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{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:SpinyCheepNSMBU.png|200px]]<br>A '''Spiny Cheep Cheep''' artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])
|parent_species=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|related=[[Porcupuffer]]
}}
'''Spiny Cheep Cheeps'''<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Official Game Guide'', pages 10, 14 & 161.</ref> (also formatted as '''Spiny Cheep-Cheeps''',<ref>''Nintendo Power Strategy Guide'' for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', page 9.</ref> or "'''Cheep-cheeps'''"<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 26.</ref>) are purple [[Cheep Cheep]]s with spikes running down their backs. They are fast swimmers and from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' onward, they will chase [[Mario]], like a [[Rip Van Fish]].

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:SpinyCheepCheep.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' artwork.]]
Spiny Cheep Cheeps only appear in one level in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'': [[Pipe Land|7-4]]. They swim faster than normal Cheep Cheeps. They can be defeated using [[Hammer Mario]]'s hammers, [[Fire Mario]]'s [[fireball]]s, or by [[Invincible Mario]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Spiny Cheep Cheeps reappear in the [[Wii]] game ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They first appear in World 1-4 and later in world 4-1 and 4-4. A single Spiny Cheep Cheep also appears in a secret area in world 8-4. Once it catches sight of Mario, Luigi, or the Toads, it will hunt them down. Though small, the Spiny Cheep Cheep is quite fast and relentless in its chase; more so than the [[Deep Cheep]]. They can be frozen using [[Ice Mario|Ice]] or [[Penguin Mario]]'s ice balls, but like all spiked enemies in the game, they will not stay frozen for long. Once it unfreezes, it has an angrier look on its face, the same one a [[Deep Cheep]] has. This does not affect anything it does.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Spiny Cheep Cheeps also appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they first appear early in World 1-5. They behave the same way and have the same appearance as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', except they have an angry look on their faces.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Spiny Cheep Cheeps reappear in the [[Wii U]] game ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. Like in past ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games, they will chase Mario Luigi and the Toads once they appear on screen.

===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
[[File:SpinyCheepCheepSML2.png|thumb]]
The Spiny Cheep Cheep is a fairly rare enemy in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', and it appears only in the [[Turtle Zone]]. Unlike its other appearances, it is flat and slender, almost eel-like, but it regularly inflates itself into a spiked ball. When inflated it can only rise upwards, so it moves towards [[Mario]] when deflated and attempts to block his path by puffing up and getting in his way. Spiny Cheep Cheeps can be defeated with [[Fireball]]s.

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
Spiny Cheep Cheeps (or possibly [[Porcupuffer]]s) also appear in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' television series]] in the "[[Fire Sale]]" episode. [[Yoshi]] refers to them as '''Porcupine Fish''', as they pop out of the water and paralyze anyone who touches them. In the episode, Mario, Luigi, [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie]] are paralyzed by the Porcupine Fish.

===''Yoshi Touch & Go''===
A very similar fish appears in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', as it is also blue and spiky; however, the fish enemy's spikes are white, and it is always leaping. They can only be defeated by smacking them with an egg. It is most likely a variant of [[Cheep Cheep#Yoshi series|Flopsy Fish]] or a [[Porcupuffer]].

==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=トゲプク<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 37.</ref><ref>''[http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#60 Mario Character Book]'', page 123.</ref><ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book7/P131129292.JPG Scan of 「ヨッシーストーリーNINTENDO64必勝攻略ブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo 64 Hisshō Kōryaku Book'')]</ref>
|JapR=Togepuku
|JapM=Spiked Cheep
|Fra=Spiny-Cheep
|FraM=-}}

==See also==
*[[Porcupuffer]]

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