Editing Crab

{{about|the species known as Crab|other uses of the word Crab|[[Crab (disambiguation)]]}}
{{Species-infobox
|title=Crabs
|image=[[File:MK64Crab.png]]<br>A crab in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|derived_species=[[Clawdaddy]]<br>[[Crabber]]<br>[[Crabble]]<br>[[Crusty]]<br>[[Cuttacutta]]<br>[[Drillbit Crab]]<br>[[Hermit Crab]]<br>[[Hermite Crab]]<br>[[Hermite Crab R]]<br>[[Huckit Crab]]<br>[[Kānyī]]<br>[[Maizō]]<br>[[Pinchly]]<br>[[Sidestepper]]<br>[[Snaps]]<br>[[Yadorā]]
|notable=[[Hermie III]]<br>[[Scurvy Crew]]
|expand=expandable
}}
'''Crabs''' are a species of animals found in a few [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' games]]. They are often portrayed in either the same way as their real-life counterparts or as enemies.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' (television series)===
In the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]] episode [[Get a Life, Don't Save One]], [[Dixie Kong]] owns a pet crab named Crabby. It is never actually seen on-screen (likely owing to the show's poor modeling budget), but it causes large amounts of havoc in the episode regardless. 

===''Mario Kart 64''===
In ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', crabs can be found in [[Koopa Troopa Beach]] where they walk left and right. Driving over one will make the player spin around. [[Sidestepper]]s replace crabs in later installments.

===''Donkey Kong Country''===
In the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' remakes for [[Game Boy Color]] and [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Donkey Kong|Donkey]] and [[Diddy Kong]] may encounter a crab during a challenge at [[Funky's Fishing]]. The crab has no effect on the [[Kongs]]' score, but if they can succeed in hooking it, they will earn themselves a special [[Photograph]] from [[Funky Kong]]. It scurries across the bottom of the water rather quickly, and appears randomly, so the Kongs should always keep an eye out for it. Once the crab is caught, it will never appear again.

===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', '''hermit crabs''' appear as the main focus of the [[Mole Hunt]] game, where they must be dug up using the [[Mole Mario]] technique.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D World''====
Tiny crabs appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' as minor interactive elements. Two of them first appear in a sandy portion in [[Super Bell Hill]]. They are stationary in the beginning, but will start running in a certain direction when approached until they jump into the sand.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
Small crabs appear as wildlife in certain kingdoms in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', specifically the [[Lake Kingdom]], the [[Seaside Kingdom]], and the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]]. In the Lake and Mushroom Kingdoms, they are magenta, and in the Seaside Kingdom, they are yellow. Similarly to most ground-based wildlife in the game, following them for an extended period of time causes them to burrow into the sand, often leaving behind a [[coin]].

<gallery widths=180px>
SMO magenta crab.jpg|A magenta crab from [[Lake Kingdom]]
SMO orange crabs.jpg|Two orange crabs from [[Seaside Kingdom]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カニ
|JapR=Kani
|JapM=Crab
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Smsaftergame.jpg|thumb|A crab on [[Gelato Beach]]]]
*In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' one of the islands neighboring [[Isle Delfino]] is shaped like a crab. It is seen in the opening cinematic. A normal crab is visible on one of the game's group artworks, but is not present in-game.

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[[Category:Crustaceans]]
[[Category:Real World Animals]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Items]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 64 Species]]
[[Category:Super Mario Odyssey Species]]
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