Editing Paint Guy

{{species infobox
|title=Paint Guy
|image=[[File:PMCS Red Paint Guy Art.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''
|variant_of=[[Shy Guy]]
|notable=[[Ruddy Road Paint Guy]]
|comparable=[[Clip Guy]]<br>[[Paper Macho Shy Guy]]<br>[[Slurp Guy]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' ([[List of games by date#2016|2016]])
}}

'''Paint Guys''' are a type of [[Shy Guy]] that appears in the game ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. Paint Guys are Shy Guys that carry a can of yellow [[paint]] into battle and are usually accompanied by Shy Guys, [[Snifit]]s, [[Clip Guy]]s, and [[Ninji]]s. If the Paint Guy still has a paint can over its head, it will attempt to push [[Mario]] and try to cover the screen with yellow paint. Rapidly pressing the {{button|3ds|A}} button or repeatedly touching the touch screen is the only way to prevent this from happening. If the player does not do it in enough time, the Paint Guy will cover up important things like the health bars (both the enemies' and Mario's) and Mario's attacks. If the Paint Guy fails to do so, the Paint Guy will go back to its position with its can of paint above its head. However, after each attempt, the speed at which the Paint Guy pushes Mario increases. Once a Paint Guy loses its paint can, it will attack like a normal Shy Guy.

Paint Guys are never seen outside battle, so in order to fight them, Mario would need to go in battle with a Snifit, a Ninji, a [[Shy Guy]] or a [[Piranha Plant]].

Paint Guys reappear in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as an enemy and appear in different colors, corresponding with the red, blue, and yellow paint Mario uses, though only red ones are fightable. In this game, they attack by smacking Mario with their paint cans. This time around, they can be seen outside battle, unlike in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''.

Paint Guys carry the stolen paint from colorless spots. They first appear in [[Ruddy Road]]. A [[Ruddy Road Paint Guy]] stole the paint from the Red [[Mini Paint Star]] and Mario has to follow him to recover the paint. Many Paint Guys appear in [[Black Bowser's Castle]], riding on a conveyor belt and dumping paint into a larger bucket. Some assist [[Roy|Roy Koopa]] in battle by dumping Mario's paint in his [[Bill Blaster]].

While Paint Guys do not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', small [[Paper Macho Shy Guy]]s in the [[Fire Vellumental Cave]] hold buckets like Paint Guys, though the buckets contain oil instead of paint.

==Profiles and statistics==
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{{:Paper Mario: Color Splash bestiary|transcludesection=Paint Guy|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMCS Paint Guy Idle Animated.gif|75px]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMSS Paint Guy battle.png|A Paint Guy splashes paint on the screen in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''
PMCS Blue Paint Guy Art.png|Artwork of a blue Paint Guy from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''
RoyColorSplash.png|A Paint Guy refills Roy's cannon in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''
PMCS Black Bowser's Castle conveyor.png|A conveyor belt of Paint Guys in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ペンキヘイホー
|JpnR=Penki Heihō
|JpnM=Paint Shy Guy
|SpaA=Guy pintor
|SpaAM=Painter Guy
|SpaE=Artistiguy
|SpaEM=Artist Guy
|FreA=Maskache peintre
|FreAM=''Maskache'', Shy Guy's French NOA name, and Painter
|FreE=Mass'artiss
|FreEM=''Maskass'', Shy Guy's French NOE name, and Artist
|Dut=Paint Guy
|Ger=Farb Guy
|GerM=Paint Guy
|Ita=Tipo Vernice
|ItaM=Paint Guy
|ChiS=油漆嘿虎
|ChiSR=Yóuqī Hēihǔ
|ChiSM=Paint Shy Guy
|ChiT=油漆嘿呵
|ChiTR=Yóuqī Hēihē
|ChiTM=Paint Shy Guy
|Rus=Красконосец
|RusR=Kraskonosets
|PorE=Masquito Balde de Tinta
|PorEM=Paint Bucket Shy Guy
}}

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[[Category:Shy Guys]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: Sticker Star enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: Color Splash enemies]]
[[it:Tipo Vernice]]
[[de:Farb Guy]]