Ashley and Red

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“Everyone loves me 'cause I've got a bewitching personnality!”
—Ashley, WarioWare: Touched!

Ashley and Red
Ashley and Red, as they appear in WarioWare: Touched!.
Full Name	Ashley and Red
First Appearance	WarioWare: Touched!
Species	Human and Demon
Affiliation(s)	WarioWare, Inc.
Latest Appearance	Super Smash Bros. Brawl (as a Sticker)

Ashley is a fifteen-year-old^[1], witch who lives in a haunted mansion in Diamond City. Red is Ashley's friend. He seems to be some sort of devil or imp from WarioWare: Touched! on the Nintendo DS. Red is supportive of her efforts and is always willing to lend a hand, in Ashley's spells. Ashley is commonly seen holding a small, stuffed rabbit doll with sewed lips. It is possible this is a puppet, a type of doll used for voodoo. Her theme song states that she never "plays" with dolls, meaning that the doll could have some sort of dark purpose. Ashley also appears to have a very large ego, as evident from her theme song.

Ashley's microgames in WarioWare: Touched! (collectively called "Total Drag") consist of tapping and dragging objects.

Ashley and Red (in a scepter form) in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

In Touched, Ashley needed to have a last ingredient for her potion when she spots Orbulon's ship crashing. Red almost caught Orbulon, but didn't. Red asks Ashley to forgive him and Ashley does, until she says she is going to use Red instead.

Red in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

Red obviously survives whatever perils Ashley puts him under, as both return in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. Ashley's level is named "The Loquacious Spell Book". Ashley attempts to cast one on a potted plant, using Red as her magic wand, but she gains meager results; it only causes the sprout to become a daisy. Suddenly Ashley is addressed by a sentient spell book with a skull on the front that says it can help. Once the level is complete, the player is shown Ashley trying the spell again after receiving help from the book, which causes another potted plant to grow into an enormous, monstrous venus flytrap which bursts through the roof. Red is visibly frightened by the development, but Ashley herself simply smiles.

Additionally, Ashley's Theme (seen below) appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Ashley herself appears as a Sticker, enhancing both Peach's and Zelda's magic abilities by twenty two. The Sticker is based of her official art from WarioWare: Touched!.

[edit] Theme Song (from WarioWare: Touched!)

SINGERS: Who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion?
ASHLEY: You'd better learn my name, 'cause I am
SINGERS: Ashley! She knows the darkest spells and she brews the meanest potions.
ASHLEY: You might be the ingredient I seek.
SINGERS: Don't let yourself be fooled by her innocent demeanor.
ASHLEY: You should be afraid of the great—
SINGERS: Ashley! She doesn't play with dolls and she never combs her hair.
ASHLEY: Who has time for girly things like that? {music solo} Eye of newt, I cast a hex on you. Grandma's wig, this will make you big. Kitten spit, soon, your pants won't fit. Pantalones giganticus! Oh no, not again…
SINGERS: She can rule the world and still finish all her homework.
ASHLEY: Everyone knows that I'm the greatest:
SINGERS: Ashley! You'd better watch your step, or she'll cast a spell on you.
ASHLEY: I turned my teacher into a spoon. I'm a slave to my spell book, and yes, it's true: I don't have as many friends as you. But I think you're nice, and maybe we could be friends. And if you say no, you're toast.
SINGERS: Who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion?
ASHLEY: You'd better learn my name 'cause I am—
SINGERS: Ashley! Just remember this when you see her on the street:
ASHLEY: I'm the cruelest girl you'll ever meet.

[edit] Japanese Theme Song

SINGERS: Everyone's most popular person in the world.
ASHLEY: It's all about her.
SINGERS: Ashley! Everyone turn around to see her glance.
ASHLEY: It's only natural for Ashley, that's me
SINGERS: Everyone has an admiration throughout the world
ASHLEY: It's all about her
SINGERS: Ashley! The great Ashley's magic is so supreme!
ASHLEY: It's a party tonight!
ASHLEY: EnOre Bmu N — it is a laughter spell
ASHLEY: Si O I Ra Wn — what could be that spell?
ASHLEY: I Ed A M — I don't remember this one
ASHLEY: Ah! It's detestable! I'm getting bored!
SINGERS: Everyone's most popular person in the world
ASHLEY: It's all about her
SINGERS: Ashley! There are no impossibilities with the great Ashley
ASHLEY: Nothing is strong to me!
ASHLEY: The sea of the night sky has plenty of stars I am all alone. I want to make friends with everyone. How should I be good?
SINGERS: Everyone's most popular person in the world.
ASHLEY: It's all about her
SINGERS: Ashley! The great Ashley's magic is so supreme!
ASHLEY: It's a party tonight!

^[2]

[edit] Brawl Theme Song

SINGERS: Who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion?
ASHLEY: You'd better learn my name, 'cause It's
SINGERS: Ashley! She knows the darkest spells and she brews the meanest potions.
ASHLEY: You might be the ingredient I seek.
SINGERS: Don't let yourself be fooled by her innocent demeanor.
ASHLEY: You'd better be afraid of the great—
SINGERS: Ashley! She doesn't play with dolls and she never combs her hair.
ASHLEY: Who has time for girly things like that? {music solo} Eye of newt, I cast a hex on you. Grandma's wig, this will make you big. Kitten spit, soon, your pants won't fit. Pantalones giganticus! Oh no, not again.
SINGERS: She can rule the world and still finish all her homework.
ASHLEY: Everyone knows that I'm the greatest:
SINGERS: Ashley! You'd better watch your step, or she'll cast a spell on you.
ASHLEY: I turned my teacher into a spoon. I'm a slave to my spells, and yes, it's true, well: I don't have as many friends as you. But I think you're nice, and maybe we could be friends. And if you say no, you're toast.
SINGERS: Who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion?
ASHLEY: You'd better learn my name 'cause It's—
SINGERS: Ashley! Just remember this when you see her on the street:
ASHLEY: I'm the coolest girl you'll ever meet. I'm the coolest girl you'll ever meet. I'm the coolest girl you'll ever meet!

[edit] Controversy

There were some issues over Ashley's theme. The issues were that if spun fast enough in the music game, it would come out with the words "I have granted kids to Hell!" This, along with her being a witch, made many believe that Nintendo was encouraging Satanism. However Nintendo and Nintendo Power both stated that it was an accident and the words come out like that due to it meshing pieces of the song together.^[3]

[edit] Reference

1. ^ WarioWare: Touched! European website. She is "fifteen going on 500".
2. ^ Source of the translation.
3. ^ Nintendo Power 193: 12, July 2005.