Spiky Tromp

Spiky Tromp
Sprite of a Spiky Tromp
First appearance	Super Paper Mario (2007)
Variant of	Spiny Tromp
Comparable Bristle Grrrol

Spiky Tromps are rocky enemies from Super Paper Mario. They are smaller versions of Spiny Tromps. They slowly roll back and forth, changing directions when they hit a wall, and damage Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser, or Luigi on contact. They are invincible and can only be defeated if Thoreau or Barry is used to make them fall into quicksand.

A Spiky Tromp

Spiky Tromps are first seen in Yold Ruins. At one point in Yold Ruins, Mario must activate a blue switch that opens several trapdoors, from which a large amount of Spiky Tromps fall. Mario then must press a large red switch that causes the Spiky Tromps to fall into a pit, allowing him to safely walk on them and enter a door that was previously out of reach.

Spiky Tromps also appear in the minigame Tilt Island. They fall from the sky onto the island, and Mario loses a life if they hit him. If Mario collects a Flower, he is able to knock them away with a spinning attack, scoring 2000 points.

Profiles and statistics

Super Paper Mario enemy
Spiky Tromp
	Max HP	N/A	Role	Common	Location(s)	Yold Ruins (1-4)
	Attack	1	Card type	Uncommon
	Defense	N/A	Items		Card location(s)	Card Shop; Flimm; Catch Card/SP
	Score	N/A
	Card description	This bowling boulder rolls around in search of prey. Don't get caught under the spikes, or you'll be tenderized.
List of Catch Cards     113      114      115	Tattle	It's a Spiky Tromp. For some reason, it enjoys rolling left and right all day...You can't beat it... You can only avoid it... It will move until it hits a wall, then it will come right back at you...

Gallery

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  Catch Card

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  The pit of Spiky Tromps as seen in Yold Ruins

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コロン Koron	Play on「ころころ」(koro-koro, onomatopoeia for small things rolling) and「ゴロン」(Goron, Spiny Tromp), in reference to them being smaller than Spiny Tromp; shared with Tree Freak's fruit
French	Rolopointe	Masculine form of "roll" + "pointe" (pike)
German	Stachelblock	Spike Block
Italian	Tromp puntuto	Pointed Tromp
Korean	대굴 Daegul	Pun on "데굴" (degul, onomotopoeia for rolling)
Spanish	Rocopunt	Masculine form of "roca" (rock) + "punta" (pike)