Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)

Bubbles
Picture of the Bubbles trophy from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Species	Balloon Fish
First appearance	Clu Clu Land (1985, Clu Clu Land series) Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, Mario-related media)
Latest appearance	Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Cluclu Land (1992, Clu Clu Land series) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Mario-related media, cameo as spirit)

This article is about the red, spherical fish who made an appearance in DK: King of Swing. For other uses of "bubble", see Bubble (disambiguation).

Bubbles, also known as Gloopy (グルッピー, Guruppī), is a red balloon fish, and the savior of Clu Clu Land. She appeared in the Nintendo game called Clu Clu Land. She has also made various cameo appearances in the Mario franchise.

History

Super Smash Bros. series

Bubbles makes a cameo in Super Smash Bros. Melee as a trophy. An Unira, which is an enemy from Clu Clu Land, is an item in the games Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Bubbles appears as a spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

WarioWare series

WarioWare: Twisted!

Bubbles appears in WarioWare: Twisted! in one of 9-Volt and 18-Volt's classic NES videogames. The player must rotate the screen to make them collect a Coin. If the Coin is missed, the player loses the microgame.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Bubbles appears in another Clu Clu Land game in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, where they must clear an obstacle course of Uniras and black holes.

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase

Clu Clu Land is one of the 18-Volt's microgames set in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. The game involves Bubbles and some Uniras among some pins. Bubbles is walking through the place and the player must press while pointing a pin near Bubbles. She grabs the pin and change her direction. The player must avoid the on-screen Uniras until the time's up.

DK: King of Swing

Bubbles ends up on Donkey Kong Island during the events of DK: King of Swing. Bubbles is the most well-rounded character in the game, and she has balanced stats of four in both Jump and Attack. To unlock Bubbles, the player must clear Diddy Kong Mode and collect all 24 medals. Bubbles can only be used in Jungle Jam Events.

Super Mario Maker

Bubbles appears as an unlockable Mystery Mushroom costume for Costume Mario in Super Mario Maker. The costume was added in version 1.40, and can be unlocked by clearing 100 Mario Challenge on Super Expert setting.

Mario series appearances

Title	Description	Release Date	System/Format
Super Smash Bros. Melee	Cameo as Trophy	2001	Nintendo GameCube
WarioWare: Twisted!	Cameo in Microgame	2004	Game Boy Advance
DK: King of Swing	Unlockable Playable Character	2005	Game Boy Advance
WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Cameo in Microgame	2006	Wii
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase	Cameo in Microgame	2009	Wii (WiiWare)
Super Mario Maker (version 1.40)	Unlockable Costume Mario	2016	Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Cameo as Spirit	2018	Nintendo Switch

Official profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Melee trophy information

Name	Image	Game	Description
Bubbles		Clu Clu Land 10/85	The mysterious Bubbles can only move straight ahead and has problems stopping: she changes paths by sticking out her hand and grabbing a post on the way by. If Bubbles makes contact with a Sea Urchin, she'll pop and deflate like a balloon. Bubbles protects herself by shocking Sea Urchins and pushing them into walls to destroy them.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit information

#	Name	Image	Series / game	Type	Class	Strength / effects
1121	Bubbles		Clu Clu Land Series	Support (2 slots)	Novice	Screw Attack equipped.

Trivia

• Bubbles was originally stated to be male in Clu Clu Land's Japanese debut, but her gender was changed upon the game's NES localization.