General Guy

"Ho ho ho ho ho ho!! I pity you, sir!! It's time you paid, Mario! Attaaaaaaaack!"

― General Guy

General Guy is the presumed leader of the Shy Guy race and one of Bowser's high ranking minions. His first appearance is in Paper Mario. He serves as the boss for World 4, Shy Guy Toy Box.

Biography

In Paper Mario, Bowser hires General Guy to guard the fourth Star Spirit. The General protects that star by hiding it deep in the Shy Guy's Toy Box and creates elaborate traps to keep Mario away.

Battle

He summons different kinds of Shy Guys to fight for him. He first calls Stilt Guys and Shy Stacks to fight and will begin fighting once they are defeated.

Attacks

General Guy has a few methods of attacks that include:

• Shy Guy Call: General Guy calls forth a bunch of Shy Guys (Shy Guy Stacks and Stilt Guys) before he even battles himself. The Shy Guy Squad must be taken down in order to face General Guy himself.
• Bomb Toss: This is General Guy's main attack. General Guy throws bombs dealing three points of damage for each hit. Pretty easy move to guard against.
• Light Bulb Bolt Attack: This is General Guy's strongest attack. The light bulb on General Guy's tank sends a bolt of electricity attacking both Mario and his partner. NOTE: This attack does not hurt Watt at all making her extremely useful in taking it out. The Light Bulb should be destroyed first to make the fight easier.

Strategy

Start by using FP saving attacks like normal jumps to take out the pack of Shy Guys one by one (having a Shooting Star or Thunder Rage items helps) until Mario reaches General Guy himself. Having Watt for this fight is a must as her Electro Dash can pierce the defense of General Guy's tank (having Watt powered up helps even more). What Mario should focus on the light bulb on the back of General Guy's tank. If Mario does not take it out, then it will do a nasty five damage to both Mario and his partner (Watt, however, is not affected by the lightning attack). Have Mario use Power Jump and Watt to use her Electro Dash to take out the light bulb in one turn then focus on General Guy himself. Fortunately, General Guy does not have any more tricks other than throwing bombs that deal three damage each. Mario should Power Jump and Electro Dash to defeat General Guy for good.

Trivia

• It should be noted that General Guy is the only boss in Paper Mario that cannot be damaged directly. Mario only damages and destroys his tank to win the battle.

Gallery

The sprite of General Guy's toy tank.

General Guy with his toy tank in battle against Paper Mario

When Paper Mario meets General Guy

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	Antagonists	Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Koopa Troop • Jr. Troopa
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Items	Regular Items	Apple • Blue Berry • Bubble Berry • Coconut • Dizzy Dial • Dried Fruit • Dried Shroom • Dusty Hammer • Egg • Fire Flower • Fright Jar • Goomnut • Honey Syrup • Iced Potato • Jammin' Jelly • Koopa Leaf • Lemon • Life Shroom • Lime • Maple Syrup • Melon • Mushroom • Mystery? • Pebble • POW Block • Red Berry • Repel Gel • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Snowman Doll • Stinky Herb • Stone Cap • Strange Leaf • Stop Watch • Super Shroom • Super Soda • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Bolt • Thunder Rage • Ultra Shroom • Volt Shroom • Whacka Bump • Yellow Berry
	Key Items	Artifact • Autograph • Blue Key • Boo's Portrait • Bucket • Butter • Calculator • Castle Key • Cleanser • Cookbook • Cream • Crystal Ball • Crystal Berry • Diamond Stone • Dictionary • Diploma • Dolly • Egg • Empty Wallet • Fertile Soil • First-Degree Card • Flour • Fortress Key • Fourth-Degree Card • Frying Pan • Glasses • Gold Credit • Jade Raven • Koopa Legends • Kooper's Shell • Letter • Lucky Star • Lunar Stone • Lyrics • Magical Bean • Magical Seed • Mailbag • Melody • Milk • Miracle Water • Mystery Note • Odd Key • Old Photo • Package • Palace Key • Prison Key • Pulse Stone • Pyramid Stone • Record • Red Jar • Red Key • Ruins Key • Salt • Scarf • Second-Degree Card • Silver Credit • Sneaky Parasol • Star Piece • Star Rod • Star Stone • Storeroom Key • Strawberry • Sugar • Tape • Third-Degree Card • Toy Train • Ultra Stone • Volcano Vase • Warehouse Key • Water • Water Stone • Weight • Yakkey
	Recipes	Apple Pie • Big Cookie • Bland Meal • Boiled Egg • Cake • Coco Pop • Deluxe Feast • Dizzy Dial • Egg Missile • Electro Pop • Fire Flower • Fire Pop • Fried Egg • Fried Shroom • Frozen Fries • Healthy Juice • Honey Shroom • Honey Super • Honey Ultra • Hot Shroom • Jelly Pop • Jelly Shroom • Jelly Super • Jelly Ultra • Kooky Cookie • Koopa Tea • Koopasta • Lemon Candy • Life Shroom • Lime Candy • Maple Shroom • Maple Super • Maple Ultra • Nutty Cake • Potato Salad • Shroom Cake • Shroom Steak • Sleepy Sheep • Spaghetti • Special Shake • Spicy Soup • Strange Cake • Super Soda • Sweet Shroom • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Rage • Volt Shroom • Yoshi Cookie • Yummy Meal
	Badges	All or Nothing • Attack FX A • Attack FX B • Attack FX C • Attack FX D • Attack FX E • Bump Attack • Chill Out • Close Call • D-Down Jump • D-Down Pound • Damage Dodge • Deep Focus • Defend Plus • Dizzy Attack • Dizzy Stomp • Dodge Master • Double Dip • Feeling Fine • Fire Shield • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • FP Plus • Group Focus • Hammer Throw • Happy Flower • Happy Heart • Heart Finder • HP Drain • HP Plus • I Spy • Ice Power • Jump Charge • Last Stand • Lucky Day • Mega Jump • Mega Quake • Mega Rush • Mega Smash • Money Money • Multibounce • P-Down, D-Up • P-Up, D-Down • Pay-Off • Peekaboo • Power Bounce • Power Jump • Power Plus • Power Quake • Power Rush • Power Smash • Pretty Lucky • Quake Hammer • Quick Change • Refund • Runaway Pay • S. Jump Chg. • S. Smash Chg. • Shrink Stomp • Sleep Stomp • Slow Go • Smash Charge • Speedy Spin • Spike Shield • Spin Attack • Spin Smash • Triple Dip • Zap Tap
Techniques	Partner Moves	Headbonk • Tattle • Charge • Multibonk • Shell Toss • Power Shell • Dizzy Shell • Fire Shell • Sky Dive • Shell Shot • Air Lift • Air Raid • Body Slam • Bomb • Power Bomb • Mega Bomb • Smack • Outta Sight • Spook • Fan Smack • Electro Dash • Power Shock • Turbo Charge • Mega Shock • Belly Flop • Squirt • Water Block • Tidal Wave • Spiny Flip • Spiny Surge • Cloud Nine • Hurricane
	Special Moves	Refresh • Lullaby • Star Storm • Chill Out • Smooch • Time Out • Up & Away • Star Beam/Peach Beam
	Enemy/Boss Moves	Charge • Divide and Conquer
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	Terms/Ailments	Badge Point • Danger • Dizzy • Electrified • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Immobilized • Injured • Invisible • No Skills • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Sleep • Star Point • Star Power • Stone • Super Rank • Tiny • Ultra Rank
	Other	Soundtrack • Tattle List • Walkthrough