Bandit

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Two Bandits.

Bandits are a tall, larceny-loving sub-species of Shy Guy. Bandits originated from the Yoshi series, although they have gone on to appear in the Paper Mario series as well.

History

On Yoshi's Island

Bandits, along with Shy Guys, were two of the most common enemies in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. In mini-games, such as Gather Coins and Seed Spit, Yoshi would also face off against a Bandit to win items. If the player used a secret mini-game code, the second player could use the second controller to play as the Bandit (thus making Bandit, in an obscure way, a playable character). Also, they reappear in Yoshi's Island's sequel, Yoshi's Island DS, although they are less common in that game.

In the Desert

Bandits were common enemies in the Dry Dry Desert in Paper Mario. They sometimes fought along with Pokeys. They would run at Mario, trying to steal his coins. When Mario failed to do the defensive Action Command, the Bandit would steal an amount of coins from Mario and run away from the battle as soon as possible. Mario was able to recollect his coins by defeating them quickly.

In Rogueport

Bandits commonly appeared in Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. On Mario's first walk in the town, in search for Professor Frankly, a Bandit bumped into Mario, stealing half of his coins. Mario was able to track the Bandit down in a house near the market and retrieve his coins. Several other Bandits lived in Rogueport, namely Larson, Swindell and Eddy the Mask.

A team of Bandits known as the Hand-It-Overs, consisting of two Bandits and two Big Bandits, were fighters in the Glitz Pit. One of the Big Bandits, Bandy Andy, was very interested in rumors about the Glitz Pit, for which he was eventually caught by Grubba, leading to the Hand-It-Overs team disappearing from the roster along with the KP Koopas. They were replaced by the Wings of Night and the Destructors for the rest of Chapter 3.

Bandits also appeared in the Pit of 100 Trials in the Rogueport Sewers, along with Big Bandits and the Badge Bandits.

Other Events

Mario Party 7

A Bandit appears in Pyramid Park of Mario Party 7, but only in Solo Mode. It stole a Star from the Bowser Sphinx and the player's goal is to get the Star back from the Bandit with a Chain Chomp and return it to the Bowser Sphinx.

Mario Party 8

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A photo of a Bandit being presented by a Shy Guy.

In Shy Guy's Perplex Express of Mario Party 8, a Bandit is seen in one of the train wagons walking around. When a character lands on a ? Space above the train a Shy Guy will appear, revealing that a Bandit has robbed Holly Koopa's candy.

The character must now remember which wagon the Bandit was in. If the character remember correctly, the Bandit will return the candy and the character will receive a handfull of coins.

A Bandit also appears in Koopa's Tycoon Town. If a certain ? Space is landed on, a Bandit will appear in an alley and steal coins from an opponent's investment in the nearest hotel.

Sub-Species

• Coin Bandit: Bandits that carry red coins around.
• Big Bandit: Bandits that steal items.
• Badge Bandit: Bandits that steal badges.

Notable Bandits

• Bandy Andy – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Eddy the Mask – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Larson – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Swindell – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario Stats and Tattle Information

• HP: 5
• Attack: 2
• Defense: 0
• Location: Dry Dry Desert
• Tattle: This is a Bandit. Bandits bump into you hard and shake up your pockets. They can steal up to 10 coins. They'll slyly approach and then slam into you all of the sudden. If you can damage them in an attack, you can get your stolen coins back. Let's beat 'em before they can make off with our loot!

Trivia

• At the end of World 4 in Yoshi's Island DS, a group of Bandits take a willing Baby Wario away with them.

• In the Yoshi's Island games, Bandits are colored blue. In Paper Mario, however, they are red (a color eerily similar to the Coin Bandits).

• It seems to be easy for a Bandit to move the "face" on his mask. As a matter of fact, this so-called mask may very well may be a Bandit's face.