Editing Lip

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|image = [[File:SSBU spirit Lip.png|250px]]

|firstgame = ''{{s|mariowiki|Panel de Pon}} - Event Version'' (1995, Trial) {{Flag|Japan}}

|lastappearance = ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo'' (referenced, 2016)

|console = Super Famicom (Satellaview)

Lip makes her ''Smash'' debut in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as an Ace-class support spirit. However, she and her series have been referenced several times in the ''Smash'' series from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' onward.

Lip debuted as the protagonist of the 1995 Japanese puzzle game {{uv|Panel de Pon}}, appearing as the main playable character in the game's single-player story mode. In the story, Lip uses her [[Lip's Stick|flower wand]] and puzzle skills to free the fairies of her world from a curse set by the demon king Thanatos. The true ending reveals that Lip's mother, the goddess Cordelia, was testing Lip's ability to succeed her as the fairy queen. Lip is described as energetic and tomboyish with a fierce sense of justice, vowing to use her flower wand for the forces of good.

Due to a stigma relating to female-led video games in the 1990s, ''Panel de Pon'' was rebranded and released overseas as ''{{s|mariowiki|Tetris Attack}}'', with the characters from the first game replaced by those from the {{uv|Yoshi}} series (with earlier plans during localization for it to feature characters from [[Rare]]'s ''Killer Instinct''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SMWikiOfficial/status/1294653713706037250]</ref>), alongside a Game Boy port which would be re-localized to Japan with ''Yoshi'' characters intact. As such, Lip remained relatively unknown outside of Japan.

Lip would become the mascot for the ''Panel de Pon'' franchise as a whole, despite ironically being technically absent for a majority of its installments, such as ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Puzzle League}}'' for the Nintendo 64 and ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Puzzle Challenge}}'' for the Game Boy Color, though Lip's stage can be accessed as a secret level in the latter.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Puzzle_Challenge#Panel_de_Pon_GB Pokémon Puzzle Challenge - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref> She was also absent from the [[GameCube]] title ''{{s|mariowiki|Nintendo Puzzle Collection}}'', this time being replaced by a new cast of fairies. For over a decade, Lip would only receive scattered cameo appearances, such as other [[Intelligent Systems]] franchises like {{uv|Fire Emblem}} and ''{{iw|mariowiki|Paper Mario}}'', as well as a guest in the ''{{iw|mariowiki|Satella-Q}}'' series.

Lip would finally make a prominent appearance also plays an important role in the Japan-only 2008 [[Wii]] release ''{{s|mariowiki|Captain Rainbow}}'', in which she dreams of becoming a magician.

The first known international reference to Lip or her universe outside of ''Smash'' was the "Flower Fairy" costume set in the ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo'' update. This set, which does not otherwise reference Lip by name, can be earned by the player's [[Villager]] through clearing milestones in the ''{{s|nookipedia|Animal Crossing: Puzzle League}}'' minigame. She would later make her first formal international appearance outside of ''Smash'' upon the release of her origin game on the ''Nintendo Switch Online'' service in May 2020.

[[File:kirby box.jpg|100px|thumb|Kirby's [[Stone]] transformation into Lip's Garbage Block in ''Brawl''.]]

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Lip's Stick returns as an item, as does Kirby's Stone transformation as Lip's Garbage Block. The ''Brawl'' remix of ''Lip's Theme'' also returns in this game, and the [[Flower]] effect was redesigned to match the title screen of ''Panel de Pon''.

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! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Cost !! Ability !! Series

| 1,153 || {{SpiritTableName|Lip}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★★★ || 1 || [[Lip's Stick]] Equipped || ''Panel de Pon'' Series

*When a fan asked ''Smash'' series director [[Masahiro Sakurai]] if Lip would appear in the series, Sakurai replied that, while he enjoyed ''Panel de Pon'', he was unsure how many people would recognize Lip as a character.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/03/30/smash-reader-response-page-9-meaning-behind-smash-logo-lip-ice-climbers-and-balloon-fight/

*Since Lip is the basis of a costume for {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}}s, the weapon used for the sword is her flower wand, Lip's Stick. This is one of two items to be used as a costume's weapon without carrying the properties of the item, the other being the SSB T-shirt's [[Beam Sword]].

*''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' marks Lip's first formal appearance outside of Japan. This does not include the unfinished ''Panel de Pon GB'' Easter egg in ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'', her sticker in ''Brawl'' (which is another character, Furil), or her costume appearing in ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo''.

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