Magnus von Grapple

The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Magnus
Location(s)	The Great Tree
Max HP	30
Attack	2
Defense	1
Moves	Magnus von Punish (Stomp attack) (2), Earthquake (2, Piercing), Flying X-Fists (4)
Items	None
Coins	N/A
Log	A powerful and cutting-edge robot built by X-Naut scientists. It has all the features expected of a robot, including rocket fists.
More Level 68 Exp. points 0 Sleep? 0% Dizzy? 50% Confuse? 50% Tiny? 0% Burn? 100% Freeze? 30% Stop? 50% Soft? 90% Fright? 0% Gale Force? 0% KO? 0%
Tattle That's Magnus Von Grapple. It's a giant robot built by the X-Nauts. Lord Crump drives it. Max HP is 30, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. Its most effective attack is one that takes advantage of its size: a smothering stomp. It can also shoot out its fists, which do these super-gnarly rocket punches. Its fists have Max HP of 2, an Attack of 4, and Defense of 0. Its fists are super-powerful, so it's best to knock them down fast. The thing about this robot is I can't tell if it looks cool, or really, REALLY stupid...
Tattle Log #: 117

“Are you crying yet? Yeah? Sorry, but this thing isn't armed with tissues. Well, Magnus von Grapple has that effect on people. Total, weeping terror. And you ain't seen nothing yet! Check out the power on this bad boy!”

—Lord Crump, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Magnus von Grapple (or Magnus) is a robot operated by Lord Crump in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It serves as the boss of Chapter 2.

In Mario's hunt for the Crystal Stars, the second star, the Emerald Star, is hidden in the Great Tree of Boggly Woods. The X-Nauts, led by Lord Crump, are already there searching for the star when Mario and his partners arrive. Crump allows Mario to find the Crystal Star and then steals it from him after Mario discovers it at the bottom of the Tree with the help of the Punies. Mario and his partners confront Crump, who activates a time bomb to destroy the Tree. Mario and his partners pursue him to the Tree's entrance, where Crump's escape route is blocked by the Puni elder. Upon noticing that Mario and his partners have caught up with him, Crump deactivates the time bomb, but he refuses to hand over the Emerald Star. Instead, he activates Magnus von Grapple and fights Mario and his party. In the battle with Magnus von Grapple, Mario's audience consists of Punies and the X-Nauts, with the former taking up the left half and the latter taking up the right half initially. Eventually, Mario prevails over the robot and claims the Crystal Star. The X-Naut scientists later build a new robot named Magnus von Grapple 2.0, which is much more powerful than its predecessor.

Power and abilities

Magnus von Grapple is able to fire both its X-Fists off and use them as weapons. When launched, the X-Fists each have two HP and an attack power of four. Magnus's main attack is stomping on Mario and his partner, dealing only two damage to them. It can also create an earthquake that does two damage to both Mario and his partner.

Gallery

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  Magnus von Grapple in the Great Tree

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  Lord Crump speaking within Magnus von Grapple

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  Mario and Flurrie battle Magnus von Grapple.

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  Magnus von Grapple about to stomp Flurrie

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  Magnus von Grapple after being defeated

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  Magnus von Grapple malfunctioning

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  Magnus von Grapple exploding

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  Magnus von Grapple in the Nintendo Switch remake

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	バッテンダーロボ[?] Battendā Robo	Likely from「メガバッテン」(Megabatten, "X-Nauts") and「ペケダー」(Pekedā, "Lord Crump") + shortening of "robot"
Chinese (traditional)	X軍團機器人[?]	?
Dutch	Kruisbot[?]	From kruis ("cross") and "bot"
French	Cruxobot[?]	Pun on crux- (a prefix referring to a cross) and "robot"
German	Crucibot[?]	Pun on Crucionen (German name of the X-Nauts) and "robot"
Italian	Justobot[?]	From Giustignardo (the Italian name of Sir Grodus) and "robot"
Korean	엑스다로보[?] Ekseuda Robo	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Robo X[?]	From "robot" and "X"

Trivia

• In Super Paper Mario, one of the items on Francis's "things to get" list is a Magnus von Grapple action figure.