Lemmy Koopa

Lemmy Koopa, or simply just Lemmy, is one of the seven Koopalings, who are Bowser's offspring in older games retained through re-releases,Super Mario Bros. 3 website (Nintendo of Europe 2013)Nintendo 3DS eShop manual (Nintendo of Japan 2013)Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 website (Nintendo of Europe 2016)Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (Nintendo of America 2018) page 47 and Bowser's minions in newer games. Lemmy debuts alongside them in Super Mario Bros. 3. Lemmy is the smallest Koopaling. He is very childlike, immature, and is associated with circus balls in several of his appearances.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
Lemmy is usually seen with wobbly eyes and multi-colored hair. He is the smallest Koopaling. His trademark weapon is his yellow rubber bouncy ball with star designs which he stands on. This explains his circus look. He has recently sported a yellow ponytail in addition to his mohawk. Fans usually add a small fang in the top corner of his mouth in art. He also has a padded stomach and padded feet.
===Personality===
Very little is known about the Koopalings' personalities other than what is seen in the DiC Entertainment cartoons. Lemmy is considered immature, childish, and quite silly. He would rather perform in the circus than cause trouble for Mario and Luigi. Lemmy also has a passion for anything circus related and his best brother is Iggy. 
=== Powers and abilities ===
Lemmy's attacks usually consists of trying to trample Mario with his ball. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, he could split himself into five different mirrored forms. However, his ball does not appear in the game. He could also breathe fire. Like Wendy, he uses decoys in battle in both Super Mario World and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
== In ==
=== Super Mario Bros. 3/Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3===
In Super Mario Bros. 3, Lemmy is the boss of the sixth world, Ice Land. Lemmy is found and battled by Mario or Luigi in the cabin at the end of his airship. During battle, Lemmy rides a rubber ball around the room and uses his Magic Wand to generate more rubber balls that must be dodged by Mario or Luigi. Jumping on Lemmy's head three times results in defeat.
=== Super Mario World/Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2===
In Super Mario World, Lemmy is the third Koopaling, let alone boss, fought by Mario or Luigi. He is encountered at the end of Vanilla Dome, where he is fought in Lemmy's Castle. In this battle, Lemmy does not attack Mario or Luigi directly. Instead, Lemmy simply pops out of one of seven Warp Pipes in his chamber, along with two Lemmy lookalikes. Mario or Luigi has to jump on the real Lemmy but not his fake counterparts while avoiding the Podoboos bouncing around the room. To defeat Lemmy, Mario or Luigi must jump on his head three times to knock him out of the end of his Warp Pipe and into the lava below.
After Lemmy has been defeated, Mario or Luigi will exit Lemmy's Castle with one of stolen Yoshi eggs and then proceeds to demolish the castle by smashing it into rubble with a mallet.
Unlike his artwork, Lemmy is shown to have teeth.
=== New Super Mario Bros. Wii===
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Lemmy is the boss fought in both the tower and castle of World 3. In the first fight in the Tower, Lemmy uses his scepter to conjure a ball and bounce it towards the player(s)' character(s). While the ball doesn't inflict damage, the player needs to run under it or jump on top of it to bounce over it, as it does push the player towards the edge of the ledge, and into a pit. Lemmy can be defeated by stomping on his head three times. He is fought for a second time in the Castle level. He is fought the same way, but his ball is significantly bigger. When he gets hit 2 times, the ball Lemmy stands on further increases its size for additional difficulty to damage him one last time.
===New Super Mario Bros. 2===
Lemmy Koopa returns as a boss in New Super Mario Bros. 2, as the boss of World Flower, retaining his behavior from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In his battle arena, the ground is a conveyor belt and a switch is on the ceiling. Mario can bounce on Lemmy's balls to knock the switch, which causes the conveyor belt to change direction. Lemmy has to be stomped three times in the game.
===New Super Mario Bros. U/New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe===
Lemmy Koopa is the boss of Lemmy's Swingback Castle of Acorn Plains in New Super Mario Bros. U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. He mainly attacks Mario by throwing bombs at him while rolling on his ball. Mario can easily avoid the bombs by either wall jumping of the side or by flying over them as Flying Squirrel Mario. When Lemmy has taken two hits, he will hurl a couple of larger bombs that are a little harder to avoid. After Lemmy is defeated, Mario and the others can access the next world: Layer-Cake Desert.
===Super Mario Maker 2===
In Super Mario Maker 2, Lemmy is an enemy that is able to be placed, he acts in the same way as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and has to be stomped three times. If the player gives him wings, Lemmy acts in the same way as in the castle of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
== In Yoshi's Safari ==
In Yoshi's Safari, Lemmy is the first boss encountered. He has a machine with a big head designed in his likeness. If the face has been damaged enough, eventually the real Lemmy can start taking damage. Lemmy Koopa is in possession of the Garnet Gem.
== In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga/Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions ==
In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, he is the third Koopaling to fight Mario and Luigi, just like how he was the third Koopaling to be fought in Super Mario World.
In battle, Lemmy can make three extra clones of himself. Mario & Luigi must attack the real Lemmy. After attacking the real one, the fake ones explode. Another attack is for Lemmy to spit fireballs, which can be deflected by hammers. After defeating Lemmy, the player gains access to face off Ludwig. In the remake, Lemmy creates his clones by using his magic wand. The clones and Lemmy spin in a circle to confuse the player. However, if the player pays close attention to the real Lemmy, the player will know which one to attack. Also, hitting the real Lemmy doesn't destroy the other clones. If at least two fake clones are destroyed, or all clones are destroyed, Lemmy will make more with his wand.
In terms of stats, Lemmy has 380 HP, 110 POW, 155 DEF, 120 SPD and 800 EXP. In the remake, Lemmy has 540 HP, 130 POW, 122 DEF, 103 SPD and 650 EXP.
==In ==
===Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe===
Lemmy and the other Koopalings made their playable debut in Mario Kart 8, and would return in the Nintendo Switch port Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
=== Mario Kart Tour===
Lemmy appears in Mario Kart Tour for his second Mario Kart appearance along with the other six Koopalings. He is Lightweight and has Bubble for his Special Item.
==Crossover appearances==
In Super Scope 6, Lemmy, riding a missile and chasing Mario, who is in a plane, will sometimes appear in Type A: Intercept mode and fly across the screen. If players hit Lemmy with their Super Scope, they will either recover a miss or gain points.
== In other media ==
In the cartoons, he was named Hip Koopa (Iggy Koopa, his brother, was named Hop, a play on the urban music genre hip hop) and was often seen with his brother Hop. The two of them shared most of their sentences (à la Donald Duck’s nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie) and were usually seen pulling pranks. In the cartoons, Hip and Hop are twins, as well as the youngest of the Koopalings. Though, the cartoons are not part of the series canon. There are two major differences between Lemmy and Hip: Hip’s hair is far thinner, and he has an overbite. They were both voiced by Tara Strong.
In the comic books, Lemmy was quite stupid but could somehow understand Larry’s picture-only dialogue."Bowser Knows Best!" He was also a fan of Mario’s favorite comic book superhero, Dirk Drain-Head."The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head"
==Gallery==
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LemmyKoopa3.jpg|Lemmy as Hip Koopa in the TV show
Lemmy Koopa's Airship.PNG|Lemmy's Airship
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Lemmy Koopa NSMB2.png|Lemmy's sprite in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
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== Trivia ==
* Lemmy Koopa's Bomb design is similar to the design of the bomb in the Bomb Derby Bros. Attack in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
* Lemmy was named after , the lead singer of the English rock band, .How A Mario Character Was Named After Motorhead's Lemmy. Kotaku.
*When fought in Super Mario Bros. 3, while the other Koopalings shift to another part of the room after being stomped on, Lemmy remains stationary on his ball. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, after each time he is stomped on, the ball disappears and he shifts around the room in the same way as the other Koopalings, and then produces another ball with his wand.
*The Prima Guide for New Super Mario Bros. Wii usually refers to Lemmy as Little Lemmy Koopa.
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