Craw-Daddy

Not to be confused with Clawdaddy.

The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Dark Craw
Location(s)	Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 61-69)
Max HP	20
Attack	6
Defense	0
Moves	Spear Dash (6), Spear Toss (6)
Items	P-Down, D-Up, Life Shroom
Coins	2 - 5
Log	A ghastly-looking spearman that'll poke your feet if you try to stomp it when its spear is pointing up. It attacks by throwing spears or charging.
Misc. stats Level 28 Exp. points 1 Sleep? 90% Dizzy? 80% Confuse? 90% Tiny? 90% Burn? 100% Freeze? 70% Stop? 80% Soft? 95% Fright? 0% Gale Force? 60% KO? 95%
Tattle That's a Dark Craw. Yikes. What a ghastly-looking spear-thrower. Max HP is 20, Attack is 6, and Defense is 0. Wow, that's some serious Attack power. You don't wanna Jump on it if its spear is pointing up. 'Cause that… would hurt. For a run-of-the-mill spear-tosser, he sure looks like he's got a POINT to make! Ha ha!
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“Foolish mortals...I shall drag you through the gate to the Netherworld!”

—Craw-Daddy, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Craw-Daddy, also known as The Dark Gatekeeper, is a Dark Craw and fighter in Glitzville found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. His name is a play on both his species and "crawdad," a name sometimes used for the crayfish. He is ranked fourth in the Glitz Pit, below Hamma, Bamma, and Flare but above The Fuzz. Once Mario wins the championship, he is moved into fifth.

Since Craw-Daddy uses his spear to attack, Mario is not able to jump on him without getting hurt unless he has Spike Shield. Instead, Mario must rely heavily on hammer attacks or using items. Although he has no defense, he makes up for it with a high amount of health and powerful attacks.

Like all Dark Craws, he has red eyes and dark-blue skin, as well as a brown vest and bandana and a red handkerchief, compared to the green and tan clothing that regular Craws wear.

Names in other languages

Craw-Daddy

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヤリクロウ Yari Kurō	Spear Crow; shared with Dark Craws in general
German	Lanzissimo	From "Lanze" (lance) and the Italian augmentative suffix "-issimo"
Italian	Il Custode Satanico	The Satanic Guardian
Spanish	El Rompehuesos	The Bonecrusher

The Dark Gatekeeper

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	あんこくの門番長 Ankoku no Monbanchō	The Dark Gatekeeper
Italian	Il Guardiano dell'Oltretomba	The Underworld Guardian
Spanish	El guardián de la puerta	The gate's guardian