Clawdaddy

Clawdaddies are a crab-based enemy in the Yoshi franchise, particularly within the Yoshi's Island series. They first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
A Clawdaddy is a red crab with foam covering their body. Some appearances color parts of their body light brown. Extending out of the foam is six legs, three on the left and right sides each, two stalks on top, each having one of Clawdaddy's eyes, and two pincers, one of which is usually disproportionately large. Clawdaddies have light purple eyelids. They are usually seen with their eyes half-closed.
Yoshi's New Island is the first appearance in which a Clawdaddy is seen without is foam, revealing a square-shaped body with a frown used to make either an angry or an annoyed facial expression. When a Clawdaddy is maddened, it turns bright red, along with its eyelids.
===Behavior===
In the Yoshi platformers, Clawdaddies start off moving back and forth peacefully, but when they spot a Yoshi, they take out one of their pincers and enlarge it to try and attack Yoshi, damaging him.
==In the games==
===Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island===
Clawdaddies first appear in the level Prince Froggy's Fort. Yoshi can defeat a Clawdaddy by either throwing three eggs at it or by Ground Pounding it.
===Tetris Attack===
A Clawdaddy makes a minor appearance as being the partner of Froggy.
===Yoshi's New Island===
After an absence from Yoshi's Island DS (which instead features the similar Crabble enemy), Clawdaddies appear in two levels, both notably featuring them, Ukiki Trouble in Clawdaddy Cove and King Clawdaddy's Sewer Castle. The latter level features a boss fight against a giant Clawdaddy named King Clawdaddy.
It is possible for a Yoshi to lick the foam off a Clawdaddy, revealing their full body, and he can still defeat one using a Ground Pound. When exposed, Yoshi gains more options to defeat a Clawdaddy by either jumping onto it or by throwing one egg at it.
===Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World===
Clawdaddies return as enemies. They are primarily encountered in Clawdaddy Beach.
===Yoshi's Crafted World===
Clawdaddies are encountered in the level Bombs Away on Pirate Island.
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Category:Crabs
Category:Enemies in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Category:Enemies in Yoshi's New Island