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{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Stork2.png|'''The Stork''' delivering the Baby Bros.]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.
|full_name=Stork
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (1995)
|species=Bird/Stork
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' (2014)
}}

The '''Stork''' must deliver [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] to the home of their Mother and Father in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. The stork is attacked by [[Kamek]], however, who wants to kidnap the young Brothers before they mature and cause trouble to the [[Koopa (species)|Koopas]]. Kamek succeeds in kidnapping only Baby Luigi and later the stork as well.

[[File:Hung Stork.png|frame|left|The Stork tied to a rope.]]
After Yoshi defeats [[Baby Bowser]], Baby Luigi and the stork are rescued. The stork then carries the babies to their parents.

In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', the stork is not helping only the Baby Mario Brothers, but also [[Baby Donkey Kong]], [[Baby Peach]], [[Baby Wario]], and [[Baby Bowser]]. The stork is more of a major character in this game as it is shown traveling with the babies in cut-scenes, and it helps even more by bringing babies to [[Stork Stop]]s. In the end, more than one Stork are seen; several storks carry the babies back to their homes.

The first actual mention of the Stork is in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Mario of the Apes]]". When the gorilla couple [[June and Ward]] are waiting for a child of their own, they mistake an [[Albatoss]] that drops Mario on their porch for the actual stork.

The stork is also mentioned in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' about bringing [[Captain Gills]] his own children. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the Stork makes an appearance as a large [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] that can be obtained. The Sticker shows the Stork carrying Baby Peach. It raises attack power by +21.

==Sticker==
{| border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="text-align:center" width=100%
|-
!width=100px | Image !! | Game !! | Effect
|-
|[[File:Stork Sticker.png|100x100px]]
|''Yoshi's Island DS''
|[Body, Spin] - Attack +21
|}

==Trivia==
*The stork is a reference to folklore; a stork delivers babies to young couples, indicating birth. Its design is also based off the [[wikipedia:White Stork|white stork]], the same stork told in folklore.

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