Editing Dancing Spear Guy

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMW2 Dancing Spear Guy.jpg]]<br>Artwork from ''[[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=''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|variant_of=[[Spear Guy]]
|variants=[[Bamboo dancers]]
}}
'''Dancing Spear Guys'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|126}}}}</ref> are a more energetic variety of [[Spear Guy]]s that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They are generally orange or yellow in color and are commonly depicted as having green paint on their mask, although sometimes they appear as red. Dancing Spear Guys lack the shield and the feather held by Spear Guys.

There are also similar dancing Spear Guy pairs, the [[bamboo dancers]], which made their appearance in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
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====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' and its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]], Dancing Spear Guys hold their spears permanently upward and attack by dancing around a designated spot. They move to the right while rotating around the spear, then jump back to the left, damaging [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] at direct contact. They are edible, however, so Yoshi can simply swallow them. Unlike a normal Spear Guy, eating one and spitting it out will not change it into a normal [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] and will also not cause it to roll down a path. However, they can still be tossed at other enemies this way to defeat them. Dancing Spear Guys can be defeated by turning them into a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Egg]] or by throwing a Yoshi Egg at them. A chant can be heard while within a Dancing Shy Guy's range.

Dancing Spear Guys first appear in the level [[Jungle Rhythm...]] Their spears are taller than those of regular Spear Guys, which makes it more difficult for Yoshi to surpass them. This is also sometimes used to their advantage when they occupy spaces under platforms, from where they can poke their spears at Yoshi without being vulnerable to his attacks.

====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
Dancing Spear Guys reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. Unlike most other Shy Guys in the game, their sprites are based off enlarged versions of their ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' sprites rather than Shy Guys' ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' sprites, and as such they keep the green tint on their masks as opposed to blue like most others. They also move differently in that they hop when moving, and after every hop, they make a circle and jump in height, then they hop again to move.

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', Dancing Spear Guys appear in the level [[Don't Fear the Spear]]. Unlike other games, they appear in a variety of colors. Some of them are pink with red face paint, while others are yellow with green face paint, somewhat resembling their original artwork and the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' games. Unlike previously, if Yoshi eats one and spits it out, it loses its spear and turns into a normal Shy Guy.

===''Mario Party'' series===
[[File:Top100HideandGoBOOM!.png|thumb|Dancing Spear Guys in the Hide and Go BOOM! minigame of ''Mario Party: The Top 100'']]
Dancing Spear Guys appear in a few minigames of the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. Their first appearance in the series is ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', where torch-carrying Dancing Spear Guys appear in the minigame [[The Beat Goes On]]; here, they are led by a Spear Guy that plays a tune on drums, and players must follow the beat while adding their own continuation of it, or the Dancing Spear Guys will throw their torches at them. In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', three Dancing Spear Guys, colored orange and lacking spears, appear in the 1-vs-3 minigame, [[Hide and Go BOOM!]], wherein each of them lights the torch for the player to trigger one of the four cannons. In ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', Spear Guys appear in both minigames, retaining the same role as before.

As a species, Dancing Spear Guys do not appear in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'', but there is a bamboo dancer named [[Hulu]] who is designed closely after a Dancing Spear Guy.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' フラダンス系の腰づかいが人気。踊っているときも、ヤリだけははなさない。<ref name=Sho>{{cite|date=September 20, 1995|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'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-09-102523-4|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg|5]]}}</ref> (''The hula-dance skirt is popular. Even when dancing, it never lets go of its spear.'')
*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''Get into the funky rhythm or else these jitterbuggers will lance you with their spears. Ouch!''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' おどっているときもヤリだけは{{ruby|手放|てばな}}さない。たては{{ruby|持|も}}っていないので、{{ruby|前後|ぜんご}}どちらからでも{{ruby|飲|の}}みこめる。<ref name=Advance>{{cite|date=November 20, 2002|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'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=4-09-106701-4|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P23.png|23]]}}</ref> (''It doesn't let go of its spear even when it's dancing. Since it doesn't have a shield, it can be swallowed from either the front or the back.'')

===''Yoshi's New Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' {{ruby|長|なか}}いヤリを{{ruby|装備|そうび}}したヘイホー。ヤリを{{ruby|上|うえ}}に{{ruby|向|む}}けたまま、{{ruby|一定|いってい}}の{{ruby|場所|ばしょ}}から{{ruby|移動|いどう}}せずに{{ruby|踊|おど}}り{{ruby|続|つづ}}ける。{{ruby|同|おな}}じ{{ruby|高|たか}}さまで{{ruby|移動|いどう}}して{{ruby|食|た}}べるか、タマゴをぶつけて{{ruby|倒|たお}}そう。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|date=August 9, 2014|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'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P26.jpg|26}}}}</ref> (''A Shy Guy equipped with a long spear. With its spear pointed upward, it dances continuously from a fixed location without moving. Move to the same height to eat it or hit it with an egg to defeat it.'')

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Spear Guy.gif|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
Icon SMW2-YI - Jungle Rhythm....png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMA3-DancingSpearGuy.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
TribalGuy-MP4.png|Model from ''[[Mario Party 4]]''
Dancing Spear Guy Dialogue Portrait MP7.png|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ヤリヤリダンサー<ref name=Sho/><ref name=Advance/><ref name=YNI/>
|JpnR=Yariyari Dansā
|JpnM=Spear Spear Dancer
|Ger=Kanibalo Guy
|GerM=''Kanibalo'' is derived from ''Kannibale'' ("cannibal")
|Ita=Tipo Selva danzante
|ItaM=Dancing Spear Guy
|Kor=창창호댄서
|KorR=Changchang-ho Daenseo
|KorM=Spear Guy Dancer
|Fre=Danseur de Popotin<ref>[[Jungle Rhythm...]] French's name</ref>
|FreM=Butt Dancer
}}

==Notes==
*In the Japanese ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Super Mario RPG]]'', Dancing Spear Guy's name is used in one of the incorrect answers for [[Dr. Topper]]'s quiz in [[the Trial Course]], specifically asking for the name of the [[Speardovich|spear-based boss]]. This was not carried over to other languages, with English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Dutch changing the question entirely to ask about the [[Sunken Ship]].

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