Yoshi (partner)

Yoshi
Yoshi's artwork from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Chronological information
First game	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Latest game	Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Game appearances	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Personal information
Gender	Male
Homeland	Glitzville
Race	Yoshi
Alterego(s)	Different colors

"Let's rock, Gonzales! I'm ready to chew this dude up and spit him out!"

—Yoshi, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Yoshi, also known as Yoshi Kid, is Mario's fourth party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He joins when Mario rescues the egg from the hot dog stand at Glitzville.

Biography

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Mario found the young Yoshi's egg and co in Glitzville where it was going to be cooked by Mr. Hoggle to make his "Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness". The egg appeared to be alive and did not stay still. After Mario caught it, Mr. Hoggle allowed him to keep the egg. After Mario battled the Iron Clefts, the egg hatched into a Yoshi Kid where it was then named by Mario. The little guy would prove to be a loyal ally to Mario who he would continue to refer to as "The Great Gonzales" and would eventually help him become the champ of the Glitz Pit and defeat the Shadow Queen.

After Mario and his party defeated the Shadow Queen. the Yoshi became a regular fighter in the Glitz Pit under alias of "The Great Gonzales Jr." in honor of Mario and hopes to defeat him in the ring some day.

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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Yoshi Kid appears as a partner for Mario. Mario can recruit Yoshi Kid to his party after he defeated Iron Clefts and the egg hatches.

In Super Paper Mario

Although Yoshi Kid does not physically appear in Super Paper Mario, he does make a cameo in the form of a Catch Card. He can also be seen in one of the posters in Fort Francis.

Colors

Yoshi will come in one of seven colors determined by the amount of time that passes between the point where its egg joins Mario's party atop the Hot Dog Stand.

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Trivia

• 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. These are the following times Yoshi Kid calls Mario by his actual name:
  • At the ending of the game
  • In Grubba's office when reading his secret paper about the machine under the ring
  • At Twilight Town when the steeple bell rings, changing Mayor Dour into a pig
  • At Keelhaul Key after Frankie says "I love you" 100 times
  • At the very end of Chapter 5 when the Piantas say they're staying on Keelhaul Key
  • If Mario brings him along to the top of Riddle Tower for the first time.
• Yoshi 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 Kid will appear, but, no matter what you named him, his enemy name is always "Yoshi".
• The Italian version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door refers to him specifically as a Miniyoshi, further explaining that Miniyoshis are Yoshis just hatched from the eggs.
• Yoshi Kid also appears as a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
  • In the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy, he is referred to as Mini-Yoshi.
  • Yoshi Kid and Goombella are the only Paper Mario partners to appear in the Smash Bros. series as trophies. Vivian, despite not having a trophy, appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Spirit.
• Yoshi Kid is the only character in the entire Paper Mario series that can be named.