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Jack the Knife
Sprite of Jack the Knife from Wario: Master of Disguise
First appearance Wario: Master of Disguise (2007)
Relatives

Jack the Knife is an enemy encountered in the game Wario: Master of Disguise. Its name is a pun on "jackknife," a type of knife, and the Bobby Darin song Mack the Knife. It is a giant knife about the size of Wario, with eyes and "teeth"; It jump out of a table of the S.S. Caviar and tries to attack Wario. It is supposedly formed from the rage of a lifetime's worth of butter-spreading and other mundane uses for knives, according to the in-game description. Only one appears in the game.

In-game description

These dull and rusted knives are fueled by their own rage over a lifetime of butter-spreading and chicken kiev-slicing. Rusted and dull, they know neither remorse nor pity.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ナイフン
Naifun
Derived from「ナイフ」(naifu, knife)

Italian Trancido
Portmanteau of "Trancio" (Slice) and "Randico" (Rancid)