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|image=[[File:SMW2_Tap-TaptheRedNose.jpg|240px]]<br>Tap-Tap the Red Nose
|image=[[File:SMW2 Tap-TaptheRedNose.jpg|240px]]<br>Tap-Tap the Red Nose
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|species=[[Tap-Tap]]
|species=[[Tap-Tap]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
}}
}}
[[File:TapTapRedNose-SMW2.png|frame|left]]
{{quote|Eeeeek!! How did you...? You! I never expected you to get so far! EEEEEE! Now it's over! Your game ends HERE!!|Kamek|Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3}}
'''Tap-Tap the Red Nose''' is the mid-boss of [[World 6 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 6]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. It was originally an ordinary [[Tap-Tap]] until [[Kamek]] cast a spell on it to make it grow gigantic. It attacks by jumping onto [[Yellow Yoshi]], trying to hit him with its spiky body. In the room where the battle takes place, the floor is made up of rectangular blocks, which can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them. Since Tap-Tap the Red Nose is invincible to all of Yoshi's attacks, Yoshi has to defeat it by creating a gap in the floor and pushing Tap-Tap the Red Nose until it falls into the [[lava]] below.
'''Tap-Tap the Red Nose''' is the mid-boss of [[World 6 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 6]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|remake]] and the penultimate boss overall in the games. He was originally an ordinary [[Tap-Tap]] until [[Kamek]] cast a spell on him to make him grow gigantic. He attacks by jumping onto [[Yoshi (species)|Yellow Yoshi]], trying to hit him with his spiky body. In the room where the battle takes place, the floor is made up of colorful, rectangular blocks, which can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them. Since Tap-Tap the Red Nose is invulnerable to all of Yoshi's attacks, Yoshi has to defeat him by creating a hole in the floor and pushing him until he falls into the [[lava]] below.
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Tap-Tap the Red Nose, like all the other bosses of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', makes a cameo appearance in the introduction sequence of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
{{Multilang profile
|type=Player's Guide description
|EngA=Miffed that someone else with a red nose got to be a hero on that foggy Christmas Eve, Tap-Tap retreated to a fort carpeted with wall-to-wall lava. Don't be deceived by his grin. This prickly predator would love to give Yoshi a hot bath!<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=19|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
}}
{{Multilang profile
|type=Shogakukan guide description
|Jap=タマゴをぶつけても、少し押しもどすくらいがせいぜい。金属質のトゲトゲボディは、溶岩の池に落とすしかない。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|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 P9.jpg|9}}|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref>
|JapM=If you hit them with an egg, at most you can push them back a little. The metallic spiky body can only be dropped into a pond of lava.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Super Power Club Card
|-
!colspan=2|Tap Tap the Red Nose<ref>{{file link|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island}}</ref>
|-
!Description
|''Has nursed a grudge against Yoshis ever since junior high, when they were more popular with girls. Now seeks revenge.''
|-
!Favorite Home Deco-Rating Tip
|''"Lava Lamps and a nice dino rug—I love it!"''
|-
!How to Beat Him
|''Knock out the colored blocks on which he stands by shooting eggs at them. Keep moving, because he'll try to hit you, too.''
|}
 
===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
{{Multilang profile
|type=Shogakukan guide description
|Jap=ワールド6-4のボス。メタリツクなトゲトゲボディは強靭で、溶岩の池に落とすしかない。タマゴで足場をくずして下に落とそう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|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 P19.png|19}}|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref>
|JapM=Boss of World 6-4. Its metallic spiky body is so tough that the only way is to drop it in a pool of lava. Use an egg to break the platforms and drop him down.
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
TapTap.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' artwork
SMW2YI - Tap-Tap the Red Nose.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' sprite
Icon SMW2-YI - Tap-Tap The Red Nose's Fort.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
TapTapRedNose-SMW2.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' sprite
YIDS-Intro Background.png|''Yoshi's Island DS'' cameo
Yossy Island Carddass6 Back.png|''Yossy Island'' Jumbo Carddass 6
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ビッグカチカチ
|Jap=ビッグカチカチ
|JapR=Biggu Kachikachi
|JapR=Biggu Kachikachi
|JapM=Big Tap-tap (Japanese name of Tap-tap)
|JapM=From "big" and「カチカチくん」(''Kachikachi-kun'', "[[Tap-Tap]]")
|Spa=Metalón
|Spa=Metalón
|SpaM=The suffix -ón is added to say that its size is large
|SpaM=Tap-tap
|Fra=Gros Bobo
|Fre=Gros Bobo
|FraM=Big Owie
|FreM=Big Owie
|Ger=Stego
|Ger=Stego
|GerM=Likely from the dinosaur ''[[wikipedia:Stegosaurus|Stegosaurus]]''
|GerM=Likely from "{{wp|Stegosaurus}}"
|Chi=大咔咔
|ChiS=大咔咔
|ChiR=Dà Kākā
|ChiSR=Dà Kākā
|ChiM="Ka ka" is the onomatopoeia for tapping with the word big}}
|ChiSM=Big Tap-tap
|Ita=Grande Piombospino
|ItaM=Big Tap-Tap
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Tap-Tap the Red Nose may be a pun on {{wp|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer}}.
[[File:SMW2 Tap-Tap the Vibrant.png|frame]]
*A similar entity, [[Tap-Tap the Golden]], could be a resurrected Tap-Tap the Red Nose, since the ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Guide introduces it with the phrase "Tap-Tap the Golden is back", though this is likely an error.
*Tap-Tap the Red Nose's name may be a reference to {{wp|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer}}, as evidenced by his description in the Player's Guide for the SNES version.
*Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the only boss that Yoshi doesn't meet by entering a boss door.
*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>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|date=2002|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=115|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.}}</ref> the Player's Guide for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version suggests otherwise,<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}|quote='''TAP-TAP THE GOLDEN''' This mega Tap-Tap pursues Yoshi through the lava caves beneath Red Nose's Fort.|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> albeit by erroneously stating that Tap-Tap the Golden is located "beneath Red Nose's Fort."
*Tap-Tap's battle arena is similarily structured to {{wp|Breakout (video game)|''Breakout''}}, seeing as Yoshi has to break certain parts of the floor with eggs to knock him into the lava.
*Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the only boss that Yoshi does not meet by entering a boss door.
*Tap-Tap's battle arena is similarly structured to ''{{wp|Breakout (video game)|Breakout}}'', seeing as Yoshi has to break certain parts of the floor with eggs to knock him into the lava.
*After finishing being imbued with Kamek's magic and before he starts to enlarge, Tap-Tap the Red Nose is briefly shown as a normal Tap-Tap with a unique bluish palette. Due to the short amount of time between these and how he is constantly moving during it, it can be difficult to see.
*The noise Tap-Tap the Red Nose makes when he sinks in the lava is the same as the Gargantua Blargg and Nep-Enut when they are hit with an egg.
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:47, October 12, 2024

Tap-Tap the Red Nose
Tap-Tap the Red Nose's artwork for Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Tap-Tap the Red Nose
Species Tap-Tap
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's Island DS (cameo) (2006)
“Eeeeek!! How did you...? You! I never expected you to get so far! EEEEEE! Now it's over! Your game ends HERE!!”
—Kamek, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the mid-boss of World 6 in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake and the penultimate boss overall in the games. He was originally an ordinary Tap-Tap until Kamek cast a spell on him to make him grow gigantic. He attacks by jumping onto Yellow Yoshi, trying to hit him with his spiky body. In the room where the battle takes place, the floor is made up of colorful, rectangular blocks, which can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them. Since Tap-Tap the Red Nose is invulnerable to all of Yoshi's attacks, Yoshi has to defeat him by creating a hole in the floor and pushing him until he falls into the lava below.

Tap-Tap the Red Nose, like all the other bosses of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, makes a cameo appearance in the introduction sequence of Yoshi's Island DS.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

  • Player's Guide description:
    • English (American):
      Miffed that someone else with a red nose got to be a hero on that foggy Christmas Eve, Tap-Tap retreated to a fort carpeted with wall-to-wall lava. Don't be deceived by his grin. This prickly predator would love to give Yoshi a hot bath![1]
  • Shogakukan guide description:
    • Japanese:
      タマゴをぶつけても、少し押しもどすくらいがせいぜい。金属質のトゲトゲボディは、溶岩の池に落とすしかない。[2]
      (Translation: If you hit them with an egg, at most you can push them back a little. The metallic spiky body can only be dropped into a pond of lava.)
Super Power Club Card
Tap Tap the Red Nose[3]
Description Has nursed a grudge against Yoshis ever since junior high, when they were more popular with girls. Now seeks revenge.
Favorite Home Deco-Rating Tip "Lava Lamps and a nice dino rug—I love it!"
How to Beat Him Knock out the colored blocks on which he stands by shooting eggs at them. Keep moving, because he'll try to hit you, too.

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide description:
    • Japanese:
      ワールド6-4のボス。メタリツクなトゲトゲボディは強靭で、溶岩の池に落とすしかない。タマゴで足場をくずして下に落とそう。[4]
      (Translation: Boss of World 6-4. Its metallic spiky body is so tough that the only way is to drop it in a pool of lava. Use an egg to break the platforms and drop him down.)

Gallery[edit]

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island artwork

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island artwork

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island sprite

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island sprite

  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 sprite

    Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 sprite

  • Yoshi's Island DS cameo

    Yoshi's Island DS cameo

  • Yossy Island Jumbo Carddass 6

    Yossy Island Jumbo Carddass 6

  • Artwork used for a puzzle based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Artwork used for a puzzle based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ビッグカチカチ[?]
Biggu Kachikachi 		From "big" and「カチカチくん」(Kachikachi-kun, "Tap-Tap")
Chinese (simplified) 大咔咔[?]
Dà Kākā 		Big Tap-tap
French Gros Bobo[?] Big Owie
German Stego[?] Likely from "Stegosaurus"
Italian Grande Piombospino[?] Big Tap-Tap
Spanish Metalón[?] Tap-tap

Trivia[edit]

Sprite of Tap-Tap the Red Nose as he begins growing in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
  • Tap-Tap the Red Nose's name may be a reference to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, as evidenced by his description in the Player's Guide for the SNES version.
  • While the Player's Guide for the GBA version implies that Tap-Tap the Golden is a resurrected Tap-Tap the Red Nose,[5] the Player's Guide for the SNES version suggests otherwise,[6] albeit by erroneously stating that Tap-Tap the Golden is located "beneath Red Nose's Fort."
  • Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the only boss that Yoshi does not meet by entering a boss door.
  • Tap-Tap's battle arena is similarly structured to Breakout, seeing as Yoshi has to break certain parts of the floor with eggs to knock him into the lava.
  • After finishing being imbued with Kamek's magic and before he starts to enlarge, Tap-Tap the Red Nose is briefly shown as a normal Tap-Tap with a unique bluish palette. Due to the short amount of time between these and how he is constantly moving during it, it can be difficult to see.
  • The noise Tap-Tap the Red Nose makes when he sinks in the lava is the same as the Gargantua Blargg and Nep-Enut when they are hit with an egg.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
  2. ^ 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 9Media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P9.jpg.
  3. ^ Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's IslandMedia:Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg
  4. ^ 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 19Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P19.png.
  5. ^ "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." – Williams, Drew (2002). Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-25-9. Page 115.
  6. ^ "TAP-TAP THE GOLDEN This mega Tap-Tap pursues Yoshi through the lava caves beneath Red Nose's Fort." – Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 128Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg.
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