Editing Tap-Tap the Golden

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Tap-tap the golden.png|128px]]<br>In-game sprite of Tap-Tap the Golden from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|species=[[Tap-Tap]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
}}
[[File:YNI Tap-Tap the Golden.png|thumb|left|''Yoshi's New Island'']]
'''Tap-Tap the Golden'''<ref name=SNES>{{cite|quote='''''TAP-TAP THE GOLDEN''' This mega Tap-Tap pursues Yoshi through the lava caves beneath Red Nose's Fort.''|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|language=en-us|page=[[Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128]]}}</ref><ref name=GBA>{{cite|quote='''''Golden Opportunity''' Tap-Tap the Golden is back to torment you. You can run only as fast as the scrolling screen allows. If you run too far to the left, you’ll fall into lava pits.''|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|language=American English|date=2002|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=115}}</ref>, as its name implies, is a large golden invulnerable [[Tap-Tap]] found in the third door of [[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|King Bowser's Castle]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. The screen slowly moves through a lava-filled cave as Tap-Tap the Golden chases after [[Yoshi]]. It can be knocked into the bottomless pits, but it will only respawn seconds later. Knocking it onto the edge of a platform will make it teeter as it tries to maintain its balance, but knocking it off of the screen is the best option, and several [[Fang]]s are around to supply Yoshi with [[Yoshi Egg|eggs]] for repetition of this strategy. It is worth noting that Tap-Tap the Golden will actually jump over Yoshi if he gets too close, instead of attempting actual harm. While normally invulnerable, Tap-Tap the Golden can be defeated through hacking it into a certain type of lava.{{ref needed}}

Different golden Tap-Taps, called [[Super Big Tap-Tap]]s, appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. They are much larger than Tap-Tap the Golden and attack Yoshi in a manner similar to [[Big Chain Chomp|Chomp Shark]]s.

Tap-Tap the Golden reappears in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' in [[Bowser's Castle Break-In]]. This time, Yoshi must throw eggs at it not merely to defend himself, but to get to [[key]]s located behind it. Instead of the large, open area full of platforms, it is found in a hall not much taller than it.
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==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' カチカチと大きな音を立てて追いかけてくる。タマゴをぶつけて足止めしよう。<ref name=Sho/> (''It chases after you with a loud clicking noise. Try to stall it by hitting it with an egg.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''This mega Tap-Tap pursues Yoshi through the lava caves beneath Red Nose's Fort.''<ref name=SNES/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' 強制スクロールするステージで、後ろから追いかけてくる。タマゴをぶつけると後ろに転がるので、たまにタマゴをぶつけながら逃げよう。<ref name=Advance/> (''In a forced-scrolling stage, it chases after you from behind. If you hit it with an egg, it will roll backward, so try to escape while hitting it with an egg from time to time.'')

===''Yoshi's New Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 通路をふさぐように出現する、大きなサイズのカチカチくん。倒すことはできないが、タマゴを当てると後ろに転がる。後方に追いやって進路を確保しよう。<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 P23.jpg|23}}}}</ref> (''A gigantic Tap-Tap appears to block the passageway. You cannot defeat him, but if you hit him with eggs, he will roll backwards. You can clear a path by driving him back.'')

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ビッグカチカチスペシャル<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 P6.jpg|6]]}}</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 P20.png|20]]}}</ref><ref name=YNI/>
|JpnR=Biggu Kachikachi Supesharu
|JpnM=[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose|Big Tap-Tap]] Special
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==Trivia==
*In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', the music that plays when being chased by Tap-Tap the Golden is "Big Boss", whilst the remake uses "Room Before the Boss" instead.
*While the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]] for the [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] version implies that Tap-Tap the Golden is a resurrected [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]],<ref name=GBA/> the Player's Guide for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version suggests otherwise,<ref name=SNES/> albeit by erroneously stating that Tap-Tap the Golden is located "beneath Red Nose's Fort."

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