Sergeant Guy
- Not to be confused with General Guy.
| Sergeant Guy | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story | |
| Species | Shy Guy |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) |
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018) |
| Member of | Bowser's Minions Elite Trio |
- “Get it together, Private Goomp! Let's scout this area, at least.”
- —Sergeant Guy, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Sergeant Guy is a green Shy Guy that first appears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, where he serves as a minion and supporting character to Bowser, and reprises the same role in its remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. He also appears as an antagonist serving Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Sergeant Guy is also a recruitable unit in the submodes of both Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.
Sergeant Guy carries a silver pipe and a Magikoopa's wand on his back. His shoes are depicted as brown in his artwork and overworld sprite for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story; his battle sprite erroneously depicts them as blue, though they remain blue for the rest of his other appearances.
History[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
He is first seen with Corporal Paraplonk and Private Goomp attempting to take Bowser's Castle back from Fawful with a Banzai Bill Cannon. However, the minions have no ammo and Bowser is forced to go inside and get some ammo. Once Bowser obtains the Banzai Bill, the three minions fire it into the castle.
When Bowser turns into giant Bowser, he applauds when Bowser inflicts damage to Bowser's Castle as Corporal Paraplonk teaches Bowser how to battle.
Later on, in the Treasure Chamber in Bowser's Castle, Sergeant Guy and his companions watch Bowser defeat the Fawful Express and once Bowser opens the safe, Sergeant Guy and the other minions push Bowser into the safe, stating that Fawful bribed them with rations.
Sergeant Guy was seen after the closing credits, where he and the other minions apologize for their treason, and ask Bowser if they could rejoin his army. Bowser then orders them to get involved in the repairs of his castle like his other minions, indicating that they have been accepted back in.
Sergeant Guy reappears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, reprising his role in the main game, while appearing as an enemy and a recruitable ally in Bowser Jr.'s side story. He fights alongside other Shy Guys and again alongside Private Goomp and Corporal Paraplonk where he is a regular troop. In the post-game of the story, it was revealed that while Bowser pardoned him and his comrades of their treason against him, the rest of Bowser's Minions has yet to forgive them and even shunned them, citing they have to "earn back [their] trust," and Bowser Jr. believes their treason was due to being under the influence of the Malatone Formula:X earlier. In his battle sprite, his shoes are incorrectly colored blue instead of brown.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]
In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team it is revealed that Sergeant Guy was promoted along with his associates to Bowser's Royal Guard. He has a flag with a Bowser emblem on it. In contrast to the previous game, he is an antagonist instead of a protagonist, due to Bowser no longer being one of the protagonists as was the case in Bowser's Inside Story. He travels with Bowser to Pi'illo Island to find Princess Peach. Sergeant Guy also helps Kamek disguise as Princess Peach forming a lower section of the disguise. It is also shown that he and his associates dream of bossing around Kamek & Bowser one day. The trio are also fought in a boss battle in Dreamy Driftwood Shore as the Elite Trio. During the battle, all three of the Elite Trio members must be KO'd at the same time to end the battle. Otherwise, one of the remaining members will revive the downed member or members with 1 HP. Sergeant Guy revives the others by striking them with his wand. Sergeant Guy has three attacks, as well as being the main source of damage in the team's group attack. Once the Elite Trio is defeated, Sergeant Guy drops a large gift box containing the Action Hammer.
His first attack is to use his magic wand to turn Private Goomp's Sub-Goombas into copies of himself. All of the Shy Guys run off screen, then they all begin to walk toward Mario one after the other from either side of the screen at varying speeds. Some of them have a hammer and approach Mario from his front or back. If they get close enough to Mario, they hit him with the hammer and retreat. If the Sergeant Guy in question is really a Sub-Goomba, it will revert to normal after attacking. Others lack hammers and walk past Mario, either walking just above him or just below him. The real Sergeant Guy is distingishable from the fakes because only his flag has Bowser's emblem; the other Sergeant Guys may have a blank flag, a flagpole without a flag, or neither. Mario can repel the Sergeant Guys by using his hammer. Hitting a fake Sergeant Guy makes it revert to normal. Hitting the real Sergeant Guy makes all of the fake Sergeant Guys return to normal and ends the attack early.
Sergeant Guy's second and third attack are linked. His second attack is to jump onto the Sergeant Guy Cannon and blow a whistle, calling six Shy Guys to load a Banzai Bill into the cannon. His third attack is to jump onto the cannon and Ground Pound it, firing the Banzai Bill at Mario. Before doing the Ground Pound, he signals the team so that they move into the background. The Banzai Bill chases Mario to the left, and player has to repeatedly press the 
button to outrun it. If the escape is successful, the Banzai Bill will droop to the ground, slide, then bounce up into the air. It lands and explodes on Sergeant Guy, blowing him back to the ground. The Sergeant Guy Cannon ignores all attacks if a Banzai Bill is not in it, but if Mario uses a jump attack on the cannon while there is a Banzai Bill, it starts to shake. Luiginary Stack will cause this to happen, but not Luiginary Ball. Once the attack ends, the cannon fires prematurely, with the Banzai Bill chasing Private Goomp and his Sub-Goombas off the left edge of the screen while Mario jumps into the background to avoid it. The Banzai Bill explodes just off the right side of the screen, launching all the Goombas back into the battle. The Goombas take damage as they land, and deal damage to Sergeant Guy and Corporal Paraplonk as the go by. Sergeant Guy cannot fire the Sergeant Guy Cannon in the same turn cycle that it is loaded, so there is always a turn available to damage the Sergeant Guy Cannon. When Private Goomp uses his attack, Sergeant Guy pushes the Sergeant Guy Cannon off the right side of the screen. Once the attack ends, Sergeant Guy pushes the cannon back into play.
For the group's combined attack, Corporal Paraplonk and Sergeant Guy leave the screen. They return in the background, with Paraplonk giving Sergeant Guy a Mega Bob-omb. They then chase Mario, Private Goomp and his Sub-Goombas toward the screen. Mario has to evade the fleeing Goombas, as if he is hit, he will trip. Sergeant Guy will catch up and throw the Bob-omb at Mario, blowing him up to inflict a large amount of damage. If Mario does not trip, the Mega Bob-omb explodes in Sergeant Guy's hands, launching everyone Mario and any Goombas that ran past Mario away. Those who were launched take damage upon landing in the battle.
After being defeated, Kamek demotes the Elite Trio to janitors and sends them back to the castle. After Bowser is defeated, he, Kamek, Private Goomp, and Corporal Paraplonk decide to retreat. Although Bowser is mad that his plan failed and that it was Antasma's fault, he tells his three minions that they did pretty well by their usual standards, much to their joy.
After defeating the Elite Trio in Dreamy Driftwood Shore, the player can challenge the Elite Trio X in the Battle Ring. One of their members is a stronger version of Sergeant Guy called Sergeant Guy X.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]
Sergeant Guy returns in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. He is encountered twice during Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser and is recruited after the second encounter. He is the first recruited and is a ranged unit, attacking using his magic wand. His Special Skill, Sure Shot, allows him to increase the accuracy of the team, with the amount depending on how much the meter shown is filled.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Guy | ||||||||
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HP | 581 | Role | Boss | Level | 23 | Location(s) | Dreamy Driftwood Shore |
| Power | 189 | Position | Normal | No Hitter | — | |||
| Defense | 166 | World | Dream | Weakness | None | Item drop | None (0%) Action Hammer (100%) | |
| Speed | 75 | Experience | 700 (840) | Coins | 5 (100%) | |||
Hint Block message[edit]
- Cannon Fodder: "After the Banzai Bill gets loaded into the Sgt. Guy Cannon, THAT is stomp time. Massive damage for everyone!"
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
- Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser / Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: An elite Shy Guy with big dreams. His cowardly nature is great for dodging.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘイファー Heifā | From「ヘイホー」(Heihō, Shy Guy) and perhaps the male name ending "-pher" (such as "Christopher") | [?] | |
| Dutch | Sergeant Guy | - | [?] | |
| French (Canada) | Sergent Maskache | Sergeant Shy Guy | [?] | |
| French (Europe) | Maskou | From "Maskass" (Shy Guy) and the childish suffix "-ou" | [?] | |
| German | Guydo | Portmanteau of "Shy Guy" and the male name "Guido" | [?] | |
| Italian | Tipo Tizio | "Tom Guy", literally "Guy Guy" Taken together with Private Goomp and Corporal Paraplonk's names, their names reference the Italian expression "Tizio, Caio e Sempronio", meaning "three random guys", similar to the expression "Tom, Dick, and Harry" | [?] | |
| Portuguese (Europe) | Sargento Masquito | Sergeant Shy Guy | [?] | |
| Russian | Сержант Скромный Serzhant Skromnyy | Sergeant Shy | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Sargento Shy Guy | Sergeant Shy Guy | [?] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Sargento Guydo | Sergeant Guydo; pun on "Shy Guy" and "Guido" (an Italian name rarely used in Spain) | [?] |