What is Birdo in the Mario Universe?

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
  • Birdo's debut wasn't exactly in a Mario title but since has become a mainstay in the series. Many have called her the first transgender Nintendo character so let's take a look at Birdo and see how she was created and included in Mario games over the years. Welcome to another Origin Oracle.
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    00:00 - Intro to Birdo
    00:48 - Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic - Birdo's First Appearance
    04:28 - Super Mario Bros. 2 - Birdo Comes to the West
    06:22 - BS Super Mario USA - The Sequel to Super Mario Bros. 2
    08:17 - Birdo in Mario Spinoff Games
    09:46 - Birdo's Many Profiles
    11:25 - Birdo and Yoshi's Relationship
    12:02 - Birdo in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
    13:02 - Birdo in Captain Rainbow - A Game I Didn't Know Existed
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Komentáře • 682

  • @hoboshoe
    @hoboshoe Před 10 měsíci +342

    You were wrong, Sub-con doesn't stand for subconscious. It stands for Sub-con deez nuts

    • @yellowstarproductions6743
      @yellowstarproductions6743 Před 10 měsíci +18

      I disagree with you but I will respect your opinion

    • @sniperglaceon
      @sniperglaceon Před 10 měsíci +1

      NOOO

    • @videakias3000
      @videakias3000 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@hoboshoe
      I don't get the joke.
      it has already been ruined could you please explain it?
      I know the "what cd; c deez nuts" joke but I don't see where is the joke on sub-con deez nuts.

    • @ArshadZahid_nohandleideas
      @ArshadZahid_nohandleideas Před 10 měsíci

      @@videakias3000 suck on

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@videakias3000 He used 'sub-con' as a poor substitute for 'suck on'. I don't even understand why he tried.

  • @ScienceProject99
    @ScienceProject99 Před 10 měsíci +184

    I was really happy she made it to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I wanted her in the game for 9 years. I'm really hoping she appears in Wonder as a boss maybe. Now that Daisy is in, anything is possible

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  Před 10 měsíci +15

      Would be a nice throwback to see her in Wonder as a boss. Time will tell

    • @AsianNonBinary
      @AsianNonBinary Před 10 měsíci +7

      Same that's what I'm hoping for ❤

  • @2OOPoVstrechnoy
    @2OOPoVstrechnoy Před 10 měsíci +287

    Birdetta started as a punching bag for me and my friends back in Mario Tennis on the N64. We thought she was gross with her big face hole, obnoxious bow and gaudy diamond ring. We would always set her as the NPC to gang up on, but over the years I’ve grown to love her. She is now my go to character whenever possible, and my top Amiibo wishlist character. My love for her went from ironic to un-ironic real quick lmao

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci +6

      Still on the first half. No amount of liking him makes him less ugly ngl

    • @jakubpaczula711
      @jakubpaczula711 Před 10 měsíci +38

      @@cajunking5987 her*

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@jakubpaczula711 he’s male

    • @generalcrab0009
      @generalcrab0009 Před 10 měsíci +24

      @@cajunking5987originally. She’s female now

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@generalcrab0009 no, he was always male

  • @logancade342
    @logancade342 Před 10 měsíci +57

    She's beauty, she's grace, she's got a cannon face.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Can't be a bigot if your victim has a literal canon on their face.

  • @aedaniammx7559
    @aedaniammx7559 Před 10 měsíci +68

    Honestly, Birdetta’s animations in the new Strikers game made me realize how much I like her, she’s got a very different vibe from most of the other characters but it feels so natural for the series. I also like her design, makes me wish they’d put more ‘creature’ish character designs like her and Yoshi into the playable character rotations for the spin-offs, instead of just regular enemies

  • @ChaosBloodNinja
    @ChaosBloodNinja Před 10 měsíci +390

    Birdetta's super cute and interesting. I'd love it if they made her a steed in the mainline games to match Yoshi, only using projectile eggs instead of a prehensile tongue.

    • @Barquevious_Jackson
      @Barquevious_Jackson Před 10 měsíci +38

      Yes I would like to ride Birdetta.

    • @dekade420
      @dekade420 Před 10 měsíci +10

      Birdo*

    • @exammole4545
      @exammole4545 Před 10 měsíci +27

      ⁠@@dekade420
      No her names Birdetta, it’s mentioned in her og description she prefers the name

    • @iheartbacon76
      @iheartbacon76 Před 10 měsíci +2

      yoshi can already use projectile eggs

    • @ChaosBloodNinja
      @ChaosBloodNinja Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@iheartbacon76 True, but it depends on what game. Like in the Yoshi series that's part of his main repertoire but in most games where you primarily play as Mario and can sometimes ride Yoshi like World and Galaxy 2 he doesn't do that.

  • @MrMindCloud
    @MrMindCloud Před 10 měsíci +293

    I’ve always kinda thought that Birdo’s gender was done originally as a joke as that type of humor was once pretty funny in Japan, but as it became a more sensitive topic, Nintendo started straying further and further away from it until they just canonized her as a female.
    Like, Nintendo doesn’t participate in pride month, and if they did, Birdo would be a prime mascot.
    But birdo IS, however, featured on international women’s day.

    • @ofanichan
      @ofanichan Před 10 měsíci +118

      Birdetta is a trans icon, wether it was a joke or not 😌🙏🏻 We stan our queen

    • @sillayclown
      @sillayclown Před 10 měsíci +43

      @@ofanichanyoshi and birdo are t4t fr

    • @ofanichan
      @ofanichan Před 10 měsíci +16

      @@sillayclown TRUUUU

    • @alephricardo100
      @alephricardo100 Před 10 měsíci

      @@ofanichan Nobody cares about what trans community thinks. They don't make it canon.

    • @alephricardo100
      @alephricardo100 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@antisjw7701 Yeah, I have my theory about Birdo, and yes, Birdo, or Chaterine, is effectively female since born.

  • @yummyki
    @yummyki Před 10 měsíci +200

    I like how she flips from enemy to friend so casually. A true switch. 🌈💅

    • @ZigealFaust
      @ZigealFaust Před 10 měsíci +9

      The true verse.

    • @dingchat555
      @dingchat555 Před 9 měsíci +1

      10:07 She apparently frequents Sub-Con though

  • @NovaSaber
    @NovaSaber Před 10 měsíci +173

    She's been correctly gendered while still being called "Birdo" several more times than "Birdetta" has been used in any context, so if the idea ever was that she wanted to change her name I guess she decided not to.
    But also, with the Japanese equivalents being Catherine and Cathy, that probably wasn't the intent anyway; she just likes being called by cute nicknames.

  • @self-absorbed5269
    @self-absorbed5269 Před 10 měsíci +41

    Of coarse Birdo has a lot of fans , she has perfect rotation.

  • @TheMentok
    @TheMentok  Před 10 měsíci +58

    Birdo fans, I finally did it.
    Show Yoshi some love too -> czcams.com/video/TpE99wz-218/video.html

    • @Kyleeeeeeeee
      @Kyleeeeeeeee Před 10 měsíci +9

      Birdetta*

    • @anothertakenname
      @anothertakenname Před 10 měsíci

      birdetta. also you misgendered her multiple times

    • @Vulpas
      @Vulpas Před 10 měsíci

      Birdo the groomer 😂

    • @IMosuGoji
      @IMosuGoji Před 10 měsíci

      @@Vulpaswhat

    • @ARentz07
      @ARentz07 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Please stop saying Super Mario Bros. like that. It comes off as pretty racist if I am being honest, and even without that, it's repetitive and irritating to have your delivery grind to a halt every time you say it.

  • @crispycol4904
    @crispycol4904 Před 10 měsíci +28

    It feels like Birdetta would be a nice fit for a boss in Wonder, I could even see Robirdo making a reappearance there.
    It would be nice if she would appear in a Yoshi game some day... maybe giving more lore about her exact species, maybe another tribe on the island, and have the other Birdetta's return.

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 10 měsíci +48

    _"Birdo's mouth has massive SUCC that can even catch a ball that sucking it in."_
    Man, I'm dead laughing at this. If Yoshi has the slurp, then Birdo has the succ. I can see why the two become a power couple.

    • @sboinkthelegday3892
      @sboinkthelegday3892 Před 10 měsíci +7

      An average girl in my area code:
      "Hey handsome! Wanna have a good time for cheap?"
      Birdetta: "vzzzzZZZZZZZHM!"

  • @user-ir5kg9dz4b
    @user-ir5kg9dz4b Před 9 měsíci +29

    Just now realizing that Birdo was invented before Yoshi…

  • @MrPug1162
    @MrPug1162 Před 10 měsíci +132

    Birdo honestly should make a new appearance in a new Mario game

    • @JIP214
      @JIP214 Před 10 měsíci +20

      *birdetta

    • @davesmilingcoyote
      @davesmilingcoyote Před 10 měsíci +2

      No, he shouldn’t

    • @bodie5383
      @bodie5383 Před 10 měsíci +6

      ⁠@@davesmilingcoyotewhy?

    • @davesmilingcoyote
      @davesmilingcoyote Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@bodie5383 no reason.. I just like being an a-hole.. tbh, I think it would make an interesting game play mechanic if they included Birdo like Yoshi. You know, you could ride around on them

    • @plooper14
      @plooper14 Před 10 měsíci +10

      @@davesmilingcoyotedon’t be like that

  • @superkingdedede5565
    @superkingdedede5565 Před 10 měsíci +30

    Birdo wanting superstardom does become true in the paper Mario series

  • @chrislecount4801
    @chrislecount4801 Před 10 měsíci +95

    I’m surprised Birdo hasn’t appeared in a Yoshi game so far…yet.

    • @ashmander3465
      @ashmander3465 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Probably for the best. Birdo is not exactly a yoshi series character or a yoshi. So like daisy, and wario and waluigi they are limited to their own series and spin-off games

    • @ashmander3465
      @ashmander3465 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Super Mario wonder is the only chance for a stepping stone for that happening for a long time.

    • @ashmander3465
      @ashmander3465 Před 10 měsíci

      But fans would probably like to see Rosalina, wario and waluigi in wonder first. Hell if they go crazy Ashley could get in

    • @H4rdlex
      @H4rdlex Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@prageruwu69 They aren't really together though, they mostly poke fun at the fact they both come from different species of dinosaurs that spawn eggs, probably because they can't find more options to pair Yoshi with in party games.

    • @yeehowdy267
      @yeehowdy267 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@H4rdlexum birdo and yoshi are canonically dating though
      If I’m not mistaken

  • @kyupiangel90
    @kyupiangel90 Před 10 měsíci +56

    Birdetta deserved some love in this origin oracle series, and now i can finally feel it.❤
    Thank you for covering her interesting case as a character, it was entertaining and you were very respectfull.❤

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  Před 10 měsíci +4

      🙏🏽

    • @Vulpas
      @Vulpas Před 10 měsíci

      Too respectful, should've dropped some funny based af jokes instead of being afraid of being cancelled.

    • @kyupiangel90
      @kyupiangel90 Před 10 měsíci +12

      @@Vulpas mate i didn't asked your "edgy" opinion, not here, and not in the other comment i replied to.
      Calm down with the attitude and enjoy the video.

  • @SmokeTheHorsehog
    @SmokeTheHorsehog Před 10 měsíci +7

    Considering just how much Birdetta just wants a proper relationship, and the whole Yoshi thing isn't really a thing anymore, I'm not surprised with her depiction in Captain Rainbow. Bopple didn't want her, Yoshi eventually stopped being shipped woth her, and now whether she has any interest in anyone else is purely optional in recent games (and that does include Mario in Origami King).
    Also, it made my day to see Birdetta say, "I hope you get *****!"

  • @jenniferh.2541
    @jenniferh.2541 Před 10 měsíci +31

    I've always like Birdetta. I hope she gets more to be in supa Mario bros Wonder

  • @jertyuiophello
    @jertyuiophello Před 10 měsíci +7

    Thank you for this video, it's really good and interesting! I was just looking at Birdetta's page on the super mario wiki a few weeks ago to get an idea of her origin, I love the way you explain things and the footage you use. I look forward to watching more of your videos :)

  • @i.l.l.l.l.
    @i.l.l.l.l. Před 10 měsíci +91

    "Birdo's a favorite at parties"
    I bet she is 😏

    • @davesmilingcoyote
      @davesmilingcoyote Před 10 měsíci +3

      He sure is

    • @MusicKat217
      @MusicKat217 Před 10 měsíci +3

      NOOOOOO LMAO 😭

    • @generalcrab0009
      @generalcrab0009 Před 10 měsíci +27

      @@davesmilingcoyotebirdo’s a she

    • @davesmilingcoyote
      @davesmilingcoyote Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@generalcrab0009 according to the manual, he’s a guy that THINKS that he a girl.

    • @generalcrab0009
      @generalcrab0009 Před 10 měsíci +29

      @@davesmilingcoyote yeah but Nintendo refers to Birdo as a female now

  • @RyuichiNoGekido
    @RyuichiNoGekido Před 10 měsíci +23

    I thought I liked Birdetta before, but she stays after parties to help clean up? That's rad.
    I kind of hope that there's more Yoshi/Birdie stuff in the future. Popple was no good for her and she didn't even know Nick.
    Who can you ask that'd say "Yoshi's a bad guy"?
    I mean, Birdie probably got bullied a lot growing up in the time period her write up was printed in the 夢 工場 : ドキドキ パニック instruction manual.
    I digress... dating Yoshi, Birdie might develop a healthier self esteem; tell the heads at Nintendo and be like "I, the canon birdo want to be referred to as Birdetta... and if you don't Yoshi's going on strike!" or some shit idk.
    I still go by my old name on the day to day... fuck it, at least it's androgynous. lol
    Maybe they break up because he can't support her in that way. In an RPG setting like スーパーマリオRPG 2 mayhaps. But maybe she doesn't need Yoshi to become a "Superstar", maybe I'm projecting... maybe it's Maybelline. But I'm definitely stoned.

  • @Roonifer
    @Roonifer Před 10 měsíci +4

    The timing of this video is great, my niece who is five just told me that Birdetta is her favorite character and I’ve been planning on drawing her for her! 💕

  • @Sir_PH
    @Sir_PH Před 8 měsíci +2

    Found this channel over the weekend and I am absolutely addicted. I love the humor (they way you say Super Mario Bros cracks me up), and you still find new ways of blowing our minds with new info from your research.
    I had heard of Captain Rainbow before but not the Birdetta storyline. Also found very interesting to learn that they used queer voice actors to voice Birdoes in the past as well. Great work!

  • @vladyvhv9579
    @vladyvhv9579 Před 10 měsíci +7

    The main differences in birdo and yoshi's designs in much of the 3d stuff is simply coloration and mout/nose. That could be chalked up to designers taking an easier route of just making a yoshi model, and then altering it into birdo's model.

  • @WigglerM2
    @WigglerM2 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Bowser Jr origin Story would be cool! Great Vid!

  • @spikezillaproductions9482
    @spikezillaproductions9482 Před 10 měsíci +10

    After finding out about the name Birdetta I’ve called her that since

  • @nojorooney
    @nojorooney Před 10 měsíci +43

    It’s funny how Birdo actually wasn’t created just to give Yoshi a girlfriend similar to Daisy and Toadette but actually came first

    • @zenvariety9383
      @zenvariety9383 Před 10 měsíci +10

      I'm surprised they haven't made different colored versions of Toadette yet.

    • @Loba-hj7iu
      @Loba-hj7iu Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@zenvariety9383 yes but I like her being the only toadette it makes her like her own self she's like the smurfette of mario lol

    • @Trackstar8589
      @Trackstar8589 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Daisy wasn’t made for to give player 2 a girl she came about way before they started doing that

    • @theultimatesimp792
      @theultimatesimp792 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Daisy was never made as "Luigi's girlfriend", she debuted in Super Mario Land, a game Luigi wasn't even featured in, as the damsel in distress of the game, replacing Peach likely due to the fact that the game takes place in a different kingdom, Sarasaland, instead of Peach's Mushroom Kingdom.
      Also Toadette has never been stated to be a love interest for Toad and their relationship seems to be strictly platonic.

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 Před 8 měsíci

      1) Daisy was created to served as the damsel in distress in Super Mario Land, it wasen't until NES Open Tournament Golf and some of the Mario manga from the 90's were they made her Luigi's love interest.
      2) Toadette was created to give Toad a partner in Double Dash. Plus, it was never estableshed that she was Toad's girlfriend

  • @mizzviolet
    @mizzviolet Před 10 měsíci +106

    i wonder how many vibe scepters birdetta has swallowed by accident
    (btw, not that it matters, but as a trans woman i really appreciated how you handled this video 💜 sometimes when people make fun of birdo's gender situation and call her male pronouns as a joke or insinuate she's really a man, it's easy to walk away from a silly youtube video about a pink trans dinosaur with an icky feeling about yourself. you did her justice!!)

    • @kyupiangel90
      @kyupiangel90 Před 10 měsíci +33

      (as a trans man afab, i do feel like that when people does that, and do the same.
      This youtuber is the one that didn't make me feel bad not even once in all the video, so i wanna say as well, that they did a pretty good job.❤❤❤)

    • @QuantomX64
      @QuantomX64 Před 10 měsíci

      But if it is a male pretending to be female, then he is a man.

    • @Vulpas
      @Vulpas Před 10 měsíci +4

      Birdo was, is, and always will be a guy, and nothing can change that.
      ...Well, it's fiction with magic, so maybe. But you're outta luck pal 🤣🤣🤣

    • @mizzviolet
      @mizzviolet Před 10 měsíci +35

      @@Vulpas babe wake up the birdo police responded to my comment

    • @TheCheeseNinja55
      @TheCheeseNinja55 Před 10 měsíci +4

      You’re not a trans woman. You’re just someone who has been lied to and deceived. You have hardened your heart against God. Do not be deceived, you shall not inherit the kingdom of God. The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Though you live an egregious life, God is loving and merciful. If you are humbled and turn back from your sin, if you repent and believe the Gospel, you shall be saved. Christ Jesus died and rose and lives this very day so that you can die to your sin and live as well.

  • @BlahNetworkBro
    @BlahNetworkBro Před 10 měsíci +37

    Wait if Birdetta is actually what she wants to be called it’s kinda like we are deadnaming her everytime we call her birdo and that’s kinda fucked up

    • @sboinkthelegday3892
      @sboinkthelegday3892 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Yes, you're right. Preference being commonly blown up into something much larger, by those people who do so it is very, very messed up.
      You won't be deadicecreamed if you won't get the flavor of ice cream you want all day every day. That IS a preference.

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@sboinkthelegday3892what

    • @mukkah
      @mukkah Před 10 měsíci +8

      It's... a fictional character, think they'll be fine bro

    • @Pixis1
      @Pixis1 Před 10 měsíci +9

      Right? That was my reaction too. Are we deadnaming her? I mean, this is an imaginary video game character so it's not like anyone's actually being hurt. But still...kind of messed up.

    • @bluewuppo
      @bluewuppo Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@kendraroth1276 maybe its just like a nickname?

  • @plainjanemugi
    @plainjanemugi Před 9 měsíci +7

    I love little innocuous details about these characters. Like! Of Course Birdie helps tidy up after parties. Queen of cleanliness💅

  • @johnjerome5570
    @johnjerome5570 Před 10 měsíci +63

    Birdo to me is the weirdest "main" characters of the extended Mario character.
    She's one of the oldest, but wasn't even designed for Mario. Is more popular than Wart, the final boss or any other boss. Her inclusion in SMRPG was definitely to reference something super obscure, and most likely someone that wouldn't be a main Mario staple.
    Yet Mario Tennis comes out and suddenly she's not only a good guy, but this main sports and party staple.

    • @JIP214
      @JIP214 Před 10 měsíci +15

      You mean birdetta?

    • @johnjerome5570
      @johnjerome5570 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Actually, I meant Ostro lmao

    • @johnjerome5570
      @johnjerome5570 Před 10 měsíci +3

      To add also, I didn't even mention the whole gender controversy which you'd think is the weirdest part. You know they were trying to joke about it before but time started making the topic a lot more sensitive and they wrote themselves in a hole.
      I also find it weird that Birdo just suddenly became Yoshi's partner on the sole fact they're both dinosaurs, but by that logic, you could have had any other dinosaur from SMW take his double partner role. Or even just have it be Baby Mario, and Shy Guy for Birdo.
      At least with characters like Daisy or Waluigi, they are clearly that main characters best friend, but we never once saw Yoshi and Birdo interact before they established them.
      Regardless, I like Birdo, I just always find it weird how she just rose the ranks of Mario character when so many others were delegated to obscure.

    • @nicholassims9837
      @nicholassims9837 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@johnjerome5570 Shes like their Token GoodTeamMate

    • @star-rock6466
      @star-rock6466 Před 10 měsíci

      ​​@@JIP214irdo is the most common name

  • @Toastyrokr
    @Toastyrokr Před 9 měsíci +2

    Birdo has always been my favorite character, always rooting for the queen to appear whenever there’s a new multiplayer-Mario game coming out

  • @Hippolf
    @Hippolf Před 10 měsíci +2

    5:40 Ostros are the ostrich/emu like enemies that are ridden by Shy Guys. The SMB2 credits mixed them up and called them Birdo.

  • @Fatih_M177
    @Fatih_M177 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Birdo is honestly the most fun boss character in any game, I especially liked how she was portrayed in Mario advance 1, her voice is so funny and beating her is very satisfying, would like to see her return as a boss in a 2D game But i don't think This specific birdo would be a boss, maybe instead a birdo species but either way
    the character is still very cool.

  • @bilis2866
    @bilis2866 Před 9 měsíci +5

    i think they pair Yoshi and Birdo together just because they are both dinosaur-like creatures and yoshi needed a partner, their actual relationship status has never been brought up again since

  • @slateoffate9812
    @slateoffate9812 Před 10 měsíci +5

    9:56 I remember I used to have a game guide of Mario Kart Wii, describing Birdo as originating from somewhere else that was destroyed. I don't remember the name, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Subcon. I remember visualizing the place as a flattened forest inside a crater.
    11:20 Did she have an obscure redemption arc or something?

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  Před 10 měsíci +7

      Good call! I think you’re referring to this: “Guide: "Her homeworld of Subcon was turned evil by a warty old toad, so Birdo now lives in Nimbus Land. Until race reason, that is!"
      Source: www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Birdo_profiles_and_statistics”
      I was going to include this since it referenced her home being SubCon and then how she moved to Nimbus Land from Super Mario RPG but unfortunately I couldn’t track down a digital copy of the Mario Kart Wii guide to verify. :/

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland Před 10 měsíci

      @@TheMentok That's interesting

  • @FirstLast-mn4re
    @FirstLast-mn4re Před 10 měsíci +18

    I kind of wish both Nintendo and Nintendo fans let this character have more characterization to have her stand out. I just find it annoying that whenever Birdo is brought up the conversation always derails to either "Birdo is a dude lmao" or "Birdo is trans". I don't really care about Birdo's gender I'm just annoyed every single time she's brought up everything derails to talk about gender. I'd love for Birdo to have some sort of more prominent role in a game that doesn't have anything to do with her gender.

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou Před 10 měsíci +4

      The same happens with Poison from Final Fight.

    • @JadeiteMcSwag
      @JadeiteMcSwag Před 10 měsíci

      he is though

    • @seekervaltriz9447
      @seekervaltriz9447 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Birdo is a trans icon
      I'd like to see more of her

    • @Sweet__Violet
      @Sweet__Violet Před 9 měsíci +4

      I think Nintendo should just canon her being trans, it wouldn’t be much of an issue these days and make her into a villain again

  • @OmegaGlops
    @OmegaGlops Před 10 měsíci +44

    You bring up a super good point about Birdetta! The decision by Nintendo's English localization team to continue localizing Catherine's name as "Birdo" is puzzling, particularly given the fact that it primarily just served as a basis for a regrettable two-sentence transphobic "joke" in a NES instruction manual 35 years ago.
    A significant number of people online may not be aware that the name "Birdo" is, in essence, Birdetta's deadname. By consistently using "Birdo" in successive games, the western divisions of Nintendo have been unfortunately perpetuating an unnecessary slight towards Birdetta's chosen name for over three decades.
    Ideally, the western branches of Nintendo could rectify this situation by opting for "Birdetta" or "Birdie", names that have been recognized in English localizations as her preferred monikers. However, such a change now could inadvertently bring attention to the fact that she has been deadnamed for all these years, causing potential backlash.
    Ironically, all this could have been avoided had Nintendo simply preserved her original Japanese name, Catherine! I'm clueless as to why they didn't stick with it in the first place, it fits her way more than either of the "bird" names. 😕

    • @Vulpas
      @Vulpas Před 10 měsíci +8

      "Muh phobiiiiiic" lmao sit down

    • @johnlucas1543
      @johnlucas1543 Před 10 měsíci +1

      +OmegaGlops Nintendo didn't do what you asked because it was the 1980s! Hahahaha!
      Nintendo-a Japanese company who is dead center in the midst of Japan-a-phobia with companies like Toyota, Sony, & such taking precedence over American companies only 40-something years after the end of WWII-is selling entertainment to the Children of American Families while the AIDS panic is running wild with Gays as the target.
      THERE WAS NO ROOM for Controversy under that zeitgeist.
      You're lucky they pushed Samus Aran as a surprise female protagonist in Metroid let alone allowing the blurb about Birdo's Trans identity to stay intact under the radar in the instruction book.
      America couldn't even handle the Gays yet much less the Trans & ESPECIALLY not from a Japanese company who could be seen as corrupting America's youth. The Videogame Panic was already bad enough to deal with.
      You gotta understand the times, OmegaGlops. Nintendo is VERY progressive doing those things AT ALL.
      There was no ESRB back then. Nintendo had to single-handedly win back America's trust in Videogames.
      There was no room for error ESPECIALLY being a foreign company.

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou Před 10 měsíci +7

      No, the localizers didn't add a "transphobic" joke. They (for some reason) changed the character's name from Catherine to Birdo. The Japanese manual said that Catherine prefers to be called Cathy (Ack!), so the localizers just came up with a similar nickname.

    • @OmegaGlops
      @OmegaGlops Před 10 měsíci +9

      ​@@Vulpas I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish by being rude and dismissive.

    • @OmegaGlops
      @OmegaGlops Před 10 měsíci +15

      ​@@KasumiKenshirou I think you are missing a key difference. In the original Japanese version, Catherine’s nickname, Cathy, is still a feminine name that is derived from her full name. It’s like calling someone named Jennifer “Jenny” or someone named Elizabeth “Lizzy”.
      However, the localizers changed Catherine’s name to Birdo, which is not a feminine name at all. It’s not even related to her original name. It’s like calling someone named Jessica “Frogbert” or someone named Samantha “Hawko”.
      The sound of Birdo also doesn’t convey the same femininity as Cathy or Catherine. While Birdo is not a real name, and we can’t say for sure what gender it implies, the “-o” ending is more common in masculine names in many languages (such as Mario, Leo, Bruno, etc.). The “-etta” ending in Birdetta is more feminine, as it is similar to names like Julietta, Rosetta, Henrietta, etc. So, it makes sense to think that Birdo sounds less feminine than Birdetta, even though this is somewhat subjective.
      If the localizers wanted to keep the same idea of Catherine having a nickname that she prefers, they could have used Birdetta as her full name and Birdie as her nickname. That would be more consistent with the original Japanese version.

  • @MightyMurloc
    @MightyMurloc Před 9 měsíci +3

    I can't speak for Japanese humour, Lord knows, they have a style completely their own. But in British comedy in the pre-2010's, the PEAK of comedy was either; a straight man being forced to wear women's clothes, or a straight man "accidentally" being attracted to a Trans Woman or someone in Drag, much to their later horror and disgust.
    I'm glad we don't rely on that kind of humour anymore, but it's dated a lot of media pretty poorly.

  • @ArendAlphaEagle
    @ArendAlphaEagle Před 10 měsíci +12

    Have you already done a retrospective video on Pauline? I think she is due for one.

  • @tainadelcaribe
    @tainadelcaribe Před 9 měsíci +2

    Birdetta has always been my sister’s favorite since childhood!

  • @RobinRhombus2
    @RobinRhombus2 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I drew Catherine earlier today, completely unrelated to this video. That's certainly a coincidence.

  • @barelyhere7200
    @barelyhere7200 Před 10 měsíci +9

    I’m hoping for a video on bowser Junior

  • @bedtimeeeee
    @bedtimeeeee Před 10 měsíci

    Subscribed as soon as the video started. For some reason you have the perfect CZcams voice 😂

  • @BrainSlugs83
    @BrainSlugs83 Před 10 měsíci +2

    It just hit me: the ending of SMB2 (where you find out it was all a dream) is directly inspired by the "Dream Factory" theme of the festival. Never made that connection until now. 🤦

  • @daisythegoddes3483
    @daisythegoddes3483 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I always loved Birdetta, and now being able to play as her in my favorite switch game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, i'm very happy nwn

  • @Acacius1992
    @Acacius1992 Před 10 měsíci +7

    I still hate how they changed her voice. I loved her voice in Mario tennis but her new one sounds like a broken radio

  • @WigglerM2
    @WigglerM2 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Birdettea Is one of the most underrated Mario Characters alongside Diddy Kong.

  • @NinStarRune
    @NinStarRune Před 9 měsíci +2

    Considering we've seen a Birdo hatch in SMRPG I'm going to go on the unpopular opinion that Birdo is its own species, much like how Yoshi is its own species. Some can be friendly (Wario's Woods, Mario Party) or others hostile (SMB2) but I don't think every Birdo is the same Birdo across games.

    • @shupasopni
      @shupasopni Před 9 měsíci

      I mean, there are literally different color variants in SMB2 that each have different voices in BS SMB:USA.

  • @BigNoseEntmt
    @BigNoseEntmt Před 10 měsíci +1

    I'd LOVE to watch you play through the original Suupaa Mario RPG!

  • @mediocre_sandwich2113
    @mediocre_sandwich2113 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Birdetta is best girl. She’s my fav!

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci

      *femboy *he

    • @queerclown7738
      @queerclown7738 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @cajunking59871 why are you being transphobic over a fictional pink dinosaur go outside bro 💀💀

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci

      @@queerclown7738 transphobia is a meaningless word. And you have a slur in your username so your opinion is irrelevant

  • @MrSpoodersaurus
    @MrSpoodersaurus Před 10 měsíci +6

    Birdo my favorite Dinosaur Anteater.

  • @CompletelyNewguy
    @CompletelyNewguy Před 9 měsíci +1

    I'm pretty sure like most people, I started off as not liking birdo as I found her appearance a bit disturbing but once I started playing Mario strikers charged I decided, "Y'know what? I need a good team so what the heck I'll pick birdo." and after realizing she is a BEAST when it came to scoring shots, I grew to like her design more and more overtime. She's one of the few characters that has claws. Yeah that was it, I like Birdo because she has really nice claws and she was a good teammate in strikers.

  • @Padovanm125
    @Padovanm125 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Captain Rainbow and Birdetta: Banned in Florida

  • @Roxlecmc
    @Roxlecmc Před 10 měsíci +5

    it would be pretty cool to have birdo as a boss in SMB wonder

  • @GatorBoyCL
    @GatorBoyCL Před 10 měsíci +4

    My boy Yoshi ain’t gay

  • @Pig3636
    @Pig3636 Před 10 měsíci +1

    0:26 hello me x2
    this was a great video about Birdetta!

  • @APunisherKnight
    @APunisherKnight Před 10 měsíci +7

    Glad to see some Birdette love

  • @jowski808
    @jowski808 Před 10 měsíci +22

    I always believed Birdo was somehow related to the Philly Phanatic. Possibly the same species.

    • @bodie5383
      @bodie5383 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Sameeee I always thought that yoshi and birdo/birdetta did the…😳

  • @aguywhoplay6353
    @aguywhoplay6353 Před 10 měsíci +2

    My brother told me that Birdetta was neutered when I was younger. I still see his logic to this day ngl.

  • @jessicadesmond1124
    @jessicadesmond1124 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Birds sounds like a pikmin antagonist

  • @alainlobato5520
    @alainlobato5520 Před 10 měsíci

    6:33 now I know the origin of that strange space suit from Mario odyssey

  • @HEYLUKBI
    @HEYLUKBI Před 9 měsíci +3

    Honestly, i was NOT expecting Birdetta to be trans. I thought she was just a dinosaur person with SUCC powers

  • @gboogie3257
    @gboogie3257 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Didn’t You forgot to mention Birdetta in Mario party?

  • @bananabot2462
    @bananabot2462 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I started watching your channel and just realized you’re that guy who predicted gangster’s paradise would be the sonic movie trailer theme years before it even existed

  • @darkmetaknight7
    @darkmetaknight7 Před 6 měsíci

    fun fact: Birdo appeared in every instance of the modern Paper Mario games
    -She has a cameo song in Sticker star
    -She has another song and is part of a thing attack in Color splash
    -And she has a minor important role in chapter 2 of Origami king

  • @skibalovesya
    @skibalovesya Před 9 měsíci +1

    As funny as the Mew joke is, it would really be "moo," and probably comes from a Japanese word that means "absence or presence"/"nonexistence or existence."

    • @Tangarisu
      @Tangarisu Před 8 měsíci

      Mu is also a fictional continent theorized in the Pacific Ocean.

  • @jcg7609
    @jcg7609 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I think bowser Jr. and the koopalings should be the next mario characters to get a video

  • @eriksieurin334
    @eriksieurin334 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Does Birdetta actyually lay those eggs she often uses as weapons? Or is she gathering them and keeping them in a pouch? :/

  • @supermariocal8660
    @supermariocal8660 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Little Mac in Captain Rainbow had one too many Big Macs

  • @madnessarcade7447
    @madnessarcade7447 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Hope you do these kind of history videos for Pokémon at some poinr

  • @ProjectEchoshadow
    @ProjectEchoshadow Před 9 měsíci

    Birdetta has access the the legendary vibe wand from super princess peach

  • @QuantomX64
    @QuantomX64 Před 10 měsíci +27

    My head cannon for both Yoshi and Birdo is that they are both a hermaphroditic species, which fixes a lot of issues and makes each of them make more sense.

    • @Vulpas
      @Vulpas Před 10 měsíci +2

      Yoshi's a guy, Birdo is a guy. Ain't difficult to understand. Just gross.

    • @QuantomX64
      @QuantomX64 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@Vulpas Yeah I know, I would just not refer to think of him that way lol. it does make it gross. two species of hermaphroditic dinosaur lizard things makes sense. They even seem to reproduce asexually with the constant eggs thing.

    • @vossboss220
      @vossboss220 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I mean technically speaking Yoshi are hermaphroditic. It's just that the main Yoshi specifically is referred to as male

    • @princebealalthe3rd732
      @princebealalthe3rd732 Před 8 měsíci

      @@Vulpasbut yoshi lays eggs and so does birdo

  • @irvyne6111
    @irvyne6111 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The Birdo scene in Origami King was so funny. 😂

  • @yummyki
    @yummyki Před 10 měsíci +3

    Birdetta’s serving on n’ off the field ✨💖

  • @NalaDGill
    @NalaDGill Před 9 měsíci

    I watched some other birdo videos but I really like this one the most

  • @isaacb725
    @isaacb725 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I think remember reading about birdos gender stuff in super smash brawl, in the trophy's, I was thoroughly interested, Japanese and other Asians have always been interested in trans characters for better or worse

  • @sonickhable
    @sonickhable Před 10 měsíci +2

    I guess this was made before the Mario kart 8 reveal?

  • @NeiyonSpyder
    @NeiyonSpyder Před 10 měsíci +7

    Birdetta is a wonderful character and I was hype when she got into MK8 as the first new character. That being said, they really shouldve kept the Katherine name for the west like they do in Japan. Or at least have her be Katherine the Birdo, since there are more than one Birdo variation.

  • @thundergodgamer118
    @thundergodgamer118 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I definitely see similarities in design in Yoshi and birdo. I think Birdo should be a playable character in the super Mario bros. Games. And Mario should be able to get on birdo the same way Mario rides yoshi. That would be awesome! 🎮🎮

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx Před 10 měsíci +1

    They're going to release a remake of Mario RPG in the fall

  • @PlayersPurity
    @PlayersPurity Před 9 měsíci

    The Mario spin-off descriptions are something. There was a time when they claimed Daisy is Peach's cousin lmao.

  • @sashamurashi225
    @sashamurashi225 Před 10 měsíci

    One of my top 100 fav CZcamsrs

  • @flipex6304
    @flipex6304 Před 10 měsíci +12

    My interest in her really started as a simple liking for dinosaurs and the color pink. As a 2000s boy, the latter was a HUGE nope in social settings. Unless you wanted to be called "gaaaay". I remember joining my friends in making fun of them and really hating that. When my friends left, I would choose her in Mario Kart Wii, Mario Party 8, Super Sluggers, etc almost as an apology to her lmao
    Basically, Birdetta's diva-like attitude, overly affectionate personality, wacky design, on and off relationship with Yoshi, and her origins as a villain turned ally to Mario made her waaay more interesting to me when compared to other characters in the series. Plus, I did end up coming out as gay so her queerness made her an instant fan favorite to me and a lot of other queer Mario fans

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou Před 10 měsíci +1

      I started school in the 80s and had a hot pink backpack with Gizmo (from Gremlins) on it. Boys could wear hot pink back then and not get made fun of for some reason.

  • @SDK64Studios
    @SDK64Studios Před 10 měsíci +12

    First also you should like do a video on King K. Rool or King Boo

  • @psychotheunsane7285
    @psychotheunsane7285 Před 2 měsíci

    I'd like to see Nintendo make a game featuring Birdo as the main character. Maybe Super Mario 2-related, where Wart comes back (again)...only this time attempts to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. Naturally, this gets under Bowser's skin as well. (Honestly, having two villains both wanting to "conquer the world", but fighting with each other over wanting to be the one to do it--the story writes itself!)

  • @fernandalopezbarba1894
    @fernandalopezbarba1894 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Birdo y yoshi son super parecidos hasta en sus diseños antiguos de renders pasaron por estilos similares, creo que lo unico que tiene en comun es eso el diseño y por eso nintendo los quiso empatar en un principio pero después ya no quisieron y bueno sus diferencias son: birdo no tiene zapatos y tiene uñas en las manos, yoshi tiene los dedos mas largos, birdo tiene espinas en la espalda y yoshi en la cabeza, yoshi usa como montura un caparazón de koopa en la espalda y birdo no, birdo usa un moño en la cabeza y un anillo 💍, yoshi tiene los párpados mas cortos y birdo los tiene algo mas grandes y pintados, ademas de tener pestañas, Yoshi tiene ojos azules con negro y birdo azul con morado, la parte blanca de yoshi da en sus cachetes y su pecho hasta la cola y la de birdo solo en su estomago y tiene forma de huevo, birdo tiene 2 manchas en los cachetes y yo creo que lo mas diferente es la boca de birdo/ nariz de yoshi y que uno caga huevos y come con su lengua y el otro succiona a sus enemigos y los escupe en huevos

  • @catsaregovernmentspies
    @catsaregovernmentspies Před 10 měsíci +2

    Now do Mouser. Mouser is a cool boss Nintendo should use again.

    • @shroomer8294
      @shroomer8294 Před 10 měsíci

      No one cares about Mouser, sorry.

  • @reformedorthodoxmunmanquara
    @reformedorthodoxmunmanquara Před 10 měsíci

    Hope Birdetta will be playable some day. That would be cool.

  • @OpheliaFantasy
    @OpheliaFantasy Před 9 měsíci +4

    The fact she was voiced by gay men and trans women is wild to me ❤

  • @HarukoPlease
    @HarukoPlease Před 10 měsíci +2

    What if Catherine FullBody was about Birdo

  • @seekervaltriz9447
    @seekervaltriz9447 Před 9 měsíci +17

    I love Birdo.
    She's a trans icon ❤

  • @psychotheunsane7285
    @psychotheunsane7285 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Birdo as a playable character in Super Mario Wonder would be interesting. Probably not going to happen though.

  • @NathanTheMan
    @NathanTheMan Před 10 měsíci +2

    At this point, I doubt even Nintendo knows what’s going on with Birdetta’s gender.

    • @Topdoggie7
      @Topdoggie7 Před 10 měsíci

      They've deleted trans in several games. This is no different.

    • @holzman00
      @holzman00 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@Topdoggie7??

    • @Topdoggie7
      @Topdoggie7 Před 10 měsíci

      @@holzman00 Vivian in Paper Mario is male to female trans.

  • @saganMiller
    @saganMiller Před 10 měsíci +1

    nice, a video about birdetta.

  • @devinsauls9137
    @devinsauls9137 Před 10 měsíci +19

    Birdo's/Birdetta's trans, but Yoshi don't mind

    • @sboinkthelegday3892
      @sboinkthelegday3892 Před 10 měsíci +7

      I mean, look at that guy.

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci

      Trans or femboy?

    • @cajunking5987
      @cajunking5987 Před 10 měsíci

      @@prageruwu69 many femboys are the same way

    • @mukkah
      @mukkah Před 10 měsíci +2

      Dinosaurs are gonna dinosaur

    • @devinsauls9137
      @devinsauls9137 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@kendraroth1276 Well Nintendo didn't always portrayed Trans people in a good light. In fact, they tried to hide that aspect of Birdo for years

  • @crabwaluigi
    @crabwaluigi Před 10 měsíci

    Think I seen you around, subbed

  • @xKarenWalkerx
    @xKarenWalkerx Před 10 měsíci +1

    “THIS is as far as you GO!”