Gold Shy Guy

Color Splash enemy
Gold Shy Guy
Location(s)	Fort Cobalt, Fortune Island
Type	Normal
Role	Common
HP	8
Strong	Any non-iron attack
Weak	Iron
Moves	Slash Attack (25), Group Attack (25), Blowback Attack (12)
Enemy class	ENEMY_HEIHO_GOLD
Card probability	0
Card None
Quotes Usual: "Solid gold!" ~ "I'll melt YOU down!" ~ "You want the gold. Admit it." ~ "This metal ain't precious." After layer removed: "From riches to rags..." ~ "Bloop." ~ "I declare bankruptcy!" ~ "Look away. I'm hideous!"
Dropped items Hammer Scraps 150 Red paint 20 Yellow paint 20 Blue paint 20 Orange paint 10 Green paint 10 Purple paint 10

Gold Shy Guys are a variant of Shy Guy in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Gold Shy Guys, like Silver Shy Guys, are invincible to all attacks except for Iron Jumps, Hurlhammers, Spin Jumps, and Things. Iron Jumps and Hurlhammers will cause their gold layer to fall off, revealing that they are really red Shy Guys. They act like normal Shy Guys once their gold covering comes off. Gold Shy Guys appear in Fort Cobalt and in Wendy O. Koopa's battle in Fortune Island. A Gold Shy Guy is the second-round opponent in Roshambo Temple #8.

When Gold Shy Guys are defeated, they drop more Coins and Hammer Scraps than most enemies.

Similar entities

In Super Mario Party, Shy Guy is covered in gold after using a Golden Drink similar to a Gold Shy Guy.

In-game artwork of Shy Guy (Gold) from Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, a Shy Guy with a golden coating similar to a Gold Shy Guy was introduced as a playable character in the 1st Anniversary Tour. Its special item is the Giga Bob-omb.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヘイホーゴールド[?] Heihō Gōrudo	Shy Guy Gold
French	Maskass d'or Maskass (or) (Mario Kart: Tour)[?]	Gold Shy guy Shy guy (gold)
German	Goldener Shy Guy[?]	Golden Shy Guy
Italian	Tipo Timido dorato[?]	Golden Shy Guy
Russian	Золотой скромняга[?] Zolotoy skromnyaga	Gold Shy Guy
Spanish (NOA)	Shy Guy dorado[?]	Gold Shy Guy