Spike

For other uses of the name Spike, see Spike (disambiguation).



Spikes are enemies found in Super Mario Bros. 3. They appear in Sea Side and Iced Land stages, and attack by pulling spiked balls out of their stomachs and throwing them at Mario or Luigi. Its stomach is used for storage for many other things and, like Lakitus, they have unlimited amounts of ammo.

Spikes later reappear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Instead of pulling spiked balls from their stomachs, they shoot huge ones twice their size.

Spikes also appear in Super Princess Peach, which also introduces the orange haired, enraged Mad Spikes.

An icy variety of Spike called Snow Spike also appears in New Super Mario Bros. and instead of spiked balls, they throw big snowballs.

Some are green while others are white. It resembles a Clubba, the difference being that Clubbas have hair, are bigger, and instead of producing spiked balls, they wield them on their maces. Tolstar may also be a beanified version of Spike.

In Yoshi's Story, a species similar to Spikes, known as Gabons, make an appearance. Gabon is also the Japanese name of normal Spikes, but these Gabons are a different species.

Appearances in Other Media
In the Super Mario Amada Series segment Momotarō, a Spike, as well as a Parabeetle and Boomerang Bro., appear as allies of Mario; aiding him in defeating Bowser and rescuing Princess Peach

Trivia

 * "Spike" is named after the spiky balls they throw.