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{{Articleabout|Birdo, the dinosaur seen in several games|the ostrich creature labeled as "Birdo" in the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' credits|[[Ostro|here]]}}
{{about|Birdo, the character and species seen in several games|the ostrich creature mistakenly labeled as "Birdo" in the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' cast roll|[[Ostro]]|the song by Horse the Band|[[List of references in music#Birdo|List of references in music § Birdo]]}}
{{redirect|Catherine|the character in ''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]''|[[Catherine Dickens]]|characters from ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''|[[Monettes]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:MP9 Birdo Main Artwork.png|170px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|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=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variants=[[Birdoroo]]<br>[[Robirdo]]
|comparable=[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]
|notable=[[Cheepy]]<br>[[Giant Birdo]]<br>[[Thunderbirdo]]
}}
{{quote|Clearly this is a test for me. Yes, the powers-that-be want me to go out on my own. Once I overcome many hardships, I shall be one step closer to superstardom!|Birdo|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}}
'''Birdo''', also self-referred to once by the shorthand '''Birdie''', is a recurring character in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. She is a prehistoric dinosaur,<ref>{{cite|quote=This prehistoric pink creature can be spotted all over Sub-Con, the setting for the hit Super Mario Bros. 2.''|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=14|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=imgur.com/a/UvABP|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=60}} Birdo's「{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}」(tribe) is listed as「{{hover|恐竜族|きょうりゅうぞく}}」(dinosaur clan).</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=A dinosaur that spits eggs from her huge mouth. Birdo is very particular when it comes to fashion, though her reliance on the color pink is a bit limiting. Her bow and ring are her pride and joy. Birdo's mouth has massive suction that can even catch a ball by sucking it in.|''Mario Superstar Baseball'' bio|date=2005}}</ref><ref>Birdo's Baller Name is "Diamond Dino" in ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''.</ref> identified in some early sources as a bird,<ref name=InsideOut>{{cite|quote=If you want to beat this bothersome bird, catch the eggs he launches at you and wing ’em back.|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out'', Part I|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Inside is a giggling bird with a bazooka beak. Birdo's idea of fun is shooting high-powered eggs at her playmates!|author=Pelland, Scott; Miller, Kent|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Player's Guide|page=87|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> with a funnel-shaped mouth from which she can spit [[egg]]s. Her first appearance was as a boss in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', which was rebranded as ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' in the {{wp|Western world}}. Birdo is considered to be one of the first {{wp|transgender}} characters in video games.<ref>{{cite|author=Loguidice, Bill; Barton, Matt|date=2009|title=''Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time''|publisher=Focal Press|page=280|isbn=978-0-240-81146-8}}</ref>
 
Since her first appearance, Birdo appeared in various spin-off games, appearing as a more neutral character. However, she continues to be occasionally classified as an enemy, as is the case with the [[Super Mario Trading Card Collection|''Super Mario'' Trading Card Collection]] and her being grouped with typically antagonistic characters in the driver list of ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. Some games portray her as a close friend or even significant other of [[Yoshi]], while others show her simply allying with whoever catches her interest at that moment. Birdo has also been merchandised into figurines, plush toys, and [[amiibo]] [[List of Mario Sports Superstars amiibo cards|cards]].
 
While Birdo is often portrayed as an individual character, there have also been many appearances of multiple Birdos that come in different colors and that sometimes have different characteristics. In most cases, these are depicted with the same feminine characteristics as the main Birdo.
 
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance ''====
{{quote|This is as far as [[Super Mario Bros. 2#Playable characters|you]] go!|Pink Birdo|Super Mario Advance}}
[[File:Super Mario Bros. 2 Birdo.png|125px|thumb|left|Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', depicting Birdo's original design]]
{{multiple image|align=right|direction=horizontal|image1=All-Stars SMB2 Birdo.png|width1=17|image2=Red Birdo SMB2 All-Stars.png|width2=17|image3=Green Birdo SMB2 All-Stars.png|width3=17|footer=The three Birdos in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''}}
Birdo is a recurring miniboss in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', usually appearing at the end of the third [[level]] of every [[world]]. Birdo appears in three colors: '''Pink Birdo'''<ref name=color>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=9|date=June 7, 2001|isbn=0-7615-3633-7|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us}}</ref> shoots [[Birdo's Egg|eggs]] from her snout, '''Red Birdo'''<ref name=color/> shoots eggs and [[fireball]]s, and '''Green Birdo'''<ref name=color/> only shoots fireballs. Green Birdo is depicted gray in the original in [[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-1]] and [[World 7-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 7-1]]. Birdos originally had very small bows, which were enlarged in the remakes, more closely resembling the size in artwork, and are colored orange for the red and green Birdos. Birdo generally walks back and forth, spitting projectiles while facing the player character. Birdo can be defeated by throwing an object, usually her [[egg]]s back at her, though the green type can be hit only by [[Mushroom Block]]s. Most Birdos drop a [[Crystal Ball]] when defeated, except the Birdo enemy in [[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-3]] and two Red Birdos in [[World 7-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 7-2]], one of whom drops a [[key]] to the chamber with the [[Mask Gate]]. Birdo physically holds the Crystal Ball, though spits it out of her snout when defeated in remakes instead. In original releases only, moving a far enough distance from the Mask Gate causes Birdo to respawn sans the Crystal Ball.
 
Birdo and [[Ostro]]'s names are mixed up in the cast roll in the original and {{a|SMAS|l}} versions.<ref>{{cite|date=September 6, 2019|author=[[User:VideoGamePhenomHD|VideoGamePhenom]]|timestamp=02:11|url=youtu.be/qJx8ngCNSbo?feature=shared&t=131|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' - Ending|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=September 21, 2019|author=VideoGamePhenom|url=youtu.be/0__QJ0j4Y8I?feature=shared&t=133|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' - Ending|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> Later prints of the manual switch their names around as well, but keep the "birdetta" note on the one now labeled "Ostro" despite the inconsistency.
 
A robotic Birdo boss named [[Robirdo]] appears in the remake ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', taking over [[Mouser]]'s position as the boss of [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 3]]. Unlike later games, Birdo does not make honking-like sounds but has dialogue,<ref>{{cite|author=Birdo|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance''|quote=This is as far as you go!|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Birdo|quote=Well, hello there!|title=''Super Mario Advance''|publisher=Nintendo|language=en|date=2001}}</ref> portrayed by [[Jen Taylor]]. The pink, red, and green types each have increasingly lower-pitched voices. The other Birdos have different dialogue lines, and one of Green Birdo's lines implies that she had been fought before.<ref>{{cite|quote=I'm ready for you this time!|author=Green Birdo|title=''Super Mario Advance''|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> The player is able to steal the bows from Red and Green Birdos, though it can only be thrown back on their head.
 
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
Birdo had her first speaking role in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Taking place sometime after ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', the pink Birdo and her red and green friends, once again depicted as separate characters with different voices, again serve Wart and invade Subcon. Birdo is fought in the same way as in the predecessor, though this time Birdo may appear randomly and invincibly fly at the player. She can also throw multiple eggs in the air and sometimes can throw bigger ones. Like Wart and [[Mouser]], Birdo appears frequently as a card on the screen and can cast spells to switch the player character or change enemies into bombs. In the end, Birdo and her companions lose again against Mario and friends, although it is said that they would receive better treatment in the future. The voice actors for all three Birdos are all ''okama'', a Japanese term for men who act and dress like females, furthering the franchise-long joke involving Birdo's ambiguous [[#Gender|gender]].
 
====''Super Mario Maker''====
[[File:BirdoMarioMaker.png|frame|left]]
Birdo is featured as a [[Costume Mario|costume]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' with a design loosely based on ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. It is unlocked by completing the [[NES REMIX (Super Mario Bros. 2)]] event course. The corresponding sound effects are also from {{a|SMB2}}: Birdo's transformation sound is the [[Mushroom]] power-up tune, losing a life plays the tune from said game, and clearing a course plays the theme when completing a level. Pressing {{button|wii|padup}} causes Birdo to wink at the camera while a heart appears above her.
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
[[File:SMM2 Birdo Cameo.jpg|thumb|150px|Birdo's cameo in ''Super Mario Maker 2'']]
Birdo was introduced in the 3.0.0 update of ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' as a cameo. Her original sprite flashes on-screen when the mini-boss trigger is activated while under the effects of the [[SMB2 Mushroom]]. The music that plays is the generic boss theme from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
 
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:CartoonBirdo.JPG|left|thumb|left|Screenshot from the ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "Jungle Fever"]]
{{quote|Koopfinger to Birdo! Nab [[Mario|those eggplant]] [[Luigi|eatin' idiots]]!|[[Bowser|Koopfinger]]|"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"}}
Multiple Birdos appear in various episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' as part of the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Pack]]. They retain their ability to shoot eggs (this time having the ability to explode) out of their mouths from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', as well as gaining the ability of flight. Two Birdos with dragon wings appear in "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]" and "[[Quest for Pizza]]", with the former possessing immense strength and the latter being ridden by Alley Koop. Baby Birdos are also occasionally seen which are lighter in color, lack the ability to fly, and usually make "cheep" noises.


[[Image:MP8_Birdo.jpg|250px|thumb|'''Birdo'''.]]
In the tie-in compilation album ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Favorite Mushroom Party Hits!!!]]'', Mario dedicates the song "{{wp|Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song)|Mockingbird}}" by {{wp|Inez and Charlie Foxx}} to "Birdo lovers", mentioning that he likes his Birdos well-done with pasta.  


{{quote|You've got a lot of nerve!|Birdo|Super Mario Advance}}
In "[[Jungle Fever]]," King Koopa utilizes several of them as guards. One Birdo is able to use its egg to bring down an [[Albatoss]] carrying Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad.


'''Birdo''' is a strange, dinosaur-like species resembling [[Yoshi (species)|the Yoshi species]]. The species first appeared in ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''). Birdo is usually parterned with Yoshi and is presumed to be close to him. Birdo's symbols are her red bow or a pink-spotted egg.
King Koopa deploys Birdos in "[[Toad Warriors]]". In order to make money, King Koopa steals the vast majority of [[Car Land]]'s spaghetti sauce supply, planning to sell it back at a very inflated price. 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. The three Birdos are later defeated by Luigi's [[Bob-omb]]s after attacking Mario and Toadstool.


==Biography==
During the events of "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]", King Koopa hires an enormous Birdo with wings and a "K" emblazoned on its chest. King Koopa, [[Mouser]], [[Tryclyde]], and [[Koopa Troopa]] embark to rob [[Spy Land|Spy Land's]] [[Coin]] supply from [[Fort Hard Knox]], but are pursued by Mario and Luigi in the [[Spymobile]]. King Koopa, after several failed attempts to destroy the vehicle, call for the Birdo to lift the Spymobile from the road. The Birdo deposits the brothers in King Koopa's lair.
===Birdo in Subcon===
[[Image:Birdo.PNG|110px|thumb|left|Birdo in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
The first appearance of Birdo was in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', where she was a mini-boss character of each level. Birdo, depending on her form, spat [[egg]]s and/or [[fireball]]s at the player. Her standard pink form fired eggs, a red color swap shot both eggs and fireballs, and a green one sent only fire after the characters. (In the event of a green Birdo, the player had to find a [[Mushroom Block]] to toss at her.) Rarely, a Birdo would appear as a common enemy, instead of a boss. Usually, those Birdos are invincible. (After the player defeats one of these Birdos, it comes right back.) The credits of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' label Birdo as [[Ostro]] (and vice versa), a different enemy that has nothing to do with Birdo.


In the game ''Super Mario Advance,'' remake of ''Super Mario Bros. 2,'' there was a robotic Birdo boss named [[Robirdo]], who took over a second [[Mouser]]'s position as the boss of [[World 3 (SMB2)|World 3]]. ''Super Mario Advance'' is also notable for being one of the last games to give Birdo understandable voice acting (further games would simply allow her to emit honking noises); in this game she spoke clear sentences such as "This is as far as you go!" and "Hello there".
In "[[The Unzappables]]", a mustachioed Birdo wearing a top hat and a tuxedo can be seen dancing with an [[Ostro]] in the [[Koopa Klub]]. This is a notable instance of a masculine Birdo.


===Birdo Teams up With Toad===
In "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]", King Koopa includes one in the jury for the trial of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad. The Birdo deliberates the decision with the three other members of the jury, until King Koopa threatens them with a [[Piranha Plant]]. They quickly condemn Princess Toadstool and her friends as guilty.
Birdo was actually one of the heroes in ''[[Wario's Woods]].'' The woodland monsters were attacking the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], and she, along with [[Wanda]] and [[Toad]], had to stop [[Wario]]. Although she is not playable, she aids Toad by giving [[Bomb (item)|bombs]] to Wanda, who then passes them Toad. She will also shout instructions and encouragement to Toad from the corner. Also, the instruction manual for this game calls her ''Catherine,'' which is the original Japanese name.


She is chased away when Wario takes her place.
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:NCS Birdo.jpg|thumb|Mario defeating the Birdo guard in a Nintendo Comics System comic.]]
In the comics "[[Bedtime for Drain-Head]]" and "[[Betrayal Most Proper]]," after losing control of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], Bowser employed Birdos as castle guards. Mario battles these guards on two occasions. Under the delusion that he was [[Dirk Drain-Head]] in "Bedtime for Drain-Head," Mario entered [[Bowser's Castle]] to save Toad. After laying waste to a large number of enemies outside of the castle, a Birdo blocked Mario's path and shot eggs at him as he tried to enter the castle. However, Mario quickly picked them up and threw them back, defeating this Birdo similarly to the Birdo in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.


===Valentina's Worker===
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.
{{smrpgenemy|
 
|image = [[image:birdorpg.jpg|150px]]
In "[[The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head]]," [[Bowser|King Koopa]] claims to keep his Birdos in cages lined with ''Baroness Blue Blood'' comic book pages.
|location = [[Nimbus Castle]]
{{br|left}}
|hp = As Shelly: 500 As Birdo: 777
 
|attack = As Shelly: 0 As Birdo: 160
===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
|defense = As Shelly: 80 As Birdo: 130
Birdo is one of the characters featured in the Zoo Keeper page of {{a|SMB&FWIGU|l}},<ref>{{cite|author=Zoo Keeper page|quote=Mario the zoo keeper think's he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, [[Tryclyde]] and [[Pidgit]].|title={{a|SMB&FWIGU}}|date=1992|publisher=Merit Software|language=en}}</ref> depicting her in {{file link|ZooKeeper.png|a cage}}.
|mgattack = As Shelly: 0 As Birdo: 6
 
|mgdefense = As Shelly: 0 As Birdo: 100
===''Wario's Woods''===
|attacks = Making eggs
[[File:BirdoMenuWarioWoods.gif|thumb|left|Birdo in the SNES version of ''Wario's Woods'']]
|strengths = Fire, Fear, Poison and Silence attacks.  
Birdo, referred to by her original Japanese name Catherine in the game's instruction manual<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario's Woods'' (SNES) instruction booklet|page=3|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1994}}</ref> appears as a supporting character in ''Wario's Woods''. She assists [[Toad]] and the [[Sprite]] as [[Wario]] sends out the monsters of [[Wario's Woods (location)|Wario's Woods]]. Birdo encourages Toad and advises him to look out for Wario from the corner, but if Toad takes too long, Wario grabs Birdo and replaces her temporarily, before Birdo returns.
|weaknesses = Jump Attacks, Geno Attacks and her own eggs
 
|itemdropped = Second Nimbus Castle Key
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
|coinsdropped = 30
[[File:Mario RPG Birdo.png|thumb|upright=0.85|Birdo in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'']]
|expgained = 60
{{quote|Oh, I'm never gonna let ya go. You're just too... CUTE!|Birdo|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}
|psychopath = Play with me! (as Shelly)<br>I just love life! (as Birdo)
Birdo is a boss in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|the remake]], being noticeably much larger than normally depicted. Birdo is first found in an egg named [[Shelly]] in [[Nimbus Castle]] during [[Valentina]]'s control. While she is in Shelly, she asks Mario to play with her, and the battle starts when Mario agrees.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=0:07|url=youtu.be/DUwPWV-1DO8?feature=shared&t=7|title=''Super Mario RPG'' (SNES) - Nimbus Castle - Birdo|date=May 14, 2024|author=VideoGamePhenom|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> Birdo hatches from Shelly after enough attacks.<ref>{{cite|quote=You won’t suffer any attacks while cracking the shell. Inside is a giggling bird with a bazooka beak.|date=1996|author=Pelland, Scott|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Player's Guide|page=87}}</ref> Her attack is to spit eggs. After being attacked from the back, Birdo can spit out singular eggs called [[Eggbert]]s, which can be defended against to bounce off and surround Birdo's nest. Attacking the Eggberts cause them to explode and hurt Birdo. The reward for defeating Birdo is the [[Castle Key 2]].<ref>{{cite|author=VideoGamePhenom|timestamp=02:10|url=youtu.be/DUwPWV-1DO8?feature=shared&t=130|title=''Super Mario RPG'' (SNES) - Nimbus Castle - Birdo}}</ref> Birdo has a unique line of dialogue if the player interacts with Shelly after the battle.<ref>{{cite|quote=Don't forget about me!|author=Birdo|date=1996|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref>
}}
 
===''Mario Tennis'' series===
====''Mario Tennis''====
[[File:MT64 Birdo.jpg|155px|thumb|left|Birdo in the Nintendo 64 version of ''Mario Tennis'']]
Birdo appears in the [[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Nintendo 64 version]] of ''Mario Tennis'' and cameos in the [[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|handheld version]] if the {{iw|nwiki|Transfer Pak}} is used. Birdo appears next to [[Yoshi]], and the two are seen to be very affectionate. Birdo is a speed player, giving her a fast running speed like Yoshi and [[Baby Mario]]. Birdo enters the court during the intro after [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]] but loses to {{a|PP|Peach}}. Birdo is later seen with Paratroopa and Yoshi, when [[Bowser]] interrupts the tennis match. Her [[Birdo & Yoshi Court|own court]] can be unlocked by winning the [[Star Cup]] with Birdo in doubles. Also, when the player chooses [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] in the double tournament mode, Birdo would be her default partner. When two players play as Birdo, the color palette changes to blue with a magenta ribbon. Birdo, who is portrayed by [[Jessica Chisum]], receives voice acting for the first time, as well as her [[emblem]], which is her ribbon.
 
====''Mario Power Tennis''====
Birdos of various colors appear in the background of various trophy cutscenes in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', most notably the red Birdo in [[Bowser]]'s trophy acceptance cutscene.
 
====''Mario Tennis Open''====
Though Birdo does not physically appear, an unlockable [[Mii]] outfit based on her appears in ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', as well as her tennis racket, which can be bought. The Mii outfit is unlocked by winning a match against an Ace opponent in Exhibition mode.
 
====''Mario Tennis Aces''====
[[File:MTA Models Birdo.png|thumb|150px|Birdo as she appears in ''Mario Tennis Aces'']]
Birdo is a playable character of the All-Around type in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''. She was available as a participation prize for the October online tournament<ref>{{cite|date=October 5, 2018|url=www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2018/October/The-Mario-Tennis-Aces-online-tournament-for-October-is-now-underway--1450338.html|title=The Mario Tennis Aces online tournament for October is now underway!|publisher=Nintendo of UK|language=en-gb|quote=If you take part, you’ll get to play as a brand new character – the all-rounded Birdo – early!}}</ref> or from November 1, 2018 in the version 2.0.0 update. Birdo's emblem is on a bag available as a preorder bonus in Japan. Her vertical and horizontal [[Trick Shot]]s are known as Perfect Pose and Cheer Step respectively. Her [[Special Shot (Mario Tennis Aces)|Special Shot]], Airlift Extravaganza, features Birdo blowing a kiss before being tossed up in the air by [[Fly Guy]]s with pink stars, dots, and hearts surrounding her and her shot.
 
===''Mario Golf'' series===
====''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''====
[[File:Birdo_Mario_Golf_artwork.jpg|thumb|left|Birdo swinging a golf club in ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'']]
Birdo is first seen in the opening cutscence of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', playing golf with [[Boo]] at [[Lakitu Valley]]. She is playable as a balanced character. This is the first game to use her current design and voice. Her nice shot swing produces a rainbow,<ref>{{cite|timestamp=03:35|url=youtu.be/7rnSkT9LReM?feature=shared&t=215|title=All ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' Characters + Nice Shot Animations|date=June 3, 2020|author=Karmo|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> much like Yoshi's, although with more muted colors. During her trophy ceremony, she gives a wink that creates a floating heart to lift up her trophy, only for it to flicker and disappear, dropping the trophy and causing Birdo to have a surprised expression.
 
====''Mario Golf: Advance Tour''====
Birdo is one of the names on the score chart in ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''.
 
====''Mario Golf: World Tour''====
Birdo is unlocked for play in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' after collecting 55 [[Star Coin]]s in Challenge Mode. She is the only unlockable character to also appear during the second introduction. Birdo's entry animation is her kissing her golf club. Birdo is balanced, has a driving and star driving distance of 212 and 267 yards, respectively, average control, a sweet spot going slightly above average, and a fade trajectory. She hits relatively high, so her shots are more affected by wind. Birdo hugs her club whenever she achieves a nice shot. When she gets a par, she wiggles her finger and flicks it, and when she gets a birdie she blows kisses and makes poses. Birdo's eagle, albatross, and hole-in-one animations show her kissing the camera, causing it to fall down. Birdo cries if she gets a bogey before quickly applying makeup. For double bogey or lower, Birdo shoots eggs at the screen before being knocked back by them. Birdo is in the females' changing room of the Castle Club, where she gives tips about handicap and perfect strokes. Miis can use her clubs and ball, as well as receive golf clothing based on her from the shop or by entering tournaments. Her costume is won if a Character Costume challenge is completed.
 
====''Mario Golf: Super Rush''====
Birdo is a non-playable character in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''. She is the camp-house mama of the house in [[Bonny Greens]] during Golf Adventure, where the rookies composed of [[Boo]], [[Chargin' Chuck]], [[Toadette]], and the [[Mii]] player are staying. Birdo greets the player when they start their journey.
 
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
{{main-wiki|SmashWiki|Birdo}}
In the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], Birdo debuted in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', as a stage element of [[Mushroom Kingdom II]], which depicts Birdo in her two-dimensional ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' sprite. 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. The Mushroom Kingdom II stage from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', and by extension, Birdo in her ''Super Mario All-Stars''-based sprite form.
 
Birdo has also appeared in the form of collectible items. In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', there is a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of Birdo that is obtained as a random drop, and unlocked alongside the trophy is the Mushroom Kingdom II stage. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a pink Birdo appears as a trophy, but unlike in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', it does not depict Birdo in a sprite-base form. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Birdo appears in the form of a trophy again, and it depicts her winking and standing near a [[Birdo's Egg]], as well as featuring information about her appearances in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Birdo appears as both an online profile icon and Ace-class Grab-type primary [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]], depicting her artwork from ''Mario Party 7'' and taking up two support slots; the spirit can be summoned using a [[T-Rex]] and {{iw|starfywiki|Starly}} core.
 
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', one of the names that can appear whenever players press the random button when they are naming their custom stage is "BIRDO".
 
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
[[File:MKDD Yoshi and Birdo Artwork.png|thumb|left|Birdo is partnered with Yoshi by default in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'']]
Birdo is a playable character in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. She is teamed with Yoshi by default, though she partners with Peach in the second title screen art. Birdo's special item is the [[Birdo's Egg]], which has pink spots instead of green like [[Yoshi's Egg]]s. Birdo has an unlockable personal [[kart]] titled the [[Turbo Birdo]]. She and Yoshi are the staff ghost characters of both [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] and [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]], and her emblem is shown throughout the former course. [[Mushroom City]] and Yoshi Circuit feature signs that read "Ribbon," as well as "{{wp|birdwatching|Birdo watching}}" in much smaller letters in the center, and depict Birdo. Yoshi Circuit and the posters reappear in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', though Birdo does not physically appear.
 
====''Mario Kart Arcade GP 2''====
Birdo cameos on signs and in the crowd when the player receives a trophy in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''.
 
====''Mario Kart Wii''====
[[File:Birdomkwii.png|thumb|Birdo standing by her Standard Kart M in ''Mario Kart Wii'']]
Birdo later appears in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as a middleweight, unlockable character. Birdo has an equal balance of weight, top speed, and acceleration. However, when she goes off-road, she loses a moderate amount of speed. She is unlocked when the player defeats 250 other players in online racing, when the player does Time Trials on 16 different courses or when the player plays 1,350 races. Birdo shares the medium-sized group of karts and bikes, but all in her own favorite colors, like purple and magenta. Birdo receives a small weight and off-road boost, while her best bonus is the mini-turbo stat. Birdo's mini-turbo is tied with [[Diddy Kong]]'s, while being inferior to that of [[Koopa Troopa]], [[Dry Bones]], [[Wario]], and [[Dry Bowser]]. Birdo's mini turbo can be used with the [[Wild Wing]] and the [[Mach Bike]] to make it the strongest mini turbo in the middleweight class. Birdo is the only playable female character not to receive a speed bonus. Birdo is also the only playable character, besides [[Mii]]s, that is not used as a staff ghost.
 
Aside from the main Birdo, blue-colored Birdos often appear in audience bleachers.
 
====''Mario Kart 7''====
Birdos return as audience members in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''.
 
====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
[[File:Birdo MK8DX.jpg|thumb|Birdo and all of her variants racing on [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]].]]
Although no Birdos themselves physically appear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' or the base game of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', a picture of Birdo along with [[Princess Peach|Peach]] and [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] appears on some of the [[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Women of Racing Organization|Women of Racing Organization]] banners seen on {{classic link|N64|Royal Raceway}}. She is also mentioned on the speakers in [[Sunshine Airport]].
 
Birdo appears as a playable character in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', being available in Wave 4 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' DLC. Most of her voice clips are reused from ''Mario Kart Wii'', while some were reused from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and some are new to the DLC. Similarly to Yoshi and Shy Guy, she has multiple differently-colored variants: pink, orange, yellow, blue, light blue, green, red, black, and white (a total of nine colors). She is once again a middleweight character, sharing statistics with Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, and [[Peachette]]. A CPU Birdo uses the same kart combination options as Yoshi, which include the [[Standard Kart]], [[Mach 8]], [[Standard Bike]], and [[Wild Wiggler]]. Yoshi is also her rival in Grand Prix. Art of Birdo also appears on banners in {{classic link|Tour|Sydney Sprint}}.
 
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
Birdo returns as a playable character in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', introduced in the [[Holiday Tour (2019)|2019 Holiday Tour]] along with the [[Turbo Birdo]] and [[Birdo Cup]]. She is classified as a Super driver, and her [[Special skill (Mario Kart Tour)|special skill]] is the Birdo's Egg; while functionally identical to the Yoshi's Egg, it now uses a white, spotless design. Some of her voice clips are reused from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''. A [[Mii|Mii Racing Suit]] based on her debuted in the [[Yoshi Tour (2022)|2022 Yoshi Tour]].
 
Several differently-colored variants of Birdo also appear in the game as playable drivers, namely:
*Birdo (Light Blue), added in the [[Vancouver Tour]]; uses Birdo's Egg as her special skill.
*Birdo (Yellow), added in the [[Yoshi Tour (2020)|2020 Yoshi Tour]]; uses Birdo's Egg.
*Birdo (Black), added in the [[Yoshi Tour (2021)|2021 Yoshi Tour]]; uses the [[Bob-omb Cannon]].
*Birdo (Blue), added in the [[2nd Anniversary Tour]]; uses the [[Dash Ring]].
*Birdo (White), added in the 2022 Yoshi Tour; uses the [[Triple Mushrooms]].
*Birdo (Orange), added in the [[Winter Tour (2023)|2023 Winter Tour]]; uses Birdo's Egg.
*Birdo (Red), added in the [[Princess Tour]]; uses Birdo's Egg.
*Birdo (Green), added in the [[Vacation Tour]]; uses the [[Fire Flower]].
 
All of these variants are Super drivers except for black and white, who are High-End drivers.
 
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
[[File:Birdomss.PNG|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Birdo in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'']]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Birdo helps the heroes by disguising herself as [[Princess Peach]] when [[Cackletta]] and [[Fawful]] visit the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. When Cackletta attempts to steal the princess's voice, she gets Birdo's instead. Then, when the [[Beanish]] witch tried to use the "pure" voice to awaken the [[Beanstar]], it went berserk. All of this is not revealed until later in the game, when [[Toadsworth]] and Peach explained the situation to the Mario Bros. As they spoke, Birdo appears and starts wildly chasing two of [[Lady Lima]]'s [[Pea]]s, after winking at them flirtatiously.
 
Sometime later, Birdo replaces [[Bowser]] as [[Popple]]'s "Rookie" out of her mad love for the Beanish crook. Oddly, she is now an enemy of the Mario Bros., even though she had been a helper before in the game. Birdo is a powerful opponent, as one of her attacks involves sucking in Mario or Luigi into her snout, chewing on them before spitting them out. If Birdo is successful in this, it will not only hurt the unfortunate Mario Bro. she sucked up, but will also restore her own [[Heart Point|HP]]. The only way to dodge this attack is to hit Birdo with a [[hammer]] as her target is drawn near, making it unavoidable if Popple succeeds in stealing the targeted Bro's hammer beforehand. She can also 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 deadly egg shields. One egg holds Popple; the other three each contain [[Bob-omb]]s that will rush forward after their egg is broken open and need to be jumped over. The main difference between Birdo's and Popple's first Rookie's attack patterns, however, is that Birdo won't counterattack the Mario Bros. if they attack Popple first, making them both easier to defeat. Birdo, however, becomes stronger after Popple has been beaten, as she turns red and says "You may have defeated my darling, but that's as far as you go!" In this state, her attack power is much higher and she now targets both bros. with her egg attack instead of just one and does it much faster.
 
After Popple and Birdo fail in their attempt to destroy the Mario brothers, Popple blames it all on Birdo and even goes as far as to fire his latest apprentice. Birdo responds by furiously knocking him away through a wall and ending their relationship. She then gives a short speech about her new dedication to strive towards super-stardom, expresses her anger at Mario and Luigi, and runs away. Although Cackletta stole Birdo's voice, she is still able to speak when [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] battle her and Popple. This appears to be an error in the game, but Birdo may have gotten her voice back after Cackletta used it on the Beanstar.
 
Birdo returns in the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|Nintendo 3DS remake]], with the same role as in the original game. In this remake, whenever Birdo sucks up one of the Bros. or Popple, she swallows them before chewing and spitting them out. The tell for her flaming eggs has also been changed from Birdo turning to face the targeted bro with a targeting reticule appearing underneath them to her winking at the targeted bro with a heart floating towards them. Birdo also appears in ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'', in the level [[Popple's Partner, Part 2]]. At the beginning of the level, she is found in line to audition to become Popple's partner. She then fights [[Captain Goomba (Mario & Luigi series)|Captain Goomba]]'s squad alongside Popple. She fights as a regular troop in the level's last wave (where Popple is the captain), and is a ranged enemy. After they are defeated, Birdo drags Popple away.
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''====
Birdo makes an appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' where she can be seen on [[Merrygo Island]] swooningly greeting Mario and Luigi after they mistake her for Princess Peach.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/CAoqIqDf3VM|title=Mario & Luigi: Brothership Review|publisher=YouTube|language=en|accessdate=November 4, 2024}}</ref>
 
===''Yakuman DS''===
Birdo is an opponent in ''[[Yakuman DS]]''. She is generally balanced with skill being her best stats. She can be found on easy and normal challenges.
 
===''Mario Baseball'' series===
====''Mario Superstar Baseball''====
Birdos in various colors are first seen during the opening cinematic of ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', being part of the audience at {{id|Mario Stadium|baseball stadium}}. As a playable character, Birdo's batting is slightly above average, whilst her other stats fall slightly below average. Birdo's [[Star Skill]] is the [[Weird Ball]], which requires the [[Pink Egg]] to use in Challenge Mode. Birdo can use [[Suction]], allowing her to catch balls from distances away, and [[Body Check]], allowing her to attack players on the base. She is a sub-captain of Yoshi's team in Challenge Mode and a selectable captain in Exhibition Mode. Birdo has good chemistry with Yoshi, [[Shy Guy]], and [[Petey Piranha]] whilst having no bad chemistry with any character.
 
====''Mario Super Sluggers''====
[[File:BirdoCannonSwing.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Birdo executing her special move in ''Mario Super Sluggers'']]
Birdo is first seen in the opening cinematic of ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', riding a yacht with a few of the other playable characters to the [[Baseball Kingdom]]. Birdo is seen at [[Yoshi Park]], watching as Yoshi falls into a pipe as he tries to catch the ball with his tongue. Birdo is last seen on the bench at Mario Stadium, watching as [[Luigi]] makes the final out against [[Donkey Kong]], then Birdo celebrates with her teammates. In the cinematic after defeating Bowser in Challenge Mode, Birdo and other different colored members of her species celebrate with the other characters before they leave for the lights of the Baseball Kingdom to turn on at night.
 
Birdo is playable as a team captain. She gets a good boost in her batting and fielding skills, along with a small speed increase. She has great stamina and can do strong throws, but her pitching is low. Birdo's close play involves turning to the side and knocking the player away with her waist. Her Star moves include the [[Cannon Swing]] and [[Suction Ball]]. Birdo has good chemistry with Daisy, [[Yoshi]], [[Petey Piranha]], [[Shy Guy]], and [[Toadette]], and bad chemistry with [[Tiny Kong]], Peach, [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]] and [[Blooper]]. In Challenge Mode, Birdo is stuck in a nearby tree, and tackling Bowser Jr. restores the rainbow bridge leading to her. Following a game of [[Piranha Panic]], the player can go across the constructed rainbow bridge to speak with Birdo and have her join as a team member.
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===''Mario Party'' series===
[[File:Birdobow.png|thumb|left|Birdo's emblem in the ''Mario Party'' installments]]
====''Mario Party 7''====
Birdo is a newcomer in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', along with [[Dry Bones]]. Birdo is a secret guest of [[Toadsworth]] in the [[Duty-Free Shop|Duty Free Shop]], where she can be unlocked by spending 1,000 mileage points. Birdo is partnered with Yoshi by default in Team Mode, where their corresponding orb is the [[Egg Orb]].
 
====''Mario Party 8''====
Birdo is playable in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. Her default partner is Yoshi, and their team name is "Egg Explosion".
 
====''Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher'' / ''Mario Party Challenge World''====
Birdo is playable in the arcade games ''[[Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Challenge World]]''.
 
====''Mario Party 9''====
Birdo is a playable character in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. Her Star [[List of constellations in Mario Party 9|constellation]] is called "Egg Thrower", and the player can purchase it at the Museum for 50 Party Points.
 
====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
Birdo is a non-playable character in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. She is a judge in the minigame [[The Choicest Voice]].
 
====''Super Mario Party''====
Birdo is a non-playable character in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''. She gives out information about earlier ''Mario Party'' entries and advice to the player. Birdo also hosts regular quiz sessions. In one of her lines, Birdo mentions that she had been playable when she was younger. Birdo also gives out her own stickers for use in the Sticker Gallery and the golden oar to the player to use in River Survival after receiving them.
 
The British English and Italian versions of the game refers to Birdo as male, while most other versions refer to her as female. The French and Chinese versions use ambiguous genders instead.
 
====''Mario Party Superstars''====
[[File:MPS Birdo icon.png|thumb|left|75px|Birdo's icon in ''Mario Party Superstars'']]
Birdo returns as a playable character in ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', being one of two playable characters not originally playable in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', alongside [[Rosalina]]. She has a visual bug where at certain points during board gameplay, her snout will appear larger and then slightly shrink down afterward.
 
====''Super Mario Party Jamboree''====
Birdo reappears as a playable character in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' and retains many of her animations and sprites. She is the only playable character in both ''Mario Party Superstars'' and this game to not appear as a possible Jamboree Buddy.
 
===''Mario Strikers'' series===
====''Super Mario Strikers''====
[[File:BirdoMSF.png|thumb|The icon of a Birdo from ''Super Mario Strikers'']]
Birdos are both spectators and sidekicks in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''. Birdos are the most aggressive compared to other species, scoring the hard hits against opponents necessary in the sport. Birdo's skin, bow, and uniform can differ depending on whom the player chooses as captain:
 
<gallery>
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoDaisyTeam.png|[[Princess Daisy]]'s team, with orange skin, an orange bow, and a green and orange uniform
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoDonkeyKongTeam.png|[[Donkey Kong]]'s team, with saddle brown skin, a lime green bow, and a lime green and chestnut brown uniform
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoLuigiTeam.png|[[Luigi]]'s team, with green skin, a blue bow, and a uniform of both colors
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoMarioTeam.png|[[Mario]]'s team, with red skin, a steel blue bow, and a uniform of both colors
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoPeachTeam.png|[[Princess Peach]]'s team, featuring her default colors and a uniform that is pink and bright azure blue
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoWaluigiTeam.png|[[Waluigi]]'s team, with indigo skin, a purple bow, and a purple and black uniform
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoWarioTeam.png|[[Wario]]'s team, with pastel yellow skin, a saffron bow, and a yellow and purple uniform
SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoYoshiTeam.png|[[Yoshi]]'s team, with cyan skin, a navy blue bow, and an orange and navy blue uniform
</gallery>
 
====''Mario Strikers Charged''====
[[File:Birdo Bowser MSC.jpg|thumb|left|100px|A red Birdo seen in ''Mario Strikers Charged'']]
Multiple Birdos compete as sidekick players, this time amongst other species, in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''. Birdo is a power character who has very high defense and shooting skills whilst having very poor passing and speed. Her [[Skillshot]] is the [[Extreme Egg]]. Birdos also return as spectators, including the elusive white Birdos and black Birdos. During Peach's losing animation, all of the Birdos cower as Peach lashes out except one, who does a "{{wp|talk to the hand}}" gesture before leaving.
 
The following is a list of Birdo colors appearing in ''Mario Strikers Charged''.
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=====Audience=====
<gallery>
MSC Audience Pink Birdo Model.png|Pink Birdo
MSC Audience Blue Birdo Model.png|Blue Birdo
MSC Audience Light Blue Birdo Model.png|Light blue Birdo
MSC Audience Green Birdo Model.png|Green Birdo
MSC Audience Yellow Birdo Model.png|Yellow Birdo
MSC Audience Orange Birdo Model.png|Orange Birdo
MSC Audience Red Birdo Model.png|Red Birdo
MSC Audience Black Birdo Model.png|Black Birdo
MSC Audience White Birdo Model.png|White Birdo
</gallery>
 
=====Sidekicks=====
<gallery>
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Bowser.png|[[Bowser]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Bowser Y.png|Bowser's team (alternate)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model BowserJr.png|[[Bowser Jr.]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model BowserJr Y.png|Bowser Jr.'s team (alternate)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Daisy.png|[[Princess Daisy]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Daisy B.png|Princess Daisy's team (alternate)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Diddy.png|[[Diddy Kong]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Diddy P.png|Diddy Kong's team (alternate)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model DK.png|[[Donkey Kong]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model DK P.png|Donkey Kong's team (alternate)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Luigi.png|[[Luigi]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Mario.png|[[Mario]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Peach.png|[[Princess Peach]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Peach LB.png|Princess Peach's team (unused)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Petey.png|[[Petey Piranha]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Petey Y.png|Petey Piranha's team (alternate)
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Waluigi.png|[[Waluigi]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Wario.png|[[Wario]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Yoshi.png|[[Yoshi]]'s team
StrikersCharged Birdo Model Yoshi O.png|Yoshi's team (alternate)
</gallery>
 
====''Mario Strikers: Battle League''====
[[File:MSBL Birdo artwork.png|thumb|200px|Birdo's art for ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'']]
Birdo returns in ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'', now selectable as a captain, via the version 1.3.0 update alongside [[Bowser Jr.]] as the last characters added to the roster. Her team number is 4, which is [[Petey Piranha]]'s number in ''Mario Strikers Charged''. She is an Offensive type player and has the strongest shooting ability out of all playable characters while also having strong technique, though her strength and passing are among the worst in the game. Like in the previous game, she carries the ball in her snout when running with it. Unlike in the previous installments of the ''[[Mario Strikers (series)|Mario Strikers]]'' series, the player cannot have multiple Birdos on their team, like with Yoshi, Toad, and [[Shy Guy]], nor does her skin color change depending on the team she is in, though Birdo's bow will change color. Her [[Hyper Strike]], Jewel Dance, involves her shooting two crystalized eggs onto the field and one in front of her, which she kicks after performing a twirl, breaking it and revealing the soccer ball inside. The ball bounces into the other two eggs before flying towards the goal, which create shockwaves.
 
===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
Birdo is an unlockable character in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''. She is unlocked when the player finishes the Hard [[Mushroom Cup]] with a bronze rank. She is an all-around type with [[Egg Shot]] as her [[Special Shot (Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix)|Special Shot]]. Birdo can be seen with Yoshi in one of the screens of the Mario Stadium.
 
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', there is a [[Sammer Guy]] named [[List of Sammer Guys#Squatting Birdo|Squatting Birdo]], an obvious reference to Birdo and the species. Like a few other Sammer Guys, Squatting Birdo recognizes his namesake as an almost deity-like creature, and his ramblings when first encountered suggest that Birdos are flightless birds. This may have been a reference to the confusion between Birdo and the ostrich-like Ostro in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
 
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
{{Quote|Heart of a woman, heart of a man... Both can know of love's grace...|Birdo|Paper Mario: Sticker Star}}
[[File:BirdoPMSS.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Birdo in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'']]
Birdo appears in [[Snow Rise]] of ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', being found on a giant swing as Mario comes to a cliff and hits a nearby tree. She will perform to him a [[Soul Rumblings|short serenade]] and then give him the [[Goat (Thing)|Goat]], also warning Mario not to "get egg on [his] face" upon swinging away.
 
In the ending, Birdo is in the three-minecart chain with two Shy Guys for the [[Bowser's Snow Fort]] section of the parade winking at the player.
 
====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
{{quote|Two hearts in doki doki panic. My heart Flutter Jumps.|Birdo|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
[[File:PMCS Birdo 2.png|thumb|100px|left|Birdo in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'']]
Birdo appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. She holds a concert in [[Plum Park]], accompanied by dancing [[Koopa Troopa]]s, before an audience of Shy Guys, Mario, and [[Huey]]. Her song lyrics reference her original Japanese debut game (''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''), as well as Yoshi's [[Flutter Jump]] ability.
 
She also appears during the [[Balloons (Thing)|Balloons]] Thing animation, where she blows a kiss to the enemy to send them flying away. Birdo also appears during the credits slowly moving on her moon.
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====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
[[File:PMTOK Birdo Café.jpg|thumb|200px|Birdo appearing in the coffee shop alongside several [[Snifit]]s]]
{{quote|Now I've got Mario madness... and [[Mario|you've]] got the only cure.|Birdo|Paper Mario: The Origami King}}
Birdo reappears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', where she first appears falling into the spring in [[Whispering Woods]] after Mario pulls on a nearby tree tug. Birdo later appears in [[Big Sho' Theater]] for a performance on the second stage. During the act, two [[Paper Macho Koopa Troopa]]s fight over her while Mario battles them. In the coffee shop at the [[Spring of Rainbows]], Birdo will appear if Mario chooses the special, where she blows a heart into his mug.
 
===''Fortune Street'' series===
Birdo is playable in both ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]'' and ''[[Fortune Street]]''. Birdo has to be unlocked in the former game by defeating her in Luigi's Stage Level 1, and the game features her head and clothings as customizable items. Birdo was made a starter character in ''Fortune Street'', retaining her D rank, and in Tour Mode, Birdo is faced on [[Yoshi's Island (board)|Yoshi's Island]] and [[Alefgard]].
 
===''Mario & Sonic'' series===
====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games''====
Birdo, along with [[Donkey Kong]], [[Silver]], and many others, were [[List of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear as playable characters in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Mario_%26_Sonic_at_the_Olympic_Games_(Wii)#Unused_Characters|title=''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'' (Wii)|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en}}</ref>
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''====
[[File:Birdo and Mario MaSatWOG screenshot.png|thumb|Birdo in ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'']]
Birdo is a non-playable character in the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games|Wii version]] of ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''. She is classified as a VIP member, watching the player in certain events and awarding them 100 points if she is found. There is a [[Mii]] outfit of Birdo that can be bought from the shop for 100 points after finding her in an event. There is also a Birdo sticker that is usable on the player's equipment.
 
In the Adventure Tours mode on the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|handheld version]], Birdo is seen in [[Cubyrinth]]. She has apparently found Yoshi's missing drift board, but only gives it after losing to Yoshi in [[Ski Cross Racing]], claiming it is for elite athletes. Birdo can be rematched if the player desires.
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''====
[[File:Birdo London2012Games.png|thumb|left|Birdo in ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'']]
Birdo is a rival in the London Party mode in the [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Wii version]] of ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''. Birdo is faced in the 100m Freestyle event, and later in [[Badminton - Doubles]] with a blue Birdo. Birdos are goalies in [[Football (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for Wii)|Football]], where their color matches that of the team's. Birdo appears around the map regularly, challenging the character to a quiz or gossiping. The Mii costume of Birdo is retained, and she also receives a theme song.
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''====
Birdo is a rival of the [[Legends Showdown]] mode in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', appearing in Area 1 to face off against [[Sonic]], [[Tails]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Donkey Kong]] in [[Ice Hockey (Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games)|Ice Hockey]] while accompanied by a blue, yellow, and green Birdo. Birdo's theme and her Mii costume return from the previous game.
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games''====
Birdo makes her first playable appearance in the ''Mario & Sonic'' series in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'', but she is only playable in {{id|M&SATROG3DS|3DS|f|s}}, where she is exclusive to the {{id|Archery|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Nintendo 3DS}} event. Her stats are strong skill and stamina with average speed and above average power make her a generally balanced character. She plays a main role in "Road To Rio" as she challenges the player on day 4 of Sonic's story in Archery. She also hosts some training sessions. Five unplayable and differently colored Birdos (red, blue, green, yellow, and light-blue) act as extra teammates for Daisy in {{id|Football|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Nintendo 3DS}} and [[Football Plus]].
 
Birdos appear in the {{id|M&SATROG3DS|WU|f|s}}, but neither Birdo herself nor three differently colored Birdos (red, blue, and green) are playable, the former instead appearing by the sand statue where the Heroes Showdown multiplayer mode can be chosen and the latter instead appearing as selectable goalies in {{id|Football|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Wii U}} and [[Duel Football]]. Birdo's Mii costume also reappears. Her stats are the same as in {{a|M&SATROG3DS}} for the 3DS, but her power has weakened and her speed has went up. In the game's opening, Birdo herself can be seen as a goalie in Duel Football, while other colored Birdos are used as goalies in the actual game.
 
====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020''====
The blue and red Birdos are goalies in [[Football (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020)|Football]] in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]''. However, Birdo's color scheme is erroneously used for the head icon of the second team's Birdo instead of the red Birdo used in-game.
 
===''Captain Rainbow''===
[[File:Cute_House_outside_Captain_Rainbow.png|thumb|left|The Cute Home as seen from outside in ''Captain Rainbow'']]
[[File:Cute House inside Captain Rainbow.png|thumb|The Cute Home as seen from inside]]
Birdo is a damsel-in-distress who lives on Mimin Island, in the so-called Kawaii Ouchi ("Cute Home") in ''[[Captain Rainbow]]''. It is located on a remote place of the island. The Cute Home represents Birdo's personality and her likings: the interior consists of mostly pink and red equipment decorated with many heart and ribbon emblems. Birdo is imprisoned for using the female bathroom, as the robot jailer does not believe her when she insists she is a girl. She gets quite upset about this, and asks Nick to go to her Cute Home and find something that will prove she is not lying. Nick finds a mysterious object under Birdo's pillow (which is blurred out, though it is implied to be a vibrator), it serves its purpose and Birdo is released. Birdo develops a crush on Nick, and calls him her "boyfriend". Nick accompanies her in her walks near her Cute Home, and she helps him carry a fallen [[Star]] to the altar on the top of Mimin Island. If Nick lets Birdo's wish be granted, she flies into the sky with the Star and disappears.
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===''Super Mario'' Chess===
In [[Super Mario Chess|''Super Mario'' Chess]], Birdos appear as knights on Bowser's team.
 
===''Minecraft''===
Birdo is featured as one of the ''Super Mario''-themed character skins in the Super Mario Mash-up, available in versions of ''[[Minecraft]]'' released on Nintendo systems.
 
===''Mario Sports Superstars''===
[[File:MSS NinUK 21.png|thumb|Birdo participating in horse racing]]
Birdo is playable in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''. She is a Balance type character in most sports, giving her well-rounded stats. Her stats are similar to Yoshi, but in soccer her finesse is higher, and in baseball and golf her power is stronger. In tennis, though, she is instead a Speed type player as in her previous appearance in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' for the Nintendo 64. Her speed allows her to run around the court quickly, but her power and spin are only average. In golf, her default drive is 217 yards, and her shots travel medium-high in a fade trajectory. Her emblem is once again her ribbon. Her special boost in horse racing is magenta and has sparkles and a bird tweet following it. Her special shot in baseball and soccer is similar to horse racing, but in baseball the ball is encased in a [[Birdo's Egg]]. Like all playable characters, Birdo receives five [[amiibo]] cards for each sport from the [[List of Mario Sports Superstars amiibo cards|game's series]] of amiibo cards. All her cards reuse artwork from previous games except tennis, where her artwork is new. When players tap in Birdo's cards, they receive jewel-themed gear that Birdo can optionally use, though the gear is only for aesthetic purposes. Players can also use jeweled gear for Birdo if they have unlocked it through purchasing randomly-packed digital cards.
 
===Other appearances===
Birdo makes an appearance in ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star}}'' as a spectator on both sides of the arena during the battle at {{iw|wikirby|Mt. Dedede}} against [[King Dedede]], as well as in the minigame {{iw|wikirby|Megaton Punch}}.
 
===Unused appearances===
====''Mario's Tennis''====
Birdo's Japanese name "Catherine" (though romanized as "Cassarin") can be found within the game data of ''[[Mario's Tennis]]'', implying she was originally intended to be playable.
 
====''Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash''====
In the pre-release build of ''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]'', Birdo was referenced on courtside banners by her Japanese name, "Catherine".
 
==Personal information==
===Physical description===
[[File:Birdo Idle MP9.png|thumb|125px|Birdo's current appearance]]
Birdo and the rest of her species are dinosaurs with funnel-shaped mouths and a body structure similar to a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], though slightly shorter and with a row of three spikes on the tail, not the head. In several early illustrations, she is depicted as being orange instead of pink, and on the cover of ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', she is depicted with distinct nostrils midway up her snout and what appears to be a tongue in her mouth, though neither of these traits has ever been shown again. In the various iterations of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', her snout ends with a small hole and is somewhat barrel-shaped, inverting while it is open; later games, however, use the latter shape in all situations, likely due to looking that way in her original artwork.
 
Birdo is mostly pink, with a rounded belly, red tail spikes and purple spots on her cheeks. She has purple eyes, each of which is framed by three long, thin eyelashes. She does not have hair, and instead wears a big red bow atop her head, which is usually her emblem. She has small but pointed claws, with four fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot. More recently, a large diamond ring set in gold is occasionally depicted on her left hand. She has a white belly like a Yoshi, as well as yellow-padded feet.


Birdo appeared as a boss in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]].'' Birdo was first seen as an egg named '''Shelly''' who was found in [[Nimbus Castle]] (while the stronghold under the control of [[Valentina]]) and was strangely being watered by [[Shy Away]], who was perhaps intending to use her as a weapon of sorts. When Shy Away saw Mario, though, he quickly abandoned his post and fled, leaving Shelly exposed. Mario could then speak to Shelly, who would request that Mario played with her; if Mario complied, though, a battle between his party and Shelly would begin. Although Shelly would never attack or perform any malicious moves toward Mario and friends, the group (through attacking) could gradually split her open to reveal Birdo. She would cheerfully introduce herself and start attacking. After suffering more attacks from Mario and company, Birdo would also raise her attacking methods, beginning to shoot out the explosive [[Eggbert]]s rather than normal eggs. (Defending on a turn in which Birdo shot out Eggberts, though, would actually fling the explosion-friendly eggs back into Birdo's nest, where they could then be attacked so they would explode and deal massive damage to Birdo herself, making Birdo battle more creative and thematic than many other ''Super Mario RPG'' battles; however, this trick was left unnoticed and untouched by most fans due to lack of use of the Defend option.) Despite the pain and anger she showed ambiguous signs of going through, this Birdo eventually gave up mid-battle (though she actually suffered normal defeat and Mario's party earned battle spoils such as [[Experience Point]]s as normally) due to the fact that she found Mario and his friends too cute to destroy.
Since ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', Birdo commonly wears purple eye makeup. In her team name, "Birdo Bows", from ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', she wears lipstick, which is odd because she does not use lipstick during the game, nor in most of her other appearances. In the Japanese commercial for ''Super Mario All-Stars'', she wears a white stole over an expensive-looking black dress along with a pearl necklace. Overall, however, Birdo's looks have not changed as drastically as many other characters have through the ages.


===The Stolen Voice of Birdo===
===Color variations===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Birdo helped the heroes during the first part of the game. When [[Cackletta]] and [[Fawful]] visited the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], Birdo disguised herself as [[Princess Peach]]. Cackletta therefore stole Birdo's voice, not Peach's, and when Cackletta unknowingly gave Birdo's voice to the [[Beanstar]] via [[Peach-bot]]s, it went insane. The first time this Birdo actually appeared though, was when Peach and Toadsworth reveal that it was she who got her voice stolen; as they said this, Birdo appeared and started wildly chasing one of [[Lady Lima]]'[[Beanbean Advisor|assistants]], after winking at them flirtatiously. Later in the game, Birdo replaced [[Bowser]] as [[Popple]]'s "Rookie" out of her mad love for the [[Beanish]] crook. She was a powerful opponent, as one of her attacks involves sucking in Mario or Luigi; if she is successful in this, she will not only hurt the unfortunate [[Mario Bros.|Mario Brother]] she sucked up, but will also revive her own [[HP]]. The only way to dodge this attack is to hit her with a [[hammer]]. She can also throw flaming eggs in a wild, sporadic and put Popple in protective but deadly egg shields. After Popple and Birdo failed in their attempt to destroy the Mario Brothers, Popple blamed it all on Birdo and even went as far as to fire her, and Birdo (who was noticeably less obedient than Popple's other Rookie, [[Bowser]]) responded by furiously knocking him away and ending their relationship (which was unrequited by Popple anyway). Birdo then gave a short speech about her new dedication to fight towards superstardom, expressed anger at Mario and Luigi, and ran away. She did not reappear for the rest of the [[Mario & Luigi Series|''Mario & Luigi'' series]] so far.
Similar to Yoshis, Birdos also come in various colors besides pink. Below is a list of all known colors and their first appearance.
{|style="text-align:center;width:80%;margin:0 auto"class=wikitable
|-
!width="10%"|Image
!width="30%"|Color
!width="30%"|Primary bow color
!width="30%"|First appearance
|-
|[[File:MP9 Birdo Main Artwork.png|75px]]
|Pink
|Red
|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoRed.png|75px]]
|Red
|Pink
|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoGreen.png|75px]]
|Green
|Yellow
|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoLightBlue.png|75px]]
|Light-blue
|Blue
|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoOrange.png|75px]]
|Orange
|Red-orange
|''Mario Power Tennis''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoYellow.png|75px]]
|Yellow
|Orange
|''Super Mario Strikers''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoBlue.png|75px]]
|Blue
|Purple
|''Super Mario Strikers''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoWhite.png|75px]]
|White
|Light-blue
|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
|-
|[[File:MKT Artwork BirdoBlack.png|75px]]
|Black
|White
|''Mario Strikers Charged''
|-
|[[File:MotherBirdo.jpg|150px]]
|Purple
|Orange (as [[Giant Birdo]])<br>Brown (''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''; audience)
|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
|-
|[[File:Birdo Gray SMB2 Sprite.png|75px]]
|Gray
|Gray
|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
|-
|[[File:SuperMarioStrikers-BirdoDonkeyKongTeam.png|75px]]
|Brown
|Lime green
|''Super Mario Strikers''
|}
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==Other Appearances==
===Personality and traits===
[[Image:BioBirdo.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Birdo in tennis.]]
[[File:MP8 Birdo.png|thumb|left|125px|Birdo posing and winking in her artwork for ''[[Mario Party 8]]'']]
Birdo's first sports game was ''[[Mario Tennis]]'', which was the first game to ever give her understandable voice acting. (''Super Mario Advance'' was the only other game to do so.) She did not appear in the more recent sequel, ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''.
Birdo displays great determination and confidence in all aspects of her life. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Birdo revealed her goal of becoming a Superstar. Birdo has tackled a wide variety of sports and was the first known Birdo to emerge in the public spotlight in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''.


In ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', Birdo is a balance character that specializes in batting. She was on Yoshi's team as a Sub-Captain. She could also be chosen as a captain in [[Exhibition Mode]].
Birdo is somewhat vain, as she perceives herself to be very beautiful and feminine, and often strikes eccentric poses to show off her appearance. Also, she is portrayed to be very friendly, and enjoys being with the whole ''Super Mario'' crew. This is shown when losing a round of 18 in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''. She also exudes charm and elegance as shown in many games whenever she wins or appears on-screen, where she waves and blows kisses frequently. Additionally, Birdo always wears a massive diamond ring on her finger. In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', when Birdo gets a [[Star]], she shows off this ring during one of her poses. Birdo appears to enjoy the spotlight, as shown in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series, where she occasionally puts on a singing or theatrical performance in front of Mario and other characters. Her penchant for singing is also alluded to in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', where she is shown on banners advertising the Sydney Music Festival in [[Sydney Sprint]]. According to [[Play Nintendo]], Birdo's favorite things are (in no particular order) friends, big red bows, and sparkly things.<ref>{{cite|url=play.nintendo.com/activities/activities/favorite-mario-characters-fun-poll-survey|title=Favorite Mario Characters Fun Poll, Survey|publisher=Play Nintendo|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>


Birdo is in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' as Yoshi's default [[partner]]. Like Yoshi's, her special item is an [[Egg]], but hers has Pink Spots instead of green ones.  
Always looking for love, Birdo has had a variety of crushes and relationships throughout her life. Birdo is very flirtatious and affectionate with others, even when she does not know them very well, as evidenced in ''[[Fortune Street]]'' where her dialogue is very playful, flirty and endearing. This is also seen in Birdo's relationship with [[Popple]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' where she expresses her high opinion of love and romance, explaining her flirtatious nature and drive to find love. The effect of these whirlwind romances on Birdo have only been hinted at in her [[Egg Shot]] move in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', which sends broken hearts flying; this is a stark contrast to [[Princess Peach|Princess Peach's]] [[Heart Shot]].


Birdo is unlockable in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', when purchased at the [[Duty Free Shop]] with 1,000 mileage points. She is one of the two new characters along with [[Dry Bones]].  She also appears as playable from the start of ''[[Mario Party 8]]''.
===Powers and abilities===
Birdo is an unlockable character in ''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]''. She is all-around and her shot is the [[Egg Shot]].
[[File:SMAS SMB2 Birdo Shooting Eggs Sprite.gif|thumb|Birdo's signature ability is shooting [[Birdo's Egg|eggs]] from her mouth.]]
In addition to eggs, Birdo has also shown the ability to utilize her snout in a manner similar to a vacuum, using it to suck things closer to herself or even swallow them; Birdo displays this ability in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'', and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', the last of which also has her leeching away the health of those she sucks up. On occasion, Birdo has enveloped people, including herself, in large eggs, in order to increase defense. She is often classified as all-around in sports games, where she has a great deal of strength. She also has shown this strength when angered in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', when, after discovering that Popple had not actually love her, she knocks him right through a wall, indicating she has super-strength, as well as in the ''Mario Baseball'' series where she has a strong throwing arm and has batting as her strongest stat.


It is possible that Birdo may be one of the many Birdos that appeared in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' and the sequel ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''. She is offensive in the first one and power in the sequel.
In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', hitting a nice shot while playing as her will cause a rainbow to form similar to Yoshi's, but rainbow abilities have since then not been seen. Birdo also has some hints of heart-based power similar to Princess Peach as shown in ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' in her victory cut-scene and ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' in her special shot. However, they are not as strong or as useful as Peach's hearts. This often has comedic results, such as when they only succeed in charming Birdo's golf trophy into the air for a short time until it falls down again, to its owner's great surprise.


Birdo is also a playable character in the crossover game, ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''.
===Gender===
[[File:MK8-WomenofRacing1.png|thumb|200px|Birdo on a "Women of Racing Organization" banner in ''Mario Kart 8'']]
According to the North American instruction booklet of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (pg. 27):<ref>{{cite|url=www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Super%20Mario%20Bros%202.pdf|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=27|accessdate=May 16, 2024|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1988|language=en-us}}</ref>
<blockquote>''He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called “birdetta.“''{{sic}}</blockquote>
This statement applies to all translations of the title. Throughout the official guide, Birdo is also consistently referred to as a "he".<ref name=InsideOut/> The stance of this manual is shared by the ''[[Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic]]'' manual, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' (when set to Japanese), and ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''. In Japanese, Birdo is said to be a male who believes she is a female and prefers to be called by a nickname, "Cathie", rather than her real name "Catherine".<ref> {{cite|quote=「{{hover|自分|じぶん}}をメスと{{hover|思|おも}}いこんで{{hover|口|くち}}からタマゴなどをはくヤツ。キャシーと{{hover|呼|よ}}ぶときげんがいい。」 ("''He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called Cathie.''")|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=35}}</ref> In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Birdo's [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] description describes the character as "gender indeterminate", and uses the pronoun "it" rather than gender-specific pronouns such as "he" or "she" (in contrast to ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''{{'}}s English trophy description for her using female pronouns), which has sometimes been used in other occurrences.<ref>{{cite|quote=It guards several gates in the land and spits eggs toward approaching trespassers in order to ward them off.|title=Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|page=14|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>


===''Super Smash Bros. Melee===
Although the manual for ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' and her trophy in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' suggest that Birdo prefers the name "Birdetta", she has never referred to herself by that name, and has introduced herself as Birdo on multiple occasions. In most of her Japanese-language appearances, she uses the feminine personal pronoun ''atashi''.
Birdo is also appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' in her two-dimensional, ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' sprite; she is on the [[Mushroom Kingdom II|''Super Mario Bros. 2''-based stage]]. Sometimes, she will come out from the side of the stage and shoot eggs, hurting any player who comes in contact with them. She can easily be destroyed by a strong attack, like Pikachu's [[Skull Bash]] when charged up enough. Strangely, whenever she is hurt, she will turn blue for a split second. Birdo also appears in her 2-D form as a trophy, which unlocks the stage she is in.


==Appearances In Other Media==
In games for the Japanese-only [[Satellaview]], Birdo is consistently shown as an ''okama'', a Japanese term that usually refers to a masculine man that dresses as a woman, but is also used as a slur interchangeably to refer to trans women, gay men, crossdressing men, and effeminate men.<ref>{{cite|author=Clyde Mandelin|date=February 14, 2020|url=legendsoflocalization.com/articles/okama-in-game-translation/|title=The Japanese Word "Okama" in Video Game Translations|publisher=Legends of Localization|language=English|archive=web.archive.org/web/20240528222412/https://legendsoflocalization.com/okama-in-game-translation/|accessdate=January 9, 2025|archivedate=May 28, 2024, 22:24:12 UTC}}</ref> In ''[[Satella-Q]]'', a picture of Birdo is shown with a masculine, humanoid torso, while in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', all three Birdos are shown making typically feminine poses in the world title cards but are given deep voices, being voiced by actual self-identified ''okama''.
=== Cartoons ===


[[Image:CartoonBirdo.JPG|thumb|A '''Birdo''' in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''.]]  
Nintendo of America usually refers to Birdo as female. The femininity of Birdo is implied in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', where she appears on "Women of Racing Organization" advertisements in {{classic link|N64|Royal Raceway}} along with other female characters, and in [[Sunshine Airport]], where she is referred to on the broadcasting system as "Ms. Birdo". In the North American instruction booklet of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', every female character has a pink dot behind them, including Birdo. Nintendo of Europe usually refers to Birdo as female as well; however, the character is referred to with masculine pronouns in the British English localizations of ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''<ref>{{file link|MTA Birdo comment.jpg|Screenshots}} (British English version). A Toad commentator lauds Birdo's [[Trick Shot]], the Cheer Step, during a COM Tournament against [[Toadette]]. To refer to Birdo, the commentator uses masculine pronouns.</ref> and ''[[Super Mario Party]]'' (other localizations of these games use feminine pronouns for her instead, besides the French and Chinese translations which are ambiguous). Additionally, in ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s [[Heart Swing]], which stuns male characters and characters of unknown gender, does not stun female characters, including Birdo.


Birdos made several appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. The Birdos in the show were able to fly in some episodes, using bat-like wings, even though the video game series states that they are a species of flightless birds. The Birdos in the show worked for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] (though some were shown to be neutral) just like all of the enemies that once worked for [[Wart]]. Birdos on the show attacked by shooting white eggs, just like in the game, although these eggs would crack on contact, often covering a target in yolk.
In ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', Birdo is given a feminine voice, with the latter being provided by the voice actress of [[Princess Peach]] and [[Princess Daisy]] at the time, [[Jen Taylor]]. However, starting with her appearance in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', she is given a deeper-sounding voice instead, resembling honks from a brass instrument.


===Publications===
The confusion surrounding Birdo's gender has also been addressed in a light-hearted matter, such as when [[Popple]] pauses before settling on calling Birdo a "dame" in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. The description of Birdo on the Japanese ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' website jokes about the matter ("''Birdo appears to be Yoshi's girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend!?''"),<ref name=DoubleDash>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gm4j/02.html|title=MARIO KART - Double Dash!! - マリオカート ダブルダッシュ!!|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref> as do the Spanish website and manual for ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' ("''Birdo is your man... well, or woman.''"). In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', the first lyrics of Birdo's serenade allude to the gender confusion by saying, "''Heart of a woman, heart of a man... Both can know of love's grace...''"
Birdos were featured as reccuring foes of Mario and Luigi in [[Nintendo Comics System]], where they were minions of [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]. Oddly, in Nintendo Comics System, Birdos could talk fluently and they were also implied to live in bird cages, as Bowser makes reference to lining his Birdo cages with [[Baroness Blue Blood|comic books]] in the issue "[[The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head]]".


==Notable Birdos==
In the game ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'', Birdo is heard with a deep, male voice which gets high-pitched when she gets angry or excited. Additionally, in the game's second trailer, [[Little Mac]] speaks about Birdo, calling her a "young lady," only to take a short break and ponder. His final verdict is, "Depending on one's view point, she is a young lady." In the game, Birdo's indeterminate gender also forms the basis for a side quest to find proof that she is a girl (which is found, but censored). Overall, it is suggested that she is a {{wp|transgender}} {{wp|trans woman|female}}.
*[[Cheepy]] &ndash; ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]
*[[Mother Birdo]] &ndash; ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]
*[[Thunder Birdo]] &ndash; ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]


==Other Information==
===Relationship with Yoshi===
===Gender Controversy===
{{main|Yoshi}}
According to the instruction manual of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', one of the Birdos seen in that game is actually a boy who thinks he is a girl and likes to be called '''Birdetta'''. This is actually a decent localization, and contrary to popular belief, not incorrect. Birdo is known as '''Catherine''' in Japan, and also in Western manuals of ''[[Wario's Woods]]''. In Japan, Catherine is male as well, and likes to believe that he is a girl. Like Birdo, he likes to be called '''Cathy'''. The misconception that the character is female in Japan is due to the fact that Catherine is a feminine name, but in the past, hardly anyone ever translated his Japanese profiles, which all say that he is male since his debut in ''Doki Doki Panic''. Due to his nature, both "he" and "she" are acceptable when referring to Birdo, but the character is still physically male.
[[File:Yoshi and Birdo Artwork - Mario Party 7.png|175px|thumb|Birdo with Yoshi in their team picture for ''Mario Party 7'']]
Birdo has a special relationship with Yoshi, beginning since her debut in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', where she falls for Yoshi and, despite her clingy obsession for him, eventually has her feelings reciprocated by Yoshi. In the games, they are often partners in sports and party titles. Despite this, Birdo has never appeared alongside Yoshi in a ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' game.  


Birdo's gender has been a source of dispute for many fans. Nintendo of America has chosen to censor Birdo in later appearances to avoid potential controversy amongst the American public by removing any statement saying that he is really male. In ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' for the [[Nintendo Wii]], however, he is once again referred to as male in English, so that policy may be slowly fading away. Also, in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Popple pauses before settling on calling Birdo a "dame", which is contributed by his own confusion on the matter. There is said to be both a [[Birdo (Species)|species]] and a character named Birdo. In the games, the individual character seems to be the only pink one, and the only one which now wears a diamond ring. It seems more than likely that Birdo is female, but others that are reffered to as male, are different Birdos. In official art for ''[[Mario Tennis]]'', Yoshi and Birdo are seen to be foundling one another. What this could actually mean about either of them is up to the speculator.
In ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', the two are partners and share a similar Special Item. On the official Japanese site for ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', the description for Catherine states she "appears to be Yoshi's girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend!?" (「ヨッシーの彼女に見えて実は彼氏!?」)<ref name=DoubleDash/>


===Powers and Abilities===
In ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' for the Nintendo 64, they share a tennis court and are default partners; the two are seen to be very affectionate. In the ''Mario Baseball'' series, they share good [[chemistry]] with each other, and she is the Sub-Captain of [[Yoshi Eggs (team)|Yoshi's team]]. The two also share the same [[Egg Orb|Special Orb]] in ''Mario Party 7''.
As well as eggs, Birdo can also shoot fireballs from it's snout, though this ability is only displayed in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' and it's subsequent remakes. As well as spitting things from it's snout, Birdo has also shown the ability to utilize it's snout in a manner similar to a vacuum, using it to suck things closer to it's self or even swallow them; Birdo displays this ability in both ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' (which notably has her leeching away the health of those she sucks up) and ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''. Birdo has also shown, on occasion, to envelop people, including itself, in large eggs, in order to increase defense. Birdo is usually classified as all-around in sports who has a great deal of strength. Birdo is one of the strongest sidekicks in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''. Also Birdo may be into ballet.
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==Trivia==
==Profiles and statistics==
*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', there is a [[Sammer Guy]] named [[List of Sammer Guys#Squatting Birdo|Squatting Birdo]], an obvious reference to Birdo and her species. Also, like a few other Sammer Guys, Squatting Birdo recognizes his namesake as an almost deity-like creature, and his ramblings when first encountered suggest that Birdos are flightless birds rather than dinosaurs. This may have been a reference to the confusion between Birdo and and the ostrich-like Ostro in Super Mario Bros. 2. Birdos did indeed fly in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' as stated above.
{{main|List of Birdo profiles and statistics}}
*On two courses from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', there are signs posted that read "Ribbon".  They feature a picture of Birdo posing. The signs can be found in [[Mushroom City]] and [[Yoshi Circuit]].
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
*The artwork of Birdos in ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' was the way they looked on Princess Peach's team.
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Shelly|align=horizontal}}
*Birdo's emblem in various games is a [[Birdo Egg]].
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Birdo|image=[[File:SMRPG Birdo idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
*In original [[Doki Doki Panic]]/[[Super Mario Bros. 2]], Birdo actually hold whatever she would give to player after being defeated, but in [[Super Mario All-Stars]] version and [[Super Mario Advance]], she actually held nothing, instead, after being defeated, she spits it out (which is odd, as the enhanced graphic would make this even more possible).


==Info from Spin-Off Titles==
===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
===''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3|Mario Hoops 3 on 3 Information]]===
{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions bestiary|transcludesection=Birdo
*'''Type:''' All-Around
|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Birdo sprite MLSSDX.gif]]
*'''Special Shot:''' [[Egg Shot]]
}}
*'''Letter to Tap:''' [[Image:Triangle.png]]


===''[[Mario Superstar Baseball|Mario Superstar Baseball Information]]===
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
*'''Teams:''' Birdo Beauties, Birdo Models, Birdo Bows
{{Spirit
*'''Type:''' Balanced
|no=45
*'''Starting Team Captain:''' [[Yoshi]]
|name=Birdo
*'''Status:''' Secondary Captain
|image=[[File:Birdo Artwork - Mario Party 7.png|x100px]]
*'''Stats:'''
|series=''Super Mario'' Series
**'''Batting:''' 6/10
|type=Primary
**'''Pitching:''' 4/10
|slots=2
**'''Fielding:''' 4/10
|class=Ace
**'''Running:''' 4/10
|effects='''{{color|limegreen|Grab}}'''
*'''Player Profile:'''
|obtain=Summoned with a T-Rex and Starly core
**'''Strong Point:''' Batting
}}
**'''Special Talents:''' Suction, Body Check
**'''Trajectory:'''
***'''Field:''' Center
***'''Height:''' Normal
*'''Special Ball:''' [[Weird Ball]]
*'''Default Batting Position:''' Right
*'''Default Throwing Arm:''' Right
*'''Sweet Spot:''' The Purple spot on the bat
*'''Compatible Relationships:''' [[Yoshi]], [[Shy Guy]], [[Petey Piranha]]
*'''Bio:''' "A dinosaur that spits eggs from her huge mouth. Birdo is very particular when it comes to fashion, though her reliance on the color pink is a bit limiting. Her bow and ring are her pride and joy. Birdo's mouth has massive suction that can even catch a ball by sucking it in."


===Trophy Information from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee===
==Gallery==
[[Image:Birdo_Trophy.jpg|frame]]
{{main-gallery|Birdo}}
''First seen in Super Mario Bros. 2, Birdo is known for shooting eggs and fireballs from her mouth. Mario and his friends would have to jump onto the eggs in midair, pick them up and throw them back at her. Long missing from the Nintendo scene, Birdo recently reappeared in Mario Tennis and Super Mario Advance.
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SMB2 Birdo.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Birdo MT64 artwork.jpg|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
Birdo Artwork - Mario Party 7.png|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
Birdo Itadaki Street DS artwork.jpg|''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''
MP9 Birdo Box Artwork.png|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
PMTOK Birdo sprite.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
</gallery>


==Character Artwork==
==Quotes==
<center><gallery>
{{main|List of Birdo quotes}}
image:Birdo3.jpg|''[[Mario Party 7]]
*"''Where would you like to go?''" - ''[[Wario's Woods]]''
Image:DinoDuo.jpg|''[[Mario Party 7]]
*"''Well Done''" - ''Wario's Woods''
image:Birdo_Mario_Golf_artwork.jpg|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]
*"''Play!''" - ''Wario's Woods'' (NES, Round Game)
image:BirdoHoops.PNG|''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]
*"''Oh!''" - ''Wario's Woods'' (NES/SNES, Round Game)
image:BaseballBirdo.jpg|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]
*"''Fight!''" - ''Wario's Woods'' (SNES, Round Game)
Image:ItadakiBirdo.PNG|''[[Itadaki Street DS]]
*"''Which level would you like to play?''" - ''Wario's Woods'' (SNES, Vs. Com)
Image:Birdosoccer.jpg|''[[Mario Strikers]]
*"''Which data file would you like to select?''" - ''Wario's Woods'' (SNES, Vs. 2P)
*"''This is as far as you go!''" - ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
*"''Well, hello there!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''I'll remember this!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''I'm gonna finish you off!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''You've come a long way!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''How could you?!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''I'm ready for you this time!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''You got a lot of nerve!''" - ''Super Mario Advance''
*"''Don't call me Birdo, call me Birdie!''" - ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
*"''You may have hurt my darling, but this is as far as you go!''" - ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
*"''I CAN'T believe I lost to YOU!!!''" - ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
*"''Yoo hoo! Hey! Look! I'm up here! Help me, please! [[Bowser Jr.]] is over there!''" - ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
*"''You're all my heroes! You must let me join you!''" - ''Mario Super Sluggers''
*"''Hello gorgeous! Long time no see! It's me!''" - ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
*"''I lost?! I don't how you stayed focused with me swimming next to you. I'll turn your head next time!''" - ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
*"''I have to WALK? I thought we'd get to ride in karts! I'm glad I left my high heels at home!''" - ''[[Fortune Street]]''
*"''Come on, die, Mama needs a brand-new bow!''" - ''Fortune Street''
*"''I'm going to put a little pink bow on this shop so everyone knows it belongs to me!''" - ''Fortune Street''
*"''Sorry, shoppy-woppy-poo! I don't want to sell you, but I'm afraid I must!''" - ''Fortune Street''
*"''Just try not to get egg on your face.''" - ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
*"''They're good enough to be pros, so they don't even bother playing handicap tournaments. Pretty cool!''" - ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''
*"''The party has started! I'm so excited!''" - ''[[Super Mario Party]]''
*"''I want to see you take the top prize so go out there and party like you mean it!''" - ''Super Mario Party
*"''I knew you'd mop the floor with those [[Koopa Troopa|delinquents]], but my GOSH. Now I've got Mario madness... and you've got the only cure.♡''" - ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
*"''Oh! But I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Birdo, the camp-house mama. You can even CALL me "mama" if you want!''" - ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''
*"''Golf is a way of life here at Bonny Greens Golf Village. The main course is our pride and joy, and even our practice facilities are world-class. You couldn't pick a better place to learn the game. Good luck out there!''" - ''Mario Golf: Super Rush''


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==List of appearances by date==
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!width=40%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release Date
!width=20%|System/Format
|-
|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#1987|1987]]
|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#1988|1988]]
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]/[[Family Computer]]
|-
|''[[Mario's Egg Catch]]''
|Enemy
|[[List of games by date#1990|1990]]
|[[Super Mario Bros. Watch|''Super Mario Bros.'' Watch]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#1991|1991]]
|[[MS-DOS|DOS]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#1993|1993]]
|[[Super Famicom]]/[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Wario's Woods]]''
|Non-playable character 
|[[List of games by date#1994|1994]]
|Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#1994|1994]]
|Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
|Boss   
|[[List of games by date#1996|1996]]
|Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2000|2000]]
|[[Nintendo 64]]
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]''
|N64 icon (after using N64 link)
|[[List of games by date#2001|2001]]
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|Trophy, stage enemy
|[[List of games by date#2001|2001]]
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2001|2001]]
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2003|2003]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2003|2003]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga ]]''
|Ally/boss
|[[List of games by date#2003|2003]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
|Mentioned, GCN icon (after using GCN link)
|[[List of games by date#2004|2004]]
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Yakuman DS]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|Cameo on banner
|[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|[[List of games by date#2006|2006]]
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party 8]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|{{wp|Triforce (arcade system board)|Triforce}}/Arcade
|-
|''[[Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|Trophy, sticker
|[[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Captain Rainbow]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|2008
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2008|2008]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
|VIP member
|[[List of games by date#2009|2009]]
|Wii<br>Nintendo DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2010|2010]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|Rival
|[[List of games by date#2011|2011]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Fortune Street]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2011|2011]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2012|2012]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''
|Cameo as a Mii costume
|[[List of games by date#2012|2012]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2012|2012]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Rival
|[[List of games by date#2013|2013]]
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2013|2013]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[NES Remix 2]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2014|2014]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|[[List of games by date#2014|2014]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|Cameo on banners
|[[List of games by date#2014|2014]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
|Trophy
|[[List of games by date#2014|2014]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2014|2014]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|Playable character ([[Costume Mario]])
|[[List of games by date#2015|2015]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2016|2016]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party Fushigi no Challenge World]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2016|2016]]
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[List of games by date#2016|2016]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2016|2016]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2016|2016]]
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|Cameo on banners, downloadable playable character
|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
|Cameo
|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]''
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS#New Nintendo 3DS/New Nintendo 3DS XL|New Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''
|Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' (version 2.0.0)
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario Party]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|Spirit, stage enemy
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|[[List of games by date#2019|2019]]
|iOS / Android
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (version 3.0.0)
|Cameo
|2020
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2020|2020]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2021|2021]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2021|2021]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' (version 1.3.0)
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2022|2022]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2023|2023]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
|Playable character
|[[List of games by date#2024|2024]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''
|Non-playable character
|[[List of games by date#2024|2024]]
|Nintendo Switch
|}


==Names in other languages==
<!--To edit this table, access the "List of Birdo names in other languages" page and go to the "Birdo" section.-->
{{main|List of Birdo names in other languages}}
{{:List of Birdo names in other languages|transcludesection=Birdo}}


{{MLSS Bosses}}
==External links==
{{SMRPG Bosses}}
*[https://www.mariowiki.it/Strutzi Birdo (character)] on Mario's Castle, the Italian Mario wiki
{{Mario Strikers Characters}}
*[https://www.mariowiki.it/Strutzi_(specie) Birdo (species)] on Mario's Castle
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Latest revision as of 20:34, January 9, 2025

This article is about Birdo, the character and species seen in several games. For the ostrich creature mistakenly labeled as "Birdo" in the Super Mario Bros. 2 cast roll, see Ostro. For the song by Horse the Band, see List of references in music § Birdo.
"Catherine" redirects here. For the character in Mario's Time Machine, see Catherine Dickens. For characters from WarioWare: Smooth Moves, see Monettes.
Birdo
Artwork of Birdo in Mario Party 9 (later used in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario Kart Tour and Mario Party Superstars)
Artwork from Mario Party 9
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Variants
Comparable
Notable members
“Clearly this is a test for me. Yes, the powers-that-be want me to go out on my own. Once I overcome many hardships, I shall be one step closer to superstardom!”
Birdo, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Birdo, also self-referred to once by the shorthand Birdie, is a recurring character in the Super Mario franchise. She is a prehistoric dinosaur,[1][2][3][4] identified in some early sources as a bird,[5][6] with a funnel-shaped mouth from which she can spit eggs. Her first appearance was as a boss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, which was rebranded as Super Mario Bros. 2 in the Western world. Birdo is considered to be one of the first transgender characters in video games.[7]

Since her first appearance, Birdo appeared in various spin-off games, appearing as a more neutral character. However, she continues to be occasionally classified as an enemy, as is the case with the Super Mario Trading Card Collection and her being grouped with typically antagonistic characters in the driver list of Mario Kart Tour. Some games portray her as a close friend or even significant other of Yoshi, while others show her simply allying with whoever catches her interest at that moment. Birdo has also been merchandised into figurines, plush toys, and amiibo cards.

While Birdo is often portrayed as an individual character, there have also been many appearances of multiple Birdos that come in different colors and that sometimes have different characteristics. In most cases, these are depicted with the same feminine characteristics as the main Birdo.

History

Super Mario series

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance

“This is as far as you go!”
Pink Birdo, Super Mario Advance
Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Artwork from Super Mario Bros. 2, depicting Birdo's original design
The three Birdos in Super Mario All-Stars
The three Birdos in Super Mario All-Stars
The three Birdos in Super Mario All-Stars
The three Birdos in Super Mario All-Stars

Birdo is a recurring miniboss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, usually appearing at the end of the third level of every world. Birdo appears in three colors: Pink Birdo[8] shoots eggs from her snout, Red Birdo[8] shoots eggs and fireballs, and Green Birdo[8] only shoots fireballs. Green Birdo is depicted gray in the original in World 5-1 and World 7-1. Birdos originally had very small bows, which were enlarged in the remakes, more closely resembling the size in artwork, and are colored orange for the red and green Birdos. Birdo generally walks back and forth, spitting projectiles while facing the player character. Birdo can be defeated by throwing an object, usually her eggs back at her, though the green type can be hit only by Mushroom Blocks. Most Birdos drop a Crystal Ball when defeated, except the Birdo enemy in World 4-3 and two Red Birdos in World 7-2, one of whom drops a key to the chamber with the Mask Gate. Birdo physically holds the Crystal Ball, though spits it out of her snout when defeated in remakes instead. In original releases only, moving a far enough distance from the Mask Gate causes Birdo to respawn sans the Crystal Ball.

Birdo and Ostro's names are mixed up in the cast roll in the original and Super Mario All-Stars versions.[9][10] Later prints of the manual switch their names around as well, but keep the "birdetta" note on the one now labeled "Ostro" despite the inconsistency.

A robotic Birdo boss named Robirdo appears in the remake Super Mario Advance, taking over Mouser's position as the boss of World 3. Unlike later games, Birdo does not make honking-like sounds but has dialogue,[11][12] portrayed by Jen Taylor. The pink, red, and green types each have increasingly lower-pitched voices. The other Birdos have different dialogue lines, and one of Green Birdo's lines implies that she had been fought before.[13] The player is able to steal the bows from Red and Green Birdos, though it can only be thrown back on their head.

BS Super Mario USA

Birdo had her first speaking role in BS Super Mario USA. Taking place sometime after Super Mario Bros. 2, the pink Birdo and her red and green friends, once again depicted as separate characters with different voices, again serve Wart and invade Subcon. Birdo is fought in the same way as in the predecessor, though this time Birdo may appear randomly and invincibly fly at the player. She can also throw multiple eggs in the air and sometimes can throw bigger ones. Like Wart and Mouser, Birdo appears frequently as a card on the screen and can cast spells to switch the player character or change enemies into bombs. In the end, Birdo and her companions lose again against Mario and friends, although it is said that they would receive better treatment in the future. The voice actors for all three Birdos are all okama, a Japanese term for men who act and dress like females, furthering the franchise-long joke involving Birdo's ambiguous gender.

Super Mario Maker

Sprite of Birdo in Super Mario Maker

Birdo is featured as a costume in Super Mario Maker with a design loosely based on Super Mario Bros. 2. It is unlocked by completing the NES REMIX (Super Mario Bros. 2) event course. The corresponding sound effects are also from Super Mario Bros. 2: Birdo's transformation sound is the Mushroom power-up tune, losing a life plays the tune from said game, and clearing a course plays the theme when completing a level. Pressing +Control Pad up causes Birdo to wink at the camera while a heart appears above her.

Super Mario Maker 2

Birdo's cameo in Super Mario Maker 2
Birdo's cameo in Super Mario Maker 2

Birdo was introduced in the 3.0.0 update of Super Mario Maker 2 as a cameo. Her original sprite flashes on-screen when the mini-boss trigger is activated while under the effects of the SMB2 Mushroom. The music that plays is the generic boss theme from Super Mario Bros. 2.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

Birdo
Screenshot from the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Jungle Fever"
“Koopfinger to Birdo! Nab those eggplant eatin' idiots!”
Koopfinger, "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service"

Multiple Birdos appear in various episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as part of the Koopa Pack. They retain their ability to shoot eggs (this time having the ability to explode) out of their mouths from Super Mario Bros. 2, as well as gaining the ability of flight. Two Birdos with dragon wings appear in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" and "Quest for Pizza", with the former possessing immense strength and the latter being ridden by Alley Koop. Baby Birdos are also occasionally seen which are lighter in color, lack the ability to fly, and usually make "cheep" noises.

In the tie-in compilation album Super Mario Bros.: Favorite Mushroom Party Hits!!!, Mario dedicates the song "Mockingbird" by Inez and Charlie Foxx to "Birdo lovers", mentioning that he likes his Birdos well-done with pasta.

In "Jungle Fever," King Koopa utilizes several of them as guards. One Birdo is able to use its egg to bring down an Albatoss carrying Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad.

King Koopa deploys Birdos in "Toad Warriors". In order to make money, King Koopa steals the vast majority of Car Land's spaghetti sauce supply, planning to sell it back at a very inflated price. 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. The three Birdos are later defeated by Luigi's Bob-ombs after attacking Mario and Toadstool.

During the events of "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service", King Koopa hires an enormous Birdo with wings and a "K" emblazoned on its chest. King Koopa, Mouser, Tryclyde, and Koopa Troopa embark to rob Spy Land's Coin supply from Fort Hard Knox, but are pursued by Mario and Luigi in the Spymobile. King Koopa, after several failed attempts to destroy the vehicle, call for the Birdo to lift the Spymobile from the road. The Birdo deposits the brothers in King Koopa's lair.

In "The Unzappables", a mustachioed Birdo wearing a top hat and a tuxedo can be seen dancing with an Ostro in the Koopa Klub. This is a notable instance of a masculine Birdo.

In "Escape from Koopatraz", King Koopa includes one in the jury for the trial of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad. The Birdo deliberates the decision with the three other members of the jury, until King Koopa threatens them with a Piranha Plant. They quickly condemn Princess Toadstool and her friends as guilty.

Nintendo Comics System

Nintendo Comics System "Bedtime for Drain-Head": Mario attacks a Birdo using its own eggs.
Mario defeating the Birdo guard in a Nintendo Comics System comic.

In the comics "Bedtime for Drain-Head" and "Betrayal Most Proper," after losing control of the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser employed Birdos as castle guards. Mario battles these guards on two occasions. Under the delusion that he was Dirk Drain-Head in "Bedtime for Drain-Head," Mario entered Bowser's Castle to save Toad. After laying waste to a large number of enemies outside of the castle, a Birdo blocked Mario's path and shot eggs at him as he tried to enter the castle. However, Mario quickly picked them up and threw 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.

In "The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head," King Koopa claims to keep his Birdos in cages lined with Baroness Blue Blood comic book pages.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up

Birdo is one of the characters featured in the Zoo Keeper page of Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up,[14] depicting her in a cageMedia:ZooKeeper.png.

Wario's Woods

Birdo in the SNES version of Wario's Woods

Birdo, referred to by her original Japanese name Catherine in the game's instruction manual[15] appears as a supporting character in Wario's Woods. She assists Toad and the Sprite as Wario sends out the monsters of Wario's Woods. Birdo encourages Toad and advises him to look out for Wario from the corner, but if Toad takes too long, Wario grabs Birdo and replaces her temporarily, before Birdo returns.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Birdo from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Birdo in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
“Oh, I'm never gonna let ya go. You're just too... CUTE!”
Birdo, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Birdo is a boss in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the remake, being noticeably much larger than normally depicted. Birdo is first found in an egg named Shelly in Nimbus Castle during Valentina's control. While she is in Shelly, she asks Mario to play with her, and the battle starts when Mario agrees.[16] Birdo hatches from Shelly after enough attacks.[17] Her attack is to spit eggs. After being attacked from the back, Birdo can spit out singular eggs called Eggberts, which can be defended against to bounce off and surround Birdo's nest. Attacking the Eggberts cause them to explode and hurt Birdo. The reward for defeating Birdo is the Castle Key 2.[18] Birdo has a unique line of dialogue if the player interacts with Shelly after the battle.[19]

Mario Tennis series

Mario Tennis

Birdo hitting the ball while playing tennis.
Birdo in the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Tennis

Birdo appears in the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Tennis and cameos in the handheld version if the Transfer Pak is used. Birdo appears next to Yoshi, and the two are seen to be very affectionate. Birdo is a speed player, giving her a fast running speed like Yoshi and Baby Mario. Birdo enters the court during the intro after Paratroopa but loses to Peach. Birdo is later seen with Paratroopa and Yoshi, when Bowser interrupts the tennis match. Her own court can be unlocked by winning the Star Cup with Birdo in doubles. Also, when the player chooses Daisy in the double tournament mode, Birdo would be her default partner. When two players play as Birdo, the color palette changes to blue with a magenta ribbon. Birdo, who is portrayed by Jessica Chisum, receives voice acting for the first time, as well as her emblem, which is her ribbon.

Mario Power Tennis

Birdos of various colors appear in the background of various trophy cutscenes in Mario Power Tennis, most notably the red Birdo in Bowser's trophy acceptance cutscene.

Mario Tennis Open

Though Birdo does not physically appear, an unlockable Mii outfit based on her appears in Mario Tennis Open, as well as her tennis racket, which can be bought. The Mii outfit is unlocked by winning a match against an Ace opponent in Exhibition mode.

Mario Tennis Aces

Birdo as she appears in Mario Tennis Aces

Birdo is a playable character of the All-Around type in Mario Tennis Aces. She was available as a participation prize for the October online tournament[20] or from November 1, 2018 in the version 2.0.0 update. Birdo's emblem is on a bag available as a preorder bonus in Japan. Her vertical and horizontal Trick Shots are known as Perfect Pose and Cheer Step respectively. Her Special Shot, Airlift Extravaganza, features Birdo blowing a kiss before being tossed up in the air by Fly Guys with pink stars, dots, and hearts surrounding her and her shot.

Mario Golf series

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Artwork of Birdo swinging a golf club from Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Birdo swinging a golf club in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Birdo is first seen in the opening cutscence of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, playing golf with Boo at Lakitu Valley. She is playable as a balanced character. This is the first game to use her current design and voice. Her nice shot swing produces a rainbow,[21] much like Yoshi's, although with more muted colors. During her trophy ceremony, she gives a wink that creates a floating heart to lift up her trophy, only for it to flicker and disappear, dropping the trophy and causing Birdo to have a surprised expression.

Mario Golf: Advance Tour

Birdo is one of the names on the score chart in Mario Golf: Advance Tour.

Mario Golf: World Tour

Birdo is unlocked for play in Mario Golf: World Tour after collecting 55 Star Coins in Challenge Mode. She is the only unlockable character to also appear during the second introduction. Birdo's entry animation is her kissing her golf club. Birdo is balanced, has a driving and star driving distance of 212 and 267 yards, respectively, average control, a sweet spot going slightly above average, and a fade trajectory. She hits relatively high, so her shots are more affected by wind. Birdo hugs her club whenever she achieves a nice shot. When she gets a par, she wiggles her finger and flicks it, and when she gets a birdie she blows kisses and makes poses. Birdo's eagle, albatross, and hole-in-one animations show her kissing the camera, causing it to fall down. Birdo cries if she gets a bogey before quickly applying makeup. For double bogey or lower, Birdo shoots eggs at the screen before being knocked back by them. Birdo is in the females' changing room of the Castle Club, where she gives tips about handicap and perfect strokes. Miis can use her clubs and ball, as well as receive golf clothing based on her from the shop or by entering tournaments. Her costume is won if a Character Costume challenge is completed.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Birdo is a non-playable character in Mario Golf: Super Rush. She is the camp-house mama of the house in Bonny Greens during Golf Adventure, where the rookies composed of Boo, Chargin' Chuck, Toadette, and the Mii player are staying. Birdo greets the player when they start their journey.

Super Smash Bros. series

SmashWiki article: Birdo

In the Super Smash Bros. series, Birdo debuted in Super Smash Bros. Melee, as a stage element of Mushroom Kingdom II, which depicts Birdo in her two-dimensional Super Mario All-Stars sprite. 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. The Mushroom Kingdom II stage from Super Smash Bros. Melee returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and by extension, Birdo in her Super Mario All-Stars-based sprite form.

Birdo has also appeared in the form of collectible items. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, there is a trophy of Birdo that is obtained as a random drop, and unlocked alongside the trophy is the Mushroom Kingdom II stage. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a pink Birdo appears as a trophy, but unlike in Super Smash Bros. Melee, it does not depict Birdo in a sprite-base form. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Birdo appears in the form of a trophy again, and it depicts her winking and standing near a Birdo's Egg, as well as featuring information about her appearances in Super Mario Bros. 2 and Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Birdo appears as both an online profile icon and Ace-class Grab-type primary spirit, depicting her artwork from Mario Party 7 and taking up two support slots; the spirit can be summoned using a T-Rex and Starly core.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the names that can appear whenever players press the random button when they are naming their custom stage is "BIRDO".

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Artwork of Yoshi and Birdo for Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Birdo is partnered with Yoshi by default in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Birdo is a playable character in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. She is teamed with Yoshi by default, though she partners with Peach in the second title screen art. Birdo's special item is the Birdo's Egg, which has pink spots instead of green like Yoshi's Eggs. Birdo has an unlockable personal kart titled the Turbo Birdo. She and Yoshi are the staff ghost characters of both Dry Dry Desert and Yoshi Circuit, and her emblem is shown throughout the former course. Mushroom City and Yoshi Circuit feature signs that read "Ribbon," as well as "Birdo watching" in much smaller letters in the center, and depict Birdo. Yoshi Circuit and the posters reappear in Mario Kart DS, though Birdo does not physically appear.

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

Birdo cameos on signs and in the crowd when the player receives a trophy in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2.

Mario Kart Wii

Artwork of Birdo from Mario Kart Wii
Birdo standing by her Standard Kart M in Mario Kart Wii

Birdo later appears in Mario Kart Wii as a middleweight, unlockable character. Birdo has an equal balance of weight, top speed, and acceleration. However, when she goes off-road, she loses a moderate amount of speed. She is unlocked when the player defeats 250 other players in online racing, when the player does Time Trials on 16 different courses or when the player plays 1,350 races. Birdo shares the medium-sized group of karts and bikes, but all in her own favorite colors, like purple and magenta. Birdo receives a small weight and off-road boost, while her best bonus is the mini-turbo stat. Birdo's mini-turbo is tied with Diddy Kong's, while being inferior to that of Koopa Troopa, Dry Bones, Wario, and Dry Bowser. Birdo's mini turbo can be used with the Wild Wing and the Mach Bike to make it the strongest mini turbo in the middleweight class. Birdo is the only playable female character not to receive a speed bonus. Birdo is also the only playable character, besides Miis, that is not used as a staff ghost.

Aside from the main Birdo, blue-colored Birdos often appear in audience bleachers.

Mario Kart 7

Birdos return as audience members in Mario Kart 7.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Birdo and several of her recolored variants racing on the Yoshi's Island course in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Birdo and all of her variants racing on Yoshi's Island.

Although no Birdos themselves physically appear in Mario Kart 8 or the base game of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a picture of Birdo along with Peach and Daisy appears on some of the Women of Racing Organization banners seen on N64 Royal Raceway. She is also mentioned on the speakers in Sunshine Airport.

Birdo appears as a playable character in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, being available in Wave 4 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC. Most of her voice clips are reused from Mario Kart Wii, while some were reused from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and some are new to the DLC. Similarly to Yoshi and Shy Guy, she has multiple differently-colored variants: pink, orange, yellow, blue, light blue, green, red, black, and white (a total of nine colors). She is once again a middleweight character, sharing statistics with Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, and Peachette. A CPU Birdo uses the same kart combination options as Yoshi, which include the Standard Kart, Mach 8, Standard Bike, and Wild Wiggler. Yoshi is also her rival in Grand Prix. Art of Birdo also appears on banners in Tour Sydney Sprint.

Mario Kart Tour

Birdo returns as a playable character in Mario Kart Tour, introduced in the 2019 Holiday Tour along with the Turbo Birdo and Birdo Cup. She is classified as a Super driver, and her special skill is the Birdo's Egg; while functionally identical to the Yoshi's Egg, it now uses a white, spotless design. Some of her voice clips are reused from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. A Mii Racing Suit based on her debuted in the 2022 Yoshi Tour.

Several differently-colored variants of Birdo also appear in the game as playable drivers, namely:

All of these variants are Super drivers except for black and white, who are High-End drivers.

Mario & Luigi series

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

Birdo speaking of her love for Popple.
Birdo in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Birdo helps the heroes by disguising herself as Princess Peach when Cackletta and Fawful visit the Mushroom Kingdom. When Cackletta attempts to steal the princess's voice, she gets Birdo's instead. Then, when the Beanish witch tried to use the "pure" voice to awaken the Beanstar, it went berserk. All of this is not revealed until later in the game, when Toadsworth and Peach explained the situation to the Mario Bros. As they spoke, Birdo appears and starts wildly chasing two of Lady Lima's Peas, after winking at them flirtatiously.

Sometime later, Birdo replaces Bowser as Popple's "Rookie" out of her mad love for the Beanish crook. Oddly, she is now an enemy of the Mario Bros., even though she had been a helper before in the game. Birdo is a powerful opponent, as one of her attacks involves sucking in Mario or Luigi into her snout, chewing on them before spitting them out. If Birdo is successful in this, it will not only hurt the unfortunate Mario Bro. she sucked up, but will also restore her own HP. The only way to dodge this attack is to hit Birdo with a hammer as her target is drawn near, making it unavoidable if Popple succeeds in stealing the targeted Bro's hammer beforehand. She can also 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 deadly egg shields. One egg holds Popple; the other three each contain Bob-ombs that will rush forward after their egg is broken open and need to be jumped over. The main difference between Birdo's and Popple's first Rookie's attack patterns, however, is that Birdo won't counterattack the Mario Bros. if they attack Popple first, making them both easier to defeat. Birdo, however, becomes stronger after Popple has been beaten, as she turns red and says "You may have defeated my darling, but that's as far as you go!" In this state, her attack power is much higher and she now targets both bros. with her egg attack instead of just one and does it much faster.

After Popple and Birdo fail in their attempt to destroy the Mario brothers, Popple blames it all on Birdo and even goes as far as to fire his latest apprentice. Birdo responds by furiously knocking him away through a wall and ending their relationship. She then gives a short speech about her new dedication to strive towards super-stardom, expresses her anger at Mario and Luigi, and runs away. Although Cackletta stole Birdo's voice, she is still able to speak when Mario and Luigi battle her and Popple. This appears to be an error in the game, but Birdo may have gotten her voice back after Cackletta used it on the Beanstar.

Birdo returns in the Nintendo 3DS remake, with the same role as in the original game. In this remake, whenever Birdo sucks up one of the Bros. or Popple, she swallows them before chewing and spitting them out. The tell for her flaming eggs has also been changed from Birdo turning to face the targeted bro with a targeting reticule appearing underneath them to her winking at the targeted bro with a heart floating towards them. Birdo also appears in Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, in the level Popple's Partner, Part 2. At the beginning of the level, she is found in line to audition to become Popple's partner. She then fights Captain Goomba's squad alongside Popple. She fights as a regular troop in the level's last wave (where Popple is the captain), and is a ranged enemy. After they are defeated, Birdo drags Popple away.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Birdo makes an appearance in Mario & Luigi: Brothership where she can be seen on Merrygo Island swooningly greeting Mario and Luigi after they mistake her for Princess Peach.[22]

Yakuman DS

Birdo is an opponent in Yakuman DS. She is generally balanced with skill being her best stats. She can be found on easy and normal challenges.

Mario Baseball series

Mario Superstar Baseball

Birdos in various colors are first seen during the opening cinematic of Mario Superstar Baseball, being part of the audience at Mario Stadium. As a playable character, Birdo's batting is slightly above average, whilst her other stats fall slightly below average. Birdo's Star Skill is the Weird Ball, which requires the Pink Egg to use in Challenge Mode. Birdo can use Suction, allowing her to catch balls from distances away, and Body Check, allowing her to attack players on the base. She is a sub-captain of Yoshi's team in Challenge Mode and a selectable captain in Exhibition Mode. Birdo has good chemistry with Yoshi, Shy Guy, and Petey Piranha whilst having no bad chemistry with any character.

Mario Super Sluggers

Birdo executing her special move in Mario Super Sluggers

Birdo is first seen in the opening cinematic of Mario Super Sluggers, riding a yacht with a few of the other playable characters to the Baseball Kingdom. Birdo is seen at Yoshi Park, watching as Yoshi falls into a pipe as he tries to catch the ball with his tongue. Birdo is last seen on the bench at Mario Stadium, watching as Luigi makes the final out against Donkey Kong, then Birdo celebrates with her teammates. In the cinematic after defeating Bowser in Challenge Mode, Birdo and other different colored members of her species celebrate with the other characters before they leave for the lights of the Baseball Kingdom to turn on at night.

Birdo is playable as a team captain. She gets a good boost in her batting and fielding skills, along with a small speed increase. She has great stamina and can do strong throws, but her pitching is low. Birdo's close play involves turning to the side and knocking the player away with her waist. Her Star moves include the Cannon Swing and Suction Ball. Birdo has good chemistry with Daisy, Yoshi, Petey Piranha, Shy Guy, and Toadette, and bad chemistry with Tiny Kong, Peach, Wario, Waluigi and Blooper. In Challenge Mode, Birdo is stuck in a nearby tree, and tackling Bowser Jr. restores the rainbow bridge leading to her. Following a game of Piranha Panic, the player can go across the constructed rainbow bridge to speak with Birdo and have her join as a team member.

Mario Party series

Birdo's emblem in the Mario Party installments

Mario Party 7

Birdo is a newcomer in Mario Party 7, along with Dry Bones. Birdo is a secret guest of Toadsworth in the Duty Free Shop, where she can be unlocked by spending 1,000 mileage points. Birdo is partnered with Yoshi by default in Team Mode, where their corresponding orb is the Egg Orb.

Mario Party 8

Birdo is playable in Mario Party 8. Her default partner is Yoshi, and their team name is "Egg Explosion".

Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher / Mario Party Challenge World

Birdo is playable in the arcade games Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher and Mario Party Challenge World.

Mario Party 9

Birdo is a playable character in Mario Party 9. Her Star constellation is called "Egg Thrower", and the player can purchase it at the Museum for 50 Party Points.

Mario Party: Island Tour

Birdo is a non-playable character in Mario Party: Island Tour. She is a judge in the minigame The Choicest Voice.

Super Mario Party

Birdo is a non-playable character in Super Mario Party. She gives out information about earlier Mario Party entries and advice to the player. Birdo also hosts regular quiz sessions. In one of her lines, Birdo mentions that she had been playable when she was younger. Birdo also gives out her own stickers for use in the Sticker Gallery and the golden oar to the player to use in River Survival after receiving them.

The British English and Italian versions of the game refers to Birdo as male, while most other versions refer to her as female. The French and Chinese versions use ambiguous genders instead.

Mario Party Superstars

Birdo's icon in Mario Party Superstars
Birdo's icon in Mario Party Superstars

Birdo returns as a playable character in Mario Party Superstars, being one of two playable characters not originally playable in Mario Party 3, alongside Rosalina. She has a visual bug where at certain points during board gameplay, her snout will appear larger and then slightly shrink down afterward.

Super Mario Party Jamboree

Birdo reappears as a playable character in Super Mario Party Jamboree and retains many of her animations and sprites. She is the only playable character in both Mario Party Superstars and this game to not appear as a possible Jamboree Buddy.

Mario Strikers series

Super Mario Strikers

The icon of a Birdo from Super Mario Strikers

Birdos are both spectators and sidekicks in Super Mario Strikers. Birdos are the most aggressive compared to other species, scoring the hard hits against opponents necessary in the sport. Birdo's skin, bow, and uniform can differ depending on whom the player chooses as captain:

Mario Strikers Charged

A Red Birdo
A red Birdo seen in Mario Strikers Charged

Multiple Birdos compete as sidekick players, this time amongst other species, in Mario Strikers Charged. Birdo is a power character who has very high defense and shooting skills whilst having very poor passing and speed. Her Skillshot is the Extreme Egg. Birdos also return as spectators, including the elusive white Birdos and black Birdos. During Peach's losing animation, all of the Birdos cower as Peach lashes out except one, who does a "talk to the hand" gesture before leaving.

The following is a list of Birdo colors appearing in Mario Strikers Charged.

Audience
Sidekicks

Mario Strikers: Battle League

Artwork of Birdo in Mario Strikers: Battle League
Birdo's art for Mario Strikers: Battle League

Birdo returns in Mario Strikers: Battle League, now selectable as a captain, via the version 1.3.0 update alongside Bowser Jr. as the last characters added to the roster. Her team number is 4, which is Petey Piranha's number in Mario Strikers Charged. She is an Offensive type player and has the strongest shooting ability out of all playable characters while also having strong technique, though her strength and passing are among the worst in the game. Like in the previous game, she carries the ball in her snout when running with it. Unlike in the previous installments of the Mario Strikers series, the player cannot have multiple Birdos on their team, like with Yoshi, Toad, and Shy Guy, nor does her skin color change depending on the team she is in, though Birdo's bow will change color. Her Hyper Strike, Jewel Dance, involves her shooting two crystalized eggs onto the field and one in front of her, which she kicks after performing a twirl, breaking it and revealing the soccer ball inside. The ball bounces into the other two eggs before flying towards the goal, which create shockwaves.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

Birdo is an unlockable character in Mario Hoops 3-on-3. She is unlocked when the player finishes the Hard Mushroom Cup with a bronze rank. She is an all-around type with Egg Shot as her Special Shot. Birdo can be seen with Yoshi in one of the screens of the Mario Stadium.

Paper Mario series

Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, there is a Sammer Guy named Squatting Birdo, an obvious reference to Birdo and the species. Like a few other Sammer Guys, Squatting Birdo recognizes his namesake as an almost deity-like creature, and his ramblings when first encountered suggest that Birdos are flightless birds. This may have been a reference to the confusion between Birdo and the ostrich-like Ostro in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

“Heart of a woman, heart of a man... Both can know of love's grace...”
Birdo, Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Birdo in Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Birdo appears in Snow Rise of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, being found on a giant swing as Mario comes to a cliff and hits a nearby tree. She will perform to him a short serenade and then give him the Goat, also warning Mario not to "get egg on [his] face" upon swinging away.

In the ending, Birdo is in the three-minecart chain with two Shy Guys for the Bowser's Snow Fort section of the parade winking at the player.

Paper Mario: Color Splash

“Two hearts in doki doki panic. My heart Flutter Jumps.”
Birdo, Paper Mario: Color Splash

Birdo appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. She holds a concert in Plum Park, accompanied by dancing Koopa Troopas, before an audience of Shy Guys, Mario, and Huey. Her song lyrics reference her original Japanese debut game (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic), as well as Yoshi's Flutter Jump ability.

She also appears during the Balloons Thing animation, where she blows a kiss to the enemy to send them flying away. Birdo also appears during the credits slowly moving on her moon.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Birdo and some pink Snifits from Paper Mario: The Origami King.
Birdo appearing in the coffee shop alongside several Snifits
“Now I've got Mario madness... and you've got the only cure.”
Birdo, Paper Mario: The Origami King

Birdo reappears in Paper Mario: The Origami King, where she first appears falling into the spring in Whispering Woods after Mario pulls on a nearby tree tug. Birdo later appears in Big Sho' Theater for a performance on the second stage. During the act, two Paper Macho Koopa Troopas fight over her while Mario battles them. In the coffee shop at the Spring of Rainbows, Birdo will appear if Mario chooses the special, where she blows a heart into his mug.

Fortune Street series

Birdo is playable in both Itadaki Street DS and Fortune Street. Birdo has to be unlocked in the former game by defeating her in Luigi's Stage Level 1, and the game features her head and clothings as customizable items. Birdo was made a starter character in Fortune Street, retaining her D rank, and in Tour Mode, Birdo is faced on Yoshi's Island and Alefgard.

Mario & Sonic series

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Birdo, along with Donkey Kong, Silver, and many others, were originally going to appear as playable characters in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.[23]

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Birdo in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Birdo is a non-playable character in the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. She is classified as a VIP member, watching the player in certain events and awarding them 100 points if she is found. There is a Mii outfit of Birdo that can be bought from the shop for 100 points after finding her in an event. There is also a Birdo sticker that is usable on the player's equipment.

In the Adventure Tours mode on the handheld version, Birdo is seen in Cubyrinth. She has apparently found Yoshi's missing drift board, but only gives it after losing to Yoshi in Ski Cross Racing, claiming it is for elite athletes. Birdo can be rematched if the player desires.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Birdo in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Birdo is a rival in the London Party mode in the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Birdo is faced in the 100m Freestyle event, and later in Badminton - Doubles with a blue Birdo. Birdos are goalies in Football, where their color matches that of the team's. Birdo appears around the map regularly, challenging the character to a quiz or gossiping. The Mii costume of Birdo is retained, and she also receives a theme song.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Birdo is a rival of the Legends Showdown mode in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, appearing in Area 1 to face off against Sonic, Tails, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong in Ice Hockey while accompanied by a blue, yellow, and green Birdo. Birdo's theme and her Mii costume return from the previous game.

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Birdo makes her first playable appearance in the Mario & Sonic series in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but she is only playable in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Nintendo 3DS, where she is exclusive to the Archery event. Her stats are strong skill and stamina with average speed and above average power make her a generally balanced character. She plays a main role in "Road To Rio" as she challenges the player on day 4 of Sonic's story in Archery. She also hosts some training sessions. Five unplayable and differently colored Birdos (red, blue, green, yellow, and light-blue) act as extra teammates for Daisy in Football and Football Plus.

Birdos appear in the Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Wii U, but neither Birdo herself nor three differently colored Birdos (red, blue, and green) are playable, the former instead appearing by the sand statue where the Heroes Showdown multiplayer mode can be chosen and the latter instead appearing as selectable goalies in Football and Duel Football. Birdo's Mii costume also reappears. Her stats are the same as in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the 3DS, but her power has weakened and her speed has went up. In the game's opening, Birdo herself can be seen as a goalie in Duel Football, while other colored Birdos are used as goalies in the actual game.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

The blue and red Birdos are goalies in Football in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. However, Birdo's color scheme is erroneously used for the head icon of the second team's Birdo instead of the red Birdo used in-game.

Captain Rainbow

The Cute House as seen from outside, Nick standing in front of the door.
The Cute Home as seen from outside in Captain Rainbow
Birdo in her Cute House.
The Cute Home as seen from inside

Birdo is a damsel-in-distress who lives on Mimin Island, in the so-called Kawaii Ouchi ("Cute Home") in Captain Rainbow. It is located on a remote place of the island. The Cute Home represents Birdo's personality and her likings: the interior consists of mostly pink and red equipment decorated with many heart and ribbon emblems. Birdo is imprisoned for using the female bathroom, as the robot jailer does not believe her when she insists she is a girl. She gets quite upset about this, and asks Nick to go to her Cute Home and find something that will prove she is not lying. Nick finds a mysterious object under Birdo's pillow (which is blurred out, though it is implied to be a vibrator), it serves its purpose and Birdo is released. Birdo develops a crush on Nick, and calls him her "boyfriend". Nick accompanies her in her walks near her Cute Home, and she helps him carry a fallen Star to the altar on the top of Mimin Island. If Nick lets Birdo's wish be granted, she flies into the sky with the Star and disappears.

Super Mario Chess

In Super Mario Chess, Birdos appear as knights on Bowser's team.

Minecraft

Birdo is featured as one of the Super Mario-themed character skins in the Super Mario Mash-up, available in versions of Minecraft released on Nintendo systems.

Mario Sports Superstars

Screenshot from Mario Sports Superstars
Birdo participating in horse racing

Birdo is playable in Mario Sports Superstars. She is a Balance type character in most sports, giving her well-rounded stats. Her stats are similar to Yoshi, but in soccer her finesse is higher, and in baseball and golf her power is stronger. In tennis, though, she is instead a Speed type player as in her previous appearance in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. Her speed allows her to run around the court quickly, but her power and spin are only average. In golf, her default drive is 217 yards, and her shots travel medium-high in a fade trajectory. Her emblem is once again her ribbon. Her special boost in horse racing is magenta and has sparkles and a bird tweet following it. Her special shot in baseball and soccer is similar to horse racing, but in baseball the ball is encased in a Birdo's Egg. Like all playable characters, Birdo receives five amiibo cards for each sport from the game's series of amiibo cards. All her cards reuse artwork from previous games except tennis, where her artwork is new. When players tap in Birdo's cards, they receive jewel-themed gear that Birdo can optionally use, though the gear is only for aesthetic purposes. Players can also use jeweled gear for Birdo if they have unlocked it through purchasing randomly-packed digital cards.

Other appearances

Birdo makes an appearance in Kirby Super Star as a spectator on both sides of the arena during the battle at Mt. Dedede against King Dedede, as well as in the minigame Megaton Punch.

Unused appearances

Mario's Tennis

Birdo's Japanese name "Catherine" (though romanized as "Cassarin") can be found within the game data of Mario's Tennis, implying she was originally intended to be playable.

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

In the pre-release build of Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, Birdo was referenced on courtside banners by her Japanese name, "Catherine".

Personal information

Physical description

Birdo's ingame model from Mario Party 9.
Birdo's current appearance

Birdo and the rest of her species are dinosaurs with funnel-shaped mouths and a body structure similar to a Yoshi, though slightly shorter and with a row of three spikes on the tail, not the head. In several early illustrations, she is depicted as being orange instead of pink, and on the cover of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, she is depicted with distinct nostrils midway up her snout and what appears to be a tongue in her mouth, though neither of these traits has ever been shown again. In the various iterations of Super Mario Bros. 2, her snout ends with a small hole and is somewhat barrel-shaped, inverting while it is open; later games, however, use the latter shape in all situations, likely due to looking that way in her original artwork.

Birdo is mostly pink, with a rounded belly, red tail spikes and purple spots on her cheeks. She has purple eyes, each of which is framed by three long, thin eyelashes. She does not have hair, and instead wears a big red bow atop her head, which is usually her emblem. She has small but pointed claws, with four fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot. More recently, a large diamond ring set in gold is occasionally depicted on her left hand. She has a white belly like a Yoshi, as well as yellow-padded feet.

Since Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Birdo commonly wears purple eye makeup. In her team name, "Birdo Bows", from Mario Super Sluggers, she wears lipstick, which is odd because she does not use lipstick during the game, nor in most of her other appearances. In the Japanese commercial for Super Mario All-Stars, she wears a white stole over an expensive-looking black dress along with a pearl necklace. Overall, however, Birdo's looks have not changed as drastically as many other characters have through the ages.

Color variations

Similar to Yoshis, Birdos also come in various colors besides pink. Below is a list of all known colors and their first appearance.

Image Color Primary bow color First appearance
Artwork of Birdo in Mario Party 9 (later used in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario Kart Tour and Mario Party Superstars) Pink Red Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Artwork of Birdo (Red) from Mario Kart Tour Red Pink Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Birdo (Green) from Mario Kart Tour Green Yellow Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Artwork of Birdo (Light Blue) from Mario Kart Tour Light-blue Blue Mario Power Tennis
Birdo (Orange) from Mario Kart Tour Orange Red-orange Mario Power Tennis
Artwork of Birdo (Yellow) from Mario Kart Tour Yellow Orange Super Mario Strikers
Birdo (Blue) from Mario Kart Tour Blue Purple Super Mario Strikers
Birdo (White) from Mario Kart Tour White Light-blue Mario Strikers Charged
Artwork of Birdo (Black) from Mario Kart Tour Black White Mario Strikers Charged
MotherBirdo.jpg Purple Orange (as Giant Birdo)
Brown (Super Mario Strikers; audience)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Gray Birdo Gray Gray Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Image of a Birdo in Donkey Kong's team, from  Super Mario Strikers Brown Lime green Super Mario Strikers

Personality and traits

Artwork of Birdo  for Mario Party 8 (reused for Super Mario Party Jamboree)
Birdo posing and winking in her artwork for Mario Party 8

Birdo displays great determination and confidence in all aspects of her life. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Birdo revealed her goal of becoming a Superstar. Birdo has tackled a wide variety of sports and was the first known Birdo to emerge in the public spotlight in Mario Tennis.

Birdo is somewhat vain, as she perceives herself to be very beautiful and feminine, and often strikes eccentric poses to show off her appearance. Also, she is portrayed to be very friendly, and enjoys being with the whole Super Mario crew. This is shown when losing a round of 18 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: World Tour. She also exudes charm and elegance as shown in many games whenever she wins or appears on-screen, where she waves and blows kisses frequently. Additionally, Birdo always wears a massive diamond ring on her finger. In Mario Party 7 and Mario Party 8, when Birdo gets a Star, she shows off this ring during one of her poses. Birdo appears to enjoy the spotlight, as shown in the Paper Mario series, where she occasionally puts on a singing or theatrical performance in front of Mario and other characters. Her penchant for singing is also alluded to in Mario Kart Tour, where she is shown on banners advertising the Sydney Music Festival in Sydney Sprint. According to Play Nintendo, Birdo's favorite things are (in no particular order) friends, big red bows, and sparkly things.[24]

Always looking for love, Birdo has had a variety of crushes and relationships throughout her life. Birdo is very flirtatious and affectionate with others, even when she does not know them very well, as evidenced in Fortune Street where her dialogue is very playful, flirty and endearing. This is also seen in Birdo's relationship with Popple in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga where she expresses her high opinion of love and romance, explaining her flirtatious nature and drive to find love. The effect of these whirlwind romances on Birdo have only been hinted at in her Egg Shot move in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, which sends broken hearts flying; this is a stark contrast to Princess Peach's Heart Shot.

Powers and abilities

Birdo spitting out an egg
Birdo's signature ability is shooting eggs from her mouth.

In addition to eggs, Birdo has also shown the ability to utilize her snout in a manner similar to a vacuum, using it to suck things closer to herself or even swallow them; Birdo displays this ability in Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Strikers: Battle League, and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the last of which also has her leeching away the health of those she sucks up. On occasion, Birdo has enveloped people, including herself, in large eggs, in order to increase defense. She is often classified as all-around in sports games, where she has a great deal of strength. She also has shown this strength when angered in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, when, after discovering that Popple had not actually love her, she knocks him right through a wall, indicating she has super-strength, as well as in the Mario Baseball series where she has a strong throwing arm and has batting as her strongest stat.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, hitting a nice shot while playing as her will cause a rainbow to form similar to Yoshi's, but rainbow abilities have since then not been seen. Birdo also has some hints of heart-based power similar to Princess Peach as shown in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour in her victory cut-scene and Mario Hoops 3-on-3 in her special shot. However, they are not as strong or as useful as Peach's hearts. This often has comedic results, such as when they only succeed in charming Birdo's golf trophy into the air for a short time until it falls down again, to its owner's great surprise.

Gender

"Women of Racing Organization" sign.
Birdo on a "Women of Racing Organization" banner in Mario Kart 8

According to the North American instruction booklet of Super Mario Bros. 2 (pg. 27):[25]

He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called “birdetta.“[sic]

This statement applies to all translations of the title. Throughout the official guide, Birdo is also consistently referred to as a "he".[5] The stance of this manual is shared by the Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic manual, Super Smash Bros. Melee (when set to Japanese), and Itadaki Street DS. In Japanese, Birdo is said to be a male who believes she is a female and prefers to be called by a nickname, "Cathie", rather than her real name "Catherine".[26] In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Birdo's trophy description describes the character as "gender indeterminate", and uses the pronoun "it" rather than gender-specific pronouns such as "he" or "she" (in contrast to Super Smash Bros. Melee's English trophy description for her using female pronouns), which has sometimes been used in other occurrences.[27]

Although the manual for Super Mario Bros. 2 and her trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl suggest that Birdo prefers the name "Birdetta", she has never referred to herself by that name, and has introduced herself as Birdo on multiple occasions. In most of her Japanese-language appearances, she uses the feminine personal pronoun atashi.

In games for the Japanese-only Satellaview, Birdo is consistently shown as an okama, a Japanese term that usually refers to a masculine man that dresses as a woman, but is also used as a slur interchangeably to refer to trans women, gay men, crossdressing men, and effeminate men.[28] In Satella-Q, a picture of Birdo is shown with a masculine, humanoid torso, while in BS Super Mario USA, all three Birdos are shown making typically feminine poses in the world title cards but are given deep voices, being voiced by actual self-identified okama.

Nintendo of America usually refers to Birdo as female. The femininity of Birdo is implied in Mario Kart 8, where she appears on "Women of Racing Organization" advertisements in N64 Royal Raceway along with other female characters, and in Sunshine Airport, where she is referred to on the broadcasting system as "Ms. Birdo". In the North American instruction booklet of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, every female character has a pink dot behind them, including Birdo. Nintendo of Europe usually refers to Birdo as female as well; however, the character is referred to with masculine pronouns in the British English localizations of Mario Tennis Aces[29] and Super Mario Party (other localizations of these games use feminine pronouns for her instead, besides the French and Chinese translations which are ambiguous). Additionally, in Mario Super Sluggers, Peach's Heart Swing, which stuns male characters and characters of unknown gender, does not stun female characters, including Birdo.

In Mario Tennis and Super Mario Advance, Birdo is given a feminine voice, with the latter being provided by the voice actress of Princess Peach and Princess Daisy at the time, Jen Taylor. However, starting with her appearance in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, she is given a deeper-sounding voice instead, resembling honks from a brass instrument.

The confusion surrounding Birdo's gender has also been addressed in a light-hearted matter, such as when Popple pauses before settling on calling Birdo a "dame" in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The description of Birdo on the Japanese Mario Kart: Double Dash!! website jokes about the matter ("Birdo appears to be Yoshi's girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend!?"),[30] as do the Spanish website and manual for Super Mario Strikers ("Birdo is your man... well, or woman."). In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, the first lyrics of Birdo's serenade allude to the gender confusion by saying, "Heart of a woman, heart of a man... Both can know of love's grace..."

In the game Captain Rainbow, Birdo is heard with a deep, male voice which gets high-pitched when she gets angry or excited. Additionally, in the game's second trailer, Little Mac speaks about Birdo, calling her a "young lady," only to take a short break and ponder. His final verdict is, "Depending on one's view point, she is a young lady." In the game, Birdo's indeterminate gender also forms the basis for a side quest to find proof that she is a girl (which is found, but censored). Overall, it is suggested that she is a transgender female.

Relationship with Yoshi

Main article: Yoshi
Artwork of Yoshi and Birdo, from Mario Party 7
Birdo with Yoshi in their team picture for Mario Party 7

Birdo has a special relationship with Yoshi, beginning since her debut in Super Mario-kun, where she falls for Yoshi and, despite her clingy obsession for him, eventually has her feelings reciprocated by Yoshi. In the games, they are often partners in sports and party titles. Despite this, Birdo has never appeared alongside Yoshi in a Yoshi game.

In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the two are partners and share a similar Special Item. On the official Japanese site for Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the description for Catherine states she "appears to be Yoshi's girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend!?" (「ヨッシーの彼女に見えて実は彼氏!?」)[30]

In Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, they share a tennis court and are default partners; the two are seen to be very affectionate. In the Mario Baseball series, they share good chemistry with each other, and she is the Sub-Captain of Yoshi's team. The two also share the same Special Orb in Mario Party 7.

Profiles and statistics

Main article: List of Birdo profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Shelly
Sprite of Shelly, from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. HP 500 FP 100 Speed 0
Location(s) Nimbus Castle Attack 0 Magic attack 0
Role Boss Defense 80 Magic defense 0
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak None Strong Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical Sp. attacks None
Coins 0 Exp. points 0 Items None
Psychopath "Slow down!"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Birdo
Battle idle animation of Birdo from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 777 FP 100 Speed 10
Location(s) Nimbus Castle Attack 160 Magic attack 6
Role Boss Defense 130 Magic defense 100
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak None Strong Fire, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical Sp. attacks None
Coins 30 Exp. points 60 Items None
Psychopath "I just love life!"

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Birdo
Birdo battle idle animation in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions HP 390 POW 136 DEF 125 SPEED 78 Experience 900
Fire Weak Thunder Weak Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 40
Stat down 30% Dizzy 30% Burn 30% Speed down 30% Item drop None (0%)
Lucky Ribbon (100%)
Lucky Ribbon (100%)
Level           30 Location(s) Teehee Valley

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirit
#45 Birdo
Artwork of Birdo in Mario Party 7 (also used in Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit cameo) Series/game Super Mario Series
Type Primary
Slots 2
Class Ace
Strength / effect(s) Grab
How to obtain Summoned with a T-Rex and Starly core

Gallery

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

Quotes

Main article: List of Birdo quotes
  • "Where would you like to go?" - Wario's Woods
  • "Well Done" - Wario's Woods
  • "Play!" - Wario's Woods (NES, Round Game)
  • "Oh!" - Wario's Woods (NES/SNES, Round Game)
  • "Fight!" - Wario's Woods (SNES, Round Game)
  • "Which level would you like to play?" - Wario's Woods (SNES, Vs. Com)
  • "Which data file would you like to select?" - Wario's Woods (SNES, Vs. 2P)
  • "This is as far as you go!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "Well, hello there!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "I'll remember this!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "I'm gonna finish you off!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "You've come a long way!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "How could you?!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "I'm ready for you this time!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "You got a lot of nerve!" - Super Mario Advance
  • "Don't call me Birdo, call me Birdie!" - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
  • "You may have hurt my darling, but this is as far as you go!" - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
  • "I CAN'T believe I lost to YOU!!!" - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
  • "Yoo hoo! Hey! Look! I'm up here! Help me, please! Bowser Jr. is over there!" - Mario Super Sluggers
  • "You're all my heroes! You must let me join you!" - Mario Super Sluggers
  • "Hello gorgeous! Long time no see! It's me!" - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
  • "I lost?! I don't how you stayed focused with me swimming next to you. I'll turn your head next time!" - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
  • "I have to WALK? I thought we'd get to ride in karts! I'm glad I left my high heels at home!" - Fortune Street
  • "Come on, die, Mama needs a brand-new bow!" - Fortune Street
  • "I'm going to put a little pink bow on this shop so everyone knows it belongs to me!" - Fortune Street
  • "Sorry, shoppy-woppy-poo! I don't want to sell you, but I'm afraid I must!" - Fortune Street
  • "Just try not to get egg on your face." - Paper Mario: Sticker Star
  • "They're good enough to be pros, so they don't even bother playing handicap tournaments. Pretty cool!" - Mario Golf: World Tour
  • "The party has started! I'm so excited!" - Super Mario Party
  • "I want to see you take the top prize so go out there and party like you mean it!" - Super Mario Party
  • "I knew you'd mop the floor with those delinquents, but my GOSH. Now I've got Mario madness... and you've got the only cure.♡" - Paper Mario: The Origami King
  • "Oh! But I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Birdo, the camp-house mama. You can even CALL me "mama" if you want!" - Mario Golf: Super Rush
  • "Golf is a way of life here at Bonny Greens Golf Village. The main course is our pride and joy, and even our practice facilities are world-class. You couldn't pick a better place to learn the game. Good luck out there!" - Mario Golf: Super Rush

List of appearances by date

Title Description Release Date System/Format
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Boss 1987 Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros. 2 Boss 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System/Family Computer
Mario's Egg Catch Enemy 1990 Super Mario Bros. Watch
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up Non-playable character 1991 DOS
Super Mario All-Stars Boss 1993 Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Wario's Woods Non-playable character 1994 Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Boss 1994 Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Boss 1996 Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Mario Tennis Playable character 2000 Nintendo 64
Mario Tennis N64 icon (after using N64 link) 2001 Game Boy Color
Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy, stage enemy 2001 Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario Advance Boss 2001 Game Boy Advance
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Playable character 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Playable character 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Ally/boss 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mario Golf: Advance Tour Mentioned, GCN icon (after using GCN link) 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mario Superstar Baseball Playable character 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Yakuman DS Non-playable character 2005 Nintendo DS
Mario Kart DS Cameo on banner 2005 Nintendo DS
Mario Party 7 Unlockable playable character 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Unlockable playable character 2006 Nintendo DS
Mario Party 8 Playable character 2007 Wii
Itadaki Street DS Playable character 2007 Nintendo DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Non-playable character 2008 Triforce/Arcade
Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher Playable character 2008 Arcade
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Trophy, sticker 2008 Wii
Captain Rainbow Non-playable character 2008 Wii
Mario Kart Wii Unlockable playable character 2008 Wii
Mario Super Sluggers Playable character 2008 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games VIP member 2009 Wii
Nintendo DS
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Boss 2010 Wii
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Rival 2011 Wii
Fortune Street Playable character 2011 Wii
Mario Party 9 Playable character 2012 Wii
Mario Tennis Open Cameo as a Mii costume 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Non-playable character 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Rival 2013 Wii U
Mario Party: Island Tour Non-playable character 2013 Nintendo 3DS
NES Remix 2 Boss 2014 Wii U
Mario Golf: World Tour Unlockable playable character 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Cameo on banners 2014 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Trophy 2014 Wii U
Ultimate NES Remix Boss 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Maker Playable character (Costume Mario) 2015 Wii U
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Playable character 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party Fushigi no Challenge World Playable character 2016 Arcade
Minecraft: Wii U Edition Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up 2016 Wii U
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Non-playable character 2016 Wii U
Paper Mario: Color Splash Non-playable character 2016 Wii U
Mario Sports Superstars Playable character 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Cameo on banners, downloadable playable character 2017 Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Boss 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party: The Top 100 Cameo 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up 2018 New Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Playable skin in the Super Mario Mash-up 2018 Nintendo Switch
Mario Tennis Aces (version 2.0.0) Playable character 2018 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Party Non-playable character 2018 Nintendo Switch
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit, stage enemy 2018 Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart Tour Unlockable playable character 2019 iOS / Android
Super Mario Maker 2 (version 3.0.0) Cameo 2020 Nintendo Switch
Paper Mario: The Origami King Non-playable character 2020 Nintendo Switch
Mario Golf: Super Rush Non-playable character 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party Superstars Playable character 2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Strikers: Battle League (version 1.3.0) Playable character 2022 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario RPG Boss 2023 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Party Jamboree Playable character 2024 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Brothership Non-playable character 2024 Nintendo Switch

Names in other languages

Main article: List of Birdo names in other languages
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キャサリン[31]
Kyasarin
Catherine
オストロ[31][32]
Osutoro
Ostro
Chinese (simplified) 凯瑟琳[33]
Kǎisèlín
Catherine
Chinese (traditional) 凱瑟琳[34]
Kǎisèlín
Catherine
Dutch Birdo[?] -
French Birdo[?] -
German Birdo[?] -
Italian Birdo[35] Birdo; shared with Ostro at page 26 of the manual
Ostro[36] -
Dragonessa/Draghetta[37] Dragoness The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Strutzi[?] From struzzo ("ostrich", struzzi in the plural)
Draghella[38] From drago ("dragon") and the endearing female suffix -ella
Korean 캐서린[?]
Kaeseorin
Catherine
Portuguese Birdo[?] -
Russian Бирдо[?]
Birdo
Birdo
Spanish Birdo[?] -
Swedish Birdo[?] -

External links

References

  1. ^ "This prehistoric pink creature can be spotted all over Sub-Con, the setting for the hit Super Mario Bros. 2." – Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
  2. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 60. Birdo's「種族」(tribe) is listed as「恐竜族」(dinosaur clan).
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