Crusty

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Crusty
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars promotional artwork: A pink Crusty never seen in the actual game
First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Subject origin Crab
Variants

Crusty is a powerful crab-like enemy that lives in the waters in and around Jonathan Jones' Sunken Ship in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. A Crusty actually has a pink exoskeleton; however, since they can only be found underwater, they appear blue and their real coloration is never seen.

Crusties are very powerful monsters but are also very rare; they can only be found aiding other types of underwater monsters in battle. These crustaceans have high physical attack and high physical defense. A Crusty uses its massive pincers to inflict severe damage to an opponent 2/3 of the time, or fires a light bubble 1/3 of the time that does no damage, but with the effect of inflicting Mute. Crusties do not have any magic.

Although Crusties have high physical defense, their magical defense is low, and they are weak to Fire and Thunder. As such, Mario and Mallow can defeat them fairly easily. Crusties are related to the more powerful Star Crusters.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Crusty
Battle idle animation of a Crusty from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Battle idle animation of an underwater Crusty from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 80 FP 100 Speed 6
Location(s) Sea, Sunken Ship Attack 100 Magic attack 12
Role Common Defense 100 Magic defense 35
Bonus Flower Attack Up! (80%) Yoshi Cookie Bracer Morph rate 75%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak Fire, Thunder Strong Jump Sp. attacks Mute Light Beam
Coins 7 Exp. points 25 Items Honey Syrup (25%), Royal Syrup (5%)
Psychopath "Look at THIS!"
Thought Peek quote
  • Japanese: と~れとれピ~チピチ。[1](To~re tore pi~chi pichi.)

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カーニィ[?]
Kānī
Corruption of「蟹」(kani, crab)
German Brachizang[?] ?
Spanish Crusty[?] -

Trivia

  • In the Japanese version, Crusty's thought via Mallow's Thought Peek ability is a reference to the classic commercial jingle for Kani Dōraku, a seafood restaurant chain, and roughly translates to "fresh-caught and lively".[2]

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