Character Sheet: Spike (Paper Mario+)

SPIKE

Are you guys excited? I'm excited. You should be too. You know why? Cause today we get to cover all the freakin' amazing characters from Super Mario RPG and the Paper Mario (pre-TOK) series, and even the not so amazing ones too. But before we get into the real meat, I suppose we should first cover any of the more general Mario characters added because of their appearances here. Here's the full list:

1. Cheep Cheep
2. Bob-Omb
3. Spike
4. Tiny Mouser
5. Mouser
6. Paper Mario
7. Mr. L
8. Geno
9. Mallow
10. Flurrie
11. Tippi & Pixls
12. Kersti
13. Huey
14. Merlon
15. Star Spirits
16. Smithy
17. Kammy Koopa
18. Sir Grodus
19. Count Bleck
20. Dimentio
21. Yaridovich
22. Axem Rangers
23. Lord Crump
24. The Shadow Sirens
25. O'Chunks
26. Mimi
27. Croco
28. Booster
29. Jonathan Jones
30. Valentina
31. Jr. Troopa
32. Doopliss
33. Rawk Hawk
34. Francis
35. Culex

Today, let's cover the Spike enemies, who have finally managed to make it in, largely thanks to the contributions of the bosses Tubba Blubba and Macho Grubba. If you don't know, Spikes are little green minions of Bowser's with big lips and blue mohawks who like to cough up large spiky items and throw them at you. These can be regular spike balls or big huge spiked rods, but thanks to Tubba and Grubba, and the Clubba variants, we can also include eating large things in turn, butt bashing, and a number of wrestling moves. I suppose Grubba's power-up from his machine and Tubba's invulnerability due to the removal of his heart can count too.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Swallow
This one is the reverse of their basic move, where the Spike will open its mouth wide and swallow an opponent whole, similar to Kirby, King Dedede, and Wario's moves of the same type.

Side B: Spike Ball
The spike will cough up a giant spiked ball and throw it at an opponent. So, it's basic move.

Up B: Clubba
The Spike will cough up one of the large clubs wielded by these enemies, slamming it down and flipping himself up in the air.

Down B: Butt Bash
This one is an almost perfect recreation of Tubba Blubba's butt bash from the first Paper Mario game, where he will flip into the air and come back down on top of you.

Final Smash: Macho Spike
Basically, the Spike will receive the same power-up Grubba received in The Thousand-Year Door, growing bigger and changing color, and will then proceed to wail on the nearest character with a number of wrestling moves.

Entrance: It might be fun to have him swing in on one of those spike bar trapezes from a few Mario games.

Taunts: His general ability to deepthroat pretty much anything gives me a few ideas.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll cover technically the last minion character upgraded due to prominent characters of their species this time around, the Tiny Mouser!