Editing Little Skull Mouser

{{more images|Yoshi's New Island model before Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass Vol 4 is released}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMW2 Little Skull Mouser.jpg]]<br>The original design of a Little Skull Mouser, as seen in 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=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|variant_of=[[Little Mouser]]
|comparable=[[Bone Goomba]]
}}
A '''Little Skull Mouser''',<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=[[Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|127]]|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English}}</ref> also known as a '''Little Skull Monster''',<ref>{{cite|language=American English|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|page=104|quote=Jump and hover over to a ledge above a Little Skull Monster.|date=2002|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]}}</ref> is an enemy appearing only in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' It is a variant of [[Little Mouser]] that jumps aimlessly and, like most enemies, can knock [[Baby Mario]] off of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s back. Little Skull Mousers cannot steal [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s, unlike Little Mousers. When a Yoshi jumps on a Little Skull Mouser's head, hits it with an egg, or spits an enemy at it, the skull it is wearing crumbles, turning the creature into a normal Little Mouser. Unlike many other small enemies, a Little Skull Mouser cannot be defeated immediately by a [[Ground Pound]]; instead, the attack has the same effect on it as a normal jump, merely destroying the skull on its head.

In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Little Skull Mousers are first encountered in [[The Baseball Boys]]. ''Yoshi's New Island'', Little Skull Mousers appear in [[Bandit Valley]].

==Profiles==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。踏んだり、タマゴを当てると、マスクがとれて正体がバレる。<ref name=Sho/>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. When you step on it or hit it with an egg, its mask comes off and reveals its true identity.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Oh, clever disguise. And that trick of hopping, instead of running? No one will ever believe you're a Mouser.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。ふんだりタマゴを当てたりすれば、マスクが取れる。<ref name=Advance/>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. If you step on it or hit it with an egg, the mask will come off.'')

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツをかぶったチューさん。地面を飛びはねるように近づいてくるが、タマゴはねらわない。ただし、踏むとチューさんになり、タマゴをねらうようになる。<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 P25.jpg|25}}}}</ref>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skull. He approaches by jumping and bouncing on the ground, but he does not seek eggs. However, if you step on it, it turns into Little Mouser and begins targeting eggs.'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
little Skull Mouser.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Yoshi's Island Christmas Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a Christmas-themed puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMA3-LittleSkullMouser.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
Scene.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-Japanese_Flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3 Japan alternate flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
YNI Little Skull Mouser.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
Horror House SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ほねチュー<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 P23.png|23]]}}</ref>
|JpnR=Hone Chū
|JpnM=From「骨」(''hone'', bone) and「チューさん」(''Chū-san'', [[Little Mouser]])
|Ger=Skull Rat
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Little Mousers]]
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