{"id":3920,"date":"2012-09-18T06:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2012-11-19T22:46:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T06:46:47","slug":"is-there-a-transgendered-character-in-the-super-mario-brothers-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/09\/18\/is-there-a-transgendered-character-in-the-super-mario-brothers-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Transgendered Character in the Super Mario Brothers Universe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to video games and whether they are true or false. <\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">VIDEO GAME URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Super Mario Brothers features a transgendered character.<\/p>\n<p>In Nintendo&#8217;s Super Mario Brothers 2, one of the various bad guys that Mario and Luigi have to fight is named Birdo.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/birdo.jpg\" alt=\"birdo\" title=\"birdo\" width=\"356\" height=\"538\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/birdo.jpg 356w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/birdo-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Birdo would spit eggs, flames or some combination of the two. In Japan, the charcter was known as Catharine.<\/p>\n<p>In the user manual, here is how Birdo is described:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Birdo thinks he is a girl and likes to be called Birdetta. He likes to wear a bow on his head and shoot eggs from his mouth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Japanese version says &#8220;Catharine&#8221; and &#8220;Cathy&#8221; in place of Birdo and Birdetta, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Well, as is the case with most of his former villains, Mario ended up befriending Birdo, and Birdo shows up in Mario Tennis&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mariotennisusnap0000.jpg\" alt=\"mariotennisusnap0000\" title=\"mariotennisusnap0000\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mariotennisusnap0000.jpg 320w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mariotennisusnap0000-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00004U1QY&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is Birdo in Mario Tennis&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/birdo.gif\" alt=\"birdo\" title=\"birdo\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Mario Tennis, Birdo is now referred to as &#8220;she&#8221; and is shown apparently being romantically involved with Yoshi.  <\/p>\n<p>Birdo has been playable in many games since, and the gender of Birdo always APPEARS to be female&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/300px-mp8_birdo.jpg\" alt=\"300px-mp8_birdo\" title=\"300px-mp8_birdo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/300px-mp8_birdo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/300px-mp8_birdo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Birdo was playable in Mario Kart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mario-kart-wii-1.jpg\" alt=\"mario-kart-wii-1\" title=\"mario-kart-wii-1\" width=\"326\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mario-kart-wii-1.jpg 326w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/mario-kart-wii-1-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000XJNTNS&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, in Super Smash Brothers Brawl, they make a point of calling Birdo &#8220;it&#8221; and specifically do NOT assign her a gender.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/super-smash-bros-brawl-dated-for-australia-11.jpg\" alt=\"super-smash-bros-brawl-dated-for-australia-11\" title=\"super-smash-bros-brawl-dated-for-australia-11\" width=\"340\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/super-smash-bros-brawl-dated-for-australia-11.jpg 340w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/super-smash-bros-brawl-dated-for-australia-11-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000FQ9R4E&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It appears likely, though, that Birdo is, for all intents and purposes, a woman, making her one of the few transgendered video game characters out there.<\/p>\n<p>Good for you, Birdo! And good for the game designers (well, except for those who made a point of calling you &#8220;it&#8221; &#8211; bad on them!)!<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: Basically True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is &#x62;&#x63;&#114;o&#x6e;&#x69;&#x6e;&#64;l&#x65;&#x67;&#x65;&#110;d&#x73;&#x72;&#x65;&#118;e&#x61;&#x6c;&#x65;&#100;.&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to video games and whether they are true or false. VIDEO GAME URBAN LEGEND: Super Mario Brothers features a transgendered character. In Nintendo&#8217;s Super Mario Brothers 2, one of the various bad guys that Mario and Luigi have to fight is named [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[28,15],"tags":[748,752,746,749,750,754,745,753,751],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-11e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5253,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/10\/23\/does-nintendo-seriously-own-the-rights-to-a-super-mario-brothers-prn-parody\/","url_meta":{"origin":3920,"position":0},"title":"Does Nintendo Seriously Own the Rights to a Super Mario Brothers Porn Parody?","date":"October 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. 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