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Dry Bones are enemies who are skeletal, dried out, Koopa Troopas. Dry Bones first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 where they, like their kindred, walked on four legs. In later games, Dry Bones and their living counterparts would start to walk on two legs, starting with Super Mario World for the SNES.
Like most of the enemies in the Mario series, Dry Bones' appearances grew dramatically over time. Its current appearance was in Mario Super Sluggers.
Games
Dry Bones has appeared in many of the primary platforms and spinoffs, such as the Mario Party series. As aforementioned, Dry Bones first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES, and later
appeared in Super Mario World. Dry Bones was not in Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Sunshine, but did appear in New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. He also showed up in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii as a playable character.
Mario Kart DS
Dry Bones first appeared in the Mario Kart series as an unlockable character in Mario Kart DS. He could be unlocked by beating the Nitro (Mushroom, Flower, Star, and Special (Crown) cups) Grand Prix in the 50cc Engine Class. He started out with two karts: The Standard DB and the Banisher.
Karts
DS Staff Ghost Tracks
Mario Party series
Dry Bones is the undead version of the standard Koopa Troopa and an enemy and character in the Mario universe. He has white and gray bones with black eyes and yellow pupils. He wears gray-blue shoes and gloves. These undead creatures travel in groups, and are almost always invincible unless special conditions are met. Their first Mario Party appearance was Mario Party 7.
Dry Bones first appears in the Mario Party universe in Mario Party 7 where he was also playable for the first time. He was an unlockable character and had to be purchased in the Duty Free Shop for 1000 Mileage Points. His special Orb is the Magic Orb, and his partner is Boo. Dry Bones reappears in Mario Party 8 as a playable character. In Mario Party DS, he is a boss of the Boss Minigame called Hexoskeleton, and is a hazard on DK's Treetop Temple. In Mario Party 9, he is the mini-boss of Boo's Horror Castle.
Paper Mario series
In the Paper Mario series, Dry Bones appears as an enemy, usually found in the later, if not last, dungeons. In Paper Mario, Dry Bones appears within Bowser's Castle. Several can be found throughout the second half of the castle, and, in this game, the Dry Bones can't be defeated regularly. Dry Bones can be "defeated" by regular attacks, but after a few turns, so long as other enemies still stand, the Dry Bones will rise up and begin fighting again. However, if a Dry Bones is defeated with a fire-based attack, he'll be hit with a critical hit maximizing in 16 points of damage, more than enough to defeat him. The body burns when hit by a fire attack, so it doesn't get the ability to rise back up. If a Dry Bones isn't defeated in this manner, no Star Points will be given to Mario.
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Dry Bones appear in the final dungeon, the Palace of Shadow. Here, Mario first encounters a few in a large circular room, and then later throughout the palace. Dry Bones, in this game, are very similar to their Paper Mario counterparts, but they have a more dangerous ability to build a new ally when the time comes. They can do this attack anytime for their turn, so long as there's no more than five people on the enemies' side. Dry Bones also appear in the Pit of 100 Trials, during floors 50 to 60. Like most enemies, Dry Bones will sometimes appear in the audience, and sometimes will throw a bone at Mario or his partner. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, also, there are subspecies of Dry Bones that appear, Red Bones, Dull Bones, and Dark Bones. The Dry Bones are the second strongest species in the game with the strongest being the Dark Bones.
In Super Paper Mario, Dry Bones will attack similar to how they do in the first two Paper Mario games, they'll throw bones and bump into Mario. They're less of a threat than they are in the previous game, but there are also less ways of defeating them. Still, they go down onto the ground upon losing their HP, but they aren't defeated until unless felled with a fire-based attack. Dry Bones, and Dull Bones both appear in the Underwhere, during chapter 7 and Dry Bones will also appear in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. In the Flopside counterpart, like with all enemies, there is a dark counterpart of the enemy.
In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Dry Bones only appear in World 2. They attack mainly by hurling bones at Mario. Unlike all of the other Paper Mario games, even when the Dry Bones are defeated in battle, their bones will remain on the ground and after a few seconds, they will get back up on their feet to battle Mario again. However, in certain rooms of Sandshifter Ruins, Dry Bones will remain on the ground as long a nearby torch remains unlit. They sometimes drop Bone stickers when defeated.
Super Mario Galaxy
In Super Mario Galaxy, they make a new appearance, but it's limited to desert places and the Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, in the gravitational spotlights part.
Destroying them, however, needs from Mario to be in his Rainbow Star form, leaving three Star Bits when destroyed.
Dry Bones also appears as enemies in this game but they are only fought during the second battle with Kamek in Dreamy Neo Bowser Castle. They also appear in groups and they mainly attack by charging and throwing bones at Mario. After they have been defeated, Mario can use their remains to damage Kamek.
Abilities
All Dry Bones can be capable of rebuilding their bodies after being hurt. This outstanding process takes place only a few seconds after being stomped on. The player can defeat Dry Bones for good, but it takes magic, bombs, an ice flower or Penguin suit, shell collision, or a possession of a star to do so. You can also break him and knock a body part off to a lower ledge or lava, but the remains won't stay permanently. While in the mainstream series, Dry Bones are immune to Fireballs, Dry Bones are also very susceptible to fire-based attacks as shown by how in Paper Mario, fire attacks are super-effective against them.
Gallery
Dry Bones from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
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Characters
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Protagonists
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Mario • Princess Peach • Luigi • Twink • Star Spirits (Eldstar, Mamar, Skolar, Muskular, Misstar, Klevar, Kalmar)
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Antagonists
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Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Koopa Troop • Jr. Troopa
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Partners
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Goombario • Kooper • Bombette • Parakarry • Lady Bow • Watt • Sushie • Lakilester
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Other
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Albino Dino • Audience • Bootler • Bruce • Bubble Plant • Chanterelle • Chet Rippo • Chuck Quizmo • Club 64 Bartender • Dane T. • DJ Toad • Fearsome 5 • Fice T. • Fishmael • Flight • Franky • Frost T. • Gooma • Goomama • Goombaria • Goompa • Goompapa • Gourmet Guy • Guard Door • Harry T. • Herbert • Herringway • Igor • King Mousta • Kooper's mother • Kolorado • Kolorado's Wife • Koopa Koot • Koover • Lakilulu • Lily • Little Mouser • Little T. • Luigi • Madam Merlar • Master Poet • Mayor Penguin • Mayor Penguin's Wife • Merle • Merlee • Merlon • Merlow • Merluvlee • Minh T. • Mini T. • Moustafa • Mort T. • Mr. E • Mr. Hammer • Muss T. • Nomadimouse • Oaklie • Penguin Patrol • Petunia • Posie • Postmaster • Raphael the Raven • Rip Cheato • Rosie • Rowf • Rhuff • Russ T. • Sashimie • Spiky John • Spiky Tom • Stanley • Sun • Tayce T. • Three Beautiful Sisters • Toad in the Desert • Toad Minister • Tolielip • Trading Event Toad • Vanna T. • Village Leader • Watt's mother • Whacka • Whale • Wise Wisterwood • Yakkey
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Species
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Baby Yoshi • Bellbell Plant • Boo • Bub-ulb • Bulb Bush • Bumpty • Candy Cane • Cymbal Bush • Doogan • Dryite • Heart Plant • Human • Li'l Oink • Munchlesia • Nomadimouse • Raven • Snowman • Spinning Flower • Star Kid • Toad • Trumpet Plant • Yoshi
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Locations
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Areas
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Boo's Mansion • Boo's Shop • Bowser's Castle • Cloudy Climb • Club 64 • Crystal Palace • Dry Dry Desert • Dry Dry Outpost • Dry Dry Railroad • Dry Dry Ruins • Flower Fields • Forever Forest • Goomba King's Fortress • Goomba Road • Goomba Village • Gusty Gulch • Harry's Shop • Item Shop • Jade Jungle • Koopa Bros. Fortress • Koopa Village • Koopa's Shop • Lavalava Island • Li'l-Oink Farm • Little Mouser's Shop • Mario's House • Mt. Lavalava • Mt. Rugged • Peach's Bedroom • Peach's Castle • Playroom • Pleasant Path • Post Office • Shiver City • Shiver Mountain • Shiver Region • Shiver Shop • Shiver Snowfield • Shooting Star Summit • Shroom Grocery • Shy Guy's Toy Box • Starborn Valley • Star Haven • Star Haven Shop • Star Way • Storehouse • Sun Tower • Toad House • Toad Town • Toad Town Dojo • Toad Town Tunnels • Tubba Blubba's Castle • Windy Mill • Yoshi's Cabana • Yoshi's Village
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Bosses
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Main/Recurring Bosses
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Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Jr. Troopa
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Chapter Bosses
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Goomba King • Bowser??? • Koopa Bros. (Red Ninjakoopa, Black Ninjakoopa, Yellow Ninjakoopa, Green Ninjakoopa) • Tutankoopa • Tubba Blubba/Tubba Blubba's Heart • General Guy • Lava Piranha/Lava Bud • Huff N. Puff • Crystal King/Crystal Bit • Bowser
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Mini Bosses
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Red and Blue Goombas • Buzzar • Anti Guy • Blooper • Super Blooper • Electro Blooper • Spike??? • Kent C. Koopa • The Master • Monstar
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Enemies
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Enemies
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Amazy Dayzee • Bandit • Bill Blaster • Bob-omb • Bombshell Bill • Bombshell Bill Blaster • Bony Beetle • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Bzzap! • Cleft • Clubba • Crazee Dayzee • Dark Koopa • Dry Bones • Duplighost • Ember • Forest Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Gloomba • Goomba • Gray Magikoopa • Green Magikoopa • Groove Guy • Gulpit • Hammer Bros. • Hurt Plant • Hyper Cleft • Hyper Goomba • Hyper Paragoomba • Jungle Fuzzy • Koopatrol • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • M. Bush • Medi Guy • Monty Mole • Monty Mole (Flower Fields) • Paragloomba • Paragoomba • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Mummy • Putrid Piranha • Pyro Guy • Red Magikoopa • Ruff Puff • Shy Guy • Shy Squad • Shy Stack • Spear Guy • Spiked Gloomba • Spiked Goomba • Spike Top • Spiny • Spy Guy • Swooper • Swoopula • White Clubba • White Magikoopa • Yellow Magikoopa
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Items
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Regular
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Apple • Blue Berry • Bubble Berry • Coconut • Dizzy Dial • Dried Fruit • Dried Shroom • Dusty Hammer • Egg • Fire Flower • Fright Jar • Goomnut • Honey Syrup • Iced Potato • Jammin' Jelly • Koopa Leaf • Lemon • Life Shroom • Lime • Maple Syrup • Melon • Mushroom • Mystery? • Pebble • POW Block • Red Berry • Repel Gel • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Snowman Doll • Stinky Herb • Stone Cap • Strange Leaf • Stop Watch • Super Shroom • Super Soda • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Bolt • Thunder Rage • Ultra Shroom • Volt Shroom • Whacka Bump • Yellow Berry
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Key items
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Artifact • Autograph • Blue Key • Boo's Portrait • Bucket • Butter • Calculator • Castle Key • Cleanser • Cookbook • Cream • Crystal Ball • Crystal Berry • Diamond Stone • Dictionary • Diploma • Dolly • Egg • Empty Wallet • Fertile Soil • First-Degree Card • Flour • Fortress Key • Fourth-Degree Card • Frying Pan • Glasses • Gold Credit • Jade Raven • Koopa Legends • Kooper's Shell • Letter • Lucky Star • Lunar Stone • Lyrics • Magical Bean • Magical Seed • Mailbag • Melody • Milk • Miracle Water • Mystery Note • Odd Key • Old Photo • Package • Palace Key • Prison Key • Pulse Stone • Pyramid Stone • Record • Red Jar • Red Key • Ruins Key • Salt • Scarf • Second-Degree Card • Silver Credit • Sneaky Parasol • Special Strawberry Cake • Star Piece • Star Rod • Star Stone • Storeroom Key • Strawberry • Sugar • Tape • Third-Degree Card • Toy Train • Ultra Stone • Volcano Vase • Warehouse Key • Water • Water Stone • Weight • Yakkey
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Recipes
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Apple Pie • Big Cookie • Bland Meal • Boiled Egg • Cake • Coco Pop • Deluxe Feast • Dizzy Dial • Egg Missile • Electro Pop • Fire Flower • Fire Pop • Fried Egg • Fried Shroom • Frozen Fries • Healthy Juice • Honey Shroom • Honey Super • Honey Ultra • Hot Shroom • Jelly Pop • Jelly Shroom • Jelly Super • Jelly Ultra • Kooky Cookie • Koopa Tea • Koopasta • Lemon Candy • Life Shroom • Lime Candy • Maple Shroom • Maple Super • Maple Ultra • Nutty Cake • Potato Salad • Shroom Cake • Shroom Steak • Sleepy Sheep • Spaghetti • Special Shake • Spicy Soup • Strange Cake • Super Soda • Sweet Shroom • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Rage • Volt Shroom • Yoshi Cookie • Yummy Meal
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Badges
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All or Nothing • Attack FX A • Attack FX B • Attack FX C • Attack FX D • Attack FX E • Bump Attack • Chill Out • Close Call • D-Down Jump • D-Down Pound • Damage Dodge • Deep Focus • Defend Plus • Dizzy Attack • Dizzy Stomp • Dodge Master • Double Dip • Feeling Fine • Fire Shield • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • FP Plus • Group Focus • Hammer Throw • Happy Flower • Happy Heart • Heart Finder • HP Drain • HP Plus • I Spy • Ice Power • Jump Charge • Last Stand • Lucky Day • Mega Jump • Mega Quake • Mega Rush • Mega Smash • Money Money • Multibounce • P-Down, D-Up • P-Up, D-Down • Pay-Off • Peekaboo • Power Bounce • Power Jump • Power Plus • Power Quake • Power Rush • Power Smash • Pretty Lucky • Quake Hammer • Quick Change • Refund • Runaway Pay • S. Jump Chg. • S. Smash Chg. • Shrink Stomp • Sleep Stomp • Slow Go • Smash Charge • Speedy Spin • Spike Shield • Spin Attack • Spin Smash • Triple Dip • Zap Tap
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Techniques
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Partner moves
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Headbonk • Tattle • Charge • Multibonk • Shell Toss • Power Shell • Dizzy Shell • Fire Shell • Sky Dive • Shell Shot • Air Lift • Air Raid • Body Slam • Bomb • Power Bomb • Mega Bomb • Smack • Outta Sight • Spook • Fan Smack • Electro Dash • Power Shock • Turbo Charge • Mega Shock • Belly Flop • Squirt • Water Block • Tidal Wave • Spiny Flip • Spiny Surge • Cloud Nine • Hurricane
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Special moves
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Refresh • Lullaby • Star Storm • Chill Out • Smooch • Time Out • Up & Away • Star Beam/Peach Beam
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Enemy/Boss moves
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Charge • Divide and Conquer
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Miscellaneous
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Objects
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! Switch • ? Block • Badge • Blue Pipe • Blue Switch • Bowser's Diary • Brick Block • Bubble • Chomp Rock • Cracked Wall • Dock • Fire Bar • Floor Switch • Gulpits' Rocks • Hidden Block • Jack-in-the-Box • Jump Pad • K64 • Koopa Clown Car • Lakitu's Cloud • Lever • Metal Block • Power Platform • Puff-Puff Machine • Recovery Block • Red ? Block • Save Block • Star Cruiser • Stilts • Stone Block • Super Block • Treasure Chest (Mysterious) • Toy Tank • Warp Pipe • Yellow Block
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Terms/ailments
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Badge Point • Danger • Dizzy • Electrified • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Immobilized • Injured • Invisible • No Skills • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Sleep • Star Point • Star Power • Stone • Super Rank • Tiny • Ultra Rank
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Other
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64th Trivia Quiz-Off • Soundtrack • Tattle List • Walkthrough
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