Editing Croco

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Croco.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
{{quote|Har, har! Youse mugs'll NEVER catch me! A snail could outrun you morons! Later!|Croco|[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]}}
'''Croco''' is a purple, anthropomorphic [[crocodile]] bandit from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|the remake]]. His name is a clipping of "crocodile". He is a recurring villain in the game who is always stealing things from other people.

[[Mario]] first sees Croco being chased by [[Mallow]]. When Croco escapes, Mallow starts to cry, triggering a rainstorm. Mario talks to Mallow, who says that Croco stole his grandpa [[Frog Sage]]'s [[Frog Coin]] that Mallow was supposed to trade for a [[Cricket Pie]]. Mario agrees to get the Frog Coin back for Mallow and Mallow joins Mario. They move on to [[Bandit's Way]], where they spot Croco. They chase him, until he hops on blocks to get past the area with boulders blocking the paths. He claims he is "still 100 miles ahead", so Mario and Mallow continue to chase him through Bandit's Way until they hit a dead end. Croco goes into hiding. Mario and Mallow sneak behind him thrice to shock him. Just before Croco is able to run for a fourth time, Mallow yells at him to stop running. Croco claims he will give the coin back, but instead attacks. 

In battle, Croco attacks by ramming into a [[party member]] or throwing a [[bomb]]. He is weak to fire and, the first time he is hit with a fire attack such as [[Fireball]], his tail catches on fire and he wastes a turn trying to put it out. At low HP, he uses a [[Weird Mushroom (move)|Weird Mushroom]] to heal, and after enough damage is dealt to Croco, Mallow again runs up to him and scolds him, threatening to give another belting to him if the coin is not returned. Croco gives it to the duo, hops around with anger, and leaves.

When Mario, Mallow, and [[Geno]] [[jump]] on a [[trampoline]] in the [[Mole Mines]] that is supposed to be an exit, Mario hits the ceiling of the mines and faints. Croco and a trio of [[Crook]]s then proceed to steal all of Mario's [[coin]]s. After chasing Croco again, Mario, Mallow, and Geno battle him. In this fight, Croco throws bombs more frequently, and his tail no longer catches on fire. Halfway through the battle, Croco steals all of the party's items and his bomb-throwing attack is replaced with [[Monster Toss]]. The stolen items are returned and Croco drops a [[Microbomb]] at the end of the fight.

Croco makes a small appearance in [[Nimbus Land]] where Mario catches him looting houses and scares him off, causing Croco to drop a [[Signal Ring]] in the original game, and an [[Echo Signal Ring]] in the remake.

Croco does not appear again until near the end of the game in [[Bowser's Keep]]. This time he [[list of shops in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars#Bowser's Keep|sells the player items]] and gives advice. 

In the ending sequence of the game, Croco is seen racing in the [[Mushroom Derby]] against [[Yoshi]]. Though he loses this race, he is consoled by the bystander [[Boshi]] and the two walk off together.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
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{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Croco (2)|image=[[File:SMRPG Croco idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)]]===
{{:Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Croco}}
{{:Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Croco 2}}
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|Jpn=各地で盗みを働いている、シルクハットをかぶったワニ。とても逃げ足が速く、あっという間に逃げてしまう。<br>「ミーを　つかまえような～んて‥‥　１００ねん　はやいデ～ス！」
|JpnM=A crocodile wearing a silk hat that steals from various places. He is very fast and escapes in the blink of an eye.<br>"At this rate it'll take ya...100 more years to catch me!"
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMRPG Croco.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
SMRPG Croco idle.gif|Sprite from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
Croco SMRPG Switch.png|Croco in the Nintendo Switch remake
SMRPG NS Croco on fire.png|Croco's tail on fire in the remake
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=クロコ
|JpnR=Kuroko
|JpnM=Croco
|Jpn2=クロコ　(１{{ruby|回目|かいめ}})<ref name=FE>{{cite|date=1996|title=''Super Mario RPG Final Edition''|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4091025382|page=100}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Kuroko (1-kaime)
|Jpn2M=Croco (1st Time)
|ChiS=鳄鳄
|ChiSR=È è
|ChiSM=Repetition of「鳄」(''è'', "crocodile")
|ChiT=鱷鱷
|ChiTR=È è
|ChiTM=Repetition of「鱷」(''è'', "crocodile")
|Dut=Croco
|Fre=Croco
|Ger=Kroko
|GerM=Clipping of ''Krokodil'' ("crocodile")
|Ita=Croco
|Kor=크로커
|KorR=Keurokeo
|KorM=Croco
|Spa=Croco
}}
;Croco (Mole Mines)
{{foreign names
|Jpn=クロコ　(２{{ruby|回目|かいめ}})<ref name=FE/>
|JpnR=Kuroko (2-kaime)
|JpnM=Croco (2nd Time)
|Jpn2=クロコ（ドゥカティ炭坑）
|Jpn2R=Kuroko (Dukati Tankō)
|Jpn2M=Croco (Mole Mines)
|ChiS=鳄鳄（杜卡提煤矿）
|ChiSR=È è (Dùkǎtí Méikuàng)
|ChiSM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|ChiT=鱷鱷（杜卡提煤礦）
|ChiTR=È è (Dùkǎtí Méikuàng)
|ChiTM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|Dut=Croco (Mollenmijn)
|DutM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|Fre=Croco (mines de Taupinie)
|FreM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|Ger=Kroko (Maulwurfmine)
|GerM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|Ita=Croco (Miniera di Talponia)
|ItaM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|Kor=크로커(두카티 탄광)
|KorR=Keurokeo (Dukati Tangwang)
|KorM=Croco (Mole Mines)
|Spa=Croco (mina de Villatopo)
|SpaM=Croco (Mole Mines)
}}

==Trivia==
*According to an "invisible" NPC in [[Toad Town|Mushroom Kingdom]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version, Croco shamelessly wears crocodile-skin shoes, despite him being a crocodile himself. This description is not in the Japanese version or the [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] remake.
*Croco is similar in personality to [[Popple]], another thief that steals items and is a boss.

==References==
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[[Category:Crocodilians]]
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Shopkeepers]]
[[Category:Thieves]]
[[Category:Third-party Super Mario characters]]
[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bosses]]
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