Spiky Joe

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Not to be confused withSpiky John.

Spiky Joe
Sprite inPaper 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)

“Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking atyou!”

—Spiky Joe,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Spiky Joe is aRed Spike Top that appears inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is a major-league fighter in theGlitz Pit.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Spiky Joe is in the major league locker room, allowingMario and his partner to talk to him. His team is calledThe 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 beingHamma Jamma).

Profiles and statistics[edit]

GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
R. S. Buzzy
	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 Log #: 35	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
	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 Log #: 36	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
Japanese	タンタン^[?] Tantan	Onomatopoeia for hitting sounds
Chinese	坦坦^[?] Tǎntǎn	Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch	Spitse Siem^[?]	fromspits ("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^[?]	TheAwl

Footnotes[edit]

^The Red Spike Buzzy's defense is incorrectly stated to be 5 in the American GameCube version.

[Edit] 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

[Edit] 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

[Edit] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube /Nintendo Switch)
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Crystal Stars		Diamond Star •Emerald Star •Gold Star •Ruby Star •Sapphire Star •Garnet Star •Crystal Star
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	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
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	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
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Items and objects	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
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