Editing Yoob

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'''Yoob''' is a giant [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]-like creature created by the [[Shroob]]s that appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. He starts out as a large magenta and green [[Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|egg]], where it becomes an attraction that tourists can see for five [[coin]]s. When Yoob hatches from the egg, he begins eating the Yoshis, as well as other creatures off-screen, as evidenced by the bones and [[Koopa Troopa]]-like skeletons found in his [[Yoob's Belly|belly]] when the brothers explore it.

Yoob is first seen after discovering a group of Yoshis still hiding on Yoshi's Island. He quickly eats all of them, including [[Yoshi]] and [[Kylie Koopa]], although Kylie is quickly spat out. Yoob then leaves the area, though he is later seen eating and spitting out [[Kamek]] after the quartet find him on the island. After the adult and baby Mario Bros. defeat Kamek and corner Baby Bowser at the cliff, Yoob climbs to where they are, and two [[Shroob saucer]]s appear and enlarge him. Yoob then proceeds to eat [[Baby Bowser]], [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Baby Mario]], and [[Baby Luigi]].

Once inside [[Yoob's Belly]], the group (except Baby Bowser) helps some of the previously swallowed Yoshis move forward in Yoob's stomach by pushing a [[Chomp Rock]], which clears a path that lets them walk through Yoob's intestines. They then discover that part of Yoob's Belly is a factory for trapping Yoshis. The factory, maintained by [[RC Shroober]]s, stores Yoshis in [[Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|egg]]s, then places them on a conveyor belt that takes them to [[Sunnycide]]. The group helps the Yoshis push the Chomp Rock away, then find [[Toadbert]], who has forgotten everything that happened after he traveled back in time, but is still taking care of some trapped Yoshis. Toadbert tells them that Sunnycide is guarding the exit, and they go to confront it. Sunnycide uses the eggs in battle, and likewise, the heroes can free the Yoshis by breaking the eggs. Eventually, they defeat Sunnycide, and everyone, including the Yoshis, Toadbert, and Baby Bowser, escapes Yoob through the digestive tract, while Yoob seems to stop functioning altogether.

If Mario and Luigi return to Yoshi's Island, they can find Yoob's inactive body still on the cliffside. They are able to re-enter Yoob as they wish, though they must exit through the digestive tract again.

In the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', Yoob appears in volume 36. Unlike in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', Yoob originally was just a giant, carefree, friendly Yoshi who is gluttonous. He is used as a vessel for Sunnycide, as Sunnycide takes control of the giant Yoshi and turns him into a Yoob. After the brothers get eaten, they defeat Sunnycide inside, which reverts the Yoob to his normal state. The giant Yoshi then eats the Cobalt Star Shards, which causes the brothers to panic, and ends the chapter. They manage to get the shards out of him.

==Appearance==

Yoob resembles a magenta Yoshi, except he is much larger and fatter (and gets even bigger when the Shroobs zap it), has black spines, a black saddle, blue shoes, a green underbelly, black irises, red pupils, and pincers for hands. Yoob bears a loose resemblance to {{fandom|barney|Barney|Barney the Dinosaur}}, the host of the educational children's programs ''{{fandom|barney|Barney & The Backyard Gang}}'' and ''{{fandom|barney|Barney & Friends}}''. As a matter of fact, a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' issue predating the release of ''Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time'' mentioned the similarities in a pre-release screenshot of the game.{{ref needed}}

YoobShoot.png|Yoob, after growing in size, looking down at Baby Bowser and the Mario brothers.

|Jap=ゲッシー

|JapR=Gesshī

|JapM=Combination of「ゲドンコ」(''Gedonko'', [[Shroob]]) and「ヨッシー」(''Yosshī'', [[Yoshi]])

|Por=Yoob

|KorM=Combination of "게돈코" (''Gedonko'', Shroob) and "요시" (''Yosi'', Yoshi)

|Ger=Yoob

==Trivia==

*When the babies dig underground or attack with the hammer inside [[Yoob's Belly]], Yoob can be seen wincing in pain on the top screen. He also does this when the babies open a part in his belly by hammering the buttons and when the Yoshis roll the Chomp Rock down his stomach, creating a path through his insides. This stops after Sunnycide is defeated.

*In the original version of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', an enemy named [[Fawful Guy]] has an attack where it is eaten and turned into a discolored Yoshi egg by an off-screen creature, whose roar is identical to Yoob's.