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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2015|2015]])

'''Shy Guys''' (originally '''Shyguys'''<ref name="SMB2">"''A member of the “8 bits” ( a club from evil dreams ). He wears a mask because he's shy.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 23 (Shyguy - Red description).</ref> and alternatively formatted as '''Shy-Guys'''<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref>) are timid troublemakers and common enemies in the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' and ''[[Yoshi (series)|Yoshi]]'' series. They are famous for their masks, which they wear due to their shyness.<ref>「<span class="explain" title="マムーぞく">魔夢族</span>の<span class="explain" title="いちいん">一員</span>。<span class="explain" title="は">恥</span>ずかしがりやなのでお<span class="explain" title="めん">面</span>で<span class="explain" title="かお">顔</span>をかくしている。」 ("''A member of the Mamu Family. They wear a mask on their face because they're shy.''") - ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 30 (ヘイホー<span class="explain" title="あか">赤</span>).</ref><ref name="SMB2"/> They made their first appearance in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', a non-''Mario'' game; they were later carried over to the ''Mario'' universe when ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' was created. Shy Guys usually work for [[Bowser]] and the [[Koopa Troop]], but they originally worked for the evil [[Wart]].

Actual Shy Guys are not seen in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', but one of the unlockable [[Costume Mario|costumes]] for the [[Mystery Mushroom]] is that of a Shy Guy in its ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' appearance. This costume is unlocked at random if the player completes the 100 Mario Challenge on any difficulty, and after getting unlocked, the custome can only be used on Mario in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style.

Shy Guys' first chronological and true Mario appearance is in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its remake ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', where their name is hyphenated. Here they are extremely common and weak enemies, simply walking forward and occasionally stopping to look left and right. They sometimes appear out of [[Warp Pipe|Pipes]] unless Yoshi has a full six eggs. The colors they come in are red, yellow, green, and magenta and have different colored mask straps. [[Boo Guys]], as well as other variants, also first appear in this game. Like other enemies, they can be defeated by jumping on them, unlike in SMB2, and can be eaten and turned into an egg. In dark levels of the game it is revealed that their shoes glow in the dark.

Shy Guys appear to be allies with [[Raphael the Raven]] in ''[[Tetris Attack]]''. A spell was cast on all of them to work for [[Bowser]]. They appear in the 8th level, and are saved by Yoshi. It is unknown what happened to these brave Shy Guys after the events of the game. It's unknown if these Shy Guys actually serve anyone or are free Shy Guys.

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Both a playable Shy Guy and other non-playable Shy Guys appear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. Unlike ''Mario Kart 7'', the red playable Shy Guy is available from the start; additionally, by purchasing both the ''[[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|Animal Crossing]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|The Legend of Zelda]]'' downloadable content packs, eight additional Shy Guy colors will be unlocked for use.

[[File:Shyguypinballland.png|thumb|left|220px|A Shy Guy leaps at Mario in ''Mario Pinball Land''.]]

In ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'', multiple colored Shy Guys appear in [[Frosty Frontier]] and [[Shifting Sands]] areas. In the area Frosty Frontier, Shy Guys skate around the screen and [[Mario]] has to hit them all to get a star. In the Shifting Sands area, Mario encounters them 3 times, once before he makes it into [[King Tut]]'s pyramid and twice inside the pyramid. But he encounters them in the different places they all do the same method. When outside the pyramid, they hide behind cacti and run from cactus to cactus. As they run, Mario has to hit them. If he is able to hit them all, he gets a star. When inside the pyramid, the Shy Guys hide behind [[Vase]]s instead of cactuses. Mario has to hit them all to get a switch to open in the floor so he can get to King Tut.

All Shy Guys (with the minor exception of some Shy Guys from ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'') wear robes that can be red, pink, blue, light blue, yellow, orange, green, black, gray, or white. They are all fairly short and wear masks with holes on them that represent eyes and a mouth. It is unknown what is behind these masks. However, in Shy Guy's trophy celebration movie in ''Mario Power Tennis'', Luigi sees a Shy Guy without his mask on and is shocked at the sight. Also, in ''Luigi's Mansion'', Luigi can use the [[Poltergust 3000]] to pull a mask off a Shy Guy Ghost. Shy Guy Ghosts do not have eyes on their masks, but their faces are pure blackness with two glowing yellow eyes where the mask's eyes would be. It is unknown whether this is what a Shy Guy's face looks like when it is alive, as they, like the game's other generic ghosts, were imitations created by [[Vincent Van Gore]].

Even though Shy Guys appear to be short, squat humanoids, a screenshot<ref name=http://www.mariowiki.com/images/5/53/TreasureTracker-E32014-Screenshot4.jpg> from the game ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' shows that they appear to have stick-like legs, perhaps suggesting that they might appear differend without their robes.