Editing Yoshi Kid

{{about|Mario's Yoshi partner in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]|the infant Yoshis referred to as Yoshi Kids in [[Paper Mario]]|[[Fearsome 5]]|the infant Yoshis also referred to as "Mini-Yoshis" or "Mini Yoshis"|[[Baby Yoshi]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:TTYD NS MiniYoshi.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of the green version of the Yoshi Kid from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|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|Gonzales]]! I'm ready to chew [[Macho Grubba|this dude]] up and spit him out!|'''Yoshi Kid'''|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
The '''Yoshi Kid''',<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> referred to as '''Mini-Yoshi''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', is [[Mario]]'s fourth [[party member]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. The Yoshi Kid 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.

The Yoshi Kid is named by the player within the text space of eight characters, which incidentally makes "Yoshi Kid" and "Mini-Yoshi" too long to fit. The default name is simply "'''Yoshi'''," which is used in most appearances.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:Mario and Yoshi Kid.png|200px|left|thumb|The Yoshi Kid 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 an owner of the [[Hot Dog Stand]], [[Mr. Hoggle]] (who had hopes of making a [[Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness]] with it). After Mario caught the egg, it jumped onto a roof of the Hot Dog Stand, requiring Mario to [[Plane Mode|glide down]] to the roof to recover the egg; Goombella's [[Tattle]] on the egg is viewable before Mario interacts with the egg. Mr. Hoggle allowed Mario to keep the egg as most people "don't like eating stuff that jumps all over the place." Following this, the living and bouncy egg joined Mario's party.

After Mario returns from his problematic battle with The Iron Adonis Twins, the egg hatches into a newborn Yoshi baby, who thanks Mario for saving his life. He then joins Mario (whom he knows as [[History of Mario#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Gonzales]]), who proceeds to name him. The Yoshi Kid 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.

At the end of the adventure, the Yoshi Kid 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 Kid 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 that of 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 Kid appears to have slowly realized that "Gonzales's" real name is Mario, but he states that Mario will always be Gonzales to him.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
[[File:SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|thumb|left|The Yoshis' plushies from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the Yoshi Kid appears as a [[Catch Card]] won by winning the [[Duel of 100]] in the [[Sammer's Kingdom]]. [[Francis]] has a collection of seven [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] dolls, each one a different color. Lastly, the Yoshi Kid, along with all the other partners from the previous titles in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]], appears in a photograph at the [[Mario Bros.' House]] during the introduction.
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===''Super Mario-kun''=== 
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[[File:Yoshi Kid SuperMarioKun.png|thumb|The Yoshi Kid in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
The Yoshi Kid appears in the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' arc of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' as an ally of Mario. 

=== ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] that names the Yoshi Kid "Yoshi," while in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', there is a [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of him that names him "Mini-Yoshi," the first game to give him this name.

===''Super Mario Run''===
The Yoshi Kid had a minor cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (ver. 3.2.0) on promotional artwork in the game during its celebration of the release of the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']], though his presence on the in-game alert for the event was his only appearance in the game.

==General information==
===Physical appearance===
[[File:Yoshi Kids.png|center]]
The Yoshi Kid'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, the Yoshi Kid 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 the Yoshi Kid is in his egg, however, his color scheme changes every few minutes, as shown in the chart below. If more than 20 minutes pass before the Yoshi Kid hatches, the cycle restarts. Each coloration is for aesthetic purposes only, and it stays the same for the rest of the game upon the Yoshi Kid'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|Hotpink|Pink}}
|-
|18–19 minutes
|[[File:Black Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{Color|Black|Black}}
|-
|19–20 minutes
|[[File:White Yoshi TTYD.png|50px]]<br>{{color|Gray|White}}
|}

==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]]:''' "''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.''"

====Nintendo GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}

====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Yoshi|align=horizontal}}

====Attacks====
;HP
*Initial: 10 HP
*Super Rank: 20 HP
*Ultra Rank: 30 HP

{|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|The Yoshi Kid unhatched
Mario meets the hatched Mini-Yoshi PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi Kid hatched
Name the Yoshi! Screen PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi-naming screen
Mini-Yoshi and Mario PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi Kid and Mario
"Yoshi" Joined The Party PMTTYD.png|The Yoshi Kid joining the party
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 The End.jpg|The Yoshi Kid with the rest of the cast in the end credits [[parade]]
YoshiKid8bit.jpg|The Yoshi Kid's 8-bit sprite appearance in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]
TTYDPartnersHD.png|Photo of the partners from the Nintendo Switch version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYDNS Profile Yoshi.jpg|Character profile card
SMR TTYD Promo.png|Yoshi Kid cameo in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
Yoshi Kid Instagram.jpg|Promotional character introduction
Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|The Yoshi Kid on the ''Nintendo Magazine'' for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
1UP Studio Welcome Candidate Staff Party 2024 Artwork.jpg|Group artwork for the candidate welcome party of [[1-UP Studio]] in 2024
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Yoshi / Mini-Yoshi / Yoshi Kid===
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]]''.
|Chi=迷你耀西
|ChiR=Mínǐ Yàoxī
|ChiM=Mini-Yoshi
|Dut=Yoshi
|Dut2=Yoshi-jong
|Dut2M=Yoshi Kid
|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
|RusN=''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''
|RusR=Mini-Yoshi
|RusM=Mini-Yoshi
|Spa=Yoshi
|Spa2=Yoshito
|Spa2M=''-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.
|ChiS=伟大的冈萨雷兹二世
|ChiSR=Wěidà de Gāngsàléizī Èr Shì
|ChiSM=Great Gonzales II
|ChiT=偉大的岡薩雷茲二世
|ChiTR=Wěidà de Gāngsàléizī Èr Shì
|ChiTM=Great Gonzales II
|Dut=De Grote Gonzales Junior
|DutM=The Great Gonzales Junior
|Fre=Super Gonzales Junior
|Ger=Bomba Luigi Junior
|Ita=Super Gonzales Junior
|Kor=그레이트 곤살레스 주니어
|KorR=Geuleiteu Gonsalleseu Junieo
|KorM=Great Gonzales Jr.
|Spa=El pequeño Gran González
|SpaM=The little 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
}}
*The Yoshi Kid calls [[Mario]] by his real name prior to the ending five times in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', seemingly due to localization errors: 
**In [[Grubba]]'s office when reading the [[Dubious Documents]] about the machine under the ring.
**In [[Twilight Town]] when the [[Creepy Steeple|steeple]] bell rings and changes [[Mayor Dour]] into a [[pig]].
**At [[Keelhaul Key]] after [[Frankie]] says, ''"I love you,"'' 100 times to [[Francesca]].
**At the very end of Chapter 5 when Frankie and Francesca say they are staying on Keelhaul Key.
**If Mario brings him along to the top of [[Palace of Shadow Tower]] for the first time. 
*The Yoshi Kid is one of two [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] that can be seen outside battle in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''; the other is an adult seen on the [[Excess Express]] after Chapter 6.
*[[Wonky]] in the Italian version of the game refers to the Yoshi Kid specifically as a "Miniyoshi," explaining that Miniyoshis are "Yoshis just hatched from the eggs." This aligns with his Japanese name, which is identical to [[Baby Yoshi]], along with other localizations and in-game text in the English version referring to him as a "newborn Yoshi baby."
*The name the player gives the Yoshi Kid is mentioned in-game in dialogue only four times in total by other characters. Those four times are when the Yoshi Kid comments on his name the player gave him; if Mario brings him along to [[Darkly]], where he will write Mario and the Yoshi Kid's name on their clothing; when the player selects the Yoshi Kid before [[Merlon]] powers him up, and during the ending of the game where [[Goombella]] writes an email to Mario, explaining what happened with herself and her friends.

==References==
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