Josh

Josh briefly faces the camera, giving us a rare glimpse at his true nature.

"*I committed tax fraud.*" —Josh
**Josh** is an unknown force, perhaps an Impostor, who has impersonated **Yoshi** and taken advantage of his brand for selfish purposes since July of 1998.

## Physical appearance

Much like the original Yoshi, Josh is a typical green Yoshman, iconic in his genericity. However, on closer inspection, Josh looks colder, crueler, and more menacing than kind Yoshi.

## Biography

### 2011M

#### Rise to Power

Josh took advantage of and/or caused Yoshi's mysterious disappearance in July 1998 to steal his identity and brand for selfish reasons. His first game appearance was in *Mario Party*.

#### Rewriting the Past

In 2004, Josh was dissatisfied with Yoshi's small cameo in 1996's *Super Mario 64* and influenced Nintendo to create a DS remake, *Super Mario 64 DS*, where the green Yoshman has a much larger role. In this new rewritten history, Josh placed himself as the game's protagonist and "bravely" rescued Mario, Luigi, and Wario from Bowser's clutches as a lovable underdog.

### 2013M

Skillfully, simultaneously, and subtly expanding his empire and teasing his appearances to improve his brand image, Josh made a small appearance in *New Super Mario Bros.* (2006) to plan for his larger appearance in *New Super Mario Bros. Wii* (2009). He also built three planets modeled after his image before *Super Mario Galaxy* (2007) to allude to his larger appearance in *Super Mario Galaxy 2* (2010).

### 2014M

Josh appeared in *Super Mario Maker* (2015) and *Super Mario Maker 2* (2019) as an item in the SMW and NSMBU game styles. In the SMB and SMB3 styles, however, Josh's slot was taken by a boot, while the SM3DW style instead had a car. Josh also made a cameo in *Super Mario Odyssey* (2017).

### 2021

"*I'm gonna touch a child.*"
"*Don't do that, it's very bad.*"
"*NO YOSHI DON'T!*"
—Yoshii, SurgeJaybae, and Jaiden[src]
By or before January 15, Josh created a *Super Mario Maker 2* Mario Maker profile under the name "Yoshii" and threatened to touch a child (possibly Frisk Undertale). In response, Kirby called the police.

## Personality

Josh ostensibly has Yoshi's personality, but actually pretends to be your friend for personal gain, as he is corrupted by greed.

## Relationships

* Kirby
* Police

## Speculation

### Family Drama

Because Josh appears to be the "Yoshi" of *Yoshi* prequel games (like *Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island*), which take place around when the original Yoshi was born, Josh might actually be Yoshi's father, helping to explain why they look so similar. Other theories say that Josh is actually Yoshi's sister in law.

### Divinity

Judging from his name, Josh may be a type or corruption of god. Despite a small similarity to the name "John", Josh is a diminutive form of "Joshua", a name that is more closely related to "Jesus". "Josh" also rhymes with "gosh", a euphemistic form of "God".

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Twitter
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 yossy
3. ↑ This text has been changed to standard English to maximize comedically encyclopedic quality. The original text reads: "im gonna touch a child".
4. ↑ This text has been changed to standard English to maximize comedically encyclopedic quality. The original text reads: "Don't do that its very bad".
5. ↑ This text has been changed to standard English to maximize comedically encyclopedic quality. The original text reads: "NO YOSHI DONT".