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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:GrindelSM64DS.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Thwomp]]
|variants=[[Spindel]]
}}
'''Grindels''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] that debut in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They appear as mummified [[Thwomp]]s, each with a pair of small round eyes and a grin on its face (hence the name). Compared to Thwomps in the same game, they are a more perfect cube shape and appear to be made of a darker, metallic stone under their wraps.

A similar creature is the [[Spindel]], which looks very similar to the Grindel but is instead cylindrical.

==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
In ''Super Mario 64'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Grindels appear only inside the [[Shifting Sand Land#Inside the pyramid|pyramid]] in the level [[Shifting Sand Land]]. They attack in the same way as a Thwomp, floating up in the air vertically and falling over the ground, squashing anybody below them. Grindels can also move horizontally by [[jump]]ing back and forth. In the DS remake, they have whiter teeth.

===''Mario Party 2''===
Grindels also appear in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' in the [[minigame]] [[Lava Tile Isle]]. Here, seven Grindels form a platform over a pool of [[lava]]. Before they change positions, they slowly shake. When they do move, they leave gaps between them (characters do not remain on Grindels when they move), and characters may fall into the lava.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64 Asset Model Grindel.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Grindel.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
Grindel MP2.png|Face texture from ''Mario Party 2''
MP2 Lava Tile Isle.png|Grindels are present as [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Wario]], and [[Yoshi]] battle in [[Lava Tile Isle]] from ''Mario Party 2''.
SM64DS Grindel.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドンカク
|JapR=Donkaku
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ドン」(''don'', Japanese onomatopoeic word for colliding sound) and「四角」(''shikaku'', square)
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors|title=「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』|date=1996|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Media Factory|page=14|isbn=4-88991-411-0}}</ref>
|Ger=Mumien-Steinblock
|GerM=Mummy Thwomp
|Ger2=Schmissy<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=8}}</ref>
|Ita=Grindel<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=86}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Thwomps]]
[[Category:Mummies]]
[[Category:Mario Party 2]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 enemies]]
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