Lemmy Koopa is one of the seven Koopaling children fathered by Bowser.
Character
Lemmy is usually seen with wobbly eyes and colorful hair. His trademark weapon is his green rubber bouncy ball which he balances atop on. This explains his circus look.
Appearances
Lemmy Koopa as seen in Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Bros. 3, Lemmy was the boss of World 6, Ice Land. Lemmy was found and battled by Mario in the cabin of his Airship; in battle, Lemmy would ride a rubber ball around the room and use his stolen wand to generate more rubber balls, that Mario must dodge. Being jumped on the head three times would defeat Lemmy.
Super Mario World
In Super Mario World, Mario fought him in the subterranean Vanilla Dome area. In his battle, Lemmy wouldn't attack the Mario directly, instead he would simply pop out of a Warp Pipe in his chamber, along with two Lemmy look-a-like dolls. Mario would need to jump on Lemmy's head three times to knock him out of the end of his Warp Pipe and into the lava below, avoiding the fake Lemmys as the bouncing lava drops.
Yoshi's Safari
In Yoshi's Safari, Lemmy is the first boss fought. He has a mech with a big head that looks just like him. However, if you damage the face then eventually you'll get to damage the real thing. He has possesion of the Garnet Gem. In Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Lemmy’s fighting style matched that of his sister, Wendy, except he threw rubber balls instead of rings.
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, he was the third Koopaling to fight Mario and Luigi. He is known to rely on gadgets and trickery. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, He is the third bos to fight. He relies on the same old ball strategy except in the castle the ball is bigger making him harder to reach. For his comeback, the designers gave him a ponytail on the back of his head. He is the second oldest of the Koopalings.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Lemmy is the boss of the World 3. In the first fight in the Tower, Lemmy uses his scepter to conjure a ball and bounce it towards the player(s)' character(s). While the ball doesn't inflict damage, should it touch the player character, it does push him towards the edge of the ledge and into a pit if the character does not jump over it. Lemmy can be defeated by stomping on his head three times. He is fought for a second time in the Castle level. He is fought the same way, but his ball is significantly bigger. When he gets hit 2 times, the ball Lemmy stands on further increases its size for additional difficulty to damage him one last time.
Attacks
Lemmy's attacks usually consists of trying to trample Mario with his ball. In Superstar Saga, he could split himself into 5 different mirrored forms. However, his ball does not appear in the game. He could also breath fire.
Other media
In the cartoons he was named Hip Koopa and was often seen with his brother Hop (Iggy). The two of them shared most of their sentences (à la Donald Duck’s nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie) and were usually seen pulling pranks. There are two major differences between Lemmy and Hip: Hip’s hair is far thinner, and he has an overbite.
In the comic books, Lemmy was quite stupid but could somehow understand Larry’s picture-only dialogue.[1] He was also a fan of Mario’s favorite comic book superhero, Dirk Drain-Head.[2]
In Super Scope 6, Lemmy, riding a missile and chasing Mario, who is in a plane, will sometimes appear in Type A: Intercept mode and fly across the screen. If players hit Lemmy with their Super Scope, they will either recover a miss or gain points.