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=== Tabletop Games ===
=== Tabletop Games ===
* Classic monsters in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
* Classic monsters in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
** In module ''S2 White Plume Mountain'', the PCs could fight a giant crab in a air bubble inside an area filled with boiling hot water. [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/wpm_gallery/WPM_Room17.jpg An illustration from the module].
** In module ''S2 White Plume Mountain'', the PCs could fight a giant crab in a air bubble inside an area filled with boiling hot water. [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/wpm_gallery/WPM_Room17.jpg An illustration from the module].
*** Said crab has obtained [[That One Boss|notoriety]] for [[Total Party Kill|killing even well-prepared, powerful parties]]. Giant monsters in confined spaces can be very nasty.
*** Said crab has obtained [[That One Boss|notoriety]] for [[Total Party Kill|killing even well-prepared, powerful parties]]. Giant monsters in confined spaces can be very nasty.
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* Clawgrip, a boss in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
* Clawgrip, a boss in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
** Also, Hermie from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
** Also, Hermie from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
** Also Sidesteppers, the crabs from ''[[Mario Bros]].''
** Also Sidesteppers, the crabs from ''[[Mario Bros.]].''
** Also, Huckits from ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]''.
** Also, Huckits from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.
** Also, Crabbers from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.
** Also, Crabbers from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.
* The "Carcino" type of Noise from ''[[The World Ends With You]]'': folk, ska, metal, samps, and punk.
* The "Carcino" type of Noise from ''[[The World Ends With You]]'': folk, ska, metal, samps, and punk.
* ''[[Castlevania]]: Order of Ecclesia'' features a [[Wake Up Call Boss]] battle against Brachyura, a "giant crab from the depths of Transylvanian history" (the [[Bragging Rights Reward|medal]] for defeating it without getting hit actually calls it a "giant enemy crab") whose attack patterns have much more internal variation than those of the first two. Also becomes [[That One Boss]] for people who can't figure out that they [[Puzzle Boss|need to drop the elevator on it]] (which is [[Ludicrous Gibs|probably the most satisfying boss gib EVER]]).
* ''[[Castlevania]]: Order of Ecclesia'' features a [["Wake-Up Call" Boss]] battle against Brachyura, a "giant crab from the depths of Transylvanian history" (the [[Bragging Rights Reward|medal]] for defeating it without getting hit actually calls it a "giant enemy crab") whose attack patterns have much more internal variation than those of the first two. Also becomes [[That One Boss]] for people who can't figure out that they [[Puzzle Boss|need to drop the elevator on it]] (which is [[Ludicrous Gibs|probably the most satisfying boss gib EVER]]).
* An early boss and later [[Bonus Boss]] in ''[[Suikoden IV]]''. The mandatory one required the protagonist to use the [[Cast From Hit Points|Rune of Punishment]] first to make it damagable.
* An early boss and later [[Bonus Boss]] in ''[[Suikoden IV]]''. The mandatory one required the protagonist to use the [[Cast from Hit Points|Rune of Punishment]] first to make it damagable.
** ''[[Suikoden III]]'' also has multiple Giant Enemy Crabs; they're something of a Suikoden tradition.
** ''[[Suikoden III]]'' also has multiple Giant Enemy Crabs; they're something of a Suikoden tradition.
* The King Crabber boss in ''[[Summon Night]]: Swordcraft Story''. [[Go for the Eye|Go For The Eyes]]!
* The King Crabber boss in ''[[Summon Night]]: Swordcraft Story''. [[Go for the Eye|Go For The Eyes]]!
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* ''[[Patapon]]'' features two crab bosses named Cioking and Ciokina. You get to cook them.
* ''[[Patapon]]'' features two crab bosses named Cioking and Ciokina. You get to cook them.
* ''[[Dark Age of Camelot]]'' has a house-sized crab called the [http://camelot.allakhazam.com/db/search.html?cmob=3891 bone snapper].
* ''[[Dark Age of Camelot]]'' has a house-sized crab called the [http://camelot.allakhazam.com/db/search.html?cmob=3891 bone snapper].
* The original ''[[Starcraft]]'s'' Zergs fielded Guardians: giant ''flying'' crabs.
* The original ''[[StarCraft]]'s'' Zergs fielded Guardians: giant ''flying'' crabs.
* The [[Original Generation]] villain for the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' series [[Crossover]] game on the [[Nintendo DS]] turns into a Giant BLUE Enemy Crab as its [[One-Winged Angel]] form. Worse, it fights with [[Beaming Grin|BeamingGrins]] ([[Memetic Mutation|Shoop Da Whoop]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] Giant Enemy Crab?). He's still easy as long you avoid said beams.
* The [[Original Generation]] villain for the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' series [[Crossover]] game on the [[Nintendo DS]] turns into a Giant BLUE Enemy Crab as its [[One-Winged Angel]] form. Worse, it fights with [[Beaming Grin|BeamingGrins]] ([[Memetic Mutation|Shoop Da Whoop]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] Giant Enemy Crab?). He's still easy as long you avoid said beams.
* One of the many enemies in ''[[Lost Kingdoms]]'' is a Giant Crab, and as said, it's an enemy, [[Captain Obvious|making it a Giant Enemy Crab]]. Their [[Summon Magic|card attack]] is one the worst in the entire game, though.
* One of the many enemies in ''[[Lost Kingdoms]]'' is a Giant Crab, and as said, it's an enemy, [[Captain Obvious|making it a Giant Enemy Crab]]. Their [[Summon Magic|card attack]] is one the worst in the entire game, though.
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=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. Early editions had giant crayfish as monsters.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. Early editions had giant crayfish as monsters.
* ''[[Monsterpocalypse]]'' the Tritons have a monster Crustaceous which is a giant bipedal lobster.
* ''[[Monsterpocalypse]]'' the Tritons have a monster Crustaceous which is a giant bipedal lobster.


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