Editing Big Boo

{{about|large Boos in general|[[Boo]]s from [[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]], known as "The Big Boo"|[[Boo#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Boo § Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]|the Big Boo character known as "Boss Teresa" in Japanese debuting in [[Super Mario 64]]|[[Big Boo (character)]]}}

|latest_appearance=''[[Luigi's Mansion 2 HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

The Big Boos, formatted as '''The Big “Boo”''' in-game and also named '''Big Blue Boo''' in various [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guides]]<ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|date=August 1991|page=51|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''Super NES'' Player's Guide|page=15|date=1992|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> to differentiate from the Big Boo boss<ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|date=August 1991|page=72-73}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''Super NES'' Player's Guide|page=12|date=1992|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. In the game, Big Boos inhabit the various [[Ghost House]]s located around [[Dinosaur Land]]. They first appear in the [[Donut Secret House]]. They are four times bigger than a normal Boo Buddy in both height and width, but they still have the same mannerisms of their smaller counterparts, meaning that when looked at, they hide behind their arms, occasionally peeking to see if they are still being looked at. However, if [[Mario]]'s or [[Luigi]]'s back is turned, a Big Boo attacks him from behind. Big Boos are much more difficult to pass than their smaller brethren. As such, Mario or Luigi usually has to use a [[trampoline|Jumping Board]] to [[jump]] over them. However, if Mario or Luigi can get a [[dash|running]] start, he can usually [[Spin Jump|spin-jump]] over a Big Boo. Additionally, if there is room, the brothers can use a [[Cape Feather|Cape]] to [[fly]] over a Big Boo or perform a sliding attack during descent to defeat the Big Boo.

During development, when "Boo" Buddies were still referred to as "Boo" Diddlys, the name for the Big "Boo" was originally going to be localized as "Boo" Jackson, a reference to multi-sport athlete {{wp|Bo Jackson}}.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF contributors|title=[[tcrf:Prerelease:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps#Enemy Cast List|Prerelease:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps#Enemy Cast List]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=August 6, 2020}}</ref>

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', a Big Boo appears in [[Peach's Castle]], leading Mario to the [[courtyard (Peach's Castle)|courtyard]]. In the courtyard itself, it can be found in one of the corners, appearing about twice as large as the other Boos. If Mario defeats it, it drops a birdcage (also misidentified as a "carousel"<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|page=48|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>) leading to [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. [[Big Boo (character)|A much larger Big Boo character]] appears in the course itself as the owner of the mansion and leader of the Boos. In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', [[King Boo]] is also added and referred to as "Big Boo" as well.

Regular Big Boos do not directly appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''; however, an obstructive variant known as [[Sleepy Boo]]s appear, and the Golden Boo in [[The Hotel Lobby's Secret|Episode 2]] of [[Sirena Beach]] is also described as a Giant Boo statue.<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|date=August 12, 2002|isbn=1-931886-09-1|publisher=Versus Books|language=en-us|page=79}}</ref> The Big Boo from ''Super Mario 64'' reappears with a new design, being called King Boo.

The Big Boo is a boss in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''. It is fought in the level [[Ghost Mansion]]. Mario must shoot it with the [[Super Scope]] as he makes parts of the wall fall down on him. Later the Boo separates into three [[Boo Buddies|Circling Boo Buddies]]. Mario must shoot the one with his tongue out to win.

Big Boos appear on a suit of playing cards in Go Fish in ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]''.

Big Boos are enemies in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They appear in many [[Tower]]s and [[Castle]]s. However, in this game, they are only twice as large a normal Boo in height and width, making them half as large as the ones in ''Super Mario World''. Like normal Boos, they could only be defeated by looking away from the ghost and bouncing an egg off a wall, hitting the ghost in the face. They release [[Star (Yoshi's Island series)|Star]]s when defeated. Additionally, one of the bosses, [[Bigger Boo]], starts as a normal Big Boo before being transformed by Kamek's magic.

In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', one Big Boo has a cameo appearance. It is used in [[Bowser]]'s [[Terrorize]] attack.<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' instruction booklet|page=41|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996}}</ref> While there is an enemy called "The Big Boo", it is in fact a misnamed regular Boo.

To defeat Big Boo, Luigi has two different methods of attacking it. The first one involves avoiding Big Boo while it slams into the ground three times before becoming stunned. Luigi has to pull Big Boo's tongue and launch it into the drill of the moving toy train. The other way is to make Big Boo dash slightly in front of the train. When the Big Boo hits the drill on the train, he splits into ten Boos. Luigi must pull their tongues and send them flying towards the carriages of the train. When one of them hits a carriage, that Boo gets imprisoned inside the carriage and is unable to escape. Once all of Boos have been imprisoned in the carriages, the mission is complete and the [[Pixelator]] takes Luigi out of the train display and back to the [[Lab|Bunker]]. Afterwards, E. Gadd Pixelates the Boos into the Boo Canister.

[[File:G&WG4 Luigi Boxing Big Boo.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Game & Watch Gallery 4'']]

Big Boo is an opponent in the Modern version of ''[[Boxing]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''. He is [[Luigi]]'s second opponent. However, instead of boxing gloves, Big Boo uses smaller Boos to pummel his opponent. Additionally, if the player selects the game yet waits several seconds, a humorous animation will play. Specifically, several [[Waluigi]]s pop up from the floor, and Big Boo throws his boxing glove Boo at them in a similar manner to a bowling ball, and is overjoyed at getting a strike.

A Big Boo is an obstacle in the [[Bolt from Boo]] minigame in ''[[Mario Party-e]]''. Two players must outrun the Big Boo, and if it catches Mario, the game is over.

Atomic Boos make their ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series debut in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', with a single one appearing as an optional mini-boss in [[Creepy Steeple]]. It closely resembles the sprite of [[Bigger Boo]], similar to how normal Boos in this game are based on its artwork. This Atomic Boo is composed of about 200 different Boos. Mario can only fight it by going to the [[Creepy Steeple]] after freeing the 200 Boos in Chapter 4 (if he guesses the number right, a Boo gives him an [[Ultra Mushroom]]). Even though Mario agrees to be nice to the Boos, they swarm him as soon as they are free. If Mario disperses those Boos a few times with the spin ability of his [[Super Hammer]], the Boos combine together to form the Atomic Boo.

Atomic Boos appear infrequently in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Only one appears in [[Merlee's Basement]], where it is considerably weaker than the one in ''The Thousand-Year Door''. This Atomic Boo attacks the player by charging at them while they are facing away from them, turning intangible if it is faced. As such, it attacks like the Big Boos of the ''Super Mario'' series, albeit somewhat slower than usual, as well as being susceptible to jumps. Multiple Atomic Boos occasionally appear in the [[Mansion Patrol]] [[minigame]]; though slower than regular Boos. Defeating one gives many more points than defeating a regular Boo.

Big Boos are enemies in ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]''. They appear in the [[Tale of the Spirit of Kindness]] and the [[Tale of the Spirit of Fright]], being more common than Boos, which appear in the latter level only.

In ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'', whenever [[Boo]] gets an [[Eagle]], [[Albatross]], or [[Hole-in-One]], the animation shows multiple Boos combine with it to form a Big Boo.

*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''You may remember the Boo Buddies from [[Super Mario Bros. 3]]. This time there's a whole horde of them! And amongst them there's a huge spook called The Big Boo. But don't worry, if you look at them, they act shy and turn away. Cute, aren't they? But watch it ... they're dangerous!''<ref>{{cite|date=1991|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=24}}</ref>

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|artwork=[[File:Big Boo Perfect.png|200px]]

|shuzoku=ゴースト族

たくさんのテレサ（P116）が合体したオバケで、マリオキャラの中でも1、2を争う大きさ。性格はテレサと同じく照れ屋なので、顔が合えば顔を隠して止まってしまう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=November 20, 1994|language=ja|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/dv0Bi9S.jpeg 38]|isbn=4-09-259067-9}}</ref>

|tribe=Ghost clan

*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''Just like a monster in the movies, Big Boos like to sneak up from behind when Yoshi's not looking.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|126}}|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

|image=[[File:SPPBigBoo.png]]

|levels=[[Shriek Mansion 3-3]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-4]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-8]]<br>[[Bowser's Villa 8-8]]

|number=47

|glossary=A giant Boo. Still as shy as ever.

|Jap=アトミック・テレサ<ref name="SMW Manual JP>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-VAAAJ.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese|date=1990|title=スーパーマリオワールド (''Sūpā Mario Wārudo'') instruction booklet, characters section|page=32}}</ref> / アトミックテレサ|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=30|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>

|JapM=Atomic Boo, also romanized as "Atomic Telesa"

|JapN=mostly ''Super Mario World'' to ''Super Paper Mario''

|Jap2=巨大テレサ

|Jap2M=Giant Boo

|Jap2C=<ref name="SMW Manual JP" />

|Jap2N=''Super Mario World''; treated as a description, shared with [[Mega Boo]]

|Jap3=ビッグテレサ

|Jap3M=Big Boo

|Jap3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario RPG'' instruction booklet|page=41|date=1996|language=Japanese|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=i.imgur.com/zigJ6o0.jpg|title=''Super Mario Ball'' Shogakukan book}}{{page needed}}</ref>

|Jap4M=Large Boo

|Jap4C=<ref>[https://www.spriters-resource.com/gamecube/ddrmariomix/sheet/189057/ The Spriters Resource], in-game Japanese Mush Mode instructions for ''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''</ref>

|Jap4N=''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''

|Jap5=テレサ（{{ruby|大|だい}}）

|Jap5M=Boo (Big)

|Jap5C=<ref>{{cite|title=「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|YIDS Shogakukan P22.jpg|22}}|quote=テレサ（{{ruby|大|だい}}・{{ruby|小|しょう}}）|date=April 11, 2007|isbn=978-4-09-106361-8|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref>

|Jap5N=''Yoshi's Island DS''

|Jap6=でかテレサ

|Jap6M=Big Boo

|Jap6C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|page=145|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section|page=180|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' section|page=195|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=210|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section|page=226|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref name=YNI>{{cite|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P21.jpg|21}}|date=August 9, 2014|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref>

|Jap7M=Jumbo Boo

|Jap7C=<ref>{{cite|author=しゅーや|date=June 8, 2013|url=youtu.be/QcF1azMOqyk?t=150|timestamp=2:30|language=ja|title=【実況】ルイージマンション2をツッコミ実況プレイpart5-4|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 11, 2024}}</ref>

|ChiSM=Powerful Boo

|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|title=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|language=zh-hans|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|deadlink=y}}</ref>

|ChiS2M=Giant Boo

|ChiS2C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/index.html|title=超级马力欧 3D乐园：游戏画面|publisher=iQue|author=iQue|accessdate=July 27, 2024|language=zh-hans}}</ref>

|ChiS2N=''Super Mario 3D Land'', ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''

|ChiT2=龐大害羞幽靈

|ChiT2M=Enormous Boo

|ChiT2C=<ref>{{cite|author=資深電玩迷 分享回憶錄|language=zh-hant|date=October 23, 2023|url=youtu.be/Isw9nLQbcGI?t=125|timestamp=2:05|title= 路易吉洋樓2 EP36 驚悚宮殿 E4奇襲之策 |publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 28, 2024}}</ref>

|ChiT2N=''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''; same as [[Boolossus]]

|Fre2M=Atomic Boo

|Fre2N=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', ''Super Princess Peach'', ''Super Paper Mario''

|Fre3M=Big Boo

|Fre3N=''Super Mario World''

|Fre4=Big Boo

|Fre4C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.oldiesrising.com/noticespdfV2/Philips%20CDi/Hotel%20Mario.pdf|format=PDF|title=French ''Hotel Mario'' instruction booklet|page=9|language=fr|date=1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=drive.google.com/file/d/10U71A5B_bWOUf55wXE9g9D6FbP878wdx/view|title=''Yoshi Safari'' instruction booklet, French section|format=PDF|page=20|language=fr}}</ref>

|Ger=Big Buu

|Ger3=Riesen-Buu-Huu

|Ger3M=Giant Boo

|Ger4C=<ref name=menold>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>

|Ger4N=''Super Mario World''

|Ger5=Blue-Buu Huu

|Ger5M=Blue Boo

|Ger6=Big Boo

|Ger6C=<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=6}}</ref>

|Ger7=Atom-Buu

|Ger7M=Atom Boo

|Ger7N=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', ''Super Paper Mario''

|Ita=Big Boo

|ItaM=Big Boo

|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario World]]'' Italian instruction booklet|page=24}}</ref>

|ItaN=''Super Mario World''

|Ita2=Grande Boo

|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=54 and 226}}</ref>

|Ita2N=mostly used for bosses: ''Super Mario World'', ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and its remake, ''Super Princess Peach'', ''Super Paper Mario'', ''Super Mario 3D World''

|Ita3=Boo gigante

|Ita3M=Giant Boo

|Ita3N=''Dancing Stage: Mario Mix'' and from ''Luigi's Mansion 2'' onward

|Ita4=Gran Boo

|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=145 and 180}}</ref>

|Ita4N=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', ''Super Mario 3D Land''

|Ita5=Boo Gigante

|Ita5C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=194}}</ref>

|Ita5N=''New Super Mario Bros. 2''

|Ita6=Mega Boo

|Ita6C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=210}}</ref>

|Ita6N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''; shared with [[Mega Boo]] in the PRIMA Guide

|Ita7=Grosso Boo

|Ita7M=Big/Large Boo

|Ita7C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Adventures]]''|page=84}}</ref>

|Ita7N=''Super Mario Adventures''

|KorM=Grand Boo

|KorN=''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''; same as [[Boolossus]]

|Kor2M=Atomic Boo

|PorAC=<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210719091730/https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/super_mario_world_br.pdf|deadlink=y|title=''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=24}}</ref>

|PorE=Bu Gigante

|PorEM=Giant Boo

|RusM=Huge Boo

|SpaA=Gran Boo

|SpaA2=Gran Bú

|SpaA2M=Big Boo

|SpaA2N=spelling used from 2010-2017

|SpaE2M=Atomic Boo

|SpaE2N=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', ''Super Paper Mario''