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{{about|Mario's Yoshi partner in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]|the infant Yoshis referred to as Yoshi Kids in [[Paper Mario]]|[[Fearsome 5]]|the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis"|[[Baby Yoshi]]}}
{{about|the party member from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis"|[[Baby Yoshi]]}}
{{distinguish|Mini Yoshi}}
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|image=[[File:TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|200px]]<br>The green version of the Mini-Yoshi, from the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|image=[[File:TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|200px]]<br>The green version of the Yoshi, from the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|full_name=Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
|full_name=Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
|species=[[Baby Yoshi]]
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{{quote|Let's rock, [[Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Gonzales]]! I'm ready to [[Gulp|chew]] [[Macho Grubba|this dude]] up and spit him out!|Yoshi|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
{{quote|Let's rock, [[Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Gonzales]]! I'm ready to [[Gulp|chew]] [[Macho Grubba|this dude]] up and spit him out!|Yoshi|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
'''Yoshi Kid''' (originally known as '''Mini-Yoshi''' or '''Yoshi''')<ref>{{cite|author=@Stealth40k|date=April 12, 2024|url=x.com/Stealth40k/status/1778952074090131561|title=This was the most important question they asked...|publisher=X|accessdate=May 15, 2024}}</ref> is [[Mario]]'s fourth party member in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is a spunky [[Baby Yoshi|Yoshi baby]] and the youngest of Mario's party members (being newborn). His purpose in the overworld is to allow Mario to ride him to travel around much faster and use a [[Flutter Jump]]-like ability to cross gaps.
The '''Yoshi Kid''',<ref>{{cite|author=@Stealth40k|date=April 12, 2024|url=x.com/Stealth40k/status/1778952074090131561|title=This was the most important question they asked...|publisher=X|accessdate=May 15, 2024}}</ref> identified as '''Mini-Yoshi''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', is [[Mario]]'s fourth party member in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is a spunky [[Baby Yoshi|Yoshi baby]] and the youngest of Mario's party members, being newborn. His purpose in the overworld is to allow Mario to ride him to travel around much faster and use a [[Flutter Jump]]-like ability to cross gaps.


The Yoshi Kid is named by the player within the text space of eight characters, which incidentally makes "Yoshi Kid" and "Mini-Yoshi" too long to fit. The default name is simply "'''Yoshi'''", which is used in most appearances.
==History==
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:Mario and Yoshi Kid.png|200px|left|thumb|Yoshi hatching out of his egg.]]
[[File:Mario and Yoshi Kid.png|200px|left|thumb|Yoshi hatching out of his egg.]]
While Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]] and [[Flurrie]] are fighting in [[Glitzville]]'s [[Glitz Pit]], they find that one of the fighting teams, the [[Armored Harriers]], appears to be impervious to any attack they use. At an earlier time, Mario had found a [[Yoshi's Egg]] bouncing around, being chased by the owner of the [[Hot Dog Stand]], [[Mr. Hoggle]] (who had hopes of making a [[Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness]] with it). Mario eventually caught it, and Mr. Hoggle allowed him to keep it as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place". After Mario returns from his problematic battle with the Armored Harriers, the egg hatches into a [[Baby Yoshi|newborn Yoshi baby]] who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (who he knows as [[Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Gonzales]]), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi can defeat the Armored Harriers by [[Gulp|eating them and spitting them at each other]], as the gulp attack ignores enemy defense. He travels with [[Mario]] for the rest of the game. [[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Yoshi's egg only after Mario glides down to the roof of the Hot Dog Stand where the egg sits but before Mario interacts with the egg.
While Mario, [[Goombella]], [[Koops]] and [[Flurrie]] are fighting in [[Glitzville]]'s [[Glitz Pit]], they find that one of the fighting teams, the [[Iron Adonis Twins]], appears to be impervious to any attack they use. At an earlier time, Mario had found a [[Yoshi's Egg]] bouncing around, being chased by an owner of the [[Hot Dog Stand]], [[Mr. Hoggle]] (who had hopes of making a [[Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness]] with it). After Mario caught the egg, it jumped onto a roof of the Hot Dog Stand, requiring Mario to [[Plane Mode|glide down]] to the roof to recover the egg; Goombella's [[Tattle]] on the egg is viewable before Mario interacts with the egg. Mr. Hoggle allowed Mario to keep the egg as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place". Following this, the living and bouncy egg joined Mario's party.
 
After Mario returns from his problematic battle with the Iron Adonis Twins, the egg hatches into a [[Baby Yoshi|newborn Yoshi baby]] who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (who he knows as [[Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Gonzales]]), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi can defeat the Iron Adonis Twins by [[Gulp|eating them and spitting them at each other]], as the gulp attack ignores enemy defense. He travels with [[Mario]] for the rest of the game.


At the end of the adventure, he goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "'''The Great Gonzales Jr.'''", and is stated to be getting close to the title match. In [[Goombella]]'s letter, the Yoshi challenges the "Great Gonzales" by saying "I could totally take you in the ring now, so bring it!" He is notable for calling Mario "Gonzales" throughout the entire course of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (in a manner similar to other non-player characters such as [[Goldbob]] and his family); his odd familiarity with this name is due to Mario's pseudonym, "Great Gonzales" (upon [[Grubba]] and [[Jolene]]'s insistence) while fighting in the Glitz Pit. By the end of the game, though, the Yoshi would appear to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name was Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.
At the end of the adventure, he goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "'''The Great Gonzales Jr.'''", and is stated to be getting close to the title match. In [[Goombella]]'s letter, the Yoshi challenges the "Great Gonzales" by saying "I could totally take you in the ring now, so bring it!" He is notable for calling Mario "Gonzales" throughout the entire course of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (in a manner similar to other non-player characters such as [[Goldbob]] and his family); his odd familiarity with this name is due to Mario's pseudonym, "Great Gonzales" (upon [[Grubba]] and [[Jolene]]'s insistence) while fighting in the Glitz Pit. By the end of the game, though, the Yoshi would appear to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name was Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.


====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
[[File:SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|thumb|left|The Mini-Yoshis' plushies from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
[[File:SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|thumb|left|The Yoshis' plushies from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Yoshi appears as a [[Catch Card]] won by winning the [[Duel of 100]] in the [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. [[Francis]] has a collection of seven Yoshi dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, Yoshi, along with all the other [[partners]] from the previous ''Paper Mario'' titles appear in a photograph at the [[Mario Bros.' House]] during the introduction.
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Yoshi appears as a [[Catch Card]] won by winning the [[Duel of 100]] in the [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. [[Francis]] has a collection of seven Yoshi dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, Yoshi, along with all the other [[partners]] from the previous ''Paper Mario'' titles appear in a photograph at the [[Mario Bros.' House]] during the introduction.
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=== ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ===
=== ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]], which names him "Yoshi," while in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', there is a [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of Mini-Yoshi, and this is the first game to give him this name.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]], which names him "Yoshi," while in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', there is a [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of Mini-Yoshi, the first game to give him this name.
 
===''Super Mario Run''===
Yoshi had a minor cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']], though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.


==General information==
==General information==
===Physical appearance===
===Physical appearance===
[[File:Yoshi Kids.png|center]]
[[File:Yoshi Kids.png|center]]
Yoshi's coloration is determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where his egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand to when Mario eventually meets the newborn after [[flee]]ing from or losing to the Armored Harriers. Initially, Yoshi is green, has a red mohawk, and wears orange pants with white polka dots (giving it a [[Yoshi's Egg]]-like pattern) and a pair of his species' signature boots. While in his egg, however, Yoshi's color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than twenty minutes pass before Yoshi hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and will stay the same for the rest of the game upon Yoshi's hatching.
Yoshi's coloration is determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where his egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand to when Mario eventually meets the newborn after [[flee]]ing from or losing to the Iron Adonis Twins. Initially, Yoshi is green, has a red mohawk, and wears orange pants with white polka dots (giving it a [[Yoshi's Egg]]-like pattern) and a pair of his species' signature boots. While in his egg, however, Yoshi's color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than twenty minutes pass before Yoshi hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and will stay the same for the rest of the game upon Yoshi's hatching.
 
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;width:30%;margin:0 auto"
{|class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width: 30%; margin: 0 auto"
!width="10%"|Time
!width="10%"|Time
!width="10%"|Color
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|-
|15-18 Minutes
|15-18 Minutes
|[[File:Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Pink|Hotpink}}
|[[File:Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Hotpink|Pink}}
|-
|-
|18-19 Minutes
|18-19 Minutes
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|19-20 Minutes
|19-20 Minutes
|[[File:White Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|White|Gray}}
|[[File:White Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Gray|White}}
|}
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*'''In-game description:''' ''This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press {{button|gcn|X}} to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press {{button|gcn|A}} when riding to float through the air.''
*'''In-game description:''' ''This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press {{button|gcn|X}} to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press {{button|gcn|A}} when riding to float through the air.''
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''You'll name the newborn Yoshi yourself when he hatches in Chapter 3, but for the sake of clarity, we'll refer to him by the name of his species. Press X to hop on the little guy's back and he'll move more quickly. While you're riding him, you can press the A Button to float through the air for a brief time.''<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|url=archive.org/details/papermariothethousandyeardoorplayersguide_201909/page/n13/mode/2up|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=16|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=October 1, 2004|isbn=1-930206-51-8}}</ref>
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''You'll name the newborn Yoshi yourself when he hatches in Chapter 3, but for the sake of clarity, we'll refer to him by the name of his species. Press X to hop on the little guy's back and he'll move more quickly. While you're riding him, you can press the A Button to float through the air for a brief time.''<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|url=archive.org/details/papermariothethousandyeardoorplayersguide_201909/page/n13/mode/2up|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=16|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=October 1, 2004|isbn=1-930206-51-8}}</ref>
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' {{quote|Gosh, what a colorful egg! Must be a good one, huh? I mean, look at it jump! But jeepers creepers, I sure wouldn't want to try to eat it... I mean, EWWWWWW! I don't eat moving things. Let's hurry up, grab it, and give it back to Mr. Hoggle.|Goombella|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' "''Gosh, what a colorful egg! Must be a good one, huh? I mean, look at it jump! But jeepers creepers, I sure wouldn't want to try to eat it... I mean, EWWWWWW! I don't eat moving things. Let's hurry up, grab it, and give it back to Mr. Hoggle.''"
 
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}
 
The following is Yoshi's attacks and default stats:
The following is Mini-Yoshi's attacks and default stats:
;HP
;HP
*Initial: 10 HP
*Initial: 10 HP
*Super Rank: 20 HP
*Super Rank: 20 HP
*Ultra Rank: 30 HP
*Ultra Rank: 30 HP
;Attacks
;Attacks
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{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin:0 auto"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|[[Flower Point|FP]] Needed
!width="10%"|[[Flower Point|FP]] Needed
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===''Super Paper Mario''===
===''Super Paper Mario''===
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{|class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
|-
|-
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
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<gallery>
<gallery>
Yoshikid.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Yoshikid.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Hotdogstand.png|Yoshi unhatched
Hotdogstand.png|Yoshi Kid unhatched
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|Yoshi hatched
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|Yoshi hatched
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|Yoshi and Mario
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|Yoshi and Mario
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|Yoshi joining the party
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|Yoshi joining the party
TT-YD Black Yoshi.png|Yoshi hatched as a Black Yoshi.
TT-YD Black Yoshi.png|Yoshi hatched as a black Yoshi.
TT-YD Orange Yoshi.png|Orange Yoshi in Chapter 4.
TT-YD Orange Yoshi.png|Orange Yoshi in Chapter 4.
Mini-Yoshi egg TTYD sprite.png|Yoshi's egg
Mini-Yoshi egg TTYD sprite.png|Yoshi's egg
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PMTTYD NS Glitz Pit.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYD NS Glitz Pit.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYDNS Profile Yoshi.jpg|Character profile card
PMTTYDNS Profile Yoshi.jpg|Character profile card
SMR TTYD Promo.png|Yoshi cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
===Yoshi / Mini-Yoshi===
===Yoshi/Mini-Yoshi/Yoshi Kid===
Note that the player can, as in the English version, name this character anything under a certain space limitation. These names are the default if the field is left blank.
Note that the player can, as in the English version, name this character anything under a certain space limitation. These names are the default if the field is left blank.
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
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|JapR=Chibi Yosshī
|JapR=Chibi Yosshī
|JapM={{wp|Chibi (slang)|Chibi}} Yoshi; same as [[Baby Yoshi#Names in other languages|Baby Yoshi]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
|JapM={{wp|Chibi (slang)|Chibi}} Yoshi; same as [[Baby Yoshi#Names in other languages|Baby Yoshi]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
|Dut=Yoshi
|Chi=
|ChiR=
|ChiM=
|Dut=Yoshi<br>Yoshi-jong
|DutM=-<br>Yoshi kid
|Fre=PtiYoshi
|Fre=PtiYoshi
|FreM="Pti" is a contraction of ''petit'' ("small")
|FreM="Pti" is a contraction of ''petit'' ("small")
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|RusR=Mini-Yoshi
|RusR=Mini-Yoshi
|RusM=Mini-Yoshi
|RusM=Mini-Yoshi
|Spa=Yoshito
|Spa=Yoshi<br>Yoshito
|SpaM=''-ito'' is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes smallness, cuteness and/or tenderness.
|SpaM=-<br>''-ito'' is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes smallness, cuteness and/or tenderness.
}}
}}


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
{{trivia}}
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|image2=PMTTYD Italian Yoshi Explanation 2.png
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*As stated above, Yoshi's Glitz Pit origins resulted in him calling [[Mario]] by the name "Gonzales" throughout the whole course of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', except for six times. Although the use of "Mario" in the ending was deliberate and even played somewhat of a role in Yoshi's character development, the other listings were likely a mistake on the developers' part. These are the following times Yoshi calls Mario by his actual name:
*As stated above, Yoshi's Glitz Pit origins resulted in him calling [[Mario]] by the name "Gonzales" throughout the whole course of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', except for six times. Although the use of "Mario" in the ending was deliberate and even played somewhat of a role in Yoshi's character development, the other listings were likely a mistake on the developers' part. In the Nintendo Switch remake, these are corrected so that Yoshi always calls him Gonzales. These are the following times before the ending of the game that Yoshi calls Mario by his actual name in the original game:
**At the ending of the game.
**In [[Grubba]]'s office when reading his secret paper about the machine under the ring.
**In [[Grubba]]'s office when reading his secret paper about the machine under the ring.
**At [[Twilight Town]] when the [[Creepy Steeple|steeple]] bell rings, changing [[Mayor Dour]] into a [[pig]].
**At [[Twilight Town]] when the [[Creepy Steeple|steeple]] bell rings, changing [[Mayor Dour]] into a [[pig]].
**At [[Keelhaul Key]] after [[Frankie]] says "I love you" 100 times.
**At [[Keelhaul Key]] after [[Frankie]] says "I love you" 100 times.
**At the very end of Chapter 5 when the [[Pianta]]s say they're staying on Keelhaul Key.
**At the very end of Chapter 5 when the [[Pianta]]s say they are staying on Keelhaul Key.
**If Mario brings him along to the top of [[Riddle Tower]] for the first time.  
**If Mario brings him along to the top of [[Palace of Shadow Tower]] for the first time.  
*Yoshi is one of two [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] that can be seen outside battle in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''; the other one is seen on the [[Excess Express]], as an adult.
*Yoshi is one of two [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s that can be seen outside battle in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''; the other one is seen on the [[Excess Express]], as an adult.
*Yoshi is the only partner whose dialogue for approaching Bonetail in combat was slightly changed in the remake.
**GameCube version: "Whoa! What a psycho!"
**Nintendo Switch version: "Whoa! What a monster!"
***Furthermore, when naming the Yoshi in the remake, the player is prompted to use the Nintendo Switch's internal keyboard as opposed to an in-game keyboard like in the original game.
*During the 2nd fight with [[Doopliss]], after defeating [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], and [[Flurrie]], Yoshi will appear, but, no matter what his nickname is, his enemy name is always "[[Yoshi]]".
*During the 2nd fight with [[Doopliss]], after defeating [[Goombella]], [[Koops]], and [[Flurrie]], Yoshi will appear, but, no matter what his nickname is, his enemy name is always "[[Yoshi]]".
*[[Wonky]] in the Italian version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' refers to Yoshi specifically as a ''Miniyoshi'', further explaining that Miniyoshis are "''Yoshis just hatched from the eggs''". This aligns with the character's Japanese name, which is identical to a [[Baby Yoshi]], along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby". The name "Mini-Yoshi" (which is incidentally too large to fit in the original game's text space) was given for his [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''.
*[[Wonky]] in the Italian version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' refers to Yoshi specifically as a ''Miniyoshi'', further explaining that Miniyoshis are "''Yoshis just hatched from the eggs''". This aligns with the character's Japanese name, which is identical to a [[Baby Yoshi]], along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby". The name "Mini-Yoshi" was given for his [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''.
**Additionally, the Player's Guide for the game first refers to the character as "a Mini-Yoshi."
**Additionally, the Player's Guide for the game first refers to the character as "a Mini-Yoshi."
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 12:28, June 24, 2024

This article is about Mario's Yoshi partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the infant Yoshis referred to as Yoshi Kids in Paper Mario, see Fearsome 5. For the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis", see Baby Yoshi.
Yoshi Kid
Yoshi Kid in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch).
The green version of the Yoshi, from the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Full name Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
Species Baby Yoshi
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Let's rock, Gonzales! I'm ready to chew this dude up and spit him out!”
—Yoshi, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Yoshi Kid,[1] identified as Mini-Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, is Mario's fourth party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is a spunky Yoshi baby and the youngest of Mario's party members, being newborn. His purpose in the overworld is to allow Mario to ride him to travel around much faster and use a Flutter Jump-like ability to cross gaps.

The Yoshi Kid is named by the player within the text space of eight characters, which incidentally makes "Yoshi Kid" and "Mini-Yoshi" too long to fit. The default name is simply "Yoshi", which is used in most appearances.

History

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Artwork of Mario and Yoshi from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Yoshi hatching out of his egg.

While Mario, Goombella, Koops and Flurrie are fighting in Glitzville's Glitz Pit, they find that one of the fighting teams, the Iron Adonis Twins, appears to be impervious to any attack they use. At an earlier time, Mario had found a Yoshi's Egg bouncing around, being chased by an owner of the Hot Dog Stand, Mr. Hoggle (who had hopes of making a Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness with it). After Mario caught the egg, it jumped onto a roof of the Hot Dog Stand, requiring Mario to glide down to the roof to recover the egg; Goombella's Tattle on the egg is viewable before Mario interacts with the egg. Mr. Hoggle allowed Mario to keep the egg as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place". Following this, the living and bouncy egg joined Mario's party.

After Mario returns from his problematic battle with the Iron Adonis Twins, the egg hatches into a newborn Yoshi baby who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (who he knows as Gonzales), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi can defeat the Iron Adonis Twins by eating them and spitting them at each other, as the gulp attack ignores enemy defense. He travels with Mario for the rest of the game.

At the end of the adventure, he goes solo at the Glitz Pit, going under the name "The Great Gonzales Jr.", and is stated to be getting close to the title match. In Goombella's letter, the Yoshi challenges the "Great Gonzales" by saying "I could totally take you in the ring now, so bring it!" He is notable for calling Mario "Gonzales" throughout the entire course of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (in a manner similar to other non-player characters such as Goldbob and his family); his odd familiarity with this name is due to Mario's pseudonym, "Great Gonzales" (upon Grubba and Jolene's insistence) while fighting in the Glitz Pit. By the end of the game, though, the Yoshi would appear to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name was Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.

Super Paper Mario

The Yoshis' plushies from Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, Yoshi appears as a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in the Sammer's Kingdom. Francis has a collection of seven Yoshi dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, Yoshi, along with all the other partners from the previous Paper Mario titles appear in a photograph at the Mario Bros.' House during the introduction.

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there is a sticker, which names him "Yoshi," while in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, there is a trophy of Mini-Yoshi, the first game to give him this name.

Super Mario Run

Yoshi had a minor cameo in Super Mario Run (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.

General information

Physical appearance

Variants of the Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Yoshi's coloration is determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where his egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand to when Mario eventually meets the newborn after fleeing from or losing to the Iron Adonis Twins. Initially, Yoshi is green, has a red mohawk, and wears orange pants with white polka dots (giving it a Yoshi's Egg-like pattern) and a pair of his species' signature boots. While in his egg, however, Yoshi's color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than twenty minutes pass before Yoshi hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and will stay the same for the rest of the game upon Yoshi's hatching.

Time Color
0-6 Minutes BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png
Green
6-9 Minutes Red Yoshi TTYD.png
Red
9-12 Minutes Blue Yoshi TTYD.png
Blue
12-15 Minutes OrangeYoshiTTYD.png
Orange
15-18 Minutes Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png
Pink
18-19 Minutes Black Yoshi TTYD.png
Black
19-20 Minutes White Yoshi TTYD.png
White

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • In-game description: This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press X Button to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press A Button when riding to float through the air.
  • Player's Guide: You'll name the newborn Yoshi yourself when he hatches in Chapter 3, but for the sake of clarity, we'll refer to him by the name of his species. Press X to hop on the little guy's back and he'll move more quickly. While you're riding him, you can press the A Button to float through the air for a brief time.[2]
  • Tattle: "Gosh, what a colorful egg! Must be a good one, huh? I mean, look at it jump! But jeepers creepers, I sure wouldn't want to try to eat it... I mean, EWWWWWW! I don't eat moving things. Let's hurry up, grab it, and give it back to Mr. Hoggle."
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Yoshi
BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png Max HP 10-20 Attack 1 Defense 0
Location(s) Creepy Steeple Role Support Level 0
Sleep? N/A Dizzy? N/A Confuse? N/A
Tiny? N/A Stop? N/A Soft? N/A
Burn? N/A Freeze? N/A Fright? N/A
Gale Force? N/A KO? N/A Moves Ground Pound (1, hits up to 4 or 5 times)
Exp. points 0 Coins N/A Items none
Tattle Log #:
N/A 		Log N/A
Tattle N/A

The following is Yoshi's attacks and default stats:

HP
  • Initial: 10 HP
  • Super Rank: 20 HP
  • Ultra Rank: 30 HP
Attacks
Attack FP Needed Effect Action Command Attack Power Move Ranks
Ground Pound 0 Bounces on a single enemy. Repeatedly press R Button. This attack does 1 damage 4/5/6 times (initially and on Super and Ultra Ranks, respectively) Initial
Gulp 4 Swallows an enemy and spits it at another enemy. Press and hold R Button until the red star lights up. Initial: 4
Super: 5
Ultra: 6 		Initial
Mini-Egg 3 Throws eggs at all the enemies, and if successful, shrinks them. Press A Button when the red stars light up. This attack does 1 damage three or four times (on the Super or Ultra Ranks, respectively) Super Rank
Stampede 6 Summons a Yoshi herd to attack all enemies. Repeatedly press L Button and R Button alternately. This attacks does 1 damage six times. Ultra Rank

Super Paper Mario

Catch Card
Yoshi (kid)
  • Card Type: Rare
  • Card Description: It's Yoshi from the last Paper Mario adventure. This scrappy Yoshi was the only way to travel!

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sticker
Yoshi
Sticker of Yoshi from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Artwork from: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Throwing] - Attack +5
Usable by: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Trophy
Mini-Yoshi
Mini-Yoshi trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Category: Series Related
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Appears in:
GCN Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (10/2004)
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Trophy Box: 13: Paper Mario
How to unlock:
Random
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampant. He's strong for a little lad and can even carry Mario, who he calls Gonzales. There's a funny reason for that, and it's—oh, we've run out of space. Sorry. (American English)
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this young Yoshi first appears as just an egg. After breaking out of his shell, though, the rascal's cheek and ultra-competitive nature run rampage. He's strong for a little lad, and can even carry Mario, who he calls "Gonzales". There's a funny reason for that, and it's...oh, we've run out of space. Sorry. (British English)

Gallery

Names in other languages

Yoshi/Mini-Yoshi/Yoshi Kid

Note that the player can, as in the English version, name this character anything under a certain space limitation. These names are the default if the field is left blank.

Language Name Meaning
Japanese チビヨッシー
Chibi Yosshī
 Chibi Yoshi; same as Baby Yoshi from Super Mario World.

Dutch Yoshi
Yoshi-jong
 -
Yoshi kid
French PtiYoshi
 "Pti" is a contraction of petit ("small")
German Mini-Yoshi
 -
Italian Miniyoshi
 -
Korean 꼬마요시
Kkomayosi
 Little Yoshi

Russian Мини-Йоши (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
Mini-Yoshi
 Mini-Yoshi

Spanish Yoshi
Yoshito
 -
-ito is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes smallness, cuteness and/or tenderness.

The Great Gonzales Jr.

Language Name Meaning
Japanese グレート・ゴンザレス・ジュニア
Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
 Great Gonzales Jr.

French Super Gonzales Junior
 -
German Bomba Luigi Junior
 -
Italian Super Gonzales Junior
 -
Spanish El pequeño Gran González
 The small Great Gonzales

Trivia

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Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  • As stated above, Yoshi's Glitz Pit origins resulted in him calling Mario by the name "Gonzales" throughout the whole course of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, except for six times. Although the use of "Mario" in the ending was deliberate and even played somewhat of a role in Yoshi's character development, the other listings were likely a mistake on the developers' part. In the Nintendo Switch remake, these are corrected so that Yoshi always calls him Gonzales. These are the following times before the ending of the game that Yoshi calls Mario by his actual name in the original game:
  • Yoshi is one of two Yoshis that can be seen outside battle in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door; the other one is seen on the Excess Express, as an adult.
  • Yoshi is the only partner whose dialogue for approaching Bonetail in combat was slightly changed in the remake.
    • GameCube version: "Whoa! What a psycho!"
    • Nintendo Switch version: "Whoa! What a monster!"
      • Furthermore, when naming the Yoshi in the remake, the player is prompted to use the Nintendo Switch's internal keyboard as opposed to an in-game keyboard like in the original game.
  • During the 2nd fight with Doopliss, after defeating Goombella, Koops, and Flurrie, Yoshi will appear, but, no matter what his nickname is, his enemy name is always "Yoshi".
  • Wonky in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door refers to Yoshi specifically as a Miniyoshi, further explaining that Miniyoshis are "Yoshis just hatched from the eggs". This aligns with the character's Japanese name, which is identical to a Baby Yoshi, along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby". The name "Mini-Yoshi" was given for his trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
    • Additionally, the Player's Guide for the game first refers to the character as "a Mini-Yoshi."

References

  1. ^ @Stealth40k (April 12, 2024). This was the most important question they asked.... X. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Thomason, Steve (October 1, 2004). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America. ISBN 1-930206-51-8. Page 16.
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Yoshis
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Baby Fat • Boshi • Fearsome 5 • "It" • Mini Yoshi • Rabbid Yoshi • Ura Yoshi • Village Leader • Yokkī • Yoob • Yoshi • Yoshi Kid
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Bahamutt • Dorrie • Noshi • Plessie • Rex
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Coconut 1 • Dreamy Egg • Egg 1 • Egg Rider • Go-Go Yoshi • Gold Egg • Turbo Yoshi (Black, Blue, Red, White) • Yoshi Bike
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN, Switch)
Main characters Admiral Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Business Bro • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Iron Adonis Twins • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • Sir Grodus • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Billy • Blooey • Bob • The Bob-omb Squad • Bobolink • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Cranberry • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Four heroes • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • Hamma Jamma's father • Hamma Jamma's grandfather • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Hizza • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Maitre Delish • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Minister Crepe • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Old Man Skoo • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Princess Eclair • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Ronnie • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC-XX • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Veil
Objects Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous ? Block locations (Hidden) • 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Art Gallery • Badges • Bestiary • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Enemy formations • Gallery (GameCube · Switch) • Glitches • Goldbobbington's • Goombsley University • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Mushroom Ball • On Golden Toad 2 • Parade • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–K · L–Z) • Recipes • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
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