying that he has not forgotten about their last battle and that he "feels the rage all over again" on rainy days. He then calls him a coward for giving up the belt and threatens him, saying that if he ever comes back, he will get "Rawked". Rawk Hawk reappears during the cutscene that takes place during Mario's final battle with the Shadow Queen. He, Jolene, and all the other Glitz Pit fighters began cheering Mario on, encouraging him and his partners to defeat the Shadow Queen and save the world.

After Chapter 3, the player can optionally choose to return to the Glitz Pit, where Rawk Hawk is once again the reigning champion (since Mario hands the belt back to him before he left the first time). This makes him the only rematchable boss in the game.

E-Mail
YOU!!!
An attached image of Rawk Hawk from the Mailbox SP in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
An attached image of Rawk Hawk in his e-mail to Mario

Is this the so-called Great Gonzales? Unh! Well, it's me, your worst nightmare! The new and improved Rawk Hawk! Don't think I forgot you, punk!


I'm reborn, you coward! My training regimen would blow your mind! I'm on the fast track back to the top, and ain't NOBODY gonna get in my way! Rawk!

And still...on rainy days, I feel the bruises your hammer of shame left on this bod, and I feel the RAAAAAAGE again!

If you EVER show your face in the ring again, I'll beat you so bad your momma won't even recognize you! Remember the RAAAWK!

Number 1

Rawk Hawk

Field Tattle

Outside of battle, Goombella can use Tattle on Rawk Hawk only when he is in the lobby of Glitz Pit surrounded by fans (who can be dispersed by Mario's hammer or Flurrie's ability).

  • "Ah! The champ, Rawk Hawk. He sure has the star quality you'd expect from a champ. But know what? Who cares? Everybody knows we're gonna be the next champions!"

Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, one of the items listed on Francis's to-buy list is Harder Than Bedrawk: The Rawk Hawk Story, which is, apparently, a DVD detailing Rawk Hawk's wrestling career.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Rawk Hawk also makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as one of the many Stickers. In addition, one of the names that may come up on the name or stage builder entry when the random button is hit is "RAWK", a possible reference to Rawk Hawk.

General information

Personality

A clear demonstration of Rawk Hawk's arrogant attitude.

Rawk Hawk, throughout the course of the game, has proven himself to be extremely arrogant, egotistical, and self-centered. He constantly bragged about his skill, and looked down on the other Glitz Pit fighters, labeling everyone else around him as complete wimps. Up until Mario and his partners showed up at the Glitz Pit and made their way up the ranks, he was a hundred percent convinced that no one could defeat him. Rawk Hawk is also willing to cheat if necessary in order to win. This was shown when he had a security guard lock Mario and his partners in an old, abandoned minor league locker room before the title match started, as well as sending Mario that poisoned cake, while he honestly denied knowledge about Grubba's hate mail and the real Crystal Star. However, after Mario defeated him in battle, Rawk Hawk ends up gaining a lot of respect for him as a fighter (as he demonstrated during the Crystal Star intermission cutscene that took place during the final battle, but even then he was still showing a display of arrogance), and made a decision to fight fair and square, and to never cheat again. He also gets enraged whenever people imply that he is weak, as one of the reasons why he wanted to beat Mario no matter the cost was because he felt insulted when he heard them apparently imply that his belt was fake (although they were actually referring to the Gold Star on the belt), and also attempted to do a high kick suplex on Bowser after the latter mockingly called him an "adorable little weakling", while he actually ended up being flattened by Bowser.

Powers and abilities

Rawk Hawk performs one of his aerial attacks.

As it says in his Tattle information, Rawk Hawk mainly specializes in aerial attacks. His attacks consist of a jumping flip attack, a flying elbow attack, and his only ground-based attack, which is a slide kick. For his last attack, he will stomp the ground (which causes a rail to appear), hang on to the ceiling, and start shaking down a bunch of objects very quickly, which all deal 1 HP to Mario and his party, except for Koops, who is immune to the attack. Judging from his attacks, Rawk Hawk seems to use the Lucha Libre method of wrestling, involving flashy acrobatic moves. In terms of wrestling, he is also considered to be a heel, a villainous wrestler who uses dirty, underhanded methods to win, regardless of popular opinion.

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sticker
Rawk Hawk
A Sticker of Rawk Hawk in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Artwork from: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Arm] - Attack +5
Usable by: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

Quotes

For a full list of quotes, see List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes § Rawk Hawk
  • “Har har har har har!”
  • “Feel the RAAAAAWWWK…”
  • “Rawk out, Great Gonzales!!! RAAAAAAAAAAAAWK! Listen to me, Gonzales! Anybody who's beat me is not ALLOWED to lose!!!”
  • “That's all ancient history! There's only one true champ, and that guy is Rawk Hawk!”
  • “One of us is walking out of here with the belt, and the other one's getting RAWKED!”
  • “Hey, shut your trap or this Gonzales won't be the only one feeling the RAAAAWK!”
  • "Harharharharharharhar! Everyone wants a piece of the Rawk! It's a tough life!”

Gallery

Names in other languages

Rawk Hawk

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ゴールド・ホーク
Gōrudo Hōku
 Gold Hawk

French Gold Hawk
 Like the Japanese name.
German Aurelius
 Male form of the Roman gens name Aurelii, meaning "the golden".
Italian Falkoman
 Hawkman (Falko being a distortion of falco, "hawk")
Spanish Hawk Hogan (The Thousand-Year Door)
Halcomán (The Thousand-Year Door remake)
 Pun on "Hulk Hogan", the ring name of an American professional wrestler.
Portmanteau of halcón ("falcon") and -man (suffix used in superhero names)

The Feral Nuclear Reactor

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 人間にんげん原子力げんしりょくはつでんしょ[1]
Ningen Genshiryoku Hatsudensho
 The Human Nuclear Reactor

French Le Guerrier Nucléaire
 The Nuclear Warrior
German Das Wandelnde Kraftwerk
 The Walking Powerhouse
Italian La trebbiatrice di vite umane
 The thresher of human lives

Trivia

  • In the Spanish version, after defeating The Koopinator, Rawk Hawk says "The weaklings should stay home playing Super Smash Bros. Melee!". In all other versions of the game, "Super Smash Bros. Melee" is simply replaced with "video games".
  • If Rawk Hawk wins the match against Mario, the normal winning tune plays when the match is over rather than the tune that plays when a fighter claims the championship belt.
  • When Rawk Hawk appears before Mario in the hallway during Chapter 3, if the player is quick enough to skim through the dialog after he leaves the map and head the same direction he went, they can get a quick glance of him disappearing into air.

References

  1. ^ "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door From Japanese to English". (June 1, 2014). The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
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Glitz Pit teams (at the end of Chapter 3)
Champion The Great Gonzales
Major League Rawk Hawk • The Koopinator • Chomp Country • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Craw-Daddy • The Fuzz • Magikoopa Masters • Shellshockers • Poker Faces • Tiny Spinies
Minor League Iron Adonis Twins • Bob-omb Squad • Punk Rocks • Mind-Bogglers • Hand-It-Overs • Spike Storm • Dead Bones • Pokey Triplets • KP Koopas • Goomba Bros.
Replacement teams Wings of Night • Destructors
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)
Main characters Admiral Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Business Bro • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Iron Adonis Twins • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • Sir Grodus • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Billy • Blooey • Bob • Bob-omb Squad • Bobolink • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Cranberry • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Dead Bones • Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Four heroes • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • Hamma Jamma's father • Hamma Jamma's grandfather • Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Hizza • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Magikoopa Masters • Maitre Delish • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • Mind-Bogglers • Minister Crepe • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Old Man Skoo • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • Poker Faces • Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Princess Eclair • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Ronnie • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • Thriff T. • Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters 3 • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spin Hammer • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Veil
Objects Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Blimp • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous ? Block locations (Hidden) • 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Badges • Bestiary • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Enemy formations • Gallery (GameCube · Switch) • Glitches • Goldbobbington's • Goombsley University • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Mushroom Ball • On Golden Toad 2 • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–K · L–Z) • Recipe • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Staff (GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
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