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Second in command of the X-Nauts, Lord Crump is always willing to follow Grodus' command. Even though Lord Crump is second in command, Grodus calls him his most incompetent underling in chapter 8. Lord Crump also takes part in many of the cutscenes seen throughout the game. After his [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]] is destroyed, he is sent flying out to deep space. However, he somehow managed to survive, and is last seen in [[Poshley Heights]] with Grodus and what is left of the X-Nauts after Mario defeats the [[Shadow Queen]].

In Chapter 2 of the game, Grodus sends him and the [[Shadow Sirens]] to [[Boggly Woods]], knowing a Crystal Star is located somewhere within [[the Great Tree]]. Knowing the Crystal Star belongs to the [[Puni]]es in the tree, Crump and his men imprison the Punies, team up with the Punies' enemies, the [[Jabbies]], and perform a search throughout the tree. Their search for the Star doesn't go well when Mario, Goombella, [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]] and [[Punio]] interfere with his plans, liberate the Punies and fight the Jabbies in a battle for the tree. After Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie and the Punies find the Emerald Star, Crump steals it and activates a time bomb. As Mario and company reach the entrance to the tree, they see that the [[Puni elder]] has blocked off Crump's escape, giving them the opportunity to force Crump to deactivate the time bomb. However, he refuses to hand the Emerald Star over, instead activating [[Magnus von Grapple]] to attack in an attempt to destroy Mario and company and make his getaway with the Emerald Star. His attempt to defeat Mario and company proves totally unsuccessful and Magnus von Grapple is destroyed instead. Upon the defeat of Magnus von Grapple, Lord Crump and his men are driven out of the Great Tree, and the Puni elder gives Mario and his team the Emerald Star as a reward.

In Chapter 5, Lord Crump disguises himself as a pirate named Four-Eyes and follows Mario and company to [[Keelhaul Key]] to find the [[Sapphire Star]]. Shown in the picture, his disguise is very bad, and Crump even breaks the [[fourth wall]], telling the player that even though they might see through his disguise, they should not tell Mario of it. He secretly follows Mario and company through the [[Pirate's Grotto]] as Mario and company search for the Star. After Mario and his friends beat [[Cortez]] and obtain the Star, Lord Crump removes his disguise and threatens to blow Keelhaul Key to the bottom of the sea unless Mario gives him the Sapphire Star. Mario, [[Flavio]] and company enlist Cortez's help to fight Crump. While Cortez's pirates (with help from Mario and Flavio's deckhands and [[Francesca]] and [[Frankie]]) and Crump's X-Nauts raid each others' ships, Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], [[Flurrie]], [[Mini-Yoshi]], [[Vivian]], [[Admiral Bobbery]] and [[Ms. Mowz]] fight Lord Crump. This time, Crump uses his X-Nauts as backup. Lord Crump and his X-Nauts lose and are forced to retreat.

[[File:PMTTYD Twilight Town battle.png|thumb|left|X-Nauts vs. [[Koopa Troop]].]]

Lord Crump reappears at the end of the X-Naut Fortress where he attacks Mario and friends in the [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]], which he claims to have at least a dozen new abilities. Mario manages to narrowly defeat Crump and sends him into space. Grodus reveals that the results of the battle were irrelevant for his plans, and admits that he tricked Lord Crump.

During the ending, it is revealed that Lord Crump somehow survives after his defeat. He was last seen in [[Poshley Heights]], along with Grodus (who is reduced to his robotic head), and four X-Naut troopers. As with [[Beldam]], Lord Crump and the X-Nauts reportedly reformed for the better.

Lord Crump, throughout the course of the game, has been shown to be somewhat of a clown and bumbling; and as a result, he is often looked down on by Grodus, even going so far as to label him as his "least-competent underling". Despite this, there are many instances where he proves himself to be quite intelligent, such as in Chapter 2 when he sets a trap for Mario and his [[partner]]s, in Chapter 5, where he disguises himself as Four-Eyes and uses Mario and company to defeat Cortez for him so that he can obtain the Crystal Star, and even in Chapter 7, where he (according to himself) uses the last Crystal Star to lure Mario and the others up to the X-Naut Fortress so that he can take theirs and add to the X-Nauts' collection (even though he doesn't know he is being taken advantage of, himself). Lord Crump has also shown some displays of arrogance in the aforementioned scenes. Lord Crump's speech pattern is seen as irritating to Grodus.