Yoshi's Great Adventure

Yoshi's Great Adventure is a film based on the children's television series Yoshi & Friends.

Plot
Cody, Abby, and Fig Newton, alongside Abby's best friend Marcella Walker are dropped off to the Newton's grandparents' farm for a whole week during summer break. As Cody believes there's nothing exciting at the farm, Abby and Marcella rub a Yoshi Egg doll in his face. Cody starts a game of "keep-away" by taking the Yoshi Egg doll and running off with it. The two go after Cody, who hides the Yoshi Egg doll in the bathroom. The girls catch up with Cody, who tells them to use their imagination and laughs when he thinks that nothing happened. However, the Yoshi Egg doll comes to life and hatches as Yoshi the Dinosaur takes the girls to play in the barn. Cody refuses to believe in Yoshi, and claims that real dinosaurs don't talk.

That night after dinner, the whole family is outside the front porch where Cody further discusses how Yoshi was in their barn and was not just a little doll. Grandpa then sings Let Me Call You Sweetheart to Grandma before he goes back inside with her and Fig. Right on cue, Yoshi appears after Fig and their grandparents went back inside and they sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star before Abby and Marcella go back inside to play in the attic. Yoshi then gives Cody advice to wish upon a star. Cody takes his advice and wishes for a real adventure that summer and to do things no one else has done before. A shooting star deposits an egg in the barn, and Cody discovers it the next day. Yoshi and the kids go tell their grandparents about this, but Yoshi gets distracted when he hears Fig cry. Grandma suggests to Abby and Marcella that they go see Mrs. Goldfinch. Cody finds Yoshi in the baby room and takes him to see his grandparents, but Abby and Marcella take Cody and Yoshi to see Mrs. Goldfinch, who tells them that the egg is a dreammaker. Cody accidentally knocks the egg off the table which lands on a birdseed truck. Yoshi and the others recover it through a parade as the egg avoids being cracked by the people in the parade. Yoshi's friend Triton catches it when it almost lands on the ground, but tosses it away. Yoshi and the gang chase the egg through a French restaurant where Yoshi sings If All The Raindrops, a circus where Yoshi and the kids sing We're Gonna Find A Way, and finally, they fly through the sky to continue their pursuit of it. However, they eventually make it back to the barn in time. All the while, Terra is looking for her blanket and Triton and Terra arrive just in time to see the egg hatch.

After they return the egg to the barn, it finally hatches into a Komala-like being named Twinkle who shows everyone Abby's dream, then Yoshi's. Cody apologizes to Yoshi for being mean and says that he's cool. Yoshi accepts his apology and tells Cody he thinks he's cool too and the two share a hug. Twinkle shows everyone a magical fireworks display which lands in Yoshi's arms. Yoshi begins to sing "You're My Pal", and the rest of the cast sings with him. Terra gets sleepy, which prompts Triton to decide they are ready to go home. The film ends with Twinkle sitting next to Yoshi who has reverted into his doll form and went back into his egg.

Trivia

 * "If You're Happy and You Know It" is much more grander and longer on the soundtrack than in the movie.


 * The only way to get the original widescreen / theatrical print on video is on the laser disc version.


 * Three of the movie's TV spots sample the song, Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. However, the song never appeared in the movie itself.


 * The VHS releases Yoshi's Adventure Bus, Yoshi's Good Day, Good Night, and Yoshi in Outer Space have trailers for the film.