Why is Lakitu called Lakitu?

To this day, any meaning or etymology of the name "Lakitu" is completely unknown. It seems to have been made up without explanation for the US manual for Super Mario Bros. Below is a chart of the history of Lakitu's name across different languages.
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What is the Japanese name for Lakitu?

Lakitu, known in Japan as Jugem (ジュゲム Jugemu) is a character from Mario franchise. They are Koopas who ride clouds through the skies, mostly dropping Spiny Eggs on the ground or near the player.
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Is Lakitu a Koopa?

Lakitus are sky-bound Koopas who fly around on happy faced clouds and toss Spiny Eggs down at Mario. These Spiny Eggs will then hatch into adult Spinies upon contact with the ground and they would walk around on their own. They have been around since the original Super Mario Bros.
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Who is the turtle on the cloud?

Lakitus make their debut in Super Mario Bros., whose manual describes as "the mysterious turtle who controls the clouds".
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Who is the forgotten Ninja turtle?

Venus de Milo was introduced in Fall of 1997 in the first episode of the live action NInja Turtles: The Next Mutation. Besides the fact that she was the only female Tmnt, she stuck out as being the only one named after not a famous painter, but rather a work of art.
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Who was the girl turtle?

Venus de Milo (often shortened to simply Venus, and later known as Bonnie) is a fictional superheroine within the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
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Is Lakitu a bad guy?

He is usually depicted as an adversary of Mario and his allies, but also has a supporting role in some video games he appears in.
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Is Lakitu evil in Mario?

What is unclear is why Lakitu are depicted less as enemies compared to the broader Koopa species. While there are other Koopas who don't have any affiliation with Bowser, Lakitu are more often neutral characters in the Super Mario series who aid Mario more often than hinder him.
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Why Bowser and not Koopa?

and redesigning him to better match the in-game sprite for the sequel known in the west as The Lost Levels. But it was in translating the original game for English-speaking audiences that someone at Nintendo decided that the villain originally known as Great Demon King Koopa should instead be named Bowser.
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Who married Bowser?

In official lore there is no wife, although Bowser Jr. is misled into believing Princess Peach is his mother.
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Is Yoshi married to Birdo?

Birdo's description states that she appears to be Yoshi's girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend, in relation to her ambiguous gender. Maybe one day, we'll get a Yoshi game where he's trying to save a "damsel in distress" Birdo rather than lugging around Baby Mario.
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Who is Bowser Jr's mom?

actually has no mother, as the world of the Mario series does not entirely reflect reality, and children may be produced asexually in its universe. Many other animals reproduce asexually in a similar fashion, so Bowser could potentially do so as well.
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Is Bowser called Koopa?

“King Koopa” and “Bowser” are the same character. Bowser is his personal name, and “King Koopa” or “King of the Koopa” is his title. Basically, his name could be Phillip, and he'd still be King Koopa. Bowser may be a descendant in a long line of Koopa Kings.
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What does Lakitu throw?

Spiny Eggs, originally known as Spiny's eggs, are the projectiles thrown by Lakitus, and a form of the Spiny. Spiny Eggs are small, usually red balls covered in spikes. Once they touch the ground, they turn into normal Spinies.
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Is Bowser even evil?

Despite his status as a villain, he has sometimes been willing to work alongside the heroes in order to battle threats more serious than himself, so he can continue his own schemes.
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Why is Bowser a bad guy?

Bowser is the overarching villain of the entire Mario Bros. franchise. He's the final boss most people picture when they consider the term. He's a tyrant who seeks to spread his influence and conquer new domains across his universe.
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Does Luigi turn evil?

Before turning evil, Luigi tries to stop Count Bleck from using the Chaos Heart; however, after being trapped in Castle Bleck, Luigi gets brainwashed by Nastasia, ultimately turning him into Mr. L.
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Is Bowser a bad dad?

Bowser may be the 'bad guy' of the Super Mario series, but since his son Bowser Jr. was introduced, the Koopa King has been a good dad.
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Is Bowser broken or pure evil?

Bowser is the first and, so far, only Illumination villain to be Near Pure Evil, since every other villain the company featured in their movies is too comedic and/or mischievous, has too many redeeming qualities, occasionally has heroic roles, is extremely bog-standard, or a combination of these factors, while Bowser ...
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Who is the darkest villain in Mario?

7 Darkest Mario Characters, Ranked
  • 7 Chauncey, The Ghost Baby.
  • 6 Bowser.
  • 5 Fawful.
  • 4 King Boo.
  • 3 Count Bleck.
  • 2 Cackletta.
  • 1 Dimentio.
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Is Donatello a girl?

Since the franchise's debut in 1984, there have been four turtles on the main team: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello. The turtles were each named after a legendary artist – and, of course, all male.
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Who is the yellow ninja?

After being severely wounded by Karai, Jennika is transformed into a mutant turtle when Donatello uses Leonardo's blood to give her an emergency blood transfusion. As a mutant turtle, she wears a yellow mask and wields tekkō-kagi.
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Is there a 5th Ninja Turtle?

TMNT's Fifth Turtle is Jennika, a formerly human ninja and member of the Foot Clan who suffered a near-fatal injury and needed an emergency blood transfusion from Leonardo in order to survive.
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