The Destructors
- “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 knowing about) 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
Nintendo GameCube
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinia | ||||||||
|
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 | ||||||||
|
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
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinia | ||||||||
|
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 | ||||||||
|
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
The Destructors
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒンニャーハンニャー[?] Hinnyā Hannyā |
Spinia Spania | |
| Dutch | De Toleisers[?] | The Toll Takers | |
| 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
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ペラペラの だんがん[?] Perapera no Dangan |
The Paper-Thin 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 |
| Glitz Pit teams (at the end of Chapter 3) | |
|---|---|
| Champion | The Great Gonzales |
| Major League | Rawk Hawk • The Koopinator • Chomp Country • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Craw-Daddy • The Fuzz • The Magikoopa Masters • The Shellshockers • The Poker Faces • The Tiny Spinies |
| Minor League | The Iron Adonis Twins • The Bob-omb Squad • The Punk Rocks • The Mind-Bogglers • The Hand-It-Overs • Spike Storm • The Dead Bones • The Pokey Triplets • The KP Koopas • The Goomba Bros. |
| Replacement teams | Wings of Night • The Destructors |
