The Destructors

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The Destructors
The Destructors
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Species Spinias
Spanias
You got bad luck, getting matched up against us.”
Spinia, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Destructors, also known as The Flying Bullets, are a replacement minor league team in the Glitz Pit from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They joined to replace The Hand-It-Overs after Bandy Andy's sudden "retirement", and consist of two Spinias and two Spanias. After Chapter 3 is completed and the missing fighters and their teams return to the Glitz Pit's roster, the Destructors leave and are never seen or fought again. Due to this, Mario can only battle the Destructors by losing enough matches to get down to their level before defeating Rawk Hawk and becoming the Glitz Pit Champion. In the Nintendo Switch remake, they can only be fought via an Exhibition Match as it is no longer possible to derank.

Unlike Sir Swoop and Wings of Night, they are neither shown being introduced to the Glitz Pit or encountered there outside of their match, and as a result, many players will go through the game without facing (or even learning of) them due to the limited timeframe and multiple losses required to fight them in the GameCube version. Before fighting Mario and his partners, the front-most Spinia - presumably the team's leader - appropriately states that he must have bad luck to face them in a matchup, possibly a nod to this fact.

Statistics[edit]

Nintendo GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Spinia
Sprite of a Spinia from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Max HP 3 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Rogueport Sewers, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 2, 4, 7, 9) Role Common Level 7
Sleep? 100% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 120% Soft? 100%
Burn? 150% Freeze? 100% Fright? 110%
Gale Force? 110% KO? 150% Moves Spin (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 1 Items Mushroom, Pretty Lucky P, Sleepy Sheep
Tattle Log #:
47
Log A strange creature made of thin, papery boards. Still a completely mysterious species.
Tattle That's a Spinia. A totally weird creature made of thin, papery boards. It certainly looks unique. Nobody knows much about these creatures, actually. Max HP is 3, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. Its attacks are super-swift, but it should be pretty easy. Just give it a "Hee-YAAA!"
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Spania
Sprite of a Spania from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 3 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Rogueport Sewers, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 1-3, 6-8) Role Common Level 8
Sleep? 100% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 120% Soft? 100%
Burn? 150% Freeze? 100% Fright? 110%
Gale Force? 110% KO? 150% Moves Spin (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 1 Items Mushroom, Sleepy Sheep, Thunder Bolt, Pretty Lucky, Pretty Lucky P
Tattle Log #:
48
Log A Spinia with spines on its head. If you stomp on it, you'll take damage. For whatever reasons, it looks really peeved.
Tattle That's a Spania. A Spinia with spikes on its head. It looks meaner, too. Max HP is 3, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. So, sorta the same as a Spinia. You oughta watch out for the spikes on its head, but otherwise, just whale on it. I gotta be honest, though, the way that thing spins makes me wanna yack.

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Spinia
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 3 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Rogueport Underground, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 2, 4, 7, 9) Role Common Level 7
Sleep? 100% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 120% Soft? 100%
Burn? 150% Freeze? 100% Fright? 110%
Gale Force? 110% KO? 150% Moves Spin (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 1 Items Mushroom, Pretty Lucky P, Sleepy Sheep
Tattle Log #:
49
Log A strange creature made of thin, papery boards. Still a completely mysterious species.
Tattle That's a Spinia. A totally weird creature made of thin, papery boards. It certainly looks unique. Nobody knows much about these creatures, actually. Max HP is 3, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. Its attacks are super swift, but it should be pretty easy. Just give it a "Hee-YAAA!"
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Spania
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 3 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Rogueport Underground, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 1-3, 6-8) Role Common Level 8
Sleep? 100% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 120% Soft? 100%
Burn? 150% Freeze? 100% Fright? 110%
Gale Force? 110% KO? 150% Moves Spin (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 1 Items Mushroom, Sleepy Sheep, Thunder Bolt, Pretty Lucky, Pretty Lucky P
Tattle Log #:
50
Log A Spinia with spines on its head. If you stomp on it, you'll take damage. For whatever reason, it looks really peeved.
Tattle That's a Spania. A Spinia with spikes on its head. It looks meaner too. Max HP is 3, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. So, sorta the same as a Spinia. You oughta watch out for the spikes on its head, but otherwise, just whale on it. I gotta be honest, though, the way that thing spins makes me wanna yack.

Names in other languages[edit]

The Destructors[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ヒンニャーハンニャー
Hinnyā Hannyā
Spinia Spania [?]
Chinese 平喵板喵
Píngmiāo Bǎnmiāo
Spinia Spania [?]
Dutch De Toleisers The Toll Takers Also a pun on tol ("top") [?]
French Vils Trancheurs Vile Slicers [?]
German Sproing Sproing Spinia Spinia [?]
Italian I Lunatici The Lunatics [?]
Spanish Los Faros Destructores The Lantern Destroyers [?]

The Flying Bullets[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ペラペラの だんがん
Perapera no Dangan
The Paper-Thin Bullets [?]
Chinese (Simplified) 纸片子弹
Zhǐpiàn Zǐdàn
The Paper Bullets [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 紙片子彈
Zhǐpiàn Zǐdàn
The Paper Bullets [?]
Dutch De Dolle Schroevers The Wild Screwers [?]
French Terribles coupepapiers Terrible letter-openers [?]
German Fliegende Kugeln Flying Bullets [?]
Italian Il terrore spaziale The space terror [?]
Spanish El terror que viene de las entrañas de la tierra The terror that comes from the underground [?]