Buzzy Beetle

Buzzy Beetles are yellow insects with a hard, outer shell (much like Koopa Troopas), which is often blue. Buzzy Beetles will hide in their shells if jumped on, and, like a Koopa Shell, can be kicked to eliminate more enemies. The shell of the Buzzy Beetle is strong enough to resist fireballs, and as such, they cannot be defeated by fire.

Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3
Buzzy Beetles first appeared in World 4-2 of Super Mario Bros., an underground level. The game Super Mario Bros. 3 reveals that Buzzy Beetles can also climb on ceilings. To attack intruders, they can drop, and spin along the ground to attack. In challenge mode of the Super Mario Bros. game, all the Goombas are replaced with Buzzy Beetles.

Super Mario World
Buzzy Beetles are weaker than Koopa Troopas in Super Mario World. Although they are still resistant to fireballs, Yoshi can swallow them whole. Yoshi cannot swallow the shells of Koopa Troopas. Also, they hide in their shells when jumped on, instead of sliding out.

Paper Mario series
Buzzy Beetles also appear in the Paper Mario series. They are shell enemies like the Koopa Troopas, meaning they can be flipped over when they are jumped on or by a POW Block. However, Buzzy Beetles do not, unlike Koopa Troopas, spend a turn struggling on their back, but can get up rather quickly to charge at Mario again. The games introduce many new sub-species of Buzzy Beetles. Enemies found are Spike Tops, Buzzy Beetles with spikes on their back which cannot jumped upon, Parabuzzies, which are flying beetles which lose their wings when they are jumped upon, and Spiky Parabuzzies, which are flying and have a spike on their back, which makes it hard to damage them.

Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Buzzy Beetles appear in the Toad Town tunnels and in the Dry Dry Ruins. In Dry Dry Ruins, several Buzzy Beetles climb on the ceiling, like in Super Mario Bros. 3. They can drop on Mario to attack them, and he cannot jump on them while they are hanging from the ceiling. However, he can use a badge to cause an earthquake, which causes the Buzzy Beetles to fall to the ground. Spike Tops, which are red in the game, are enemies fought inside Mt. Lavalava, and Bony Beetles are found in Bowser's Castle.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the first Buzzy Beetles in the game are fought in the Glitz Pit. They are red Spike Tops; however, as regular Spike Tops in the game are blue, they are called Red Spike Buzzies in the game. Two of them build up the fighting team known as the Tiny Spinies.

Regular Buzzy Beeltes later appear as enemies in the cave under the well of the Creepy Steeple, as well as the Pirate's Grotto and the Pit of 100 Trials. Regular Spike Tops and Spiky Parabuzzies are also found in Riverside Station.

The game also features Sky-Blue Spinies. It is implied that these are a cross between Buzzy Beetles and Spinies, as they are called "Käfer-Stachis" ("Buzzy Beetle Spinies") in the German version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Super Paper Mario
Buzzy Beetles reappear in Super Paper Mario. The game introduces a new sub-species, the Stone Buzzies, Buzzy Beetles with stone shells, which always take three hits to be defeated. They are found in the Downtown of Crag. The game also features "dark" versions of several Buzzy Beetles, notably Dark Spike Tops and Dark Stone Buzzies, found in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.

Super Princess Peach
Spike Tops appear in Super Princess Peach, where they are, for some reason, called "Mecha-Spike Tops". The game subsequently also features Mad Mecha-Spike Tops, which are influenced by the Rage Vibe.

New Super Mario Bros.
Buzzy Beetles reappear as enemies in New Super Mario Bros., where they behave similar to their appearance back in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are first encountered in World 5 of the game.

Relatives

 * Bony Beetle: A skeletal Buzzy Beetle. It can shoot out and retract spikes.
 * Buster Beetle: A Buzzy Beetle that throws blocks. It has a soft shell.
 * Mad Mecha-Spike Top: A red Buzzy Beetle with a small spike on its shell that retracts in and out.
 * Parabuzzy: A flying Buzzy Beetle.
 * Red Spike Buzzy: A red-shelled Spike Top.
 * Spiked Parabuzzy: A flying Buzzy Beetle with a spike on its shell.
 * Spike Top: A red (sometimes blue) Buzzy Beetle with a small spike on its shell.
 * Spiny: A Koopa related to Buzzy Beetles.
 * Sky-Blue Spiny: A cross between a Buzzy Beetle and a Spiny.
 * Stone Buzzy: A Buzzy Beetle with a shell made out of stone. It always takes three hits to defeat.

Notable Buzzy Beetles

 * Chan - Paper Mario
 * Torque - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door