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{{about|Mario's Yoshi partner from [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]|the character Yoshi from other games|[[Yoshi]]}}
{{about|Mario's Yoshi partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|the infant Yoshis referred to as Yoshi Kids in [[Paper Mario]]|[[Baby Yoshi]] or [[Fearsome 5]]}}
{{distinguish2|[[Mini Yoshi]] or [[Baby Yoshi]], who is alternatively named Mini-Yoshi}}
{{redirect|Mini-Yoshi|the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis"|[[Baby Yoshi]]|the toy based on Yoshi in [[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]|[[Mini Yoshi]]}}
{{character infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Yoshikid.jpg|200px]]<br>The green version of the Mini-Yoshi
|image=[[File:TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|200px]]<br>The green version of the Yoshi Kid, from the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|title=Mini-Yoshi
|full_name=Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
|full_name=Yoshi, The Great Gonzales Jr.
|species=[[Baby Yoshi]]
|species=[[Baby Yoshi]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' ([[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
}}
{{quote2|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'''<ref>{{cite|url=https://x.com/MuzYoshi/status/1793769028705722370|author=@MuzYoshi|publisher=X|date=May 23, 2024|accessdate=May 24, 2024|title=TTYD SPOILERS #MuzTTYD . . . THE YOSHI KID CONCEPT ART AND THE IN-GAME CONFIRMATION THAT HIS NAME IS YOSHI KID!!!!!! WE ARE FUCKING WINNING TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Thanks for watching the stream! back tomorrow at around 12pm GMT!)}}</ref><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> (also known as '''Mini-Yoshi''' or '''Yoshi''') 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.
'''Mini-Yoshi''' (known originally as '''Yoshi''', sometimes called '''Yoshi Kid'''{{ref needed}}) 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 and move him around much faster and use a [[Flutter Jump]]-like ability to cross gaps.


==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 Kid 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.
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 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 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. [[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on Yoshi Kid'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.


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 Kid 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.
 
=====Tattle=====
[[Goombella]] can use [[Tattle]] on the Yoshi 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.
{{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}}


====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''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.
[[File:SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|thumb|left|The Mini-Yoshis' plushies from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Yoshi Kid 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 Kid, 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 ===
==== ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' ====
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]]'', Mini-Yoshi appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]].


==== ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' ====
==General information==
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Mini-Yoshi reappears as a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. This is the first game where he is referred to with this name.
===Physical appearance===
[[File:Yoshi Kids.png|center]]
Yoshi Kid'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 Kid 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 Kid's color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than twenty minutes pass before Yoshi Kid 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.


==Coloration/Description==
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[[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 elapse 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.
{| style="text-align: center; width: 30%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-style="background: #00FF00;"
!width="10%"|Time
!width="10%"|Time
!width="10%"|Color
!width="10%"|Color
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|}
|}


== Profiles and statistics ==
==Profiles and statistics==
=== Attacks and stats ===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
*'''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>
*'''[[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}}
 
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}
 
The following is Yoshi Kid's attacks and default stats:
;HP
;HP
*Initial: 10 HP
*Initial: 10 HP
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;Attacks
;Attacks
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|-style="background: #ABC;"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|[[Flower Point|FP]] Needed
!width="10%"|[[Flower Point|FP]] Needed
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====In-game bio====
===''Super Paper Mario''===
''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.''
{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
 
|-
====Official Nintendo Player's Guide description====
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
''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>[https://archive.org/details/papermariothethousandyeardoorplayersguide_201909/page/n13/mode/2up ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide], pg. 16</ref>
|-
 
|[[File:SPM Mini Yoshi Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
===''Super Paper Mario'' [[Catch Card]]===
|
[[File:SPM Mini Yoshi Catch Card.png|thumb|80px|The Yoshi's Catch Card.]]
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' It's Yoshi from the last Paper Mario adventure. This scrappy Yoshi was the only way to travel!
*'''Card Description:''' ''It's Yoshi from the last Paper Mario adventure. This scrappy Yoshi was the only way to travel!''
*'''How to Obtain the Card:''' The Duel of 100 in Sammer's Kingdom needs to be completed in order to obtain all ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' partner cards from [[King Sammer]].
|}
{{br}}


===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' sticker====
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
{| border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="text-align:center" width=100%
{{SSBB sticker
|-
|name=Yoshi<!--This is the sticker's name-->
!width=120px | Image !! | Game !! | Effect
|image=[[File:Sticker Yoshi Kid.png]]
|-
|game=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|[[File:Sticker Yoshi Kid.png]]
|effect=[Throwing] - Attack +5
|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|usable_by=Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser
|[Throwing] - Attack +5<br>'''Usable by:''' Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser
}}
|}


====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' trophy====
====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====
{| class=sortable align=center width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse; font-family:Arial;"
{{SSB4 trophy
|-
|name=Mini-Yoshi
!width="13%"|Name
|image=[[File:Mini-Yoshi Trophy - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.png|100px]]
!width="12%"|Image
|category=Series Related
!width="21%"|Appearance(s)
|appears_in='''GCN''' ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (10/2004)
!American English Description
|trophy_box=13: Paper Mario
!British English Description
|unlock=Random
|-
|desc=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.
|'''Mini-Yoshi'''
|desc2=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.
|[[File:Mini-Yoshi Trophy - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.png|100px]]
}}
|'''GCN''' ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (10/2004)
|''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.''
|''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.''
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Hotdogstand.png|The Mini-Yoshi unhatched
Yoshikid.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|The Mini-Yoshi hatched
Hotdogstand.png|Yoshi Kid unhatched
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|Mini-Yoshi and Mario
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|Yoshi Kid hatched
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|The Mini-Yoshi joining the party
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|Yoshi Kid and Mario
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|Yoshi Kid joining the party
TT-YD Black Yoshi.png|Yoshi Kid hatched as a Black Yoshi Kid.
TT-YD Orange Yoshi.png|Orange Yoshi Kid in Chapter 4.
Mini-Yoshi egg TTYD sprite.png|Yoshi Kid's egg
TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|Artwork for [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
PMTTYDNS Mini Yoshi Artwork 2.png|Alternate artwork for ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
PMTTYD NS East Rogueport Rooftops.jpg|Promotional screenshot for the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYD NS Keelhaul Key.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
</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
|Fre=PtiYoshi
|FreM="Pti" is a contraction of ''petit'' ("small")
|Ger=Mini-Yoshi
|Ger=Mini-Yoshi
|GerM=-
|Spa=Yoshito
|SpaM="''-ito''" is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes affection.
|Ita=Miniyoshi
|Ita=Miniyoshi
|ItaM=
|Kor=꼬마요시
|Fra=PtiYoshi
|KorR=Kkomayosi
|FraM=''Pti'' is a contraction of "''petit''", which means "small"
|KorM=Little Yoshi
|Rus=Мини-Йоши (''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'')
|Rus=Мини-Йоши <small>(''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'')</small>
|RusR=Mini-Yoshi
|RusR=Mini-Yoshi
|RusM=Mini-Yoshi
|RusM=Mini-Yoshi
|Spa=Yoshito
|SpaM=''-ito'' is a Spanish diminutive suffix. When attached to a name, it denotes smallness, cuteness and/or tenderness.
}}
}}


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|JapR=Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
|JapR=Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
|JapM=Great Gonzales Jr.
|JapM=Great Gonzales Jr.
|Fre=Super Gonzales Junior
|Ita=Super Gonzales Junior
|Ger=Bomba Luigi Junior
|Spa=El pequeño Gran González
|SpaM=The small Great Gonzales
}}
}}


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|image2=PMTTYD Italian Yoshi Explanation 2.png
|image2=PMTTYD Italian Yoshi Explanation 2.png
}}
}}
*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 Kid'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 Kid'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 Kid always calls him Gonzales. These are the following times before the ending of the game that Yoshi Kid 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're 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 Kid 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.
*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 Kid 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]]''.
**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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Latest revision as of 22:10, May 27, 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 Baby Yoshi or Fearsome 5.
"Mini-Yoshi" redirects here. For the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis", see Baby Yoshi. For the toy based on Yoshi in Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge, see Mini Yoshi.
Yoshi Kid
Yoshi Kid in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch).
The green version of the Yoshi Kid, 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

Yoshi Kid[1][2] (also known as Mini-Yoshi or Yoshi) 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.

HistoryEdit

Paper Mario seriesEdit

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorEdit

 
Yoshi Kid 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 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 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. Goombella can use Tattle on Yoshi Kid'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.

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 Kid 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 MarioEdit

 
The Mini-Yoshis' plushies from Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, Yoshi Kid 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 Kid, 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. seriesEdit

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, and this is the first game to give him this name.

General informationEdit

Physical appearanceEdit

Yoshi Kid'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 Kid 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 Kid's color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than twenty minutes pass before Yoshi Kid 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  
Green
6-9 Minutes  
Red
9-12 Minutes  
Blue
12-15 Minutes  
Orange
15-18 Minutes  
Pink
18-19 Minutes  
Black
19-20 Minutes  
White

Profiles and statisticsEdit

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorEdit

  • In-game description: This newborn Yoshi baby may be small, but he's got quite an attitude. Press   to hop on his back and move more quickly. Press   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.[3]
  • 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.”
Goombella, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door


Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Yoshi
  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 Kid'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  . 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   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   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   and   alternately. This attacks does 1 damage six times. Ultra Rank

Super Paper MarioEdit

Catch Card
  • 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. seriesEdit

Super Smash Bros. BrawlEdit

Sticker
Yoshi
 
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 UEdit

Trophy
Mini-Yoshi
 
Category: Series Related
( ) Appears in:
GCN Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (10/2004)
( ) 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)

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Yoshi/Mini-Yoshi/Yoshi KidEdit

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

The Great Gonzales Jr.Edit

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

TriviaEdit

Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  • As stated above, Yoshi Kid'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 Kid'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 Kid always calls him Gonzales. These are the following times before the ending of the game that Yoshi Kid calls Mario by his actual name in the original game:
  • Yoshi Kid 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.
  • 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 Kid 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 in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
    • Additionally, the Player's Guide for the game first refers to the character as "a Mini-Yoshi."

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