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[[File:PMTTYD_Gulp.png|thumb|The special move, Gulp]]
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'''Gulp''' is a starter move mastered by [[Mini-Yoshi]] during the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It uses up 4 [[Flower Point|FP]]. The player must press and hold down the {{button|gcn|R}} Button as Yoshi walks up to the selected enemy. When the gauge is full, the player should let go, and Yoshi will stop walking, hold the enemy in his mouth, and spit it into the ground-based foe that was closest to it, knocking one against another and dealing [[Piercing attack|Defense Power-piercing damage]] to both. If there are no grounded enemies accompanying the target, Yoshi will only damage the selected enemy. Yoshi can hold spiked enemies in his mouth without hurting himself, but not fiery ones.
|game=[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]
|image=PMTTYD_Gulp.png
|mastered_by=[[Mini-Yoshi|Yoshi]]
|rank=Base Rank
|effect=Swallows an enemy, and spits it at the one behind, damaging both
|attack=4+4 Base Rank<br>5+5 Super Rank<br>6+6 Ultra Rank
|target=Single frontmost grounded enemy, and the enemy behind
}}
'''Gulp''' is one of the default moves available to [[Mini-Yoshi|Yoshi]] during the events of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. For the cost of 4 [[Flower Point|FP]], Yoshi will swallow an enemy, and spit it at the closest grounded enemy (if there is one), damaging both. To execute the [[Action Command]], the player must press and hold down the {{button|gcn|R}} Button as until the gauge is full. Otherwise the move will have no effect. Yoshi can target any frontmost grounded enemy with this move, but fiery enemies will cancel out the attack, and some bosses may be to large for Yoshi to swallow, resulting in no effect. This attack [[Piercing attack|pierces defense]], but the damage dealt to the second enemy (the one that is spat at), is unaffected by attack buffs. Gulp also features one opportunity to perform a [[stylish move]] by pressing {{button|gcn|A}} after Yoshi spits out the enemy.


The move is the only known way to defeat the [[Iron Cleft]]s, which are invincible to any other attacks. Also, defeating the Iron Clefts is [[Mario]]'s first task requiring Yoshi.
The move has a special property that lets it bypass the special defense of the [[Iron Cleft]]s. As this is the only move with this property, Yoshi is required to defeat them. Despite dialogue suggesting that the key to damaging the Iron Clefts is to find a way to make them damage each other, [[Super Hammer]] and [[Ultra Hammer]] fail to damage them. Meanwhile using gulp on a single Iron Cleft (without hitting the second) will still damage the enemy.


Hacking the game has revealed that Gulp was [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|intended to have]] a number of different special outcomes, such as Yoshi eating the enemy outright (with a special animation for eating exploding enemies) instead of swallowing it, or spitting out a giant fireball that damages all enemies (presumably for use after eating a fire-type enemy). The effect where Yoshi swallows the enemy whole was not completely removed from the game, and can sometimes be seen when Yoshi uses Gulp on a [[Pokey]] or [[Poison Pokey]] that has already had all its segments removed. Under this circumstance, there is a 50% chance that Yoshi will spit the Pokey out as usual, and a 50% chance that he will swallow it whole as in the (usually) unused behavior.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqthLjHA_Fo&ab_channel=jdaster64 Paper Mario: TTYD - (Mostly) Unused Gulp Behaviors] by jdaster64 on YouTube (Accessed on 11-28-2020)</ref>
==Unused Behaviors==
Internal code shows that Gulp was [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|intended to]] work differently, including different outcomes for certain enemies. For example the default outcome was supposed to be Yoshi swallowing an enemy outright, defeating them instantly without spitting them at a different enemy. This way of defeating enemies also bypassed any internal checks, such as preventing enemies from using Life Shrooms, and Bosses from doing scripted events. This particular behavior can still be seen in the released game, exclusive to single-segment [[Pokey]]s or [[Poison Pokey]]s, with a 50% of happening. Other unused behaviors include a special animation for eating exploding enemies, and spitting out a giant fireball that damages all enemies in its path (presumably for use after eating a fire-type enemy).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqthLjHA_Fo&ab_channel=jdaster64 Paper Mario: TTYD - (Mostly) Unused Gulp Behaviors] by jdaster64 on YouTube (Accessed on 11-28-2020)</ref>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==

Revision as of 15:01, June 7, 2023

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move
Gulp
Gulp in the game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Mastered by Yoshi
Rank Base Rank
Effect Swallows an enemy, and spits it at the one behind, damaging both
Target Single frontmost grounded enemy, and the enemy behind
Attack Power 4+4 Base Rank
5+5 Super Rank
6+6 Ultra Rank

Gulp is one of the default moves available to Yoshi during the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the cost of 4 FP, Yoshi will swallow an enemy, and spit it at the closest grounded enemy (if there is one), damaging both. To execute the Action Command, the player must press and hold down the R Button Button as until the gauge is full. Otherwise the move will have no effect. Yoshi can target any frontmost grounded enemy with this move, but fiery enemies will cancel out the attack, and some bosses may be to large for Yoshi to swallow, resulting in no effect. This attack pierces defense, but the damage dealt to the second enemy (the one that is spat at), is unaffected by attack buffs. Gulp also features one opportunity to perform a stylish move by pressing A Button after Yoshi spits out the enemy.

The move has a special property that lets it bypass the special defense of the Iron Clefts. As this is the only move with this property, Yoshi is required to defeat them. Despite dialogue suggesting that the key to damaging the Iron Clefts is to find a way to make them damage each other, Super Hammer and Ultra Hammer fail to damage them. Meanwhile using gulp on a single Iron Cleft (without hitting the second) will still damage the enemy.

Unused Behaviors

Internal code shows that Gulp was intended to work differently, including different outcomes for certain enemies. For example the default outcome was supposed to be Yoshi swallowing an enemy outright, defeating them instantly without spitting them at a different enemy. This way of defeating enemies also bypassed any internal checks, such as preventing enemies from using Life Shrooms, and Bosses from doing scripted events. This particular behavior can still be seen in the released game, exclusive to single-segment Pokeys or Poison Pokeys, with a 50% of happening. Other unused behaviors include a special animation for eating exploding enemies, and spitting out a giant fireball that damages all enemies in its path (presumably for use after eating a fire-type enemy).[1]

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese のみこみ
Nomikomi
Literally means "gulp"; also means "apprehension"

Spanish (NOE) Engullir[2]
Literal meaning

References