More about Tubba Blubba...
Games: Paper Mario
 
This giant Clubba is the boss of Chapter Three in Paper Mario 1.  Bowser had used the Star Rod to make Tubba invincible by removing his heart... see, in some weird Mushroom Kingdom logic, if you have no heart, your life force can't be damaged.  With his newfound invincibility, Tubba terrorized the Boos of nearby Gusty Gulch, eating them one by one.  He was also supposed to be guarding one of the Star Spirits, Skolar; but that didn't work too well as the Star Spirit managed to escape while Tubba was off rampaging or sleeping.  Because of this, Mario could have avoided ever encountering Blubba, except that Skolar was captured by Bow, who used him as collateral to convince Mario to defeat Tubba anyway and rescue her Boo friends.  Well, being invincible and all, Tubba couldn't be defeated normally.  But his heart - his weakness - still existed, but was just absent.  Mario snuck into Tubba's castle and eventually found the key to the windmill where Tubba's heart lay in wait.  With Blubba giving chase, Mario hightailed it from the castle to the windmill, and confronted Tubba's Heart.  The Heart was pretty feisty for what you'd take to be a helpless, squishy organ, but Mario, probably with help from Bow, defeated it, sending it running back to Tubba Blubba.  Jumping into Tubba's mouth - yeah, because I'm sure that works - heart and body were reunited.  Mario exited the windmill and entered into battle with Tubba... and the fight was a joke!  With just 10 HP, Tubba could be defeated before he even got a turn.  Failing that, his slam attacks only caused one damage anyway.  Why that should be, I don't know; he's a big guy, there should be some oomph behind his attacks.  But, there you have it.  After the battle Tubba coughs up all the Boos he ate and we find out he's really a pretty sensitive guy, before he runs off.

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