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'''Dancing Spear Guys'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|Page 126]].</ref> are a more energetic variety of [[Spear Guy]]s that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They are generally orange or yellow in color and are commonly depicted as having green paint on their mask, although sometimes they appear as red. Dancing Spear Guys lack the shield and the feather held by Spear Guys.

|Differences between [[Spear Guy]]s and Dancing Spear Guys in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' and ''Yoshi's Island DS''.

====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====

Dancing Spear Guys hold their spears permanently upward and attack by dancing around a designated spot. They move to the right while rotating around the spear, then jump back to the left, damaging [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] at direct contact. They are edible, however, so Yoshi can simply swallow them. Unlike a normal Spear Guy, eating one and spitting it out will not change it into a normal [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] and will also not cause it to roll down a path. However, they can still be tossed at other enemies this way to defeat them. Dancing Spear Guys can be defeated by turning them into a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Egg]] or by throwing a Yoshi Egg at them. A chant can be heard while within a Dancing Shy Guy's range.

The enemies are first included in the level [[Jungle Rhythm...]] Their spears are taller than those of regular Spear Guys, which makes it more difficult for Yoshi to surpass them. This is also sometimes used to their advantage when they occupy spaces under platforms, from where they can poke their spears at Yoshi without being vulnerable to his attacks.

====''Mario Party 3''====

Several torch-carrying Dancing Spear Guys appear in the ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' minigame [[The Beat Goes On]], and are led by a Spear Guy that plays a tune on drums. The players must follow the beat while adding their own continuation of it, or the Dancing Spear Guys will throw their torches at them.

Three Dancing Spear Guys appear in the 1-vs-3 minigame, [[Hide and Go BOOM!]], wherein each of them lights the torch for the player to trigger one of the four cannons. In this minigame, they are orange and do not carry spears.

 

In ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' a bamboo dancer named [[Hulu]] appears, using a design closely resembling a Dancing Spear Guy. She runs a dancing school in [[Shroom City (Mario Party Advance)|Shroom City]] and teaches the player to dance.

 

The Dancing Spear Guys return in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' in the minigames Hide and Go BOOM! and The Beat Goes On.

===''Yoshi's Island'' series===

====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====

 

====''Yoshi's New Island''====

|Jap=ヤリヤリダンサー<ref name=Sho>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg|page 5]].</ref><ref name=Advance>「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P23.png|page 23]].</ref><ref name=YNI>「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), {{media link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P26.jpg|page 26}}.</ref>

|GerM="Kanibalo" is derived from "Kannibale" (cannibal)