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===Physical appearance=== | ===Physical appearance=== | ||
[[File:Wendy colouring book.png|thumb|The current appearance of Wendy in the ''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]'']] | [[File:Wendy colouring book.png|thumb|The current appearance of Wendy in the ''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]'']] | ||
Like most of the other Koopalings, Wendy has a yellow and tan skin complexion, but she is unique in that her head is also this color, unlike Bowser and the other Koopalings, whose heads do not match their body scales. As the only female Koopaling, Wendy has obvious physical differences, but in terms of body she appears to be most similar to Larry; the main difference being her thinning, feminine legs, and her overall height, that even early official material showed being taller than Larry's.<ref> | Like most of the other Koopalings, Wendy has a yellow and tan skin complexion, but she is unique in that her head is also this color, unlike Bowser and the other Koopalings, whose heads do not match their body scales. As the only female Koopaling, Wendy has obvious physical differences, but in terms of body she appears to be most similar to Larry; the main difference being her thinning, feminine legs, and her overall height, that even early official material showed being taller than Larry's.<ref>{{cite|url=pressthebuttons.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452033569e201b8d0b43f5b970c|title=1993 Nintendo Character Guide Comparison Chart|publisher=Press The Buttons|accessdate=May 18, 2024}}</ref> Wendy has a four-ribbed, plated belly, and her head is a very simple round shape. Her mouth is puffy, round and gives the impression that she is wearing pink lipstick; her cheeks are also very round and baby-faced. | ||
Even though she is the sole female Koopaling, Wendy appears to be relatively bald, even though some of her brothers have full hair. The only time she was depicted with hair was in the Nintendo Club comic "[[Super Mario: Erholung? Nein, danke!]]", where she was a brown-haired stewardess. Kootie Pie was also transformed into a blonde human in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "[[The Beauty of Kootie]]", although her tail remained. Additionally, she has a mole on her right cheek that Wendy does not have in any video game appearance. Recent games have revealed that her eyebrows are brown, and like her eyelashes, extend off her face. Her eyes themselves are large and round with two eyelashes, and her light blue irises are roughly the same as Larry's. | Even though she is the sole female Koopaling, Wendy appears to be relatively bald, even though some of her brothers have full hair. The only time she was depicted with hair was in the Nintendo Club comic "[[Super Mario: Erholung? Nein, danke!]]", where she was a brown-haired stewardess. Kootie Pie was also transformed into a blonde human in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "[[The Beauty of Kootie]]", although her tail remained. Additionally, she has a mole on her right cheek that Wendy does not have in any video game appearance. Recent games have revealed that her eyebrows are brown, and like her eyelashes, extend off her face. Her eyes themselves are large and round with two eyelashes, and her light blue irises are roughly the same as Larry's. | ||
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===Personality and traits=== | ===Personality and traits=== | ||
Wendy is shown to be very desiring of wealth and prestige; her being the one of two Koopalings in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' to drop 102 coins instead of 99 may be a reference to her greed. The comics and to some extent the DiC cartoons typically portray her as a spoiled brat, and she even thinks of herself as Bowser's favorite child. She does whatever she can to impress her father and likes to be congratulated for her bad deeds. Her personality in the cartoons highlights these traits further, and she is shown to have a very short temper over little things and can be violent when provoked. This latter trait is further confirmed in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', though she isn't portrayed as spoiled. After being hit by debris coming from a boulder broken by mistake by Roy when fighting the Mario brothers and Paper Mario, she gets angry at Roy and fights him instead of the brothers and Paper Mario<ref>BeardBear | Wendy is shown to be very desiring of wealth and prestige; her being the one of two Koopalings in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' to drop 102 coins instead of 99 may be a reference to her greed. The comics and to some extent the DiC cartoons typically portray her as a spoiled brat, and she even thinks of herself as Bowser's favorite child. She does whatever she can to impress her father and likes to be congratulated for her bad deeds. Her personality in the cartoons highlights these traits further, and she is shown to have a very short temper over little things and can be violent when provoked. This latter trait is further confirmed in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', though she isn't portrayed as spoiled. After being hit by debris coming from a boulder broken by mistake by Roy when fighting the Mario brothers and Paper Mario, she gets angry at Roy and fights him instead of the brothers and Paper Mario<ref>{{cite|author=BeardBear|date=December 2, 2015|url=youtu.be/QSHpnUGGcYI?t=3556|timestamp=00:59:16|title=Mario & Luigi Paper Jam Walkthrough Part 6 {{!}} Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Cards & Bosses Wendy and Roy|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 18, 2024}}</ref>. She seems to have a bit of a rivalry with Roy, as she makes some smart remarks at Roy's expense, as evidenced by the opening for ''Bowser's Minions''. Despite these traits, she has been shown to help people as well, as shown by a line from a Mii wearing her costume during the Mario League in the Wii U version of ''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games'', who said that his ribbon was given to them by Wendy,<ref>{{cite|quote=I was running all over trying to track down a pink- and-white polka dot ribbon like Wendy's, but I couldn't find any that looked right. I finally just walked up to Wendy and asked where I could find one, and she just gave me one of hers! She's surprisingly nice!|title=TALK_FREECHAT_MARIOCUP_MII_M_WEN_0 line of dialogue from the Wii U version of ''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games''|accessdate=January 29, 2017}}</ref> and especially by ''Super Mario Chie Asobi Ehon 2: Mario to Wendy'' (「スーパーマリオちえあそびえほん 2 マリオと ウェンディー」, ''Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 2: Mario and Wendy''), in which she helped [[Mario]] obtain a medicine<ref name="Wendyhelp">{{media link|SMWGPB2 Wendy Helping.png|Wendy helping Mario in ''Super Mario Chie Asobi Ehon 2: Mario to Wendy'' (''Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 2: Mario and Wendy'')}}.</ref> for the poisonous bouquet she herself sent to [[Princess Peach]]<ref>{{media link|SMWGPB2 Peach Poisoned.png|Toad explaining to Mario that Princess Peach has been poisoned by a bouquet sent by Wendy in ''Super Mario Chie Asobi Ehon 2: Mario to Wendy'' (''Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 2: Mario and Wendy'')}}.</ref> and even forced a [[Lakitu]] to give its cloud to Mario so he could reach the princess more quickly.<ref name="Wendyhelp"/> | ||
The English in-game text in ''Super Mario World'' implies she spends her time in her castle singing. In the PC version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', Wendy acts exceedingly girlish, perhaps in a mocking manner. In ''Mario Kart 8'', while she does not have her own billboard advertising her company unlike her brothers, the map for [[Super Bell Subway]] lists her company as "Wendy's Interior Designs", implying that she holds an interest in interior decorating for various locales. | The English in-game text in ''Super Mario World'' implies she spends her time in her castle singing. In the PC version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', Wendy acts exceedingly girlish, perhaps in a mocking manner. In ''Mario Kart 8'', while she does not have her own billboard advertising her company unlike her brothers, the map for [[Super Bell Subway]] lists her company as "Wendy's Interior Designs", implying that she holds an interest in interior decorating for various locales. | ||
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