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The '''stork''' is a supporting character in the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]. It is responsible for delivering [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] to the home of their mother and father. This is a reference to the myth of real life storks delivering babies to young couples. Its design is also based on the {{wp|white stork}}, the same stork told in folklore.

In the prologue ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', on its way to deliver the babies, the stork is attacked by [[Kamek]], who wants to kidnap the young brothers before they mature and cause trouble to the [[Koopa (species)|Koopas]]. Kamek succeeds in kidnapping only Baby Luigi and the stork.

In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', the stork is not only helping the Baby Mario Brothers, but also [[Baby Donkey Kong]], [[Baby Peach]], [[Baby Wario]], and [[Baby Bowser]]. The stork is more of a major character in this game as it is shown traveling with the babies in cut-scenes, and it helps even more by bringing babies to [[Stork Stop]]s. In the end, more than one stork are seen; several storks carry the babies back to their homes.

In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', the stork discovers that the parents it delivered the babies to in the original game are not Mario's and Luigi's. While it tries to find their real parents, it is attacked by [[Kamek]] and drops them again. Baby Mario is saved by Yoshi while Baby Luigi is captured by Kamek again. It is also revealed that the stork and other storks deliver infants from a magic land in the sky.

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the stork appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]. The sticker shows the stork carrying Baby Peach. In [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], the sticker can be used by any character to raise their body- and spin-based attack power by twenty one points.

 

The stork appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as an Advanced-class support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]]. When used, it gives air resistance to characters, making it harder for strong winds to blow them around.

In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', the stork makes a cameo appearance on the [[Baby Mario Hanafuda]] [[glider]].

The first actual mention of a baby-carrying stork in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise is in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Mario of the Apes]]". When the gorilla couple [[June and Ward]] are waiting for a child of their own, they mistake an [[Albatoss]] that drops Mario on their porch for the actual stork.

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|Chi=信使鸟<ref>[https://www.ique.com/games/games.htm Description for ''Yoshi Touch & Go'' from iQue's offical website.] "一只信使鸟独自在黎明前的夜幕中急急慌忙地赶路。在它地嘴里紧紧地叼着一个包袱，里面裹着一对刚出生的双胞胎……" (A messenger bird was on its way alone in the night before dawn. In its beak tightly holding a package, which is wrapped with a pair of new born twins...) Retrieved Febuary 9, 2020.</ref>

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