Editing Lulu

{{about|the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' character|the character in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' television series|[[Dino Riders]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Lulu WWGiT.png|x240px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''
|species=Human
|first_appearance=''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Tetris 99]]'' (37th Maximus Cup, cameo) (2023)
|portrayed_by=[[Alejandra Cazares]]<ref>[http://dulcistabula.tumblr.com/post/176923890567/hey-i-know-im-a-bit-late-to-postbut-i-had-the Tumblr]</ref> (English, [[List of games by date#2018|2018]]-present)<br>[[Mako Muto]] (Japanese, 2018-present)
}}
{{quote|Fun's over! I'm taking back [[Pot of Luxeville|what's mine]]!|Lulu|WarioWare Gold}}
'''Lulu''' is a character in the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series, introduced in ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''. She is the self-proclaimed hero of [[Luxeville]]. After [[Wario]] steals the [[Pot of Luxeville]], Lulu becomes angry with him and travels to [[Diamond City]] to get the pot back. She is often seen carrying the [[Hydrocannon LX]] and is occasionally accompanied by [[Ruffington]]. Lulu makes multiple appearances in cutscenes throughout the game and assists the player in the final stage against [[Wario Deluxe]]. She can also clear Wario Deluxe's obstacles in the game mode [[WarioWare Gold#Wario Interrupts|Wario Interrupts]]. She reappears in ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' as one of the playable characters, now being an employee of [[WarioWare, Inc.]]

Lulu's appearance is based on that of {{fandom|balloon-fight|Alice}}, the protagonist of the [[Game Boy]] game ''{{wp|Balloon Kid}}'' and its Japan-exclusive [[Game Boy Color]] rerelease ''Balloon Fight GB''.<ref>(August 17, 2023). [https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/725924182934880256/twittercombeekirbystatus1684343612505726978 Post by Supper Mario Broth]. ''suppermariobroth.com''. Retrieved August 17, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230817224151/https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/725924182934880256/twittercombeekirbystatus1684343612505726978 Archived] August 17, 2023, 22:41:51 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> This connection is hinted in ''WarioWare Gold'', in which Lulu flies around with a balloon in her character trailer, and ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'', in which she is controlled similarly to Alice in her games.

==History==
===''WarioWare'' series===
====''WarioWare Gold''====
[[File:LuluLuxeville.png|left|200px|thumb|Lulu goes to Luxeville with the pot]]
After Wario steals the golden pot from Luxeville, Lulu (only identified as a '''Mysterious Girl''') can be seen trying to challenge Wario from the crowd in the [[Diamond City Stadium]]. Wario brushes her aside and continues his speech announcing the [[Wario Bowl]] and Lulu runs off to train. After when second, sixth, and tenth stage is cleared, a cutscene about Lulu is played. In them, Lulu prepares for her confrontation with Wario in [[Crystal Park]], but often gets distracted. The first has her test out the [[Hydrocannon LX]] on a Wario-themed bullseye, but the resulting rainbow draws her attention away. The second has eat a lot of food for the carbohydrates. She also meets [[Ruffington]]. However, all the food causes her to fall asleep. The third has Lulu wake up from her nap. When she realizes how late it is, she snuggles Ruffington one last time then dashes off to find Wario. She also appears in the epilogue cutscene of [[Young Cricket]] & [[Master Mantis]]'s story, clinging to Young Criket's arm following the former two's ride on the carousel at [[Diamond City Amusement Park]]. Master Mantis thinks Lulu is lost, while she demands a horsey ride from Young Cricket.

The final stage of the game is Wario Deluxe's stage, though functionally it is also Lulu's stage. This is to the point where her art is part of the icon of the stage, though she does not announce her name. In the stage, Wario uses the [[Pot of Luxeville]] as a crown and becomes Wario Deluxe, challenging the [[Mii|player]] to the final battle of the Wario Bowl. After getting.a score of 10, Wario Deluxe uses lighting powers to scramble the guide that shows the inputs of the next microgame. A score of 15 prompts Lulu to arrive in an intermission cutscene pausing the microgames. In it, Lulu uses a [[Balloon Buster (object)|Balloon Buster]] to pop many of of the balloons holding up Wario Deluxe's basket. She then jumps up to Wario Deluxe to try to pry off the Pot of Luxville. Her goal is distracting Wario so that the player can win, and her actions disable Wario Deluxe's powers. She also adds her commentary to the outgoing microgames, and to the Boss Game of [[Wario Dance Company (WarioWare Gold)|Wario Dance Company]]. Speed ups and Boss stages have the fight proceed with increased intensity. Should the player lose in this state, Wario Deluxe throws Lulu off. When the Boss Stage is cleared, nearly all of Wario Deluxe's balloons pop. He crashes down while Lulu grabs a remaining one to land safely. In ''WarioWare Gold''{{'}}s ending cutscene. Lulu announces her name and role as the hero of Luxville, demanding Wario Deluxe give back the Pot of Luxville. He refuses, forcing Lulu to spray it off his head with the Hydrocannon LX. Without the pot, Wario reverts to normal. Lulu reveals to Wario that the Pot of Luxville is a chamber pot for the village, which prompts Wario to allow her to take it. Using her balloon, Lulu returns to Luxeville with Ruffington. In the ''WarioWare Gold'' epilogue, [[Pops]] tells Lulu that the village recently installed a modern toilet, a revelation shocking enough to cause Lulu to fall over.

When Wario Deluxe's stage is replayed, the full intermission cutscene does not play, but Lulu continues to appear in the cycle to turn off Wario Deluxe's interference. After the coin collecting game following Boss Stages, Wario Deluxe zaps Lulu away, enabling the events to loop again until the stage ends with the player's loss.

The [[WarioWare Gold#Challenge|Challenge]] mode Wario Interrupts reprises the scenario from Wario Deluxe's stage, with Lulu being a key part of the mode's mechanics. Lulu's Hero Button is present on the touch screen, and it charges up each time the player successfully clears a microgame. Once full, Lulu adds her commentary to the outgoing microgames, further serving as an audio reminder of when it is fully charged and if it is currently available. A tap to the Hero Button calls Lulu to attack Wario Deluxe, clearing any currently active distraction and keeping him from starting another for the next three microgame cycle. The Hero Button resets after each use. 

Lulu is the only character who does not create microgames to be on the boxart of ''WarioWare Gold'' and have an [[Alarm Clock (souvenir)|Alarm Clock]]. Her clock uses some of Wario's microgames that are not in his Alarm Clock.

In her character trailer, she receives a camera from Pops and flies around using a balloon to take pictures of all the main cast. During her descent to meet Young Cricket & Master Mantis, she pops the balloon of a {{fandom|balloon-fight|Balloon Birds|Balloon Bird}} from ''{{wp|Balloon Fight}}''. She ends by taking a selfie with Wario, who is sleeping, and pinning the photos on his wall.

====''WarioWare: Get It Together!''====
[[File:WWGIT FGF Group.jpg|thumb|Lulu at Feelin' Groovy Fitness]]
Lulu appears in ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', now employed at [[WarioWare, Inc.]] In the game's story mode, she appears in the opening cutscene, eating food alongside [[Kat & Ana]]. She, along with the rest of the WarioWare, Inc. employees, gets sucked in the game world due to [[Wario]]'s actions.

Lulu appears in the intro of Jimmy T's stage where she does an aerobics performance with him, Young Cricket, Master Mantis, and Joe.

Lulu appears in the post-game story where she is trapped in a cage in the Thrill Ride tower. When Wario and co. reach the tower, they free Lulu and she joins the rest of the employees chasing down the mysterious creature who initially kidnapped her. In the pre-stage cutscene for Showdown, as the gang are climbing the beanstalk, the mysterious creature flies past them, with Lulu recognizing it. Upon clearing the Showdown stage, it is revealed that the creature was Pyoro, and Lulu is curious to why he entered their game.

As a playable character, Lulu is controlled with {{button|switch|leftstick}} moving her left and right. Pressing {{button|switch|a}} makes her float upwards, and she can float continously by holding {{button|switch|a}}. With this ability, she excels in applying upwards pressure to objects (e.g. [[Stop the Stopper]] and [[So Kneady]], the two microgames that deem her a good fit). Lulu is slow when descending, but tilting {{button|switch|leftstick}} down makes her perform a [[Ground Pound|ground pound]], quickly dropping downwards. Her ground pound can be canceled in midair by releasing {{button|switch|leftstick}}. This allows the player to drop Lulu to the ground with accuracy (e.g. [[Choo-Choo Choose]]). However, her horizontal movement is notably much slower than most characters, and while she moves much faster in the air, her movement is only slightly slower than flying characters. As a result, she is effective in moving objects vertically, but not horizontally (e.g. [[Slime Time (microgame)|Slime Time]], the only microgame considered a bad fit). Lulu has 131 microgames that deem her an average fit, and 51 and 27 games (respectively) that deem her a below-average and above-average fit.

====''WarioWare: Move It!''====
[[File:Mona's Cutscene Lulu.png|thumb|left|Lulu struggling to escape a fish in ''WarioWare: Move It!'']]
Lulu appears again in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', where she joins the rest of the WarioWare employees on their vacation to [[Caresaway Island]]. Lulu appears at the start of [[Mona]]'s stage, Mermaid Meet and Greet, where she is seen spraying a fish with her [[Hydrocannon LX]] while swimming, and she also reappears at the end of said stage, where she is struggling to escape from the same fish's mouth. Mona acts quickly and saves her.

[[File:WWMI Remix 1 Cutscene Oinker.png|thumb|Lulu in the Oinker]]
Lulu herself hosts the first remix stage, Not-So-Relaxing Rapids. In the intro cutscene, she plays around in [[Orbulon]]'s [[Oinker]], and rides in it after accidentally activating it, ricocheting off the walls of the beach house. After [[Penny]], [[Ashley]] and [[Dr. Crygor]] cause an explosion from an experiment, the beach house falls into the nearby rapids and launches everyone onto a tour bus. After the stage is cleared, everyone watches in awe of a statue of King Caresaway the First, but quickly switches to worry when their beach house falls down and demolishes the statue.

Lulu appears with the rest of the WarioWare cast in the final stage of the game, Lava at First Sight, where they all dance to defeat [[Volcano Wario]]. After Wario is freed, everyone enjoys their vacation except Wario, who is trapped inside a temple.

===''Tetris 99''===
Although Lulu herself does not physically appear in ''[[Tetris 99]]'', she makes an appearance in the ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'' theme released for the 24th Maximus Cup.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''WarioWare Gold'' character card===
*'''Rank C''' &ndash; ''A mysterious little girl who barged into Wario's game tournament. Lulu has shockingly good reflexes.''
*'''Rank B''' &ndash; ''Lulu's favorite things to eat are slabs o' fried meat and extra-nutty cookies. Sleepy after a meal.''
*'''Rank A''' &ndash; ''Lulu has a knack for packing all sorts of things inside her ribbon. Snacks, weapons, you name it.''

===''WarioWare: Get It Together!'' character description===
*"''This Luxeville kid is as pesky as she is plucky. She's an adoring fan of Cricket (whether he likes it or not).''"

===WarioWare, Inc. Official Site===
'''''<big>You? Beat me? In your wildest dreams!</big>'''''<br>
"''I'm Lulu, the hero of Luxeville! And now that you're here, this is your big chance to read ALL about me!''"
*'''Skills:''' "''Video games! I'm Luxeville's top player!''"
*'''Likes:''' "''Nothing beats grabbing on to a balloon and soaring off to new horizons! That's how I got to Diamond City.''"
*'''Favorite foods:''' "''That's easy. Luxeville jam, slabs o' fried meat, and extra-nutty cookies!''"
*'''The hair ribbon:''' "''It's not just a fashion accessory! I use it to hide snacks and weapons!''"
*'''About Wario:''' "''I couldn't stand him at first because he ran off with the pot of Luxeville, but we've been through a lot, and now he's a friend.''"
*'''Someone you like:''' "''That would be Cricket! He's strong and sweet and the absolute best!''"
*'''Hopes and dreams:''' "''Me and Cricket are gonna go back to Luxeville together and— Hey, I'm not telling you this!''"
*'''CEO Comment:''' "''Lulu's from this Luxeville place. I don't know how she turned into such a wild child! She claims to be the best gamer in her hometown—but that's only because no one else plays! She should take a leaf from my book and be more honest... or at least use those wild instincts of hers to sniff me out some treasure! Wahaha!''"

==Portrayals==
*[[Alejandra Cazares]] (English; 2018-present)
*[[Mako Muto]] (Japanese; 2018-present)
*Clara Schwarze (NOE Spanish; 2018-present)<ref>{{cite|url=www.doblajevideojuegos.es/fichajuego/warioware-gold|accessdate=December 8, 2021|title=''WarioWare Gold'' (2018)|publisher=DoblajeVideojuegos.es|language=es-es}}</ref>
*Leyla Rangel (2018; NOA Spanish)<ref>{{cite|author=31 Horas México|date=January 15, 2019|language=es-419|url=youtu.be/C3InSL3OyUw|title=Characters and Voice Actors - ''WarioWare Gold'' (Latin America Spanish)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
*Nycolle González (2021-present; NOA Spanish)<ref>{{cite|author=31 Horas México|date=January 19, 2021|language=es-419|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8z8WAosQfg|title=Characters and Voice Actors - ''WarioWare: Get It Together!'' (Latin America Spanish)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
*Nelly Rebibo (French; 2018-present)<ref>{{cite|url=doublanim.fr/fiche/799-warioware-gold-jeu|title=WarioWare : Gold (Jeu vidéo)|publisher=Doublanim|accessdate=June 25, 2024|language=fr}}</ref>
*Paulina Weiner (German; 2018-present)<ref>{{cite|url=voicebase.de/Paulina-Weiner|accessdate=December 8, 2021|title=Paulina Weiner|publisher=Voice Base|language=de}}</ref>
*Patrizia Scianca (Italian; 2018-present)<ref>{{cite|url=www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/vgames/wariowaregold.htm|title=AntonioGenna.net presenta: IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - EXTRA: VIDEOGAMES "WarioWare Gold"|publisher=AntonioGenna.net|language=it|accessdate=June 25, 2024}}</ref>

==Quotes==
*"''That Wario guy is the worst!''"
*"''I'll wipe that stupid mustache right off his stupid face!''"
*"''Huh...?''"
*"''Yeah! RAINBOW!''"
*"''If I'm gonna face Wario...''"
*"''I gotta carb up!''"
*"''Hungry, little guy?''"
*"''Gotta get goin'...''"
*"''Lulu, the greatest hero ever...''"
*"''Huh?! Wh-what time is it?''"
*"''Oh no! I fell asleep! WARIO'S GONNA GET AWAY!''"
*"''Thanks for the snuggles!''"
<blockquote>
'''Wario:''' ''Getting too tough kid? You can always give up!''<br>
'''Lulu:''' ''NEVER! Yah! Fun's over! I'm taking back what's mine! Hey! Hey, [[Fourth wall|you]]! I'll take care of Wario here. You go and win this thing!''<br>
'''Wario:''' ''Let go!''
</blockquote>

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Lulu Gold.png|''[[WarioWare Gold]]''
WWGIT Gallery Lulu 1.png|''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''
LuluWWMI.png|''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ルールー<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/awxj/pc/index.html Made in Wario Gorgeous official website]</ref>
|JpnR=Rūrū
|JpnM=Lulu
|Chi=露露
|ChiR=Lùlù
|ChiM=Lulu
|Spa=Lulú
|SpaM=Lulu
|Fre=Lulu
|Dut=Lulu
|Ger=Lulu
|Por=Lulu
|Rus=Лулу<ref> NintendoRU. (January 31, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QyNuRdboAE WarioWare Gold — трейлер Лулу (Nintendo 3DS)]. Retrieved January 31, 2019.</ref>
|RusR=Lulu
|RusM=Lulu
|Kor=루루
|KorR=Lulu
|KorM=Lulu
|Ita=Lulu
}}

==Notes==
*Before the reveal of her name, a Famitsu article on ''WarioWare Gold'' calls Lulu ''onnanoko'', which means "young girl". [[Onnanoko]] is also the name of a character in ''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]'' who has a similar appearance to Lulu.<ref>[[:File:WariowareGoldMagazine.jpg|WarioWare Gold Magazine Scan]]</ref> However, it is likely this resemblance is coincidental, as Lulu is more closely based on Alice from ''Balloon Kid''.

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