Tap-Tap

Template:Species-infobox Tap-Taps are small, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Sometimes they'll hop up and down. They can't be hurt in any normal way, except for an egg. A Huffin' Puffin chick will send one flying backwards, and if it hits another, the other one will be destroyed. They're immune to most attacks, except ice breath and fire breath. A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as Tap-Tap the Red Nose, as well as a similar obstacle in Baby Bowser's castle known as Tap-Tap the Golden.

Tap-Taps have also appeared in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, Yoshi Touch & Go (whose manual erroneously labeled them as Spiked Fun Guys, which are actually a different species), and Yoshi's Island DS, where they behaved similarly; however, instead of the normal ones walking off platforms, the pink ones walk off while the normal ones stay. A large, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the Super Big Tap-Tap also appears in Yoshi's Island DS.

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  Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Yoshi's Island DS

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カチカチくん Kachikachi-kun	Japanese onomatopoeia for stones knocking together to create fire.
Chinese	咔咔 Kākā	Onomatopoeia for cackling, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name
German	Pseudo Stego	From pseudo (fake) and Stego, the German name of Tap-Tap the Red Nose
Italian	Piombospino	From piombo, lead; and spina, spike.
Spanish	Rolando	Pun of a Spanish name and its literal translation, rolling.

Trivia

• The name of Tap-Taps may come from the distinctive clicking noise they make as they walk.