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'''Wracktail''' is a lavender robotic dragon that appears in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. He stated that he was a wrathful god who was locked away by the [[Tribe of Ancients]], and [[Tippi]] says that he was the prototype for [[Fracktail]], who looks identical to Wracktail except for his color. Wracktail is found at the bottom of the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]] and upon his defeat, [[Dashell]], a [[Pixl]], is obtained, and a Pipe appears, leading [[Mario]] and company back to the entrance of the Pit. Before the battle, he expresses anger at the heroes for disturbing his slumber and threatens to attack them in turn on a regular basis. Just as Fracktail is the ''Super Paper Mario'' equivalent of [[Hooktail]] from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Wracktail is the counterpart to [[Bonetail]]. Wracktail is the largest boss in the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]], also sharing that title with Fracktail.

To defeat Wracktail, the same tactics must be utilized as those used to defeat Fracktail. The player must wait for the boss to dive low along the ground, then jump on his back and use [[Thoreau]] to grab the [[Wrackle]]s and throw them and Wracktail's antenna, which must be hit 30 times to defeat the dragon. The player can also use [[Luigi]]'s [[Super jump (Super Paper Mario)|super jump]] to continuously jump onto the antenna, and [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s parasol move can be used to easily jump back onto Wracktail's head when he does a loop, potentially making the battle easier than the earlier Fracktail battle. However, contrary to his Catch Card's claims, Wracktail is only ten times stronger than Fracktail, not 100 times.

After being beaten by them, he acknowledges that he was done, but then hints that he [[Shadoo|was not the only monster]] created by the Ancients, and that they go to the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials to find the other monster before being destroyed.

|JapM=Possibly a pun on 「残」 ''zen'', meaning "remain" (as Wracktail remains behind from the time of the Ancients), as well as ウンババ ''unbaba'', the Japanese name of [[Blargg]], which has been used in other previous ''Paper Mario'' series dragon names. Also resembles Fracktail's Japanese name, ズンババ ''Zunbaba''.

|ItaM="Wrack" + "er", like the previous boss Dracker.

|Fra=Frakal

|FraM=Pun on ''fractale'' (fractal).

|GerM=from ''Lohe'' (blaze) + ''rack''}}

*Unlike Fracktail, who speaks almost entirely in caps lock, Wracktail's speech is in the game's standard style.

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