Tap-Tap: Difference between revisions

{{merge from|Rainbow Tap-Tap}}

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'''Tap-Taps''' are small, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and later in its remake, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. These enemies make a distinctive clicking noise while they walk. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as '''Hopping Tap-Taps''' in the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]].<ref>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]]</ref>

Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push the enemy slightly with their tongue. The enemy is also resistant to [[Yoshi Egg]]s and [[Huffin Puffin]] chicks, although they will be sent rolling backwards if hit with one. To defeat a Tap-Tap, it has to collide with another enemy while rolling. [[Chomp Rock]]s, ice breath and fire breath attacks are also capable of defeating a Tap-Tap. There are two color variations seen in Tap-Taps; gray ones remain on their platform, while orange ones walk off the platform they are on. This difference in behavior is also seen in green and red [[Koopa Troopa]]s.

A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' as [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]. A similar enemy is later encountered in [[Baby Bowser]]'s [[Bowser's Castle|castle]], known as [[Tap-Tap the Golden]].

Tap-Taps also appear in ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]'', where they first appear at the end of the fifth chapter of [[Tale of the Spirit of Money]]. Later, the third chapter of [[Tale of the Spirit of Power]] involves defeating at least eight of them. While still normally invincible, the rolling-up platforms can be used to crush them or cause them to fall into [[Spike Trap|spike]]s. They also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', whose manual erroneously labels them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''', where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. Additionally, they appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. A large, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the [[Super Big Tap-Tap]] also appears in this game.

Tap-Taps return in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', being introduced in [[World 2 (Yoshi's Woolly World)|World 2]]. Their bodies now consist of a brown baseball with pointy beads, functioning as spikes. As in previous appearances, some Tap-Taps walk back and forth between two walls, while other jump up and down in place.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', a Tap-Tap appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirit]].

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SMW2YI Tap-Tap screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''

Taptapsprite.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''

SMW2YI Orange Tap-Tap sprite.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''

Tap-Tap YTT.png|''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]''

YTT-Rainbow Tap-Tap Sprite.png|''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''

YT&G Tap-Tap.png|''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]''

YT&G Tap-Tap Orange.png|''Yoshi Touch & Go''

YIDS Gray Tap-Tap.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''

|Jap=カチカチくん<ref>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|page 6]].</ref><ref>「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P15.png|page 15]].</ref>

|JapR=Kachikachi-{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}

|JapM=Japanese onomatopoeia for stones knocking together to create fire.

|Spa=Rolando<ref>''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' Spanish guide</ref>

|SpaM=Pun of a Spanish name and its literal translation, rolling.

|FraA= Gros Bobo{{ref needed}}

|FraAM=Big Owie

|FraE=Bobo{{ref needed}}

|FraEM=Owie

|Ger=Pseudo Stego{{ref needed}}

|GerM=From ''pseudo'' (fake) and ''Stego'', the German name of [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]

|Ita=Piombospino{{ref needed}}<br>Buffopallo<ref>''Yoshi Touch & Go'' Italian manual, page 86.</ref>

|ItaM=From ''piombo'', lead; and ''spina'', spike.<br>

From ''buffo'', funny; and ''pallo'', ball.

|Rus=Топ-топ

|RusM=Onomatopoeia for stepping}}

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