| “ | Slicing through the mist. Paint will be spilled here today. The shy ninja strikes... | „ |
| ~ Shy Ninja |
Summary
Shy-Guys (alternatively formatted as Shy Guys or Shyguys) are mysterious species acting as some of Bowser's strongest and smartest troopers, commonly placed in the backlines rather than the frontlines due to their importance.
Oddly enough, Shy-Guys are most commonly evil, but that doesn't mean all of them are on Bowser's side. Some are with Smithy, some are their own villains, etc. Of course, some are good and some are neutral, while some start evil and become good. Shy-Guys actually contain more thoughts than any other minions, as well.
Statistics
Tier: 7-B | 4-A | 4-B to 4-A | 6-C | High 2-A, likely High 1-B | Unknown | High 2-A, likely High 1-B
Name: Shy-Guy
Origin: Super Mario Bros.
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Mysteriously Masked Creature
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility and durability, Dimensional Storage, Immortality (Type 7; crosses over with Type 1. Shy-Guys are zombies), Weapon Mastery, Energy Manipulation, Can rain swords all over foes, Sleep Inducement, Transmutation, Magic Negation, Electrokinesis, Can surround himself in fire to harm any foe that touches him, Can shoot a fireball that bypasses durability, Minor Levitation, Regeneration (High; can regenerate from being swallowed and digested by Yoshi. Being digested would dismantle you into amino acids, single molecules) and Summoning. Groove-Guy has Music Manipulation (Anyone who had possession of or was in the same vicinity of a Music Key had the power of music transmitted into their souls, and can tap into its power for a variety of abilities as long as they're skilled enough, including all of the following powers after this one), Mind Control (Waluigi was going to use it to hypnotize anyone who didn't have the same dancing abilities as him), Chaos Inducement (The Music Keys could rain chaos and discord down, destroying everything and everyone), Broadway Force (The second Mario started dancing, things like snowmen, fire itself, plates, and flaming wooden logs started dancing with him), Pyrokinesis (Mario and Luigi's dancing styles are "hot," and can melt things like giant Freezies by generating and shooting fire pretty easily), Telekinesis (Mario and Luigi could sail a boat across a river), Summoning (Mario and Luigi summoned a rocket from nowhere to attack Bowser), Statistics Amplification (Using the power of dancing, Mario and Luigi could increase their speed to catch up to a roller-coaster), Explosion Manipulation (Mario and Luigi caused Koopas to explode into music notes), Power Nullification (The Dance Meter essentially decides whose abilities are more effective, and the abilities of the losing dancer are entirely nullified), Matter Manipulation (Molecular; Mario and Luigi changed the makeup of a hotel from being a normal building to being a corkscrew, then changed it back), Size Manipulation (Mario and Luigi caused a mushroom to spontaneously grow out of the ground), Weather Manipulation (Things like twisters, avalanches, snowstorms and whirlpools were caused by the Keys, as evidenced here), Empathic Manipulation (Music forced Bowser to feel happiness. Dancing caused Boos to warm up to Mario), Healing (Bowser was going to use the Keys to fix his tone deafness), Death Inducement (Bowser's use of the Keys turned the landscape into this...), and Life Inducement (Before Mario turned it back into this. To put into perspective of how impressive this is, Bowser blocked out the Sun with thick clouds, turned water into lava, killed all plant life, turned hills into volcanoes, etc. Mario changed it all back) via dancing (Groove-Guy's dancing skills are described as fabulous, and only up-to-par dancers can tap into these skills. Furthermore, Shy-Guys appear in DDR:MM, which makes it viable for them to have these skills). Fly-Guy and Sky-Guy have Flight. Sergeant Guy's Wand has Magic, Resurrection (Resuscitation) and Transmutation. Ghost Physiology as Boo-Guy. Spirit Physiology and One Hit Kill as Glum Reaper. His straw can drain the life energy from foes and locations alike. Nigh-Invulnerability w/ Gold Sheet or Silver Sheet. Healing and Can double attack potency and durability w/ his Guitar
Attack Potency: City level+ (Always in the back of Bowser's forces due to importance. Can take multiple hits from Mario, whereas foes such as Goombas and Koopa Troopas are only able to take one. In the RPGs, they normally have some of the highest durability and powerful attacks. It should also be noted that Kamek chooses a Shy-Guy, of all minions, to join him in Mario Party 9 as his partner. Just shows how trusted they are) | Multi-Solar System level (Has the same statistics as Yoshi in the Yoshi games) | Solar System level+ to Multi-Solar System level+ (Defeated Bowser during the events of Mario Party 9. In Mario Party 9, the plot is that Bowser has stolen the Mini-Stars from the sky. And apparently, it seems that these Mini-Stars are actual stars in the sky. In the ending cinema, the Mini-Stars are returning to the sky--all of which Bowser said he was going to put to use. It's shown at the end, when many burst after his defeat, that he meant this as they were going to power him. By absorbing those stars, Bowser became this powerful) | Island level (The text after the Elite Trio fight implies that--despite having an army and each other--the trio was stomped by Mario. Thus, they can't be scaled to the characters at all, and are only comparable--albeit superior--to Bowser's generic minions. Which is consistent with their depictions in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions) | High Multiverse level+, likely High Hyperverse level (Displayed as a bit of a nuisance for PM64 Paper Mario) | Unknown (Can fight Mario, Peach, Bowser, Geno and Mallow, but it is unknown where he scales in terms of their power in this game. However, his ability "Scythe" works on the Tier 2s in the game by instantly killing them) | High Multiverse level+, likely High Hyperverse level (If it weren't for Thing Cards and Power-ups, would have literally defeated Color Splash Paper Mario, something Black Bowser had no real hope of doing)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Faster than Goombas and Koopas) | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+ (Fought Bowser and Bowser Junior, who kept up with the Mini-Stars. The Mini-Stars were not only able to fly out of a black hole in less than a second and effectively cross the size of a solar system, which is over 30,000x faster than light, but began returning to their placement across the universe, which is easily MFTL+) | Massively Hypersonic (Far faster than most goons within their militia) | Unknown | Unknown | Infinite (Can move so excessively fast, Mario literally appears frozen. Mario cannot even track his movements, and only defeated him through attacks that affect the entire battlefield or cause earthquakes once he decides to stand still. So, he can move any finite distance in zero time, essentially)
Lifting Strength: Unknown (Shy-Guys are some of the most physically advanced troopers of Bowser's, too. Two alone could catch up to a high-speed train that had been going already for roughly 1/6 of a day in a few minutes, at most. Even so, their power fluctuates, with some being much weaker, and some being a touch stronger)
Striking Strength: City Class+ | Multi-Solar System Class | Solar System Class+ to Multi-Solar System Class+ | Island Class | High Multiversal+, likely High Hyperversal | Unknown | High Multiversal+, likely High Hyperversal
Durability: City level+ (Some of the most durable minions of Bowser's) | Multi-Solar System level | Solar System level+ to Multi-Solar System level+ (Tanked hits from Bowser during the events of Mario Party 9) | Island level | High Multiverse level+, likely High Hyperverse level | Unknown | High Multiverse level+, likely High Hyperverse level
Stamina: Moderate | High | Extremely high | High | High | Infinite | Extremely high
Range: Melee. Dozens of meters via projectiles, weapons and electrokinesis
Standard Equipment: Spear, Stilts, Bombs, Paint Buckets & Paint, Paper Clips, Guitar, Sombrero, Various Masks (His basic one acts as a shield), Spiked Mace, Fire Bar, a Propeller, a Jetpack, a few Trains, a Wand, a Cannon, a Tank, a Star Spinner, ice skates, Gold Sheet, Silver Sheet
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Has created and manned a train, and has run multiple trains as well as countless weapons. He has built a city and casino from the ground up and governed it flawlessly, and has had dozens of occupations. He's ranked up to the highest rank in any militia--General, and he even has knowledge about what's in everyone else's minds. He understands everything that's going on around him, and even broke the 4th wall mildly)
Weaknesses: None notable | None notable | None notable | Relies heavily on others | None notable | Earthquakes & Omnidirectional Attacks
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Flail: Shy-Guy rapidly slaps the enemy. In large groups, they attack from all directions, and harm the foe greatly.
- Running Headbutt: Shy-Guy dashes at the foe, and when he's close, he lunges forward, bashing his head into them.
- Power-up Music: Shy-Guy plays his Guitar, healing or empowering himself and his allies via his music.
- Hasta-la Vista: Shy-Guy tilts his Sombrero downwards, before tossing it forward and tackling his foe directly afterwards. When in a group, they throw it in an order--yet, it gets hectic quickly.
- Drain: Shy-Guy shoots a fireball at his foe that bypasses conventional durability.
- Sword Rain: Shy-Guy summons swords, which then begin raining down on all his foes.
- Somnus Waltz: Shy-Guy casts a spell which immediately forces the foe to fall asleep.
- Spore Chimes: Shy-Guy casts a spell, transforming a single foe into a Mushroom.
- S'crow Bell: Shy-Guy casts a spell, transforming a single foe into a scarecrow.
- Doom Reverb: Shy-Guy casts a spell, which summons musical notes all around the foe. Said musical notes negate all magic the foe can use.
- Lightning Spear: Shy-Guy becomes Spear Guy, and strikes lightning down.
- Thunder Shot: Shy-Guy becomes Fly-Guy, and electrifies a weapon. If said weapon hits anything, lightning will strike what it hit.
- Bullet Bill Blast: Shy-Guy summons a Bullet Bill from thin air, and rides it into a foe or where he needs to go. Keep in mind--Bullet Bills are fast, and can fly. If they hit a foe, they explode.
Key: Standard | As False Yoshi | In Mario Party 9 | As Sergeant Guy | As General Guy | As Glum Reaper | As Shy Ninja