Coppelia

Coppelia is an enemy in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. She is an acrobat from hell that entertains demons.
==Origins==
Coppélia is an 1870 comic ballet about an extremely lifelike ballerina doll. Dr. Coppélius is a doctor who has made a life-size dancing doll. It is so lifelike that Franz, a village youth, becomes infatuated with it and sets aside his true heart's desire, Swanhilda. She shows him his folly by dressing as the doll, pretending to make it come to life and ultimately saving him from an untimely end at the hands of the inventor.
==Description==
Coppelia is an acrobatic, female clown that walks on a tightrope and flips around, tossing knives at the player. She is sometimes launched out of circus cannons. Appropriately following their clown personality, they are only encountered in the circus-themed portrait, Nation of Fools.
Coppelias are usually encountered walking on a tightrope. When the player comes close to their vicinity, they'll jump straight up, perform a somersault in midair, and throw two knives at them. When a circus cannon is encountered, when approached, it will aim straight up and shoot out a Coppelia, which will then land on the tightrope above it and follow the same behavior.
An interesting peculiarity these enemies exhibit is that, since each of the four segments of the level (up, down, left and right) are oriented toward its center, Coppelias can often be found walking on vertically oriented tightropes or even upside-down, carrying on their usual behavior accordingly to their orientation, either jumping to the sides or downward.
These enemies are relevant as they drop the Diamond card, which is one of the five playing cards required to complete Wind's "The Gambler" quest.
When killed, a Coppelia explodes in a burst of confetti and paper strips.
==Enemy Data==
==Gallery==
PoR Illustrated Knife Doll.JPG|Coppelia illustration from Portrait of Ruin.
==Trivia==
*Her name may derive from copella, word for "young girl" in Greek.
==See also==
*Killer Clown
==References==
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Bestiary by Darth Nemesis at GameFAQs
*Mr. P's Castlevania Realm
Category:Female Monsters
Category:Pop Culture
Category:Portrait of Ruin Enemies