Black Shy Guy

"Well, I won't join up with a buncha wimps. Show me what you've got, and I'm in."

- Black Shy Guy

Black Shy Guys are Shy Guys who wear black robes. They first appeared in Yoshi's Story as Fly Guys. First appearing in Stage 3-3, Poochy and Nippy, the Black Shy Guy hovered in the air and dropped bombs. If eaten, any Yoshi other than the Black and White Yoshis would lose petals from their Smile Meter. Black Shy Guys appeared in Page 6, hovering in the air holding Anvils, which they would attempt to drop on Yoshi when they attempt to pass under them.

Other appearances

 * Black Shy Guys later appeared in Paper Mario as Anti Guys, despite their masks being a dark shade of gray. A Black Shy Guy also appears in Mario Superstar Baseball as a playable character and reappears in Mario Super Sluggers as a coloration of Shy Guy. In Mario Super Sluggers, however, it is renamed Gray Shy Guy.
 * In Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, there was a variety of Shy Guy called Jetpack Guys who resembled Black Shy Guys.
 * This species would have appeared in battle in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door if Shy Guys had not been cut from the game's roster.