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'''Jack the Knives''' are enemies encountered in the game ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]''. Their name is a pun of "jackknife," a type of knife, and the song ''Mack the Knife''. They are formed from the rage of a lifetime's worth of butter-spreading and other mundane uses for knives. They are giant knives about the size of [[Wario]], with eyes and "teeth"; they jump out of tables of the [[S.S. Caviar]] and try to attack Wario.
|image=[[File:Jack the Knife.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|relatives=[[Slaughterfork]]<br>[[Spoonatic]]
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'''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 [[wikipedia:Bobby Darin|Bobby Darin]] song "[[wikipedia:Mack the Knife#Popular song|Mack the Knife]]". It is a giant knife about the size of [[Wario]], with eyes and "teeth". It jumps 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==
==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.''
''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.''
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ナイフン
|JapR=Naifun
|JapM=Derived from "knife"
|Ita=Trancido
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "trancio" (slice) and "randico" (rancid)
}}
 
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[[Category: Wario Enemies]]
[[Category:Animate objects]]
[[Category: Wario Species]]
[[Category:Wario: Master of Disguise enemies]]
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Latest revision as of 23:29, January 28, 2024

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 jumps 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[edit]

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[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ナイフン
Naifun
Derived from "knife"

Italian Trancido
Portmanteau of "trancio" (slice) and "randico" (rancid)