Editing Boss Bass

{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:Boss bass smb3.png]]
|species_origin=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2010|2010]])
}}
A '''Boss Bass''' is a huge [[Cheep Cheep]] that terrorizes seafarers.<ref>"''Even if Mario is Super, Boss Bass, the terror of the high seas, can swallow him whole.''" - ''Nintendo Power Strategy Guide'' for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', page 8.</ref> He has a mouth-brooding counterpart called [[Big Bertha]].

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|right|thumb|200px|A '''Boss Bass''' about to eat [[Mario]].]]
In this game, Boss Bass swim on the surface of the water trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It does not matter if Mario is small or big, or has any power-up equipped, Boss Bass will defeat Mario instantly in one gulp even if he was [[Statue Mario]]. In both of the stages he appears in, the water level rises and sinks, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks, shells, [[hammer]]s, and [[fireball]]s can defeat him as well as tail attacks and [[Star]], but he'll eventually come back. However, in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Advance 4]]'', if the player has set on the [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 e-Cards|e-reader card]] that will make enemies hit by [[fireball]]s turn into [[coin]]s, and the player successfully hits Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, Boss Bass will not return for the rest of the level.

====''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:BigBerthaDS.png|thumb|Boss Bass seen in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Boss Bass replace{{refneeded}} [[Bubba]] from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Identical to Bubba, they will aim in on the player character with their mouth wide open, attempting to eat them. If a character is eaten, that character will lose a life, regardless of their current health. The first Boss Bass can be defeated with a nearby [[Super Mushroom]].

===''Mario Kart DS''===
[[Image:BossBassDS.png|thumb|Boss Bass as seen in ''Mario Kart DS''.]]
A Boss Bass makes a small cameo in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', where he jumps out of the water and over the course in [[Banshee Boardwalk]]. Boss Bass replaces the [[Cheep Cheep]] from the original ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' version.

===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
[[File:Boss Bass.gif|frame|left]]
Boss Bass are also found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. They patrol their own little section of water, and periodically leap out in an attempt to swallow Yoshi (and even the baby) whole. Yoshi will not be eaten if they are at "jumping" process but will be if at "descending" state. There is also a mid-boss in World 3, [[Bessie Bass]].

===''Mario Party DS''===
In [[Cheep Chump]], a Boss Bass appears as one of the Cheep Cheeps in the water. Like all the others, it can suck Mario and his friends up and spit them out.

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:CartoonBigBertha.jpg|thumb|160px|A Boss Bass from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
Boss Bass made appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they usually chased after the good guys. Since they were never referred to by name, it is possible that they were intended to be Big Berthas, but they are not seen with [[Baby Cheep]]s.

==Characteristics and traits==
Boss Bass apparently eat [[Cheep Cheep]]s, despite being a relative of theirs. They also have trouble distinguishing them from something else, as proven in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' when a [[Shayde]] said that he fell into the ocean once, but luckily could swim as well as a Cheep Cheep. Unfortunately, a Boss Bass thought that since he swam like a Cheep Cheep, he was a Cheep Cheep so the huge fish ate him.

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=巨大プクプク<ref>[http://honndana.sakura.ne.jp/mario/dr.cgi?key=509 Kyodai Pukupuku's entry at the Japanese Super Mario Daijiten (Big Dictionary)]</ref><br>''Kyodai Pukupuku''<br>バクバク<ref>[http://honndana.sakura.ne.jp/mario/dr.cgi?key=2190 Bakubaku's entry at the Japanese Super Mario Daijiten (Big Dictionary)]</ref><br>''Bakubaku''
|JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep; same as [[Big Bertha]] (originally)<br><br>onomatopoeia for chomping; same as [[Cheep Chomp]] (renamed)}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the two [[Shayde]]s talking in the Underwhere chat about how they died. One story involves the left Shayde becoming a "Boss Bass Snack."
*Boss Bass are similar in both appearance and behavior to the [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Big Red Blurps]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.

==See also==
*[[Bubba]]
*[[Big Bertha]]
*[[Bessie Bass]]
*[[Cheep Chomp]]

==References==
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