Spike Top

Spike Tops are similar to Buzzy Beetles, except their shells are red and have a single spike projecting out of the top, making them impossible to be jumped upon, while still being resistant to fire.

They crawl around walls in Super Mario World, New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and in the E-Reader levels in Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4. The ones found in Super Princess Peach are a sub-species of the original; the Mecha Spike Top.

They can only be destroyed by a Cape Feather, Shell, Starman, or by having Yoshi eat them in Super Mario World, a Shell, Starman, or Mega Mushroom in New Super Mario Bros., or Rage or Poundbrella in Super Princess Peach. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, they can be defeated by a Starman, Shell, hitting a block from below with the Spike Top on top of the block, or Ground Pounding the block with the Spike Top on the bottom. Through hacking methods, it is also shown that Yoshi can completely eat Spike Tops, and safely jump on them (not affecting the Spike Top though) as well.

In Paper Mario, Spike Tops appear as enemies in Mt. Lavalava. In the sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door they are blue, with Red Spike Tops appearing as a sub-species. Blue-shelled Spike Tops make a reappearance in Super Paper Mario.

In Super Princess Peach, it refers to Spike Top as Mecha-Spike Top. Despite this name, the Spike Tops of Super Princess Peach look no different than Spike Tops of other games, and therefore do not appear to be mechanical. Super Princess Peach also introduces an angry variety, the Mad Mecha-Spike Top, which can stretch out its spike to attack foes. They also appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, mostly in World 2-3.

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