Editing Starlow

|image=[[File:MLB Starlow.png|100px]]<br>Artwork from ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''

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

'''Starlow''' (also known by the pseudonym '''Chippy''' by [[Bowser]] when she is keeping a low profile in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'') is a major character in the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'' series]], debuting 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]]''. Her name is a portmanteau of "star" and "yellow."

[[File:MLBiS - Starlow Saved Screenshot.png|frame|Starlow thanking [[Mario]], who just saved her]]

[[File:CaughtStarlowBIS.PNG|100px|left|thumb|Starlow caught by an amoeba]]  

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. She believes that the cause of the [[blorbs]] was from [[List of implied items#Blorb Mushroom|Blorb Mushroom]]s sold by [[Fawful|a 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 inside an amoeba. 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 characters, such as Bowser, and also help Mario and Luigi to perform certain [[Action Command]]s. Starlow often talks to Bowser from inside [[Bowser's body|his body]] to give him information and uses Chippy as her name for him, 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 three of the game's bosses—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 he suggests that she fight it alongside Mario rather than him. She demonstrates this only when Luigi is acting particularly cowardly. Also at the cryogenic chamber at [[Bowser's Castle]], she teases him by saying that he supported Mario 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 Mario 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. She 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.

At the end of the game, when Bowser hears Starlow's voice, he easily recognizes her as Chippy and gets furious, deciding to pick a fight with the Mario Bros. and her. Once [[Bowser's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Bowser's Castle]] and [[Peach's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Peach's Castle]] are remodeled, Starlow and [[Birdley]] deliver a present to Bowser from Peach as a thanks for all he did, and they have a small chat, ending with Starlow teasing him and him yelling at her to leave his castle, which she does.

Starlow appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=October 10, 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF96tpchink|title=Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch|publisher=YouTube|language=English|accessdate=October 10, 2024}}</ref> Unlike in her first three appearances, she does not join Mario and Luigi on their adventure, as that role is replaced by [[Snoutlet]]. She instead accompanies Peach, and later, the [[IDLE]] group. She is first discovered on [[Concordia]] on [[Shipshape Island]]'s beach by a group of [[Concordian]]s who mistake her for a star. Later, she meets Bowser on [[Wayaway Island]], where he refers to her as Chippy, the alias she used in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''.

Starlow is generally a cheerful and kind character with a few perky and feisty traits to her. She is shown to get along with most people, even if she is not acquainted with them. She is very intelligent, often shown through the help and advice she gives Mario and Luigi through their adventures, as well as Bowser during ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'', and also helps the Bros. by storing items and gear for them. However, she does have a stubborn side to her and can get easily annoyed by certain characters, specifically Bowser and Luigi. Her stubbornness does not get in the way of having good relations with others, another trait mainly shown through her relationship with Luigi. ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'' shows off a more arrogant side to her, going as far as to view herself as the leader of the group of heroes.

Starlow and Bowser's relationship is dominated by open hostility. She views him as a hotheaded monster and only works with him in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' out of necessity, even then knowing to hide her true identity in order to get him to cooperate. Calling herself "Chippy", Starlow directs Bowser from inside of him, but her bossy attitude irritates him as much as his stubbornness vexes her and the two bicker more often than not. Despite that, however, Bowser comes to think of Starlow as a reliable and useful ally and makes her one of his minions, but eventually becomes enraged when he learns the truth about her. In the remake's add-on story ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', she also has some animosity towards his son, especially after the latter's rude retort to her, although she does nonetheless encourage him with his journey and even praises his father slightly by telling him that he is "working hard" (implied to be referring to his [[Super Bowser]] form). In ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' the two are enemies once again, and aside from Bowser's comment that he "hates Starlow's voice", no reference is made to their past teamwork. For her part, Starlow views Bowser with disgust and feels that he should give up while he can. Despite all this, Starlow also shows some concern for Bowser, such as when she was worried after Bowser was flattened by [[Bowser's Castle|his own castle]], and felt sorry for him when he was trapped inside his safe. She also brings him a drumstick in ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'' and checks in on his condition after he was hurt.

|Jpn=イエロースター

|JpnR=Ierō Sutā

|JpnM=Yellow Star

|Jpn=チッピー

|JpnR=Chippī

|JpnM=Possibly from「チビ」(''{{wp|Chibi (slang)|chibi}}'') combined with endearing suffix「ぴー」(''-pī'')