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|image=[[Image:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>A '''Tap-Tap''' bounds forward. |
|image=[[Image:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>A '''Tap-Tap''' bounds forward. |
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|variants=[[Super Big Tap-Tap]] |
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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (1995) |
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[1995]]) |
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|notable=[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Golden]] |
|notable=[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Golden]] |
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|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' (2014) |
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[2014]]) |
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==Names in Other Languages== |
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|Jap=カチカチ |
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|JapR=Kachikachi |
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A Tap-Tap bounds forward. | |||
First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) | ||
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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.
In Yoshi's New Island, Tap-Taps are back and the behave the same way as in earlier installments. Tap-Tap The Golden is back too.
Appearance
A Tap-Tap is a small, spherical spiked creature with two black, beady eyes and a grin, it also has a bulbous red nose, Tap-Tap are immune to most attacks, except Special Blue Watermelon and Super Red Watermelon.
Notable Members
Names in Other Languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | カチカチ Kachikachi |
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 | Pimbospino | From piombo, lead; and spina, spike. |
Spanish | Metalón | From metal. |
Trivia
- Spiky Tromps and Spiny Tromps look very much like Tap-Taps; they are also round and covered in spikes.
- Sorbetti, from Super Mario Galaxy 2, looks like it may be a Super Big Tap-Tap made out of snow.
- The name of Tap-Taps may come from the distinctive clicking noise they make as they walk.