A Guide to Super Mario Bros. 2/Bosses/Clawgrip
Clawgrip is an enemy character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. Clawgrip is a large crab-like monster that throws large rocks. Clawgrip only appears once in Super Mario Bros. 2 at the very end of World 5. Clawgrip lives in a giant tree awaiting the arrival of Mario and his friends. Clawgrip grabs rocks from a larger pile of them and hurls them at Mario and friends; the rocks must be grabbed before they fall into a nearby pit. Clawgrip must be hit five times with rocks in order to be defeated.
Clawgrip is one of the few enemies in the U.S. version of Super Mario Bros. 2 that does not originate in Doki Doki Panic (which the game is based on). Clawgrip replaces the third occurrence of Mouser (a white variety that also does not exist in SMB 2) in Doki Doki Panic. According to the original game manual, it states that Clawgrip "grows suddenly" but this is not apparent in the game itself. Clawgrip somewhat resembles the crab-like enemies from the original Mario Bros. game.