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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SSBU Lubba Spirit.png|190px]]<br>Artwork used for the Lubba [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', based on artwork of Lubba from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|species=[[Luma]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|portrayed_by=[[Scott Burns]] (2010)
}}
{{quote|Hear me out now… Your [[Princess Peach|special someone]] got kidnapped and now you gotta save her, am I right?|Lubba|Super Mario Galaxy 2}}
'''Lubba''' is a large, pudgy <!-- DO NOT CHANGE THIS TO "PARTICULARLY PORTLY"! That kind of writing is discouraged on this and any other wiki and will be reverted if done so. -->purple [[Luma]] who first appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. He is the leader of the Lumas in the game, and similarly to them, Lubba can also be fed by shooting [[Star Bit]]s at him. He often makes remarks about the guests on his ship; as an example, he claims to be allergic to [[Honeybee]]s, has an aversion to [[Gearmo]]s, and considers [[Whittle]]s to be good friends.
==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
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|caption1=Lubba in the ending credits with Peach and the Toad Brigade
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|footer=Lubba's response to the player having 77 Power Stars
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Lubba is first seen after Mario beats the [[Sky Station Galaxy]]'s first level, [[Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum]]. Prior to the events of the game, [[Bowser]] destroyed Lubba's first spaceship by firing several meteors at it. This caused most of the Lumas on the ship to fall down to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. After Mario brings back the "[[Baby Luma|young master Luma]]", Lubba thanks him and creates [[Starship Mario]] with his fellow Lumas and promptly appoints [[Mario]] the captain. Lubba aids and accompanies Mario in his quest to defeat Bowser, making a deal with him that, in return for Mario recovering the [[Power Star]]s, he helps Mario rescue [[Princess Peach]]. As the captain of the mobile hub of the game and the leader of the Lumas, he more or less replaces [[Rosalina]] and [[Polari]] of the previous ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in this respect.

Throughout the game, Lubba informs Mario of several different things, most of the time he stands by Starship Mario's wheel and tells Mario different things to help him out (he even tells the player when their batteries are running low, and that they should replace them, in case they die in a dangerous place). However, he can also be found in some other places on the ship. Whenever a new item or passenger comes aboard the ship, Lubba appears somewhere else on the ship and tells Mario something about the new object or creature and/or cracks a joke about them. Whenever Mario enters a new world, Lubba flies off of Starship Mario and says something about Mario's progress.

[[File:SMG2 Lubba So Sleepy.png|thumb|right|200px|Lubba's speech bubble when the game is played in the morning]]
Lubba has various lines in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' that can be seen during specific scenarios:
*When playing early in the morning, Lubba's field speech bubble says "So...sleepy..." When spoken to, he says, "Geez. It's kinda early, isn't it? I feel so sleepy..."
*When the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]]'s batteries are low, Lubba tells [[Mario]] to replace them and [[Fourth wall|warns that it will be bad]] if the batteries die in a dangerous place.
*When Mario has 77 Power Stars or 777 or 7,777 Star Bits, he says, "Hey, you have (number and object)! How lucky! ♪" Similarly, if the player has exactly 1,000 Star Bits, he says, "You have 1,000 Star Bits! That must feel pretty good!" Additionally, when Mario has 9,999 Star Bits, he says "What happens when you get 9,999 Star Bits? Something nice, I bet!"

After the player beats Bowser and after the final 242nd [[Power Star]] from the [[Grandmaster Galaxy]] is collected and [[Rosalina]] boards Starship Mario, it is revealed that Lubba has met her before. However, where he first met her is unknown. He thanks Mario for his hard work bringing who he calls "The Lady of the Shooting Stars" on board the ship.
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===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
[[File:LUMAMGWT.jpeg|thumb|right|Lubba in ''Mario Golf: World Tour'']]
Lubba makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' in Rosalina's [[List of golfing terms#Eagle|Eagle]], [[List of golfing terms#Albatross|Albatross]], and [[List of golfing terms#Hole-in-One|Hole-In-One]] animations.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Lubba can be seen piloting the Starship Mario above [[Mario Galaxy (stage)|Mario Galaxy]], a stage based on the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games. He also appears as a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]].

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Lubba can be seen in the Mario Galaxy stage again, piloting Starship Mario like in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''. Lubba also appears as a support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]], granting the fighter immunity from reversed left-and-right controls when equipped. The Lubba spirit battle pits the player(s) against a giant [[Kirby]] who starts the battle holding a [[Launch Star|Super Launch Star]]. There is decreased gravity for the duration of the battle (unless a spirit that counters this is equipped), and the battle takes place on the Mario Galaxy stage with the music "The Starship Sails" from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' playing. 
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===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
Due to ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' reusing Rosalina's golf animations from ''Mario Golf: World Tour'', Lubba reappears in this game in the same capacity.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
*'''North American website bio:'''<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528064822/http://www.supermariogalaxy.com/#/game-characters/lubba supermariogalaxy.com]''. May 28, 2010 snapshot via Wayback Machine.</ref> "''This spirited spaceship mechanic wants nothing more than to help Mario catch Bowser™. With his world class engineering skills he's built Starship Mario in our hero's image, for the sole purpose of chasing Bowser through the stars.''"
*'''Instruction manual description:''' "''Lubba is a spirited spaceship mechanic who travels the cosmos. After Bowser™ kidnapped Peach™, Lubba built Starship Mario to help Mario chase down the big villain.''"

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' trophy====
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!British English description
|-
!Lubba
|[[File:SSB4TrophyLubba.png|100px]]
|align=center|'''Wii''' ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' (05/2010)
|''This Luma offers Mario all kinds of spacefaring support aboard Starship Mario. And who better to do it? With his feet always floating a little bit off the ground, you know he's got his space legs! Lubba's cheerfully casual way with words makes him the perfect space buddy you didn't even know you needed.''
|''This Luma offers Mario all kinds of spacefaring support aboard Starship Mario. And who better to do it? With his feet always floating a little bit off the ground, you know he's got his space legs! Lubba's cheerfully casual way with words makes him seem like the friendly space-buddy you always wish you had.''
|}

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit====
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!align=center|Lubba
|align=center|[[File:SSBU Lubba Spirit.png|100px]]
|''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' Series
|Support (2)
|Advanced
|Irreversible Controls
|Spirit Board
|Giant [[Kirby]]
|align=left|'''Hazard:''' Low Gravity<br>'''Rule:''' Item: [[Launch Star|Super Launch Star]]
*Gravity is reduced
*The enemy starts the battle with a Super Launch Star
*The enemy is giant
|[[Mario Galaxy (stage)|Mario Galaxy]]
|The Starship Sails
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
StarshipMario.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SSBU Starship Mario Spirit.png|''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/Meister.arc</tt>
|name1=Meister
|meaning1=Transliteration of below
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|file2=<tt>SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=マイスター (''Maisutā'')
|meaning2=Likely a pun on "meister" (German word for "master") and "star"
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ルーバ
|JapR=Rūba
|JapM=Lubba
|Chi=路叭
|ChiR=Lùbā 
|ChiM=Lubba
|Dut=Lubba
|Fra=Lubba
|Ger=Lubba
|Ita=Sfavillotto Lume
|ItaM=Light Luma
|Kor=루바
|KorR=Luba
|KorM=Lubba
|Por=Lubba
|Rus=Лубба
|RusR=Lubba
|RusM=Lubba
|Spa=Destrella
|SpaM=Pun on "Destello" (Lumas) and "estrella" (star)
}}

==Trivia==
*In the German manual of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Lubba is referred to as a female Luma{{Cite}}, and the [[Toad Brigade]] also called him a "she" once in the game. The game's official German website identifies him as a male.{{Cite}}

==References==
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