Editing Chain Chomp

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The '''Chain Chomp''' is a recurring enemy in the Mario series.

=Information=

A Chomp is little more than a spherical head with a vicious-looking maw attached to a long chain.  It can move around without any limits if it is not attached to a stake, and even move off the ground by its sheer ferocity, but because of the likely danger a Chomp poses to almost everyone around it, they are usually encountered tied down to guard a location. They are usually portrayed as dog-like with canine barks. Chomps appear in many Mario Games, and sometimes have variations on the original form.

Chain Chomps appear in their normal form in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the World 5 fortress of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''. ''Yoshi's Island'' also contains several types of larger, free-roaming Chomps. In some levels these Chomps falls down from the sky in an attempt to devour [[Yoshi]] and tear holes in the ground at the same time. At other stages, Chomps chase Yoshi while snapping their jaws wildly until their teeth are broken on some sort of obstacle. Chomps similar to this also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' and ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.

Within ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', Chain Chomps appear as enemies in Booster's Tower and Bean Valley. They could be defeated normally in this RPG, and Chomps were also used as weapons by [[Bowser]] in the game. The original Chomp item is found within a hidden room in Booster's Tower and described as a Chomp that was locked away for not being loyal to Booster. An improved item called the Chomp Shell could also be found. In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', Chain Chomps were larger and indestructible, although they could be stunned by [[Bob-Omb]] explosions. There was only one Chain Chomp found in the game, within Bob-Omb Battlefield. This Chain Chomp had to be freed in order to get one of the Power Stars, and Mario could only do this by pounding the peg that the Chain Chomp was chained to into the ground. After being freed the Chomp would slam into the cage that was holding the Power Star and accidentally break it, then begin roaming free. Within ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the freed Chain Chomp was later seen wandering through the Rainbow Isles area.

Chomps are summoned by [[Tutankoopa]] as his minions during the boss battle with him in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. They are quite resilient and can only be harmed by the Super Hammer. After Tutankoopa is defeated, the Chain Chomps turn on Tutankoopa and chase him away. Chain Chomps also appear in the Palace of Shadows and Pit of 100 Trials in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', several Chain Chomplets and later a giant Chain Chomp appear in the [[Pianta Village]] level, where they are red and angry from some sort of fever. They are cured after being hosed off and dropped into the lake. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Chain Chomps are wielded as weapons by the [[Chomp Bros.]].

''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' also contains a Pocket Chomp item. This releases a Chomp that Baby Mario and Luigi will ride chasing the adult Mario and Luigi, who can hop on enemies various times as they run from the Chomps. Within ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Chain Chomps are found in Chapter 3. Additionally, a collection of three multicolored Chomps called the [[Underchomp]] appear as a boss, being a guardian of the [[Underwhere]]. Chomps also appear unchained in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', where they roam freely on some planetoids and can only be defeated by [[Starman|Starmen]].

=Sports Appearances=

Chain Chomps appear often in sports games as obstacles or items.

*'''Golf:''' The Chain Chomps appear as a hazard in the Peach's Garden stage of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''.
*'''Kart Racing:''' Chain Chomps appear as a rare item in the Battle Mode of ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. In ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', rainbow-colored Chain Chomps are found running along the [[Rainbow Road]] level, forming the level's primary obstacle in that game. The Chain Chomp appears both as an obstacle in the Mario Circuit and Luigi Circuit stages and a special item for Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. This Chain Chomp item caused a Chomp to appear and tow the player's kart temporarily, but eventually abandon the kart and continue moving freely along, bowling over any racer in its way. Within ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', various free-roaming Chain Chomps are found as obstacles in the Peach Gardens level. In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]]'', the Chain Chomp appears as an item that only Mario or Luigi could use.
*'''Tennis:''' The Chain Chomps are featured in the Chain Chomp Challenge, where players must feed Chain Chomps the right food.Z Hitting him with Bob-Ombs will enrage him into attacking, at which point he can only be calmed with a [[FLUDD]].
*'''Baseball:''' Chain Chomps appear as obstacles in the Wario Palace level, where it will lunge at anything that nears the foul line. It is also featured in the Chain Chomp sprint minigame, where the player must collect gems while running between the bases without waking the sleeping Chain Chomp.
*'''Soccer:''' The Chain Chomp is a rare item in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' and ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' that will drop down from the sky, crushing one player and then chasing other players down.

Chain Chomps also appear in all of the ''Mario Party'' games, primarily as obstacles or enemies to be avoided in various minigames. They also appear as partners in the Duel Mode of ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', Chomps could be summoned by Chomp Calls and would move the location of the star. Starting in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', when the [[Boo]] became playable, the Chain Chomp took the place of the Boo in the previous games when it could be paid to steal coins or stars from other players.

=Variations=

*'''Calm Chain Chomp''' - An emotional variation of the Chain Chomp found in ''Super Princess Peach''. These Chain Chomps will nap until [[Princess Peach]] attacks it, at which point they wake up and behave like normal Chain Chomps.
*'''Chain Chawful''' - In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', they are Chain Chomps acting loyal to [[Fawful]] due to Fawful-like [[Sworm]]s, although their attack patterns are like normal Chain Chomps. After the Sworm is destroyed, the Chain Chomp will retreat.
*'''Chomp Chomp''' - A name given to the stronger, golden version of the Chain Chomp appearing in ''Super Mario RPG''. Chomp Chomps appear in the Bean Valley area.
*'''Dark Chomp''' - A much stronger version of the Chain Chomp found in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials in ''Super Paper Mario''. They are completely black, obscuring their features.
*'''Fire Chomp''' - This Chomp roams freely followed by a trail of fireballs. They can shoot their fireballs at Mario or Luigi and self-destruct after running out of fireballs. This variation appears in both ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', where they are only found in The Sky, and ''New Super Mario Bros.''.
*'''Kinklink''' - The Kinklinks are miniature Chain Chomps that are used to hold up the chandeliers of Bowser's Keep in ''Super Mario RPG''. In the first battle with Bowser, Bowser can only be defeated by attacking the Kinklink of his chandelier until the Kinklink releases it. Later on, the Kinklinks are replaced by the [[Shy Guy]] Chandel-hos by the Smithy Gang.
*'''Mecha-Chomp''' - Robotic versions of the Chomps found in the Woohooniversity area of ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.
*'''Red Chomp''' - The Red Chomps are weaker versions of Chain Chomps that [[Goombella]] theorizes were only painted red in their sleep. They appear in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' as opponents in Glitzville (as the team Chomp Country), and they are also found in the Pit of 100 Trials. In ''Super Paper Mario'', they are instead stronger than normal Chain Chomps and found in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials.
*'''Stone Chomp''' - These are stone versions of the Chomp enemies that appear only in the Dry Dry Ruins of ''Paper Mario''. The Stone Chomps are found within the treasure rooms and come to life after Mario finds treasures. They are weaker than normal Chomps.

=Other Appearances=

*Chain Chomps appear in several ''The Legend of Zelda'' games, usually referred to as BowWows. First, enemies that strongly resemble Chain Chomps (named ''Kerubin'' in the Japanese version) appear in the [[Turtle Rock]] dungeon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', they are first called BowWows, and Madam Meowmeow has two that she keeps as household pets, one being large and chained outside, while the second smaller one lives inside of the house and is part of the trading sidequest. At one point in the story the large BowWow is stolen by a gang of [[Moblin]]s and [[Link]] must rescue him. Afterwards Link takes BowWow for a walk, and he eats various enemies as well as obstacles that must be cleared in order to access the Bottle Grotto dungeon. Finally, the BowWow appears as an item in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords|Four Swords]]''.

=Trivia=

*Chain Chomp is inspired by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]'s memories of being chased by his neighbor's dog as a child.
*The Chain Chomp was apparently originally created for inclusion in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', only to ultimately wind up being set aside and then utilized by the ''Mario'' team.
*The Chain Chomp also appears as a trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. A sticker of the Chain Chomp from ''Mario Party 8'' also appears.
*Additionally, in ''Yoshi's Island'' various rocks with Chomp faces on them called Chomp Rocks are found.

[[Category: Mario Enemies]]