Bald Cleft
| Bald Cleft | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork of a Bald Cleft from Super Paper Mario | |||
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) | ||
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) | ||
| Variant of | Cleft | ||
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Bald Clefts are a type of Cleft without spikes on their heads that appears in the Paper Mario series.
History[edit]
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
Bald Clefts first appear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as well as its Nintendo Switch remake. They can be found on pedestals on the path leading to Shhwonk Fortress during Chapter 1, and attack by charging at Mario and his partners. After that, there is no way to refight this enemy, making it the only one-time enemy to be unrelated to the X-Nauts.
Due to their lack of spikes, they are safe to jump on, although they still have a high amount of defence relative to most other enemies, especially the ones found near them. This can be negated by flipping them upside-down, much like normal Clefts. Fire elements, including a Fire Flower, do not damage them since their hides are compressed of rock. A POW Block defeats them easily.
Super Paper Mario[edit]
Bald Clefts appear again in Super Paper Mario as enemies in the Yold Desert. Like their relatives, they disguise themselves as rocks and reveal their true form when a hero gets close enough. They attack the same way as they did in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. However, the Super Paper Mario variety is not as tough as their other Paper Mario counterparts, as they can easily be defeated with Boomer. None can flip dimensions. They appear in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials in rooms 13, 34, and 71.
Statistics[edit]
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
GameCube[edit]
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Cleft | ||||||||
| Max HP | 2 | Attack | 1 | Defense | 2 | |||
| Location(s) | Shhwonk Fortress | Role | Boss | Level | 12 | |||
| Sleep? | 50% | Dizzy? | 50% | Confuse? | 50% | |||
| Tiny? | 70% | Stop? | 100% | Soft? | 100% | |||
| Burn? | 0% | Freeze? | 70% | Fright? | 50% | |||
| Gale Force? | 40% | KO? | 95% | Moves | Charge (1) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 5 | Items | None | |||
| Tattle Log #: 77 |
Log | Basically a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. It attacks by charging and is impervious to fire. | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Bald Cleft. Basically, a rock monster with a swarthy-looking face. Uh... This is kind of mean, but bald guys... really just don't do it for me. Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 2. Yeah. This guy is rock solid. Fire doesn't even hurt it. It might be best to attack with, say... a POW Block. | |||||||
Nintendo Switch[edit]
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Cleft | ||||||||
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Max HP | 2 | Attack | 1 | Defense | 2 | ||
| Location(s) | Shhwonk Fortress | Role | Common | Level | 12 | |||
| Sleep? | 50% | Dizzy? | 50% | Confuse? | 50% | |||
| Tiny? | 70% | Stop? | 100% | Soft? | 100% | |||
| Burn? | 0% | Freeze? | 70% | Fright? | 50% | |||
| Gale Force? | 40% | KO? | 95% | Moves | Charge (1) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 5 | Items | None | |||
| Tattle Log #: 80 |
Log | Basically a rock monster with a sharp, craggy face. It attacks by charging, and is impervious to fire. | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Bald Cleft. Basically, a rock monster with a sharp, craggy face. Uh... This is kind of mean, but bald guys... really just don't do it for me. Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, and Defense is 2. Yeah. This guy is rock solid. Fire doesn't even hurt it. It might be best to attack with, say... a POW Block. | |||||||
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Cleft | |||||||||
| Max HP | 2 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Yold Desert (1-3), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 13, 34 and 71) | ||||
| Attack | 1 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 2 | Items | Courage Shell | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | ||||
| Score | 200 | ||||||||
| Card description | This hardheaded minion is easily mistaken for a rock. It'll turn around if it bumps into a wall. If hit with an explosion, its Defense drops to 0. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 105 106 107 |
Tattle | That's a Bald Cleft. You might confuse this rock-hard foe with a rock... Max HP is 2, Attack is 1, Defense is 2. Flames won't scorch this foe... Set off an explosion near it to flip it over. Then it'll be vulnerable to attack... | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シンノスケ[?] Shinnosuke |
Portmanteau of「シンエモン」(Shin'emon, "Cleft") and「之助」(-nosuke, used as a suffix in Japanese male names) | |
| Chinese | 岩骨怪[?] Yángǔ Guài |
Rock Bone Monster | |
| Dutch | Bald Cleft[?] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Focett chauve[?] | Bald Cleft | |
| French (NOE) | Decleft[?] | Portmanteau of dégarnie ("bald") and "Cleft" | |
| German | Kahl-Kirk[?] | Bald Cleft | |
| Italian | Teschiosso[?] | Portmanteau of teschio ("skull") and osso ("bone") | |
| Korean | 돌턱[?] Dolteok |
Stone Jaw | |
| Spanish | Cleft Calvo[?] | Bald Cleft |
| Clefts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Cleftor • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Punk Rocks | |
| Species | Bald Cleft • Cleft • Dark Cleft • Hyper Bald Cleft • Hyper Cleft • Iron Cleft • Moon Cleft | |
