Crackpots are an enemy in Wario Land: Shake It!.
Profile[]
Physical description[]
Crackpots are octopus-like creatures which somewhat resemble an Octorok, and they wear a pot. Crackpots are featured in maroon and purple color variations, with the former wearing an orange pot while the latter wears a gray pot.
Behavior[]
Crackpots attack by shooting spiky balls at Wario. After this, it retreats into its pot. Maroon Crackpots only spit out one spiky ball at a time, while the purple variation spits out three at a time.
In Wario Land: Shake It![]

A purple Crackpot spitting a spiky ball at Wario in Gurgle Gulch in Wario Land: Shake It!
Crackpots have a threat rating of two stars. If a Crackpot is stunned, Wario can pick it up and shake its pot, causing the Crackpot to pop out and shoot in the direction Wario is facing; this can be used to defeat other enemies.
Behind the scenes[]
Etymology[]
Crackpots have the same name as "crackpot," which describes someone who has implausible beliefs and refuses to acknowledge it as such.
[Edit] Wario Land: Shake It!
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Protagonists | Protagonists | Wario • Captain Syrup • Queen Merelda • Merfle • Merfle (character) |
Areas | Areas | Shake Dimension • The Sweet Stuff • Ratl Ruins • Wiggly Wilds • Rocking Range • Jiggle Jungle • Quiver Cliffs • Shakedown Schooner |
Levels | Regular | Aboard the Sweet Stuff • Stonecarving City • Whoopsy Desert • Foulwater Falls • Run-Down Pyramid • Just Plains • Wavy Waters • Mt. Lava Lava • Savannah Valley • Wreck Train • Stonetooth Cave • Its-all Mine • Glittertown • Ropey Jungle • Windbreak Bay • Airytale Castle • Soggybog River • Mount Bighill • Creep Blue Sea • Slipshod Slopes • Bad Manor |
Secret | Disturbing Tomb • Gurgle Gulch • Sneak Peak • Lowdown Depths • Neon City • Derailed Express • Launchpad Labyrinth • Riverbloat Rapids • Prism Prison • Bamboozle Village • Freezing Fields • Boogie Mansion | |
Enemies | Enemies | Bandinero • Boomdinero • Buccanero • Bumbleprod • Crackpot • Flimflam • Flipsting • Floating Bandinero • Gate • Grunchin • Jellopus • Mummer • Nosedozer • Peek-a-boom • Pengoon • Pitchfork • Plunger • Recapitator • Scarracuda • Shortfuse • Spinbat • Treasure Chomp • Tub-sub • Turkeyjerk • Venus Guytrap • Volcannon |
Bosses | Bosses | Rollanratl • Hot Roderick • Chortlebot • Bloomsday • Large Fry • Shake King |
Items | Items | Coin • Garlic |
Objects | Objects | Ancient Globe • Blast-O-Cannon • Bomb Block • Bonfire Block • Bottomless Coin Sack • Boulder • Certainty Switch • Checkpoint block • Coin Bag • Diamond • Fossil • Icicle • Lava • Max Fastosity Dasherator • Merfle Barrel • Push button • Rocket Bucket • Shake block • Shake Pillar • Shrinkbarrel • Skewer • Slot machine • Snowman Block • Spike • Spike Bar • Subwarine • Treasure chest • Uncertain Block • Unibucket |
Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | Gallery |