Gotchawrench

Gotchawrench
	; Artwork of the three types of Gotchawrench in VS. Wrecking Crew, from the game's instruction card
First appearance	VS. Wrecking Crew (1984)
Latest appearance	NES Remix Pack (2014)

A Gotchawrench,^[1]^[2] also written as Gotcha Wrench^[3] and referred generically to as a monster,^[4] is a living metal wrench found in the Wrecking Crew series. It has huge teeth to attack, and legs to help it walk around.

HistoryEdit

Wrecking Crew seriesEdit

VS. Wrecking CrewEdit

Gotchawrenches first appear in the VS. Wrecking Crew arcade game for the VS. System as nameless enemies, where they are among the only major enemy obstacles. They appear much as they do in the subsequent console game but do not actively hunt Mario. Red ones move slowly while purple ones, introduced in Phase 3, are quick. The two types are found together only in Phases 7 to 10. They will almost always use the nearest ladder they come across. Gotchawrenches will transit between the foreground and background screens through opened doors in their path. A Gotchawrench on the opposite screen appears as a harmless silhouette.

Starting in Phase 11, red ones are replaced by a hatchet-like version that behave the same. This variation is entirely exclusive to VS. Wrecking Crew, as it is not present in any later-released Wrecking Crew titles.

Wrecking CrewEdit

Gotchawrenches reappear in the NES game Wrecking Crew, starting from Phase 1. They actively chase Mario around the construction site. They come in two colors, purple (Gotchawrench) and red (Gotchawrench Jr.^[5], which moves more slowly). They can be permanently trapped with drums.

Wrecking Crew '98Edit

Gotchawrench is the third challenger in Wrecking Crew '98. Gotchawrench is purple and looks the same as he does in the original. He also appears in the port of the NES version.

WarioWare: D.I.Y. ShowcaseEdit

Two red Gotchawrenches must be defeated as they climb down a wall ladder in the WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase microgame Wreck. Crew.

NES RemixEdit

Gotchawrenches appear in several Wrecking Crew challenges in NES Remix and its compilation NES Remix Pack.

ProfilesEdit

Perfect Ban Mario Character DaijitenEdit

スパナゴン
種族しゅぞく　メカ族ぞく
性格せいかく　しつこい
登場とうじょうゲーム　クリー
しつこいスパナの化物ばけものだ
レッキングクルーで、マリオをしつこくつけまわすスパナの化物ばけもの。赤あかと紫むらさきの２種類しゅるいがいて、マリオの解体作業かいたいさぎょうをじゃまする。工事現場こうじげんばらしい、ユニークなキャラクターだ。^[6]

Gotchawrench
Tribe: Mecha clan
Disposition: Persistent
Game appearances: Crew
A persistent spanner in the works
In Wrecking Crew, these spanner monsters pester Mario. There are two types, red and purple, and they are used to mess with Mario's demolition work. They are unique characters typical of a construction site.

GalleryEdit

VS. Wrecking Crew, Japanese flyer
VS. Wrecking Crew hatchet version, from Japanese flyer
VS. Wrecking Crew hatchet version, from Japanese flyer
In-game screenshot of hatchet version, VS. Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
NES Remix stamp

Names in other languagesEdit

GotchawrenchEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スパナゴン Supanagon スパナゴン２^[7] Supanagon 2	A portmanteau of「スパナ」(supana, spanner) and「ドラゴン」(doragon, dragon) Gotchawrench 2
Italian	Mostro^[8]^[9] Attrezzosauro	Monster A portmanteau of "attrezzo" (tool) and "dinosauro" (dinosaur)

Gotchawrench Jr.Edit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スパナゴン１^[7] Supanagon 1	Gotchawrench 1

ReferencesEdit

^ Wrecking Crew back of NES box. "You’ll have hours of fun demolishing monsters like Gotchawrench and Eggplant Man, and blowing up a building you built yourself, in this off-the-wall demolition game!"
^ Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet, pages 5 and 8.
^ Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet, page 2.
^ Arcade Archives VS. Wrecking Crew in-game manual, pages 4 and 7.
^ Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet, page 5.
^ Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten), page 98.
^ ^a ^b Wrecking Crew Famicom instruction booklet, page 4.
^ Wrecking Crew, Italian e-manual
^ Arcade Archives VS: Wrecking Crew, in-game manual

Navigation

[1] Wrecking Crew back of NES box. "You’ll have hours of fun demolishing monsters like Gotchawrench and Eggplant Man, and blowing up a building you built yourself, in this off-the-wall demolition game!"

[2] Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet, pages 5 and 8.

[3] Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet, page 2.

[4] Arcade Archives VS. Wrecking Crew in-game manual, pages 4 and 7.

[5] Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet, page 5.

[6] Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten), page 98.

[famicom-7] Wrecking Crew Famicom instruction booklet, page 4.

[8] Wrecking Crew, Italian e-manual

[9] Arcade Archives VS: Wrecking Crew, in-game manual

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Gotchawrench
Artwork of the three types of Gotchawrench in VS. Wrecking Crew, from the game's instruction card
First appearance	VS. Wrecking Crew (1984)
Latest appearance	NES Remix Pack (2014)

VS. Wrecking Crew / Wrecking Crew
Characters	Mario • Luigi
Items and objects	Coin • Door • Drum* • Dynamite • Floor • Golden Hammer* • Ladder (Ladder wall) • Letter* • Pillar* • Wall
Enemies	Eggplant Man* • Fireball • Foreman Spike* • Gotchawrench
Only in Wrecking Crew*

Wrecking Crew '98
Characters	Mario • Eggplant Man • Koopa Troopa • Gotchawrench • Foreman Spike • Bowser • Princess Peach • Luigi • Onigiri • Onnanoko • Oyazi • Dogu
Enemies	Forkun • Blonya • Buruccho • Burnya • Dumpty • Jenya • Kanbank • Guruccho • Gata Gata • Poles • U Dokun
Objects	Floor • Handle • Panels (Block • Bomb) • Warp Pipe