Tap-Tap

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Tap-Tap
Artwork of a Tap-Tap from Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Yoshi's Crafted World (2019)
Variants Rainbow Tap-Tap Super Big Tap-Tap
Notable members Tap-Tap the Golden Tap-Tap the Red Nose

Tap-Taps are small, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth, first appearing in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and later in its remake, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. These enemies make a distinctive clicking noise while they walk. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as Hopping Tap-Taps in the Player's Guide.

Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push the enemy slightly with their tongue. The enemy is also resistant to Yoshi Eggs and Huffin Puffin chicks, although they will be sent rolling backwards if hit with one. To defeat a Tap-Tap, it has to collide with another enemy while rolling. Chomp Rocks, ice breath and fire breath attacks are also capable of defeating a Tap-Tap. Forcing a Tap-Tap into the lava or the water can result in it burning away or drowning. There are two color variations seen in Tap-Taps: gray ones with red noses and purple feet, and orange ones with green noses and blue feet. Gray ones remain on their platform, while orange ones walk off the platform they are on. This difference in behavior is also seen in green and red Koopa Troopas.

A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as Tap-Tap the Red Nose. A similar enemy is later encountered in Baby Bowser's castle, known as Tap-Tap the Golden.

Two Tap-Taps surrounding Platinum Yoshi in Yoshi's Woolly World

Tap-Taps also appear in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, where they first appear at the end of the fifth chapter of Tale of the Spirit of Money. Later, the third chapter of Tale of the Spirit of Power involves defeating at least eight of them. While still normally invincible, the rolling-up platforms can be used to crush them or cause them to fall into spikes.

They also appear in Yoshi Touch & Go, whose manual erroneously labels them as Spiked Fun Guys, where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple.

Additionally, they appear in Yoshi's Island DS. A large, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the Super Big Tap-Tap also appears in this game. Tap-Taps also appear in Yoshi's New Island acting the same as in previous appearances, though only the orange variants appear in the game. Unused textures can be found in the data, however.

Tap-Taps return in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, being introduced in World 2. The orange ones' bodies now consist of a brown baseball with pointy beads functioning as spikes, while the gray ones have red feet again like in Yoshi Touch & Go. As in previous appearances, some Tap-Taps walk back and forth between two walls, while others jump up and down in place.

The regular silver Tap-Taps reappear in Yoshi's Crafted World, acting the same as previous appearances and only appearing in the level Poochy's Magma Run.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a Tap-Tap appears as a Spirit.

Gallery

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  Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

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  Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

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  Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

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  Yoshi Touch & Go

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  Yoshi Touch & Go

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  Yoshi's Island DS

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  Yoshi's Island DS

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  Yoshi's New Island

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  Yoshi's New Island

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  A Tap-Tap in the Scrapbook Theater (Yoshi's Woolly World)

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  Yoshi's Crafted World

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker

Image	Game	Effect
	Yoshi Touch & Go	[Body, Spin] - Attack +24

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit

Name	Image	Game	Type	Class	Effect	How to obtain	Spirit battle
							Opponents	Battle conditions	Stage	Song
Tap-Tap		Yoshi Series	Primary (1)	Novice	Shield Weight ↑	Spirit Board	Metal PAC-MAN	The enemy is metal	Yoshi's Island	Wildlands

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カチカチくん Kachikachi-kun	Japanese onomatopoeia for stones knocking together to create fire.
Spanish	Rolando Metalón (most games)	Pun on rolling and the Spanish name. Pun on metal
French (NOA)	Gros Bobo	Big Owie
French (NOE)	Bobo	Owie
Dutch	Tap-Tap	-
German	Pseudo Stego Stego	From pseudo (fake) and Stego, the German name of Tap-Tap the Red Nose
Italian	Piombospino Buffopallo	From piombo, lead; and spina, spike. From buffo, funny; and pallo, ball.
Russian	Топ-топ Top-top	Onomatopoeia for stepping
Korean	철퇴머리 Cheoltoemeori	Macehead
Chinese	咔咔 Kākā	Onomatopoeia for cackling, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name