Birdo, known in Japanese as Catherine, is a fictional character in the Mario franchise. She first appeared in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, which was localized for English-language audiences as Super Mario Bros. 2. Birdo is a pink, anthropomorphic creature who wears a red hairbow and has a round mouth that can fire eggs as projectiles. She is often lauded as the first transgender video game character.
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Birdo, known in Japanese as Catherine, is a fictional character in the Mario franchise. She first appeared in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, which was localized for English-language audiences as Super Mario Bros. 2. Birdo is a pink, anthropomorphic creature who wears a red hairbow, and has a round mouth that can fire eggs as projectiles. She is often lauded as the first transgender video game character. The character has received mostly positive reception, although her appearance and gender identity have received mixed reception. In Mario Tennis and Super Mario Advance, the character was given a high pitched female voice provided by Jen Taylor. In Super Mario USA, the character’s voice was voiced by Jun Donna Rika, Rika Rika, and Akemi Akemi. The voices were those of women or transgender men or transgender women. The Japanese version of Super Mario 2 features a large robotic version of Birdo called “Robirdo” Birdo was featured in the cut-scenes for the Japan-only Saview-only, pseudo-sequel of SuperMario USA as “Super Catherines” In this version, three of the characters were voice-acted by three different women, including Jen Taylor, Rika Akemi Rika and Donna Donna, and a low-voiced male version of the character called “Catherine” has also appeared in this version.
The English manual for Super Mario Jr. 2 refers to Birdo as “a male who thinks he is a girl’ and would prefer to be called “Birdetta’”. In later editions of the game, mention of her favored nickname has been omitted. In some games, such as Captain Rainbow and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Birdo’s gender identity is still touch upon. The Spanish language website for Mario Smash Football, while describing Birdo, suggests that the character’s gender is indeterminate. The European site for Mario Strikers Charged Football refers to the character as a male character. In the Wii Japan- only video game Captain Rainbow, which delves into Birdo’t gender identity, it specifically depicts her being imprisoned for entering the women’s bathroom. She has made several appearances in other media, including the SuperMario Bros. Super Show!, as well as promotional material such as figurines and plush toys. She appeared in the Family Computer System video game Super Mario Disk System and its Western Nintendo Entertainment System conversion.
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