Editing Chikunto

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork - Chikunto.png|180px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|variant_of=[[Ant]]
|comparable=[[Horned Ant Trooper]]
}}
'''Chikunto'''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. They are a variety of [[ant]]s that unleash spikes from their body if [[Mario]] is nearby, damaging him if he tries to [[jump]] on them. A Chikunto eventually retracts its spikes, at which point it can defeated from being stomped. Chikunto can be defeated by a [[fireball]], either way. Chikunto are encountered in the [[The Ant Monsters|first stage]] of [[Macro Zone]] only.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=チクント (JP) / Chikunto (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Chikunto Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=クリープ族
|seikaku=勤勉、忠誠心が強い
|tojo_gemu=ランド2
|desc='''<big>背中のトゲに要注意！</big></b><br>
ランド2に出てくる、アリの化物。ふだんは、踏みつけて倒すことができる。しかし、背中仲からトゲが出ているときに踏みつけると、こちらがダメージを受けてしまう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/OsOLe6z.jpeg 109]}}</ref>
|tribe=Creep clan
|disposition=Hardworking, loyal
|game_appearances=Land 2
|eng_desc='''''<big>Watch out for the spikes on his back!</big><br>
''An ant monster that appears in Land 2. Normally, you can defeat them by stomping on them. However, if you step on them when they have spines protruding from their backs, you will take damage.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SpikedAnt SML2.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
Chikunto.gif|Alternate artwork
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=チクント<ref>{{cite|language=ja|author=Nintendo|publisher=www.nintendo.co.jp|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/l6j/enemy/index.html|title=スーパーマリオランド２　６つの金貨／敵キャラクター|accessdate=July 8, 2024}}</ref>
|JapR=Chikunto
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ちくり」(''chikuri'', a term for "bristling") and「アントット」(''Antotto'', "[[ant#Names in other languages|ant]]")
|Ger=Chikunto
|Ita=Spuntoformica<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=75}}</ref>
|ItaM=Spike-ant
}}

==References==
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