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{{quote2|HELLO YELLO!|[[Starlow]]|[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi series]]}}

'''Starlow''' (referred to as '''Chippy''' by [[Bowser]]) is a recurring character who debuted in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. She is a [[Star (species)#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Star Sprite]] who helps Mario and Luigi by giving hints and holding items. She has a similar role and personality to [[Stuffwell]] from [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|the previous game]]. Her name is a portmanteau of the words "star" and "yellow".

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', Starlow is sent to Princess Peach's meeting as a representative of the Star Sprites. Starlow believes that the cause of the [[blorbs]] was from [[List of implied items#Blorb Mushroom|Blorb Mushroom]]s sold by a [[Fawful|man in a white cloak]]. Later, she is inhaled into [[Bowser]], along with Mario, Luigi, and other citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. When Mario finds her, she is trapped by an amoeba who is holding her inside him. She remarks on how the amoeba is tickling her with rage. She has the same purpose as Stuffwell does in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'': helping [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Also like Stuffwell, she holds the Mario Bros. items and equipment. However, the difference between Stuffwell and Starlow is that she has a demo version of all the abilities learned throughout the game. She can combine her powers with [[Princess Peach]] to telekinetically control people, such as Bowser, and also help Mario and Luigi to perform certain action commands. Starlow often talks to Bowser from inside of him to give him information. Starlow uses Chippy as her name for Bowser, not wanting him to know that she is helping the Mario Bros. She also helps Mario and Luigi in their encounter with Bowser. She can also save the player from nearly unavoidable attacks from bosses like Bowser, the [[Dark Star]] and the [[Dark Star Core]], by having Mario and Luigi grab her feet so she can fly up to the top screen.

Starlow appears to have negative feelings towards Luigi, and this negativity towards him sometimes generates humorous results, such as when Starlow angrily knocks Luigi into [[Alpha Kretin]] after Luigi suggests that Starlow fight it alongside Mario rather than him. She only demonstrates this when Luigi is acting particularly cowardly. Also at the cryogenic chamber at [[Bowser's Castle]], she teases him by saying that he supported his older brother by crying in the events of the previous game. However, she nonetheless cares about him, recognizes his courage, and even was surprised when Mario tells her it was actually Luigi (as a baby) who saved the day.  

If the bros. travel to [[Bowser's Castle]] and engage in the optional boss fight against the [[Shroob]]s, Starlow expresses curiosity on how they handled this fight as babies. Starlow immediately expresses confidence that Mario was the one who came out on top overall. This somewhat upsets Luigi and Mario explains that Luigi did just as much as himself, and actually saved the day in the end. This refers to when, at the end of ''Partners in Time'', Baby Luigi cried while on a Shroob Mushroom that used to be Baby Bowser. This restored Baby Bowser, leading to the revelation that baby tears can defeat the Shroobs. It is unclear how Starlow felt hearing this and whether this gave her more confidence in Luigi's abilities or if she still lacks confidence in him based on his prior cowardly actions.

When Bowser is confronted at the top of [[Neo Bowser Castle (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)|Neo Bowser Castle]] at the very end of the game, together with Peach under [[Prince Dreambert]]'s command, Starlow destroys the [[Dream Stone]], only for its broken shards to be inhaled by Bowser, leading to his transformation into [[Dreamy Bowser]].

In ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'', Starlow attacks Larry and Ludwig with a move called Supernova Sparkle.

==Official profiles==

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!align=center|Starlow

|align=center|[[File:Starlow_Artwork_-_Mario_and_Luigi_BiS.png|x100px]]

|'''Rule:''' Tiny; Giant

|SpaEM=Common name; may come from ''aureola'' (aureole/halo) or ''aurum'' (gold in Latin) and "lia",<br />a suffix found in some Spanish Names

|FraE=Étoile d'Or

|FraEM=Gold Star

|FraA=Astrelle

|FraAM=May come from ''Astre'' (star) and ''belle'' (beautiful), or "elle", (her)

|ItaM=From the name ''Dora'' and ''stella'' (star); May also come from ''dorato'' (golden)

|PorM=A given name, meaning "heavenly" or something that comes from the sky.

|RusM=Zolotinka, "Zoloto" meaning "Gold", and "Tinka", a Russian diminutive suffix.

|JapM=Chippy. Probably from チビ ''{{wp|Chibi (slang)|Chibi}}'' (small/short).

|SpaEM=Taken from the Japanese name.

|SpaAM=Taken from the Japanese name.

|Fra=Chippy

|FraM=Taken from the Japanese name.

|GerM=Taken from the Japanese name.

|ItaM=Made up female form of "Cosmo"

|KorM=Taken from the Japanese name.

*Starlow erroneously refers to herself as a representative of the [[Star Spirits]], rather than the Star Sprites, when she introduces herself to Paper Peach in the American English version of ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''.

**This is different in the British English version and the rest of the American English version, as Starlow correctly refers to herself as a representative of the Star Sprites.

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