Big Pokey

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Not to be confused with Giant Pokey.

Big Pokey
A sprite of Big Pokey in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Chronological information
First game	Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015)
Personal information
Gender	Male
Species	Giant Pokey

Big Pokey is a large Pokey found in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. He is seen residing in Doop Doop Dunes alongside the Tower Power Pokey near the bridge leading to Bowser's Castle ready to knock down anyone who dares to cross the bridge.

In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Big Pokey is the boss of Doop Doop Dunes alongside Tower Power Pokey. Big Pokey started out as a Giant Pokey living in Doop Doop Dunes. After Luigi accidentally opened the Paper Mario Book unleashing the paper world on the regular world, the Tower Power Pokey landed near the Big Pokey and from there, the two of them guarded the bridge to Bowser's Castle knocking over anybody who tries to cross it (sending them down to Doop Doop Dunes Grotto). Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario made a couple attempts to cross the bridge during their time at the desert but failed thanks to the colossal Pokey duo falling down to Doop Doop Dunes Grotto each time.

As the heroes are traversing the Doop Doop Dunes Grotto, they later find the towering Pokeys and use their Hammers to knock away the Pokeys' segments, Big Pokey and Tower Power Pokey aren't to happy about this so they engage the heroes in battle. The Pokeys put up a good fight but the heroes are too powerful and best the Pokeys, after their defeat, Big Pokey and Giant Pokey lose all their segments and their heads explode. This allows the heroes to traverse across the bridge unhindered form this point forward.

Battle

In battle, the Big Pokey has a few attacks which can cause some devastating blows to the heroes. His first attack involves him lying on the ground and attempting to roll at Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario which they must jump over. If they are hit by this attack, they can be Tripped so avoid it at all costs, the plumbers can also take damage by landing on the Big Pokey due to his segments being spiked. The Big Pokey can also toss his segments at the plumbers which they must knock back with their Hammers, the third attack involves the Big Pokey and Paper Tower Power Pokey chasing the plumbers down the arena and attempting to dart at them. If one of the Pokeys is darting, they must use the paper airplane folded-Paper Mario to glide above, if the plumbers are hit by the rampaging Pokeys, they will suffer heavy damage however if the chase goes on for long enough, the two Pokeys will tire out before tripping allowing Paper Mario to stomp on them both. If one Pokey has more segments than the other, both Pokeys will eventually regenerate all their lost segments.

When it comes to attacking the two Pokeys, obviously, jumps won't work because the Pokeys are composed of spikes however Hammers still do the job however the Pokeys are most vulnerable to Bros. Attacks and Trio Attacks, the Fire Flower being ultra effective due to the Pokeys' weakness to fire, multi-target attacks are also ideal for preventing the Pokeys' segments from regenerating by keeping the two at a leveled height. Any Trio Attack will also work, once all the Pokeys' segments are down, they are left vulnerable and dazed allowing the plumbers to attack the Pokeys easily. Once one of the Pokeys' is defeated, the other will get enraged and his attacks will get faster and stronger, finish off the other Pokey to win the battle.

Trivia

• The Big Pokey is the only major boss (aside from Bowser, Bowser Jr., and Kamek) who is fought alongside his paper counterpart.
• The Big Pokey coincidentally shares his name with a rapper from the 1990s.