Editing Boss Bass

{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:BigBerthaDS.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]]
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 [[Super 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'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:Bubba.png‎|thumb]]
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', Boss Bass (known here as '''Bubba'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', pages 12 & 108</ref>) appear in two places on the [[Tiny-Huge Island]] course. Like [[Cheep Cheep#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Cheep Cheep]], they have been redesigned with visible orange and yellow scales, and they also wear sunglasses. They 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. In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', their design was reverted to their original one, and the closest one can be defeated with a nearby [[Super Mushroom]].

===''Mario Golf''===
[[File:BubbaGolf.png|thumb]]
In ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], either a Boss Bass in its ''Super Mario 64'' design or a [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Blurp]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' will jump out of the water if the ball lands in it. They are also much smaller in this game.

===''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]].
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===''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==
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|Jap=<span class="explain" title="きょだい">巨大</span>プクプク<ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book3/P1212070114.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ3完全攻略テクニックブック1」 (''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryaku Technique Book 1'')]</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>{{bettersource}}<br>''Bakubaku''
|JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep; same as [[Big Bertha]] (originally)<br><br>onomatopoeia for chomping; same as [[Cheep Chomp]] (renamed)}}

==See also==
*[[Cheep Chomp]]
*[[Big Bertha]]

==References==
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