Spooky (enemy)

Spooky
A Spooky
First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
Variant of	Lantern Ghost Isinomanki Heihō

A Spooky is a creature wearing a Lantern Ghost-like disguise only found in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. They float near the ground, occasionally "jumping" to briefly gain more altitude, especially when they are nearing the player. If they reach a wall while floating up a slope, they will stop instead of turning around. Yoshi can stand on them and let them carry him. Spookies are capable of stealing Baby Mario, but to do this, they need to land directly on top of Yoshi.

If Yoshi attempts to eat them or attacks them with a Ground Pound, the disguise will disappear and the green Shy-Guy under it is revealed. However, if Baby Mario has been stolen by the Spooky, it will be a Bandit instead. Oddly enough, a Spooky is one of the few enemies Yoshi cannot defeat by breathing fire.

Profiles

Yoshi's Island series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

• Shogakukan guide: 食べると布が取れて、中からヘイホーが現れる。たまにボロドーが入っていて、赤ちゃんを布の中に隠してしまう。 (When you eat it, the cloth comes off and a Shy-Guy appears from inside. Sometimes there is a Bandit in it, who hides the baby in the cloth.)
• Player's Guide: Halloween is over, but a Shy-Guy or Bandit thinks he can still put the heebie-jeebies in Yoshi by wearing a mask.

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

• Shogakukan guide: 食べると布が取れて、中からヘイホーが現れる。たまにボロドーが入っていて、赤ちゃんを布の中にかくしてしまう。 (When you eat it, the cloth comes off and a Shy-Guy appears from inside. Sometimes there is a Bandit in it, who hides the baby in the cloth.)

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  Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	布おばけ Nuno Obake	Sheet Ghost
German	Laken Guy	"Laken" (sheet) + Shy Guy
Spanish	Fantasmal	Ghostly