Editing Horned Ant Trooper

|image=[[File:Horned Ant Trooper SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario 3D World''

'''Horned Ant Troopers''' are indigo {{wp|ant}} enemies with striped bodies, yellow eyes and an orange spiked helmet that first appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They behave and look the same as normal [[Ant Trooper]]s except they wear a spiked orange helmet on their head which prevents them from being jumped on from above, although their sides are safe to jump on.

 

Horned Ant Troopers make their first appearance in the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'' series]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. They are enemies that are encountered during the second visit to the [[Twinsy Tropics Dungeon]] and during the [[Final Smash (mission)|Final Smash]] mission in [[Neo Bowser Castle]] alongside normal [[Ant Trooper]]s. In the field, Horned Ant Troopers prowl their territory aimlessly, occasionally pausing. Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario can attack them with their [[hammer]]s to knock their helmets off, making them normal Ant Troopers. Both Ant Troopers and Horned Ant Troopers are fought in large groups. A Horned Ant Trooper's main attack is to jump up and dive head-first into one of the Bros., which can be [[counterattack]]ed with the hammer. If the number of Ant Troopers and Horned Ant Troopers in battle combined is a multiple of three, they attack the Bros. by dashing towards them in groups of three. The Ant Troopers without helmets can be safely jumped on, but the Bros. will be damaged if they jump on a Horned Ant Trooper. Sometimes, if their numbers dwindle, Ant Troopers can choose to skip a turn on purpose or flee.