Kraid

Kraid (クレイド Kureido?) is a corpulent, three-eyed green reptilian extraterrestrial from the Metroid series. He is one of the largest enemies Samus ever encounters in her missions, taking up multiple screens at a time. He is featured in Metroid, its remake Metroid: Zero Mission, Super Metroid, and Metroid Dread.
Kraid is a Space Pirate, and though his rank within the marauding race has never been officially stated, he is likely a high-ranked member and may even be a leader, as he is a prominent boss in his canon appearances. Notably, he is part of the original game's boss duo, the other being his comrade Ridley.
Additionally, Kraid is described in the Metroid Prime manual alongside Ridley as the Space Pirate armies' "mainstays"; one could easily imagine this colossus as the muscle and backbone behind Pirate attacks and raids. As is the case with the Pirates stationed on Zebes, Kraid is not a native of the planet and his origins, along with his homeworld, remain unknown. Both of Samus Aran's missions on Zebes require Kraid to be killed, among others, as a means to infiltrate the Pirate HQ, Tourian.
A press kit profile for Super Metroid has Samus refer to Kraid as the "brutal ruler of Brinstar". In official Zero Mission art on the Japanese website, Kraid is titled the Awakened Behemoth (目覚めた巨獣生物?).
== Theme songs ==
* Kraid's Lair (Metroid)
* Kraid's Lair (Metroid Zero Mission)
* Kraid Boss Theme (Metroid Zero Mission)
* Kraid/Crocomire/Phantoon Boss Theme (Super Metroid)
* Kraid theme complete (Metroid Dread)
== The ReBoot Multiuniverse ==
Kraid was briefly mentioned by Samus as she, Bob, and half of Akari's Pokémon had been assigned in a salvage mission to save the baby Metroid captured by Ridley. He was also briefly seen while Samus and the infected Guardian were fighting each other within the Brinstar Depths of the Smash System; Pikachu assisted while Kraid simply was there to topple the battlefield with just one giant swap. Since Kraid died after Samus killed him during the rescue mission, it's possible, like Zebes, he'd been replicated digitally albeit not much of a threat.
== Gallery ==
File:Kraid NES.jpg|NES Kraid
File:Kraidlike creature Captain N.webp|Kraidlike creature in Captain N
File:Kraid SM.jpg|Super Metroid
File:Kraid Zero Mission.jpg|Zero Mission
File:Kraid cinematic ZM.webp|Kraid cinematic in Zero Mission
File:Kraid-melee.webp|Kraid in SSBM's Brinstar Depths
File:SSBU Dark Samus Screw Attack on Brinstar Depths.webp|SSBU Dark Samus Srew Attack on Brinstar to Kraid
File:Metroid Dread Report with Kraid.webp|Metroid Dread Report with Kraid
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