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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Big Chain Chomp SMO.png|300px]]<br>A Big Chain Chomp, from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' ([[2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[2019]])
|variant_of=[[Chain Chomp]]
|notable=[[Princess]]
|relatives=[[Chomp]]<br>[[Chomp Shark]]<br>[[Gold Chomp]]<br>[[Incoming Chomp]]<br>[[Silver Chomp]]<br>[[Stompin' Chomp]]
}}
A '''Big Chain Chomp''' is an especially large variety of [[Chain Chomp]]. Large Chain Chomps appear in many other games, such as ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', and the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' games; however, the ones in those games are treated as the normal-sized Chain Chomps.

==History==
===''Super Princess Peach''===
[[File:BigChainChomp SPP.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', Big Chain Chomps make their debut appearance. Despite their name, they do not have any chain attached to them, giving them the properties of a Chomp. They are found in [[Wavy Beach]] and [[Giddy Sky]], specifically [[Wavy Beach 5-2]], [[Wavy Beach 5-4]], [[Giddy Sky 7-2]] and [[Giddy Sky 7-8]]. Big Chain Chomps are usually found bouncing down hills provided with gaps where [[Princess Peach]] and her umbrella [[Perry]] can hide. Some of them are also seen periodically falling down [[pit]]s. Big Chain Chomps can defeat other enemies, such as [[Nipper Plant]]s, on contact. One is also seen in the background of the [[Wavy Beach]] world select screen, bouncing on the water surface, resembling Incoming Chomps' background sprites. According to the game's Glossary, Big Chain Chomp is "A giant Chain Chomp. Very dangerous!"

According to the game's [[Glossary (Super Princess Peach)|Glossary]], Big Chain Chomp is "A giant Chain Chomp. Very dangerous!".

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:Mario vs Iggy Koopa2.png|thumb|200px|left|Iggy's pet Big Chain Chomp]]
A Big Chain Chomp also appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' during [[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]]'s battle in the castle of [[World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5]], having been transformed from a regular Chain Chomp via [[Kamek|Magikoopa]]'s spell. This Big Chain Chomp pulls a rail-based carriage Iggy rides in, as it hops around the platforms of the room. When Iggy is stomped, the Big Chain Chomp gets red and angry with the sound of a train whistle, akin to [[Wiggler]], before beginning to temporarily move faster. This seems to stand in for having Iggy retreat into his shell. Once Iggy has been stomped three times, the Big Chain Chomp is defeated along with its master.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:Iggy and Chomp Battle NSMB2.png|thumb|200px|The Big Chain Chomp in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
A Big Chain Chomp, possibly the same one from before, also appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. It acts much the same as the one from the previous game, but is somewhat smaller, and has more paths to take due to the different room layout. It is defeated the same way as previously.

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Big Chain Chomps appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' alongside other giant enemies. They can be created by dragging a [[Super Mushroom]] onto a normal-sized Chain Chomp.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
[[File:Chain Chomps SMO screenshot.png|thumb|Mario after [[Capture|capturing]] a Big Chain Chomp in ''Super Mario Odyssey.'']]
Big Chain Chomps reappear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' alongside their smaller counterparts in the [[Cascade Kingdom]]. Like regular [[Chain Chomp]]s, they are used to break open larger rocks and even mountainsides Mario usually wouldn't be able to reach. [[Madame Broode]] also has a golden Big Chain Chomp as a pet that she calls "Chain Chompikins".

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
[[File:ChompRuins.png|thumb|left|The Big Chain Chomp in Chomp Ruins]]
In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', Big Chain Chomps are more common than their regular variant (of which only one appears in the final battle with [[Bowser]]) and appear in [[World 5 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 5]]: one in [[Chomp Ruins]] and three in [[Rumble Volcano]]. They cannot actually be harmed (outside of jumping on them pre-battle when they are asleep, which is mitigated by the fact that they, like all enemies and even [[Mario]], recover health when asleep); instead, they are actually the basis of a puzzle. The player has to hammer their post down while they are asleep, then engage them in battle and use any attacks before they wake up. They can be put to sleep with a Thing [[sticker]] or a [[Baahammer]]. Afterwards, the Big Chain Chomp will then lunge at the player, dealing 10 damage and ending the battle early due to escaping confinement. This attack cannot be blocked. After the battle in Chomp Ruins, the Big Chain Chomp knocks down the back wall, revealing the [[Comet Piece]], then jumps into the background (similar to the Chain Chomp in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', where it bounces around, destroys the jail cage containing the [[Power Star]], then bounces off to the summit). In Rumble Volcano, the Big Chain Chomps are needed in order to reach [[Petey Piranha]], the guardian of the fifth [[Royal Sticker]].

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
[[File:PMCS ChateauChanterelle02.png|thumb]]
A Chain Chomp named [[Princess (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Princess]] becomes a Big Chain Chomp in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', by way of [[Kamek]]'s magic. In this form, she is made out of interlocking pieces of cardboard. The music theme during when she appears is a remix of the one used in the Big Chain Chomp scenes in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''.

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
[[File:MLPJ Iggy and Big Chain Chomp.png|left|thumb|200px|Iggy Koopa, Mario, and Luigi run away from the Big Chain Chomp]]
A single Big Chain Chomp appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. Iggy and Morton use the Big Chain Chomp for one of their attacks.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=でかワンワン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 145 and 210.</ref>
|JapR=Deka Wanwan
|JapM=Big Chain Chomp; compare ''[[Chomp Shark|Biggu Wanwan]]''
|FraE=Maxi-Chomp
|FraEM=Big Chomp
|FraA=Boulouf géant
|FraAM=Giant Chomp
|Ger=Maxi-Kettenhund
|GerM=Big Chain Chomp
|Spa=Gran Chomp Cadenas
|SpaM=Big Chain Chomp
|Ita=Categnone (''Super Mario Galaxy'')<br>Categnaccio gigante<br>Carrozzaccio<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pagg. 145 and 195</ref> (Iggy's Chain Chomp)
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Categnaccio'' (the Italian name of the Chain Chomps) and the augmentative suffix ''-one''.<br>Giant Chain Chomp<br>Portmanteau of "Categnaccio" (Chain Chomp) and "carrozza" (chariot/wagon)
|Dut=Reuzen-Chain Chomp
|DutM=Giant Chain Chomp
|Rus=Огромный кусалкин на цепи
|RusR=Ogromnyy kusalkin na tsepi
|RusM=Giant Chain Chomp
|ChiS=巨型汪汪
|ChiSR=Jùxíng Wāngwang
|ChiSM=Giant Chain Chomp
|ChiT=大汪汪
|ChiTR=Dà Wāngwang
|ChiTM=Big Chain Chomp
}}

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