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 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 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 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]
- English:
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]
- English:
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| チョッキー (JP) / Chokkī (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| アクア族 | Tribe | Aqua clan | |
| あわて者 | Disposition | Scatterbrain | |
| 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.
Super Mario Bros. 2 artwork
Super Mario Bros. USA (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario All-Stars (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チョッキー[6][7] Chokkī |
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]
- ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy (English). Archived December 14, 2004, 20:16:33 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ [1]
- ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (English). Page 28.
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
- ^ November 20, 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 111.
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo. Page 31.
- ^ a b Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 225.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 28.
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 67.
