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[[Image:SMW2_Tap-TaptheRedNose.jpg|thumb|right|'''Tap-Tap the Red Nose'''.]]
[[Image:SMW2_Tap-TaptheRedNose.jpg|thumb|right|'''Tap-Tap the Red Nose'''.]]
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'''Tap-Tap the Red Nose''' is the mid-boss of World 6 in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. 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 rectangular blocks, which can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them. Since the large Tap-Tap is invincible to all of [[Yoshi]]'s attacks, Yoshi has to destroy him by creating an opening in the floor and pushing Tap-Tap into it to make him fall into the [[lava]] below.
'''Tap-Tap the Red Nose''' is the mid-boss of 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 the large Tap-Tap is invincible to all of Yoshi's attacks, Yoshi has to destroy it by creating an opening in the floor and pushing Tap-Tap into the opening to make the behemoth fall into the [[lava]] below.
 
He may be later  resurrected as [[Tap-Tap the Golden]], since the [[Nintendo Power]] Guide states his introduction as "Tap-Tap the Golden is back", though they may have meant Tap-Tap the Red Nose since Tap-Tap the Golden had never appeared before.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Tap-Tap The Red Nose may be a pun on [[Wikipedia:Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer]].
*Tap-Tap the Red Nose may be a pun on [[Wikipedia:Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer]].
*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.
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Revision as of 18:45, September 25, 2011

Tap-Tap the Red Nose's artwork for Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Tap-Tap the Red Nose.
Tap-Tap the Red Nose

Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the mid-boss of 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 the large Tap-Tap is invincible to all of Yoshi's attacks, Yoshi has to destroy it by creating an opening in the floor and pushing Tap-Tap into the opening to make the behemoth fall into the lava below.

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