Punk Rocks

“This no take long. This end in pain for mustache.”

—Cleftor, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Punk Rocks

The Punk Rocks (a.k.a. the Green Torture Squad) is a fighting group for the Glitz Pit in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The team consists of three Hyper Bald Clefts, including the team's presumed leader, Cleftor. Goombella recommends that Mario have some items beforehand, as they are rock-hard and impervious to fire. The team name is a pun on the type of music, punk rock.

The Punk Rocks are ranked 12th in the Glitz Pit, being one of the top fighting groups of the Minor League division.

Statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
H. Bald Cleft
	Max HP	3	Attack	2	Defense	2
	Location(s)	Glitz Pit	Role	Common	Level	12
	Sleep?	40%	Dizzy?	40%	Confuse?	40%
	Tiny?	65%	Stop?	90%	Soft?	100%
	Burn?	0%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	40%
	Gale Force?	30%	KO?	95%	Moves	Charge (2), Charge Up (ATK+6), Missilecharge (8)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 3	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 78	Log	A hyperactive Bald Cleft that can charge up energy, boosting its Attack to eight.
	Tattle	That's a Hyper Bald Cleft. Like Clefts and Bald Clefts, this is also a rock monster. Max HP is 3, Attack is 2, and Defense is 2. This hyper version can build up its energy, boosting its Attack to 8 on the next turn. It has low HP, but its body is rock-hard and impervious to fire, making it super-tough. It says here that item attacks are pretty effective. Beat it before it goes hyper!

Names in other languages

Punk Rocks

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハイパーズ Haipāzu	Hypers
French	Hyper Bastons	Hyper Brawl
German	Hyper-Steine	Hyper Stones
Italian	Il Trio dell'Alta Solidità	The High Solidity Trio
Spanish	Los Vande Cráneo	It's a pun on van de cráneo that in English means "attacking on skull"

Green Torture Squad

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ほこりたかき　とっこうたい Hokori-takaki Tokkōtai	The Proud Kamikazes
French	Absurdement violents	Absurdly violent
Spanish	La fuerza hercúlea, la dureza del diamante	The herculean strength, the diamond's hardness