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{{character-infobox
{{distinguish|[[Spiky Tom and Spiky John|Spiky John]]}}
|image=[[File:PMTTYD Red Spike Top Sprite.png]]
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:PMTTYD Red Spike Top Sprite.png]]<br>Sprite in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|species=[[Red Spike Top]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|species=[[Spike Top|Red Spike Top]]
}}
}}
{{quote|Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking at [[Mario|you]]!|Spiky Joe|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking at [[Mario|you]]!|Spiky Joe|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Spiky Joe''' is a [[Spike Top|Red Spike Top]] that appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is a major-league fighter in the [[Glitz Pit]].
==''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''==
Spiky Joe is in the major league locker room, allowing [[Mario]] and his partner to talk to him. His team is called [[The Tiny Spinies]]; they are the first enemies that Mario faces in the major league. Spiky Joe is one of the few nice major-league members despite losing to "The Great Gonzales"; he does not hate him, and merely swears to train more and get better one day (the only other member being [[Hamma Jamma]]).


'''Spiky Joe''' is a [[Red Spike Top]] that appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is a major-league fighter in the [[Glitz Pit]].
==Profiles and statistics==
===GameCube===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Red Spike Top|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYD Red Spike Top Sprite.png]]}}


==''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''==
===Nintendo Switch===
Spiky Joe is in the major league locker room, allowing [[Mario]] and his partner to talk to him. His team is called the [[Tiny Spinies]]; they are the first enemies that Mario faces in the major league. Spiky Joe is one of the few nice major-league members despite losing to "The Great Gonzales"; he does not hate him, and merely swears to train more and get better one day (the only other member being [[Hamma Jamma]]).
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Red Spike Top|align=horizontal}}
 
===Enemy Statistics===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Red Spike Top|align=horizontal}}


===Field Tattle===
===Field Tattle===
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=タンタン
|Jpn=タンタン
|JapR=Tantan
|JpnR=Tantan
|JapM=Onomatopoeia for hitting sounds
|JpnM=Onomatopoeia for hitting sounds
|Chi=坦坦
|ChiR=Tǎntǎn
|ChiM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Dut=Spitse Siem
|DutM=from ''spits'' (peak-shaped) and Siem (dutch name)
|Fre=Timothée
|FreM=Timothy
|Ger=Flimsy
|Ita=Spinarossa
|ItaM=Redspike
|Kor=탕탕이
|KorR=Tangtang'i
|KorM=From the Japanese name, combined with "이" (''-i'', Korean diminutive name ending)
|Spa=El Punzón
|SpaM=The {{wp|Scratch awl|Awl}}
}}
}}
{{Buzzy Beetles}}
{{Buzzy Beetles}}
{{GPteams}}
{{Glitz Pit teams}}
{{PMTTYD}}
{{PMTTYD}}
[[Category:Spike Tops]]
[[Category:Spike Tops]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Characters]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]]
[[de:Flimsy]]
[[de:Flimsy]]
[[it:Spinarossa]]
[[it:Spinarossa]]

Latest revision as of 14:39, January 28, 2025

Not to be confused with Spiky John.
Spiky Joe
Red Spike Top from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Sprite in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Red Spike Top
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking at you!”
Spiky Joe, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Spiky Joe is a Red Spike Top that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is a major-league fighter in the Glitz Pit.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Spiky Joe is in the major league locker room, allowing Mario and his partner to talk to him. His team is called The Tiny Spinies; they are the first enemies that Mario faces in the major league. Spiky Joe is one of the few nice major-league members despite losing to "The Great Gonzales"; he does not hate him, and merely swears to train more and get better one day (the only other member being Hamma Jamma).

Profiles and statistics[edit]

GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
R. S. Buzzy
Red Spike Top from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 5 Attack 3 Defense 4
Location(s) Glitz Pit Role Common Level 17
Sleep? 75% Dizzy? 75% Confuse? 75%
Tiny? 90% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 0% Freeze? 75% Fright? 60%
Gale Force? 30% KO? 95% Moves Shell Toss (3)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items None
Tattle Log #:
35
Log The sturdiest of all the Buzzy Beetles, a Red Spike Top is impervious to fire and explosions. Plus, the spike on its back protects it from being flipped over.
Tattle That's a Red Spike Top. It's the most well protected of the Buzzy Beetle species. Max HP is 5, Attack is 3, and Defense is a whopping 4.3 Yup... This guy is HARD! It has really high Defense, and fire and explosions don't hurt it at all. If we can just find a way to flip it over, its underside has Defense of 0... And that spike... What a pain! There's gotta be a way to flip it over...

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Red Spike Top
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 5 Attack 3 Defense 4
Location(s) Glitz Pit Role Common Level 17
Sleep? 75% Dizzy? 75% Confuse? 75%
Tiny? 90% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 0% Freeze? 75% Fright? 60%
Gale Force? 30% KO? 95% Moves Shell Toss (3)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items None
Tattle Log #:
36
Log The sturdiest of all the Buzzy Beetles, a Red Spike Top is impervious to fire and explosions. Plus, the spike on its back protects it from being flipped over.
Tattle That's a Red Spike Top. It's the most well protected of the Buzzy Beetle species. Max HP is 5, Attack is 3, and Defense is a whopping 4. Yup... This guy is HARD! It has really high Defense, and fire and explosions don't hurt it at all. If we can just find a way to flip it over, its underside has Defense of 0... And that spike... What a pain! There's gotta be a way to flip it over...

Field Tattle[edit]

  • "That guy's Spiky Joe. He's a major-leaguer, so we'll see him in the ring. He's super-proud of his hard shell and the pointy spike on top of it. Whatever."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese タンタン[?]
Tantan
Onomatopoeia for hitting sounds
Chinese 坦坦[?]
Tǎntǎn
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Spitse Siem[?] from spits (peak-shaped) and Siem (dutch name)
French Timothée[?] Timothy
German Flimsy[?] -
Italian Spinarossa[?] Redspike
Korean 탕탕이[?]
Tangtang'i
From the Japanese name, combined with "이" (-i, Korean diminutive name ending)
Spanish El Punzón[?] The Awl