Hooktail
| The Thousand-Year Door enemy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hooktail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| File:Hooktail Artwork - Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door.png | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | Hooktail Castle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max HP | 20 (+10 upon revival) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attack | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defense | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moves | Fire Breath (4, Piercing), Stomp (5), Chomp (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Items | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coins | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Log | This giant dragon attacks by munching, stomping and breathing stinky, fiery breath. She hates things that make chirping noises, especially creatures that start with "cr-" and end with "-icket". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tattle Log #: 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- “Snack time, little appetizers! But which one of you morsels should I taste first?”
- —Hooktail, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Hooktail is a dragon featured in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He resides in Hooktail Castle, and serves as the boss of Chapter 1.
Description
Hooktail is a large red dragon, with a cream-colored underside, jaw, and cheeks. He is male, although Mario and company don't know this until they confront Gloomtail in the Palace of Shadow. He has small red-and-purple wings on his back, and antennae resembling ponytails on his head. He has large red feet with purple claws, and his tail is light purple, thin, and forked into three parts.
History
As explained by the residents there, Hooktail terrorized Petalburg for a long time, devouring many of its residents. Those who tried to stop him were ultimately devoured as well, including Kolorado's father and Koopley. However, his victims discovered that his weakness was cricket chirps, noting that he became nauseated and weakened upon hearing them.
When Mario visited the Thousand-Year Door and held the Magical Map aloft, the map revealed that the Diamond Star was located in Hooktail Castle. After progressing through it, it is revealed that Hooktail is the guardian of the Crystal Star, and Mario battles him to retrieve it. Wearing the Attack FX R badge in the battle against him will progressively weaken his attacks, making the battle much easier.
Upon defeat, he tries to bargain with the player. He at first offers 1,000 coins, then a "Really Ultra Rare Badge", and finally a chance to sniff his feet. All three are false offers, and he will attack the player if they accept any of them. After this, he eats some of the audience members, healing him by 10 HP and causing the rest of the audience to run away. Mario then defeats him, and he coughs up the missing Koopley after fainting. He then rewards Mario with the Diamond Star, which was trapped inside his gut.
Other appearances
Hooktail also appeared in Super Mario-Kun in issue 32 of the series, the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door issue. In it, he attacks Mario, Goombella, and Koops. As this manga is based on the original Japanese game, he gets weak by a frog's croak rather than a cricket's chirp.
Hooktail appears as a Sticker in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The sticker is usable by every character and increases resistance to fire-based attacks.
Sticker information
| Name | Image | Artwork from | Effect in The Subspace Emissary |
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| Hooktail | 
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | [Flame] - Resistance +36 |
See also
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴンババ Gonbaba |
From ウンババ Unbaba (Blargg), and possibly ドラゴン doragon (dragon). |
| German | Lohgard |
Portmanteau of "Lohe" (blaze) and the feminine name suffix "gard" (e.g. "Hildegard" or "Irmgard") |
| Italian | Crimilde |
Portmanteau of "crimson" and the feminine name suffix "hilde". |
| Spanish | Gombaba |
Taken from the Japanese Gonbaba, but with the "M" before "B" because, in Spanish, "N" does not come directly before "B". |
Trivia
- There will always be eight Toads seated in the lower right seats in the audience.
- In the files for the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft: Wii U Edition, there is an image of Hooktail as the Ender Dragon. The concept for Hooktail as the Ender Dragon was scrapped before release, where the Ender Dragon is Gobblegut instead.
