Spear Guy

Spear Guys are tribal Shy Guys found in the jungles of various games. Spear Guys are identical to typical Shy Guys, though they wear grass skirts, wield a shield and spear, and paint their masks. When confronted with danger, they will attack with spears. A similar enemy, known as Chuck Guys, appear in the Beanbean Kingdom Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Spear Guys made their debut in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as enemies of several levels. They could only be defeated by being hit with an egg or eaten with Yoshi's tongue from behind. A variant called Dancing Spear Guy also appears alongside the regular Spear Guys, and are known for their dancing in a fixed place. They differ by their yellow robes and lack of a shield, though still hold onto their spear while dancing.

Yoshi's Island DS
Both Spear Guys and Dancing Spear Guys returned in the sequel, Yoshi's Island DS, though their appearance was subtly changed. A slight blue shade was added to Spear Guy masks, and a green shade to Dancing Spear Guy masks. An entire level of the third world, titled Spear Guys' Village Found!, features these enemies and their supposed village.

Paper Mario
Spear Guys returned in Paper Mario as enemies found on Lavalava Island. They can only be found in Jade Jungle, near Yoshi Village. These Spear Guys lack feathers and shields, and have a different spear.

They may either poke Mario with their spears, or throw them at him. After throwing them, they become normal Shy Guys.

Mario can't jump on them when they hold their spear vertically. However, they can switch the position of their spears, indicating which attack they will do. It is unknown if Spear Guys have any allegiance with King Bowser.

Mario Power Tennis
Spear Guy makes short appearances in Mario Power Tennis. Here, for his offensive and defensive power shots, Shy Guy will momentarily transform into Spear Guy and use his spear to hit the ball.

''Mario Hoops 3 on 3
Though an official Spear Guy does not appear, theFly Guy's Special Shot in Mario Hoops 3 on 3 is wielding a spear that turns the basketball yellow with electricity. This move is made by tapping an S shape on the touch screen and is called the Thunder Shot.

Mario Party 7
The Spear Guy Orb is an item appearing in Mario Party 7 that makes a Spear Guy appear that forces anyone landing on a particular space to grant the item-user a certain amount of coins. Spear Guy does this by poking the player several times with his spear.

Mario Party 8
A Spear Guy functions as the shop owner on Donkey Kong's board in Mario Party 8.

Mario Party Advance
The Jungle area in Mario Party Advance has several places where players interact with various Spear Guy characters. The Spear Thicket contains a Spear Guy warrior that will challenge either Mario or Luigi to the Tank-Down mini-game. On the Dance Stage, a female Spear Guy named Hulu will challenge players to synchronized dancing.

Relatives

 * Chuck Guy - A Beanbean Kingdom variant from Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Dancing Spear Guy - A dancing Spear Guy

Trivia

 * The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Jungle Fever" featured spear-carrying, grass skirt-clad Shy Guys identical to the Spear Guys or Jungle Guys. These unnamed Spear Guys, who took residence in the Amazon Jungle, predated the actual ones by many years, though, but it is possible that they were their inspiration.