Editing Stilt Guy

|image=[[File:YS StiltGuy.jpg|102px]]<br>A Shy Guy On Stilts from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Yoshi Tour (2023)|Yoshi Tour]]) (2023)

'''Stilt Guys''', also known as '''Shy-Guys on Stilts'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref> (alternatively '''Shy Guys On Stilts''' or '''Shy Guys on Stilts'''<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|date=2006|language=en-us|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|isbn=1-59812-016-6|page=55, 94, 103, 131}}</ref>) or '''Stilted Shy Guys''',<ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|date=April 7, 1999|quote='''Stilted Shy Guys''': These Shy Guys oversee their courses on stilts of various heights. You can knock them off or jump on top of them.|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=109}}</ref> are a variant of [[Shy Guy]] that walks on [[stilts]], which are mostly shoed with what look like large Shy Guy boots.

Shy-Guys on Stilts first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and reappear in its enhanced port, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. [[Shy-Guys On Stilts|World 1-6]] is named after them and contains color variations. They walk along the terrain, changing direction when they encounter an edge or wall. If [[Yoshi]] attempts to eat a Shy-Guy on Stilts, he will not be able to grab it into his mouth, instead pushing the enemy a little further. They lose their stilts when they are jumped on, becoming regular Shy-Guys that can be eaten and turned into [[Yoshi's Egg|eggs]]. A faster way to defeat a Shy-Guy on Stilts is hitting it with an egg. Bumping Shy-Guys on Stilts into water will cause them to sink, but if the water is shallow they will slowly walk on the bottom of the water's bed and emerge on the shore.

Shy Guys on Stilts also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', along with [[Big Guy the Stilted]], a giant mechanical version. As with ''Yoshi's Story'', the length of the stilts varies, with the longest taking up both screens of the [[Nintendo DS]]. This game also introduces [[stilts]] as an item that Yoshi can use for himself. If [[Baby Bowser]] spits a fire ball on the stilts without killing the Shy Guy, the Shy Guy will bump down to the middle of the stilts' length.

Stilt Guys are also found in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. Just like in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', when they are on their stilts and Yoshi attempts to stick his tongue on their front sides, they get pushed backwards. They need to be jumped on in order to lose their stilts and become normal [[Shy Guy]]s. Yoshi can also eat them if he sticks his tongue onto their back sides. The pink-robed variants make their first appearance since the original ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', now having the same modern design as the pink Shy Guys. Unlike ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', the Stilt Guys' shoes match the shoes of Shy Guys themselves.

Shy Guys On Stilts also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', with the stilts now coming in three different lengths. Like in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Yoshi has to land on their heads to make them fall off their stilts, leaving them no choice once again. Blue-robed variants make their debut in this game.

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', two Stilt Guys are the second wave of [[Shy Guy]]s fought before the boss battle with [[General Guy]], following the [[Shy Squad]] and preceding the [[Shy Guy Tower|Shy Stack]]s. After they are ordered by General Guy to fight against [[Mario]] and his friends, they walk towards the heroes and attempt to bounce on them with their long stilts. Nevertheless, the enemies might miss the characters. If Mario [[jump]]s on top of them or uses [[Quake Hammer]], they fall off their stilts and become normal Shy Guys. The tattle contains a nod to their original name.

Stilt Guys return in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. In order to keep the game's prime aesthetics, Stilt Guys are now crafted out of wool strings and walk on two long, thin weaving sticks, resembling stilts. The enemies retain the behavior seen in previous games. Yarn Yoshi can lick a Stilt Guy from the front side to push it a small distance, or lick the enemy from behind to grab it into his mouth. He can also throw a [[yarn ball]] at its stilts and wrap it around them, immobilizing the Stilt Guy. Yoshi can lick away the wool string formed around the stilts or wait a certain time before the Stilt Guy becomes able to move again. Tossing a yarn ball directly at the Stilt Guy will result in the enemy getting caged inside a tangled string, dropping its stilts and getting defeated. The Stilt Guys' shoes match the color of Shy Guys for the first time since ''Yoshi's Island DS''.

In ''[[Minecraft]]'', the Super Mario Mash-up replaces the skins of the Endermen to skins of Stilt Guys. The Stilt Guys also have stilt-like arms, to fit the model of an Enderman.

Stilt Guys appear in the [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] course in the  ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. They act as obstacles near the start of the course, walking back and forth as they do in the ''Yoshi's Island'' series, and come in multiple colors, though the regular red-robed Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are now yellow, while the green Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are still green.<ref>{{cite|title=February 8th, 2023 Nintendo Direct|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdUSVSEp7U|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 8, 2023}}</ref>

 

*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' 舌でつっついても、バックするだけ。頭をふみ、竹馬から落ちたところを食べよう。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒すこともできる。<ref name=Advance/> (''Poke them with your tongue and they will just go back. Step on their heads and eat them as they fall from their stilts. You can also defeat them with an egg or hip drop.'')

*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 足の長い竹馬に乗ったヘイホー。舌を伸ばしても正面からは食べることができない。タマゴにするときは、敵の背後に回りこんでから食べる必要がある。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P21.jpg|21}}}}</ref> (''A Shy Guy on long-legged stilts. They cannot be eaten from the front, even with your tongue outstretched. When you want to turn it into an egg, you need to get behind the enemy before you eat it.'')

|Jpn={{ruby|竹馬|たけうま}}ヘイホー<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg|5]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|17]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=65}}</ref> / たけうまヘイホー<ref name=YNI/><ref name=MKT>Displayed as an [[Mario Kart Tour race points system#Object interactions|action]] in ''Mario Kart Tour''</ref>