Yoshi

Yoshi is a character from the Super Mario Bros. video game series, introduced in . He is a green dinosaur who is one of many identical, different-colored dinosaurs (according to an episode of the animated series, his name is short for the name of his species - Yoshisaur) who is a recurring ally to Mario and Luigi.

In the Super Mario World Christmas episode "The Night Before Cave Christmas", he is first seen fighting over a barbecued mammoth rib with Oogtar the caveboy. Mario manages to get the two to stop by telling them about Christmas. Later, Yoshi accompanies Mario into Bowser Koopa's castle to recover the stolen toys.