Lip

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Lip
File:LipArtworkPaneldePon.gif Official artwork of Lip from Panel de Pon.
Universe	Panel de Pon
Debut	Panel de Pon (1995)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo (referenced, 2016)
Console/platform of origin	Super Famicom
Species	Fairy
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Popples

Flower Fairy Lip (花の妖精リップ, Flower Fairy Lip) is the main character of Panel de Pon, which was rebranded into Tetris Attack featuring Yoshi characters when the game was brought over Internationally. Before her appearance in Ultimate as an Assist Spirit in the Spirits mode of the game, she was referenced several times in the series starting in Melee as Kirby's Stone move and her signature weapon, the Flower Wand which is an item referred to in the series as Lip's Stick.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

While Lip doesn't appear in this game, her signature Lip's Stick makes its debut as an item in the game; the Lip's Stick trophy would be the only time it would mention her in this game as subsequent installments of the Super Smash Bros. Series would go on to only describe the function of the item. The 2nd reference to her was in Kirby's Stone Move, which her Garbage Block is one of the possible designs he can turn into in this game. When a fan asked Sakurai if she was going to be in the game, he replied that he wondered how much people would know her but he personally thought that "Panel de Pon is a great piece of work." and recommended people to play the game if they don't know her.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Lip's Stick returns as an item, along with Kirby's Stone transformation as Lip's Garbage Block in Brawl. In the Pictochat Stage, Lip's Theme (Panel de Pon) was a new remix in Brawl. In non-Japanese versions of the game, Furil's sticker goes under the name "Fairy Flower Lip" from Nintendo Puzzle Collection, which is a similar but distinct looking character.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Lip's Stick returns as an item, along with Kirby's Stone transformation as Lip's Garbage Block. Lip's Theme (Panel de Pon) only returns in the Wii U version of the game on the Wrecking Crew stage. In the customization menu, there are Lip's Stick equipment that lets you start a match with the item, unless you are playing Event matches.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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File:LipMiiFighter.png

Mii Swordfighter wearing Lip's outfit

Lip makes an appearance in the series for the first time in the Spirits mode of the game as an Assist Spirit. She is also the basis for a costume for Mii Swordfighters. Lip's Stick returns as an item, along with Kirby's Stone transformation as Lip's Garbage Block. The Brawl remix of Lip's Theme (Panel de Pon) also returns in this game, and the Flower effect was redesigned to match the title screen of Panel de Pon.

Origin

The title screen of Panel de Pon featuring Lip holding a flower.

Lip originates from the Japanese puzzle game Panel de Pon, which was released overseas as Tetris Attack with its characters replaced by characters from Yoshi's Island. She is a flower fairy, and the protagonist of Panel de Pon. She appears on the title screen and in the background of puzzles. The reason Lip wields her magic wand in this game is because she isn't very good at making magic, which was also inferior to the other fairies' magic.

After the release of the first Panel de Pon, the game would be rebranded into the characters from the Yoshi and Pokémon series removing Lip and the fairies from the first game to make the series more marketable. (which made her relatively entirely unknown outside of Japan) Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for the Gameboy Color was originally going to be Panel de Pon GB which would of been a sequel to the first game, it was going to star Lip, and the fairy cast from the first game (with additional content that would be used for Panel de Pon on Nintendo Puzzle Collection), but it was scrapped in favor of the Pokémon variant. However 13 years after the game's original release it was discovered that you can access Lip's Stage in this game with specific button commands. In 2008, Lip would have a cameo only in the Japanese releases of Planet Puzzle League (and Puzzle League Express), without using a cheating device. Lip would also appear in the Japan-only game Captain Rainbow who was one of the major characters in the game. The first known international reference of Lip outside of Smash was the "Fairy Flower" items (which does not reference her by name) that the player's Villager can use in the Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo update on November 2, 2016.

Trivia

• In some of the internal files that refers to Lip, they would be labelled as Rip most likely because of her Japanese pronunciation of her name Rippu, for example her signature weapon in the files of Brawl and SSB4 is called RipStick and the flower effect would be called RipStickFlower. In Captain Rainbow's files she would be referred to "Rip".
• She also appears in BS Panel de Pon - Event '98, a demo version of the original Panel de Pon which features the fairy cast from the first game but her stage is skipped in the 1-player game with the first stage being Windy instead, which meant its technically a cameo for her in this game as she is not playable.
• The Mii Outfit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has some differences with the artwork they have used for Lip's Spirit in the game, but present in some of the other official artwork of Lip in Panel de Pon.
  • In her Mii outfit, there was a blue belt around the waist of the skirt, and the shirt would lack the white part on the end of her sleeves. (also lacks a white part on the ends of the skirt) This would not be the case for the artwork they used for Lip's Spirit in Ultimate.
• In Captain Rainbow, Lip has a Piranha Plant on her garden, which is a playable character in Ultimate via DLC.
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate marks Lip's first official appearance outside of Japan, discounting the Panel de Pon GB easter egg from Pokémon Puzzle Challenge (which was discovered 13 years later after the game's original release).