Sky-Blue Spiny
Sprite fromPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Spiny

Sky-Blue Spinies (orS. Blue Spinies) are variants ofSpinies that are seen inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and itsNintendo Switch remake. They are thrown byDark Lakitus and can be found on floors 61-70 of thePit of 100 Trials. They are stronger than normal Spinies and cancharge. They can sometimes curl up and hide in their shell, making them impervious to any attack, even those that bypass defense.

Their body structure is the same as an ordinary Spiny, except instead of red, their shells are blue similar to theSpiny Shells in theMario Kart series. Additionally, their skin is slightly darker like theDark Lakitus that throw them. This gives them a resemblance toBuzzy Beetles, so much so that the German version of the game refers to them as "Käfer-Stachis", meaning "Buzzy Beetle Spinies". However, they lack the usual qualities of Buzzy Beetles, such as resilience to fire.

In the English version of the original game, it is mistakenly stated that Dark Lakitu's Sky-Blue Spinies hatch from "pipes" inGoombella'sTattle for both enemies. However, the supposed "pipes" which spawn Sky-Blue Spinies are actually regular blue Spiny Eggs. Their name is the result of a mistranslation: Spiny Eggs are referred to as ｢パイポ｣Paipo in Japanese, which comes froma well-known Japanese folktale^[1] but can also be interpreted (incorrectly, in this case) as an approximation of the English word "pipe" into Japanesekatakana. Despite this mistranslation, ｢パイポ｣Paipo is correctly translated as "Spiny Egg" elsewhere in the English text ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, namely with regard to the standard species of Spiny fought in the game.^[2] This was fixed in the remake, which correctly refers to them as Spiny Eggs.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
S. Blue Spiny
	Max HP	6	Attack	6	Defense	4
	Location(s)	Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 61, 64-66, 69)	Role	Common	Level	22
	Sleep?	60%	Dizzy?	60%	Confuse?	60%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	50%	Fright?	80%
	Gale Force?	10%	KO?	50%	Moves	Spikeball Shot (6), Ball Up (Raises Defense to ???), Charge Up (ATK+6), Superball Shot (12)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	0 - 1	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 30	Log	Spawned from a pipe thrown by Dark Lakitu, it will charge at you. When it's balled up, your attacks won't work.
	Tattle	That's a Sky-Blue Spiny. It appeared from a pipe thrown by the Dark Lakitu. Max HP is 6, Attack is 6, and Defense is 4. It'll totally charge at you! Sometimes it balls up to defend and store energy for an attack. If you can, beat it and any buddies it may have with a special attack.

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Sky-Blue Spiny
	Max HP	6	Attack	6	Defense	4
	Location(s)	Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 61, 64-66, 69)	Role	Common	Level	22
	Sleep?	60%	Dizzy?	60%	Confuse?	60%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	50%	Fright?	80%
	Gale Force?	10%	KO?	50%	Moves	Spikeball Shot (6), Ball Up (Raises Defense to ???), Charge Up (ATK+6), Superball Shot (12)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	0 - 1	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 31	Log	Spawned from a Spiny Egg thrown by Dark Lakitu, it will charge at you. When it's balled up, your attacks won't work.
	Tattle	That's a Sky-Blue Spiny. It appeared from a Spiny Egg thrown by the Dark Lakitu. Max HP is 6, Attack is 6, and Defense is 4. It'll totally charge at you! Sometimes it balls up to defend and store energy for an attack. If you can, beat it and any buddies it may have with a special move.

Names in other languages

References

• Spinies
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemies

• Articles with unsourced foreign names