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|image=[[File:FishboneNSMBU.png|170px]]<br>Artwork of a '''Fishbone''' from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' ([[2021]])
|variant_of=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|relatives=[[Jean de Fillet]]<br>[[Honebōn]]
|comparable=[[Bonefin]]<br>[[Skullfish]]
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'''Fish Bones'''<ref>Nintendo 3DS Augmented Reality Games</ref><ref>As stated in the ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' Prima Guide</ref><ref>''Mario Kart 7'' Internal Filename</ref><ref>''Mario Party 9'' in-game name</ref> (alternatively spelled '''Fishbones''' (mainly in earlier appearances),<ref>''Super Mario World'' in-game name</ref><ref>As stated in the ''Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World'' Prima Guide</ref> or also alternatively named '''Wet Bones''')<ref>As stated in the ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' Prima Guide</ref><ref>''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' Internal Filename (PAL)</ref> are a skeleton variant of [[Cheep-Cheep]]s who debuted in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', and subsequent later games as well.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
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Fishbones are found in the submerged [[Vanilla Fortress]] and the underwater room of [[Bowser's Castle]]. They are the only strictly aquatic dungeon enemies in the game, though terrestrial enemies are also found underwater in these levels. Their behavior is simple, traveling in straight lines across the screen in a jerky, darting motion, usually in small groups. Fishbones can be defeated by [[Cape Mario]] or Cape Luigi's spin attack, but only in the ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' release, and are otherwise invincible.
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====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:Fishy Bone.png|frame|left]]
Fishbones appear in various water levels in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. When a Fishbone detects one of the characters, it will lock on to them (as their eyes turn red) then launch themselves in the direction of the character. If it misses, it will crash and break apart in a similar manner to that of [[Dry Bones]]. However, once they break apart, they are permanently defeated. They even break apart if they hit another Fishbone. But if the player jumps out of the water, the Fishbone will cease its rampage towards the player. In dark caverns, their eyes light up, although the illuminated area around them is much smaller than that provided by [[Bulber]]s and thus far less useful. They are referred to as Wet Bones in the [[Prima Games]] guide. A method for dodging a Fishbone is to walk on the floor of the water's level and then duck once spotted. The Fishbone's eyes will turn from red to green and no longer chase the player. Fishbones appear in the [[World 4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)#World 4-Castle|World 4 Castle]] and the [[World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)#World 5-Ghost House|World 5 Ghost House]]. Also, in the battle against [[Wendy O. Koopa]] in the World 4 Castle, various Fishbones can be seen swimming in a water tank in the background.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:NewFishbone.png|frame]]
Fishbones reappear in various castles and fortresses in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' where they keep their design from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They act like they did in previous installments.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Fish Bones reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', having the same role from previous installments. They appear in water levels.

===[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]===
Fish Bones make their first ''Mario Kart'' appearance in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and take their design from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They are found in [[Wario Shipyard]], where they swim in schools or sometimes alone. If any drivers collide into Fishbones, the former will be pushed back.

Fish Bones also appear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' in the underwater section of [[Twisted Mansion]]. Unlike in ''Mario Kart 7'', drivers cannot interact with them. 

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[File:Cartoon Fish Bone.PNG|thumb|Yoshi using a Fishbone to cut a log in the ''Super Mario World'' episode "The Wheel Thing".]]
Fishbones, though never referred to as such, made several small appearances in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|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 [[Urchin]]s and [[Porcu-Puffer]]s, are shown to act as guards/obstacles in the moat surrounding the [[Koopalings]]' tower.

===''Mario Bros.'' (''Super Mario Advance'')===
Fishbones, known as "'''Fish Skeletons'''", are a useless item that [[Mario]] sometimes receives after being thrown in the trash can in the ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' battle mode of the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]'' series.

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''===

Fishbones make another appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' during the battle with [[Junker]]. When Mario and [[Luigi]] manage to defeat a [[Junker Can]], a Fishbone may attempt to attack the [[plumber]]s. It attacks by orbiting around one of the two and eventually ramming them, though it can be stopped by counterattacking with the hammer before it does.

===''Mario Party 9''===
The [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'']] debut for Fish Bones (not counting their cameo in ''Mario Party 4'') is in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. They appear once again with their ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' appearance. Fish Bones only appear during the [[Blooper Beach]] Captain Event; when the player lands on an [[Unlucky Space]] on this part of the board, a group of Fish Bones attacks them and steals five of their ten [[Mini Star]]s.

===''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''===
Fish Bones make an appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. They appear in [[Jungle Rapids]], leaping in the water and attempting to destroy the raft Mario uses to cross through the river. They can be removed using the hammer.

==See also==
*[[Bone-Fish]] - the skeletal form of the fish [[Torion]] from ''[[Super Mario Land]]''.
*[[Bone-Bone]] - a [[Cheep-Cheep]] brought back from the dead in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. Very similar to a Fishbone.
*[[Jean de Fillet]] - an undead fish from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its remake ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''.
*[[Kingfin]] - a giant skeletal fish that acts as a world boss in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フィッシュボーン
|JapR=Fisshubōn
|JapM=Fishbone
|FraA=Poissonos
|FraAM=Pun on Poisson (fish) and Os (bone)
|FraE=Ossec
|FraEM=Drybone
|Por=Espinhas (Brazil)
|PorM=Spines
|Spa=Pezueso
|SpaM=Pun on ''pez'' (fish) and ''hueso'' (bone). Literally "fishbone".
|Ita=Skelopesce (''Mario'' Games)<br>Pesce Lisca (Fishing AR minigame).
|ItaM=From the English "skeleton" and "''pesce''", meaning "fish".<br>"''Pesce''" means "fish" and "''lisca''", "fishbone".
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Fishbone.JPG|thumb|200px|A Fishbone from the 3DS's Augmented Reality Games.]]
*In the [[Nintendo 3DS]]'s [[Augmented Reality Games#Fishing|Fishing AR minigame]], after lightning strikes the water, the player can fish out Fishbones (known as '''Fish Bones''' in the game).
*In the [[minigame]] [[Mushroom Medic]] of ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', there is a poster in the background with a Cheep-Cheep and its Fishbone X-ray, confirming Fishbones are undead Cheep-Cheeps.
*Fishbone is a pun on ''fish'' and ''wishbone''.
*A similar enemy called [[Shell Missile]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' act almost like fishbones.
*They are similar in appearance to the [[Skullfish]] enemy from the [[The Legend of Zelda (series)|''The Legend of Zelda'' series]].

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