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Crab 3 Tourney Saga

Crab 3 is the final entry of the Gamemaster Trilogy of CRAB. After the final tournament finished and the Crabs were trapped forever in the Bucket, the Gamemaster returns from his vacations in Ibiza and replaces Chadwick once more, starting a tournament and dragging more than 60 competitors who will have to face each other in contest and deadly battle. The prize? Once more, a wish that can change everything.

Rounds

Round 1: Quest (Centuria)

The Crabs were put in four different teams, Empire, Horde, Forest Alliance and Brotherhood of Shadows, factions that fought for dominance of the magical land of Centuria. There they battled in different conflicts trying to get their factions to secure the victory.

Round 2: Ikigai (Japan)

Crabs were transported to Japan, where they engaged in competitions related to Japanese entertainment and culture while trying to respond the question of what gave their lives meaning.

Round 3: Fight (The Bucket)

As per usual, the final round is a battle to the end in the middle of the Bucket itself.

Extra Matches

Hosts

Teams

Juan Freaky Freakers

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The Freaks

A team of disgusting and perverted freakazoids… and one poor shadow person among them. Their base of operations was Z’s house. They were led by the Florida Man.

Base of operations: Z’s house.

  • Carlos “Florida Man” Romero: An insane and beastly man from Florida.
  • Mister Overkill: A wageslave for a weapons selling company.
  • R. Ant: An ant that rapes.
  • Oji-san: An empathy construct in the shape of a fat older man.
  • Magai: A clump of semen that gained consciousness.
  • Z: A mysterious individual who can create shadows of defeated opponents.

H.A.U.N.T.

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The Monsters

A team composed of seemingly evil monsters and spooky creatures. Their base of operations was Lenard’s blimp. They were led by the overlord Lenard himself.

Base of operations: H.A.U.N.T. Blimp.

Odyssey

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The Animals

A team composed of animal-furry people of mostly cheerful disposition. Their base of operations was an airship. They were led by the otter girl Frankie Fisher.

Base of operations: Odyssey Airship.

  • Francine “Frankie” Fisher: A woman turned otter by a powerful plague acting as a therapist.
  • Dylan Lucas Mostynn: A long lived and powerful ascended mortal who seeks worthy wielders for “Mementos”.
  • LOVE: The goddess of violence in the form of a ditzy bunny girl.
  • Mishka: A rebellious reincarnating spirit in the form of a Russian lamia.
  • Epona Claymore: A fae horse woman templar who creates paper soldiers.
  • Ludwig Ross: A gambling tech expert catman who’s also a fugitive. (Joined after the events of Round 1.)
  • Pix and Mister Chammy: Two cartoon like creatures who hate each other.
  • Boxing Wizard (Joins after the events of Round 2)

(B)Rat Pack

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The Youngs

A team composed of young often troubled or rebellious people. Their base of operations was a run down dormitory. They were led by Wietse, the younger version of the commentator Wietse.

Base of operations: Shared Dorm.

Monomyth

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The Heroes

A team composed of powerful heroes from their respective universes. Their base of operations was a facility sometimes carried by the titan Centurion. They were led by the survivor hero Soren Santos.

Base of operations: Centurion Facility.

Bucket Servants

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The Servants

A team composed by people with jobs requiring serving or watching over others. Their base of operations was the Bucket itself. They were led by the goddess Sentimia.

Base of operations: The Bucket.

Light Magic Club

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The Witches

A team composed of all young women of great magical power. Their base of Operations was Ocapon’s head. They were led by the elf Ocapon.

Base of operations: Ocapon’s Lighthouse.

Hateful Eight

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The Cursed

A team composed mostly of people who endured tragedy or curses of different kinds. They were led by Pharaoh Tikas the Young.

Base of operations: Unknown.

Ultraviolent

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The Villains

A team composed mostly of brutal might-makes-right villains and one Teresa. They were led by Alicade Tredecima, the witch empress.

Base of operations: Tredecima’s Lair.

  • Alicade Tredecima: A witch empress obsessed with her father who can infest and multiply herself on others.
  • Godefroy Des Ètoiles: A crazy French wrestler knight with nuclear powers.
  • Pe’le: An evil pirate queen with fire powers.
  • Victory Man: A divine construct made to always obtain victory in any kind of competition.
  • Mogan Sae-Hyeon: A jester themed mook girl with powerful esper abilities.
  • Teresa Humboldt: A timid soldier girl working as a field doctor with analytical powers.
  • Arch: A powerful indestructible shapeshifter soldier.
  • R. Ant (Joined after the events of Round 2)
  • Magai (Joined after the events of Round 2)
  • Cheras (Joined after the events of Round 2)
  • Libitina-0087: A brutal soldier girl ant looking for her prince. (Joined during Round 3)

Stuffed Crust Crusaders

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The Professionals

A team composed of different professionals of fields. Their base of operations was Luigi’s Pizzeria and they were led by Luigi.

Base of operations: Luigi’s Pizzeria.

  • Luigi: A dog man running an Italian pizzeria and war veteran.
  • Celia Pinewood: A policewoman who solves cases involving ghosts.
  • Davok: A veteran monster hunter.
  • Morgan O’Reilly: A cyborg professional thief and assassin.
  • Vera: A Polish sniper woman surviving a robot apocalypse.
  • Harry Chamberland: A soulless evil reporter.

NPCs

  • Der Baum: A mystical old and wise tree who was the nucleus of power of the Forest Alliance in Centuria. Was killed by the Horde but later revived as a sprout by the Gamemaster.
  • Randolph: A loyal soldier of the Empire who befriended Cassidy but was killed by Z. Later revived by Kome.
  • Janny’s Buffoon: A buffoon who assisted the Janitor and died to Tredecima during her attack on the Capital.
  • Sir Prancelot: A deer who sacrificed himself to ally the horde and the forest.
  • Emperor Tardfart and his Family: The Emperor of the Centuria Empire, a chud kinda guy. He had one sickly but more talented and powerful son who served as regent of the Empire and was assassinated by Godefroy.
  • The Brotherhood of Shadows: A league of mysterious individuals who ruled Centuria from the Shadows. They were defeated by Ocapon and Lenard and exiled.
  • The Jelliuska: A race of octopus beings who reached Centuria looking for help against their tyrants. They were saved by Wanzu and Tredecima and later given some control over Centuria.
  • John The Silent: An old enemy of Soren in many realities who comes to destroy him in the final round. He succeeds.

Ending

After the Tournament ended, with Berbie having died and saved the previous contestants after facing the Rebellion, and Tredecima being defeated, three teams ultimately obtained the victory: Brat Pack, H.A.U.N.T. and the Bucket Servants.

The Gamemaster decided to let them vote who would obtain the wish - between Lenard’s wish to enslave the Crabs in his circus and the Brats’ wish to become gods and help them, the Brats ultimately won and ascended as Overgods, returning the Crabs to their worlds and helping them if needed.

The Gamemaster himself however ascended to an even higher state than the Bratheon, and ultimately left the tournament for the time being.

Threads

The original threads on 4chan’s /ic/ board, archived on warosu.org, stage by stage; the Gaiden threads (between Crab 2 and Crab 3) ran on /i/ and are archived on archived.moe:

GM Election Arc

Crab Gaiden

Source

Text: CRAB WIKI, Crab 3 (revision 1989, 2025-03-17; by ArkAngal, XPerson5467, Fresbi, Bon.1138, TheBrianPillman, EtherealCoffee, Writer-sama, Sgt Keroro)
Pictures: uploaded to the wiki by Fresbi (1721138878094862.png, Haunt team.jpg, 1721080688909385.png, 1721069300885029.png, 5895845 1025967 omnisentertainment awesoman-crab-pit-introduction.805fc3cf567cad03c1250c4781044318.jpg, Fef.png, H8tful8 logo dark red.png, Rtgg.jpg, 1721093189308993.png); XPerson5467 (LightMagicClub.jpg)
Also: Spelling and grammar of the wiki text corrected by G (9 Oct 2026)
Also: Recurring terms written in one form by G (9 Oct 2026)
Licence: text CC BY-SA 4.0; characters, comics and art belong to their creators

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