Captain Syrup

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Captain Syrup in Wario Land: Shake It!.
Captain Maple Syrup
Species	Human
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Base	Kitchen Island
Debut	Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land

Captain Maple Syrup was the dread female pirate who led the Black Sugar Pirates. She had a notorious reputation, although the common public seemed to think Syrup was a man. She served as the main villain during two of Wario's early adventures and has recently made a comeback.

Background

As the captain of the S.S. Teacup and the Brown Sugar Pirates (later the Black Sugar Pirates), Syrup's rivalry with Wario is exceeded only by Wario's own rivalry with Mario. She is one of the only foes Wario has faced down more than once. Though they have stolen from eachother on different occasions, Syrup shares a flirtatious relationship with her arch-rival and refers to him as 'handsome'.

Wario Land

Captain Syrup first appeared in Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, when she and her crew had stolen a golden statue of Princess Peach, which was stored in the Syrup Castle atop Kitchen Island. Syrup also possessed a magic lamp which contained the genie Denpuu. Wario eventually attacked her castle in hopes of stealing all their treasures and the statue.

Wario eventually found Syrup resting in her bedroom in Syrup Castle. She immediately summoned Denpuu and used him to battle Wario. Wario was able to defeat Denpuu. Syrup then set off a bomb that destroyed the entire castle while she fled the explosion. But Wario survived and stole Syrup's magic lamp, which he used to get his own castle (while Mario retrieved the Princess Peach statue).

Wario Land 2

Captain Syrup later sought revenge on Wario in Wario Land II. She led an assault on Wario's castle, stealing all his money and flooding the castle. Her exact endings depend on the ending path. In the "Storm Wario's Castle" ending, the pirates are able to kick Wario out of his castle and turn it into Syrup's new castle. Wario is able to reclaim his castle after defeating Syrup. In all other ending paths, Syrup and her pirates are chased around by Wario until Syrup engages Wario in a final confrontation, usually while riding a flying machine of some sort. She is thwarted in each ending path, however, and Wario reclaims his treasure.

Shake It!

After a lengthy absence from the spotlight, Maple Syrup finally returned in Wario Land: Shake It!. After stealing the Ancient Globe from a museum, she learned that the treasure she was after - the Bottomless Coin Sack - had been stolen by none other than the Shake King. She soon met a Merfle and he offered her the treasure in exchange for her help. She took him on his offer, but with a twist. Rather than take on the Shake King herself, she gave the Ancient Globe to Wario as a 'present'. As she expected, Wario's greed motivated him to take on the Shake King himself.

Captain Syrup did her part to help out Wario by letting him brush up his skills on her new ship, the Sweet Stuff and then by running a store to sell him the goods he needed for his adventure. Though given her scam, charging Wario for her services was just another way to get more money out of him. After Wario had finally defeated the Shake King and started using the Bottomless Coin Sack, Syrup appeared in his garage and used a vacuum cleaner to suck up all the loose coins before taking the Coin Sack and driving off, leaving Merfle to explain their prior arrangement to an extremely angry Wario.

Trivia

• Like Samus Aran, the instruction manual initially refers to her as a man in order to surprise players at the end of the game.
• Wario Land: Shake It! reveals her first name as Maple.