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'''Smithy''' is the main antagonist and final boss of ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch remake]], as well as the titular leader of the [[Smithy Gang]], an organization that attempts to rule over [[Mario World|Mario's world]] in the game. In order to do that, Smithy tries to get rid of the power of [[wish]]es from the world and, in its stead, fill the world with weapons. He is a tall dark-gray mechanical creature that wears a gold crown and has an extremely long white beard; the [[Nintendo]] Player's Guide has compared his appearance to that of [[Santa Claus]].<ref>''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 104.</ref> Smithy hails from [[Weapon World|another world]] that is accessible by the gateway provided by [[Exor]]. In his world, he resides in his [[Factory (Super Mario RPG)|Factory]], where he creates anthropomorphic weapons that he uses against other [[world]]s. It is also implied during the final battle that multiple versions of him were made and that there were possibly plans to mass-produce him, due to the various heads littered in his final battle arena.

Smithy's name is derived from the word "smith," which is someone who manipulates various materials and alloys, such as a blacksmith. A smith's workshop is sometimes called a smithy as well.

[[File:SmithyBattle.png|thumb|Mario and his party battle Smithy.]]

Prior to his invasion, Smithy gets Exor to occupy [[Bowser's Castle#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Bowser's Keep]]; in its descent, Exor shatters the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]], the source of wishes in the world. Once there, Smithy defeats [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser's Minions|his minions]] and establishes his base of operations in Bowser's Keep of [[Mario]]'s world (while Smithy's Factory remains the main headquarters of the Smithy Gang).

Smithy then sends his lieutenants to retrieve the [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Piece]]s after learning the pieces have potential to restore wishes to the world. Smithy does not want anyone returning the Star Pieces to the Star Road, as the road's recovery would allow the power of wishes to counter the power of the Smithy Gang's weapons and interfere with his attempt of world conquest.

 

However, Mario, [[Mallow]], [[Geno]], [[Princess Peach]], and Bowser prevent Smithy from carrying out his plans, and they obtain the Star Pieces from his lieutenants. They then arrive at Bowser's Keep and enter Smithy's world via Exor. Once they confront Smithy, he is busy creating new weapons and is revealed to have the last Star Piece embedded in his body, presumably to prevent anyone from restoring the power of wishes to the world. Smithy calmly asks Mario to turn over his Star Pieces, but Mario refuses and battles Smithy instead.

Smithy wields a giant metal sledgehammer in battle, which he uses with his right hand. The fingers of his left hand have been fitted with small projectile launchers that he uses to fire bullets at Mario and his [[party member|allies]]. Some of Smithy's magical powers involve summoning a [[Sledge|giant wooden sledgehammer]] to crush Mario and his allies and summoning [[Meteor Swarm|meteors]]. In battle, Smithy is also aided by [[Smelter]]. Smelter produces molten metal from his mouth, which Smithy then shapes into [[Shyper]]s, who immediately enter the battle and begin attacking Mario's party.

*The Normal Head, which he uses to switch to the other heads. This head remains only during the first few turns of the battle. Once he first changes his head to a new form, his original head never returns aside from brief appearances in between form changes.

*The Magic Head, which has the most powerful magical attacks in the game but has weak defense. To compensate, it does not have an elemental weakness.

*The Mask Head, which is used for increased protection and defense and also for healing Smithy's [[Heart Point|HP]]. It boasts the highest physical defense. It is weak to ice-based attacks. In the remake, it is instead called Casket.

After Smithy is defeated, Mario and his allies overheat Smithy's body, which then explodes as a result, and the last Star Piece is recovered by Mario and his allies. With all seven Star Pieces in hand, Geno is able to repair the Star Road and restore the power of wishes to the world, thus ending the Smithy Gang invasion.

At the end of the game, a [[parade]] is held in celebration of the end of the invasion. Smithy, in his original bearded form, appears during the parade, riding atop [[The Blade]]. Many [[Shymore]]s and several of his lieutenants also appear alongside Smithy. As he flies by on The Blade, he pounds his minions [[Claymorton]], [[Bowyer]], and [[Speardovich]] with his sledgehammer.

Smithy appears in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 51|volume 51]] of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', in the adaptation of ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''. After the [[Director]] poisons the heroes with spiked drinks, Mario is unaffected by the poison, and Smithy steps in to take care of him. Immediately, he squashes him with Sledge. Seeing him in trouble, Bowser and Mallow lend their special techniques to Mario: [[Mechakoopa Stomp|Bowser Crush]] (which backfires on Mario) and [[Shocker (Super Mario RPG)|Shocker]], which seems to kill Smithy, but he reveals his true form and unleashes his rage on Mario with Magnum, Spear Rain, and Arrow Rain with the Tank and Sorcerer heads. Geno, having been previously forced to replace Peach at [[Peach's Castle|the castle]], returns, ready to help Mario in the final fight, but he drinks the Director's spiked drink and is knocked down like the others, so he also resorts to passing his special technique, [[Geno Flash]], to Mario. Turned into a cannon, Mario shoots at Smithy, vanquishing him once and for all.

==Profiles and statistics==

====First battle====

====Second battle====

*"''Huh...? Already finished your tour of the [[Factory (Super Mario RPG)|factory]], huh?! All right, then! How about a little demonstration?''"

*"''Hurrumph! Better yet... Why don't YOU give me YOUR stars. Why, then I could easily conquer this world! Then [[Smithy Gang|we]] could get rid of [[wish]]es, and create a world filled with... WEAPONS!!''"

===Japanese Thought Peek quotes===

|JapM=From「鍛冶」(''kaji'', "smith") and「王」(''ō'', "king")

|Jap2=カジオー　({{ruby|一回戦|いっかいせん}})<ref name=FE>''Super Mario RPG'' Final Edition, page 102.</ref>

|Jap2R=Kajiō (Ikkaisen)

|ChiS=锻造王

|ChiSR=Duànzào Wáng

|ChiTR=Duànzào Wáng

|ChiTM=Smith King

|GerM=From ''schmieden'' ("to forge") and ''-rich'' (a masculine noun-forming suffix originally meaning "king")

|Ita=Fabbro Magno

|ItaM=Blacksmith the Great; pun on "Alessandro Magno" ({{wp|Alexander the Great}})

|SpaM=Masculine adaption of ''fraguar'' ("to forge")

|GerM=Smithy (real form)

|Ita=Fabbro Magno (vera forma)

|Jap=カジオー　(戦車)<ref name=FE/> / カジオー（戦車）

|Jap=カジオー　(かんおけ)<ref name=FE/> / カジオー（カンオケ）

|JapR=Kajiō (Kan'oke)

|Jap=カジオー　({{ruby|二回戦魔法頭|にかいせんまほうかしら}})<ref name=FE/>

|Jap=カジオー　({{ruby|二回戦宝箱頭|にかいせんほうせきかしら}})<ref name=FE/>

|ItaM=Smithy (chest)

|Dut=Schmidt (lichaam)

|DutM=Smithy (body)

|SpaM=Smithy (body)

*Smithy was a character nominated for "Best Villain" in the 1996 ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Awards. He received third place. Smithy lost to [[Bowser]] (from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''), who received second place, and {{wp|Boba Fett}} (from {{wp|Shadows of the Empire (video game)|''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire''}}), who received first place.

*Smithy's rain attacks may represent some of the members of the [[Smithy Gang]]. [[Spear Rain]] represents [[Speardovich]], [[Sword Rain]] represents [[Claymorton]] and/or [[Exor]], and [[Arrow Rain]] represents [[Bowyer]].

*Smithy has two official renders. The first depicts him with yellow "tube" arms and the hammer raised. The second is closer to his final design and shows him with chain-link arms and the hammer down. Neither render depicts his red feet that appear on his in-game sprite.