Parabones

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Parabones
Artwork of a Parabones from Super Mario 3D World.
Artwork from Super Mario 3D World
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Variant of Dry Bones
Koopa Paratroopa

Parabones are winged variants of Dry Bones and undead variants of Koopa Paratroopas. Like Dry Bones, they collapse when attacked and reanimate themselves moments later, though unlike Koopa Paratroopas, they usually do not lose their wings when stomped. They are the first and thus far only flying derived species of Koopa Troopa to appear in a 3D Super Mario platformer.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Parabones first appear in Super Mario 3D World, replacing the normal Dry Bones in prior 3D games. They fly a small distance above the ground and charge into the player if they notice them. Like normal Dry Bones, if a Parabones is attacked without the use of a Super Star, Lucky Bell, or Invincibility Leaf, it will collapse temporarily, but reassemble itself after a short time; unlike their living counterparts, they do not lose their wings when they get hit. During its reassembly, it is vulnerable to getting attacked. A Parabones can also be permanently destroyed if it collapses over lava or a pit. They first appear in Fuzzy Time Mine. Parabones retain all these properties in the Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

Super Mario Maker series[edit]

Parabones can be created in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS and Super Mario Maker 2 by sticking wings to any Dry Bones, though like other enemies with wings attached to them, they are still referred to as the base enemy. While equipped with wings, they operate in the same manner as a red Koopa Paratroopa, no longer chasing Mario and flying in a vertical pattern; in the Super Mario World game style, they also throw bones.

Unlike in Super Mario 3D World, Parabones are immune to and can even be placed in lava, and stomping on one removes its wings permanently, like Koopa Paratroopas–however, if one is given a Super Mushroom or otherwise enlarged to become a Big Parabones, it will only lose its wings after being crumbled.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Parabones reappear in Super Mario Odyssey, where they appear in a secret area of Bowser's Kingdom and the Underground Moon Caverns in the Moon Kingdom. They wear white top hats and can be captured by using Cappy, though not before removing their hat. Parabones reprise their behavior from Super Mario 3D World, though a crumbled Parabones has stars swirling over its head as though it were released from a capture. Cappy can capture a crumbled Parabones or a living Parabones, the former of which makes it reassemble immediately. As a Parabones, Mario can fly by pressing B Button, and can shake the Joy-Con to fly faster. Like when Mario captures a Paragoomba, he cannot fly higher than the Parabones's height above the highest platform he has landed on. The maximum achievable height is remembered until the Parabones despawns, even if Mario releases the Parabones and captures it again. A Parabones can fly all the way to the boundaries of a map. The skull on the Caveman Headwear is stated to come from a Parabones.

Mario Tennis Aces[edit]

A Parabones acts as the referee of the Inferno Island court in Mario Tennis Aces.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Parabones appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey as enemies and recruitable allies in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode, thus making their Mario & Luigi series debut. They are flying troopers, and are strong against Hammer Bros, Fire Bros, Boomerang Bros, and Ice Bros.

Skylanders: SuperChargers[edit]

In Skylanders: SuperChargers, Parabones appear as assistants to Hammer Slam Bowser, but only after the player took the Koopa Commander upgrade path and have purchased the Molten Bones Soul Gem upgrade. After he activates his Molten Monster form, he can attack one of his Koopa Paratroopas and turn them into Molten Parabones, which tend to do more damage and have more health than regular Paratroopas.

Unused appearances[edit]

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

Although Parabones do not appear physically in Paper Mario: The Origami King, concept art in Musée Champignon shows an origami Parabones. Additionally, their name is present in an unused string in the game's text, and sound effect data for them exists in the game files.[1].

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario 3D World[edit]

Level appearances
# Name Count
1 Fuzzy Time Mine 3
2 Boiling Blue Bully Belt 5
3 Trick Trap Tower 2
4 Simmering Lava Lake 7
5 Spiky Spike Bridge 18
6 Footlight Lane 11
7 A Beam in the Dark 10
8 Rainbow Run 3
9 Cosmic Cannon Cluster 6
10 Broken Blue Bully Belt 7
11 Piranha Creeper Creek after Dark 4
12 Blast Block Skyway 8

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

  • In-game description:
    • English:
      Behold, the flying Dry Bones! For some reason, they're especially confident against Bros. foes.

World of Nintendo figure[edit]

  • English:
    Parabones are the reanimated bones of Paratroopas often found in the castles of Bowser or Haunted Mansions of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Gallery[edit]

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario Odyssey KaronWing Wing Dry Bones

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パタカロン[2][3][4]
Patakaron
From the onomatopoeic「パタパタ」(patapata, "flapping wing") and「カロン」(Karon, "Dry Bones");「パタパタ」(Patapata) is also the Japanese name for Koopa Paratroopa
Chinese (simplified) 飞行碎碎龟[4]
Fēixíng Suìsuìguī (Mandarin)
Fēihàhng Seuiseuigwāi (Cantonese)
Flying Dry Bones
啪嗒枯骨怪[3]
Pādā Kūgǔguài (Mandarin)
Pādāap Fūgwātgwaai (Cantonese)
From "啪嗒" (pādā / pādāap, onomatopoeia for flapping wings) and "枯骨怪" (Kūgǔguài / Fūgwātgwaai, "Dry Bones") Super Mario Odyssey
Chinese (traditional) 飛行碎碎龜[3][4]
Fēixíng Suìsuìguī (Mandarin)
Fēihàhng Seuiseuigwāi (Cantonese)
Flying Dry Bones
Dutch Parabones[3] -
French (NOA) Paraskelex[3][4] The prefix "Para-" with Skelex ("Dry Bones")
French (NOE) Paraskelerex[3][5][4] The prefix "Para-" with Skelerex ("Dry Bones")
German Para-Knochentrocken[3][6][4] Para-Dry Bones
Italian Tartosso volante[3][4][7] Flying Dry Bones
Tartosso Volante[8] Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Korean 펄럭와르르[3][4]
peolleog-waleuleu
Fluttering Dry Bones
Russian Летучий купа-скелет[3]
Letuchiy kupa-skelet
Flying dry bones
Spanish (NOA) Huesitos alado[3][4] Winged Dry Bones
Spanish (NOE) Huesitos Alado[3][9][4] Winged Dry Bones

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://tcrf.net/Paper_Mario:_The_Origami_King#Color_Splash_Leftovers_2
  2. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 226.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Capture list (2017). Super Mario Odyssey by Nintendo EPD Tokyo (Ver. 1.3.0). Nintendo.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Unused name from Paper Mario: The Origami King (stored internally under Name_KRNP).
  5. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 226.
  6. ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 226.
  7. ^ Septemebr 2022. Super Mario Trading Card Collection (Trading Card Checklist). Modena: Panini, Nintendo (Italian). Tab 78.
  8. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 226.
  9. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 226.