History Characters / YoshisIsland

* TheBusCameBack: Big time from 2014 onwards. After being brought back in ''Woolly World'', he not came back for ''Crafted World'' in 2019, but also got top billing in its UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS rerelease ''Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World'' and was introduced to the wider ''Mario'' series in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', and was PromotedToPlayable in ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour''.

'''Spinoff series:''' '''''Yoshi's Island''''' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' ([[Characters/LuigisMansionKingBoo King Boo]]) | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

'''Spinoff series:''' '''''Yoshi's Island''''' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' ([[Characters/LuigisMansionKingBoo King Boo]]) | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

* TwinTelepathy: Baby Mario seems to know the exact location of where Baby Luigi is being held, something that the Yoshis attribute to this.

'''Spinoff series:''' '''''Yoshi's Island''''' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

'''Spinoff series:''' '''''Yoshi's Island''''' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

* DropTheHammer: ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' gives him the ability to fight with a hammer. Notably, adult Mario can only use this hammer in conjunction with his baby self.

* DropTheHammer: ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' gives him the ability to fight with a hammer. Notably, adult Luigi can only use this hammer in conjunction with his baby self.

* DropTheHammer: He keeps a mallet on hand to fight with in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''.

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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: How you essentially defeat him, by throwing eggs at him and knocking his pants down.

* FieryRedHead: Bowser had an even worse temper as a child than he does as an adult.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Though they've always looked more similar than different, Baby Bowser used to have a few noticeable differences from Bowser Jr. Starting with ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', he's redesigned to look almost exactly like Bowser Jr., except for his blank white bandanna, and his voice clips are even recycled from Bowser Jr. This was reverted in ''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS'', but in ''VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland'' again uses Bowser Jr.'s exact in-game model except he lacks the bandanna. They diverge a bit in ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld'', however, with Baby Bowser reverting to his older body proportions and posture, only for ''VideoGame/YoshisCraftedWorld'' to go back to him looking exactly like Junior.

For his adult self King Bowser see [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser here]]

* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:If you swim into her lair but not far enough to close the way behind you, you can shoot an egg at her ungrown normal form, skipping the fight completely. This doesn't work in ''Wooly World'' where she just gets tied up by the yarn ball and the fight proceeds anyways.]]

'''Crossovers:''' ''Characters/PunchOut'' | ''Characters/SuperSmashBros'' | ''Characters/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' | ''Characters/{{Skylanders}}'' | ''Characters/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle''\\

* DistressedDude: Baby Luigi has to play the role of rescue victim since Baby Peach isn't around (notably, this is true even when Baby Peach ''is'' around). Outside of Sports and Kart spin-offs, this gets averted in''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', where he finally gets a piece of the action.

* BreathWeapon: In contrast to his future son, Baby Bowser is skilled at breathing fire in every depiction he’s in, and in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' it’s even his special ability when selected.

* DubNameChange: Along with the usual "Koopa/Bowser", he is also an indirect case: In ''Yoshi's Island'' and ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', the final stages are named "''King'' Bowser's Castle". However, this is only the case in the english versions with the Japanese level names simply calling him "Baby Bowser" or just "Bowser".

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Foreshadowing their future relationship, Baby Bowser is first introduced in ''Partners in Time'' when he’s trying to kidnap Baby Princess Peach.

* GoldFever: Baby Bowser loves treasure, and whenever he finds some he declares that it’s all ‘his’ and thinks anyone else getting near him wants to steal it.
* GreaterScopeVillain: While he's the overall BigBad of the ''Yoshi's Island'' series and generally [[ManBehindTheMan leaves most of the work to Kamek]], Baby Bowser is in this role for much of the original ''Yoshi's Island''; There's no clear indication that he sent Kamek to mess with the stork, even though it's clear Kamek did it to ensure that Bowser would have no one to oppose him later in life.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: He's met his older self in two separate series. The two successfully team up together in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time'', with neither of them realizing they’re the same person. In the ''Yoshi's Island'' series, his older self actually ''kidnaps'' him, causing Baby Bowser to become adult Bowser's enemy. And in ''VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland'', the adult Bowser shows up out of nowhere to fight Yoshi after Baby Bowser’s defeat- though why he does so remains completely unknown.

* RoyalBrat: Unlike his adult self, who is generally kind to his minions, Baby Bowser isn’t beyond stomping on them out of annoyance, insulting them, and having them slave over his every need.
* ThrowTheDogABone: A recurring theme is that he really wants to ride a Yoshi, which he calls a ‘Gween Donkey’, a wish that does eventually come true for him in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
* VocalEvolution: Most of the games when his voice would be heard have him similar to Bowser Jr.'s voice. However, in VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland, Baby Bowser's voice clips are pitched higher to make him sound more baby-like.

* DistressedDude: Baby Luigi has to play the role of rescue victim since Baby Peach isn't around (notably, this is true even when Baby Peach ''is'' around).

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* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:If you swim into her lair but not far enough to close the way behind you, you can shoot an egg at her ungrown normal form, skipping the fight completely.]]

* DependingOnTheWriter: The [=GBA=] and Japanese material state that Tap-Tap the Golden is a revived Red Nose but the [=SNES=] version says they're different.

* PsychoPink: A male example; he's villainous, has a pink heart, and no issue fighting you.

* DarkIsEvil: He's got black feathers and he's evil. Inverted in ''Paper Mario''; while he still has the former, he's one of [[TheHero Mario's]] allies.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Played straight in ''Paper Mario'', in which helps [[TheHero Mario]] while still having black feathers.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland'', he's only in Eggstraordinary Terrain, seen circling a moon like the other Ravens and is treated a generic enemy.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Paper Mario'', Raphael is an ally to Mario. Also if one counts ''Tetris Attack'' as canon, he serves as one of Yoshi's friends now, having to be rescued from Bowser's and Kamek's brainwashing.
* PromotedToPlayable: In ''Tetris Attack'' alongside several Shy-Guys.