Editing Gnaw

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Gnaw.png|250px]]<br>The captive Gnaw
|first_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|species=[[Gnip]]
|affiliation=[[Merlee]]
}}
'''Gnaw''', known as '''Growl''' in the PAL version, is a large, imposing creature that is purple in color, with blue spots covering its body, several rows of sharp teeth, and some retractable spikes on its head (which do not actually deal any damage to [[Mario]] or [[Princess Peach]] if they jump on them). Gnaw is also immune to any form of physical harm, making it unable to be defeated.

Gnaw is [[Merlee#Super Paper Mario|Merlee]]'s favorite pet, which she uses to guard [[Merlee's Mansion|her mansion]]. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', when [[Mimi]] takes over Merlee's Mansion, she chains the Gnaw to a door, making it incapable of attacking her. If Mario or Princess Peach approaches Gnaw, it tries to grab them in its mouth; if successful, Gnaw gives its catch to some [[Gnip]]s, who proceed to throw them out of Merlee's Mansion. The reason it does this is to ensure that Mario and Peach do not get hurt by Mimi, as it knew Mimi was evil, whereas the heroes were fooled into thinking she was Merlee's maid. 

When Mario or Princess Peach manage to obtain a hidden [[key]] in Merlee's Mansion, they need to sneak by Gnaw and use it on a nearby door. Unlocking the door also frees Gnaw, who proceeds to chase a nearby Mimi all throughout Merlee's Mansion (a reference to how the similarly dog-like [[Chain Chomp]]s chased away [[Tutankoopa]], the Chapter 2 boss of the first ''[[Paper Mario]]''). It is not seen again after this.

Gnaw's [[Catch Card]] can be purchased from [[Flimm]] for 113 [[coin]]s, though he does not always have it in stock.

==Tattle==
"''This is Gnaw/Growl, [[Merlee]]'s favorite pet. It's certainly the biggest of the bunch... But some [[Mimi|mean person]] tied it down... And I think it's worried that this mean person wants to hurt you... Good Gnaw/Growl!''"

==[[Catch Card]]==
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|[[File:SPM Gnaw Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
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*'''Card Type:''' Uncommon
*'''Card Description:''' ''This mean mutt snacks on trespassers and spits them out. Nobody fights for scraps with this big dog.''
|}

==Trivia==
*If the player touches Gnaw's spikes, they are knocked back in the same way as if touching an enemy, but do not take any damage.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ダイバンケン
|JapR=Daibanken
|JapM=Big Watchdog
|Fre=Gnap
|FreM=Onomatopoeia for biting
|Ger=Nagi
|GerM=Gnawy
|Ita=Growl
|ItaM=Onomatopoeia for growling
|Kor=대견견
|KorR=Dae Gyeongyeon
|KorM=Big Watchdog
|Spa=Ñap
|SpaM=Onomatopoeia for biting
}}

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[[Category:Canines]]
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