Bonechill

“Brrrrooo ha ha ha ha... A touching scene, to be sure.”

—Bonechill, Super Paper Mario

Bonechill is an enemy in Super Paper Mario and the boss of Chapter 7. He is a massive, undead dragon with a large, blue-scaled head, six small, white-feathered wings on his back, and a large golden cannon with two wheels for a lower body. He is the leader of the Skellobit army and attempts a takeover of The Overthere.

According Tippi's tattle implies that Bonechill was once a Nimbi, which is supported by the fact that he speaks in antiquated English like them and has feathered wings on his back. This fits into the overall motif of The Underwhere and The Overthere, which draw heavily from both Ancient Greek mythology and the Christian religion.

Before the outset of the game, Bonechill was stuck in that prison below The Underwhere along with his army. Count Bleck set him free to defeat Mario. Ultimately, Bonechill failed in his attempt to destroy the Heroes of Light and seize control of The Overthere and The Underwhere, as his army was defeated and he himself was shattered to bits by Mario and his companions.

Battle

In battle, Bonechill fires large ice bullets from his cannon and attempts to freeze the heroes with his icy breath. If he freezes one of the heroes, they will start taking 4 damage points a second, the highest amount of freezing damage in the game. Bonechill can also use his breath on the ceiling to create icicles that will fall and damage the player if they are standing underneath.

Bonechill's only vulnerable point is his head, which is out of range for most of the player's conventional attacks. However, Thoreau can be used to grab the ice bullets and icicles, allowing the player to throw them at Bonechill's head for damage. Bonechill can also be defeated by using Luigi's Super Jump technique below his head.

Catch Card

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Bonechill's Catch Card.

• Card Type: Super
• Card Description: Tremble before the frosty lord of The Underwhere! Bonechill's minty-fresh breath will freeze you solid!

Trivia

• In the Japanese version, Bonechill used the archaic zansu conjugation of the auxiliary verb gozaimasu at the end of each sentence, which is typically used to characterize older, snobby, social-climbing females in fiction.
• Bonechill bears a similarity to Cortez; they both sit atop something (a cannon and a bone pile, respectively) and they both talk in a ghost-like manner.
• Bonechill is one of the two bosses whose looks change as the player damages him; the blue scales on his head begin to fall off as his HP declines. The other is Mimi, who gradually loses her legs over the course of the battle.