Editing Clampy

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{{distinguish|clam|Giant Clam}}

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|image=[[File:NSMBW Clampy Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 6) (2023)

|comparable=[[Clam]]<br>[[Oyster]]

'''Clampys''',<ref name=card>[[:File:NSMBWiiTC-34-Front.png|EnterPlay trading card published for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' (2009)]]</ref><ref>{{cite|date=December 4, 2011|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Mario Kart 7: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=46, 48, 142, 143|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-89384-0}}</ref> originally generically referred to as "'''clams''',"<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 9, 2007|page=130|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=29|date=November 15, 2009|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> are giant oyster enemies that debuted in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They open and close their mouth-like {{wp|Bivalve shell|valves}} periodically, often revealing items inside their cavities. The player character can collect these items, but they must swim away quickly before the Clampy snaps shut. Clampys have cartoonish eyes on the outside of their bodies and pearly, iridescent exteriors. The English name "Clampy" is likely a play on "clam" and "clamp," with the diminutive suffix "-y."

One cream-colored Clampy first appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', being encountered in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. Much like the [[clam]]s in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', it holds treasures inside such as [[Star Chip]]s and [[coin]]s, depending on the mission selected.

Clampys are enemies appearing only in [[World 1-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1-4]] and in a secret area in [[World 4-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4-1]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They were slightly reshaped, and now display a purple coloration with darker wavy stripes, which would stick to them in most future appearances. They have [[coin]]s or [[1-Up Mushroom]]s between their valves in order to lure a character close so they can attack them. If a Clampy closes its shell in on a character, it will trap them inside for a brief moment and damage them before opening back up. However, their top shells (when closed) and the inside of their cavities (when open) are safe to tread on. In general, Clampys spawn in mid-water and slowly sink to a ground underneath, after which they begin their routine of opening and closing their valves. One Clampy in World 1-4 slips into a pit after touching the ground.

A single Clampy appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', behaving and looking identically to the species' initial appearance in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. It appears on the seabed in [[Starshine Beach Galaxy]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====

Clampys, referred to as '''Giant Clams'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=79|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref>, appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and its [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|port]], where they act exactly like they do in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. One can be found in a secret area of [[Waterspout Beach]], while multiple inhabit {{world-link|coin|5|World Coin-5 (New Super Mario Bros. U)}}. They do not return in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

Clampys appear in the [[3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon|Cheep Cheep Lagoon]] and {{classic-link|GCN|Daisy Cruiser}} racecourses in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. They are obstacles that are found only [[Underwater driving|underwater]], containing coins and [[Item Box]]es between their valves that racers can pick up, taking care not to be trapped by the Clampy's valves. Racers can perform [[trick]]s on them when they are open.

Clampys reappear in 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon, GCN Daisy Cruiser, and [[Piranha Plant Cove|Piranha Plant Cove 2 and 3]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', acting the same as they did in ''Mario Kart 7''. They are able to spin out drivers in a [[Bubble]] without popping their Bubble. The Item Boxes that Clampys produce, if broken, do not respawn immediately unlike other Item Boxes.

 

Clampys appear in background of the board [[Whimsical Waters]] in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', as well as in the minigame [[Cheep Cheep Check]], where they are used by the solo player to disperse large clusters of bubbles meant to distract the other players from counting the Cheep Cheeps.

 

A Clampy appears as an Assistant in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. When equipped in stage mode, there is a chance that the rainbow meter is filled by three sections when the stage starts. In versus mode, it grants doctors an extra chance to defend against opponent's attacks.  

*'''Trading Card description:''' ''It looks like an open and shut case with this enemy. Clampy lurks in the depths of the sea, patiently waiting to make a move. Clampy will try to clench you in its shell, causing a loss of power—or worse! However, sometimes there a 1-Up mushroom in them, so it may be worth messing with this mollusk. Don't clam up—swim fast, grab the goods, and get out!''<br>

Clampy with coins.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

SMG2 Clampy Screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''

NSMBU Clampy.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

Cheep Cheep Check.png|''[[Mario Party 10]]''

MK8D GCN Daisy Cruiser Aquarium.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jap=アコヤガイ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|page=126, 144, 159, 209|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>

|FreM=Modified orthograph of ''coquillage'' ("sea shell")

|SpaAM=From ''ostra'' ("oyster") and ''tragar'' ("swallow")

|Ita=Clampy<ref>{{cite|title=[[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii trading cards|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' - Album ufficiale]]|page=12}}</ref>

|Ita2=Mollusky

|Ita2M=Pun on ''molluschi'' ("mollusks")

|PorAM=From ''concha'' ("shell") and ''aí'' ("there")

|KorM=Pearl Oyster

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[[it:Mollusky]]