Editing Claymorton

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Mack.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
{{quote|Listen up, gang! These guys are gonna put a stop to OUR party! Are we happy about this?!|Claymorton|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}
'''Claymorton''', originally known as '''Mack''', is a commander of the [[Smithy Gang]] and the boss guarding the first [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Piece]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. He is a giant pogo stick-like sword with floating eyes and a red-colored, roundish humanoid figure attached to his handles, mirroring the [[Shymore]]s he commands; in the remake, the humanoid figure is now identified as "Claymorton" and appears completely separate from the sword on which he now rides. When attacking, Claymorton shakes his head. Like the other members of the Smithy Gang, Claymorton is modeled after a weapon (in his case, a shortsword). He was originally named after the song "{{wp|Mack the Knife}}" (originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" in German). His current name is a portmanteau on "claymore," a kind of sword, and the male given names "Clayton" and "Morton."
==History==
With his Shymores, Claymorton attacked the [[Toad Town|Mushroom Kingdom]] while [[Mario]] was in [[Bandit's Way]]. Claymorton occupied the throne room of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]] with his [[Bodyguard]]s while his Shymores terrorized the residents of the surrounding town. After returning to town, Mario and [[Mallow]] fought their way to the throne room and defeated Claymorton. Following Claymorton’s defeat, the two remaining Bodyguards left to inform [[Smithy]] of Claymorton's destruction. Claymorton would return in Smithy's [[Factory (Super Mario RPG)|Factory]], in the form of a [[Machine Made|gray mass-produced copy of the original]]. His [[Thought Peek|thought]] here notably indicates he has the memories of the original, something none of the others' show explicitly. In the [[parade]], Claymorton, along with [[Bowyer]] and [[Speardovich]], is seen being pounded by Smithy's hammer.

==Battle==
At the start of the battle, Claymorton is accompanied by a quartet of Bodyguards. If they are not defeated within one turn, Claymorton will jump out of the battle screen and will not return until all bodyguards on the field are defeated. When in battle, Claymorton attacks with physical strikes and the spells [[Flame (move)|Flame]] and [[Flame Wall]]. After a few turns, the Shymores will be summoned again, requiring the player to repeat the process until Claymorton is defeated. If all the bodyguards are defeated and he reenters, Claymorton will use Flame Wall for his next attack. If all the bodyguards are defeated in one turn after being summoned, Claymorton summons them again and does not attack.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Mack|image=[[File:SMRPG Mack idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Machine Made (Mack)|image=[[File:SMRPG Mack machine idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Claymorton}}
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Claymorton MM}}
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|Jap=カジオーが送り込んだ、武器軍団の一人。剣の姿をしていて、常にピョンピョン飛び跳ねている。<br>「お～い、みんな。　みんなの楽しみを　ジャマするやつが　いるぞ～。　そんなヤツは、どういうヤツだ！？」
|JapM=A member of the Smithy Gang, sent by Smithy. He has the form of a sword and is always bouncing around.<br>"Listen up, gang! These guys are gonna put a stop to our party! Are we happy about this?!"
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mack_SMRPG.png|''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
Mack Sprite - Super Mario RPG.png|Idle sprite, ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
Machine Mack.png|Idle sprite of Machine Made version, ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
SMRPG NS Claymorton stunned.png|Claymorton stunned, ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
SMRPG NS Claymorton Machine Made.png|Claymorton (Machine Made), ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ケンゾール
|JapR=Kenzōru
|JapM=Derived from「剣」(''ken'', the on'yomi reading of "blade" or "sword") and a corruption of「ソード」(''sōdo'', "sword"), or possibly the voicing of "soul"
|ChiS=剑魂
|ChiSR=Jiànhún
|ChiSM=Sword/Blade Soul
|ChiT=劍魂
|ChiTR=Jiànhún
|ChiTM=Sword/Blade Soul
|Dut=Swaert
|DutM=From ''zwaard'' ("sword")
|Ger=Klingklong
|GerM=From ''Klinge'' ("blade")
|Fre=Blastoc
|FreM=Possibly from English word ''blade'' and ''estoc'' ("sword")
|Ita=Lamellotto
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''lama'' ("blade") and ''Lancillotto'' ("{{wp|Lancelot}}")
|Kor=클레이모튼
|KorR=Keulleimoteun
|KorM=Transliteration of the English name
|Spa=Claymorton<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendúo|date=November 2, 2023|url=https://youtu.be/99kAvZEVNIY|title=Gameplay SUPER MARIO RPG 🍄 La Leyenda de las 7 Estrellas - Parte 1 (Español)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Trivia==
*In the original SNES game, it is possible to skip the Mack encounter with a trick involving a tricky jump from a Bodyguard over to the [[Chancellor]], who is hiding in the corner. The Bodyguards will not notice Mario, thus the fight will not be triggered. Mack and his gang will be gone after speaking with the Chancellor. The game will continue as normal, though the first Star Piece will not show up in the menu until after the second one is obtained since it was not formally collected. This was fixed in the remake.
*While the name change from "Mack" to "Claymorton" may seem strange, it is completely reasonable. It's likely that Nintendo didn't want to get into trouble with the estate of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Darin Bobby Darin], possibly due to the fiasco with Mac Tonight, so they switched the name up, just in case.

==References==
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[[Category:Smithy Gang]]
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[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bosses]]
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