Lemmy koopa

**Lemmy Koopa**, (レミー) or simply just **Lemmy**, (known as **Hip Koopa** in the cartoons) is one of the Koopalings, a clan of seven siblings that act as leaders of the Koopa Troop under Bowser (originally considered his children). Lemmy is the smallest of the group, and is often associated with childish traits due to his stature and personality. He is well recognized for his multicolored mohawk, crossed-eyes, and the rubber ball he balances atop in most appearances; his special abilities also deal with bouncy balls. Lemmy is named after Lemmy Kilmister, the founder of the heavy metal band Motörhead.

## 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 ponytail 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's 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 the subsequently released games. Lemmy is the smallest of all Koopalings, around as small as Toad, as even early official material showed. 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 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 on both sides of his head. 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's sprite.

In the *Super Smash Bros.* series, Lemmy's appearance is unaltered, compared to the other *Mario* characters, including Bowser. In *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, however, Lemmy receives a slightly darker and subdued color scheme, while his hair, spikes, and shell receive simple detailing, though his scales remain undefined. These traits are shared with Bowser Jr. and the other Koopalings.

### Personality and traits

Lemmy is depicted as an immature, fun-loving child, and is said to retain a childlike innocence about him.[13] Lemmy is also known as the "Clown Prince of Koopas", and would apparently prefer to join the circus rather than commit crimes and conquest.[14] He is already somewhat clownish in how he loves balancing on top of his rubber ball. His love for the circus is also mirrored in *New Super Mario Bros. U*, as the interior of his airship resembles the inside of a circus tent and in *Paper Mario: Color Splash*, where he first appeared as the ringleader of the Emerald Circus. His childish and clownish traits are also evident in *Mario Kart 8*, where some of his stunts have him performing a hand stand on the handle of his bike or ATV, or jumping out of his kart and flailing his arms in excitement. When losing the race, he is seen crying while kicking his feet in frustration. He seems to have a passion for the cold and ice as he was the ruler of Ice Land, as well as guardian of World 3 of *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*. He also seems to like dancing as shown in *Paper Mario: Color Splash*. He tends to rely on tricks and gadgets rather than his own prowess, such as his helicopter pack from *Hotel Mario*. As of *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*, he is shown to have a squeaky, high-pitched voice. In the original *Super Mario Bros. 3* manual, Lemmy also spoke in a manner similar to that of a young child. In an interview with Dayvv Brooks, it was revealed that Lemmy was named after Lemmy Kilmister because "*he struck me as being the kind of character who would do his own thing, no matter what anyone else thought. I think it was those crazy eyes.*"[15] In *Mario Kart 8*, he also has banners called "Lemmy's Tire Service", which implies that, besides the circus, he also has an interest in automobile repairs.

In *Super Mario-Kun*, Lemmy is silly and childish, just like in the games. However, unlike the games where he is loyal to Bowser, Lemmy willingly betrayed him in volume 44, due to the fact that he and Mario ended up becoming friends at the end of volume 41. The Koopaling even went as far as telling Mario the secret to Bowser's defeat and supplying the group with Fire Flowers. Though it seemed like Lemmy forgot about the friendship in volume 47 (with him happily greeting Mario before throwing a barrage of bombs at the beginning of the chapter), Lemmy assured Mario in the end that he had not forgetten the events from last time and they remained on good terms with each other.

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 *Nintendo Comics System*, Lemmy was somewhat childish and unintelligent, and seemed more keen on simply helping his father and trying to gain his appreciation then actually causing evil. The unintelligent aspect of his character in the *Nintendo Comics System* was such that when Bowser read the Koopalings the riot act in *Bowser Knows Best* for their letting Peach escape due to the latter tricking them, Bowser specifically exempted Lemmy from blame specifically because Bowser knew Lemmy was "a blithering idiot." Like Mario and several of Bowser's minions, Lemmy also had an obsession with the plumbing based hero Dirk Drain-Head and could somehow understand Larry's picture-only dialogue, while no one else could at all. In *Nintendo Adventure Books*, a continuation of *Nintendo Comics System*, Lemmy was portrayed as somewhat crazed in demeanor and much more menacing on some occasions.

In the *Super Mario Adventures* comics, Lemmy's personality was, more or less, identical to those of the other Koopalings, with no real differentiating quirks or attributes.

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. *Bowser's Inside Story* also indicates that Lemmy has a bit of a napoleon complex, as when Bowser Jr. and Kamek try to convince him against aiding Bowser in defeating the Tower of Yikk, he accuses them of saying he's too short.

### Powers and abilities

Lemmy seems to prefer using circus balls when combating his enemies. He often fights atop his ball and if his boss area has icy floors or a conveyor belt, he will use them to his advantage by trying to slide his opponents right off the edges. In *Super Mario Bros. 3*, *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*, and *New Super Mario Bros. 2*, Lemmy utilizes his magic wand to generate rubber circus balls, in numbers up to three (even more in his *New Super Mario Bros. Wii* rematch), creating great difficulty for the Mario Bros. He also utilized various dummies as decoys when fighting Mario in *Super Mario World*. In Hotel Mario he flies with the assistance of a propeller and throws paper planes.

In *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*, he would spin like a top like Iggy, and he could also summon Goombas disguised as clones of himself, just like Wendy. In addition, in a similar manner to *Super Mario World*, he also attempted in *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga* to confuse the Mario Bros. by splitting into copies prior to fighting them. Other than that, his abilities seem normal compared to his siblings, as he is seen walking and jumping in his *Super Princess Peach* sprites, and breathing fireballs in his appearance in *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*, as well as spinning inside his shell for offensive and defensive purposes in *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*. In *New Super Mario Bros. U*, he also threw star-patterned bombs that bounce on the floor, and once touched by Mario, a short fuse is activated that will cause the bombs to explode after a few seconds.

As evidenced in *New Super Mario Bros. Wii* and *New Super Mario Bros. 2*, Lemmy has enhanced balance and acrobatics support, by being able to maintain his balance on a ball while on an icy floor and conveyor belt, as well as performing a handstand on the ball upon said floors before preceding to battle. Lemmy is also implied to be quite strong, especially for someone his size, since in *New Super Mario Bros. U*, he's able to throw several large bombs at the Mario Bros. with minimum effort, as well as being able to lift his entire weight with one hand, as mentioned earlier.

In *Paper Mario: Color Splash*, Lemmy shows (and describes himself as having) magical prowess. He can create illusions with his magic and has the ability to teleport in puffs of magic smoke. He is shown for the first time to be able to create the standard magic blasts (colored green) his brothers can make, as well as a variant spell that doesn't directly hurt Mario, but can make his battle cards completely disappear. His other attacks involve rapidly grinding his circus ball against Mario, spawning enemies to assist him during the fight, and transforming his wand into a circus ball rimmed with spikes across the middle (referred to as a "Wonder Ball" by Lemmy), hitting Mario with the spinning spikes.

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