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{{species infobox
[[Image:CactusJack_SMW2.png|thumb|100px|A '''Cactus Jack'''.]]
|image=[[File:CactusJack SMW2.png]]
'''Cactus Jacks''' are large, spike covered [[Pokey]]s with targets on their chests. They can only be moved by being shot by an [[Egg]]. If they come into contact with anything when rolling they'll explode and shoot out coins. Cactus Jacks appear only in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|variant_of=[[Pokey]]
}}
'''Cactus Jacks'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=American English|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|page=[[media:SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|126]]}}</ref> are large beige [[Pokey]]s with a target on their chest. They only appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[Reissue|remake]], ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. Cactus Jack are named after politician {{wp|John Nance Garner|John "Cactus Jack" Garner}}.<ref>TMK. [https://themushroomkingdom.net/games/smw2 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]. ''The Mushroom Kingdom''. Retrieved July 4, 2008.</ref>{{better source}} Cactus Jack's English name may also be a reference to {{wp|Mick Foley}}'s professional wrestling alter-ego.


==History==
They are a pale sub-species of [[Needlenose]]s.
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
[[File:Cave of the Mystery Maze 3.PNG|thumb|Brown Yoshi and a Cactus Jack in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']]
In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its remake]], Cactus Jack only appear in two levels: [[Watch Out For Lakitu]] and [[The Cave Of The Mystery Maze]]. They stand on not only the ground, but also [[track]]s. Cactus Jacks can be moved if a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] throws a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi's egg]] at them. If they come into contact with anything when rolling, they explode and shoot out [[coin]]s.


===Unused appearances===
==Trivia==
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*Cactus Jacks are named after politician John "Cactus Jack" Garner.<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/smw2 The Mushroom Kingdom] (Accessed on 4-7-08)</ref>
[[File:Cactijackmodel.png|thumb|An unused model of a Cactus Jack from ''Yoshi's New Island'']]
Cactus Jacks [[list of Yoshi's New Island pre-release and unused content|were going to appear]] in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' where their eyes and coloration would look more similar to standard Pokeys, as there is a model with a set of animations, but they were removed from the final game.<ref>{{cite|author=Skawo|date=May 25, 2022|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfhNkBR10DQ&t=150s|title=<nowiki>[TCRF]</nowiki> Yoshi's New Island Unused Stuff 1|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
 
==Profiles==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
{{Multilang profile
|type=Shogakukan guide
|Jap=からだの的にタマゴを当てても、ニコニコしながら転がり落ちる。<ref name=Sho/>
|JapM=When you hit the target of its body with an egg, it rolls away smiling.
}}
{{Multilang profile
|type=[[Player's Guide]]
|Eng=This sharp guy is always on the lookout for someone to stick up.<ref name=NP/>
}}
 
====''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
{{Multilang profile
|type=Shogakukan guide
|Jap=からだのマトにタマゴを当てると、ニコニコしながら転がり落ちる。<ref name=Advance/>
|JapM=When you hit the target of its body with an egg, it rolls away smiling.
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMA3 The Cave of the Mystery Maze.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-CactusJack.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マトサンボ<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「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'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg|5]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「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'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P23.png|23]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Mato Sanbo
|JapM=Target Pokey
}}


==References==
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