Editing Little Skull Mouser

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|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]]''

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.

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]].

 

*'''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/>

*'''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.'')

 

*'''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={{media 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.'')

 

Yoshi's Island Christmas Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a Christmas-themed puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''

SMA3-LittleSkullMouser.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''

|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>

|JapM=From「骨」(''hone'', bone) and「チューさん」(''Chū-san'', [[Little Mouser]])

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