Gnawsher

Gnawsher
Models of the two Gnawsher variants
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Comparable Shark Chomp

“Feel like you're missing something? Wonder if they ate it...”

—Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Gnawshers are winged Chomp-like enemies with golden eyes and teeth that chomp through blocks, other enemies, collectibles, or items, hence their name, which is a combination of "gnaw" and "gnasher". While the more common black variants simply travel straight horizontally or vertically, eating anything in their path, red variants would fly around idly until they are close to something that they can consume, be it the player (which would only be damaged instead of immediately devoured), other enemies (except other Gnawshers), or coins, chasing after their chosen prey and switching targets depending on what is closest to them. Gnawshers can be defeated by any form of attack.

Gnawshers appear prominently in a level dedicated to them, Gnawsher Lair. This level features a secret section where a player must defeat five enemies to reveal the level's second 10-flower coin, and one way the player can do it is to lead red Gnawshers spawned from a downward-pointing pipe to Goombrats that may be too high for the player to reach unless equipped with certain badges. Later on in the level, a black Gnawsher can potentially consume the ? Block holding the level's Wonder Flower. If the player is quick enough to get the Wonder Flower before this, the resulting Wonder Effect summons a horde of black Gnawshers from the left, destroying everything in their path (except for certain things like moving platforms). These Gnawshers are invulnerable to damage, but they can be stunned by Red POW Blocks (triggered either by the player or contact with the horde itself), momentarily stopping their advance. Eleven red Gnawshers are also encountered in the second section of KO Arena Magma Flare-Up, where they can be distracted by coins in bubbles generated by pipes in the ceiling, while another horde of black Gnawshers is spawned to chase the player through a crystal section of The Final Test Wonder Gauntlet.

Gallery

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  A black Gnawsher

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  A red Gnawsher

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  A horde of Gnawshers during a Wonder Effect

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario Bros. Wonder	G:/romfs/Model/EnemyTaberukun.bfres.zs	Taberukun	Combination of「食べる」(taberu, "to eat") and the honorific「~くん」(-kun)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder	G:/romfs/Pack/Actor/EnemyEater.pack.zs	Eater	-

Names in other languages

Black Gnawsher

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ガシガシ[?] Gashi-gashi	Mutation of「がじがじ」(gaji-gaji, onomatopoeia for gnawing)
Chinese	咬咬[?] Yǎoyǎo	Repetition of「咬」(yǎo, "to bite")
French	Crocroc[?]	Contraction of croc croc (onomatopoeia for crunching)
German	Happ[?]	Clipping of Happen ("to morsel")
Italian	Sgranock[?]	From sgranocchiare ("to munch") and possibly "rock"
Korean	와작와작[?] Wajak-wajak	Korean onomatopoeia for crunching something; shared with Chompagobbler
Portuguese	Mordilão[?]	Portmanteau of morder ("to bite") and comilão ("glutton")
Russian	Хрумдель[?] Khrumdel	Rough homophone between хрум (khrum, "crunch") and possibly хрюндель (khryundel, "cheeky pig")
Spanish	Ñac-ñac[?]	Repetition and mutation of ñam (onomatopoeia for biting)

Red Gnawsher

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	サーチガシガシ Sāchi Gashi-gashi	Search Gnawsher; compare with Bull's-Eye Bill