Editing Grinder

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|image=[[File:SMM-NSMBU-Grinder.png]]<br>A Grinder from the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style of ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''

A '''Grinder''' is a spinning circular saw blade that acts as a hazard in several ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games.

 

[[File:Grinder Perfect.png|thumb|120px|A Grinder from the ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''.]]

Grinders first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (and its [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|reissue]]) as enemies. Grinders are encountered in some [[Fortress]]es and [[Castle]]s. There are Grinders that travel along [[track]]s, while others travel across the floor. The blades are rather large and cannot be jumped on, although they can be defeated by a [[Slope Slide]] (which displays a [[Glitch|glitchy]] sprite). [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can also [[Spin Jump]] onto a Grinder, which lets them bounce off it without taking any damage. This obstacle first appears in [[Forest Fortress]] and their only other appearance is in [[6 Wendy's Castle|#6 Wendy's Castle]].

[[File:SMG2 Screenshot Mandibug.png|thumb|left|Multiple buzz saws in the [[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Grinders (referred to as "buzz saws" in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide) appear in the [[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]] and the [[Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy]], where they cut through planks of wood in straight lines or large circular patterns, causing both the section of wood and the buzz saw to fall. When Mario traverses certain parts of a planet or comes close to a buzz saw, it starts moving and any enemy that touches it is defeated. Some simply travel along the edges of planets in inset tracks, not actually cutting through anything. [[Garigari Mini]]s also appear in the game, which are smaller versions that are only ever shown cutting in much smaller curved lines.

 

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Grinders appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they operate on tracks as they did in ''Super Mario World''. They make clock ticking sound effects and can also jump vertically, if the tracks allow them to. Grinders are among the few obstacles in the game that cannot be destroyed by [[Gold Mario]]'s fireballs, though it is possible to destroy a Grinder by touching it as [[White Raccoon Mario]]. They are extremely common throughout {{world link|3|castlen2|World 3-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, serving as the level's main obstacles. Grinders also appear in {{world link|star|castlen2|World Star-Castle}}, and the [[Third Course (Impossible Pack)|third level]] of the [[Impossible Pack]]. [[Big Grinder]]s also appear in the game.

Grinders appear as obstacles in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They can be found staying in one spot, or moving on a [[track]]. Grinders appear in [[Cutting-Edge Spire]] and [[Make the Cut!]]. During a [[Coin Rush (Super Mario Run)|Coin Rush]], stationary Grinders often throw out coins to collect.  

[[File:LiftCastle.png|thumb|200px|Two buzz saws in [[Lift Castle]] in ''Yoshi's Story'']]

'''Buzz saws'''<ref>{{cite|accessdate=May 21, 2024|author=Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland|url=archive.org/details/YoshisStoryOfficialPlayersGuide/page/n116/mode/1up|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=115-117, 119|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are found abundantly in [[Mecha Castle]] and [[Lift Castle]], and reappear in [[Magma Castle]] in tight spaces. Some buzz saws are permanently connected to walls and need to be [[jump]]ed or crawled past.

GrinderNSMB2.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''

|Jpn=ガリガリ

|JpnR=Garigari

|JpnM=Onomatopoeia for a crunching or scratching sound; also romanized as "Gari Gari" and shared with the [[Big Grinder]]

|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=31|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>

|Jpn2=ノコギリ<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|language=ja|page=110-112, 122-123}}</ref>

|Jpn2N=''Yoshi's Story''

|Jpn2R=Nokogiri

|Jpn2M=Saw

|Ger=Kreissäge<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>

|GerM=Buzz Saw

|Fre=Scie

|Fre2=Scirculaire<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' French ending</ref>

|Fre3=Scie circulaire

|FreM=Saw

|Fre2M=Portmanteau of ''scie'' ("saw") and ''circulaire'' ("circular"), sounding exactly like the latter.

|Fre3M=Circular saw

|Dut=Grinder<ref>{{cite|language=nl|author=Nintendo Nederland|date=December 17, 2015|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQYvjze2Cqs|title=Super Mario Maker - Nieuwe functies! (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 19, 2019}}</ref>

|ChiS=圆锯<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}{{dead link}}</ref>

|PorE=Serrão<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Portugal|language=pt-pt|date=December 17, 2015|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R6_NUj31eA|title=Super Mario Maker - Novas funcionalidades! (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref>

|PorEM=Augmentative form of ''serra'' ("saw")