Editing Birdo's Egg

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|image=[[File:MKT Icon Birdo's Egg.png]]<br>A Birdo's Egg from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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{{quote|Just try not to get egg on [[Mario|your]] face!|[[Birdo]]|[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]}}
'''Birdo's Eggs'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' instruction booklet|page=20|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2003}}</ref> are projectiles spat or sometimes thrown from [[Birdo]]s. In several appearances, they are depicted with pink or magenta spots, especially in line with [[Yoshi's Egg]]s, but are plain white in some other appearances. Birdo's Eggs first appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and its {{wp|Western world|Western}} equivalent, ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series=== 
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====  
[[File:SMB2 Egg.png|thumb|left|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' of a Birdo spitting an egg at Mario]] 
The Birdo's Eggs of ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' are depicted plain white. They are spat usually by pink [[Birdo]]s but sometimes also Red Birdos, besides fireballs. Picking up eggs and throwing them at Birdo is usually the only way to damage her, but [[Mushroom Block]]s can as well if they are nearby. If a Birdo's Egg hits a wall, it rebounds very lightly and falls offscreen. The player character can ride on top of an egg, which is required at one point in [[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-3]] to cross a wide ocean gap. The [[Game Over]] screen in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' remakes both show Birdo holding an egg.

Giant eggs are spit by [[Robirdo]], a boss exclusive to ''Super Mario Advance''. They work the same as Birdo's Eggs, but the weight and size of them can make it take potentially longer to pick them up. While Birdo's Eggs do not appear in the ''[[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|Mario Bros.]]'' remake, the eggs in the game use nearly identical sprites.

====''BS Super Mario USA''====
Birdo's Eggs in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'' functioned similarly as before, though Birdos could throw several in the air, including sometimes larger ones. 

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', Birdos try to spit their eggs at the protagonists in some episodes.

In "[[Jungle Fever]]", one Birdo is able to use its egg to bring down an [[Albatoss]] carrying Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad.

In "[[Toad Warriors]]", King Koopa assigns three Birdos to act as the guns of his three [[State Troopa]] cars by firing eggs at the [[Rebel Fort]] while perched atop the vehicles. After the Mario Bros. arrive, King Koopa decides to use the [[Thunderbirdo]] to attack the fort. Thunderbirdo is driven in on another vehicle, controlled by [[Mouser]], where it proceeds to attack the fort with a gigantic, explosive egg. Afterwards, King Koopa uses normal Birdo fire until a rebel force, which includes Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad, leave the fort using a tanker full of spaghetti sauce as bait. 

In "[[Crocodile Mario]]" when Mario and Luigi pass by some [[Birdoroo|Birdoroos']] territory on a raft, several of them launch an onslaught of eggs in their direction, which they barely manage to dodge.

===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:NCS Birdo.jpg|thumb|Mario defeating the Birdo guard with a Birdo's Egg in a ''Nintendo Comics System'' comic]]
As seen in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' comics "[[Bedtime for Drain-Head]]" and "[[Betrayal Most Proper]]", after losing control of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], Bowser employs Birdos as castle guards. Mario battles these guards on two occasions. Under the delusion that he is [[Dirk Drain-Head]] in "Bedtime for Drain-Head," Mario enters [[Bowser's Castle]] to save Toad. After laying waste to a large number of enemies outside of the castle, a Birdo blocks Mario's path and shoots eggs at him as he tries to enter the castle. However, Mario quickly picks them up and throws them back, defeating this Birdo similarly to the Birdo in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

The second encounter with Birdos occurs in "Betrayal Most Proper" as Mario and [[Toad]] attempt to rescue [[Wooster]], who are then attacked by Birdos in [[Bowser's Castle]]. When their movement becomes impaired by a conveyor belt moving in the opposite direction, the Birdos begin firing eggs. Rather than defeat the Birdos, they simply run off.

===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
The coloring page for Zoo Keeper in ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'' shows [[Mario]] giving a Birdo her egg in a bowl.

===''Satella-Q''===
A Birdo's Egg is seen being held by a cracked Birdo tower statue in ''[[Satella-Q]]''.

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
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In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', a Birdo hatches from a giant egg known as [[Shelly]], which is the first type of Birdo's Egg depicted with spots. Birdo can speak to Mario through the eggshell and requests a battle with him and his [[party member|partner]]s. Once the egg is damaged enough, Birdo hatches from it and proceeds to attack with explosive [[Eggbert]]s, rather than normal Birdo's Eggs. Birdo is shown holding a Birdo's Egg in battle but never uses it.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
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Birdo's Eggs are depicted as two-dimensional ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' sprites in the stage [[Mushroom Kingdom II]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. They are spit by Birdo from the side of the stage, damaging players on contact. The eggs can be jumped upon and picked up by {{iw|smashwiki|fighter}}s and thrown to attack Birdo, much like in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.

Birdo is seen with a Birdo's Egg in her trophy for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and a different one for ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''. 

===''Mario Golf'' series===
Birdo's Eggs only ever make minor appearances during Birdo's post-hole animations in the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]]. Birdo spits out eggs to celebrate in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' if she gets an eagle or better, whilst ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' only include them in her animation from achieving a Double Bogey or worse, in which she throws eggs at the camera before one bounces back and hits her.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
[[File:MKDD Birdo Egg.png|thumb|left|x150px|Artwork from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'']]
Birdo's Eggs are the [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special Item]] of Birdo in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. They are a cosmetic alteration of [[Yoshi's Egg]]s, being covered in pink spots. When thrown, the eggs home in on the nearest drivers, flipping their [[kart]] if it hits before releasing three random items, which can include [[Bob-omb]]s, [[Super Star|Star]]s, [[Mushroom]]s, [[Red Shell|Red]] or [[Green Shell]]s, [[Fake Item Box]]es, or [[Banana]]s. Birdo's Eggs break if they hit items or course hazards and self-destruct automatically if they roam around for too long. Birdo's Eggs and the [[Green Fireball]] are the only two items that cannot be obtained by [[Petey Piranha]] and [[King Boo]].

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
Birdo's Eggs return as Birdo's special item in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', in addition to Birdo (Light Blue), Birdo (Yellow), Birdo (Orange), Birdo (Red), and [[Mii|Birdo Mii Racing Suit]]. They function like they do in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', and like the Yoshi's Egg. Its design has been reverted back to being a spotless egg. When Birdo's Egg+ is active, the egg will be bigger, and will drop an extra item after hitting a racer.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
Birdo Eggs appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|remake]], where flaming eggs can be spit out by Birdo in a wild, sporadic way. Mario and Luigi must time their jumps to avoid the eggs and the resulting flame created by each of them after their impact. Birdo can also inhale [[Popple]] to place him inside one of four protective but big deadly [[egg|egg shields]], one of which contains Popple while the other three each contain Designbomb-like enemies that rush forward after breaking their egg and have to be jumped over. 

In the remake's side-story ''[[Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser]]'', Birdo aims similarly to how Yoshis aim their eggs in the ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' franchise and she will spit a giant egg at [[Captain Goomba (Mario & Luigi series)|Captain Goomba]]'s crew.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
Birdo's Eggs appear briefly in the background of [[Toadwood Forest]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''.

===''Mario Baseball'' series===
[[File:BirdoCannonSwing.png|thumb|A Birdo's Egg being used in Birdo's Cannon Swing in ''Mario Super Sluggers'']]
A Birdo's Egg is part of Birdo's [[Star Skill]]s in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. In the former game, it is [[Weird Ball]], in which the baseball becomes a Birdo's Egg that bounces on one side of the ground and then farther to the other side while passing the opponent, regardless of whether Birdo is pitching or batting. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'' only, a Birdo's Egg is included as part of [[Cannon Swing]], where Birdo spits an egg with pink bows printed on it before slamming it with her bat. Birdo's Eggs appear on some of Birdo's team logos and marks on Yoshi's team, [[Yoshi Eggs (team)|Yoshi Islanders]].

===''Mario Party'' series===
When Birdo uses the [[Egg Orb]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', up to three Character Spaces or even Koopa Kid Spaces that she passes becomes Birdo Eggs, then the spaces become usable orbs for her.

The minigame [[Memory Mash]] of ''[[Mario Party DS]]'' has pink-spotted eggs, but their association to Birdo is unclear.

===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
A Birdo's Egg appears during Birdo's [[Egg Shot]] in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''. When using the move, Birdo spits the ball out of her snout towards the basket as an egg.

===''Mario Strikers Charged''===
[[Birdo]] shoots a large, white Birdo's Egg for her [[Skillshot]], the [[Extreme Egg]], in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''.

===''Captain Rainbow''===
Large, pink-spotted Birdo's Eggs are mounted on either side of [[Kawaii Ouchi|Birdo's House]] in ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'', in addition to inside of the house as lamps. They also appear in the gallery of Birdo's concept art on the third page.

===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
Birdo's Eggs also appear in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''. Her special shot in baseball and soccer is similar to horse racing, but in baseball, the ball is encased in a spotted magenta Birdo's Egg. Birdo's Egg is retained in the same post-hole animation from ''Mario Golf: World Tour'' when receiving a Double Bogey or lower in the Golf mode.

===Unused appearances===
[[File:MKDS Yoshi Prerelease Kart Screenshot.jpg|thumb|The unused Egg 1 variation in ''Mario Kart DS'']]
Unused graphics of Birdo's Eggs appear in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'', originally used for the Yoshi variant of the Modern version of ''[[Ball]]''.

While Birdo's Eggs do not appear in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', an [[List of Mario Kart DS pre-release and unused content|unused]] kart in the file "KartModelMain.carc" is an [[Egg 1]] kart with pink spots.

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
*'''Tips & Tricks:''' ''Homes in on the kart in front of you and crashes it once it hits. Three more items will fly out when it breaks. It's the item that keeps on giving!''
*'''Driver info:''' ''Chases down opponents. But what's inside?! You'll find out when it breaks!''
*'''Driver info (Birdo's Egg+):''' ''Birdo's Egg is bigger and it releases an additional item.''

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Birdo Egg SMB2 Sprite.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' / ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMB2 Birdo.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMUSA Birdo Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario USA]]''
SMRPG Birdo Egg.png|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
Cute House outside Captain Rainbow.png|''[[Captain Rainbow]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
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{{foreign names
|Jpn=キャサリンのたまご
|JpnR=Kyasarin no Tamago
|JpnM=Birdo's Egg
|ChiS=凯瑟琳蛋
|ChiSR=Kǎisèlín Dàn
|ChiSM=Birdo Egg
|ChiT=凱瑟琳蛋
|ChiTR=Kǎisèlín Dàn
|ChiTM=Birdo Egg
|Fre=Œuf de Birdo
|FreM=Birdo's Egg
|Ger=Birdo-Ei
|GerM=Birdo Egg
|Ita=Uovo di Strutzi
|ItaM=Birdo's egg
|Kor=캐서린의 알
|KorR=Kaeseorin-ui Al
|KorM=Birdo's Egg
|Por=Ovo de Birdo
|PorM=Birdo Egg
|Spa=Huevo de Birdo
|SpaM=Birdo's Egg
}}

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