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|image=[[File:PMTTYDNS Lord Crump Artwork.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|image=[[Image:LordCrump2.gif]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|hp=5, 60 (has 30 HP per round)
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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|items=None
|moves= Body Slam (3), Heal (this occurs after Round 1)
|log= The X-Naut leader. He likes to attack with body-slams. Always an interesting foe...
|tattle=That's Lord Crump. Not this guy again... Ugh. He just attacks normally, so don't worry much about him... But... those X-Nauts around him are a force to be reckoned with. They're going to attack us with all kinds of weird moves, I can just FEEL it! If we take out their leader, though, they won't have the focus to attack. Get Crump!
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{{quote|And with that...pow! I'm gone!|Lord Crump|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|And with that...pow! I'm gone!|Lord Crump|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Lord Crump''', also known as '''X-Naut Black''' and '''Four-Eyes''' when disguised, is the second-in-command of the [[X-Nauts (organization)|X-Nauts]] (second only to [[Grodus]]) and the secondary antagonist in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. He fights [[Mario]] four times, two of them while controlling his personal robot, [[Magnus von Grapple]]. He also often summons the [[X-Nauts (platoon)|X-Naut platoon]] when he is angry.


'''Lord Crump''' (or X-Naut Black) is the secondary antagonist in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and the second highest ranking member of the [[X-Nauts]] (second only to [[Sir Grodus]]). He fights [[Mario]] four times, two of them while controlling his personal robot, [[Magnus von Grapple]].
Second in command of the X-Nauts, Lord Crump is always willing to follow Grodus' command. Even though Lord Crump is second in command, Grodus calls him his most incompetent underling in Chapter 8. Lord Crump frequently appears in the story, often getting in Mario's way.
 
Second in command of the X-Nauts, Lord Crump is always willing to follow Grodus' command. Even though Lord Crump is second in command, Grodus calls him his most incompetent underling in chapter 8. Lord Crump also takes part in many of the cutscenes seen throughout the game. After his [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]] is destroyed, he is sent flying out to deep space. However, he somehow managed to survive after destruction of his improved robot and now hangs around with Grodus and what's left of X-Nauts in [[Poshley Heights]] after the game.
 
Lord Crump breaks the [[Fourth Wall]] (acknowledges the fact that he is in a video game) in Chapter 5 by telling the player, the "[[Player|person in front of the TV]]," not to tell Mario about his disguise. [[Professor Frankly]] also does this in this chapter.


==History==
==History==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
[[Image:Magnusvongrapple.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Lord Crump driving [[Magnus von Grapple]].]]
Lord Crump appears as soon as Mario enters [[Rogueport]] and catches him interrogating [[Goombella]] in search of her knowledge of the [[Crystal Stars]]. Mario, with Goombella's help, defeats Lord Crump in a tutorial fight, but Crump has a trick up his sleeve, calling the rest of the X-Nauts to "punish him", prompting a cloud fight until Mario and Goombella flee the scene.
Lord Crump appears as soon as Mario enters [[Rogueport]] and catches him interrogating [[Goombella]] in search of her knowledge of the [[Crystal Stars]]. Mario, with Goombella's help, defeats Lord Crump in a tutorial fight.


[[File:Magnus.jpg|175px|thumb|Crump insults Mario during the fight.]]
[[File:PMTTYD Magnus screenshot.png|thumb|Crump insults Mario during the fight.]]
In Chapter 2 of the game, Grodus sends him and the [[Shadow Sirens]] to [[Boggly Woods]], knowing a Crystal Star was there located somewhere within [[the Great Tree]]. Knowing the Crystal Star belonged to the [[Puni]]es in the tree, Crump and his men imprisoned the Punies, teamed up with the Punies' enemies, the [[Jabbies]], and performed a search throughout the tree. Their search for the Star didn't go well when Mario, Goombella, [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]] and [[Punio]] interfered with everything, liberated the Punies and fought the Jabbies in a battle for the tree. After Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie and the Punies found the Emerald Star, Crump steals it and activates a time bomb. As Mario and company reach the entrance to the tree, they see that the [[Puni Elder]] blocked off Crump's escape, giving them the opportunity to force Crump to deactivate time bomb. But he refuses to hand Emerald Star over, instead activating [[Magnus von Grapple]] to attack in an attempt to destroy Mario and company and make his getaway with the Emerald Star. His attempt to defeat Mario and company and escape with the Emerald Star was totally unsuccessful and Magnus von Grapple was destroyed instead. Upon the defeat of Magnus von Grapple, Lord Crump and his men were driven out of the Great Tree, and the Puni Elder gave Mario and his team the Emerald Star as a reward.
In Chapter 2 of the game, Grodus sends him and the [[Three Shadows]] to [[Boggly Woods]], knowing a Crystal Star is located somewhere within [[the Great Tree]]. Knowing the Crystal Star belongs to the [[Puni]]es in the tree, Crump and his men imprison the Punies, team up with the Punies' enemies, the [[Jabbi]]es, and perform a search throughout the tree. Their search for the Star does not go well when Mario, Goombella, [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]], and [[Punio]] interfere with his plans, liberate the Punies and fight the Jabbies in a battle for the tree. After Mario and the Punies find the Emerald Star, Crump steals it and activates a time bomb. As Mario and company reach the entrance to the tree, they see that the [[Puni elder]] has blocked off Crump's escape, giving them the opportunity to force Crump to deactivate the time bomb. However, he refuses to hand the Emerald Star over, instead activating [[Magnus von Grapple]] to attack in an attempt to destroy Mario and company and make his getaway with the Emerald Star. His attempt to defeat Mario and company proves totally unsuccessful and Magnus von Grapple is destroyed instead. Upon the defeat of Magnus von Grapple, Lord Crump and his men are driven out of the Great Tree, and the Puni elder gives Mario and his team the Emerald Star as a reward.
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{{LLQuote|It may be pretty obvious to you who I really am, but no telling Mario! Or else!|''Four-Eyes''|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}


[[Image:PM2_LordCrump.jpg|150px|thumb|Lord Crump disguised as '''Four-Eyes'''.]]
{{quote|It may be pretty obvious to [[fourth wall|you]] who I really am, but no telling Mario! Or else!|'''Four-Eyes'''|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
In Chapter 5, Lord Crump disguises himself as a pirate named Four-Eyes and follows Mario and company to [[Keelhaul Key]] to find the [[Sapphire Star]]. Shown in the picture, his disguise is very bad, and Crump even comments that even though the player might see through his disguise, they should not tell Mario of it. He secretly follows Mario and company through the [[Pirate's Grotto]] as Mario and company search for the Star. After Mario and his friends beat [[Cortez]] and obtain the Star, Lord Crump removes his disguise and threatens to blow Keelhaul Key to the bottom of the sea unless Mario gives him the Sapphire Star. Mario, [[Flavio]] and company enlist Cortez's help to fight Crump. While Cortez's pirates (with help from Mario and Flavio's deckhands and [[Francesca Pianta|Francesca]] and [[Frankie]]) and Crump's X-Nauts raid each others' ships, Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]], the [[Yoshi (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Yoshi]], [[Vivian]], [[Admiral Bobbery]] and [[Ms. Mowz]] fight Lord Crump. This time, Crump's got his X-Nauts as backup. Lord Crump and his X-Nauts lose and are sent off to lick their wounds.
[[File:PM2 LordCrump.jpg|150px|thumb|Lord Crump disguised as Four-Eyes]]
In Chapter 5, Lord Crump disguises himself as a pirate named Four-Eyes and follows Mario and company to [[Keelhaul Key]] to find the [[Sapphire Star]]. Shown in the picture, his disguise is very bad, and Crump even breaks the [[fourth wall]], telling the player that even though they might see through his disguise, they should not tell Mario of it. He secretly follows Mario and company through the [[Pirate's Grotto]] as Mario and company search for the Star. While Lord Crump is disguised, [[Goombella]] has two field [[tattle]]s on Lord Crump.
 
After Mario and his friends beat [[Cortez]] and obtain the Star, Lord Crump removes his disguise and threatens to blow Keelhaul Key to the bottom of the sea unless Mario gives him the Sapphire Star. Mario, [[Flavio]] and company enlist Cortez's help to fight Crump. While Cortez's pirates (with help from Mario and Flavio's deckhands and [[Francesca]] and [[Frankie]]) and Crump's X-Nauts raid each other's ships, Mario and his partners fight Lord Crump. This time, Crump uses his X-Nauts as backup. Lord Crump and his X-Nauts lose and are forced to retreat.
 
[[File:PMTTYD Twilight Town battle.png|thumb|left|X-Nauts vs. [[Koopa Troop]]]]
It is not long after the events at Keelhaul Key that Lord Crump returns to [[Twilight Town]] in search of the [[Superbombomb]]. He manages to find it, and gloats over how it will help him with the search for the Crystal Stars. Unfortunately, [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] are around and overhear him. This results in a battle against the X-Nauts and the [[Koopa Troop]] that almost begins, until Bowser uses his [[Fire Breath]] to set off the Superbombomb, blasting both armies into submission. This is the only time Crump gets to meet Bowser.
 
Lord Crump reappears at the end of the X-Naut Fortress where he attacks Mario and friends in the [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]], which he claims to have at least a dozen new abilities. Mario defeats Crump and sends him into space. Grodus reveals that the results of the battle were irrelevant for his plans and admits that he tricked Lord Crump.
 
During the ending, it is revealed that Lord Crump survives after his defeat. He was last seen in [[Poshley Heights]], along with Grodus (who is reduced to his robotic head), and four X-Naut troopers. As with [[Beldam]], Lord Crump and the X-Nauts reportedly reformed for the better.


It was not long after that Lord Crump went to [[Twilight Town]] in search of the [[Superbombomb]]. He manages to find it, and gloats over how it will help him with the search for the Crystal Stars. Unfortunately, [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] were around, and overheard him. This resulted in a battle against the X-Nauts and the [[Koopa Troop]] that almost started, had not Bowser used his [[Fire Breath]] to set off the Superbombbomb, blasting both armies into submission. This was the only time Crump got to meet Bowser.  
===''Super Mario-kun''===
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Lord Crump appears during the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' arc of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''.


Lord Crump reappeared at the end of the X-Nauts fortress where he attacked Mario and friends in his improved robot which had at least a dozen new abilities. Mario managed to defeat Crump narrowly and he was send into space. Grodus revealed that the results of the battle was irrelevant for his plans, and admits that he tricked Lord Crump.
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', one of the names in the random name selection is "CRUMP", which is a possible reference to Lord Crump.


During the ending, it was revealed that Lord Crump somehow survived after his defeat. He was last seen in [[Poshley Heights]], along with Grodus (which was reduced to his robotic head), and four X-Naut troopers. As with [[Beldam]], Lord Crump and the X-Nauts ended up changing their evil ways.
===''Super Mario Run''===
Lord Crump had a minor cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]), though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.


==Character Depiction==
==General information==
===Personality===
===Personality===
Lord Crump, throughout the course of the game, has been shown to be somewhat of a clown and bumbling; and as a result, he is often looked down on by Grodus, even going so far as to label him as his "least-competent underling". Despite this, there are many instances where he's proven himself to be quite intelligent, such as in Chapter 2 when he set that trap for Mario and his [[partners]], in Chapter 5, where he disguised himself as Four-Eyes and used Mario and company to defeat Cortez for him so that he could obtain the Crystal Star, and even in Chapter 7, where he (according to himself) used the last Crystal Star to lure Mario and the others up to the X-Naut fortress so that he could take theirs and add to the X-Nauts' collection (even though he didn't know he was being taken advantage of, himself). Lord Crump has also shown some displays of arrogance in the aforementioned scenes. Lord Crump's speech pattern is seen as irritating to Grodus.
Lord Crump, throughout the course of the game, has been shown to be somewhat of a clown and bumbling; and as a result, he is often looked down on by Grodus, even going so far as to label him as his "least-competent underling". Despite this, there are many instances where he proves himself to be quite intelligent, such as in Chapter 2 when he sets a trap for Mario and his [[partner]]s, in Chapter 5, where he disguises himself as Four-Eyes and uses Mario and company to defeat Cortez for him so that he can obtain the Crystal Star, and even in Chapter 7, where he (according to himself) uses the last Crystal Star to lure Mario and the others up to the X-Naut Fortress so that he can take theirs and add to the X-Nauts' collection (even though he does not know he is being taken advantage of himself by Grodus). Lord Crump has also shown some displays of arrogance in the aforementioned scenes. Lord Crump's speech pattern is seen as irritating to Grodus.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
''For a full list of quotes, see [[List_of_quotes_in_Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door#Lord_Crump|here]]''
{{main|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes by character (L–R)#Lord Crump}}
*''"Looks like I'm going to have to give [[Mario|you]] a little taste of the old CRUMP-A-BOMB!"''
*''"Whoa. What's your problem, [[Puni elder|gramma]]? You got an ear hair tickling your brain, or what?"''
*''"Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh huh huh! I've got some ammo to spare! How's THAT for boom–bassa–boom?!?"''
*''"Buh huh huh...uh, crud. You guys should be little puddles of nothing by now... Oh well, I've still got some tricks up my sleeve!"''
 
==Profiles and statistics==
====GameCube====
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{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Lord Crump (2)|image=[[File:Crump.png]]|align=horizontal}}
 
====Nintendo Switch====
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{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Lord Crump (2)|align=horizontal}}
===Field Tattle===
;Rogueport Harbor
*"''They call that guy Four-Eyes. He's one of the sailors coming with us to Keelhaul Key. I totally feel like I've seen him somewhere before, though... ...Maybe I'm just going nuts.''"
;Keelhaul Key/Pirate's Grotto
*"''This guy's called Four-Eyes. He's one of the sailors who came along to Keelhaul Key. It's the weirdest thing... I feel like I've seen him somewhere before, though... ...Maybe I'm just nuts.''"
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Lord Crump TTYD artwork.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Magnus Von Grapple.png|Lord Crump operating [[Magnus von Grapple]]
PMTTYD Lord Crump fourth wall.png|Lord Crump (as Four-Eyes) breaking the fourth wall
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress Lord Crump Blasted.png|Lord Crump defeated on the Moon
PMTTYDNS chapter 5 Lord Crump battle.jpg|The battle against Lord Crump in chapter 5 in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]
TTYDNS X-Nauts in Poshley Heights.jpg|Lord Crump in Poshley Heights in the epilogue of the remake
SMR TTYD Promo.png|Lord Crump cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
X-Nauts Instagram.jpg|Promotional character introduction (alongside an [[X-Naut]])
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|Lord Crump on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
</gallery>


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
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===Lord Crump===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ペケダー
|Jap=ペケダー
|JapR=Pekedā
|JapR=Pekedā
|JapM=From the symbol ×, which is referred to as ''peke''. A play on the Japanese for "wrong"
|JapM=Derived from「ペケ」(''peke'', meaning "useless" or an "X" mark) and possibly Dutch suffix ''-der'' (an alternate form of English suffix "-er")
|ChiS=艾克斯达
|ChiSR=Àikèsīdá
|ChiSM=From the Japanese name;「艾克斯」(''àikèsī'', one possible translation of "X") +「达」(''dá'')
|ChiT=艾克斯達
|ChiTR=Àikèsīdá
|ChiTM=From the Japanese name;「艾克斯」(''àikèsī'', one possible translation of "X") +「達」(''dá'')
|Dut=Knerp
|Dut2=Luitenant Knerp
|DutM=From ''knerpen'' ("to crunch")
|Dut2M=Lieutenant Crump
|Fre=Cruxéroce
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''crux'' (Latin word of "cross") and ''féroce'' ("ferocious")
|Ger=Crucillus
|GerM=From ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross") with ''-illus'' (Latin suffix used for forming adjectives)
|Ita=Fustighino
|ItaM=Diminutive of ''fustigare'' ("to flog")
|Spa=Peke X
|Spa=Peke X
|SpaM=From the Japanese name
|SpaM=From the Japanese name; it can also mean "Little X".
|Fra=Cruxéroce
|Kor=엑스다
|FraM=Pun on "crux-" (a prefix referring to a cross) and "féroce" (fierce)
|KorR=Ekseuda
|Ger=Crucillus
|KorM=From the Japanese name; 엑스 (''ekseu'', "X") + 다 (''da'')
|GerM=From Latin crux (cross) + -illus as the masculine diminutive suffix, compare [[X-Naut|Crucionen]]}}
}}
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===Four-Eyes===
{{foreign names
|Jap=メガネさん
|JapR=Megane-san
|JapM=Mr. Glasses
|ChiS=眼镜
|ChiSR=Yǎnjìng
|ChiSM=Glasses
|ChiT=眼鏡
|ChiTR=Yǎnjìng
|ChiTM=Glasses
|Dut=Jampot
|DutM=From ''jampotglazen'' ("jam jar glasses", referring to his thick glasses)
|Ger=Vierauge
|GerM=Four-Eyes
|Fre=Binocles
|FreM=Glasses
|Ita=Quattrocchi
|ItaM=Four-Eyes
|Kor=안경씨
|KorR=Angyeong-ssi
|KorM=Mr. Glasses
|SpaA=Lentes
|SpaAM=Glasses
|SpaE=Gafitas
|SpaEM=Diminutive form of ''gafas'' ("glasses"). This kind of diminutives is often used as nicknames in Spanish.
}}
 
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', one of the names in the random name selection is "CRUMP", which is a reference to Lord Crump.
*It is impossible to lose the first fight against Lord Crump, because even if Mario repeatedly falls into the water to lose 9 HP, he starts the battle with at least 5 HP, and his only options are attacking and defending.
*Despite the fact that he's Grodus' right-hand man, Grodus still considers him as his "least-competent underling".
*If Lord Crump is frozen or put to sleep during the second phase of his third fight (on [[Keelhaul Key]]), he will not board the X-Nauts as they perform their giant ball attack, but the attack will work as normal.
*Lord Crump plays [[Jr. Troopa]]'s role as the most frequently fought boss in the game. However, unlike Jr. Troopa, Lord Crump is the first in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario series]]'' that's affiliated with the main antagonist. [[O'Chunks]] later on takes his role in [[Super Paper Mario|the sequel]]. Also, O'Chunks and Lord Crump are faced four times each, unlike Jr. Troopa who is fought six times.
*The beginning of Lord Crump's theme (titled "Invasion of the X-Nauts!" in the remake) uses the death soundbit from the {{wp|Atari 2600}} version of ''{{wp|Pac-Man (Atari 2600)|Pac-Man}}''.
** Unlike Jr Troopa and O'Chunks, Lord Crump is featured as a Chapter Boss twice (Three times if that battle after Cortez counts, because right after that battle is a Peach cutscene).
**In the original game, his theme only plays during two cutscenes in Chapter 2. In the remake, it also plays while speaking to him in the post-Chapter 5 Bowser intermission and during the cut to the X-Nauts in Poshley Heights when Mario reads Goombella's email at the end of the game.
**Lord Crump also plays a similar role to [[Yaridovich]] from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. Both are a high-ranking servant of the main antagonist, who meet Mario in disguise with the intent of letting him get the star and then taking it from him. Also, both are briefly confronted by a pirate who was earlier defeated by Mario shortly before the battle (and subsequently gave him the fifth star); in Yaridovich's case, [[Jonathan Jones]] stopped him from swimming away as Mario was chasing him.
 
*The third battle with Lord Crump on the pirate ship is similar to the battle with [[General Guy]], as they both call forward a squad to fight for them.
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*Lord Crump may be based off of Dr. Eggman from the ''Sonic'' games, both in appearance and the fact that both Eggman and Crump fight their respective games' main protagonists (Sonic and Mario, respectively) while commanding large, robotic creations.
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Lord Crump
Artwork of Lord Crump from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Species X-Naut
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“And with that...pow! I'm gone!”
—Lord Crump, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Lord Crump, also known as X-Naut Black and Four-Eyes when disguised, is the second-in-command of the X-Nauts (second only to Grodus) and the secondary antagonist in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. He fights Mario four times, two of them while controlling his personal robot, Magnus von Grapple. He also often summons the X-Naut platoon when he is angry.

Second in command of the X-Nauts, Lord Crump is always willing to follow Grodus' command. Even though Lord Crump is second in command, Grodus calls him his most incompetent underling in Chapter 8. Lord Crump frequently appears in the story, often getting in Mario's way.

History[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Lord Crump appears as soon as Mario enters Rogueport and catches him interrogating Goombella in search of her knowledge of the Crystal Stars. Mario, with Goombella's help, defeats Lord Crump in a tutorial fight, but Crump has a trick up his sleeve, calling the rest of the X-Nauts to "punish him", prompting a cloud fight until Mario and Goombella flee the scene.

Lord Crump insulting Mario while piloting Magnus von Grapple in the Great Tree fight in Chapter 2
Crump insults Mario during the fight.

In Chapter 2 of the game, Grodus sends him and the Three Shadows to Boggly Woods, knowing a Crystal Star is located somewhere within the Great Tree. Knowing the Crystal Star belongs to the Punies in the tree, Crump and his men imprison the Punies, team up with the Punies' enemies, the Jabbies, and perform a search throughout the tree. Their search for the Star does not go well when Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, and Punio interfere with his plans, liberate the Punies and fight the Jabbies in a battle for the tree. After Mario and the Punies find the Emerald Star, Crump steals it and activates a time bomb. As Mario and company reach the entrance to the tree, they see that the Puni elder has blocked off Crump's escape, giving them the opportunity to force Crump to deactivate the time bomb. However, he refuses to hand the Emerald Star over, instead activating Magnus von Grapple to attack in an attempt to destroy Mario and company and make his getaway with the Emerald Star. His attempt to defeat Mario and company proves totally unsuccessful and Magnus von Grapple is destroyed instead. Upon the defeat of Magnus von Grapple, Lord Crump and his men are driven out of the Great Tree, and the Puni elder gives Mario and his team the Emerald Star as a reward.

“It may be pretty obvious to you who I really am, but no telling Mario! Or else!”
—Four-Eyes, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Artwork of Lord Crump from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Lord Crump disguised as Four-Eyes

In Chapter 5, Lord Crump disguises himself as a pirate named Four-Eyes and follows Mario and company to Keelhaul Key to find the Sapphire Star. Shown in the picture, his disguise is very bad, and Crump even breaks the fourth wall, telling the player that even though they might see through his disguise, they should not tell Mario of it. He secretly follows Mario and company through the Pirate's Grotto as Mario and company search for the Star. While Lord Crump is disguised, Goombella has two field tattles on Lord Crump.

After Mario and his friends beat Cortez and obtain the Star, Lord Crump removes his disguise and threatens to blow Keelhaul Key to the bottom of the sea unless Mario gives him the Sapphire Star. Mario, Flavio and company enlist Cortez's help to fight Crump. While Cortez's pirates (with help from Mario and Flavio's deckhands and Francesca and Frankie) and Crump's X-Nauts raid each other's ships, Mario and his partners fight Lord Crump. This time, Crump uses his X-Nauts as backup. Lord Crump and his X-Nauts lose and are forced to retreat.

The Koopa Troop (led by Bowser) and the X-Nauts (led by Lord Crump) confront each other in Twilight Town during the Bowser intermission between Chapters 5 - 6.
X-Nauts vs. Koopa Troop

It is not long after the events at Keelhaul Key that Lord Crump returns to Twilight Town in search of the Superbombomb. He manages to find it, and gloats over how it will help him with the search for the Crystal Stars. Unfortunately, Bowser and Kammy Koopa are around and overhear him. This results in a battle against the X-Nauts and the Koopa Troop that almost begins, until Bowser uses his Fire Breath to set off the Superbombomb, blasting both armies into submission. This is the only time Crump gets to meet Bowser.

Lord Crump reappears at the end of the X-Naut Fortress where he attacks Mario and friends in the Magnus von Grapple 2.0, which he claims to have at least a dozen new abilities. Mario defeats Crump and sends him into space. Grodus reveals that the results of the battle were irrelevant for his plans and admits that he tricked Lord Crump.

During the ending, it is revealed that Lord Crump survives after his defeat. He was last seen in Poshley Heights, along with Grodus (who is reduced to his robotic head), and four X-Naut troopers. As with Beldam, Lord Crump and the X-Nauts reportedly reformed for the better.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

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Lord Crump appears during the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door arc of Super Mario-kun.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the names in the random name selection is "CRUMP", which is a possible reference to Lord Crump.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Lord Crump had a minor cameo in Super Mario Run (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch), though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.

General information[edit]

Personality[edit]

Lord Crump, throughout the course of the game, has been shown to be somewhat of a clown and bumbling; and as a result, he is often looked down on by Grodus, even going so far as to label him as his "least-competent underling". Despite this, there are many instances where he proves himself to be quite intelligent, such as in Chapter 2 when he sets a trap for Mario and his partners, in Chapter 5, where he disguises himself as Four-Eyes and uses Mario and company to defeat Cortez for him so that he can obtain the Crystal Star, and even in Chapter 7, where he (according to himself) uses the last Crystal Star to lure Mario and the others up to the X-Naut Fortress so that he can take theirs and add to the X-Nauts' collection (even though he does not know he is being taken advantage of himself by Grodus). Lord Crump has also shown some displays of arrogance in the aforementioned scenes. Lord Crump's speech pattern is seen as irritating to Grodus.

Quotes[edit]

Main article: List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes by character (L–R) § Lord Crump
  • "Looks like I'm going to have to give you a little taste of the old CRUMP-A-BOMB!"
  • "Whoa. What's your problem, gramma? You got an ear hair tickling your brain, or what?"
  • "Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh huh huh! I've got some ammo to spare! How's THAT for boom–bassa–boom?!?"
  • "Buh huh huh...uh, crud. You guys should be little puddles of nothing by now... Oh well, I've still got some tricks up my sleeve!"

Profiles and statistics[edit]

GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Lord Crump (1)
Lord Crump Max HP 5 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Rogueport Role Boss, training Level 20
Sleep? 100% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 100% Soft? 100%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 100% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 100% KO? 0% Moves Body Slam (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items None
Tattle Log #:
119 		Log N/A
Tattle That's Lord Crump. This is type 1. Max HP is 5, Attack is X, Defense is 0.2
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Lord Crump (2)
Lord Crump Max HP 60 (30 per round) Attack 3 Defense 0
Location(s) Keelhaul Key Role Boss Level 57
Sleep? 80% Dizzy? 60% Confuse? 80%
Tiny? 85% Stop? 70% Soft? 90%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 60% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0% KO? 0% Moves Body Slam (3), Heal (this occurs after Round 1), Summon (In Round 2, Lord Crump will summon replacements for the X-Naut Platoon the following turn.)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items None
Tattle Log #:
119 		Log The X-Naut leader. He likes to attack with body-slams. Always an interesting foe...
Tattle That's Lord Crump. Not this guy again... Ugh. Max HP is 30, Attack is 3, and Defense is 0. He just attacks normally, so don't worry much about him... But... those X-Nauts all around him are a force to be reckoned with. They're going to attack us with all kinds of weird moves, I can just FEEL it! If we take out their leader, though, they won't have the focus to attack. Get Crump!

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Lord Crump (1)
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 5 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Rogueport Role Tutorial Level 20
Sleep? 100% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100%
Tiny? 100% Stop? 100% Soft? 100%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 100% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 100% KO? 0% Moves Body Slam (1)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items None
Tattle Log #:
N/A 		Log N/A
Tattle N/A
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Lord Crump (2)
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 60 (30 per round) Attack 3 Defense 0
Location(s) Keelhaul Key Role Boss Level 57
Sleep? 80% Dizzy? 60% Confuse? 80%
Tiny? 85% Stop? 70% Soft? 90%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 60% Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0% KO? 0% Moves Body Slam (3), Heal (this occurs after Round 1), Summon (In Round 2, Lord Crump will summon replacements for the X-Naut Platoon the following turn.)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items None
Tattle Log #:
124 		Log A leader of the X-Nauts. He likes to attack with body slams. Always an interesting foe...
Tattle That's Lord Crump. Not this guy again... Ugh. Max HP is 30, Attack is 3, and Defense is 0. He just attacks normally, so don't worry much about him... But...those X-Nauts all around him are a force to be reckoned with. They're going to attack us with all kinds of weird moves, I can just FEEL it! If we take out their leader though, they won't have the focus to attack. Get Crump!

Field Tattle[edit]

Rogueport Harbor
  • "They call that guy Four-Eyes. He's one of the sailors coming with us to Keelhaul Key. I totally feel like I've seen him somewhere before, though... ...Maybe I'm just going nuts."
Keelhaul Key/Pirate's Grotto
  • "This guy's called Four-Eyes. He's one of the sailors who came along to Keelhaul Key. It's the weirdest thing... I feel like I've seen him somewhere before, though... ...Maybe I'm just nuts."

Gallery[edit]

  • Lord Crump operating Magnus von Grapple

    Lord Crump operating Magnus von Grapple

  • Lord Crump (as Four-Eyes) breaking the fourth wall

    Lord Crump (as Four-Eyes) breaking the fourth wall

  • Lord Crump defeated on the Moon

    Lord Crump defeated on the Moon

  • The battle against Lord Crump in chapter 5 in the Nintendo Switch remake

    The battle against Lord Crump in chapter 5 in the Nintendo Switch remake

  • Lord Crump in Poshley Heights in the epilogue of the remake

    Lord Crump in Poshley Heights in the epilogue of the remake

  • Lord Crump cameo in Super Mario Run

    Lord Crump cameo in Super Mario Run

  • Promotional character introduction (alongside an X-Naut)

    Promotional character introduction (alongside an X-Naut)

  • Lord Crump on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Lord Crump on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Names in other languages[edit]

Lord Crump[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ペケダー[?]
Pekedā 		Derived from「ペケ」(peke, meaning "useless" or an "X" mark) and possibly Dutch suffix -der (an alternate form of English suffix "-er")
Chinese (simplified) 艾克斯达[?]
Àikèsīdá 		From the Japanese name;「艾克斯」(àikèsī, one possible translation of "X") +「达」(dá)
Chinese (traditional) 艾克斯達[?]
Àikèsīdá 		From the Japanese name;「艾克斯」(àikèsī, one possible translation of "X") +「達」(dá)
Dutch Knerp[?] From knerpen ("to crunch")
Luitenant Knerp[?] Lieutenant Crump
French Cruxéroce[?] Portmanteau of crux (Latin word of "cross") and féroce ("ferocious")
German Crucillus[?] From crux (Latin word for "cross") with -illus (Latin suffix used for forming adjectives)
Italian Fustighino[?] Diminutive of fustigare ("to flog")
Korean 엑스다[?]
Ekseuda 		From the Japanese name; 엑스 (ekseu, "X") + 다 (da)
Spanish Peke X[?] From the Japanese name; it can also mean "Little X".

Four-Eyes[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese メガネさん[?]
Megane-san 		Mr. Glasses
Chinese (simplified) 眼镜[?]
Yǎnjìng 		Glasses
Chinese (traditional) 眼鏡[?]
Yǎnjìng 		Glasses
Dutch Jampot[?] From jampotglazen ("jam jar glasses", referring to his thick glasses)
French Binocles[?] Glasses
German Vierauge[?] Four-Eyes
Italian Quattrocchi[?] Four-Eyes
Korean 안경씨[?]
Angyeong-ssi 		Mr. Glasses
Spanish (NOA) Lentes[?] Glasses
Spanish (NOE) Gafitas[?] Diminutive form of gafas ("glasses"). This kind of diminutives is often used as nicknames in Spanish.

Trivia[edit]

  • It is impossible to lose the first fight against Lord Crump, because even if Mario repeatedly falls into the water to lose 9 HP, he starts the battle with at least 5 HP, and his only options are attacking and defending.
  • If Lord Crump is frozen or put to sleep during the second phase of his third fight (on Keelhaul Key), he will not board the X-Nauts as they perform their giant ball attack, but the attack will work as normal.
  • The beginning of Lord Crump's theme (titled "Invasion of the X-Nauts!" in the remake) uses the death soundbit from the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man.
    • In the original game, his theme only plays during two cutscenes in Chapter 2. In the remake, it also plays while speaking to him in the post-Chapter 5 Bowser intermission and during the cut to the X-Nauts in Poshley Heights when Mario reads Goombella's email at the end of the game.
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Blooey • The Bob-omb Squad • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Ultra Hammer • Veil
Objects Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Art Gallerya • Badges • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Flash game • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Goldbobbington's • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Parade • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Stump Petuni • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
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