Wendy
| Wendy | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. Wii | |
| Full name | Wendy O. Koopa |
| Species | Koopa |
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park (2026) |
| Latest portrayal | Ashley Flannegan (2014–present) |
| Member of | Koopalings |
- “You could have just sat quietly in your cell like good little prisoners… But noooo, you had to escape and make us chase after you. So inconsiderate.”
- —Wendy, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Wendy O. Koopa (known as Kootie Pie Koopa in the DIC cartoons) is one of the Koopalings, a clan of seven siblings who act as leaders of the Koopa Troop under Bowser (originally considered his children). She is the only female member of the group as well as the only known female member of the Koopa species.
General information[edit]
Physical description[edit]
Like most of the other Koopalings, Wendy has a yellow and tan skin complexion, but she is unique in that her head is also this color, unlike Bowser and the other Koopalings, whose heads do not match their body scales. As the only female Koopaling, Wendy has obvious physical differences, but in terms of body she appears to be most similar to Larry; the main difference being her thinning, feminine legs, and her overall height, that even early official material showed being taller than Larry's.[1] Wendy has a four-ribbed, plated belly, and her head is a very simple round shape. Her mouth is puffy and round and gives the impression that she is wearing pink lipstick; her cheeks are also very round and baby-faced.
Even though she is the sole female Koopaling, Wendy appears to be relatively bald, even though some of her brothers have full hair. The only time she was depicted with hair was in the Nintendo Club comic "Super Mario: Erholung? Nein, danke!", where she was a brown-haired stewardess. Kootie Pie was also transformed into a blonde human in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Beauty of Kootie", although her tail remained. Additionally, she has a mole on her right cheek that Wendy does not have in any video game appearance, except for Hotel Mario. Recent games have revealed that her eyebrows are brown, and like her eyelashes, extend off her face. Her eyes themselves are large and round with two eyelashes, and her light blue irises are roughly the same as Larry's.
Rather than wearing the spiked cuffs the male Koopalings have, Wendy has large, golden bracelets on her wrists. She usually wears a long, beaded pearled, red necklace and thick, pink heels (being the first member of the Koopa species to wear any type of shoes), as opposed to the other bare-footed Koopalings. A large pink bow with white polka-dots is also included in her appearance, similar to Birdo's bow (aside from the coloration). Wendy's shell is pink, lined with a white encasing, and the multiple, short spikes are circled with gray rings. In the DIC cartoons, she has three spikes (without rings) on her shell and a small pink bow around her tail. Wendy's in-game sprites in both Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World depict her with a red head and shell coloration, a white bow with red polka-dots, red lipstick, iris-less eyes, and no necklace; additionally, Super Mario World gives her bare feet with rings around them (due to the body graphics being shared with Lemmy), depicts her bracelets as red cuffs without spikes, and in several sprites, gives her teeth. Many battle animations in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam confirm that she indeed has a complete set of teeth, none of which stick out of her mouth.[2]
Her original appearance in Super Mario Bros. 3 and the Super Mario Bros. 3 style of Super Mario Maker 2 depicts her with shorter shell spikes than the other six Koopalings, though she shares the standard shell graphics with them in both games. Her shell has the same spikes as the other small Koopalings (Larry, Iggy, and Lemmy) in the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World styles of Super Mario Maker 2. Wendy's shell would be consistently depicted as smaller than the other Koopalings' in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and onward.
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Wendy's appearance is unaltered compared to most Super Mario characters, including Bowser. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, however, Wendy receives a slightly darker and subdued color scheme, while her spikes, shell, bow, and shoes receive simple detailing. These traits are only partially shared with Bowser Jr. and the other Koopalings.
In Dr. Mario World, Wendy, or rather, Dr. Wendy, has a white armband with a pill design on it as well as a satchel, although she otherwise appears the same as she usually does.
Development[edit]
Wendy's design has only seen minor changes since her preliminary sketch. Said sketch is faintly visible and only shows her head, but it is nonetheless possible to note in it her current features such as the round mouth with visible lips, her eyebrows that extend off her face and her bow. The main differences appear to be the shape of the bow, whose lobes are attached below the knot of the bow rather than directly to it as in her design since Super Mario Bros. 3.
Her redesign in New Super Mario Bros. Wii also brings minor changes. The spikes of the shell becomes beige instead of white and are surrounded at the base by gray circles, furthermore the eyebrows become brown instead of black, finally her tail becomes visible also in hand-drawn and artwork illustrations instead of being visible only in the sprites of some games.
Personality[edit]
Wendy is shown to be very desiring of wealth and prestige; her being the one of two Koopalings in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga to drop 102 coins instead of 99 may be a reference to her greed. The comics and to some extent the DiC cartoons typically portray her as a spoiled brat, and she even thinks of herself as Bowser's favorite child. She does whatever she can to impress her father and likes to be congratulated for her bad deeds. Her personality in the cartoons highlights these traits further, and she is shown to have a very short temper over little things and can be violent when provoked. This latter trait is further confirmed in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, though she isn't portrayed as spoiled. After being hit by debris coming from a boulder broken by mistake by Roy when fighting the Mario brothers and Paper Mario, she gets angry at Roy and fights him instead of the brothers and Paper Mario.[3] She seems to have a bit of a rivalry with Roy, as she makes some smart remarks at Roy's expense, as evidenced by the opening for Bowser's Minions. Despite these traits, she has been shown to help people as well, as shown by a line from a Mii wearing her costume during the Mario League in the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, who said that his ribbon was given to them by Wendy,[4] and especially by Super Mario Chie Asobi Ehon 2: Mario to Wendy (「スーパーマリオちえあそびえほん 2 マリオと ウェンディー」, Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 2: Mario and Wendy), in which she helped Mario obtain a medicine[5] for the poisonous bouquet she herself sent to Princess Peach[6] and even forced a Lakitu to give its cloud to Mario so he could reach the princess more quickly.[5]
The English in-game text in Super Mario World implies she spends her time in her castle singing. In the PC version of Mario is Missing!, Wendy acts exceedingly girlish, perhaps in a mocking manner. In Mario Kart 8, while she does not have her own billboard advertising her company unlike her brothers, the map for Super Bell Subway lists her company as "Wendy's Interior Designs", implying that she holds an interest in interior decorating for various locales.
It is stated in her bio on the Japanese New Super Mario Bros. Wii website that she is a "strong-minded, intrusive tomboy."[7] The tomboyish traits are reconfirmed in the bio from the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros., with the Official Nintendo Power guide to Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 claiming that Wendy had to learn to be tough, growing up as the only female among the Koopalings. As of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wendy is shown to have a high-pitched voice. Since Mario Kart 8, her voice was drastically changed to sound more sassy, resembling that of a teenage girl.
New Super Mario Bros. U implies that she is somewhat giddy, although obviously not to the same extent as Iggy, due to her reaction when encountering Mario.
Also, she is shown to be somewhat surly in the Nintendo Club comic "Super Mario: Erholung? Nein, danke!" and is also implied in the same comic to love disco dances.
She seems to love water, as she is fought in regions that deal with water in Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and both New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. 2 has Wendy utilizing underwater combat when fighting Mario. Her events in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 are the 100m Freestyle, which also shows her love of water, and that she is an experienced swimmer. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, during her battle, she turns into a giant Cheep Cheep, an enemy often found in water.
The Super Mario Bros. 3 manual also implies that Wendy is concise, thoughtful and studious regarding threats she hasn't encountered before, in this case Mario.
In both Kodansha's Super Mario and Super Mario-kun manga, Wendy has a romantic affection for Mario, much to Bowser's exasperation and Mario's disgust. In the former series, she reveals her love for Mario in the Super Mario World arc. A running gag sees Wendy confessing her feelings (both directly and indirectly) to Mario, only for him to harshly reject her, causing her to go into a fitting rage and attack Mario. Despite this, she often "forgives" him and is ready to give him another chance. While Mario does not reciprocate her feelings, in the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 arc, it is revealed that he values her as one of the ladies he fights for when saving the world. Less prominently in Super Mario-kun, Wendy begins to show affection in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii arc, after becoming an avid reader of the manga, and tries to force her love onto Mario with yandere-like tendencies, like forcing him through her rings to make him her dog. Just like in the first manga, she then becomes angry at being rejected, but even after a violent battle, she is ready to give him a second chance. In the games, Wendy shows a milder affection towards Mario; in Paper Mario: Color Splash, after being beaten, she consoles herself of having lost to Mario and calls him "kind of cute."
She is also stated by various sources to have a rivalry with Peach and Daisy. This was first implied by her title in the Japanese Mario Kart 8 Direct – ｢打倒プリンセス！」– which can be interpreted as saying "Down with the princess(es)!". She is first explicitly stated to have a rivalry with Peach and Daisy in her trophy description in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (said trophy description – as well as her PAL Boxing Ring title from the Wii U version – also states that she is bold, bossy, and big-headed), which is further supported by dialogue in the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This was eventually outright confirmed in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, where Wendy's two rivals are Peach and Daisy.
In the adventure book story "Koopa Caper", Wendy is depicted as being treacherous, although her actions in the game itself as well as Japanese promotional materials conflict with this, depicting her as being fanatically devoted to Bowser and his cause.
In the Wii U and the 3DS versions of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Wendy was depicted as being arrogant regarding her skills, and also somewhat respectful regarding her opponents. However, she also makes clear that she does not like losing and that, while she will accept a loss, she expects a rematch in return. She demonstrated similar behavior when defeated in Paper Jam, where she says they will fight again for the "third, fourth, fifth time". She also, at least in the Wii U version, considered her a sassy heroine, and was quick to claim that Peach and Daisy didn't count as such. She also implied that Larry left her a seat and that she hates having to see an empty seat at the stadium when she is competing, even if that seat was her own (and she also indicated that she hated it if Larry reserved her a seat since it implied the possibility that she might lose).
In Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Wendy also appears to be somewhat cunning, though not to the same extent as Ludwig, as shown when she loses to Silver in freestyle swimming, when she pretends to dramatically whimper over her loss to catch Luigi, Tails, and Silver off-guard so she can give the game console to Bowser Jr.
Bowser Jr.'s Journey implies that she suffers from claustrophobia, as when Dieter and Beef juggle her around while trapped in a barrel, she complains about feeling sick.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Wendy has displayed some unique abilities throughout her appearances as a boss character. In Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wendy uses her wand to create up to three rings that float around colliding with each other and the environment. The rings can glide through water as well, although at lower speeds, and over time they dissipate. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, she did not have to use her wand to create rings that would close in on the Mario bros. once they appear beneath them. This game also had Wendy breathing fireballs and creating Spinys disguised as clones of herself, an ability shared with Lemmy and reminiscent of how they used similar-looking "dolls" to confuse Mario in Super Mario World. In the interactive anime adaptation Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land, Wendy was demonstrated to utilize actual copies of herself to confuse the Mario Bros., and was shown to utilize a similar ability in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga during her boss fight against them, where she disguised Spinies as herself. Wendy is shown running and jumping in Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and the latter also showed her spinning inside of her shell for offensive and defensive purposes. New Super Mario Bros. 2 also showed her as being an adept swimmer. New Super Mario Bros. U also depicts her as being skilled at ice-skating. In addition, like Bowser and the other Koopalings, she has superhuman durability, surviving near-death situations, such as being dunked into lava (and later having her castle being wiped away while she was still inside in Super Mario World), her surviving being blasted with a fire flower in Mario is Missing!, her surviving being crushed by Bowser's castle in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and her surviving being knocked into a lava pit by a newly-gargantuan Bowser in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
- “Hey Mario! Try some of my candy rings, I think you’ll be surprised by how they taste! (I hope Mario falls for this trick . . . He doesn’t know that these sweets are deadly–yet!)”
- —Nintendo Power Volume 13[8]
In Super Mario Bros. 3, the Koopalings are in charge of taking over the various kingdoms of the Mushroom World; Wendy decides to take over the kingdom of Water Land. Wendy steals the Magic Wand of Water Land's king and changes him into a Spike-esque kappa or a Dino Rhino, depending on the version of the game. Once Mario makes it through Water Land, he reaches Wendy's airship. Mario eventually makes his way into the spoiled Koopaling's cabin, where the two fight. Wendy attacks Mario by tackling him and shooting giant rings of candy at him (limited to three at a time). Each time Mario stomps on Wendy, she jumps higher around her room while still throwing her candy rings; However, Wendy is eventually defeated.
The official Prima Games guide of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 describes Wendy as "the first female Koopaling".[9]
Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]
In Super Mario World and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, during Bowser's invasion of Dinosaur Land, Wendy takes over Chocolate Island. Mario survives its defenses and eventually reaches Wendy's castle.
In battle, Wendy attacks using the same attack pattern as Lemmy: she pops-out of a random Warp Pipe with two decoys popping-out of two other pipes, the difference being that all pipes in her boss room are leveled at the same height. Mario needs to dodge two diagonal Lava Bubbles and jump on Wendy three times to defeat her. Afterwards, Mario erases her castle with a large mop. The narration after her defeat indicated that she loved to sing, at least until Mario put a stop to her. However, this was added in by the localizers, as the Japanese version simply had a uniform text congratulating the player for defeating a Koopaling without even stating their individual names.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Wendy is a boss in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. She is first seen in the game's intro, where Wendy, the other Koopalings, and Bowser Jr. capture Princess Peach at her birthday party with a giant cake. They flee on their airship with Mario and the other player characters following closely behind. Wendy is the boss of World 4. When first confronted, Wendy gives a surprised and shocked reaction, then she throws her wand up while twirling around and catches it, and the battle starts. In both her tower and castle battles, Wendy attacks with her magic wand to generate rings that rebound from the walls (it dissolves after a set period of time). After conjuring a ring, she makes slow, graceful jumps towards the player characters a few times before casting another ring. Each time she is hit, she retreats into her shell and spins/slides it to the right and left of the room in an attempt to hit the player characters along with the remaining rings. She also jumps faster and higher after the player(s) and casts two rings at once when she is stomped on for the second time. When she is defeated by the third jump, she retreats back to her castle. A difference with the castle battle is that it begins with Magikoopa causing the room to flood periodically, forcing players to have to avoid all of the rebounding rings and Wendy while waiting for the water to drain. The flood not only slows the movement of the player(s), but also that of Wendy and her rings. When the water is drained, Wendy can be stomped to be attacked. After three hits, Wendy falls off-screen, and the key to World 5 appears. Wendy and the other Koopalings lastly appear in the ending, getting Bowser back up, only for Bowser's Castle to collapse on him.
New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]
Wendy is a boss in New Super Mario Bros. 2. She first shows up at the end of World 3-
Tower, coming down with a chain to taunt at Mario. She is fought in World 3-
Castle. Wendy throws her wand and performs a twirl before catching the wand, like in the previous game, before battling Mario once again. Much like in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, her battle once again takes place underwater, although this time, there are four blue pipes (two on each wall) where groups of three Cheep Cheeps swim out when Wendy jumps through the water. Two Cheep Cheeps also jump from the water while she attacks in her shell. She also needs to whistle in order to fill the room up with water and to get rid of it. After a short period of time, the water disappears, but it comes back again if Wendy is stomped on. Wendy does not use her magic wand in combat despite having it in her hand; instead, Wendy whistles to summon Cheep Cheeps like a Chargin' Chuck. Wendy is defeated after being stomped three times, leaving behind the key to World 4. The Koopalings later proceed to attack Mario throughout Bowser's castle by firing spells that will turn him to stone if hit, and later aid Bowser when he is first defeated. After his final defeat, the Koopalings attempt to airlift him, but his size exceeds the Koopa Clown Car's carrying capacity, flinging them throughout the trees and the floor. Wendy herself is seen next to Ludwig, sulking.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Wendy is a boss in New Super Mario Bros. U and its Nintendo Switch port. She is fought in Frosted Glacier's castle, Wendy's Shifting Castle in New Super Mario Bros. U and in Wendy's Thwomp Castle in New Super Luigi U. Wendy has her own airship, like each of the other Koopalings', with her face on the front, but Wendy's ship additionally has skids on the bottom matching the ice skates she wears in battle. In her area, Wendy utters a gleeful taunt when confronted by the player character, and before battling, Wendy gets surprised, then spins around in her figure skates to get ready for battle. During her boss fight, Wendy skates around the ice, shooting out two energy rings, and she can also spin jump from walls. When Wendy enters her shell after being stomped, the spinning sound begins after she moves around in her shell, whilst for other Koopalings it plays right after being stomped. After being stomped twice, Wendy will shoot out three rings instead. Like with the other Koopalings, Wendy takes three hits to defeat, upon which she falls off screen. Wendy is seen in the ending with the rest of the Koopalings, although they end up escaping by hanging onto Bowser's tail after the latter inadvertently destroyed Bowser Jr.'s (already damaged) ship.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Wendy appears alongside the other Koopalings as a placeable enemy in the final update for Super Mario Maker 2, being available in every game style except the Super Mario 3D World style. Wendy receives an original sprite for her appearance in the Super Mario Bros. style, and a new sprite in the Super Mario World style based off her appearance in the original game.
Like the other Koopalings, her behavior is uniformly based off her battles in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. When given wings, Wendy jumps much higher into the air.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park[edit]
- “Ugh... You followed me all the way here, huh? I suppose I'll humor you. We can fight, but I already know how it'll turn out, heehee! With this splendid Wonder power from Lord Bowser, how can I lose?”
- —Wendy, Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Wendy makes an appearance in Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, alongside the rest of the Koopalings Along with them, she steals the Bellabel Flowers from Bellabel Park and runs away with them, so the player must find her based on the Recruit Poplin's eyewitness accounts and fight against her in Pipe-Rock Plateau.
Prior to her battle, she uses a Wonder Effect to transform into a gigantic, Cheep Cheep-like form and summon Cloud Cheep Cheeps from her rings. During her fight, she teleports from her portals and tries to ram into and flatten the heroes in addition to summoning the purple Cheep Cheeps. After taking enough hits, she begins flashing red and grows larger each time she takes damage. She requires a total of six stomps to defeat.
Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.[edit]
Wendy, as well as her siblings are featured in the Super Mario anime series, a set of three Japanese OVAs. In Super Mario Momotarō, Wendy appears as a minion of Bowser alongside the other Koopalings, aiding him in abducting Princess Toadstool. In Super Mario Shirayuki-hime Wendy also appears in a similar role and ends up being beaten by Mario.
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land[edit]
Wendy appeared in the interactive Anime adaptation of Super Mario World. On Chocolate Island, she, alongside Lemmy, Larry, Ludwig, Morton, and Roy, ambushed Mario and Luigi at a fortress. She fought them first, and attempted to confuse the two by creating two copies of herself. However, she underestimated the Mario Bros., and when charging at Mario, he simply stepped aside, causing her to cling to dear life from the platform above a lava pit. Of the Koopalings in the anime, her strategy was the closest to the strategy she used in the game the anime adapted. This is overall the first instance Wendy has the ability to clone herself.
DIC cartoons[edit]
- “I hate it when people try to steal back what I've already stolen!”
- —Kootie Pie, Super Mario World television series
In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons produced by Nintendo and DIC Entertainment, Wendy is renamed Kootie Pie Koopa, a portmanteau of "Koopa" and "cutie pie", also implying "cootie". Kootie Pie is a sixteen-year-old spoiled brat, who often whines and complains about everything. Kootie Pie frequently drives those around her crazy by throwing temper-tantrums and furniture when she does not get what she wants. Kootie Pie refers to King Koopa as "Daddykins," as opposed to the other Koopalings calling him "King Dad." She also has particular disdain for Princess Toadstool, who Kootie Pie sees as a rival. She is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain (credited as Paulina Gillis). Kootie Pie appears in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 the most out of all the Koopa Kids.
This version of Wendy also briefly appears in the Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3 volume of the Super Mario Kodansha manga under the name of "American Wendy".
Not counting cameos, she appears in the following episodes of the two series:
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
- "Reptiles in the Rose Garden"
- The entire plot of this episode revolves around Bowser giving Kootie Pie the United States of America as a birthday present. During her reign as Empress of America, Kootie Pie enforces her own wicked laws on the citizens of America until Mario and Luigi rescue the President and warp her back to Dark Land.
- "The Beauty of Kootie"
- Kootie Pie and Cheatsy are sent by Bowser to steal oil from the Sultan. In an attempt to stop Mario and Luigi from exposing them, Cheatsy turns Kootie Pie into a human named Lady Fettuccini Alfredo, that Mario falls in love with (though Cheatsy forgets to make her tail disappear, Mario does not seem to notice). Kootie Pie convinced Mario to lure the Sultan, his guard, Princess Toadstool and Toad into the dungeon before Cheatsy transforms her back into a Koopa.
- To get revenge, Mario later used Cheatsy's dropped wand to transform Luigi into Kassanova Koopa, who Kootie Pie falls madly in love with until she accidentally turns him back into a human. Angry at Luigi for kissing her, Kootie Pie and Cheatsy chase him into a trap that Mario and the others had set up, prompting them to retreat to the Doom Ship.
- "Dadzilla"
- After being scolded by Bowser, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth are convinced that "King Dad" is not their true father, and venture to Hollywood to try and find their real one. The two Koopalings use their wands to bring a Madzilla robot to life and convince him that he was their father. With Madzilla on their side, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth run wildly in Hollywood until Mario stops Madzilla by controlling a robot of Madzilla's Mom. With Madzilla no longer on their side, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth return home.
- "A Toadally Magical Adventure"
- Kootie Pie accompanies Bowser, Big Mouth, Bully and Cheatsy on a mission to steal a special wand that is being delivered to the Wizard King of the West. At one point, when the Koopas have control of the wand, Kootie Pie uses it to enlarge the fence around Toad's House, which prevents Princess Toadstool from leaving.
- "Kootie Pie Rocks"
- Jealous that Princess Toadstool is able to attend a Milli Vanilli concert, Kootie Pie throws a tantrum until Bowser agrees to kidnap the duo just for her. Although Kootie Pie is thrilled to receive Milli Vanilli as her own private band, Rob and Fab are outraged at the situation. In disgust, Kootie Pie turns the two of them into accountants.
- While eavesdropping, Mario and his friends learn that Milli Vanilli are unable to perform for Kootie Pie without a backup band, and sneak into the castle pretending to be one. Although they are unable to properly play the music for "Girl You Know It's True," Kootie Pie is distracted long enough by the backup band for them to flee from Kastle Koopa with Milli Vanilli. Kootie Pie insists on getting them back, but Bowser hates their music to the point that he threatens to send her to the dungeon if she tries to bring them back and Kootie Pie reluctantly agrees.
- "Mush-Rumors"
- Upon learning that there are "aliens" in the Mushroom Kingdom, the Koopalings relay the message to one-another, exaggerating the story each time, until Kootie Pie herself tells Bowser that the aliens are outrageous monsters, prompting Bowser to capture them. Although the aliens are actually a lost human family from Kansas, the Koopas strongly believe that they are in disguise until Kooky proved that they are not.
- "Crimes R Us"
- Crime Wave Clyde is taken out of his Real World jail to educate the Koopalings on how to be a big time criminal. Along with her brothers, Kootie Pie goes along and commits various crimes until Crime Wave Clyde revolts and enlists the help of Mario and Luigi to stop the Koopalings.
- "7 Continents for 7 Koopas"
- Assigning his children to each take over one of the Real World's seven continents, Bowser orders Kootie Pie to wreak havoc in Europe. To achieve this, Kootie Pie magically alters the artwork at the Louvre to resemble her (i.e. turning the Mona Lisa into the "Mona Kootie"). Mario later arrives to steal Kootie Pie's wand and undoes her damage.
- "Recycled Koopa"
- Along with several of her brothers, Kootie Pie is ordered by Bowser to dispose of the trash around Kastle Koopa. Kootie Pie fights with Bully until they decide to dump the trash down a Warp Pipe, which ends up surrounding the Mushroom Castle. Mario steals and used Hip's wand to send the trash back to Kastle Koopa. This encourages the Koopalings to order the Sledge Brothers to dump the trash down a Warp Pipe to Brooklyn, which ultimately leads to greater problems.
- "The Venice Menace"
- Wanting a water park of her very own, Bowser agrees to warp Venice to Dark Land for her very own, using the Doom Sub to scare everyone out of the city. Kootie Pie accompanies Bowser on this mission, but they are eventually foiled by Mario and Luigi, who warps the Doom Sub to Desert Land. Devastated, Kootie Pie throws a temper tantrum on the spot.
- "Super Koopa"
- Along with Kooky, Hip and Hop, Kootie Pie travels to Paris once Bowser successfully captures Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool. While she is there, Kootie Pie tries on some bizarre-looking clothes that only Bowser seems to appreciate.
Super Mario World[edit]
- "Fire Sale"
- Upset that her new ice palace is freezing cold, Kootie Pie and a Koopa Troopa steal Mama Fireplant from Dome City to heat the place up. However, Mama Fireplant's fireballs cause the place to start melting just as Mario and his friends show up to rescue Mama Fireplant. Trying to fight back, Kootie Pie freezes herself by accidentally stepping on a porcupinefish, and Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool end up doing the same. Yoshi eventually overcomes his fear of water to save the day, leaving Kootie Pie frozen in her own ice palace.
- "Send in the Clown"
- In her last animation appearance, Kootie Pie assists Big Mouth in setting up posters for Bowser's circus, which is actually a ruse to lure the Cave People to the Neon Castle. Kootie Pie has no lines of dialogue aside from laughter in this episode despite her screen time.
Super Mario Bros. (Valiant Comics)[edit]
Wendy is also featured in the Super Mario Bros. comics. Wendy even has an entire comic dedicated to her called "Fins and Roses", which has her on a misadventure with Stanley the Talking Fish.
Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]
In Double Trouble, if Mario chooses to ascend a flight of stairs while being chased by Bowser through his Koopahari Desert Fortress, he eventually finds and enters Wendy's room, where she and her GLOM-created clones (which are dispensed by a vent in the floor, and number in the dozens) swarm him, leading to a Game Over.
In Leaping Lizards, Wendy and five of her brothers enter as a team in the International Mushroom Games, though the only competition it is mentioned she competes in is the Beetlebowl, an all-team game. If the reader chooses Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool as their offensive team, Wendy easily captures a Hoopster, nonchalantly steps over Toad (the only defender left, due to Wooster and the Mushroom King wandering off), and scores by slamming it into her opponents' bucket. If Toadstool, Toad, Wooster, and the Mushroom King are picked as the offensive line, Wendy teams up with Roy (who creates a fake Hoopster as a distraction) to get past the Mario Bros. and score.
In Koopa Capers, Wendy disappears mysteriously, and Bowser, fearing she may have been kidnapped, forces Luigi into looking for her. During his search, Luigi discovers Wendy was not abducted but has been in hiding, working on overthrowing Bowser by organizing minions loyal only to her and by concocting a potion (which she learned about by reading Bowser's book Reptile Magic and VCR Programming Instructions) that will combine her magic wand with her brothers' wands (which she had stolen) to create a "super wand." By following Luigi, Bowser and the other Koopalings confront Wendy in her hidden chamber, but they are willing to put off punishing her if she helps them search for Luigi, who is hiding in the room. If Luigi has Boom-Boom's socks (which were meant for Wendy's potion but were lost by her loyalists), he can toss them into Wendy's simmering pot and knock the entire Koopa family out (the potion needed only one sock; any more than that, and it will emit a gas that instantly puts Koopas into a deep sleep for at least a week).
Super Mario Adventures[edit]
Wendy is also prominently featured in the Super Mario Adventures comic by Nintendo Power. This comic portrays Wendy as the de facto leader of the Koopalings, being the most responsible of them.
Club Nintendo[edit]
In the Club Nintendo comic "Super Mario: Erholung? Nein, danke!", Wendy works as a stewardess for the airline KoopAir. She acts very unfriendly, urging Mario and his fellows to enter the plane and, instead of delivering their meal, simply throws pizza boxes at them. This comic also hints at Wendy's age, as she explains that she has done this job for 40 years, and she is also seen smoking at one point. Wendy appears again at the end of the comic, where she can be seen dancing in a disco.
Mario is Missing![edit]
Wendy Koopa (as she is called) appears in the PC version of Mario is Missing!. Aiding her family in their plan to melt Antarctica, Wendy guards a corridor in Bowser's castle, and is also directly involved alongside Bowser in capturing Mario.
Wendy is ultimately defeated by Luigi, who is searching for his kidnapped brother.
Yoshi's Safari[edit]
Wendy is a boss in Yoshi's Safari. Following Bowser's takeover of Jewelry Land, Wendy resides in Pipe Island, where she guards a light-blue rectangular gem. In her battle against Mario and Yoshi, Wendy uses an indestructible shield, hiding inside Warp Pipes while she hurls bombs. A winged anvil flies back and forth before turning and shooting horseshoes at Mario. When it does so, it provides Mario with the opportunity to shoot it with his Super Scope, causing it to fall and onto Wendy if she is below it at the time. Being hit by the anvil three times defeats Wendy.
Hotel Mario[edit]
In Hotel Mario, Wendy is the owner and boss of Wendy's Blitz Snarlton Hotel; a hotel with a casino theme. Located in Wendy's Sweet Suite, Wendy attacks Mario by summoning hearts to open doors and attack Mario. She stays on the highest floor the entire battle, rather than using elevators to travel between floors in pursuit of the Mario Bros. This unique strategy may be the reason for why Wendy is one of the three Koopalings who do not try and eat Mario or Luigi when they catch them (the other two being Lemmy and Iggy).
Mario & Luigi series[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, while Bowletta invades the Beanbean Kingdom in Bowser's Castle, Wendy acts as a guard in the castle as the sixth Koopaling to be fought. After solving a small puzzle that requires Mario and Luigi to hit Wendy twice in a row with a hammer, Mario and Luigi battle Wendy.
In combat, Wendy attacks Mario and Luigi by spitting fireballs at them (as all the Koopalings) and by flinging her bracelets at them. These bracelets expand and close around either Mario or Luigi. As with Lemmy, she disguises Spinies as herself. She has a Time Bob-omb on her side during her battle, which forces Mario and Luigi to defeat her in a set amount of turns.
Defeating Wendy raises a platform, allowing the Mario Brothers to reach Larry.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
Wendy reappears in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. She first appears in Doop Doop Dunes with Ludwig, Larry and Roy where they capture Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario. She later appears in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon alongside Roy where they oversee the mining of a special ore that Bowser requires. During this encounter, she is fought alongside Roy. Upon being defeated, she angrily blames Larry for the loss (as Larry failed to arrive when she and Roy called for him to aid in beating Mario & co. up). Wendy later appears in Neo Bowser Castle, where she tries to help Bowser and Iggy stop Mario & co. from getting one of the fire orbs needed to create Papercraft Fire Mario. Wendy is encountered one last time alongside the rest of the Koopalings at the top of Neo Bowser Castle. Wendy and Roy briefly tell Mario & co. that they will finish them once and for all before battling them one last time. After being defeated by Mario & co., Wendy utters some last words, telling the Mario gang that they may have lost but they can do better, before exploding.
During Wendy and Roy's battles, Wendy's only attack she can perform without Roy is throwing magical bracelets that Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario must counter by jumping. If Roy's boulder attack is successfully countered, a chunk of it will break off and hit Wendy; she will glare at Roy and sometimes retaliate by beating him up. Wendy can also team up with Roy and curl into her shell. Roy will spin and hit Wendy's shell at the trio, which is countered by hammering it back each time; if one of the trio is hit, Wendy's shell will come back and deal damage to all three of them. The final attack features Roy chasing after the brothers with a giant iron ball that has Roy's face symbol on it, while Wendy runs in front of him chucking fireballs at Paper Mario in airplane mode. Paper Mario can be steered so that when Roy throws the ball, it will hit Wendy, who lands on Roy, so that Paper Mario can jump on top of them and deal damage, although Wendy can easily dodge the ball. Similar to the Larry and Ludwig battle, when one Koopaling is defeated, the other pulls out a magic wand and summons a massive fireball that must be blocked using the hammer, and if the enemy is hit, she or he will take great damage.
Wendy and Roy are the first two Koopalings that are summoned together by Dry Bowser in the Battle Ring. During this battle, Wendy will not attack Roy if his boulder attack is countered.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]
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