Spiky Joe

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Not to be confused with Spiky John.
Spiky Joe
Red Spike Top from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Sprite in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Red Spike Top
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Member of The Tiny Spinies
“Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking at you!”
—Spiky Joe, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Spiky Joe is a Red Spike Top that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door . He is a major-league fighter in the Glitz Pit.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit ]

Spiky Joe is in the major league locker room, allowing Mario and his partner to talk to him. His team is called The Tiny Spinies; they are the first enemies that Mario faces in the major league. Spiky Joe is one of the few nice major-league members despite losing to "The Great Gonzales"; he does not hate him, and merely swears to train more and get better one day (the only other member being Hamma Jamma).

Profiles and statistics[edit ]

GameCube[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
R. S. Buzzy
Red Spike Top from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 5 Attack 3 Defense 4
Location(s) Glitz Pit Role Common Level 17
Sleep? 75% Dizzy? 75% Confuse? 75%
Tiny? 90% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 0% Freeze? 75% Fright? 60%
Gale Force? 30% KO? 95% Moves Shell Toss (3)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items None
Tattle Log #:
35 		Log The sturdiest of all the Buzzy Beetles, a Red Spike Top is impervious to fire and explosions. Plus, the spike on its back protects it from being flipped over.
Tattle That's a Red Spike Top. It's the most well protected of the Buzzy Beetle species. Max HP is 5, Attack is 3, and Defense is a whopping 4.[A] Yup... This guy is HARD! It has really high Defense, and fire and explosions don't hurt it at all. If we can just find a way to flip it over, its underside has Defense of 0... And that spike... What a pain! There's gotta be a way to flip it over...

Nintendo Switch[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Red Spike Top
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 5 Attack 3 Defense 4
Location(s) Glitz Pit Role Common Level 17
Sleep? 75% Dizzy? 75% Confuse? 75%
Tiny? 90% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 0% Freeze? 75% Fright? 60%
Gale Force? 30% KO? 95% Moves Shell Toss (3)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items None
Tattle Log #:
36 		Log The sturdiest of all the Buzzy Beetles, a Red Spike Top is impervious to fire and explosions. Plus, the spike on its back protects it from being flipped over.
Tattle That's a Red Spike Top. It's the most well protected of the Buzzy Beetle species. Max HP is 5, Attack is 3, and Defense is a whopping 4. Yup... This guy is HARD! It has really high Defense, and fire and explosions don't hurt it at all. If we can just find a way to flip it over, its underside has Defense of 0... And that spike... What a pain! There's gotta be a way to flip it over...

Field Tattle[edit ]

  • "That guy's Spiky Joe. He's a major-leaguer, so we'll see him in the ring. He's super-proud of his hard shell and the pointy spike on top of it. Whatever."

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese タンタン
Tantan		 Onomatopoeia for hitting sounds [?]
Chinese 坦坦
Tǎntǎn		 Transliteration of the Japanese name [?]
Dutch Spitse Siem from spits ("peak-shaped") and "Siem" (Dutch name) [?]
French Timothée Timothy [?]
German Flimsy - [?]
Italian Spinarossa Redspike [?]
Korean 탕탕이
Tangtang'i		 From the Japanese name, combined with "이" (-i, Korean diminutive name ending) [?]
Spanish El Punzón The Awl [?]

Footnotes[edit ]

  1. ^ The Red Spike Buzzy's defense is incorrectly stated to be 5 in the American GameCube version.
Buzzy Beetles
Characters Butametto and Ushimetto • Chan • Metto Oyakata • Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle • Spiky Joe • The Tiny Spinies • Torque
Variants Big Bony Beetle • Big Buzzy Beetle • Bony Beetle • Buster Beetle • Buzz-Bomb • Buzzy Beetle • Buzzy Beetle Gang • Buzzy Beetle Tower • Dark Spike Top • Dark Stone Buzzy • Heavy Para-Beetle • M. M-Spike Top • Magmite • Magmus • Nattō • Noko Bombette • Para-Beetle • Paper Macho Buzzy Beetle • Red Spike Top • Shiny Buzzy Beetle • Small Buzzy Beetle • Small Buzzy Beetle Gang • Spike Top • Spiky Parabuzzy • Stone Buzzy
Related items Buzzy Shell • Flashy Shell
Glitz Pit teams (at the end of Chapter 3)
Champion The Great Gonzales
Major League Rawk Hawk • The Koopinator • Chomp Country • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Craw-Daddy • The Fuzz • The Magikoopa Masters • The Shellshockers • The Poker Faces • The Tiny Spinies
Minor League The Iron Adonis Twins • The Bob-omb Squad • The Punk Rocks • The Mind-Bogglers • The Hand-It-Overs • Spike Storm • The Dead Bones • The Pokey Triplets • The KP Koopas • The Goomba Bros.
Replacement teams Wings of Night • The Destructors
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube / Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • X-Nauts • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Regular Blooper • Bowser • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows (Beldam • Marilyn • Vivian/Doopliss)
Chapter Hooktail • Magnus von Grapple • Macho Grubba • Doopliss • Cortez • Smorg • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen
Optional Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Mush a • Whacka a
Non-playable characters Rogueport Arfur • Badge clerk • Bomberto • Chet Rippo • Darkly • Dazzle • Eddy the Mask • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Grifty • Herb T. • Ian Foomus a • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi and his party (Blooey · Hayzee · Jerry · Screamy · Torque) • Lumpy • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Peeka • Pianta syndicate (Don Pianta · Francesca · Frankie · Rocko · Tony · Vinny) • Plenn T. • Podley • Professor Frankly • Robbo Thieves (Garf · Goose · Gus · Ishnail · Pierre) • Swindell • Toadsworth • Wonky • Zess T.
Glitz Pit teams The Bob-omb Squad (Master Crash) • Chomp Country • Craw-Daddy • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • The Fuzz • The Goomba Bros. • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare (Hamma Jamma) • The Hand-It-Overs (Bandy Andy) • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Koopinator • The KP Koopas (King K) • The Magikoopa Masters • The Mind-Bogglers • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • The Punk Rocks (Cleftor) • Rawk Hawk • The Shellshockers (Shellshock) • Spike Storm • The Tiny Spinies (Spiky Joe) • Wings of Night (Sir Swoop)
Other / wandering Battle Master a • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Creepy Steeple Boo • Doe T. • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Grubba • Heff T. • Jabble • Johnson • Jolene • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Korvallis • Kroop • Lady Bow • Mayor Dour • Maude • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Pennington • Petuni • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Podler • Porter • Prince Mush • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Reporter • Rob • Scarlette • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesman a • Toadette • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Whacka • Zip Toad
Enemies

Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para- · Spiky) · Hyper (Para- · Spiky) · Para- · Spiky) • Goomboard a • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para-) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para-) · Para- · Shady (Para-)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))

Locations Rogueport Lovely Howz of Badges • Pianta Parlor • Podley's Place • Rogueport Underground (Deepdown Depot · Herb T.'s place · Pit of 100 Trials) • Trouble Center • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Westside Goods
Chapter 1 Petal Meadows • Petalburg (Niff T.'s shop) • (Path to) Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle
Chapter 2 Boggly Woods (Flurrie's House) • Great Tree (Pungent's Great Tree Shop)
Chapter 3 Glitzville (Fresh Juice Shop · Hot Dog Stand · Souvenir shop) • Glitz Pit
Chapter 4 Twilight Town (Twilight Shop) • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple
Chapter 5 Keelhaul Key (Keelhaul Galleria) • Pirate's Grotto
Chapter 6 Excess Express (Sales Stall) • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights (Poshley Sanctum)
Chapter 7 (Path to) Fahr Outpost (Northwinds Mart) • Moon (X-Naut Fortress)
Chapter 8 Palace of Shadow (Tower)
Bowser World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Miscellaneous Bowser's Castle • Inn • Item Shop • Mario Bros.' House
Items and objects Items Badge • Coin • Flower • Heart • Meat • Pianta token • Shine Sprite • Star Piece • Stone keys
Objects Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Metal Block • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Stone Block • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Moves General Action Command • Appeal • Charge • First Strike • Flee • Guard • Stylish move • Superguard
Mario Jump (Spin · Spring) • Hammer (Super · Ultra) • Plane Mode • Paper Mode • Tube Mode • Boat Mode
Special Sweet Treat • Earth Tremor • Clock Out • Power Lift • Art Attack • Sweet Feast • Showstopper • Supernova
Goombella Headbonk • Tattle • Multibonk • Rally Wink
Koops Shell Toss • Power Shell • Shell Shield • Shell Slam
Flurrie Body Slam • Gale Force • Lip Lock • Dodgy Fog
Yoshi Kid Ground Pound • Gulp • Mini-Egg • Stampede
Vivian Shade Fist • Veil • Fiery Jinx • Infatuate
Bobbery Bomb • Bomb Squad • Hold Fast • Bob-ombast
Ms. Mowz Love Slap • Kiss Thief • Tease • Smooch
Game mechanics Stats Badge Point • Defense • Flower Point • Heart Point • Power • Star Point • Star Power
Status effects Allergic • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Frozen • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Tiny
Battle Audience • Bingo! • Level up • Stage
Minigames 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Happy Lucky Lottery • Pianta Parlor games • Stump Petuni
Miscellaneous Loading zone
Music "Rogueport" • "Master of Action Commands"a • "Battle - Chapter 1" • "Battle - Prince Mush"a • "Meanwhile, Princess Peach..." • "Attack-a of the Whacka!"a
Lists and sub-articles

Art Gallery a • Badges • Battle tips a • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Music names in other languages • Nintendo Music (soundtrack (GameCube · Nintendo Switch)) • Partner Hints a • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallery a • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Text changes a • Treasure chest locations • Unnamed NPCs

Miscellaneous Nintendo Characters: Paper Mario RPG • Flash game • Paper Mario RPG Special Comic • Parade • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • What's new? Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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