Editing Crime Wave Clyde

{{redirect|Clyde|the character from [[Saturday Supercade]]|[[Clyde (Saturday Supercade)]]|the ghost from {{wp|Pac-Man}} who appears as an [[Assist Trophy]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]] series|[[List of Assist Trophy characters#Ghosts|List of Assist Trophy characters § Ghosts]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Clyde.jpg|200px]]
|species=Human
|first_appearance=''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ("[[Crimes R Us]]") (1990)
}}
{{quote|[[Koopalings#DIC_Cartoons|You kids]] are ready! I taught you everything I know about crime. Now, just do it!|Crime Wave Clyde|[[Crimes R Us]]}}
'''Crime Wave Clyde''' is a large, muscular, and aggressive prisoner from the [[Earth|Real World]] who had been sentenced to jail for 12,423 years with no parole due to his extensive criminal record. His name may be a reference to {{wp|Great Depression}} bandit {{wp|Bonnie and Clyde|Clyde Barrow}}.

In ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Crimes R Us]]", [[Bowser]] and his [[Koopalings]] travel to Clyde's prison on the [[Airship|Doom Ship]], where [[Roy|Bully Koopa]] helps him escape from prison. Under the request of Bowser, Clyde agrees to teach the Koopalings everything that he knows about crime, so that they can grow up to be hardcore criminals. Bowser also tells Clyde that he can keep half of whatever is stolen in exchange, but he crosses his fingers behind his back when he says so.

Clyde's first lesson to the Koopalings is bank robbery. After they receive a crash course from Clyde, the Koopalings raid the [[First Mushroom Bank]], but are foiled by [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in the process, although they do manage to escape.

Realizing that the Koopalings failed lesson one, Clyde makes some adjustments to his lesson plan, making sure that getting rid of the Mario Bros. is lesson two. The first step in this lesson is to have [[Larry|Cheatsy]] steal the lunch money from a [[Toad (species)|Mushroom boy]] in [[Desert Land]], whose cry for help travels through a [[Warp Pipe]] and alerts the Mario Bros. The boy directs Mario and Luigi to a pipe, which traps them in an underground maze where Clyde and [[Morton|Big Mouth]] lock them in with a [[Boom Boom]].

Afterwards, claiming that he has taught the Koopalings everything he knows about crime, Clyde lets them run amuck in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], where they steal whatever they choose to steal. However, Clyde is pushed too far when the Koopalings not only start stealing from each other, but his own pockets as well.

When Bowser proposes to have his Koopalings steal one billion [[Coin|Gold Coins]] from the [[Mushroom Kingdom Treasury]], Clyde only agrees to help, just because half of the loot is enough to relieve him from all the stress the Koopas cause him. To Clyde's surprise, the Koopalings double-cross him, and handcuff a [[Bob-omb]] to his ankle, although he manages to extinguish the fuse before it blows up.

Angry that he was double-crossed, Clyde breaks into the maze that Mario and Luigi are trapped in, and begs them to get him back to the Real World. After offering to help them stop the Koopalings from robbing the Mushroom Kingdom Treasury, the Mario Bros. reluctantly agree.

After the Koopalings invade the Mushroom Kingdom Treasury and begin packing up the loot, they are surprised to see Clyde with Mario and Luigi waiting for them behind a vaulted door. Before the Koopalings can react, Clyde and the Marios tie them up, and send them up into the Doom Ship, along with a [[Mega Bob-omb|big Bob-omb]]. When the Doom Ship is partially blown away, [[fireworks]] are formed, while Clyde feels proud of the fireworks.

However, the Mushroom Kingdom is not recognized by the United States government, which means that Clyde's heroism there is not considered a case for clemency. As Clyde is still a prisoner in the [[Earth|Real World]], Mario and Luigi are obliged to return him to his jail cell, which Clyde agrees to. Following his return to prison, he then befriends Mario and Luigi, who pay him visits at the prison's visitor center. While the Mario Brothers consider Clyde's sentence onerous especially since he has reformed, Clyde notes that he will gladly serve his 12,423-year prison sentence with no parole compared to spending one more day with the Koopas.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|ChiS=克莱姆威孚克莱德
|ChiSR=Kèláimǔ Wēifú Kèláidé
|ChiSM=Crime Wave Clyde
|ChiSC=<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV12D4y1r7zX?p=17 【720P高清修复】超级马里奥兄弟3 TV版动画【1990年】【中文语音字幕】【全26集】]</ref>
|Fre=Clyde
|FreC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FIMTyIrkYU&list=PLaFoLvczabwbb5ANoo18Mvytk_HLBN74Z&index=17 Les aventures de Super Mario Bros 3 017 Le crime ne paie pas]</ref>
|Ita=Crime Clyde Wave
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7vRvR7YKOc&list=PLWzo2ShQRIik_9vJAjpCtOYPKTMiWfQMb&index=19 Le avventure di Super Mario 2x19 - La scuola del crimine]</ref>
|Pol=Przestępstwo Clyde
|PolM=Crime Clyde
|PolC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ell530v4gjo Nowe Przygody Braci Mario Odcinek 19 - Plugawcy to my]</ref>
|PorA=Clyde Onda-de-Crime
|PorAM=Crime Wave Clyde
|PorAC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL10AbpMwGY&list=PLwzf4mOPE8Bmhgll2-ndwQWhRpiCUMR6G&index=19 Super Mario Bros. 3 - O Crime Somos Nós (Dublagem Herbert Richers)]</ref>
|PorAN=TV dub
|PorA2=Clyde Onda-de-Crimes
|PorA2M=Crime Wave Clyde
|PorA2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKalO36WV8&list=PLwzf4mOPE8Bn3l4Hev2FlsAnEIc_qgNX7&index=3 Super Mario Bros. 3 - Crimes e Mais Crimes (Dublagem BKS)]</ref>
|PorA2N=VHS dub
|Rus=Суперпреступник Клайд
|RusR=Superprestupnik Klajd
|RusM=Supercriminal Clyde
|RusC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DwSbIQkrUo Приключения братьев Супер Марио 3 (все серии) (6+)]</ref>
|Spa=Clyde
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6EbccsH_H8&list=PL9SW0yG7n_bnpxH7s64Qgh_Wa4ycVmNpt&index=18 Las Aventuras de los Super hermanos Mario: 18 - Enemigo Publico Numero Uno]</ref>
}}

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