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'''Spiny Eggs''', originally known as '''Spiny's eggs'''<ref>"''He chases after Mario and drops Spiny's eggs on top of him.''" - ''Super Mario Bros.'' English instruction booklet, page 12.</ref>, are the projectiles thrown by [[Lakitu]]s, and a form of the [[Spiny]]. Spiny Eggs are small, usually red balls covered in spikes. Once they touch the ground, they turn into normal Spinies. Despite its name, a Spiny Egg does not appear to be a typical egg at all; instead, it seems to simply be a Spiny rolled up into a ball. While in this state, they can be defeated when touched by [[Invincible Mario|invincible characters]], burned by [[Fire Mario]]'s [[fireball]]s, attacked by [[Raccoon Mario]]'s or [[Tanooki Mario]]'s Tail attack, etc.

 

Spiny's eggs debuted in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. In this game, they are more oval-shaped than they are in later appearances. Spiny's eggs demonstrate their basic behaviors in this game--they are thrown directly down from where Lakitu threw them, and on contact with land, turn into Spinies. In the manual, Spiny's eggs are listed separately from Spinies themselves. Lakitu will always throw either one or two Spiny Eggs at a time, depending on what form Mario/Luigi is in: if Mario is Small, he will only throw one egg, but if Mario is Super/Fire, then he will throw two eggs (this corresponds to how many hits Mario must take before losing a life).

Notably, code leftover in the game suggests that Spiny eggs were meant to move horizontally in the direction Lakitu was flying when he threw them, as well as bounce off of walls. Whether this was deliberately cut or unavailable due to a glitch is unknown.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Super Mario Bros.#Unused Spiny Egg Behavior|Super Mario Bros.#Unused Spiny Egg Behavior]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved September 15, 2020.</ref>

In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', Spiny eggs are notably colored orange in all releases of the game, since Spinies in ''Super Mario World'' are also orange. In addition, along with normal Lakitus, they can also be thrown by [[Fishin' Lakitu]]s and [[Lakitu in a Pipe|Lakitus found within pipes]]. Like Spinies themselves, Spiny eggs can be safely [[Spin Jump]]ed on.

[[File:SM64-SpinyEgg.png|thumb]]Spiny Eggs are again thrown by Lakitus in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Much like the game's Spinies, they have yellow spikes, as opposed to white spikes. In [[Tiny-Huge Island]], they can be thrown into the water, where they will sink in and eventually disappear. They reappear in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', following the same rules, in with their current design. If Yoshi eats a Spiny and spits it out, it will bounce around as an egg.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Spiny eggs reappear, with a new property. If a normal Spiny touches water, it will tuck itself back into a Spiny egg until it exits water. Spiny eggs float on the surface of the water, and still damage Mario while in the water.

In addition to the standard Spiny eggs, [[Lakithunder]] is capable of throwing ricocheting Spiny Eggs that bounce around a few times before it loses momentum, at which point the Spiny egg will hatch.

Spiny Eggs reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', notably retaining their water floating ability from ''New Super Mario Bros.''

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', [[Yoshi]] can turn Spinies back into Spiny Eggs by licking them. Yoshi can then proceed to swallow Spiny Eggs and spit them back out, which can be used as projectiles to hurt enemies or break glass containers. [[King Lakitu]] throws them as well during his boss fight, which can be eaten and spat out by Yoshi . Spiny Eggs are also one of the few objects that did not previously appear in ''Super Mario Galaxy''.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', they reappear. If Mario touches a [[Gold Ring]], Lakitu will throw [[Coin|Coins]], as opposed to Spiny eggs.

Spiny Eggs reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. When a Spiny is placed in the Underwater level style, the Spiny turns back into a Spiny Egg and begins floating in place. If Mario hits a [[block]] while a Spiny Egg is above it, it turns back into a Spiny. In the ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme, Spinies have horizontal momentum, unlike in the original game. if If a Spiny is given [[Wing]]s, it will briefly turn into a Spiny Egg as it fires its Spikes, though this is purely visual. A winged Spiny will not retreat into a Spiny Egg if it is within water.

In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', if water in the Jungle theme catches a Spiny, it will immobilize into a Spiny egg, and remain in that form until it is no longer completely submerged. This occurs even if the water rises into a Spiny egg, or if the water sinks to beneath a Spiny egg.

===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen''===

In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen]]'', Spiny's eggs appear twice. The first time is a role as one of the enemies coming out of [[Mario]]'s television when he is playing [[Family Computer]] at the beginning of the film. The second time is when a [[Lakitu]] throws several Spiny's eggs at [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Haru-ōji|Kibidango]], but it missed. He uses rain and a mirror to make them grow into [[Big Spiny|big-sized Spinies]].

[[File:SpinyEggsCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|Four Spiny Eggs from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]

Spiny Eggs briefly appear in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Mario and the Red Baron Koopa]]", where they are entirely pink, and act more or less like they do in ''Super Mario Bros.''. Later on, a single, green Spiny Egg is thrown by a Lakitu in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Life's Ruff]]". This Spiny Egg makes a small explosion upon hitting the ground and turning into a normal Spiny.

====''Yoshi's Safari''====

====''Yoshi'' platforming games====

In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|remake]], ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', its [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|remake]], and ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', Spiny Eggs (also referred to as "'''[[Needlenose]]s'''"<ref>Williams, Drew. ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide. Page 17. "''Lakitus zip around on clouds while tossing Needlenoses at you.''"</ref>) are thrown by Lakitus, [[Wall Lakitu]]s, and [[Aqua Lakitu]]s. In these games, they do not hatch into Spinies, and instead explode. The point at which the various Lakitus are throwing Spiny eggs is displayed via a crosshair reticle, similar to [[Yoshi]]'s [[Yoshi's Egg|Egg]] reticle.

In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', Spiny eggs are absent, as Lakitus instead throw rocks.

====''Tetris Attack''====

While not Spiny Eggs per se, similar-looking Eggs are seen in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', where they instead hatch into [[Spikey|Spikies]], [[Spikester]]s, and [[Oerlikon]]s. The former two are thrown by Lakitus, the latter are knocked down from the ceiling by a [[Corkpedite]].

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Spinies, which appear in [[Flower Fields]], could roll back into Spiny Eggs to attack. Lakitu also throw Spiny eggs as an attack. [[Lakilester]] also uses Spiny Eggs in the attacks [[Spiny Flip]] and [[Spiny Surge]], as well as in his fight against Mario under his nickname "Spike".

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Spinies again attack by rolling into Spiny Eggs, and can now roll into Eggs to make themselves invulnerable for a turn. They appear in [[The Glitz Pit]]. When [[Sky-Blue Spiny|Sky-Blue Spinies]] roll back into a Spiny Egg, they turn into "pipes," which are named as such due to mistranslation of the Japanese name, ''Paipo''.

In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', they appear again. They are based off of their appearance in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', except they do not display a cursor when targeting [[Princess Peach]].

SMAS SMB Spiny Egg.gif|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''

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|Jap=パイポ<br>''Paipo''<br>トゲ<span class="explain" title="だま">球</span><ref>「キャッチ！タッチ！ヨッシー！任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:CTY Shogakukan P17.jpg|page 17]].</ref><br>''Togedama''

|JapM=Derived from a well-known Japanese folktale called ''{{wp|Jugemu}}'', about a boy with an absurdly long name beginning with "Jugemu", which is where [[Lakitu]]'s name comes from; "Paipo" is one of the later parts of the name.<br><br>Spiny Ball (''Yoshi Touch & Go'')

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|SpaAM=Pointy Egg

|SpaE=Huevo Pinchón

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|Ita=Uovo di Koopistrice<br>Uovo di Spiny<ref>Italian ''Super Mario Bros.'' [https://www.mariocastle.it/scan-del-manuale-di-super-mario-bros/ manual], page 13</ref><br>Uovo di Koopistrice verde<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; page 36</ref> (''SMB3'' green variant)

|ItaM=Spiny Egg<br>Spiny Egg<br>Green Spiny Egg

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|Chi=刺蛋<ref>[https://www.ique.com/games/Mariobros/minigame.htm Official video from Chinese website for ''New Super Mario Bros.'']. Retrieved February 24, 2020.</ref> (''New Super Mario Bros.'')<br>''Cì Dàn''<br>刺刺蛋<ref>https://www.nintendoswitch.com.cn/new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe/pc/stage/index.html</ref> (''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'')

|ChiR=Cìcì Dàn

|ChiM=Spike Egg<br><br>Spike Egg

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