Editing Clawgrip

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMA Clawgrip Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork for ''Super Mario Advance''
|species=[[Sidestepper]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]]<ref>{{cite|deadlink=yes|archive=web.archive.org/web/20041214201633/http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/august02/mario/index2.shtml|title=The Voice of Mario|publisher=GameSpy|accessdate=January 6, 2024}}</ref> (2001)
}}
{{quote|Arr! You'll make a tasty treat!|Clawgrip|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
'''Clawgrip''' is a boss from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', Clawgrip did not exist and his place as a boss was filled in by a third, cream-white [[Mouser]], making Clawgrip the only ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' enemy that actually was introduced in said game.

In the credits of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', as well as ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and the Japanese version of ''Super Mario Advance'', Clawgrip is called "'''Clawglip'''." This is likely because the "r" sound is not normally distinguished from the "l" sound in Japanese compared to other languages.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:Clawgrip SMUSA artwork.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Clawgrip's artwork for the Japanese version, ''Super Mario USA'', was the basis of his artwork for ''Super Mario Advance'']]
In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Clawgrip is fought in [[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-3]], where he attacks players by throwing boulders at them. In order to injure Clawgrip, these boulders need to be caught by the heroes and thrown back at him. After being hit five times, Clawgrip is defeated.

In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', Clawgrip, instead of already being giant at the beginning of the battle against him, is simply a smaller [[Sidestepper|crab]]. He is grown to his regular size when he is engulfed by several [[bubble]]s which resemble the ones [[Wart]] is capable of spitting. Once at this size, Clawgrip, in a stereotypical pirate accent, exclaims "Yar! You'll make a tasty treat!", beginning the battle. It is possible to hit him multiple times with one boulder if a player throws it so that it bounces off the wall behind him when he starts moving towards them. After he is defeated, he says "Yar! You got me!", again in a pirate accent.

Clawgrip's description in the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' manual mentions that he "grows suddenly," though this is only the case in ''Super Mario Advance''.

====''BS Super Mario USA''====
Clawgrip returns with the other bosses from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Like in the first game, Clawgrip serves as a mini-boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Despite the game's Japanese script, he has a tendency to lapse into English when he speaks,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wetcPTBQM]</ref>{{dead link}} possibly as a nod to not appearing in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''.
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:CartoonClawgrip.jpg|thumb|Clawgrip, from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "[[Mario of the Deep]]".]]
Clawgrip made three appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', where he, along with [[Mouser]], [[Fryguy]], and [[Tryclyde]], was a minion of [[Bowser|King Koopa]] instead of [[Wart]]. In all of his appearances on the show, Clawgrip wore a blue bandanna on his head.

Clawgrip's debut in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' was in the episode "[[Rolling Down the River]]", where he manned the helm of [[King Koopa's alter egos|Captain Koopa]]'s ship, the [[Sinister Star]], while Koopa was making [[Mario]] walk the plank. The [[Mouth of the River]] used a [[cannon]] to fire a [[vegetable|turnip]] at Clawgrip, knocking him down onto the ship's lower deck.

In "[[Pirates of Koopa]]", Clawgrip can be seen among the minions of [[Bowser|Blackbeard Koopa]] waiting for his return to [[Pirate's Port]].

Clawgrip's made a final appearance in "[[Mario of the Deep]]"; here, he attacks [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and their [[Mermushroom]] companion in a sunken ship. The quintet avoid Clawgrip by jumping over him and going through a hatch that was too small for him to pass through. The characters commented that this Clawgrip was simply ''a'' Clawgrip, implying that Clawgrips are a species.

===''Nintendo Comics System''===
In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', Clawgrip, instead of being a single character, was portrayed as a species, all of whom seemed to work for [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]. In [[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]], several Clawgrips appear among the monsters trying to defeat Mario. Mario manages to avoid these Clawgrips, all the while being annoyed by [[Stanley the Talking Fish]].

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Clawgrip and some of his [[GLOM]]-created clones try to attack Mario while he is exploring the Mushroom Kingdom in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', but he manages to avoid them.

In ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', Clawgrip appears guarding a tunnel that leads to [[Pipe Land|Pipe World]] under the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Palace]], under the pretext of being a "Toll Crab." If Mario and Luigi give Clawgrip a noisemaker or a pair of boots, he will let them pass peacefully, but if they give him a balloon (which he accidentally pops, and thus gets angry as a result) or try to run past, he will give chase to them. The brothers can distract Clawgrip by throwing some coins at him, but if they do not have any or decide not to give any up, Clawgrip will catch up to the two, leading to a [[Game Over]].

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Clawgrip SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb]]
Clawgrip makes an appearance in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. He is the last of the 8 bits generals to be fought before Wart. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi eventually fight him. As with the games, he fights by throwing rocks at them. In one twist, however, Mario molds a boomerang from a [[small heart]] and then throws it at him. Clawgrip then transforms into a large [[Andross]]-like being. Mario then uses a [[rocket]] to defeat him by hitting a weak spot that destroys his polygonal being.

Later, Wart molds himself into a new hybrid of him with his fallen general, gaining Clawgrip's claws.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''He grows suddenly, and he is surprisingly skilled at throwing rocks.''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' English instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=28}}</ref>

====''Super Mario Advance''====
*'''Instruction booklet bio''' ''Clawgrip will suddenly grow as it scuttles back and forth. Be careful — it loves to throw rocks, and it has a good arm.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English)|page=[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf 12] (PDF)}}</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=チョッキー (JP) / Chokkī (EN)
|shusshin=アクア族
|seikaku=あわて者
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>岩を投げ返して倒そう</big>'''<br>
マリオUSAの5面目に登場する巨大なカニ。岩を投げてくるので、それを投げ返してダメージを与えよう。5回攻撃すれば倒すことができる。アメリカ名は、クローグリップ。<ref>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 111]}}</ref>
|origin=Aqua clan
|disposition=Scatterbrain
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let's throw rocks back at them and knock them down.</big>'''''<br>
''A giant crab that appears on the fifth stage of Mario USA. It throws rocks at you, so throw them back to deal damage. 5 attacks are all it takes to defeat it. Its American name is Clawgrip.''
}}

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Clawgrip SMB2 manual artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' artwork
FC40 SMB2 Clawgrip.png|''Super Mario Bros. USA'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Clawgrip.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
ClawgripRock.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMAS SMB2 Clawgrip.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
SMA Clawgrip sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
The Fish That Should've Gotten Away.jpg|''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' ([[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]])
SMMPB6 Activity8.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
ClawGrip BS SuperMario.png|''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=チョッキー<ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=31}}</ref><ref name=daijiten/>
|JapR=Chokkī
|JapM=Derived from「チョキチョキ」(''choki-choki'', onomatopoeia for snipping)
|Jap2=クローグリップ<ref name=SMUSA/><ref name=daijiten>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Kurōgurippu
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Chi=剪刀魔<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
|ChiR=Jiǎndāo Mó
|ChiM=Scissor-like Demon
|Fre=Clawgrip
|Ger=Clawgrip
|Ita=Clawgrip<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=28}}</ref>
|Ita2=Tenaglie <small>(''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'')</small>
|Ita2M=Claws
|Ita3=Chelotto<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European manual (Italian)|page=112}}</ref>
|Ita3M=From ''chela'' ("pincer") and the diminutive suffix ''-otto''
|Ita4=Chelo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=38}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=67}}</ref>
|Ita4M=Masculine form of ''chela'' ("pincer/claw")
|Kor=가위게
|KorR=Gawi Ge
|KorM=Scissors Crab
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Crustaceans]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Double Trouble enemies]]
[[Category:Pipe Down! characters]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 2 bosses]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! enemies]]
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