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{{distinguish|Shy Guy Stack}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:YCW Shy Guys.png|90px]]<br>Artwork of a Shy Guy Tower from ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]]) 
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|variant_of=[[Shy Guy]] / [[Pirate Guy]]
|comparable=[[Goomba Tower]]
}}
{{quote|Hey! It took us three hours to stack up like this. Don't knock us over!|Shy Guy Tower|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''}}
'''Shy Guy Towers''' (known as '''Shy Stacks''' in ''Paper Mario'') are [[Shy Guy]]s arranged in a tower formation.
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM Shy Guy Towers.png|thumb|left|Mario fighting the Shy Stacks]]
Shy Stacks debut in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', where two of them are fought immediately before the boss battle with [[General Guy]], after the [[Shy Squad]] and [[Stilt Guy]]s. A Shy Stack consists of four [[Shy Guy]]s standing on top of each other and has a cumulative attack power that equals the number of Shy Guys in the stack. The moves [[Super Hammer (move)|Spin Smash]], [[Shell Toss]], [[Power Shell]], and [[Fire Shell]] can be used to knock off the stack one by one, decreasing the attack power, as long as the enemy isn't [[Tiny (status effect)|shrunken]]. They use slingshots to attack, like [[Sky Guy]]s and [[Spy Guy]]s in the same game, as well as regular Shy Guys in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. In their tattle, Shy Guys Towers are described as having "an incredible sense of balance."

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
While not an enemy that can be fought in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', three Shy Guys stack themselves in the [[Redpepper Crater]], peeping on a [[Boo]] in the waterfall. If Mario hits them with his [[Hammer]], they complain it took them three hours to stack themselves to get a view, and if they are hit again, they fall down and do not get back up again, while telling Mario to find his own spot. When Mario talks to the Boo, the Shy Guy Tower falls down, since the Boo thinks they are looking at it.
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===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
They also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', along with '''[[Pirate Guy]] Stacks'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|date=November 6, 2006|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|page=61|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-016-6}}</ref> If a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] licks one of the Shy Guys in the stack, they will fall down and become regular Shy Guys.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
Shy Guy Towers return under their new name in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. Shy Guy Towers do not move for as long as they remain a Shy Guy Tower. Unlike in ''Yoshi's Island DS'', the tower cannot be disbanded by removing a single [[Shy Guy]] from the formation; however, this is not the case when Yoshi steers through them as [[Moto Yoshi]]. When one of them is eaten or attacked with a [[yarn ball]], any other Shy Guys that were staying on top of it drop a level lower. They can also be stomped on one by one, or [[Ground Pound]]ed from the top to instantly defeat all of them. If only one Shy Guy is left, it can move as a normal Shy Guy. Often, the Shy Guy at the top of the tower holds a [[Bead]], which may further contain a [[Stamp Patch]]/[[Pencil Patch]]. If they are not, it is possible for the top Shy Guy to be a [[Bomb Guy]]. They prominently appear in [[Shy but Deadly]], but also appear in [[Fluffy Snow, Here We Go!]]'s Moto Yoshi section. A Shy Guy Tower consisting entirely of black Shy Guys appears in the area with Bomb Guys in [[King Bowser's Castle (Yoshi's Woolly World)|King Bowser's Castle]].

===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
Shy Guy Towers later reappear in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' in the "[[Mario Sports Superstars#Road to Superstar|Road to Superstar]]" mode as enemies, though only two [[Shy Guy]]s stand on top of each other. They can be defeated by the sports balls that the amiibo cards yield.

===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
[[File:MTA Shy Guy Train Tussle.jpg|thumb|Long stacks of Shy Guys in ''Mario Tennis Aces'']]
Shy Guy Towers reappear in the [[Mario Tennis Aces#Shy Guy Train Tussle|Shy Guy Train Tussle]] co-op challenge of ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''. They appear in stacks of their respective colors and can be hit for [[coin]]s. During Frenzy Mode, three or four very tall stacks of Shy Guys appear in front of the players, with [[crate]]s between them containing coins and power-ups. At the top of each stack there is one crate containing a [[key]] of a specific color that will open the corresponding chest present in the stage, giving the players coins. To get a crate closer to the ground, the player has to defeat as many Shy Guys in the respective stack as possible before Frenzy Mode finishes.

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
Shy Guy Towers reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', behaving exactly the same as in the ''Yoshi's Island'' series and ''Yoshi's Woolly World''.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Shy Stack|image=[[File:PM Shy Stack idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
YIDS Shy Stack.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
YWW Shy Guy Tower.jpg|The Shy Guy Tower in the [[Scrapbook Theater]] in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トーテムヘイホー
|JpnR=Tōtemu Heihō
|Jpn2=ぐらぐらヘイホー<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|title=「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:YIDS Shogakukan P22.jpg|22]]}}</ref> / グラグラヘイホー<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|title=「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=235}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Guragura Heihō
|Jpn3=タワーヘイホー<ref>{{cite|language=ja|author=アルス(liaoallen)|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSrk4JIW47U|title=ヨッシー ウールワールド - 敵をみる おもいでシアター (全73種)|publisher=YouTube|date=August 2, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref>
|Jpn3R=Tawā Heihō
|JpnM=Totem Shy Guy (''Paper Mario'')
|Jpn2M=Tottering Shy Guy (''Yoshi's Island DS'')
|Jpn3M=Tower Shy Guy (''Yoshi's Woolly World'')
|ChiS=嘿虎叠罗汉<ref>{{cite|author=Darth Koopa|date=January 13, 2022|url=youtu.be/mylbJGDX60k?t=255|timestamp=04:15|title=ique PAPER MARIO Part 28|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 14, 2022}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Hēihǔ Diéluóhàn
|ChiSM=Shy Guy Pyramid
|Fre=Mass'groupés
|Fre2=Tour Maskass<ref>{{cite|url=www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/42-30394-41219633-1-0-1-0-bestiaire-et-musiques-liste-complete-des-ennemis-et-musiques-avec-le-niveau-correspondant.htm|title=Scrapbook Theater in Yoshi's Woolly World|language=fr|publisher=JeuxVideo}}{{better source}}</ref>
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''Maskass'' ("Shy Guy") and ''groupés'' ("grouped")
|Fre2M=Shy guy tower
|Ger=Shy Stapel
|Ger2=Shy Guy-Turm (''Yoshi's Woolly World'')
|GerM=Shy Stack
|Ger2M=Shy Guy Tower (''Yoshi's Woolly World'')
|Spa=Torre Shy Guy
|SpaM=Shy Guy Tower
|Ita=Torre di Tipi
|ItaM=[Shy] Guys Tower
}}

==References==
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