Kinoppe
| Kinoppe | |
|---|---|
| |
| Species | Catgirl Toad |
| First appearance | Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario World 8) (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario 64 5 - Mario Kart 64) (1998, official Super Mario-related media) Kinoppe-chan Forever (Kinoppe-chan Forever 5) (2022) |
Kinoppe[1] is a recurring character in Comic BonBon's Super Mario manga. A female Toad with a distinctive giggling laugh, she is described as Dr. Mario Nakamatsu's granddaughter and a follower of Princess Peach. Under her mushroom cap, she hides a pair of cat ears.
History[edit]
Kinoppe makes her first appearance in Super Mario World 8, in a cameo role during the Olympic Games. She retains the cameo role in Super Mario Kart 1 as the flag-bearer for the BomBom Cup.
In the extra chapter of Super Mario USA, Kinoppe is captured alongside Princess Peach by Wart's minions. She is rescued when Mario, Luigi, and Toad win Wart's casino games.
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, Kinoppe makes a brief cameo: she is seen as a character Luigi is playing as in a video game, wearing clothes similar to Chun-Li.
In Super Mario: Yoshi no Road Hunting 1 adaptation, Bowser's forces attack Dr. Mario's laboratory and Kinoppe gets kidnapped by Bowser. He later attempts to trick Mario and Dr. Mario by disguising Wendy as Kinoppe, but an irritated Mario makes Wendy blow her cover.
In Super Mario: Yoshi no Road Hunting 2, Bowser attempts to convince Dr. Mario into helping him by showing Kinoppe locked in a cell, but Dr. Mario, remembering the Wendy incident, thinks it is another trick. While Bowser is not looking, Wendy frees Kinoppe and brings her to Dr. Mario. Kinoppe goes to Mario and Yoshi to help them by deploying various gadgets. While riding Yoshi, Kinoppe is blown away by the cannon of the Kame Hōdai. The machine aims another shot at Kinoppe, but Mario shields her with his body. Kinoppe tends to a fainted Mario and he wakes up, to her relief. She deploys a jump pad, which allows Mario to destroy the machine by firing the Super Scope from above. Dr. Mario emerges with another machine and takes aim at Mario and Yoshi. Before he can fire again, Kinoppe shields them. This makes Dr. Mario pause, allowing Princess Peach to arrive onto the scene and deploy powerful motors that destroy his mecha. Kinoppe later watches Mario infiltrating Bowser's fortress.
In Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 1, Kinoppe makes a cameo as one of the frozen victims in the Penguin's lair.
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 3 includes a 4-koma strip showing Kinoppe picking a mushroom (actually a Toad) from the ground.
Kinoppe makes a cameo at the end of the story and in some chapter cover arts in Super Mario: Wario no Mori, sitting beside Kinopio-kun.
Kinoppe makes a cameo in Super Mario: Donkey Kong 1, on a billboard in the Big-City.
In Super Mario: Donkey Kong 2, she is seen wandering on a street on Donkey Kong Island.
During Super Mario: Yoshi Island 3, Kinoppe is stung by a Harry Hedgehog. Due to the venomous spike, Dr. Mario requires a rare blood type, Bombay Blood, to cure her. Unfortunately, the train with the blood bag is hijacked by Baby Bowser to kidnap Baby Peach who was also riding it. Thankfully, the Yoshi Help Team manages to stop Baby Bowser and deliver the blood in time.
In Super Mario 64 1, she is seen among those imprisoned among Princess Peach's Castle's walls.
In Super Mario 64 5 - Mario Kart 64, Kinoppe is a commentator in the first races and kisses Toad on the podium when he wins the first race. For the 4-Koma issue, Kinoppe makes a cameo when a pipe falls on Yoshi's head and he fantasizes about being rescued by her.
Beside her in-story appearances, Kinoppe is depicted on the reader's drawing submissions in Super Mario: Wario no Mori, Super Donkey Kong with Mario 1, Super Donkey Kong with Mario 2, Super Mario 64 2, and Super Mario 64 3.
Gallery[edit]
Kinoppe as flag-bearer in Super Mario Kart 1
Kinoppe the flag-bearer in Super Mario Kart 1
Peach and Kinoppe in peril in Super Mario USA
Stickers used for a extraction lottery for Super Mario: Yoshi no Road Hunting 1
Kinoppe clay figure in Super Mario: Wario no Mori
Kinoppe clay figure used for Super Mario: Wario no Mori
Cover of Kinoppe-chan Forever
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キノッペ[?] Kinoppe |
From「キノピオ」(Kinopio, Toad) and「っぺ」(-ppe, a familiar suffix used after a personal name) |
Notes[edit]
- In 2019, Super Mario author Kazuki Motoyama started publishing a series of doujin books titled Kinoppe-chan Forever (キノッペちゃんForever) starring Kinoppe in a new world. Due to their self-published nature, these are not considered official Super Mario material.
- According to the author's note in the 2nd installment of Kinoppe-chan Forever, a former editor of Kazuki Motoyama had pitched him a spin-off manga starring Kinoppe. These plans were halted when Nintendo unexpectedly pulled Comic BomBom's Super Mario manga license in 1997.
