Crusty
| Crusty | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
| Subject origin | Crab | ||
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Crusty is a powerful crab-like enemy that lives in the waters in and around Jonathan Jones' Sunken Ship in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. A Crusty actually has a pink exoskeleton; however, since they can only be found underwater, they appear blue and their real coloration is never seen. This was reverted in the Nintendo Switch remake.
Crusties are very powerful monsters but are also very rare; they can only be found aiding other types of underwater monsters in battle. These crustaceans have high physical attack and high physical defense. A Crusty uses its massive pincers to inflict severe damage to an opponent 2/3 of the time, or fires a light bubble 1/3 of the time that does no damage, but with the effect of inflicting Mute. Crusties do not have any magic.
Although Crusties have high physical defense, their magical defense is low, and they are weak to Fire and Thunder. As such, Mario and Mallow can defeat them fairly easily. Crusties are related to the more powerful Star Crusters.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Crusty | |||||||||
 
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HP | 80 | FP | 100 | Speed | 6 | |||
| Location(s) | Sea, Sunken Ship | Attack | 100 | Magic attack | 12 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 100 | Magic defense | 35 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (80%) | Yoshi Cookie | Bracer | Morph rate | 75% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Fire, Thunder | Strong | Jump | Sp. attacks | Mute Light Beam | ||||
| Coins | 7 | Exp. points | 25 | Items | Honey Syrup (25%), Royal Syrup (5%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Look at THIS!" | ||||||||
- Thought Peek quote
- Japanese: と～れとれピ～チピチ。[1](To~re tore pi~chi pichi.)
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Crusty | |||||||||
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HP | 80 | Weak Elements |  
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Drops | Honey Syrup | |||
| Exp. | 25 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | Royal Syrup | ||||
| Found in | Sea | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | The "bubble" it uses is a trusty way of defending itself when it hasn't fought in a while and is getting rusty. It's the sweat secreted when it's flustered. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Floppy, floop—in a netted hoop." | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | カーニィ[?] Kānī |
Corruption of「蟹」(kani, crab) | |
| French | Crustave[?] | From "crustacé" (crustacean) and "épave" (shipwreck) | |
| German | Brachizang[?] | ? | |
| Italian | Crustavo[?] | Portmanteau of the game "Gustavo" (Gustave, also means "I was tasting/savoring") and "crostaceo" (crustacean) | |
| Korean | 투구게[?] Tuguge |
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| Spanish | Crusty[?] | - |
Trivia
- In the Japanese version, Crusty's thought via Mallow's Thought Peek ability is a reference to the classic commercial jingle for Kani Dōraku, a seafood restaurant chain, and roughly translates to "fresh-caught and lively".[2] While this reference isn't carried over to the English translation in the Nintendo Switch remake, the script still alludes to it by making Crusty's Thought Peek quote a rhyming jingle.
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150508022554/www.a-suma.com/old/guide/smRPG/enemylist1.htm
- ^ Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG § Kānī / Crusty. Legends of Localization. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
