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Burt the Bashful's Castle is the first boss level of Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. It features swinging wool balls.

Layout[edit]

The level begins inside the castle, with platforms and some swinging wool balls. It then opens out into a large room where two Burts come down from the ceiling. The first checkpoint is found shortly after. After this there are 3 jumping Burts in a long room, with Beads between them. There is then an unlockable door, and large swinging balls of wool with lots of Fly Guys. At the end of this room there is some platforms and finally a door. The next room has lots of Burts jumping on top of each other. The player has to jump on top of them to get across to a platform high up. At the top of this room there is another large platform that the player can unravel by licking. A Burt then jumps down and allows the player to get through to a Present Box with a Key. The key unlocks the door at the start of the Fly Guy room, leading to the second checkpoint in a long room with Burts and an Egg Block, followed by lots more swinging wool balls. At the end of this there is three swinging balls that the player must use to climb to the top of the room. Then there is a long line of Burts all jumping. Finally, there's the boss door at the end of them.

Enemies[edit]

• Burt the Bashful (boss)

Boss fight[edit]

The fight against Burt the Bashful involves hitting him with Yarn Balls while he's jumping. This allows the player to lick the string on his trousers to unravel them. The player must do this three times in total. After one time, he calls in big Burt balls that he stands on. The player must then hit the correct Burt to deal damage. He summons 2 the first time, and 4 the second time. He always stands in the middle of them. Afterwards, he then bonks around the room for a while and turns into beads.

Collectables[edit]

Smiley Flowers[edit]

• Smiley Flower #1: Just after the second wool ball, there is a small platform with some material that the player can push. After pushing it back the first Smiley Flower will appear.
• Smiley Flower #2: In the area with the two Burts, throw a Yarn Ball at the Winged Cloud to make a platform appear. Then use a Burt to jump on top of it. After that, jump over a small wall where the second Smiley Flower is enclosed.
• Smiley Flower #3: In the room with the Fly Guys, throw a Yarn Ball at a platform to the left of the first swinging wool ball. Jump on it and go through the door. In the next room collect all the Beads to make the Smiley Flower appear.
• Smiley Flower #4: To the right of the swinging wool ball, there is a platform with a Present Box on it. Unravel the Present Box and a Burt will appear. Use him to jump over the wall and collect the fourth Smiley Flower.
• Smiley Flower #5: In the room with the three swinging wool balls, climb to the top and go to the left, and collect the final Smiley Flower out in the open.

Wonder Wools[edit]

• Wonder Wool #1: Near the start of the level, on the third swinging wool ball, there is a hidden Winged Cloud. Pop it to receive the first Wonder Wool.
• Wonder Wool #2: In the room with three jumping Burts, collect all the Beads between their jumps to make the second Wonder Wool appear.
• Wonder Wool #3: Stand on the large wool ball. Near the bottom of its path there will be a hidden Winged Cloud. Pop it, and a circle of beads and the third Wonder Wool will appear.
• Wonder Wool #4: In the room through the locked door, unravel the Present Box and jump on the Burt to get to a hidden alcove with the Wonder Wool.
• Wonder Wool #5: In the final room with the row of jumping Burts, dash under them and collect all the Beads. This will make the last Wonder Wool appear.

Collecting all five Wonder Wools for this level unlocks Burt the Yoshi.

Gallery[edit]

• Yoshi fighting Burt the Bashful.

• Yoshi on a swinging yarn ball.

Names in other languages[edit]

“Fine! Burt, hitch up your pants and GO BUST UP THAT YOSHI!”

—Kamek, Yoshi's Woolly World

Burt the Bashful, also spelled Bert the Bashful,^[1] is the first mid-boss seen in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island; he is found in Burt The Bashful's Fort half-way through World 1. At the end of the fort, Yellow Yoshi encounters a normal Burt, which Kamek grows to a massive size, turning it into Burt the Bashful. To defeat him, Yoshi must hit him with eggs six times; with each hit, Burt's pants continue to fall off. When he is defeated, his pants entirely fall off and he turns red, blasts off and eventually implodes.

While Burt does not appear in Yoshi's Island DS, the mid-bosses of World 1, the Big Burt Bros., are based on him. He also cameos in the beginning, alongside Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island's castle bosses and Tap-Tap the Red Nose.

Burt the Bashful later appears in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World as the boss of World 1 in Burt the Bashful's Castle. Here, Burt has three phases. First, he jumps as in Yoshi's Island. He occasionally summons two Shy Guys as ammo. To damage Burt, Yoshi must first hit him with a yarn ball to stun him, then unravel his pants at the string. For the second phase, he gets two ball look-alikes, which jump around. During his final phase, he gets a third and fourth ball and summons three Shy Guys. Once Burt is entirely naked, the battle ends. In this game, not including Baby Bowser's second form, Burt the Bashful is the only boss that doesn't need to be Ground Pounded to be defeated.

While Burt does not appear in Yoshi's Crafted World, the player fights a similar boss called Burt the Ball, which is a rubber version of him.

Burt the Bashful also appears as a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and as a spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

In volume 14 of the Super Mario-Kun, the volume based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Burt the Bashful is the first boss Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi encounter. He bounces around, smashing Mario in the process. Yoshi also attacks and ends up failing. An Egg-Plant assists them, but the Yoshi Eggs simply bounce off Burt. Finally, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi grab and pull down Burt's pants, revealing his genitals. Ashamed, he shrinks and starts flying off as a deflated balloon, causing havoc to Mario and Luigi.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Trivia[edit]

• Burt's sprites depict him differently from his artwork; notably, he has one curled hair in his sprites, but two drooping hairs in his artwork. Said artwork is reused for the Big Burt Bros., and the same inconsistency applies with them.
• Burt the Bashful makes a cameo appearance in the Nintendo Monopoly.
• Not including Baby Bowser, Burt the Bashful is one of the only two bosses from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island that make an appearance in Yoshi's Woolly World, the other being Naval Piranha.

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