Magnus von Grapple

Magnus von Grapple
Artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“Are you crying yet? Yeah? Sorry, but this thing isn't armed with tissues. Well, Magnus von Grapple has that effect on people. Total, weeping terror. And you ain't seen nothing yet! Check out the power on this bad boy!”

—Lord Crump, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Magnus von Grapple (referred to as simply Magnus in battle and in the Tattle Log) is a robot operated by Lord Crump in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. It serves as the boss of Chapter 2.

Magnus von Grapple is activated by Lord Crump in the Great Tree after he is cornered by Mario, his partners, and the Puni elder, and forced to deactivate the time bomb which he had previously activated. After being defeated in battle by Mario and his party, Magnus von Grapple explodes, forcing Lord Crump and the X-Nauts whom he brought with him to retreat and allowing Mario to claim the Emerald Star, which Crump had stolen. Later, when Mario and his partners arrive in the X-Naut Fortress, Crump utilizes an upgraded version of the robot known as Magnus von Grapple 2.0.

Battle

Magnus von Grapple's first attack is "Magnus von Punish"; that is, walking up to the party, raising its foot and moving it back and forth over them as if choosing its target, then stomping down on a party member, which deals two points of base damage. It will use this attack on its first turn, and on its every subsequent turn afterwards until its HP reaches twenty.

After its HP reaches twenty, Magnus von Grapple uses its turn to separate its hands from the rest of its body, causing them to hover using thrusters in front of it in the form of two X-Fists, each of which, on their turns, flies into a party member in one of two possible trajectories, dealing four points of base damage. If both X-Fists are defeated, a new pair will return to Magnus von Grapple's arms at the beginning of its second turn afterwards, potentially allowing it to release them again immediately. Notably, the X-Fists are guaranteed to be removed from battle by Flurrie's Gale Force with a perfect action command.

While the X-Fists are independent enemies with 2 HP each, Magnus von Grapple can only attack by jumping in place and then rapidly stomping the ground repeatedly, shaking it and dealing two points of base piercing damage to both Mario and his partner (other than Flurrie, who is unaffected due to floating above the ground). In the original Nintendo GameCube version, the damage is dealt while Magnus von Grapple is stomping the ground; in the Nintendo Switch remake, Magnus von Grapple jumps in place one more time after stomping the ground, dealing the damage as it does so. Additionally, in the Japanese version of the Nintendo GameCube game, this attack cannot be Superguarded.

After a new pair of X-Fists returns to Magnus von Grapple, it has, every turn until it releases them, a 60% chance to use Magnus von Punish and a 40% chance to release its X-Fists again.

In this battle, the audience consists of Punies and X-Nauts, with the former initially taking up the left half of the seats, and the latter initially taking up the right half.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Magnus
	Max HP	30	Attack	2	Defense	1
	Location(s)	The Great Tree	Role	Boss	Level	68
	Sleep?	0%	Dizzy?	50%	Confuse?	50%
	Tiny?	0%	Stop?	50%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	30%	Fright?	0%
	Gale Force?	0%	KO?	0%	Moves	Magnus von Punish (Stomp attack) (2), Earthquake (2, Piercing), Flying X-Fists (4)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	N/A	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 117	Log	A powerful and cutting-edge robot built by X-Naut scientists. It has all the features expected of a robot, including rocket fists.
	Tattle	That's Magnus Von Grapple. It's a giant robot built by the X-Nauts. Lord Crump drives it. Max HP is 30, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. Its most effective attack is one that takes advantage of its size: a smothering stomp. It can also shoot out its fists, which do these super-gnarly rocket punches. Its fists have Max HP of 2, an Attack of 4, and Defense of 0. Its fists are super-powerful, so it's best to knock them down fast. The thing about this robot is I can't tell if it looks cool, or really, REALLY stupid...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Fist
	Max HP	2	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	The Great Tree	Role	Support	Level	0
	Sleep?	0%	Dizzy?	80%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	0%	Stop?	80%	Soft?	95%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	80%	Fright?	0%
	Gale Force?	100%	KO?	0%	Moves	Flying X-Fists (4)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	N/A	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 117	Log	N/A
	Tattle	Japanese: Rocket Punch Mark 2 - English: Unused Message GLOBAL 7162

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Magnus
	Max HP	30	Attack	2	Defense	1
	Location(s)	The Great Tree	Role	Boss	Level	68
	Sleep?	0%	Dizzy?	50%	Confuse?	50%
	Tiny?	0%	Stop?	50%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	30%	Fright?	0%
	Gale Force?	0%	KO?	0%	Moves	Magnus von Punish (Stomp attack) (2), Earthquake (2, Piercing), Flying X-Fists (4)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	100	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 122	Log	A powerful and cutting-edge robot built by X-Naut scientists. It has all the features expected of a robot, including rocket fists.
	Tattle	That's Magnus von Grapple. It's a giant robot built by the X-Nauts. Lord Crump drives it. Max HP is 30, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. Its most effective attack is one that takes advantage of its size—a smothering stomp. It can also shoot out its fists, which do these super-gnarly rocket punches. Its fists have Max HP of 2, an Attack of 4, and Defense of 0. Its fists are super powerful, so it's best to knock them down fast. The thing about this robot is I can't tell if it looks cool, or really, REALLY stupid... And we're not even going to discuss the color.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
X-Fist
	Max HP	2	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	The Great Tree	Role	Support	Level	0
	Sleep?	0%	Dizzy?	80%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	0%	Stop?	80%	Soft?	95%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	80%	Fright?	0%
	Gale Force?	100%	KO?	0%	Moves	Flying X-Fists (4)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	N/A	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 122	Log	N/A
	Tattle	N/A

Gallery

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  Magnus von Grapple in the Great Tree

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  Lord Crump speaking within Magnus von Grapple

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  Mario and Flurrie battle Magnus von Grapple.

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  Magnus von Grapple about to stomp Flurrie

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  Magnus von Grapple after being defeated

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  Magnus von Grapple malfunctioning

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  Magnus von Grapple exploding

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  Magnus von Grapple in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Two X-Fists fired by Magnus von Grapple in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Magnus von Grapple in Super Mario-kun

Names in other languages

Magnus von Grapple

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	バッテンダーロボ[?] Battendā Robo	Likely from「メガバッテン」(Megabatten, "X-Nauts") and「ペケダー」(Pekedā, "Lord Crump") + shortening of "robot"
Chinese (simplified)	X军团机器人[?] X Jūntuán Jīqìrén	X-Nauts Robot
Chinese (traditional)	X軍團機器人[?] X Jūntuán Jīqìrén	X-Nauts Robot
Dutch	Kruisbot[?]	From kruis ("cross") and "bot"
French	Cruxobot[?]	Pun on crux- (a prefix referring to a cross) and "robot"
German	Crucibot[?]	Pun on Crucionen (German name of the X-Nauts) and "robot"
Italian	Justobot[?]	From Giustignardo (the Italian name of Sir Grodus) and "robot"
Korean	엑스다로보[?] Ekseuda Robo	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Robo X[?]	From "robot" and "X"

X-Fist

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ロケットパンチ Roketto Panchi	Rocket Punch
Dutch	Kruisknuist[?]	From kruis ("cross") and knuist ("fist")
French	Roquettopoing[?]	Portmanteau of roquette ("rocket") and poing ("fist")
German	Jetpranke[?]	Jet Mauler
Italian	Pugno Missile[?]	Rocket Punch
Spanish	Puños Fuera[?]	Fists Off; also the Spanish name of Mazinger Z's signature Rocket Punch ability.

Trivia

• In Super Paper Mario, one of the items on Francis's "things to get" list is a Magnus von Grapple action figure.
• According to Goombella's Tattle in the room in which Magnus von Grapple 2.0 is fought, both versions of Magnus von Grapple were built there.