Editing Tap-Tap

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Tap-Tap from ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|variants=[[Super Big Tap-Tap]]
|relatives=[[Spike (Yoshi's Story)|Spike (''Yoshi's Story'')]]
|notable=[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]
}}
'''Tap-Taps''' are small, metallic, spike-covered enemies in [[Yoshi's Island (series)|platform games starring Yoshi]]. They walk back and forth, making a distinctive clicking noise as they do. They have large noses and grins and small eyes.

==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
[[File:SMW2YI Tap-Tap screenshot.png|thumb|A Tap-Tap in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']]
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Tap-Taps first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and return in its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]. Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push it slightly with their tongue. Tap-Taps are also resistant to [[Yoshi Egg]]s and [[Huffin Puffin]] chicks, although they will be sent rolling backwards if hit with one. To defeat a Tap-Tap, it has to collide with another enemy while rolling. [[Chomp Rock]]s, ice breath and fire breath attacks are also capable of defeating a Tap-Tap. Forcing a Tap-Tap into the lava or the water can result in it burning away or drowning. There are two color variations seen in Tap-Taps: gray ones with orange noses and purple feet, and orange ones with green noses and blue feet. Gray ones remain on their platform, while orange ones walk off the platform they are on. This difference in behavior is also seen in red and green [[Koopa Troopa]]s, respectively. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as '''Hopping Tap-Taps''' in the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]].<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|127}}}}</ref>

A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss called [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]. A similar enemy is later encountered in [[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|King Bowser's Castle]], known as [[Tap-Tap the Golden]].

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*[[Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy]]
*[[The Baseball Boys]]
*[[What's Gusty Taste Like?]]
*[[Lakitu's Wall]]
*[[Jungle Rhythm...]]
*[[The Cave Of The Lakitus]]
*[[Chomp Rock Zone]]
*[[Scary Skeleton Goonies!]]
*[[Poochy Ain't Stupid]]
*[[Items are fun!]]
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*[[Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy]]
*[[Visit Koopa And Para-Koopa]]
*[[What's Gusty Taste Like?]]
*[[Lakitu's Wall]]
*[[Tap-Tap The Red Nose's Fort]]
*[[The Deep, Underground Maze]]
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*[[The Baseball Boys]]
*[[What's Gusty Taste Like?]]
*[[Lakitu's Wall]]
*[[Chomp Rock Zone]]
*[[Lake Shore Paradise]]
*[[Ride The Ski Lifts]]
*[[Shifting Platforms Ahead]]
*[[Scary Skeleton Goonies!]]
*[[Tap-Tap The Red Nose's Fort]]
*[[KEEP MOVING!!!!]]
*[[More Monkey Madness]]
*[[Endless World of Yoshis]]
*[[Items are fun!]]
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====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
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They also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', whose manual erroneously labels them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi Touch & Go'' instruction booklet|url=www.nintendo.com/eu/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_YoshiTouchAndGo_EN.pdf|format=PDF|page=26|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|website=nintendo.com|accessdate=February 22, 2025}}</ref> where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple.
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====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
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Tap-Taps additionally appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', acting the same as before. An enormous, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the [[Super Big Tap-Tap]] also appears in this game.
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====''Yoshi's New Island''====
[[File:YNI Tap-Tap gold.png|frame|left]]
[[File:YNI Model TapTap Yellow.png|thumb]]
Tap-Taps also appear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' acting the same as in previous appearances, though only the orange variants appear in the game. Unused textures for the gray type can be found in the data, however. Tap-Tap the Golden also returns.
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===''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''===
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Tap-Taps also appear in ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]'', where they first appear at the end of the fifth chapter of [[Tale of the Spirit of Money]]. Later, the third chapter of [[Tale of the Spirit of Power]] involves defeating at least eight of them. While still normally invincible, the rolling-up platforms can be used to crush them or cause them to fall into [[Spike Trap|spike]]s. Orange ones are found during the second phase of the battle against [[Bowser]]. Whenever Bowser jumps or is hit by a [[Bomb (object)|bomb]], he slams against the ground, causing three orange Tap-Taps to fall from above. They roll along the ground, and go in the direction that the player tilts the [[Game Boy Advance]]. They cause three points of damage to [[Yoshi]] upon contact with him.
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], there are a few items of a Tap-Tap. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] of a Tap-Tap, and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', one appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]].

===''Yoshi's Woolly World''===
[[File:YWW TapTaps.jpg|thumb|230px|Two Tap-Taps surrounding Platinum Yoshi in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'']]
Tap-Taps return in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', being introduced in [[World 2 (Yoshi's Woolly World)|World 2]]. The orange ones' bodies now consist of a brown baseball with pointy beads functioning as spikes, while the gray ones have red feet again like in ''Yoshi Touch & Go''. As in previous appearances, some Tap-Taps walk back and forth between two walls, while others jump up and down in place.

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
The regular silver Tap-Taps reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', acting the same as previous appearances. They appear in the levels [[Poochy's Magma Run]] and [[Skulking Around]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' タマゴを当てても気絶するだけ。じゃまなときは、舌でツンツンと押しやろう。ころがりくんが天敵。<ref name=Sho/> (''If you hit it with an egg, it will just faint. If it is a nuisance, push it with your tongue. The [[Melon Bug]] is a natural enemy.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]
**'''Tap-Tap:''' ''Virtually indestructible and very painful to touch. However, Yoshi can push him with his tongue.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref>
**'''Hopping Tap-Tap:''' ''Unlike their earthbound bros, they live high in the air on mysterious gravity-defying rocks. Highly inedible.''<ref name=guide/>

====''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide''': タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、後続の敵をやっつけることができる。タマゴがないときは舌でつっついて追いやったり、ころがりくんを当てて倒そう。<ref name=Advance/> (''When you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you defeat enemies following it. If you do not have eggs, you can drive it away by pecking it with your tongue, or hit it with a [[Melon Bug]] to defeat it.'')

====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
*'''Shogakukan guide'''
**'''Tap-Tap (Orange):''' 地面をまっすぐ歩いてくる。タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、触れた敵を倒すことができるが、しばらくすると起き上がって歩き始める。体が固いので、カチカチくん同士をぶつけないと倒せない。<ref name=YTG>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「キャッチ！タッチ！ヨッシー！任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|CTY Shogakukan P13.jpg|13}}}}</ref>(''It walks straight on the ground. If you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you can knock down enemies you touch, but after a while it gets up and starts walking. Its body is hard, so you have to hit the Tap-Taps against each other to knock it down.'')
**'''Tap-Tap (Gray):''' その場でジャンプを繰り返すカチカチくん。よけて通るときは、雲の道を突き破られないように、十分距離をとること。近くにがけがあれば、タマゴを当てて落としてしまおう。<ref name=YTG/>(''Tap-Tap repeatedly jumps on the spot. When dodging, keep a good distance from the cloud to prevent it from breaking through the path. If there is a cliff nearby, hit it with your egg and drop it.'')

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' トゲのために踏みつけやヒップドロップで攻擊できず、タマゴでも倒せない。避けながら進もう。歩いて移動するものと、その場でジャンプを繰り返すものがいる。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=ja|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 P19.jpg|19}}}}</ref>(''The spikes make it impossible to attack by stomping or Hip Dropping, and even eggs will not knock it down. Avoid them as you move forward. Some of them move on foot, while others repeatedly jump on the spot.'')

===''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 体が固いトゲでおおわれているため、食べることもできなければ、踏んで倒すこともできない。まきじゅうたんなどの仕掛けを利用して倒そう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|YUG Shogakukan P23.jpg|23}}}}</ref>(''Since its body is covered with hard spines, it cannot be eaten or knocked down by stepping on it. Use traps such as a carpet of spikes to defeat them.'')

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
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|name=Tap-Tap
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====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
{{Spirit
|no=305
|name=Tap-Tap
|image=[[File:Tap.jpg|100px]]
|series=''Yoshi'' Series
|type=Primary
|slots=1
|class=Novice
|effects='''{{color|deepskyblue|Shield}}'''<br>Weight ↑
|obtain=[[smashwiki:Spirit Board|Spirit Board]]
|opponents=Metal [[Pac-Man|PAC-MAN]]
|conditions=<nowiki/>
*The enemy is metal
|stage=[[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]]
|song=Wildlands
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Yoshi's Island Christmas Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a Christmas-themed puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Tap-Tap SMA3.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
SMA3-TapTapGray.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-TapTapOrange.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
YNI Model TapTap Gray.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' (unused)
YWW TapTap.jpg|A Tap-Tap in the [[Scrapbook Theater]] (''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'')
YCW Tap-Tap.png|''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''
Instagram msatomdesu 2022-05-07.jpg|''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' line drawing by [[Masanori Sato]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=カチカチくん
|JpnR=Kachikachi-kun
|JpnM=Compound of「カチカチ」(''kachi-kachi'', onomatopoeia for clicking) and the honorific「~くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}'')
|JpnC=<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=ja|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={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|6}}}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=ja|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={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P15.png|15}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=147}}</ref><ref name=YTG/>
|Chi=咔咔
|ChiR=Kākā
|ChiM=Onomatopoeia for cackling sound, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name
|Dut=Tap-Tap
|DutC=<ref name=ultimate/>
|FreA=Gros Bobo
|FreAM=Big Tap-tap
|FreAC=<ref name=ultimate>''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit name</ref>
|FreE=M. Boulapik
|FreEM=Abbreviation of "monsieur" ("sir") + simplified form of "boule à piques" (lit. "spiked ball")
|FreEC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/eu/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_YoshiTouchAndGo_FR.pdf|title=''Yoshi Touch & Go'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=86|language=fr|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|website=nintendo.com|accessdate=February 22, 2025}}</ref>
|FreE2=Gros Bobo
|FreE2M=Big bobo
|FreE2C=<ref name=ultimate/>
|Ger=Pseudo Stego
|GerM=Fake [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]
|Ger2=Stego
|Ger2M=Likely from "''{{wp|Stegosaurus}}''"
|Ger2N=shared with Tap-Tap the Red Nose
|Ger2C=<ref name=ultimate/>
|Ita=Piombospino
|ItaM=From ''piombo'' ("lead") and masculine form of ''spina'' ("spike")
|Ita2=Buffopallo
|Ita2M=From ''buffo'' ("silly") and masculine form of ''palla'' ("ball")
|Ita2N=''Yoshi Touch & Go''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi Touch & Go'' instruction manual|page=86|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2005}}</ref>
|Kor=철퇴머리
|KorR=Cheoltoemeori
|KorM=Macehead
|KorC=<ref>"철퇴머리 해저 동굴" (Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave) - Level 3-7 of Yoshi's Island DS</ref>
|Rus=Топ-топ
|RusR=Top-top
|RusM=Onomatopoeia for stepping
|RusC=<ref name=ultimate/>
|Spa=Rolando
|SpaM=Pun on "roll" and the Spanish name "Rolando"
|SpaC=<ref>''Yoshi Touch & Go'' Spanish guide{{better source}}</ref>
|Spa2=Metalón
|Spa2M=Augmentative form of "metal"
|Spa2N=most games
|Spa2C=<ref name=ultimate/>
}}

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