Crusty
| Crusty | |||
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 Crusty from Super Mario RPG | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
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Crusty is a powerful crab-like enemy that lives in the waters in and around Johnny's Sunken Ship in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. A Crusty actually has a pink exoskeleton; however, since they are usually found underwater, they appear blue. Their real coloration can be seen if the Blooper Nanny is lured to the edge.[1] In the Nintendo Switch remake, its pink coloration is seen underwater.
Crusties are very powerful monsters but are also very rare; they can only be found aiding other types of underwater monsters in battle. These crustaceans have high physical attack and high physical defense. A Crusty uses its massive pincers to inflict severe damage to an opponent 2/3 of the time, or fires a light bubble 1/3 of the time that does no damage, but with the effect of inflicting Mute. Crusties do not have any magic.
Although Crusties have high physical defense, their magical defense is low, and they are weak to Fire and Thunder. As such, Mario and Mallow can defeat them fairly easily. Crusties are related to the more powerful Star Crusters.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Crusty | |||||||||
 
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HP | 80 | FP | 100 | Speed | 6 | |||
| Location(s) | Sea, Sunken Ship | Attack | 100 | Magic attack | 12 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 100 | Magic defense | 35 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (80%) | Yoshi Cookie | Bracer | Morph rate | 75% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Fire, Thunder | Strong | Jump | Sp. attacks | Mute Light Beam | ||||
| Coins | 7 | Exp. points | 25 | Items | Honey Syrup (25%), Royal Syrup (5%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Look at THIS!" | ||||||||
- Thought
- Japanese: と～れとれピ～チピチ。[2](To~re tore pi~chi pichi.)
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Crusty | |||||||||
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HP | 80 | Weak Elements |  
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Drops | Honey Syrup | |||
| Exp. | 25 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | Royal Syrup | ||||
| Found in | Sea | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | The "bubble" it uses is a trusty way of defending itself when it hasn't fought in a while and is getting rusty. It's the sweat secreted when it's flustered. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Floppy, floop—in a netted hoop." | ||||||||
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Gallery[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Underwater battle)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | カーニィ[?] Kānī |
Corruption of「蟹」(kani, "crab") | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 硬壳蟹[?] Yìngké Xiè |
Hard Shell Crab | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 硬殼蟹[?] Yìngké Xiè |
Hard Shell Crab | |
| Dutch | Scharia[?] | From schaar ("crab claw") | |
| French | Crustave[?] | From crustacé ("crustacean") and the male given name "Gustave" or possibly épave ("shipwreck") | |
| German | Brachizang[?] | Portmanteau of Brachialen ("brutal") and Zangen ("pliers") | |
| Italian | Crustavo[?] | Portmanteau of the name "Gustavo" ("Gustave", also means "I was tasting/savoring") and crostaceo ("crustacean") | |
| Korean | 투구게[?] Tuguge |
Horseshoe crab | |
| Spanish | Crusty[?] | - |
Trivia[edit]
- In the Japanese version, Crusty's thought is a reference to the classic commercial jingle for Kani Dōraku, a seafood restaurant chain, and roughly translates to "fresh-caught and lively".[2] While this reference is not carried over to the English translation in the Nintendo Switch remake, the script still alludes to it by making Crusty's thought a rhyming jingle.
References[edit]
- ^ LightsJusticeZ (May 6, 2024). SMRPG (SNES) - How to see Crusty's pink color without cheats. YouTube. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG § Kānī / Crusty. Legends of Localization. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
