Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking at you!” —Spiky Joe, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door The Tiny Spinies, a.k.a. the Thorny Demons, are a fighting team that Mario faces in the Glitz Pit during the events of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The team consists of two Red Spike Buzzies (a.k.a. Red Spike Tops), one of whom is named Spiky Joe. The Tiny Spinies are ranked 9th in the Glitz Pit. It's best to defeat them by using Earth Tremor.