Editing Ashley

{{about|the character|the minigame in ''[[Game & Wario]]''|[[Ashley (minigame)]]|the voice actress for [[Wendy|Wendy O. Koopa]] since [[Mario Kart 8]]|[[Ashley Flannegan]]}}

{{character infobox

|image=[[File:WWGIT Ashley.jpg|x240px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

|latest_portrayal=[[Erica Lindbeck]]<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20201119192806/https://twitter.com/ericalindbeck/status/1022890339470909441|title=X post|author=Lindbeck, Erica|date=July 27, 2018|publisher=X|accessdate=May 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210910164554/https://twitter.com/ericalindbeck/status/1436364733985144837|author=Lindbeck, Erica|date=September 10, 2021|publisher=X|accessdate=May 27, 2024|title=Happy to be back as Ashley in WarioWare: Get It Together! Thank you for having me, @NintendoAmerica ✨ #WarioWareGetItTogether}}</ref> (2018–present)

{{quote|Everyone loves me 'cause I've got a bewitching personality!|Ashley|[[WarioWare: Touched!]]}}

'''Ashley''' is a major character in the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series, first appearing in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' She is a young witch who lives in a [[Ashley's Mansion|haunted mansion]] in [[Diamond City]] along with her close imp friend, [[Red (WarioWare series)|Red]]. She often takes trips outside her mansion to train in magic and is shown to be a serious, irritable person.

Ashley's [[microgame]]s in ''WarioWare: Touched!'' (collectively called "[[List of microgames in WarioWare: Touched!#Total Drag|Total Drag]]") consist of tapping and dragging objects. Continuing the WarioWare tradition of having at least one set with a lyrical theme, [[Ashley's Theme|Ashley's theme song]] plays throughout the microgame set.

[[File:Ashley game over touched.png|thumb|left|Ashley in ''WarioWare: Touched'', holding her stuffed bunny with Red by her side.]]

In her stage's opening cutscene, Ashley attempts to cook a potion but fails. As she and Red leave the mansion, [[Orbulon]], whose [[Oinker]] had crashed earlier due to a lightning storm, accidentally bumps into her. Ashley gets angry, and Orbulon runs off. Red asks her if she is fine, but she only replies that the alien is the last ingredient needed for the potion. Red volunteers to catch him, but fails and asks Ashley to forgive him; she does, only to decide she is going to use Red as the ingredient instead.

Ashley returns in ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', where her level is named "The Loquacious Spell Book". Ashley attempts to cast a spell on a potted plant using Red as her magic wand, but she fails: it only causes the sprout to become a daisy. Suddenly, Ashley is addressed by a [[Chatty Mr. Spell Book|sentient spell book]] with a skull on the front that states 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 a gargantuan, monstrous Venus flytrap that bursts through the roof. Red is visibly frightened by the development, but Ashley herself simply smiles.

Ashley's stage introduces the "Big Cheese", "Thumb Wrestler", and "The Discard" [[form]]s. The minigame [[Can Shooter]] is unlocked after completion of the level.

The Japanese ''Smooth Moves'' website feature a blog section for the WarioWare developers. In her blog entry, Ashley states she is not interested in blogging and orders Red to write something in her place. Red then tells of an occurrence where the pair went to practice magic at a riverbed near their mansion, and Ashley paused when she saw a family of monkeys, as it reminded her of her parents in her distant hometown. The blog receives encouraging comments from other WarioWare employees, but Ashley is nevertheless angered.

[[File:Magical Witch Ashley.png|left|thumb|Game's intro]]  

Ashley's records are usually peaceful, romantic, or very cheerful, and are generally described as the kind the player wants to sing to. While this seems uncharacteristic for her, Ashley usually has a snide comment in the record's description (for example, City Nights, a peppy city music-like song, has her comment "Cityscape at night?  Big deal."). She is also a fan of Sekaiichi Asaruka's comics, due to their creepy tone. Her [[microgame]] set is themed around food.

Ashley, with [[Jimmy T|Jimmy T.]], [[9-Volt]], [[Orbulon]], and [[Mona]], apparently left [[WarioWare, Inc.]] to work for [[Diamond Software]] in this game. Though the reason they switched companies is unknown, various residents of Diamond City consider possibilities in the [[D.I.Y. Forum]]s feature of the game. One reason is that Diamond Software may actually pay them.

[[File:Ashley3DG&W.jpeg|thumb|Ashley as she appears in her minigame.]]

''[[Game & Wario]]'' features Ashley as the host of a [[Ashley (minigame)|self-titled minigame]]. The minigame's opening cutscene shows Ashley reading a book and coming across a picture page depicting monsters. Ashley casts a spell to be materialized inside the book page, but she is inadvertently transported inside another page themed around candies and sweets instead. Red likes this development, but Ashley is furious and Red transforms into a broom so that they can escape the candy world.  

The minigame is a shoot 'em up-esque sidescroller where the player controls Ashley by angling the GamePad. The player can collect magic orbs and presents to increase their score while shooting down the cookies and other obstacles. If Ashley is hit too many times, she becomes upset and the player has to comfort her by patting her on the head via the GamePad screen in order to continue.

Ashley makes other appearances within the game. In the [[Bowling]] minigame, she is depicted on one of the pins. She is also featured as the subject of the 13th [[Mona Superscoop]] capsule. In it, [[Mona]] states that she took a photo of Ashley flying on her broom at night and that she was surprised to see her looking happy. Finally, one of the possible random paintings in the Artsy [[Call Code]] is a portrait of Ashley (pictured in the gallery).

Ashley is the theme of the third ''[[Game & Wario#Miiverse Sketch Masterpiece Collection|Miiverse Sketch Masterpiece Collection]]'' video (commented by Red), a series showcasing pictures of often questionable quality made in the game's Miiverse Sketch mode. Ashley herself is the host of the tenth video, themed after skeleton drawings.

====''WarioWare Gold''====

[[File:Ashley and Red Demon Gold.png|thumb|200px|Ashley & Red with Gahrumble.]]

 

Ashley's story begins with her summoning a demon named [[Gahrumble]] to her mansion. Red congratulates Ashley on her skills and learns that their guest has not eaten in days, as an insatiably hungry demon named [[Dark Lord Hum Gree|Hum Gree]] is eating all the food in the [[demon realms]]. Ashley decides to go to the demon realms to defeat Hum Gree herself. She manages to defeat the demon with a spell that turns Hum Gree into a harmless white fluffy version of himself, and she teleports back to her mansion.

 

Ashley's stage is part of the Twist League, where all of her microgames use gyro input, similar to ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''. Her theme is Fantasy.

 

Ashley also appears at the end of [[Young Cricket]]’s character trailer, right before his stomach growls.

 

Ashley later appears in the Potluck Gang set of the Ultra League, where she goes on a camping trip with Red, Orbulon, [[9-Volt]], [[18-Volt]], [[Dribble & Spitz|Dribble, Spitz]], [[Mike]], and [[5-Volt]]. 5-Volt organizes a potluck, where she brings a "garlic" (which is actually a poisonous [[mandrake]] root), to Red's shock and horror. During the stage, she plays cards with the others. In the stage's ending cutscenes, Dribble says "We better bring [[Wario]] next time," to which Ashley responds "... Next time?", causing her to blush. In the ending of the game, Ashley appears with everyone else to persuade Wario into sharing the money from the tournament, snarking "Well, that was easy." when Wario immediately trips over in his escape attempt.

 

 

====''WarioWare: Get It Together!''====

[[File:WWGIT Mandrakes.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ashley & Red facing a swarm of [[mandrake]]s]]

 

In the pre-stage cutscene, Wario and co. notice a pervasive amount of corruption near Ashley's stage entrance. The gang finds Ashley, who is apparently amused by the effect the [[game bug]] has on her stage. Her emotion immediately turns to indifference when she is noticed by the gang. Wario tries to recruit Ashley into the gang but she rebukes him by saying she has no reason to do so. Wario says they do not need her anyway, prompting Ashley to jump into the stage to prove him wrong.

In her stage's cutscene, Ashley & Red are sitting in the dining room hungry because they have nothing to eat. Ashley starts to hallucinate Red's head as a hamburger, apparently considering eating him. [[Mandrake]]s then attack the mansion. Red immediately turns into Ashley's wand and she repels their assault by using spells to turn the mandrakes into food. After her stage is cleared, Ashley joins the gang, simply stating, "Whatever."

After beating Anything Goes, Ashley goes back to the real world alongside most of the other WarioWare, Inc. employees and chases after Wario after it is revealed their predicament was caused by his poor programming. However, they soon remember other people were left behind in the game world, and immediately return to rescue them.

As a playable character, Ashley flies around on her broom with {{button|switch|leftstick}}. Pressing {{button|switch|a}} makes her fire a projectile from her wand in the direction she is facing. The combination of free movement and omnidirectional attacks allows Ashley to complete almost any microgame with ease, and she excels in forcing moving objects to move quickly and efficiently (e.g. [[Gondola Lift]] and [[Sanitation Station]], two of 6 games that are considered a good fit). Although Ashley has no microgames deeming her a bad fit, her constant projectiles are inefficient in removing large volumes of objects and can cause desired targets to move away from her, evidenced in [[Apple Drop]] and [[Egg It On]], the two microgames that deem her a below-average fit. Because of her versatile characteristics, Ashley has 161 microgames that deem her an above-average fit (the most out of any character).

[[File:Screenshot WarioWare Move It Ashley Red.png|left|thumb|Ashley tries to turn Red back to his normal size]]

Ashley appears in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'' where she, along with the rest of the ''WarioWare'' cast, join Wario on his vacation to [[Caresaway Island]]. In Ashley's stage, "Caveat Imptor", she is seen on [[Sandboxer Beach]] with Red making a sandcastle that resembles her mansion. She suddenly hears Red calling for help, but cannot find him, as he shrunk himself after eating blueberries from the nearby forest. She notices Red when he climbs onto the sandcastle, pleading for her to make him normal again. Ashley casts multiple spells to revert Red, but to no avail, as her spells instead deform Red in different ways. She then casts a spell that causes red cubed berries to grow in the forest and feeds them to Red. After Red eats all the red cubed berries, he slowly grows back to normal. Red is relieved, but then continues to grow until he reaches a gargantuan size, and panics again. Ashley simply smiles in response.

Ashley returns in Remix 1, "Not-So-Relaxing Rapids", where she, along with Dr. Crygor and Penny, accidentally cause their beach house to detach into the nearby rapids after adding in a mandrake to her concoction. Everyone is flung out of the beach house, but they all land safely on top of a tour bus. After the stage is cleared, everyone exits the tour bus and find a statue of King Caresaway the First. When their detached beach house falls and crushes the statue, everyone except Ashley becomes shocked and worried.

 

Ashley, along with the rest of the ''WarioWare'' cast appear in the final stage, "Lava at First Sight", where they all dance to defeat [[Volcano Wario]]. After Wario is launched from the volcano, the cast enjoys their vacation, while Wario is stuck inside a temple.

 

 

 

 

A music video of [[Ashley's Theme]] was released as downloadable content for ''[[nwiki:Daigassou! Band Brothers P|Daigassou! Band Brothers P]]''. The video is a montage of the cutscene clips for Ashley's stages in the ''WarioWare'' series.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEPT8yw1g-w Video footage of the Ashley music video], YouTube. (Retrieved August 10, 2015)</ref> Ashley's Theme was also featured as downloadable content for the Japanese versions of the previous ''Band Brothers'' games.

 

 

 

 

A set of badges parodying ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' featuring Ashley and other ''WarioWare'' characters was released in Japan on December 22, 2016. One of the badges portrays Ashley dressed as [[Link]] (holding the [[zeldawiki:Deku Mask|Deku Mask]]).

[[File:Ashley crazy galaxy.jpg|thumb|Concept art for Ashley in ''Crazy Galaxy'']]

Alongside four brand-new characters, Ashley appeared as a protagonist in the reveal of the fake game ''[[Nintendo Badge Arcade#Crazy Galaxy|Crazy Galaxy]]'', the {{wp|April Fool's Day}} event for 2017 in ''[[Nintendo Badge Arcade]]''. When referring to this version of Ashley, the Arcade Bunny says "she looks like more of an adult", indicating that she is older than in the ''WarioWare'' series. In the game's plot description, an accident in "astronaut school" sends Ashley and the other protagonists flying to the other end of the universe, and they must travel through space to return home while encountering and fighting aliens on the way.

====''Tetris 99''====

From September 17 to September 21, ''[[Tetris 99]]'' ran the 24th Maximus Cup which featured a ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'' theme, where Ashley is represented by the "Z" tetromino.

Ashley wears a red long-sleeve dress with a little orange stripe on the end, an orange neckerchief clipped on her chest with a golden skull brooch, black tights (except in ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' and ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]''), and red shoes. Ashley usually ties her black hair in two large pigtails with a bang swept to the left, and wears an orange tiara. She was drawn with red eyes up until ''[[Game & Wario]]'', which had her with solid black eyes instead, a change also made to the other ''WarioWare'' characters. Most media published after ''Game & Wario'' would switch to depicting Ashley having solid red eyes with no irises. In ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'', Ashley also appears wearing a white nightgown with a red necktie and her hair down when she is going to sleep. In the title screen for her game in ''Game & Wario'', she appears older and is rendered in a more realistic style. In ''WarioWare Gold'', she wears flat Mary Jane shoes, her bangs are swept in multiple directions, and she retains her red eye color. In ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'', her Mary Jane shoes are replaced with red flats. In ''WarioWare: Move It!'', she wears a sleeveless version of her dress, lacks her tights once again, and retains her Mary Jane shoes.

Ashley's biggest traits are her hair and eyes: whenever she is using magic or angry, her hair changes from black to gray-white, and her eyes glow red.  

Ashley is stated to be 15 years old on the English ''WarioWare: Touched!'' website.<ref>[http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/wariowaretouched/enGB/index.html ''WarioWare: Touched!'' European website] She is "fifteen going on 500".</ref>{{dead link}} However, [[List of rumors and urban legends#Ashley's age|despite claims to the contrary]], she has not been given a precise age in any Japanese ''WarioWare'' media beyond a statement that her ''Crazy Galaxy'' incarnation "might have become" an adult.

Ashley is a serious, easily angered person. Ashley also seems to have a large ego (as stated in her theme song) and is prone to bouts of laziness; on one of the ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' secret boards, Red is said to take care of his and Ashley's laundry, and she orders Red to write her blog entry for her on the Japanese ''Smooth Moves'' website, although it may be out of shyness. Ashley is portrayed as shy and distant; both ''Touched!'' and ''Game & Wario'' show her not dancing with the other WarioWare employees at the end-of-game party, and her response to comments made by her coworkers on her blog entry is simply "Everyone... I hate you." Her resentment may be the result of her shyness and loneliness; however, her theme song, her ''Game & Wario'' character card, and her trophy description all state she wants to have more friends. ''WarioWare Gold'' depicts Ashley opening up as she is shown playing cards with everyone else during the Potluck Gang stage, and her embarrassed blush in the stage's concluding cutscene hints she enjoyed her time with the others. Her "character trailer" published after the game's launch likewise shows Ashley visibly moved when other WarioWare employees invite her to trick and treat with them.

Ashley is stated to have an affinity for food: her microgame theme in ''WarioWare: D.I.Y.'' and ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'' is food, and her Rank B character cards in ''Gold'' states her to be a voracious eater, with another card stating she particularly enjoys the scent of fried [[mandrake]]s.<ref>{{cite|quote=The mandrake is a critical ingredient in magic potions. And the scent of fried mandrake? Ashley loves it.|author=[[Mandrake]]'s rank B character card description|title=''[[WarioWare Gold]]''}}</ref> Her story in ''Game & Wario'', her Rank C character card in ''Gold'', and her description on the official Japanese website all indicate she dislikes sweet and sugary food.

[[File:Ashley Cast G&W.png|thumb|Ashley casting a spell.]]

As seen in the ''WarioWare'' games, Ashley can use various spells (stated to be "the darkest spells" in her theme song) and potions. In addition to casting spells with a wand, she can shoot magic blasts from her hand as seen in ''[[Game & Wario]]''. Despite her theme song's boasting, Ashley is apparently a mediocre magician; her ''Game & Wario'' character card states she only successfully cast spells "40% of the time".

==Profiles and statistics==

====''WarioWare: Touched!''====

*'''Instruction booklet:''' "'''What's up?''' ''People call me Red. Well, at least my friend Ashley does. She's a pretty wicked sorcerer. We live in this big creepy mansion. While Ashley's brewing up potions and studying spells, I spend most of my time hanging out, collecting ingredients for Ashley, and poking stuff with my pitchfork.''"<br>"''In Ashley's microgames, you've usually got to grab something and slide it somewhere. You'd better do it fast, or Ashley will freak out on you! I'm not even kidding.''"

====''Game & Wario'' character card====

-''Witch in training''<br>

-''Considers Red her best friend''<br>

-''Wishes she had more friends''

====''WarioWare Gold'' character cards====

*'''Rank C''' &ndash; ''In training to be a witch, Ashley has no time for silliness. Take your talk of cute stuff and candy elsewhere.''

*'''Rank B''' &ndash; ''Ashley has very specific tastes in food and, when eating, saves her favorite thing for last. Voracious.''

*'''Rank A''' &ndash; ''When Ashley is trying out some new magic, she uses a special wand called Ashley's Witch Stick.''

====''WarioWare Gold'' Japanese website====

''Apprentice girl magician. <br> Silent and uncooperative. Hates cute dresses and sweets.''

====''WarioWare: Get It Together!''====

=====European website bio=====

*"''The wicked witch Ashley zips around on her broomstick firing off spells. Those microgames don't stand a chance.''"

*'''Intro description:''' "''Dislikes: Cute stuff, expressing emotions, and unnecessary chitchat. Likes: Casting spells, food, her pal Red.''"

*'''Break Room description:''' "''Dislikes: Cute stuff, expressing emotions, and unnecessary chitchat. Likes: Casting spells, eating, and hanging out with her sidekick, Red.''"

====WarioWare, Inc. Official Site====

'''''<big>I will be the greatest witch the world has ever known.</big>'''''<br>

*'''Definition of coolness:''' "''Monsters and carnivorous plants.''"

*'''Greatest desire:''' "''A frie— Hmph...''"

*'''CEO Comment:''' "''Ashley and her companion, Red, are inseparable! She can be a little twisted sometimes, but deep down I think she's just lonely. Well, fortunately for her, I look after my employees! Especially if they use their magic to zero in on some treasure for me. Wahaha!''"

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====

|game=''WarioWare: Touched!''

|effect=[Magic] - Attack +22

====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''====

|name=Ashley

|image='''3DS:'''<br>[[File:AshleyTrophy3DS.png|100px]]<br>'''Wii U:'''<br>[[File:AshleyWiiU.png|100px]]

|category=Assist Trophy

|appears_in='''DS''' ''WarioWare: Touched!'' (02/2005)<br>'''Wii''' ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' (01/2007)

|trophy_box=59: WarioWare, Inc.

|unlock=([[File:3DS Logo.svg|link=Nintendo 3DS|32px|link=Nintendo 3DS]]) Random<br>([[File:Wii U Logo.svg|32px|link=Wii U]]) Purchase at the [[smashwiki:Trophy Shop|Trophy Shop]]

|desc=This young witch-in-training lives in a haunted mansion in Diamond City. She's shy and quick to anger, but secretly she wants more friends. When she appears on the battlefield, she will summon a damaging zone of darkness around her. The zone causes a variety of effects, none of them good.

|desc2=Who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion? You'd better learn her name, 'cause she's Aa-ashley! This little witch loves cursing people, but also wants more friends. Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it, too... In battle, she conjures a zone of darkness that both damages and shrinks other fighters!

*'''[[smashwiki:Tips|Tips]]'''

==Portrayals==

*Christine Peyser (2004-2013, starting with ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'')<ref>[[List of  WarioWare: Touched! staff|List of staff]] and {{cite|url=youtu.be/fZTIWgG6IO0?t=175|timestamp=02:55|title=''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'' credits|author=Demo|date=August 24, 2009|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 27, 2024}}</ref>

{{appearances list

|title11=''[[Super Mario Maker]]''

|role11=Playable character

|release11=2015

|format11=[[Wii U]]

|title12=''[[WarioWare Gold]]''

|title13=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''

|role13=Cameo as Assist Trophy, [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]]

|format13=[[Nintendo Switch]]

|title14=''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]

|title15=''[[Tetris 99]]''

|title16=''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]

|format16=[[Nintendo Switch]]

{{main|List of Ashley quotes}}

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|ChiS=阿什莉<ref>{{cite|publisher=iQue|language=zh-hans|url=www.ique.com/games/WarioWare/touchingisgood.html|title=摸摸瓦力欧制造|quote='''阿什莉''' -- 这个俏皮的永远好像十几岁的小女巫搅动魔法药水，对迷你游戏施法。好好的{{sic}}玩，要不你也许会发现自己已经成了她下一个药水的原材料。" ("'''Ashley''' -- this cute, seemingly 15-year-old forever little witch stirs up magic potions and casts a spell on minigames. Play well or you might find yourself in the ingredients of her next potion."|accessdate=May 27, 2024}}</ref>

|ChiSN=''WarioWare: Touched!''

|ChiSR=Āshílì

|ChiS2N=''WarioWare: Get It Together!''

|ChiS2R=Àixīlì

|ChiSM=Ashley

|ChiS2M=Ashley

|ChiT=艾希莉

|ChiTM=Ashley

|Dut=Ashley

|Ger=Ashley

|Ita=Ashley

|Rus=Эшли<ref>{{cite|author=NintendoRU|date=October 25, 2018|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2mKe4_ZT6g|title=WarioWare Gold — трейлер Эшли и Рэд (Nintendo 3DS)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 27, 2024}}</ref>{{dead link}}

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