Fish Bone
Fishbones are swimming skeletons of fish found in the game Super Mario World. They always swim slowly in a straight line, heading to the left. Fishbones can only be defeated by Cape Mario or Cape Luigi 's spin attack. It is unknown what type of fish these skeletons were originally. They may also be related to some of the other kinds of undead fish appearing in the Mario series.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario World
Fishbones were found in the submerged Vanilla Fortress and the underwater room of Bowser's Castle. They were the only strictly aquatic dungeon enemies in the game, though terrestrial enemies were also found underwater in these levels.
Mario Bros. in the Super Mario Advance series
Fishbones, known as "Fish skeletons", are a useless item that Mario sometimes receives after being thrown in the trash can in the Mario Bros. Battle mode of the Super Mario Advance series.
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Fishbones make their first appearance in the Mario & Luigi series in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. When Mario and Luigi manage to kill a Junker Can, a Fishbone or Chain Chomp will attempt to attack the plumbers.
Super Mario World (TV series)
Fishbones, though never called as such, made several small appearances in the Super Mario World cartoon.
A Fishbone first appeared in the episode "The Wheel Thing", where one is used by Yoshi to cut a log into wheels to be used in Mario's car factory. In "The Night Before Cave Christmas", both Mario and Oogtar use a Fishbone to cut-down several Christmas trees.
In "Rock TV" and "Mama Luigi", two extremely large Fishbones are shown to be decorations in Bowser's throne room.
Super Mario Adventures
In the Super Mario Adventures comic, Fishbones, along with several other creatures such as Urchins and Porcu-Puffers, are shown to act as guards/obstacles in the moat surrounding the Koopalings' tower.
See Also
- Honen - the skeletal form of the fish, Torion, from Super Mario Land.
- Jean de Fillet - an undead fish from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
- Kingfin - a giant skeletal fish that acts as a world boss in Super Mario Galaxy.
