Luvbi
| Luvbi | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Paper Mario | |
| Species | Pure Heart (originally) Nimbi (post-game) |
| Appears in | Super Paper Mario (2007) |
- “I am sorry...that thou art so hairy.”
- —Luvbi, Super Paper Mario
Luvbi is a Nimbi in Super Paper Mario. She was believed to be the daughter of Queen Jaydes and Grambi, but she is actually the white Pure Heart, transformed into a Nimbi for its protection. In Chapter 7-4, she learns of her true nature, assuming her true form in order to save all worlds from the Void. After the defeat of Super Dimentio, she can be seen again in the Overthere, having apparently returned to life.
History[edit]
Background[edit]
Prior to the events of the game, and shortly after having met through work, Queen Jaydes and Grambi were entrusted with the white Pure Heart. In order to protect it from evil, the two decided to transform the Pure Heart into a shape no one would suspect; a Nimbi child. This child, named Luvbi, was then raised and loved as if their own daughter. Luvbi's parents show a strong affection for her, with Grambi staying at Luvbi's bedside when she was ill, and Jaydes becoming nervous when unsure of Luvbi's safety. Luvbi developed mixed feelings about her parents, finding them overprotective and describing Jaydes as nagging, and Grambi as angry. However, as she admits, she loves them as well, and wanted to make them happy.
Super Paper Mario[edit]
Luvbi is first seen atop a pipe in the Underwhere, fantasizing about finding her true love, a "prince of fair countenance". The moment is interrupted by Mario, who is called an "old, mustachioed fatty", and asked to leave. Asked to find her by Jaydes, he and Luigi soon return. Interested in confirming if one of them is her prince, she asks them her name. If the correct answer is given, she becomes aghast, refusing to believe either could be her prince. She makes for Jaydes's palace, being told that the brothers were sent to fetch her. When they arrive, she angrily calls them liars, and is forced to apologize by Jaydes.
Mario and Luigi are returned to Flipside by Jaydes, with the Pure Heart brought to her by Mario now restored. By the time of their return to the Underwhere, Luvbi has packed for her journey to the Overthere. Upon their return, Tippi and the other Pixls in tow, they are asked by Jaydes to escort Luvbi, protecting her from monster attacked on the Underwhere Road in the wake of Bonechill's release. Luvbi is unhappy about this, and as they travel along the Underwhere Road, she repeatedly complains about them not being her princes, but accompanies them begrudgingly.
Climbing up Underwhere Road, the heroes encounter Bowser, who fights them to be told of Princess Peach's whereabouts, and the Dorguys, the third of whom summons the Underchomp. On the Overthere Stair, Peach is found, sleeping deeply after eating a Golden Apple. Luvbi realizes that she can be woken with a "taboo fruit", but is too irritated with Princess Peach to help search for one.
The heroes find that the Overthere is being attacked by Bonechill's forces, in search of the Pure Heart. They make their way to Grambi's shrine, freeing frozen Nimbis, repairing the bridge there, and instigating a battle between Bonechill's forces and an army of Nimbis. Inside the shrine are Grambi and Bonechill, who reveals the truth about Luvbi's origin. Shocked by the revelation, she heeds Tippi's request to take her father outside.
When Bonechill is defeated, Luvbi and Grambi return to the shrine. Soon, Jaydes enters; having not heard word of Luvbi's safe arrival, she grew concerned, and went to the Overthere herself. Luvbi asks her parents about the truth of what she was told by Bonechill, which they then confess to her. Her memories as a Pure Heart are jogged by the explanation, and her Nimbi disguise begins to fade as the Pure Heart strains against its Nimbi form. She reacts with anger and disbelief that she's meant to be with Mario, calling both Jaydes and Grambi fake parents, expressing frustration at not being able to properly enjoy her short life, and telling her parents that she hates them. When Grambi and Jaydes re-affirm their love for her as their daughter, she eventually calms, and accepts her duty. Urging the heroes to save the worlds, and sharing her love for her parents, she becomes the eighth and final Pure Heart obtained by the heroes.
After Super Dimentio is defeated, Luvbi can be found with her parents inside Grambi's shrine, revived by means unknown.
Personality and traits[edit]
Luvbi speaks in Early Modern English (as do all Nimbis), although in the Japanese version, she talks very childishly instead of formally. While she is highly impulsive, and enjoys insulting or teasing others, she is also good-natured, caring deeply for her parents however overprotective they may be.
Profiles[edit]
Catch Card[edit]
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Tattles[edit]
- "That's Luvbi... She's an optimistic Nimbi girl... She's being sent to Grambi of The Overthere as requested by Jaydes... For some reason, this girl flusters me..." (Chapter 7)
- "That's Luvbi... A Nimbi girl, she is the daughter of Grambi and Jaydes... What? You're asking if she was actually a Pure Heart? Forget about such details... Look at that smiling face..." (Post-game)
Quotes[edit]
- Main article: List of Super Paper Mario quotes § Luvbi
- "Pray, what call hast thou to stare at me so?! Didst thou hear me pine for an old, mustachioed fatty?! Begone!"
- "Foulness! An aging man of mustache grim returneth! Talk not to me as though we have met! Speak now! What dost thou want of me?!"
- "Thou came hither to find me? Pah! As if I would consort with a face so behaired! I await a handsome prince! Understand? PRINCES ONLY!"
- "I am sorry... that thou art so hairy."
- "Ah me, blue skies again! If we continue upward, we'll soon be in The Overthere. Let us away!"
- "Pray, I would understand this! Is yon Peach the lady friend of Mario?"
- "Oh, verily? But the damsel looms large in his regard, is this not so? A one-sided crush then, mayhap."
- "Ah me, enough idle blather! I shall fly ahead, so keepest up if thou canst! If thou climbest too slowly, the sun will set, so shaketh a leg!"
- "Ah me... Prithee, tell me... Princess Peach, I presume? She hath eaten the golden fruit. She lacketh common sense, I fear."
- "The Overthere teemeth with magical trees whose fruit maketh many an odd effect. The fruit of golden hue maketh people so satisfied, they falleth into deep sleep. And I mean DEEP sleep... The kind thou dost not wake up from for a hundred years..."
- "Pray, wherefore would I know of such... Ah, but hold on a moment... I do remember my father's words of long ago. Yea, he said one tree in The Overthere bore a taboo fruit that could waketh anyone..."
- "Pray... Wherefore should I know, huh?"
- "So, yon Princess Peach... All seem to holdeth her in regard most high..."
- "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph! Do what thou wantest! I am NOT helping! I am SULKING!"
- "I shall head onward, so dawdleth not! Heareth me, Princess of silly peaches?"
- "So, uh... Ha ha... Thou sayest I am meant to be with him... He verily is...my prince? This doth STINK! He is completely wrong for me! I speak seriously to you... This hath no humor to it!"
- "Tippi... Takest good care of the real me. And...savest the world, yea? Such is my final wish, so if thou dost not do it, thou art most unkind!"
- "Father... Mother... Fare thee well... I am sorry for lying earlier. Because in truth... I... I love thee...both........."
- "Greetings! How art thou? Ha ha HA! Thou hast a very confused look on thy countenance! Thou art wondering how I returned to life? We-ell... That is a secret! Ha ha HA! Just kidding! Truth be told, I know not! But who careth! I am back! Mother and Father hath been all OVER me since my return. They are so clingy! I guess it is my fault for being soooooo cute! Well, thou should come play whenever! Mother, Father, and I are always hither!"
Gallery[edit]
Luvbi's appearance in Super Mario-kun
Naming[edit]
Her name is a combination of the words "love" and "Nimbi".
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ラブエル[?] Rabu Eru |
From "love" and「エルエル人」(Erueru Jin, Nimbi) | |
| French | Fibi[?] | Combination of "fille" (girl) and "Nimbi"; also sounds phonetically identical to the female given name "Phoebe" | |
| German | Liebidi[?] | Pun on "liebe" (love), "Nimbi", and "dich" (you) | |
| Italian | Farfabì[?] | Combination of "farfalla" (butterfly) and "Nimbì" | |
| Korean | 러브엘[?] Reobeuel |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Sensibí[1] | Pun on "sensibilidad" (sensitivity) and "Nimbí" ('Nimbi') |
Notes[edit]
- Luvbi plays a role similar to that of TEC from the previous game, in that both of them perform a sacrifice to aid Mario and his friends at the end of Chapter 7, only to be revived following the defeat of the final boss.
