Lumalee
| Lumalee | |
|---|---|
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| Species | Hungry Luma |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) |
| Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
| Latest portrayal | Juliet Jelenic (English, 2023) |
Template:Quote2 A Lumalee, also named a Salesman Luma,[1] is a cyan Luma who appears in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. A Lumalee's appearance is very similar to that of a Hungry Luma and Comet Tico, holding up signs depicting a Life Mushroom and a 1-Up Mushroom.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Galaxy
A Lumalee serves as a "shop," where Mario (or Luigi) can purchase either a Life Mushroom or a 1-Up Mushroom for 30 Star Bits. Lumalees can be found in several galaxies and tend to appear before boss battles. Once Mario has made his choice of purchase, a Lumalee is fed the right number of Star Bits automatically and proceeds to transform into the mushroom of his choosing for him to collect. Because of this transformation, Mario can buy only one item from a Lumalee per appearance in that playthrough of the stage.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Lumalees serve the same purpose as in the first game. In addition, by doing certain missions, two Lumalees holding sticks with Chance Cubes on the end appear in a pipe that is on the left ear of Starship Mario. The first Lumalee turns into a Chance Cube for 30 Star Bits. The second Lumalee turns into five Chance Cubes for 100 coins. The possible outcomes from both Luma Shops' Chance Cubes are a single Star Bit, a 1-Up Mushroom, three 1-Up Mushrooms, and five 1-Up Mushrooms.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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- “There's no escape. The only hope is the sweet relief of death.”
- —Lumalee, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
A Lumalee appears in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He is voiced in the English version by Juliet Jelenic, the daughter of co-director Michael Jelenic.[2] He is one of Bowser's captives, alongside Luigi, the Penguin King, some penguins, and some Goombas. He has a child's voice and a somewhat twisted and nihilistic personality, mentioning that death is the only escape from their imprisonment. The Penguin King tells Luigi to ignore him and that he is "cute but [cuckoo]."[3] The Lumalee is later freed from its imprisonment by Mario and Donkey Kong, which visibly dismays him. After the ending of the film, Lumalee appears and tells the audience that since the film is over, all that is left is them and the "infinite void." He then plays the saxophone before the credits start.
A figure of a Lumalee appeared in a line of The Super Mario Bros. Movie toys released by McDonald's as part of a Happy Meal campaign outside of Europe and Oceania. The release of this toy predated any official, explicit announcement of a Lumalee character appearing in the movie. The character was later revealed officially in the movie's third and final trailer.
On the official website for Super Mario Bros. Plumbing, inspecting the website's console output after visiting its faux 404 error page shows an ASCII version of a Lumalee.
Level appearances
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Spin-Dig Galaxy
- Puzzle Plank Galaxy
- Boulder Bowl Galaxy
- Freezy Flake Galaxy
- Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla
- Flipsville Galaxy
- Slipsand Galaxy
- Shiverburn Galaxy
- Battle Belt Galaxy
- Boss Blitz Galaxy
Gallery
Artwork of a Lumalee holding two Chance Cubes in Super Mario Galaxy 2
A Lumalee in the Boulder Bowl Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2
McDonald's Happy Meal promotion
A Lumalee in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | よろずやチコ Yorozu ya Chiko ルマリー[4] Rumarī |
Shop Luma Lumalee |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 琪琪商店[?] Qíqí Shāngdiàn |
Luma shop | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 奇可小店 Qíkě Xiǎo Diàn 露馬利[5] Lùmǎlì |
Luma shop Lumalee |
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| German | Lumalee[?] | - | |
| Italian | Bazar Sfavillotto[?] | Bazaar Luma | |
| Korean | 상점 치코 Sangjeom Chiko 루마리[7] Rumari |
Shop Luma Lumalee |
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| Spanish | Destellomercado[?] | Lit. "Luma market" |
References
- ^ Browne, Catherine. Super Mario Galaxy 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 10.
- ^ "Lumaleee (Juliet Jelenic) in Nintendo and Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic." - Caption for the screenshot of Lumalee on Getty Images
- ^ Illumination (March 9, 2023). The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Final Trailer. YouTube. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Nintendo Dream Web (December 16, 2022). ルマリーってもしかして!? 12/23開始マクドナルド・ハッピーセット「ザ・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・ムービー」おもちゃの詳細判明！
- ^ koopa630kit (December 24, 2022). McDonald's Happy Meal display for The Super Mario Bros. Movie in Macao. Twitter. Retrieved December 24, 2022. (Archived December 24, 2022, 13:43:21 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario Encyclopedia; pag. 126
- ^ McDonald's Korea. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
