Editing Spike Bass

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:NSMB Spike Bass Model.png|200x200px]]<br>Model
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|variant_of=[[Big Cheep Cheep|Mega Cheep-Cheep]]<br>[[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]
|relatives=[[Porcupuffer]]
}}
'''Spike Basses'''<ref>{{cite|date=May 15, 2006|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3|page=12}}</ref> are aquatic enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' that resemble giant {{wp|porcupinefish}}. These enemies also have beaming yellow eyes, sharp teeth, and spikes all over their body. The Spike Bass is encountered only in [[World 2-A (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-A]] and [[World 3-C]], where it jumps from the water and tries to attack [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] similarly to [[Big Cheep Cheep|Boss Bass]] but without attempting to eat them. There is a finite height to which the Spike Bass can jump, meaning its attacks can be avoided by standing on a platform with substantial elevation above the water. The Spike Bass can be defeated from either a [[fireball]], a [[Koopa Shell]], a [[Super Star|Starman]], or a [[Mega Mushroom]], though it will respawn a few seconds later. Later games give this enemy's behavior to [[Porcupuffer]], which does not jump in earlier appearances.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SpikeBassNSMB.png|Sprite
SpikeBassNSMBScreenshot.png|Screenshot
</gallery>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|file1=<tt>togepuku</tt>
|name1=Togepuku
|meaning1=[[Spiny Cheep Cheep#Names in other languages|Spiny Cheep-Cheep]]
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=イガプク<ref>{{cite|author=Shogakukan editors|date=2006|title=「敵キャラクターリスト」in『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』|url=i.imgur.com/dfDUNt6.jpg|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-091063-07-1|page=16}}</ref>
|JpnR=Igapuku
|JpnM=Spike Cheep; based on「トゲプク」(''Togepuku'', Spiny Cheep-Cheep)
|Fre=Spike Bass<ref>{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=114}}</ref>
|Ger=Stachel-Barsch
|GerM=Sting Perch
|Ita=Spunzo Pesce<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=114}}</ref>
|ItaM=Spike Fish
}}

==References==
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{{Cheep Cheeps}}
{{NSMB}}
[[Category:Cheep Cheeps]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. enemies]]
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