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{{quote|Arr! You'll make a tasty treat!|Clawgrip|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
'''Clawgrip''' ('''Clawglip''' in the cast roll of most versions) is a boss from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
'''Clawgrip''', also titled '''Clawglip''' in the ending credits except international ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' releases, is a [[List of bosses|boss]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Unlike other enemies, Clawgrip did not appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', where his place as a boss was filled in by a third, cream-white [[Mouser]].


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:SMAS SMB2 Clawgrip.png|frame|left]]
[[File:Clawgrip SMUSA artwork.jpg|thumb|Clawgrip's artwork for the Japanese version, ''Super Mario USA'', was the basis of his artwork for ''Super Mario Advance'']]
Fought in [[World 5 (Super Mario Bros. 2)#World 5-3|World 5-3]], Clawgrip attacks players by throwing boulders at them. In order to injure Clawgrip, these boulders need to be caught by the heroes and thrown back at him. After being hit five times, Clawgrip is defeated.
Clawgrip is a boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. He is  in [[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-3]], where he attacks players by throwing boulders at them. In order to injure Clawgrip, these boulders need to be caught by the heroes and thrown back at him. After being hit five times, Clawgrip is defeated.


In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', Clawgrip, instead of being a giant crab at the beginning of the battle against him, is simply a smaller [[Sidestepper|Crab]]. Clawgrip is grown to his giant size when he is engulfed by several [[bubble]]s which resemble the ones [[Wart]] is capable of spitting. Once at this size, Clawgrip, in a stereotypical pirate accent, will exclaim "Yar! You'll make a tasty treat!" and begin to throw boulders. It is possible to hit him multiple times with one boulder if a player throws it so that it bounces off the wall behind him when he starts moving towards them. After defeating him, he will say: "Yar! You got me!", again in a pirate accent. He was voiced by Charles Martinet, who voiced all the bosses except [[Birdo]] and [[Robirdo]].
In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', Clawgrip, instead of already being giant at the beginning of the battle against him, is simply a smaller [[Sidestepper|crab]]. He is grown to his regular size when he is engulfed by several [[bubble]]s resembling those spit out by Wart. Once at this size, Clawgrip, in a stereotypical pirate accent, exclaims "Yar! You'll make a tasty treat!", beginning the battle. It is possible to hit him multiple times with one boulder if a player throws it so that it bounces off the wall behind him when he starts moving towards them. After he is defeated, he says "Yar! You got me!", again in a pirate accent.


====''BS Super Mario USA''====
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
[[File:ClawGrip BS SuperMario.png|thumb|left]]
Clawgrip is a boss in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Like in the first game, Clawgrip serves as a mini-boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Despite the game's Japanese script, he has a tendency to lapse into English when he speaks,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wetcPTBQM]</ref>{{dead link}} possibly as a nod to not appearing in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''.
Clawgrip returns with the other bosses from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Like in the first game, Clawgrip serves as a mini-boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Despite the game's Japanese script, he has a tendency to lapse into English when he speaks,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wetcPTBQM]</ref> possibly as a nod to his being an American addition.
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:CartoonClawgrip.jpg|thumb|right|Clawgrip, from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "[[Mario of the Deep]]".]]
[[File:CartoonClawgrip.jpg|thumb|Clawgrip, from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "[[Mario of the Deep]]".]]
Clawgrip made three appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', where he, along with [[Mouser]], [[Fryguy]], and [[Tryclyde]], was a minion of [[Bowser|King Koopa]] instead of [[Wart]]. In all of his appearances on the show, Clawgrip wore a blue bandanna on his head.
Clawgrip made three appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', where he, along with [[Mouser]], [[Fryguy]], and [[Tryclyde]], was a minion of [[Bowser|King Koopa]] instead of [[Wart]]. In all of his appearances on the show, Clawgrip wore a blue bandanna on his head.


Clawgrip's debut in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' was in the episode "[[Rolling Down the River]]", where he manned the helm of [[King Koopa's alter egos|Captain Koopa]]'s ship, the [[Sinister Star]], while Koopa was making [[Mario]] walk the plank. The [[Mouth of the River]] used a [[cannon]] to fire a [[Vegetable|Turnip]] at Clawgrip, knocking him down onto the ship's lower deck.
Clawgrip's debut in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' was in the episode "[[Rolling Down the River]]", where he manned the helm of [[King Koopa's alter egos|Captain Koopa]]'s ship, the [[Sinister Star]], while Koopa was making [[Mario]] walk the plank. The [[Mouth of the River]] used a [[cannon]] to fire a [[vegetable|turnip]] at Clawgrip, knocking him down onto the ship's lower deck.


In "[[Pirates of Koopa]]", Clawgrip can be seen among the minions of [[Bowser|Blackbeard Koopa]] waiting for his return to [[Pirate's Port]].
In "[[Pirates of Koopa]]", Clawgrip can be seen among the minions of [[Bowser|Blackbeard Koopa]] waiting for his return to [[Pirate's Port]].


Clawgrip's last appearance on the show was in "[[Mario of the Deep]]"; here, he attacks [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and their [[Mermushroom]] companion in a sunken ship. The quintet avoid Clawgrip by jumping over him and going through a hatch that was too small for him to pass through. The characters commented that this Clawgrip was simply ''a'' Clawgrip, implying that Clawgrips are a species.
Clawgrip's made a final appearance in "[[Mario of the Deep]]"; here, he attacks [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and their [[Mermushroom]] companion in a sunken ship. The quintet avoid Clawgrip by jumping over him and going through a hatch that was too small for him to pass through. The characters commented that this Clawgrip was simply ''a'' Clawgrip, implying that Clawgrips are a species.


===Nintendo Comics System===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
In [[Nintendo Comics System]], Clawgrip, instead of being a single character, was portrayed as a species, all of whom seemed to work for [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]. In ''[[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]]'', several Clawgrips appear among the monsters trying to defeat Mario. Mario manages to avoid these Clawgrips, all the while being annoyed by [[Stanley the Talking Fish]].
In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', Clawgrip, instead of being a single character, was portrayed as a species, all of whom seemed to work for [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]. In [[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]], several Clawgrips appear among the monsters trying to defeat Mario. Mario manages to avoid these Clawgrips, all the while being annoyed by [[Stanley the Talking Fish]].


===Nintendo Adventure Books===
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Clawgrip and some of his [[GLOM]]-created clones try to attack Mario while he is exploring the Mushroom Kingdom in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', but he manages to avoid them.
Clawgrip and some of his [[GLOM]]-created clones try to attack Mario while he is exploring the Mushroom Kingdom in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', but he manages to avoid them.


In ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', Clawgrip appears guarding a tunnel which leads to [[Pipe Land|Pipe World]] under the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Palace]], under the pretext of being a 'Toll Crab'. If Mario and Luigi give Clawgrip a noisemaker or a pair of boots, he will let them pass peacefully, but if they give him a balloon (which he accidentally pops, and thus gets angry as a result) or try to run past, he will give chase to them. The brothers can distract Clawgrip by throwing some coins at him, but if they do not have any or decide not to give any up, Clawgrip will catch up to the two, leading to a [[Game Over]].
In ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', Clawgrip appears guarding a tunnel that leads to [[Pipe Land|Pipe World]] under the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Palace]], under the pretext of being a "Toll Crab." If Mario and Luigi give Clawgrip a noisemaker or a pair of boots, he will let them pass peacefully, but if they give him a balloon (which he accidentally pops, and thus gets angry as a result) or try to run past, he will give chase to them. The brothers can distract Clawgrip by throwing some coins at him, but if they do not have any or decide not to give any up, Clawgrip will catch up to the two, leading to a [[Game Over]].


===''Super Mario-Kun''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Clawgrip SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Clawgrip SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|Appearance in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Clawgrip makes an appearance in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. He is first seen shortly after [[Fryguy]] is defeated. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi eventually fight him. As with the games, he fights by throwing rocks at them. In one twist, however, Mario molds a boomerang from a [[small heart]] and then throws it at him. Clawgrip then transforms into a large polygonal being. Mario uses a [[rocket]] to defeat him.
Clawgrip makes an appearance in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. He is the last of the 8 bits generals to be fought before Wart. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi eventually fight him. As with the games, he fights by throwing rocks at them. In one twist, however, Mario molds a boomerang from a [[small heart]] and then throws it at him. Clawgrip then transforms into a large [[Andross]]-like being. Mario then uses a [[rocket]] to defeat him by hitting a weak spot that destroys his polygonal being.
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Later, Wart molds himself into a new hybrid of him with his fallen general, gaining Clawgrip's claws.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=He grows suddenly, and he is surprisingly skilled at throwing rocks.''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|date=1988|page=28}}</ref>}}
 
====''Super Mario Advance''====
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Clawgrip will suddenly grow as it scuttles back and forth. Be careful — it loves to throw rocks, and it has a good arm.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001|page=12|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref>}}
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=チョッキー (JP) / Chokkī (EN)
|shuzoku=アクア族
|seikaku=あわて者
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>岩を投げ返して倒そう</big>'''<br>
マリオUSAの5面目に登場する巨大なカニ。岩を投げてくるので、それを投げ返してダメージを与えよう。5回攻撃すれば倒すことができる。アメリカ名は、クローグリップ。<ref>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 111]|date=November 20, 1994|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=4-09-259067-9}}</ref>
|tribe=Aqua clan
|disposition=Scatterbrain
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let's throw rocks back at them and knock them down.</big>'''''<br>
''A giant crab that appears on the fifth stage of Mario USA. It throws rocks at you, so throw them back to deal damage. 5 attacks are all it takes to defeat it. Its American name is Clawgrip.''
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Clawgrip SMB2 manual artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Clawgrip SMB2 manual artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' artwork
FC40 SMB2 Clawgrip.png|''Super Mario Bros. USA'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Clawgrip.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Clawgrip.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
ClawgripRock.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
ClawgripRock.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMUSA Clawgrip Artwork.png|''Super Mario USA''
ClawGrip BS SuperMario.png|''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''
SMAS SMB2 Clawgrip.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=チョッキー<ref>Mario character book, [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#54 page 111]</ref>
|Jap=チョッキー<ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|date=1992|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=31}}</ref><ref name=daijiten/>
|JapR=Chokkī
|JapR=Chokkī
|JapM=Referring to ''chokichoki'', a cutting sound mainly by scissors.
|JapM=Nickname-like form derived from「チョキチョキ」(''choki-choki'', onomatopoeia for snipping)
|Fra=Clawgrip
|Jap2=クローグリップ<ref name=SMUSA/><ref name=daijiten>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|FraM=-
|Jap2R=Kurōgurippu
|Ger=Clawgrip
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|GerM=-
|Chi=剪刀魔<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|language=zh-hans|accessdate=August 12, 2024}}</ref>
|Ita=Chelotto<br>Chelo
|ItaM=From ''chela'' (pincer) and the endearing male suffix ''-otto''.<br>From ''chela'' (pincer) and the endearing male suffix ''-o''
|Chi=剪刀魔<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|ChiR=Jiǎndāo Mó
|ChiR=Jiǎndāo Mó
|ChiM=Scissor-like Demon
|ChiM=Scissor-like Demon
|Fre=Clawgrip
|Ger=Clawgrip
|Ita=Clawgrip<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=28}}</ref>
|Ita2=Tenaglie
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita2M=Claws
|Ita3=Chelotto<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001|page=112|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref>
|Ita3M=From ''chela'' ("pincer") and the diminutive suffix ''-otto''
|Ita4=Chelo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' manual|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=38}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=67}}</ref>
|Ita4M=Masculine form of ''chela'' ("pincer/claw")
|Kor=가위게
|Kor=가위게
|KorR=Gawe Gae
|KorR=Gawi Ge
|KorM=From "가위"(Scissor) and "게"(Krab)
|KorM=Scissors Crab
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', Clawgrip did not exist and his place as a boss was filled in by a third, cream-white [[Mouser]]. This makes Clawgrip the only ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' enemy that actually was introduced in said game. [[Robirdo]] was similarly introduced in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as another major enemy that did not exist in a prior version.
*According to his original description, he apparently "grows suddenly"<ref>"''He grows suddenly, and he is surprisingly skilled at throwing rocks.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 28 (Clawgrip description).</ref>. This detail is only present when approached in ''Super Mario Advance''.
*In the credits of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', as well as ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and the Japanese version of ''Super Mario Advance'', Clawgrip is called "Clawglip." This is likely because the "r" sound is not normally distinguished from the "l" sound in Japanese compared to other languages.


==References==
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Clawgrip
Clawgrip
Artwork for Super Mario Advance
Species Sidestepper
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Player Icon cameo) (2024)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet[1] (2001)
“Arr! You'll make a tasty treat!”
—Clawgrip, Super Mario Advance

Clawgrip, also titled Clawglip in the ending credits except international Super Mario Advance releases, is a boss introduced in Super Mario Bros. 2. Unlike other enemies, Clawgrip did not appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, where his place as a boss was filled in by a third, cream-white Mouser.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Clawgrip from Super Mario USA
Clawgrip's artwork for the Japanese version, Super Mario USA, was the basis of his artwork for Super Mario Advance

Clawgrip is a boss in Super Mario Bros. 2. He is in World 5-3, where he attacks players by throwing boulders at them. In order to injure Clawgrip, these boulders need to be caught by the heroes and thrown back at him. After being hit five times, Clawgrip is defeated.

In Super Mario Advance, Clawgrip, instead of already being giant at the beginning of the battle against him, is simply a smaller crab. He is grown to his regular size when he is engulfed by several bubbles resembling those spit out by Wart. Once at this size, Clawgrip, in a stereotypical pirate accent, exclaims "Yar! You'll make a tasty treat!", beginning the battle. It is possible to hit him multiple times with one boulder if a player throws it so that it bounces off the wall behind him when he starts moving towards them. After he is defeated, he says "Yar! You got me!", again in a pirate accent.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Clawgrip is a boss in BS Super Mario USA. Like in the first game, Clawgrip serves as a mini-boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from Super Mario Bros. 2. Despite the game's Japanese script, he has a tendency to lapse into English when he speaks,[2][dead link] possibly as a nod to not appearing in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

Clawgrip, from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode, "Mario of the Deep".

Clawgrip made three appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where he, along with Mouser, Fryguy, and Tryclyde, was a minion of King Koopa instead of Wart. In all of his appearances on the show, Clawgrip wore a blue bandanna on his head.

Clawgrip's debut in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! was in the episode "Rolling Down the River", where he manned the helm of Captain Koopa's ship, the Sinister Star, while Koopa was making Mario walk the plank. The Mouth of the River used a cannon to fire a turnip at Clawgrip, knocking him down onto the ship's lower deck.

In "Pirates of Koopa", Clawgrip can be seen among the minions of Blackbeard Koopa waiting for his return to Pirate's Port.

Clawgrip's made a final appearance in "Mario of the Deep"; here, he attacks Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad and their Mermushroom companion in a sunken ship. The quintet avoid Clawgrip by jumping over him and going through a hatch that was too small for him to pass through. The characters commented that this Clawgrip was simply a Clawgrip, implying that Clawgrips are a species.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

In the Nintendo Comics System, Clawgrip, instead of being a single character, was portrayed as a species, all of whom seemed to work for King Bowser Koopa. In The Fish That Should've Gotten Away, several Clawgrips appear among the monsters trying to defeat Mario. Mario manages to avoid these Clawgrips, all the while being annoyed by Stanley the Talking Fish.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

Clawgrip and some of his GLOM-created clones try to attack Mario while he is exploring the Mushroom Kingdom in Double Trouble, but he manages to avoid them.

In Pipe Down!, Clawgrip appears guarding a tunnel that leads to Pipe World under the Mushroom Palace, under the pretext of being a "Toll Crab." If Mario and Luigi give Clawgrip a noisemaker or a pair of boots, he will let them pass peacefully, but if they give him a balloon (which he accidentally pops, and thus gets angry as a result) or try to run past, he will give chase to them. The brothers can distract Clawgrip by throwing some coins at him, but if they do not have any or decide not to give any up, Clawgrip will catch up to the two, leading to a Game Over.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Clawgrip. Page 64, volume 8 of Super Mario-kun.
Appearance in Super Mario-kun

Clawgrip makes an appearance in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. He is the last of the 8 bits generals to be fought before Wart. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi eventually fight him. As with the games, he fights by throwing rocks at them. In one twist, however, Mario molds a boomerang from a small heart and then throws it at him. Clawgrip then transforms into a large Andross-like being. Mario then uses a rocket to defeat him by hitting a weak spot that destroys his polygonal being.

Later, Wart molds himself into a new hybrid of him with his fallen general, gaining Clawgrip's claws.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      He grows suddenly, and he is surprisingly skilled at throwing rocks.[3]

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      Clawgrip will suddenly grow as it scuttles back and forth. Be careful — it loves to throw rocks, and it has a good arm.[4]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

チョッキー (JP) / Chokkī (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく アクア族 Tribe Aqua clan
性格せいかく あわて者 Disposition Scatterbrain
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
岩を投げ返して倒そう

マリオUSAの5面目に登場する巨大なカニ。岩を投げてくるので、それを投げ返してダメージを与えよう。5回攻撃すれば倒すことができる。アメリカ名は、クローグリップ。[5]

Let's throw rocks back at them and knock them down.

A giant crab that appears on the fifth stage of Mario USA. It throws rocks at you, so throw them back to deal damage. 5 attacks are all it takes to defeat it. Its American name is Clawgrip.

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Clawgrip.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チョッキー[6][7]
Chokkī 		Nickname-like form derived from「チョキチョキ」(choki-choki, onomatopoeia for snipping)
クローグリップ[6][7]
Kurōgurippu 		Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
Chinese 剪刀魔[8]
Jiǎndāo Mó 		Scissor-like Demon
French Clawgrip[?] -
German Clawgrip[?] -
Italian Clawgrip[9] -
Tenaglie[?] Claws The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Chelotto[10] From chela ("pincer") and the diminutive suffix -otto
Chelo[11][12] Masculine form of chela ("pincer/claw")
Korean 가위게[?]
Gawi Ge 		Scissors Crab

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy (English). Archived December 14, 2004, 20:16:33 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (English). Page 28.
  4. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
  5. ^ November 20, 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 111.
  6. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo. Page 31.
  7. ^ a b Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 225.
  8. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  9. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 28.
  10. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  11. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
  12. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 67.
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsamaa • Shireikana • Subcon • Yoshib
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēna • Big Shy Guyb • Big Ninjib • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladeb • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Eggb
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros.b • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Yoshi Challengeb • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated episodes)
Characters Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toad
Major antagonists King Koopa (alter egos) • Mouser • Tryclyde
Minor antagonists Beetle • Big bad wolf • Crocodiles • Hildy • King Koopa's mother • Queen Rotunda • Sergeant Kooperman • Sultan Pasbah • Vampa White
Koopa Pack minions Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Birdo • Birdoroo • Black Pit Bob-Omb • Bloober • Bob-Omb • Bomb Net • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flaky • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Goomba (zombie) • Goomba Mummy • Greaser Goombas • Grunt • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mousersaurus Rex • Ninji • Ostro • Phanto • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupo • Robo Shyguy • Robo Koopa • Shyguy • Shyguy Lion • Snifit • Space Troopa • Spark • Spider • Spiny • Spiny Egg • State Troopa • Stormtroopa • Super Troopa • Thunderbirdo • Trouter • Tweeter • Tweeter Bat • Wereturtle
Other characters Bingo • Brutius Maximus Grouchimus • Bunsen • Butterfingers • Calamity Clam • Camel • Captain Abidab • Captain Clump • Caveman • Cheepy • Cowazaurus • Dealin' Delbert • Dr. Nerdnick • Dr. Sheldon • Dr. T. Garden • Elves • Elvin Parsley • Fire God • Flab Boys • Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) • George Washingtoad • Giant Birdo • Goosey • Gramma Toadstool • Gramps • Harry • Hercufleas • Herlock Solmes • Hooded Robin • Indiana Joe • James Blond • Joliet • Joliet's father • June and Ward • Killer Kitty of the Kaskervilles • King James • King Neptune • Mark Twang • Mayor Fettuccine • Mermushrooms • Mervin • Misaki • Mouth of the River • Mr. President • Mr. Mayor • Mugga • Murphy • Mushroom People • Mushroom Rebel • Obi-Wan Toadi • Outback mayor • Patches • Pine • Polar bear • Prince Pompadour • Pronto • Quirks • Romano • Romano's father • Royal Cow • Salvador Drainotto • Sam Shalam • Santa Claus • Scooter • Secret Agent N • Slammer • Stool Pigeon • The Three Mushrooms • Waldo the Wizard • Whale • Zero
Locations Regions Amazon Jungle • Aqua Land • Brooklyn • Car Land • Caveman Land • Cloud Land • Coney Island • Cramalot • Crime Land • Desert Kingdom • Down Under Land • El Desertland • Flatbush • Grand Koopa Canyon • Happy Harbor • Jungleland • Kingdom of Youth • Koopos • Land of Ice • Land of Romance • Lava Land • Linguini Empire • Lonesome Mushroom • Mushridge • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Planet • Mythis • North Pole • Oceanworld • Pastaland • Pirate's Port • Pirate Waters • Pirate World • Pyramid Land • Quirk • Rap Land • River World • Robo Land • Rotundaland • Sayonara • Shamrock Kingdom • Sharewood Forest • Sharewood Village • Snow World • Sock Hop Land • Spy Land • Sudden Death Valley • Swiss Cheese Alps • Thirteen Mushroom Colonies • Trouter Bay • Turtlevania • Victoria • Winterland • Waki-Waki • Warp Zone • Wild West
Landmarks Bonkers Street • Brooklyn Bridge • Brooklyn Plumbers Academy • Chateau Koopula • Cow World • Cramalot Castle • Delawide River • Double Cross Ranch • First Mushroom Bank • Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers • Fort Hard Knox • Fountain of Youth • George's Gorge • Half Life Malt Shop • King Koopa's Castle • Koopacropolis • Koopa Klub • Koopatraz State Prison • Linguini Empire Colosseum • Mushroom Colony • Outback • Parsley Land • Pasta Pit • Quirk Factory • Rebel Fort • Rotunda Castle • Santa's workshop • Shamrock Inn • Super Spy Headquarters • Temple of Koopa • Tower of Victoria • Tunnel of Doom
Items, objects,
vehicles, and misc. 		All Purpose Portable Plumber's Helper • Aladdin's Lamp • Beanstalk • Birdo Ray • Blackbeard Koopa's ship • Bomb Plant • Ding Bell • Excalibur • Fireball • Fire Flower • Fireproof Lava Boat • Flagpole • Flying carpet biplane • Flying Pizza • Freeze Gun • Garbage Pod • Gold Coin • Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot) • Golden Plumber's Helper (Plummers Academy) • Golden Wrench • Great Balls of Fire • Heat Gun • Industrial Strength Itching Potion • Intergalactic InSinkErator • Koopa-Kola • Koop Star • Koopa Scepter • Koopa Strength Itching Powder • Koopa Surprise • Koopa's rocket • Koopallac • Koopilus • Lava Machine • Lightplunger • Lost Mushroom • Magic carpet • Magic doodad • Magic flute • Magic Growing Potion • Magic Shrink Potion • Magic Statue • Magical Potion • Monster Robot Troopa • Mushroom Starfighter • Passion Potion • Peapod • Plumb-Fu • Plumber's Log • Plumbinator • Pot of Gold Coins • Power block • Red-Hot Pepper Detector • Retro Router • Robo-suit • Rocketship • Royal Plug • Sacred Sink of Cramalot • Shrinking Sukiyaki • Sinister Star • Space Raft • Spaghetti • Spymobile • Starman • Stereo Gun • Stormtroopa Starfighter • Super Sushi • Super Sushi Shrinker • Unzappable Hat • Vegetable • Wicked Weather Satellite
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