Lemmy Koopa: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:NSMBW Lemmy Artwork.png|150px]]<br>Lemmy Koopa, as he appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])

|latest_portrayal=[[Carlee McManus]] ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]-present)

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==History==

===''Super Mario'' series===

[[File:SMB3 Lemmy.png|thumb|left|Lemmy in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'']]

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Lemmy is found and battled in the cabin of his [[airship]] at the end of World 6. He rides a [[magical ball]] around during battle, and uses his wand to summon additional balls; once summoned, they do not disappear. The balls are obstacles and can be jumped on, but will shrink Mario or Luigi or make them lose a life if they are touched in any other way. At first, he balances in place on the right side of the room, conjuring balls. When jumped on and withdrawing into his shell, Lemmy stays in one place on his ball instead of jumping around. After coming back out of his shell, he begins running erratically around the room while summoning more balls. Being stomped three times defeats Lemmy, allowing [[Mario]] to return the magic wand to its king, and also turning the king back to normal.

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Lemmy next appears in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', aiding in Bowser's invasion of [[Dinosaur Land]]. He takes hold in [[3 Lemmy's Castle|his castle]], found within the [[Vanilla Dome]]; Lemmy's is the third castle on the map. Inside, he guards one of the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s trapped inside an enchanted [[Yoshi's Egg]].

Lemmy is first fought at the end of [[World 3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 3's]] [[World 3-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|tower]]. He uses his wand to summon balls and bounce them towards the player; they can be jumped on for boosts, but are obstacles, otherwise. Unlike in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the balls will bounce Mario or Luigi away, rather than hurting them, if touched in any other way besides jumping on them. If the player fails to stomp Lemmy after he summons two balls, he will ride his ball to the other side of the stage, creating the hazard of being pushed off. The ice terrain makes the drops on each side of the stage extra hazardous. The first two times Lemmy is stomped, his ball falls off the stage and he spins in his shell to the opposite side of the platform, where he creates another ball to stand on. The spinning shell inflicts damage when touched. A third stomp defeats Lemmy, who quickly gets up and escapes to the [[World 3-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|world's castle]].  

After the credits roll, Lemmy is seen along with the other Koopalings rolling [[Bowser]] off his shell, only to have [[Bowser's Castle]] fall on top of them.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====

[[File:LemmyKoopaNSMB2.png|left|thumb|upright=1.05|Mario, facing Lemmy, in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'']]

At the end of the battle, a glitch can be performed. To perform it, after defeating Lemmy, [[Raccoon Mario]] must fly up to the switch without getting the key. The arrows above the switch will change direction but the arrows on the belt will not.

[[File:LemmyBossNSMBU.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Mario, facing Lemmy, in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']]

Lemmy has an airship with his face as the bow and his orange shell as the deck. The tail of the ship resembles his ponytail. The stern of his ship has a teal color design, similar to his shell color from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''. Like most of the airships, Lemmy's airship is equipped with a propeller at the back of his ship as well as another one placed just beneath the crow's nest. The airship is equipped with two cannons, one on each side. There are also light green lids on top of the cannons used for closing and opening the cannons. He has the smallest airship out of all his siblings. The interior of his ship has spiral-shaped windows and it resembles the inside of a circus tent.

In his official artwork, Lemmy has a bomb in his left hand, but in-game, he has it in his right hand. This is also the case with Roy and his [[Bill Blaster]].

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===DIC cartoons===

{{Appeared|DIC cartoons|Hip Koopa}}

===''Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land''===

===''Hotel Mario''===

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===''Mario & Luigi'' series===

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====

Lemmy appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. After hijacking [[Bowser's Castle]] and using it to attack [[Beanbean Castle Town]], [[Bowletta]] employed the Koopalings to guard the various halls of the castle. As with most of his appearances, he is the third Koopaling to be faced.

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====

Lemmy appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''  with the same role as the original game and added dialogue. Instead of disguising Goombas as clones of himself, his clones are now conjured from his wand. He will also spin around, switching positions with his clones every turn. He now shoots fireballs in two different ways: by creating a big fireball with his clones, or by shooting a smaller fireball at the bro he points at, while his clones do the same. As a side note, his eyes only cross temporarily after he finishes spinning, before focusing.

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====

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===''Mario Kart'' series===

====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====

[[File:MK8-Lemmy'sTireService4.png|thumb|Promotional banner of ''Lemmy's Tire Service'' in ''Mario Kart 8'']]

Lemmy is the lightest member of the Koopalings (and is also among the lightest playable characters in the game, being tied with the babies and, when short in height, [[Mii]]s), and as such, can get, depending on the combination, either maximum acceleration, handling, or traction attributes. However, his speed and weight are quite low as a result. Lemmy is the Normal Staff Ghost for [[Sherbet Land (GCN)|Sherbet Land]]. There are also advertisements for [[Lemmy's Tire Service]] on some of the tracks.

====''Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit''====

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

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====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''====

Lemmy (alongside the other Koopalings) makes his ''Super Smash Bros.'' debut as a playable character accessible via Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''. He is unlockable in the former game and available from the start in the latter. His attacks and statistics are identical to Bowser Jr.'s, though he is referred to by his own name by the announcer and has his own voice clips. Lemmy can also appear in place of Bowser Jr. in All-Star mode (like the other Koopalings).

He also has unique eye animations compared to the other Koopalings and Bowser Jr.; for example, when he is dizzy, his pupils move around in circles instead of having the same dizzy animation as the others.

The title given to Lemmy in the [[Boxing Ring]] is "Wacky War Machine" (NA)<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgZzlL6k3II Smash Bros. Wii U: All Character Aliases on Punch-Out Stage]</ref> or "Let's Get Wacky" (PAL)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNehbSwQAo Super Smash Bros. Wii U - All PAL Boxing Ring Aliases]</ref> in the Wii U version.

===''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''===

Lemmy appears in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'' as a Dark attribute character, and as the World 2-Castle and World 2-Airship Boss. Like in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', he is the boss of an underground world. He can perform a move called '''Status Barrier''' that protects against all status defects. He also has an attack called '''Blind Attack''', which deals damage and hides a part of the board from the player's sight as well. Lemmy will join the player when ★World 2-Airship is completed. His Skill is '''Lemmy's Nightmare''', which changes Wood Orbs into Dark Orbs, and Heart Orbs into Fire Orbs.

===''Minecraft''===

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===

Along with the rest of the [[Koopalings]], Lemmy makes his [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] debut in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. He appears in [[the Emerald Circus]], where he is seen balancing on a giant ball. He then hides himself and the green [[Big Paint Star]] on the circus tent's roof (as, despite being a skilled illusionist, the Green Big Paint Star was immune to his wand and his magical abilities, thus forcing him to pull a "sleight of hand."). After Mario defeats his minions, they encounter him on the roof, where the battle is fought.  

Lemmy's introductory pose is based on his artwork used in the ''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]'' and in material released for the 30th anniversary of ''Super Mario Bros.'', while his appearance follows that of the current games, with an additional cyan-colored tuft on the back and orange stripes on the left side of the head instead of the right side. The sprite was actually a horizontally flipped version of said pose that is then flipped again by the game. Lemmy's pose when he extracts his [[Magic wand]] is instead derived from his artwork in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', with the mouth now being slightly open, the right hand now holding the wand more tightly and left hand showing the palm to the viewer.

===''Dr. Mario World''===

Lemmy appears as a doctor under the name '''Dr. Lemmy''' in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. He was added on July 30, 2020. Dr. Lemmy is available as a special stage reward in [[World 28]]. Dr. Lemmy's skill involves [[barrel]]s, which is represented by him standing on a ball and then throwing a bomb in stage mode, where in stage mode it breaks up to 10 of them including the contents within the barrels if they can be eliminated, while in versus mode it hides a number of [[virus]]es in the opponent's play area inside barrels. The barrels hidden this way are in an unbroken state, meaning it will normally take two hits to eliminate each barrel. The amount of viruses affected by this skill differ based on level, where it is one at level 1 and five at level 5 (the latter with the added effect of filling the skill meter faster). In stage mode, using this skill when there are no more barrels left will eliminate a random virus or object (if there are no viruses left), although [[capsule]]s cannot be removed by this skill.

====''Super Scope 6''====

[[File:SuperScope6MarioLemmy.png|thumb|256px|Lemmy and Mario in ''Super Scope 6''.]]

===Unused appearances===

====''Super Princess Peach''====

====''Super Mario Bros.'' film====

==General information==

===Physical appearance===

Lemmy has the same yellow and tan skin complexion, as well as a green oval-shaped head, that is disproportionately large compared to his small body and features a distinctive pair of orange bars on the left-side and a multi-colored mohawk, that goes from yellow, magenta, cyan, yellow, magenta, to cyan, and ends in a long yellow rat tail that fades to a more orange hue at the tip. He has large, oval eyes that are often crossed or even pointing in opposite directions, although since ''Mario Kart 8'', it has been shown that he normally keeps his eyes correctly aligned. He is the only Koopaling with visible eyes to lack colored irises. He was shown to have teeth and eyelids in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' as well as in a short comic in the ''Super Mario Complete Encyclopedia'', a book published by Shogakukan and written in cooperation with Nintendo, but both features have not appeared in most subsequently released games.<ref>{{media link|SMCE page 225.png|Page 225 of the ''Super Mario Complete Encyclopedia'' (「スーパーマリオ全百科」)}}, in which various tips to defeat Lemmy in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' are shown. Lemmy has visible eyelids in the first and third panel, while teeth are visible in the third panel.</ref> Lemmy is the smallest of all Koopalings, around as small as [[Toad]], as even early official material showed<ref>[http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452033569e201b8d0b43f5b970c 1993 Nintendo Character Guide Comparison Chart that includes some Koopalings] and [http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452033569e201b7c72a96cb970b 1993 Nintendo Character Guide Comparison Chart that includes Toad.] ''Press The Buttons''. Retrieved October 14,2015.</ref>.  

His shell is orange with yellow circles around the spikes. He wears the same spiked metal cuffs as his male siblings. He also has a three-ribbed plated belly and padded feet with claws on his toes which are more pointed and more noticeable than those of the other [[Koopalings]].

In his hand-drawn artwork of the redesigned version, he lacks the last blue tuft of the mohawk and the orange stripes are on the right side of his head. In his sprites of ''[[Super Mario World]]'' the stripes are absent. In both remakes of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the sprites show an orange mohawk, that is completely white in ''Super Mario World''. In sprites of ''Super Mario World'' his shell is yellow despite the existence of a more appropriate palette (the green Koopa's palette), which would match the green color of his shell shown in the artwork of said game. Lemmy's ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' sprite has the same palette as [[Bowser|Bowser's]] sprite.

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While said mohawk was always shown as having six tips, its coloring changed over time. Originally, the colors went from magenta to blue, magenta again, yellow, and then green. Since the North American manual of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', the second magenta streak was instead colored orange, with the ''Nintendo Power'' guide for the game still using the old coloring in the artwork. In the ''Nintendo Official Guidebook'' of ''Super Mario Collection'' (Japanese name of ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'') Lemmy's hair was shown with only three streaks: a magenta one, followed by a cyan one and a yellow one, this coloring was reused in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' and in his unused sprites for ''Super Princess Peach''. In his newest design this latter order was kept, but starting with a yellow stripe, and three stripes having the same order were added, along with the addition of a yellow ponytail that blends into orange at the tip. Furthermore, each tip has its own color, and his 3D models, as well as ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', show the mohawk as being formed by six separated strands, each with its own color.

   

With his redesign in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', like the Koopalings who had green shells, Lemmy's was given a unique color, orange. Aside from its spikes being updated to an off-white color they were also given yellow rings. The color of the two stripes on the left side of his head was also changed from pink to orange, possibly to match his shell color. He also has a braid on the back of his head. Furthermore, his snout was also shortened and his artwork, as well as hand-drawn illustrations, started to show his tail, which previously was shown exclusively in the sprites of the games.

In ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario World'', Hip is more mischievous than truly evil on most occasions, and preferred to simply play pranks instead of cause havoc; though several episodes, such as "[[Life's Ruff]]", showed him capable of causing real chaos.

In the computer version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', the unused voices of Lemmy depicted him as being sarcastic, as he "pretends" to make [[Luigi]] join them. ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' indicates that Lemmy may mistake some warnings as forms of criticism, as when Kamek tried to convince him that the now-gigantic Bowser would not notice him, he accuses him of saying he is too short. It also hints that he is a tad socially awkward in casual situations, as he often glances from left to right when silent and frequently says "um" or "uh" when speaking.

==Profiles and statistics==

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===''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''===

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*'''Weight Class''': Light

*'''Stats'''

**'''Traction''': 5  

**'''Mini-Turbo''': 5

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==Game appearances==

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|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up

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This is a list for all voice actors for Lemmy Koopa.

*[[Stuart Stone]] in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]''.

*[[Carlee McManus]] in most games as of ''Mario Kart 8'' in 2014.

==Gallery==

LemmyKart8.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''

PDSMBE-Lemmy-TeamImage.png|''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''

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==Quotes==

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*"''Lemmy, hi!''" - ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' (when unlocked)

*"''Yeah, yeah, yeah!!''" - ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' (when earning 2nd-6th place)

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