| The Claw | |
|---|---|
 The Claw as seen in The Diplomat's Daughter. | |
| First Get Smart Appearance | The Diplomat's Daughter |
| Additional Episodes | The Amazing Harry Hoo |
| Affiliation | KAOS (Asian Arm) |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | None Known |
| Defeated by | Arrested twice by CONTROL |
| Famous Quote | "Not the Craw, the CRAW!" |
Mysterious head of the Oriental Arm of KAOS.
He has several henchmen employed under him, but his most trusted assistant is Bobo, who performs torture for him.
The Claw is first encountered when he kidnaps Princess Ingrid of Scandinavia during her visit to Washington [Episode #2: "Diplomat's Daughter"]. He is later seen running a chain of Chinese laundries as a front for his information smuggling agency [Episode #25: "The Amazing Harry Hoo:].
Physical Description[]
The Claw is a fairly short Chinese man, who dresses in Chinese robes. He is partially bald on the very top of his head. He has a large mechanical claw replacing his left hand. It is magnetic, allowing him to pull phones, guns, and other metal objects toward him, but detaching those objects from the claw often takes an undignified amount of effort.
Name[]
Stereotypically, he can't pronounce the letter L , which makes Maxwell Smart think his name is the "Craw" and not the "The Claw". Every time Max makes this mistake, The Claw corrects him saying, "Not the Craw, the Craw!" (But this joke is based on a misunderstood stereotype. Chinese can, in fact, pronounce the letter L; many Chinese language words have the "L" sound (lao, ling, lo, lu). Rather, it is the letter R that Chinese have difficulty pronouncing, since the "R" sound is uncommon and nearly nonexistent in Chinese. (In Japanese, it is the other way around. Can pronounce R, but not L (Hiroshima, arigato, ikura, kamakura)
List of episodes featuring The Craw/The Claw[]
The Claw is portrayed by Leonard Strong in both episodes.
The Claw outside "Get Smart" series[]
- In the animated series "Inspector Gadget" which featured the voice of Don Adams and was strongly influenced by "Get Smart", the main hero fought the organization M. A. D. governed by Dr. Claw.
- In Get Smart (2008) in the beginning you can see a note mentioning The Craw/The Claw.