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Gotchawrenches appear on the first stage of the game ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''. A Gotchawrench climbs around the construction site chasing [[Mario]]. They come in two colors, purple (Gotchawrench) and red ('''Gotchawrench Jr.''', which moves more slowly).
Gotchawrenches appear on the first stage of the game ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''. A Gotchawrench climbs around the construction site chasing [[Mario]]. They come in two colors, purple (Gotchawrench) and red ('''Gotchawrench Jr.''', which moves more slowly). They can be permanently trapped with [[dead-end drum]]s.
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===''Wrecking Crew '98''===
===''Wrecking Crew '98''===
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Revision as of 11:41, December 6, 2021

Template:Species-infobox A Gotchawrench[1][2], or Gotcha Wrench[3], is a living metal wrench. It has huge teeth to attack, and legs to help it walk around.

History

VS. Wrecking Crew

Gotchawrenches first appeared in the VS. Wrecking Crew arcade game for the VS. System as nameless enemies, where they were among the only major enemy obstacles. They appear much as they do in the subsequent console game. Red ones move slowly while purple ones are quick. Gotchawrenches can transit through between the foreground and background screens through opened doors. A Gotchawrench on the opposite screen appears as a harmless silhouette.

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

Wrecking Crew

Purple Gotchawrench
Red Gotchawrench

Gotchawrenches appear on the first stage of the game Wrecking Crew. A Gotchawrench climbs around the construction site chasing Mario. They come in two colors, purple (Gotchawrench) and red (Gotchawrench Jr., which moves more slowly). They can be permanently trapped with dead-end drums.

Wrecking Crew '98

GotchaWrench98.png

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.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スパナゴン
Supanagon
Portmanteau of「スパナ」(supana, spanner) and「ドラゴン」(doragon, dragon)

Italian Attrezzosauro
Tool-saur; portmanteau of "attrezzo" (tool) and "dinosauro" (dinosaur)

References

  1. ^ "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 back of the box.
  2. ^ Wrecking Crew instruction booklet, pg. 5 & 8.
  3. ^ Wrecking Crew instruction booklet, pg. 2.