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|image=[[File:MKT Icon Birdo's Egg.png]]<br>A Birdo's Egg from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|description=A Birdo's Egg from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|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)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])<br>(''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'')
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])  
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{{quote2|Just try not to get egg on your face|[[Birdo]]|[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]}}
{{quote|Just try not to get egg on [[Mario|your]] face!|[[Birdo]]|[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]}}
'''Birdo's Eggs'''<ref>''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' instruction booklet, page 20.</ref> are projectiles spat or sometimes thrown from [[Birdo (species)|Birdos]]. They can be plain white, but have also been shown to have pink or magenta spots in some appearances. In various video games, the Birdo's Egg appears as Birdo's [[emblem]], which is later replaced by her bow.
'''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. They are depicted with pink or magenta spots in several appearances to resemble [[Yoshi's Egg]]s, though are sometimes depicted to resemble regular white eggs. Birdo's Eggs first appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and its {{wp|Western world|Western}} equivalent, ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===  
===''Super Mario'' series===  
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====   
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====   
[[File:SMB2 Egg.png|thumb|right|A Birdo firing it's egg at Mario]]
[[File:SMB2 Egg.png|thumb|left|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' of a Birdo spitting an egg at Mario]]
Birdos and their eggs make their first appearance in the American release of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (and in the Japanese-only game, ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' that it is based on). Here, Birdo's Eggs are plain white and are spat by [[Birdo]] and sometimes by the red variant. In many levels, the only way to damage Birdo is to jump on top of the egg and pick them up and throw them back at her, although sometimes alternatives to these eggs exist, such as [[Mushroom Block]]s.  
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.


In [[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-3]], a Birdo's Egg is mandatory to ride on top of to the otherwise impassable ocean to reach the main dungeon where [[Fryguy]]'s lair is located.  
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.


In the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] remake, ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', Birdo's Egg behave the same way as its predecessor, with the addition of a Birdo holding an egg in the [[Game Over]] screen.
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
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Birdo's Eggs in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'' functioned similarly as before, though Birdos could throw several in the air, including sometimes larger ones.  
 
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
In ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', Birdo's Egg behave the same way as in the predecessor, though Birdos can also throw multiple eggs in the air and sometimes can throw bigger ones.
 
====''Super Mario Advance''====
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', in addition to a reappearance of normal Birdo's Eggs behaving the same way as in the original game, a giant variety returning from ''BS Super Mario USA'' is shot by [[Robirdo]]. Apart from their size, they behave as normal Birdo's Eggs, though they take more time to pick up depending on the character. They can cause damage to the protagonists, or to be carried and thrown back to do damage. Birdo holds an egg in the games logo, when the player chooses a game, and also on the Game Over screen.


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


===="Toad Warriors"====
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 [[Thunder Birdo]] to attack the fort. Thunder Birdo 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.  


===="Crocodile Mario"====
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]]", some [[Birdoroo]]s can first be seen hopping around Down Under Land, minding their own business. However, when Mario and Luigi pass by their territory on a raft, several Birdoroos launch an onslaught of eggs in their direction, which they barely manage to dodge.


===="Jungle Fever"====
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.
In "[[Jungle Fever]]", one Birdo is able to use its egg to bring down an [[Albatoss]] carrying Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad.
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===="Star Koopa"====
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:BirdoRayMissile.jpg|thumb|left|The Birdo Ray Missle in "Star Koopa"]]
[[File:NCS Birdo.jpg|thumb|Mario defeating the Birdo guard with a Birdo's Egg in a ''Nintendo Comics System'' comic]]
In the episode "[[Star Koopa]]", an egg-shaped missile appears is used to fire from the [[Birdo Ray]]. After capturing [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], Darth Koopa shows Princess, as well as Mario, Luigi and Toad, a simulation of the Birdo Ray destroying the [[Mushroom Colonists' Planet]], implying that he wants Princess Toadstool to order the [[Toad (species)|Mushroom colonists]] to surrender. If the missile hits a planet, it covers the surface in a yolk-like substance, presumably destroying life on the planet.
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]]''.
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===''Mario Kart'' series===
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.
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
[[File:MKDD Yoshi and Birdo Artwork.png|thumb|right|Birdo about to throw a Birdo's Egg in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'']]
In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', Birdo appears as a playable character, and her [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special Item]] are Birdo's Eggs. They behave the same as Birdo's counterpart, [[Yoshi]]'s [[Yoshi's Egg|Eggs]], but they are covered in pink spots (Yoshi's are green). Once thrown, the eggs home in on the nearest character above Birdo and her racing partner in rank. Upon collision, the Birdo's Egg breaks and releases three items at random, and the kart that is hit flips. These items 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 also break if they hit stray items or environmental hazards, and if they go long enough without hitting anything they self-destruct. The eggs are also one of the only two Special Items that [[King Boo]] and/or [[Petey Piranha]] cannot use, along with [[Luigi]]'s [[Green Fireball]].
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====''Mario Kart Tour''====
===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:MKT Icon BirdoEgg.png|frame|left|Birdo's Egg in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
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.
Birdo's Eggs reappear in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as Birdo's special item once again, functioning the same way like in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and the Yoshi's Egg. Its design has been reverted back to being a spotless egg.
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===''Mario Party'' series===
===''Satella-Q''===
Birdo’s egg needs spots!
A Birdo's Egg is seen being held by a cracked Birdo tower statue in ''[[Satella-Q]]''.
====''Mario Party 7''====
Birdo's Eggs make their ''Mario Party'' debut in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. While playing as Birdo and using the [[Egg Orb]], the player takes a turn and passes any of the Character Spaces and will be turned into pink spotted Birdo Eggs and can spawn up to three. When the turn is done, the spaces are turned into orbs that Birdo can use. The Egg Orb can also eliminate Koopa Kid Spaces.


====''Mario Party DS''====
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', a Birdo's Egg appears as a card in the minigame [[Memory Mash]]. These look the same as in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', as they are [[Yoshi Egg]]s with magenta spots instead of green. This is [[Birdo]]'s only reference in the game.
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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===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Melee''====
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Birdo's Eggs appear as two-dimensional ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' sprites in the stage [[Mushroom Kingdom II]], which is a representation of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Sometimes, Birdo comes out from the side of the stage and shoot eggs, hurting any player who comes in contact with them. Like in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', these eggs could be jumped upon and picked up by the playable characters. Birdo can easily be destroyed by a strong attack, however.
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''.


====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
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]]''.  
[[File:BrawlTrophy182.png|120px|thumb|right|Birdo's trophy holding her egg in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'']]
A Birdo's Egg being held by Birdo appears for her trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.  
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====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====
===''Mario Golf'' series===
[[File:SSB4TrophyBirdo.png|120px|thumb|left|Birdo's trophy being beside her egg in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'']]
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.
A Birdo's Egg appears beside Birdo with her trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''.  
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====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
===''Mario Kart'' series===
As the Mushroom Kingdom II stage returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Birdo's Eggs in their two-dimensional ''Super Mario All-Stars'' sprites return having the same function like in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''.
====''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 Golf'' series===
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
====''Mario Golf: Toadstool 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.
Birdo's Eggs appear in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', making a cameo in Birdo's [[Eagle|best]] [[Albatross|post-]][[Hole-in-One|hole]] animations, where she spits them out in celebration.
 
====''Mario Golf: World Tour''====
Birdo's Eggs make a cameo in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''; when Birdo gets a [[Bogey|Double Bogey]], she hurls eggs at the camera, then one of them bounces back and hits her.  


===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
Birdo Eggs appear in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''. Birdo can spit out flaming eggs in a wild, sporadic way. Mario and Luigi must time their jumps to avoid the eggs and the resulting flame each of them creates after their impact. Birdo can also inhale [[Popple]] to place him inside one of four protective but big deadly egg shields which are simply refereed to simply as [[Egg]]s. One egg holds Popple; the other three each contain Designbomb-like enemies that will rush forward after their egg is broken open and need to be jumped over.  
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.  


Birdo's Eggs returns in the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|Nintendo 3DS remake]], with the same role as in the original game. In ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'', Birdo will aim in a similar manner to how Yoshis aim their eggs in the ''[[Yoshi (series)|Yoshi]]'' series and she will spit a giant egg at [[Captain Goomba]]'s crew.
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''====
====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
[[File:Toadwood Forest MLPiT.png|thumb|right|120px|Birdo's Eggs cameo in the background of Toadwood Forest.]]
Birdo's Eggs appear briefly in the background of [[Toadwood Forest]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''.
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', Birdo's Eggs make a brief appearance in the background of [[Toadwood Forest]].
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===''Mario Baseball'' series===
===''Mario Baseball'' series===
====''Mario Superstar Baseball''====
[[File:BirdoCannonSwing.png|thumb|A Birdo's Egg being used in Birdo's Cannon Swing in ''Mario Super Sluggers'']]
[[File:Weird Ball.png|thumb|left|A Birdo's Egg bouncing from Birdo's Weird Ball]][[File:MSB Weird Ball Icon.png|thumb|right|A Birdo's Egg in Birdo's Weird Ball Logo]]
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]].
A Birdo's Egg appears ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' when Birdo [[Star Skill|Special Ball]] that she can uses. While pitching, Birdo throws the ball, and it bounces on one side of the ground and then bounces farther to the other side as it passes the batter. This can trick the batter, as the ball quickly bounces from one side to the other. However, this pitch can result in a ball.


If Birdo is batting, the ball is shot to the infield and bounces around the area. It works similar to [[Yoshi]]'s [[Egg Ball]], except the Weird Ball has pink spots rather than green spots, and bounces farther on the outfield.
===''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.
In Challenge Mode with Yoshi, the player must obtain the [[Pink Egg]] Power-Up before being able to use this move for Birdo.
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====''Mario Super Sluggers''====
[[File:BirdoCannonSwing.png|thumb|right|Birdo, about to slam the egg to do the [[Cannon Swing]]]]
In ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', a Birdo's Egg appears as [[Birdo]]'s Batting special move [[Cannon Swing]], where she spits an egg with pink bows printed on it instead of the one with the usual pink spots. Then Birdo slams the egg with her bat, so hitting the baseball thrown by the pitcher, which breaks the egg. Meanwhile, the baseball flies at a high speed, hitting the pitcher.
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===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:NCS Birdo1.JPG|thumb|left|Mario defeating the Birdo guard 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.
The minigame [[Memory Mash]] of ''[[Mario Party DS]]'' has pink-spotted eggs, but their association to Birdo is unclear.
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===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:ZooKeeper.png|thumb|right|Mario giving a Birdo her egg]]
In the coloring book game ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Zoo Keeper has [[Mario]] giving a Birdo her egg in a bowl.
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===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
[[File:SMRPG Birdo Egg.png|thumb|left|A Birdo's Egg, Shelly, in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'']][[File:Shelly Sprite - Super Mario RPG.png|thumb|right]]
In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', a Birdo hatches from a giant white egg known as [[Birdo#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Shelly]]. Birdo can speak to Mario through the eggshell and requests a battle with him and his [[partner]]s, and their attacks eventually split the egg open. Now hatched, the Birdo can attack Mario and the others with explosive [[Eggbert]]s, rather than normal Birdo's Eggs, although Birdo holds a Birdo's Egg during battle.
 
Oddly Shelly has red spots during battle and Birdo remains with the egg undamaged, despite being broken from battle.
 
This is the first game to feature a type of Birdo's Egg having spots.
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===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
[[File:EggShot.png|thumb|right|A Birdo's Egg in ''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.
Birdo's Eggs with magenta spots appear when Birdo uses her Special Shot in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''. After the move is executed, Birdo catches the ball in her snout, jumps, and spits it out toward the basket as an egg, with broken hearts trailing it. A puff of purple smoke appears after it lands in the basket, followed by several broken hearts and shards of the egg. If shot outside the 3-point line, the visuals do not change, but as usual, a teammate needs to catch the ball (egg) and dunk it in the basket.
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===''Mario Strikers Charged''===
===''Mario Strikers Charged''===
[[File:MSC Extreme Egg.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Birdo (the one indicated by a number "1") spitting out a huge egg]]
[[Birdo]] shoots a large, white Birdo's Egg for her [[Skillshot]], the [[Extreme Egg]], in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''.
In ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', [[Birdo]]'s [[Skillshot]] is the [[Extreme Egg]], which has her shoot a large, white Birdo's Egg.
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===''Captain Rainbow''===
===''Captain Rainbow''===
[[File:Cute House outside Captain Rainbow.png|thumb|250px|left]][[File:Cute House inside Captain Rainbow.png|thumb|250px|right]]
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.
In ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'', large, pink-spotted Birdo's Eggs can be seen mounted on either side of [[Kawaii Ouchi|Birdo's House]] and are also seen inside the house as lamps.
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===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
===''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. Due to golf reusing Birdo's animations from ''[[Mario Golf World Tour]]'', spotless Birdo's Eggs reappear when she hurls eggs at the camera, then one of them bounces back and hits her.
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.


==Gallery==
===Unused appearances===
===Artwork===
[[File:MKDS Yoshi Prerelease Kart Screenshot.jpg|thumb|The unused Egg 1 variation in ''Mario Kart DS'']]
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Unused graphics of Birdo's Eggs appear in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'', originally used for the Yoshi variant of the Modern version of ''[[Ball]]''.
Mariobirdo.jpg|''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (''[[Nintendo Power]]'')
 
SMB2_Sports.jpg|''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (''[[Nintendo Power]]'')
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.
SMB2 Birdo.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMUSA Birdo.PNG|''Super Mario Bros. 2''<br>(''Super Mario USA'' release)
Birdorpg.jpg|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
BirdoSMA.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
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===Sprites and models===
==Profiles==
<gallery>
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
Birdo Egg SMB2 Sprite.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
*'''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!''
Ani all2birdo.gif|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
*'''Driver info:''' ''Chases down opponents. But what's inside?! You'll find out when it breaks!''
BirdSMRPG.png|''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
*'''Driver info (Birdo's Egg+):''' ''Birdo's Egg is bigger and it releases an additional item.''
Birdo's Egg SMA1 sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance''
Birdo SMA Sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance''
BirdoEggIcon-MKDD.png|''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
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===Screenshots===
==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
ToadvsBirdo.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
Birdo Egg SMB2 Sprite.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' / ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMAS SMB2 Game Over.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
SMB2 Birdo.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
BS Super Mario USA Game Over.png|''BS Super Mario USA''
SMUSA Birdo Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario USA]]''
SMA1 Game Over.png|''Super Mario Advance''
SMRPG Birdo Egg.png|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
Cute House outside Captain Rainbow.png|''[[Captain Rainbow]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Fra=Œuf de Birdo
|Jpn=キャサリンのたまご
|FraM=Birdo's Egg
|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
|Ita=Uovo di Strutzi
|ItaM=Birdo's egg
|ItaM=Birdo's egg
|Kor=캐서린의 알
|Kor=캐서린의 알
|KorR=kaesseorinae al
|KorR=Kaeseorin-ui Al
|KorM=Birdo's Egg}}
|KorM=Birdo's Egg
 
|Por=Ovo de Birdo
==Trivia==
|PorM=Birdo Egg
[[File:MKDS Wario Yoshi Prerelease Kart Screenshots.jpg|thumb|100px|right]]
|Spa=Huevo de Birdo
*Eggs in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of ''[[Mario Bros.]]'', which is included in the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]'' series and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', use a sprite nearly identical to that of Birdo's Eggs in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''. 
|SpaM=Birdo's Egg
*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, implying it could have been intended to be used as a Birdo's Egg kart, this also implies at one point Birdo was originally going to be a playable character.
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Birdo's Egg
A Birdo's Egg from Mario Kart Tour
A Birdo's Egg from Mario Kart Tour
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
“Just try not to get egg on your face!”
Birdo, Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Birdo's Eggs[1] are projectiles spat or sometimes thrown from Birdos. They are depicted with pink or magenta spots in several appearances to resemble Yoshi's Eggs, though are sometimes depicted to resemble regular white eggs. Birdo's Eggs first appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and its Western equivalent, Super Mario Bros. 2.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

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 Birdos 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 Blocks 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 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. remake, the eggs in the game use nearly identical sprites.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

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![edit]

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 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[edit]

Nintendo Comics System "Bedtime for Drain-Head": Mario attacks a Birdo using its own eggs.
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Main articles: Shelly, Eggbert

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 partners. Once the egg is damaged enough, Birdo hatches from it and proceeds to attack with explosive Eggberts, rather than normal Birdo's Eggs. Birdo is shown holding a Birdo's Egg in battle but never uses it.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

SmashWiki article: Egg

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 fighters 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[edit]

Birdo's Eggs only ever make minor appearances during Birdo's post-hole animations in the 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[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]

A Birdo's Egg in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
Artwork from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Birdo's Eggs are the Special Item of Birdo in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. They are a cosmetic alteration of Yoshi's Eggs, 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-ombs, Stars, Mushrooms, Red or Green Shells, Fake Item Boxes, or Bananas. 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[edit]

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 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[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Birdo Eggs appear in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and the 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 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 and she will spit a giant egg at Captain Goomba's crew.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

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

Mario Baseball series[edit]

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 Skills 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 Islanders.

Mario Party series[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Captain Rainbow[edit]

Large, pink-spotted Birdo's Eggs are mounted on either side of 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[edit]

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[edit]

Pre-release kart for Yoshi in Mario Kart DS
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 unused kart in the file "KartModelMain.carc" is an Egg 1 kart with pink spots.

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

  • 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[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Birdo's Egg.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キャサリンのたまご[?]
Kyasarin no Tamago
Birdo's Egg
Chinese (simplified) 凯瑟琳蛋[?]
Kǎisèlín Dàn
Birdo Egg
Chinese (traditional) 凱瑟琳蛋[?]
Kǎisèlín Dàn
Birdo Egg
French Œuf de Birdo[?] Birdo's Egg
German Birdo-Ei[?] Birdo Egg
Italian Uovo di Strutzi[?] Birdo's egg
Korean 캐서린의 알[?]
Kaeseorin-ui Al
Birdo's Egg
Portuguese Ovo de Birdo[?] Birdo Egg
Spanish Huevo de Birdo[?] Birdo's Egg

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2003. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! instruction booklet. Nintendo of America. Page 20.