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'''Shy Guy's Toy Box''' is the home of the [[Shy Guy]]s and the location of the fourth [[Star Spirit]], [[Muskular]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. It is found in an empty house in southwestern [[Toad Town]]. It is the base for [[General Guy]]'s army. After Chapter 3 is cleared, Mario finds Shy Guys causing mayhem in Toad Town, and is hinted by [[Twink]] to search it for his next [[Star Spirit]]. To find the toy box, the player must use [[Lady Bow]] in the empty house to become invisible, and then a Shy Guy will uncover a secret wall, revealing the entrance to [[Mario]]. Shy Guy's Toy Box makes up most of Chapter 4, where Mario shuttles between the Toy Box and Toad Town, solving puzzles and making progress. [[Watt]] lives here and after Mario, [[Goombario]], [[Kooper]], [[Bombette]], [[Parakarry]] and [[Lady Bow]] defeat the [[Big Lantern Ghost]], she joins their team. The Toy Box consists of several miniature areas linked by a circular railroad. Characters shrink upon entering the toy box and return to normal upon exit. It is, however, possible to throw a [[Toy Train]] into the miniature box, which will then become a normal-sized, functioning train for the characters inside it.

Shy Guy's Toy Box consists of four areas that link to each other via train stations. Each station is associated with a color (blue, pink, green, red in the order they're visited) and has a [[Save Block]] and a map signboard. Hidden blocks can be found all over the toy box. [[Toad (species)|Toad]] workers can be found at each train station. There is no train initially.

To the left of the Blue Station is a hallway to a playground. A yellow Shy Guy and a [[Groove Guy]] can be found on the hallway, as well as an [[Black Shy Guy#Paper Mario|Anti Guy]] guarding a chest containing one of the [[Power Plus (badge)|Power Plus]] badges available in the game. Mario can fight the Anti Guy or bribe him with a [[Lemon Candy]] to get the badge. The playground on the far left is inhabited by Shy Guys of various colors that hold items including the [[Calculator]], [[Cake Mix]]es, [[Mushroom]]s and [[Fire Flower]]s. They will drop the item they hold after defeated by Mario.  

To the right of the Blue Station is a hallway with [[Jack-in-the-box (object)|jack-in-the-box]]es to get over large objects. Then comes some buildings to climb to get over a wall. At the end of the hallway is a [[treasure chest]] containing the [[Storeroom Key]] and guarded by either a [[Goomba]], a [[Clubba]] or "guarded" by a [[Mushroom]] item depending on [[Princess Peach]]'s choice at the end of Chapter 3. By returning the Storeroom Key to [[Harry (Paper Mario)|Harry]], Mario will be able to get the [[Toy Train]] in his storeroom, which can bring the train system to life when thrown straight into the toy box for a relative large size.

After the Toy Train is put to work, Mario can only stop at the Pink Station in Chapter 4. A treasure chest holding the [[Mailbag]] can be found near the station; Mario can optionally return the Mailbag to the [[Toad Town Post Office]] for a reward.

The area to the left of the Pink Station is blocked by [[Gourmet Guy]], so Mario can only go right at first. There are treasure chests containing the [[Defend Plus]] and the [[Ice Power]] badges on the way, and Mario has to use Jack-in-the-boxes and the rotatable doors to proceed. At the end of the area is a treasure chest containing the [[Frying Pan]], guarded by either a [[Fuzzy]], a [[Hammer Bro]] or "guarded" by a [[Thunder Rage]] item. After Mario returns the pan to [[Tayce T.]] of Toad Town, the cook will make a [[Cake]] for Mario, which is Gourmet Guy's favorite food. (Additional Cakes can be made from Cake Mixes held by Shy Guys in the Blue Station area playground, after the pan is returned.)

The Green Station area can be cleared by hitting the four boxes near the station in the correct order. The player can go to the area to the right of the station to learn it, or if they know the sequence they can do it directly. The area to the right has some conveyor belt and nets which Mario must use [[Lady Bow]]'s [[Outta Sight]] to pass through. One of the enemies in this area, a yellow Shy Guy, holds the [[Mystery Note]] and [[Russ T.]] of Toad Town can decipher it. However, his [[Dictionary]] is stolen. Mario must get the Dictionary from the treasure chest at the end of this area, which is guarded by either a [[Pokey]], a [[Koopatrol]] or a [[Fresh Juice|Super Soda]] item.

Russ T., equipped with the Dictionary, will translate the note which reveals the order: yellow, green, red, then blue. Hitting the boxes near the train station in this order (2nd, 1st, 3rd, 4th from left to right) causes the boxes to explode and the train track fixed, which allows Mario to get to the final area: the Red Station. Hitting the blocks from left to right spawns four coins instead; any other order will simply spawn one Shy Guy per box.

|The food-loving Shy Guy blocking the way in the left of the Pink Station. Mario has to give him a Cake to move him.

They are available through [[Princess Peach]]'s answers to [[Bowser]]'s question in Chapter 3.

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