Editing Big Boo (character)

{{about|the specific recurring character known as "Boss Teresa" in Japanese|Big Boos in general, which are sometimes treated as singular characters|[[Big Boo]]|the character from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''|[[Three Musty Fears]]}}

|species=[[Big Boo]]<br>[[Sleepy Boo]] (''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'')

'''Big Boo''', also known as '''King Boo''', is a particularly large [[Big Boo]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', acting as the [[Boo]]s' leader. His role—and, starting with ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', his size—would later be given to the character of [[King Boo]] from ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', though the two briefly coexisted, with both appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' with the same model. Like with [[Koopa Kid]], his English names are shared by other, similar entities.

In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', King Boo appears as a boss of [[Sirena Beach]]'s fifth episode, [[King Boo Down Below]], and is the leader of the Boos terrorizing [[Hotel Delfino]]. This time, he wears a crown similar to the ''Luigi's Mansion'' King Boo and has an enormous tongue and constant drool. He dislikes spicy food, which serves as the key to defeating him. Despite him being called Boss Boo in Japan, the Japanese version of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]'' states that he and the rest of the enemies of the game were created by [[Bowser Jr.]] using his [[magic brush]].<ref>An excerpt of page 107 of the ''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.'' The title of the box is 「クッパＪｒ．の落書き!」 which means "''The graffiti of Bowser Jr.!''" and the text says 「本作の敵キャラクターたちは、クッパJr.が落書きで生み出したという設定。そのため、水に弱かったり、デザインが他のシリーズと少々異なっていたりする。ヨッシーも、同様の理由で水に落ちると消えてしまう。」 which means "''This game's enemy characters are created by Bowser Jr.'s graffiti. That is why they are weak to water, and differ slightly in design from the rest of the series. Yoshi also vanishes if he falls in water for the same reason.''"</ref>

While [[Mario]] is searching Sirena Beach for [[Shine Sprite]]s, King Boo takes up residence inside the basement of Hotel Delfino's casino. Down there, he produces enough noise to alert the [[hotel manager]], who proceeds to inform Mario of the ghost's presence. The player can access the casino's basement by having Mario [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]] the purple tile on the giant roulette wheel. The inner ring of the wheel then descends, and the battle against King Boo starts. The player has no control over the camera during the King Boo boss fight.

King Boo's primary strategy in this boss battle is bringing out a giant slot machine with images of pineapples, coins, Strollin' Stus, and question marks. Spraying King Boo with water causes him to activate the slot machine with his tongue. If the player waits too long to do this, King Boo will start to send out smaller Boos to attack Mario. Once the slot machine is activated, all Boos disappear, and there are five possible outcomes that determine how the battle will proceed.

*'''Three pineapples''' make King Boo spit out various fruits that can be picked up and thrown.

*'''Three coins''' make King Boo spit out 10 coins, allowing the player to restore Mario's health.

*'''Three question marks''' make King Boo spit out three pairs of randomly chosen enemies. Mario needs to defeat them or evade them until they disappear to proceed. Possible enemies include [[Cheep Cheep]]s, who lie upside down and flop; blue [[Cataquack]]s; [[Blooper]]s; [[Blue Electrokoopa]]s; [[Bob-omb]]s; and [[Poink]]s.

*'''Three Strollin' Stus''' make King Boo spit out six [[Strollin' Stu]]s or [[Smolderin' Stu]]s, with the same conditions as above.

*'''Any other combination''' causes several [[Bubble#Super Mario Sunshine|bubble]]s to appear. They leave behind [[Water Bottle]]s after being sprayed with water, and they will hurt Mario if he touches them.

After each round, King Boo dives into the ground, then brings out the roulette wheel again. While the battle is ongoing, the three segments of the roulette wheel constantly move in different directions; Mario can stop them in place by ground-pounding the purple tile. The roulette wheel segments start moving again every time King Boo dives into the ground; if Mario gets too close to King Boo during any of the above phases, he will dive into the ground and bring out the wheel early, possibly damaging Mario.

To get a chance to damage King Boo, the player needs to get three pineapples on the slot machine. To make him vulnerable, the player needs to have Mario pick up a [[pepper]] to set the ghost's tongue on fire, and then hit him again with any other available fruit. If he is hit without having his tongue disabled beforehand, King Boo will be harmlessly splattered and lick the fruit off him before laughing. After three direct hits with any fruit while vulnerable, King Boo is defeated, exploding into bubbles of [[goop]], and a Shine Sprite appears. Depending on the fruit used to defeat him, he explodes into the color the fruit turns a Yoshi into: pink for bananas or a coconut, orange for a pineapple or a papaya, and purple for a durian.

In ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', Big Boo appears in the [[Horror Land]] stage. As with a typical Boo, it is able to steal objects from player's rivals, being coins or stars. However, Big Boo deals for stealing the coins or the stars from all the opponents, while paying to him three times the amount of coins than a normal Boo would do. Characters can ask for him only in night time; in daytime, Big Boo appears as a giant Boo statue. Since Big Boo can only be visited at night after taking a path that requires the [[Skeleton Key]], meeting him proves to be a difficult and rare opportunity for players, especially during "Lite Play" mode.

In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', Big Boo reappears in the board [[Boo's Haunted Bash]], having the same role as in ''Mario Party 2''. In the game, he appears in an odd blue color (similar to the [[Big Boo]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]''), contrasting the [[Red Boo]]s. He appears when the two [[Event Space|Happening Space]]s at the top right of the board are activated three times. The [[Gaddlight]] has no effect on him.

In ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'', Big Boo is one of the five bosses. He appears in the haunted house at [[the Fun Fair]]. To defeat him, Mario has to attack him from behind or quickly attack him when he turns visible. He has no direct attacks but instead approaches Mario continuously. If Mario comes into contact with Big Boo while the latter is invisible, Mario temporarily spins out of control as if in a daze. Hitting Big Boo grants 10,000 points each time, and doing so three times defeats him and grants 500,000 points. Once defeated, Big Boo leaves behind four [[coin|Yellow Coin]]s, four [[Blue Coin]]s, and a [[Star Key]].

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|Jap4N=''Mario Pinball Land''; shared with the [[Terrorize]] Big Boo from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Super Mario RPG]]''

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|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=[[King Boo Down Below|Sotto sotto c'è... Re Boo]]|author=''Super Mario Sunshine''|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=[[Big Boo's Haunt|Rifugio di Re Boo]]|author=''Super Mario 64 DS''|language=it}}</ref>

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|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=54}}</ref>

|Ita3=Gran Boo

|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=85, 88}}</ref>

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|Spa2N=''Super Mario 64 DS''; shared with King Boo in this game

*In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', [[Mathemortician]] features [[Red Boo]]s with similar crowns to Big Boo's ''Super Mario Sunshine'' appearance.

*The noise Big Boo makes when he gets hit with a pepper in ''Super Mario Sunshine'' was later reused for [[King Boo]]'s horn in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''.

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