Editing Caged Ghost

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:YNI Caged Ghost.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|relatives=[[Dangling Ghost]]<br>[[Ghost Stream]]
}}
'''Caged Ghosts'''<ref name=guide>{{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 close relatives to [[Dangling Ghost]]s that grow from drainage grates in the floor, and are gelatinous ghosts commonly found in damp environments. Caged Ghosts first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its Game Boy Advance version]] and return in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. There are two different kinds of Caged Ghosts: the ones that are squeezed into sewer tunnels, and the large round mounds. They completely block a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s path to the goal or other bonuses, and simply touching one causes the Yoshi to drop [[Baby Mario]] off his back. As their primary attack, Caged Ghosts spit an infinite number of green [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]s or [[Woozy Guy]]s at the Yoshi, and they can be used to attack the Caged Ghost. Doing so causes it to shrink/recede, until it is at its farthest point, when it produces no more enemies and the Yoshi is able to pass it. However, Caged Ghosts are invincible and slowly grow out again a while after being hit with an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]], regaining their ability to produce enemies.

In their debut, Caged Ghosts appear mainly in [[Naval Piranha's Castle]] and [[Ultimate Castle Challenge]], while in ''Yoshi's New Island'', Caged Ghosts are encountered in the level [[King Clawdaddy's Sewer Castle]].

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ドカンいっぱいに広がって、通路をふさいでしまう。タマゴを当てると、ちょっとひるむが、すぐに回復するので連続攻撃が決め手。<ref name=Sho/> (''They spread out to fill up the passageway. If you hit them with an egg, they flinch a little, but they recover quickly, so a series of attacks is the key.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Lurking in sewers, this tough guy eats Shy-Guys, then spits them out for your egg-making pleasure.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' 土管いっぱいに広がって、通路をふさいでしまう。タマゴを連続でぶつけて後退させ、広い場所に出たらとびこえてしまおう。<ref name=Advance/> (''They spread out to fill the earthen pipe and block the passage. Hit them with a series of eggs to make them retreat, then jump over them when a wide path opens up.'')

===''Yoshi's New Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 通路をふさぎながら、ヘイホーを吐き出してくる。倒せないが、タマゴを当てると縮んでいく。その場で大きくなるものと、横に伸びるものの2種類がいる。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P22.jpg|22}}}}</ref>(''It spits out Shy Guys while blocking the passage. They cannot be defeated, but if you hit them with an egg, they shrink. There are two types: one that grows on the spot and the other that grows horizontally.'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Caged ghost.PNG|Graphic for front type from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Caged Ghost tunnel blue.png|Side type from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2 Caged Ghost tunnel brown.png|Brown side type from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
YNI Caged Ghost tunnel.png|Side type from ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
</gallery>

When the mound variety appears on screen it grows rapidly to full height. A useful trick for speedrunning is to hit it with an egg just as it appears on screen, keeping the enemy small so it can be hopped over.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=どかんおばけ<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 P7.jpg|7]]}}</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 P18.png|18]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Dokan Obake
|JapM=Pipe Ghost; alternate spelling shared with [[Ghost Stream#Names in other languages|Ghost Stream]]
}}

==References==
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