Gourmet Guy

Gourmet Guy is a Shy Guy that is only seen in Paper Mario.

Appearance
Gourmet Guy is an extreamly large and fat Shy Guy. He also appears to be mainly purple in color. He wears a black and white belt and is also always seen carrying a fork and a knife. He also wears a white cloth on his chest.

Paper Mario
Gourmet Guy is first seen in Chapter 4 of Paper Mario in the Shy Guy's Toy Box. He is blocking a path that Mario needs to get past in order to proceed in his quest. Gourmet Guy is hungry and wants Mario to give him food. However, he doesn't accept anything but a Cake baked by Trace T. which makes him run around with joy leaving the pathway now accessable (He also drops a Cookbook. Pick it up and give it to Trace T.).

Gourmet Guy is seen for the final time in Peach's Castle during Peach's intermission right after Mario defeats General Guy. He thinks about turning in Peach into Bowser but he is once again hungry and asks Peach to cook him some food. He gives Peach the Key to downstairs where she can enter the Kitchen. After tasting Peach's cake, Gourmet Guy runs around the room satifisied. He then tells Peach to tell Mario that the next Star Spirit is on Lavalava Island where it is being guarded by the Lava Pirahna. He admits that he doesn't really hate Mario (probabilty since Mario fed him a Cake eariler) and walks off never to be seen again.

However, Gourmet Guy is seen in the parade at the end of the game where he is walking behind Huff n' Puff and two Tuff Puffs in front of the Fearsome 5 . The Fearsome 5 eats Gourmet Guy's fork and knife, and some of Huff n' Puff and the Tuff Puffs making them smaller then runs off. Unfortanetly for the Puffs, Gourmet Guy is once again hungry, spawns another fork and knife, then chases the Puffs off.

Trivia

 * Gourmet Guy is one of few Shy Guys that doesn't harm/attack Mario in any way. The other is Game Guy.
 * It is unknown how Gourmet Guy has gotten up to Peach's Castle after Chapter 4.
 * It is also unknown if Gourmet Guy is working for General Guy but he is shown some loyalty to Bowser as he thought about turning in Peach into him.
 * However, thanks to Mario's kindness eariler, Gourmet Guy may have switched sides even telling Peach where the next Star Spirit is located.