Clubba
- Not to be confused with Klubba.
| Clubba | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 A Clubba from Super Paper Mario | |||
| First appearance | Paper Mario (2000) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Paper Mario (2007) | ||
| Variant of | Spike | ||
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- “Oh, it's Mario!! See this fine club I have? I'm gonna introduce you to it. Club...meet Mario!!!”
- —Clubba, Paper Mario
Clubbas are Spike soldiers that wield mace-like spiked clubs which resemble an ordinary Spike's ball. They appear exclusively within the Paper Mario series, where they are typically found sleeping outside of combat, typically leaving them vulnerable to a First Strike or simply allowing them to be avoided altogether. They bear a strong resemblance to the Spike's appearance in official Super Mario Bros. 3 artwork, bearing white hair, green skin and dark gray shells.
History[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
Clubbas first appear in Paper Mario, where they are commonly seen as guards in the castle of Tubba Blubba. Only a few of Tubba Blubba's Clubba henchmen actively guard the castle, and if Mario and his team decide to, they can simply sneak by sleeping Clubbas, who only wake up if the team moves quickly. In battle, they walk over and swing their clubs down on Mario. After completing Chapter 3, all enemies abandon Tubba Blubba's Castle except for one Clubba in the first floor east wing. He apparently fell asleep and got left behind and when talked to, he wakes up and realizes this before falling asleep again.
If the player chooses a Clubba as one of the things Mario fears in the Princess Peach intermission after the Tubba Blubba quest, Kammy Koopa summons one to guard a Treasure Chest in the Shy Guy's Toy Box. Later in the game, after Mario and his crew defeat Huff N. Puff and rescue the sixth Star Spirit, a single Clubba appears as a sleeping guard in Peach's Castle, sleeping while it was supposed to be guarding the door to the hallway where Mario and Bowser faced off at the beginning of the game and will do so again in the climax. Princess Peach, using her Sneaky Parasol, turns into this Clubba to relieve a Koopatrol of his duties at that door, as well as to proceed further to the top of the castle before being caught again by Kammy Koopa.
A more powerful variety known as White Clubbas make an appearance in Chapter 7 on Shiver Mountain and inside Crystal Palace.
Field Tattle[edit]
Outside of battle, Goombario can use Tattle only on a lone Clubba found sleeping in Tubba Blubba's Castle for a short time after the castle is deserted.
- "Everyone left while this Clubba was sleeping. He must be really tired."
Super Paper Mario[edit]
Clubbas appear again in Super Paper Mario, where they appear in all the surface areas of the Gap of Crag. They have very high HP in this game. Once more, they are often found napping and can be avoided by the player's character. A Clubba can also be fought against in Castle Bleck as an optional enemy, like in Paper Mario. There was also a very brief mentioning of Tubba Blubba by Francis. According to him, Tubba Blubba stars in his own TV series called The Blubbening. A subspecies of Clubba, the Dark Clubba, also appears in this game.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Clubba | |||||||||
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Max HP | 8 | Attack | 3 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Role | Common | Type | Ground | Level | 13 | ||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Moves | Heavy Club (3) | ||||
| Sleep? | 90%, 1 | Dizzy? | 75%, 0 | Shock? | 90%, 1 | ||||
| Shrink? | 75%, 0 | Stop? | 90%, -1 | Fright? | 70% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 60% | Hurricane? | 70% | Coins | 1 + 1-3 | ||||
| Items | Super Shroom | Run | 24 | Location(s) | Tubba Blubba's Castle, Shy Guy's Toy Box | ||||
| Tattle | This is a Clubba. Clubbas are the main guards of Tubba Blubba's Castle. Max HP: 8, Attack Power: 3, Defense Power: 0 They often sleep on the job. If you walk very slowly, they won't wake up. They may look big, but if you use the action command perfectly, they're not so tough. | ||||||||
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Clubba | |||||||||
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Max HP | 20 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Gap of Crag (5-2), Castle Bleck Foyer (8-2), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 41, 54 and 63) | |||
| Attack | 3 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Smelly Herb | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | ||||
| Score | 500 | ||||||||
| Card description | This soldier would rather nap than face the front lines. Hauling that club around would make anyone tired. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 41 42 43 |
Tattle | This chubby brawler is called a Clubba. Interestingly they love to take naps... Max HP is 20 and Attack is 3. They will fall asleep if you lose them, so take them out before they wake up... | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite of a Clubba
A sleeping Clubba
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガボンへい[?] Gabon Hei |
Spike Soldier | |
| French | Mastok[?] | Modified spelling of mastoc ("hefty") and possibly a pun on masse ("mace") | |
| German | Clubba[?] | - | |
| Italian | Mazzuolo[?] | Mallet, but also a pun on mazza ("club") | |
| Korean | 가봉병[?] Gabong Byeong |
Spike Soldier | |
| Spanish | Clubba[?] | - |
Trivia[edit]
- While Tubba Blubba and Grubba have names based on Clubbas in English versions, neither of them are club-wielding soldiers, which primarily distinguishes Clubbas from Spikes.
| Spikes | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Grubba • Macho Grubba • Paper Macho Spike Outlaw • Tolstar • Tubba Blubba • Tubba's Heart |
| Species | Big Spike • Clubba • Dark Clubba • Fire Gabon • Mad Spike • Mega Stone Spike • Paper Macho Stone Spike • Paper Spike • Snow Spike • Spike • Stone Spike • White Clubba |
