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|image=[[File:SMW2 Little Skull Mouser.jpg]]<br>Artwork of a Little Skull Mouser from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|image=[[File:SMW2 Little Skull Mouser.jpg]]<br>The original design of a Little Skull Mouser, as seen in artwork from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|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]])  
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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|comparable=[[Bone Goomba]]
|comparable=[[Bone Goomba]]
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}}
A '''Little Skull Mouser'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]].</ref>, also known as a '''Little Skull Monster'''<ref>Williams, Drew. ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide. Page 104. "''Jump and hover over to a ledge above a Little Skull Monster.''"</ref>, is an enemy found only in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' that is similar to [[Little Mouser]]. It jumps aimlessly and, like most enemies in the game, can knock [[Baby Mario]] off a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s back. Unlike regular Little Mousers, Little Skull Mousers are unable to steal [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s.
A '''Little Skull Mouser''',<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=[[Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|127]]|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English}}</ref> also known as a '''Little Skull Monster''',<ref>{{cite|language=American English|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|page=104|quote=Jump and hover over to a ledge above a Little Skull Monster.|date=2002|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]}}</ref> is an enemy appearing only in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' It is a variant of [[Little Mouser]] that jumps aimlessly and, like most enemies, can knock [[Baby Mario]] off of a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s back. Little Skull Mousers cannot steal [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s, unlike Little Mousers. When a Yoshi jumps on a Little Skull Mouser's head, hits it with an egg, or spits an enemy at it, the skull it is wearing crumbles, turning the creature into a normal Little Mouser. Unlike many other small enemies, a Little Skull Mouser cannot be defeated immediately by a [[Ground Pound]]; instead, the attack has the same effect on it as a normal jump, merely destroying the skull on its head.


When a Yoshi jumps on a Little Skull Mouser's head, hits it with an egg, or spits an enemy at it, the skull it is wearing crumbles, turning the creature into a normal Little Mouser. Unlike many other small enemies, a Little Skull Mouser cannot be defeated immediately by a [[Ground Pound]]; instead, the attack has the same effect on it as a normal jump, merely destroying the skull on its head.
In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Little Skull Mousers are first encountered in [[The Baseball Boys]]. ''Yoshi's New Island'', Little Skull Mousers appear in [[Bandit Valley]].
 
In ''Yoshi's New Island'', Little Skull Mousers appear in [[Bandit Valley]].


==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。踏んだり、タマゴを当てると、マスクがとれて正体がバレる。<ref name=Sho/>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. When you step on it or hit it with an egg, its mask comes off and reveals its true identity.'')
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。踏んだり、タマゴを当てると、マスクがとれて正体がバレる。<ref name=Sho/>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. When you step on it or hit it with an egg, its mask comes off and reveals its true identity.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Oh, clever disguise. And that trick of hopping, instead of running? No one will ever believe you're a Mouser.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Oh, clever disguise. And that trick of hopping, instead of running? No one will ever believe you're a Mouser.''<ref name=guide/>
 
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。ふんだりタマゴを当てたりすれば、マスクが取れる。<ref name=Advance/>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. If you step on it or hit it with an egg, the mask will come off.'')
====''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。ふんだりタマゴを当てたりすれば、マスクが取れる。<ref name=Advance/>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. If you step on it or hit it with an egg, the mask will come off.'')


====''Yoshi's New Island''====
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツをかぶったチューさん。地面を飛びはねるように近づいてくるが、タマゴはねらわない。ただし、踏むとチューさんになり、タマゴをねらうようになる。<ref name=YNI>「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''), {{media link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P25.jpg|page 25}}.</ref>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skull. He approaches by jumping and bouncing on the ground, but he does not seek eggs. However, if you step on it, it turns into Little Mouser and begins targeting eggs.'')
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ガイコツをかぶったチューさん。地面を飛びはねるように近づいてくるが、タマゴはねらわない。ただし、踏むとチューさんになり、タマゴをねらうようになる。<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 P25.jpg|25}}}}</ref>(''A Little Mouser wearing a skull. He approaches by jumping and bouncing on the ground, but he does not seek eggs. However, if you step on it, it turns into Little Mouser and begins targeting eggs.'')


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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SMA3 Japan alternate flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3 Japan alternate flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
YNI Little Skull Mouser.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
YNI Little Skull Mouser.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
Horror House SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ほねチュー<ref name=Sho>「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 P7.jpg|page 7]].</ref><ref name=Advance>「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 P23.png|page 23]].</ref>
|Jap=ほねチュー<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 P7.jpg|7]]}}</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 P23.png|23]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Hone Chū
|JapR=Hone Chū
|JapM=From「骨」(''hone'', bone) and「チューさん」(''Chū-san'', [[Little Mouser]])
|JapM=From「骨」(''hone'', bone) and「チューさん」(''Chū-san'', [[Little Mouser]])
|Ger=Skull Rat
|Ger=Skull Rat
|GerM=-
}}
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Latest revision as of 14:37, October 21, 2024

Little Skull Mouser
Official art of a Little Skull Mouser for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The original design of a Little Skull Mouser, as seen in artwork from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Variant of Little Mouser
Comparable

A Little Skull Mouser,[1] also known as a Little Skull Monster,[2] is an enemy appearing only in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, and Yoshi's New Island It is a variant of Little Mouser that jumps aimlessly and, like most enemies, can knock Baby Mario off of a Yoshi's back. Little Skull Mousers cannot steal eggs, unlike Little Mousers. When a Yoshi jumps on a Little Skull Mouser's head, hits it with an egg, or spits an enemy at it, the skull it is wearing crumbles, turning the creature into a normal Little Mouser. Unlike many other small enemies, a Little Skull Mouser cannot be defeated immediately by a Ground Pound; instead, the attack has the same effect on it as a normal jump, merely destroying the skull on its head.

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Little Skull Mousers are first encountered in The Baseball Boys. Yoshi's New Island, Little Skull Mousers appear in Bandit Valley.

Profiles[edit]

Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。踏んだり、タマゴを当てると、マスクがとれて正体がバレる。[3](A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. When you step on it or hit it with an egg, its mask comes off and reveals its true identity.)
  • Player's Guide: Oh, clever disguise. And that trick of hopping, instead of running? No one will ever believe you're a Mouser.[1]
  • Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。ふんだりタマゴを当てたりすれば、マスクが取れる。[4](A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. If you step on it or hit it with an egg, the mask will come off.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: ガイコツをかぶったチューさん。地面を飛びはねるように近づいてくるが、タマゴはねらわない。ただし、踏むとチューさんになり、タマゴをねらうようになる。[5](A Little Mouser wearing a skull. He approaches by jumping and bouncing on the ground, but he does not seek eggs. However, if you step on it, it turns into Little Mouser and begins targeting eggs.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ほねチュー[3][4]
Hone Chū
From「骨」(hone, bone) and「チューさん」(Chū-san, Little Mouser)
German Skull Rat[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 127.
  2. ^ "Jump and hover over to a ledge above a Little Skull Monster." – Williams, Drew (2002). Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 104.
  3. ^ a b 「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 7.
  4. ^ a b 「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 23.
  5. ^ 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 25Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P25.jpg.