Editing Huckit Crab

{{distinguish|Hermite Crab|Hermit crab}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:NSMBU Huckit Crab Artwork.png|300px]]<br>A Huckit Crab in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (version 3.2.4, cameo) (2024)
|comparable=[[Crab]]
}}
'''Huckit Crabs''' are hermit crab or fiddler crab-like enemies that first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They wear a red shell and have two yellow feet and only one claw that it uses to throw either sand balls or rocks. Their name is a pun on "hermit crab", the crab species they resemble, and the term "huck it", referring to their method of attack. They try to hit [[Mario]] and his company with their projectiles, which travel in a straight line when thrown. Their rock-throwing technique is very similar to [[Clawgrip]]'s, another crab, from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:Huckit Crab.png|thumb|A Huckit Crab throwing a sand ball.]]
Huckit Crabs are enemies in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. Many of them are encountered in [[World 4-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4-3]], the only level to have Huckit Crabs. Huckit Crabs are stationary enemies that throw sandballs to the left. Also, by throwing, the force of the throw pushes them back slightly to the right. Huckit Crabs can be defeated the same ways as a common enemy: jumping on its head, freezing them with a [[Ice Flower]] or a [[Penguin Suit]], attacking it with a [[Fire Flower]], or by running into it with a [[Super Star|Star]]. The sand balls can also be destroyed, but only by jumping on them, as ice balls and fireballs are ineffective.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Huckit Crabs are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|Nintendo Switch version]]. In the former game, Huckit Crabs appear only in [[Waterspout Beach]], while in ''New Super Luigi U'' includes Huckit Crabs in both [[Huckit Beach Resort]] and [[Porcupuffer Cavern]]. Huckit Crabs can throw rocks, which also be raised in elevation by a [[Water Geyser]]. Unlike in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', throwing their projectile does not push them back.

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 9''====
Huckit Crabs are both non-playable and background characters in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. Huckit Crabs appear in [[Blooper Beach]], where landing on an [[Event Space]] results in the crabs on a pirate ship firing their [[cannon]]s, turning any [[Mini Star]]s into [[Mini Ztar]]s and vice versa.

====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
A Huckit Crab makes a background appearance as one of the tiles in [[Match Faker]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''.

====''Mario Party 10''====
Huckit Crabs are non-playable characters in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. They appear as spectators in [[Whimsical Waters]] as well as in [[Meanie Match]].

====''Mario Party: Star Rush''====
Huckit Crabs are non playable characters in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''. They appear in the background of the [[Mega Blooper's Bayside Bop]] boss battle and may appear in the [[Pop Quiz]] minigame.
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====''Super Mario Party''====
Huckit Crabs are non playable characters in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''. They appear in the background of the minigame [[Smash and Crab]], and one can also appear in [[Absent Minded]] as one of the selectable characters.

====''Mario Party Superstars''====
A single Huckit Crab appears on the lower beach of Cantaloupe Island on [[Yoshi's Tropical Island]] in ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''.

====''Super Mario Party Jamboree''====
Huckit Crabs appear as background characters on the beach of the [[Goomba Lagoon]] [[Board (Mario Party series)|board]] as well as [[Minigame Bay]] in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''. Artwork of the crabs can also be sometimes be seen on balls in the minigame [[Big-Top Quiz]].

===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
[[File:MLSSBMHuckitCrab.png|thumb]]
Huckit Crabs are an environmental species in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. They replace the [[Sidestepper]]s that run past in the background of [[Hermie III]]'s battle.

===''Dr. Mario World''===
Huckit Crabs are assistants in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. In stage mode, their effect is to increase the obtained score for each yellow [[virus]] eliminated, where the base score increase is greater at higher levels. In versus mode, they grant a chance that a rainbow capsule will appear within the first 20 seconds of a match. Huckit Crabs also appear in the overworlds for [[World 3 (Dr. Mario World)|World 3]] and [[World 16 (Dr. Mario World)|World 16]] when they are cleared.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 9''====
{{Constellation
|constellation=Hermit Claw
|image=[[File:MP9 Hermit Claw Constellation.png|200px]]
|description=A constellation based on the curious crustacean that has long defied classification. Hermit crab? Crayfish? Shrimp? He's not telling.
}}

====''Mario Party: Star Rush''====
{|width=100% class=wikitable
!Image
!Name
!Bio
|-
|align="center"|[[File:MPSRCM_HuckitCrab.png|75px]]
|align="center"|[[Huckit Crab]]<br>''This crab is a hermit with huge pincers.''
|"''You're likely to find these little guys scuttling around by the water, so keep a sharp eye out!''"
|}

====''Mario Party Superstars''====
*'''Encyclopedia bio:''' "''Can often be found at the water's edge. The oversized claw is oddly cute.''"

===''Dr. Mario World''===
*'''Stage mode:''' "''Increases base score by 50/70/100/150/200 points for every yellow virus eliminated.''"
*'''Versus mode:''' "''Grants 20%/40%/60%/80%/100% chance a rainbow capsule will appear within 20 seconds of match start.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NSMBW Asset Model Huckit Crab.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBU Huckit Crab Render.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
MP10 Huckit Crab Artwork.png|''[[Mario Party 10]]''
DMW-HuckitCrab.png|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
Kinopiokun On Beach.jpg|[[Kinopio-kun]] on the beach
My Nintendo Summer 2020 wallpaper desktop.jpg|[[My Nintendo]] Summer 2020 wallpaper
Huckit Crab Art 35.png|[[Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary]] Tokyo Station art wall
PN LEGO Super Mario Match-up Huckit Crab.jpg|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
LEGO Super Mario Character Pack Series 2 Sets.jpg|LEGO ''Super Mario''
LSM Dorrie Beachfront.png|LEGO ''Super Mario''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カニボー
|JapR=Kanibō
|JapM=Portmanteau of「蟹」(''kani'', "crab") and「坊」(''bō'', "boy"); may also be a play off「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', "[[Goomba#Names in other languages|Goomba]]")
|ChiS=蟹宝宝
|ChiSR=Xiè Bǎobǎo
|ChiSM=From「蟹」(''xiè'', "crab") and「栗宝宝」(''Lìbǎobǎo'', "Goomba")
|ChiT=螃蟹小子
|ChiTR=Pángxiè Xiǎozi
|ChiTM=From「螃蟹」(''pángxiè'', "crab") and「栗子小子」(''Lìzixiǎozi'', "Goomba")
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100820003646/http://www.nintendo.com.hk/nsmb/course/index.htm|language=zh-hant|title=新 超級瑪利歐兄弟 Wii - 香港任天堂網站|publisher=Nintendo of HK|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiTN=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|ChiT2=蟹寶寶
|ChiT2R=Xiè Bǎobǎo
|ChiT2M=From「蟹」(''xiè'', "crab") and「栗寶寶」(''Lìbǎobǎo'', "Goomba")
|ChiT2N=since ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''
|FreE=Pincemi
|FreEM=From a children's joke: "'''''Pince-mi''' et Pince-moi sont dans un bateau, Pince-mi tombe à l'eau, qui reste-t-il ?" "Pince-moi !''", which can be translated as "''Pinch-ma and Pinch-me are on a boat, Pinch-ma falls in the water, who stays on the boat ?" "Pinch-me!''". Once the child answers, the joker pinches them (similar to the Pete and Repeat joke).
|FreA=Crabincheux
|FreAM=Combination of ''crabe'' ("crab") and ''grincheux'' ("grumpy") 
|Ger=Karl Krabbe
|GerM=Karl Crab
|Ger2=Lehm-Krabbe
|Ger2M=Clay Crab
|Ita=Granchela
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Canale New Super Mario Bros. U|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni_NU076sy8|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Sfide: Corsa delle Granchele (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|date=February 6, 2013|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''granchio'' ("crab") and ''chela'' ("pincer"/"claw"), also sounds like ''gran chela'' ("big pincer")
|Kor=집게바
|KorR=Jipgeba
|KorM=From "집게" (''jipge'', "hermit crab") and "굼바" (''Gumba'', "Goomba")
|PorA=Paguro
|PorAM=Hermit crab
|PorE=Pinças
|PorEM=Pincers
|Rus=Краб-клешня
|RusR=Krab-kleshnya
|RusM=Claw crab
|SpaA=Rocangrejo
|SpaAM=Combination of ''roca'' ("rock") and ''cangrejo'' ("crab")
|SpaE=Lotira
|SpaEM=Combination of ''lo'' and ''tirar'' ("to sling")
}}

==References==
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