- "The other babies are having a great time in the castle. But they could use another playmate. Why don't you give me that baby, too?"
- —Kamek with Gilbert the Gooey
Gilbert the Gooey is a large Gooey Goon who appears in Yoshi's Island DS. He is the boss of World 1, and is the second boss overall.
Physical description[]
Gilbert the Gooey starts out as a regular yellow Gooey Goon. However, Kamek's magic turns him into a colossal, monstrous Gooey Goon with a peach body and blobs all over his face; the blobs are colored either red, yellow, green, blue, or purple all over his face.
Battle[]
Like most first bosses, Gilbert the Gooey is relatively easy to beat. In the battle, Gilbert the Gooey will have twenty four gooey spheres all over his face. Upon the battle's start, Gilbert will start bobbing up and down continuously before stopping (either at the top or the bottom) and swaying left and right, Yoshi can use the Spring Balls on either side of the to spring to higher platforms to reach Gilbert if he stops at the top, if Gilbert stops at the bottom, Yoshi can remain there. When Gilbert gets on level with Yoshi, Yoshi should take any opportunity to either swallow his blobs to turn them in to eggs or spit them out in hopes of hitting his other blobs, additionally, Yoshi can also use his eggs to take out Gilbert's blobs. To move to the other side, Yoshi will have to wait for Gilbert to stop bobbing, if Gilbert stops at the top, Yoshi should cross under him however if Gilbert stops at the bottom, Yoshi should flutter to the other side, the more blobs Gilbert loses, the faster he becomes. Once Yoshi has removed Gilbert of all his blobs, Gilbert turns red and then disappears into oblivion allowing Yoshi, the babies, and the Stork to exit the Castle and advance to World 2.
Due to Baby DK's powerful egg tosses, beating Gilbert the Gooey is heaps easier with him. However, this is unavailable on the first visit as Baby DK isn't unlocked until World 2.
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Trivia[]
- Gilbert the Gooey is similar to Salvo the Slime from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 as they're both blob-like creatures that appear as the boss of the first world of the respective games, additionally, they both have smaller minions which primarily appear in their respective castles (the Lemon Drops for Salvo the Slime and the Gooey Goons for Gilbert the Gooey).
