Clawgrip



"Yar! You'll make a tasty treat!"

- Clawgrip

Clawgrip, also known as Clawglip, is a giant crab and a boss from Super Mario Bros. 2.

Fought in World 5-3, Clawgrip would attack players by using his claws to throws boulders at them; in order to injure Clawgrip, these boulders would need to be caught by the player's character and thrown back at Clawgrip. After being hit repeatedly, Clawgrip would be defeated.

In Super Mario Advance, Clawgrip, instead of being a giant crab at the beggining of the battle against him, is simply a small Sidestepper-like crab. Clawgrip is grown to his giant size when he is engulfed by several bubbles which resemble the ones Wart is capable of spitting; once at this size, Clawgrip, with a pirate-like accent, will exclaim "Yar! You'll make a tasty treat!" and begin to throw boulders.

Appearances in Other Media


Clawgrip made a few, rare 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. However when he appeared in episodes, he was only seen for a brief second. Clawgrip's only notable appearance was in the episode "Mario of the Deep / Two Bums from Brooklyn".

Oddly, several Clawgrips can be seen amoung the monsters antagonizing Mario in the Nintendo Comics System issue "The Fish That Should've Gotten Away". Fortunately, Mario manages to escape these Clawgrips, as well as several other creatures, all the while being annoyed by Stanley the Talking Fish.

Trivia

 * In the credits of Super Mario Bros. 2, as well as Super Mario All-Stars and the Japanese version of Super Mario Advance, Clawgrip is called "Clawglip", leading to confusion as to what Clawgrip's official name is to some.


 * In Doki Doki Panic, Clawgrip did not exist and his place as a boss was filled in by a third, albino Mouser; But in the process of converting the Doki Doki Panic to Super Mario Bros. 2 for North American distribution, the programmers added Clawgrip, as this Mouser was percieved as too powerful.