Editing Mini-Yoshi

{{move|Yoshi Kid}}
{{about|the party member from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis"|[[Baby Yoshi]]}}
{{distinguish|Mini Yoshi}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|200px]]<br>The green version of the Mini-Yoshi, 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]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
}}
{{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.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:Mario and Yoshi Kid.png|200px|left|thumb|Yoshi 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 [[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'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.

====''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.

=== ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ===
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.

==General information==
===Physical appearance===
[[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 Iron Adonis Twins. 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 pass 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.

{|class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width: 30%; margin: 0 auto"
!width="10%"|Time
!width="10%"|Color
|-
|0-6 Minutes
|[[File:BabyYoshiPMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Green|Green}}
|-
|6-9 Minutes
|[[File:Red Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Red|Red}}
|-
|9-12 Minutes
|[[File:Blue Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Blue|Blue}}
|-
|12-15 Minutes
|[[File:OrangeYoshiTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{Color|Orange|Orange}}
|-
|15-18 Minutes
|[[File:Pink Yoshi PMTTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Pink|Hotpink}}
|-
|18-19 Minutes
|[[File:Black Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{Color|Black|Black}}
|-
|19-20 Minutes
|[[File:White Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|White|Gray}}
|}

==Profiles and statistics==
===''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 Mini-Yoshi's attacks and default stats:
;HP
*Initial: 10 HP
*Super Rank: 20 HP
*Ultra Rank: 30 HP

;Attacks
{|class=wikitable style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|[[Flower Point|FP]] Needed
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|[[Action Command]]
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
|-
|[[Ground Pound]]
| 0
|Bounces on a single enemy.
|Repeatedly press {{button|gcn|R}}.
|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 {{button|gcn|R}} until the red star lights up.
|Initial: 4<br>Super: 5<br>Ultra: 6
|Initial
|-
|[[Mini-Egg]]
|3
|Throws eggs at all the enemies, and if successful, shrinks them.
|Press {{button|gcn|A}} 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 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Stampede]]
|6
|Summons a Yoshi herd to attack all enemies.
|Repeatedly press {{button|gcn|L}} and {{button|gcn|R}} alternately.
|This attacks does 1 damage six times.
|Ultra Rank
|}

===''Super Paper Mario''===
{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
|-
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
|-
|[[File:SPM Mini Yoshi Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|
*'''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.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Yoshi<!--This is the sticker's name-->
|image=[[File:Sticker Yoshi Kid.png]]
|game=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|effect=[Throwing] - Attack +5
|usable_by=Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser
}}

====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====
{{SSB4 trophy
|name=Mini-Yoshi
|image=[[File:Mini-Yoshi Trophy - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.png|100px]]
|category=Series Related
|appears_in='''GCN''' ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (10/2004)
|trophy_box=13: Paper Mario
|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.
|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.
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Yoshikid.jpg|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Hotdogstand.png|Yoshi unhatched
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|Yoshi hatched
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|Yoshi and Mario
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|Yoshi joining the party
TT-YD Black Yoshi.png|Yoshi hatched as a Black Yoshi.
TT-YD Orange Yoshi.png|Orange Yoshi in Chapter 4.
Mini-Yoshi egg TTYD sprite.png|Yoshi'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>

==Names in other languages==
===Yoshi / Mini-Yoshi===
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
|Jap=チビヨッシー
|JapR=Chibi Yosshī
|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
|Ita=Miniyoshi
|Kor=꼬마요시
|KorR=Kkomayosi
|KorM=Little Yoshi
|Rus=Мини-Йоши <small>(''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'')</small>
|RusR=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.
}}

===The Great Gonzales Jr.===
{{foreign names
|Jap=グレート・ゴンザレス・ジュニア
|JapR=Gurēto Gonzaresu Junia
|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
}}

==Trivia==
{{multiple image
|direction=vertical
|width=250
|footer=Wonky's tale about Miniyoshis in the Italian version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|image1=PMTTYD Italian Yoshi Explanation 5.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: 
**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 [[Creepy Steeple|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 [[Pianta]]s 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 [[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]]".
*[[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]]''.
**Additionally, the Player's Guide for the game first refers to the character as "a Mini-Yoshi."
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