Editing Tap-Tap

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'''Tap-Taps''' are small, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth, first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and later in its remake, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. These enemies make a distinctive clicking noise while they walk. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as '''Hopping Tap-Taps''' in the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]].<ref>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]]</ref>

Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push the enemy slightly with their tongue. The enemy is 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 red 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 green and red [[Koopa Troopa]]s.

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

[[File:YWW TapTaps.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Two Tap-Taps surrounding Platinum Yoshi in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'']]

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.

They also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', whose manual erroneously labels them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''', where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple.

Additionally, they appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. A large, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the [[Super Big Tap-Tap]] also appears in this game. 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 can be found in the data, however.

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.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', a Tap-Tap appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]].

Tap-Tap YTT.png|''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]''

YIDS Gray Tap-Tap.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''

YIDS Orange Tap-Tap.png|''Yoshi's Island DS''

YNI Model TapTap Gray.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''

|Jap=カチカチくん<ref>「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''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|page 6]].</ref><ref>「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''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P15.png|page 15]].</ref>

|JapR=Kachikachi-{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}

|JapM=From「カチカチ」(''kachikachi'', Japanese onomatopoeia for stones knocking together to create fire) and「くん」(''kun'')

|Spa=Rolando<ref>''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' Spanish guide</ref><br>Metalón<ref name=ultimate/> (most games)

|SpaM=Pun on rolling and the Spanish name.<br>Pun on metal

|FraA= Gros Bobo<ref name=ultimate>''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit name</ref>

|FraE=Bobo{{ref needed}}

|FraEM=Owie

|Ger=Pseudo Stego{{ref needed}}<br>Stego<ref name=ultimate/>

|GerM=From ''pseudo'' (fake) and ''Stego'', the German name of [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]

|Ita=Piombospino<ref name=ultimate/><br>Buffopallo<ref>''Yoshi Touch & Go'' Italian manual, page 86.</ref>

|ItaM=From ''piombo'', lead; and ''spina'', spike.<br>From ''buffo'', funny; and ''pallo'', ball.

|Kor=철퇴머리<ref>"철퇴머리 해저 동굴" (Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave) - Level 3-7 of Yoshi's Island DS</ref>

|KorM=Macehead

|ChiM=Onomatopoeia for cackling, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name

|Rus=Топ-топ<ref name=ultimate/>

|RusM=Onomatopoeia for stepping}}

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