Editing Boss Bass

{{split|Boss Bass|Bertha (comic character)}}
{{about|the man-eating fish from [[Super Mario Bros. 3]]|the similar enemy also known as Boss Bass in [[Yoshi's Island DS]]|[[Cheep Chomp]]}}
{{redirect|Big Bertha|the character from the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros. film]]|[[Big Bertha (film character)]]|the [[Blaster]] from [[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]|[[Big Bertha (Blaster)]]}}
{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:BossBass SMB3.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', featuring [[Mario]] and a [[Baby Cheep]]
|parent_species=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|derived_species=[[Cheep Chomp]]
|related=[[Baby Cheep]]<br>[[Big Cheep Cheep]]<br>[[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Blurp (''Yoshi's Story'')]]<br>[[Spike Bass]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
}}
A '''Boss Bass'''<ref>"''Even if Mario is Super, Boss Bass, the terror of the high seas, can swallow him whole.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 8.</ref> is a giant [[Cheep Cheep]] that often patrols the surface of the water. It is also found underwater,<ref>「水面を移動し、ジャンプして<span class="explain" title="おそ">襲</span>いかかってくる。水中にいることもある。」 (''Moving along the water surface, it jumps to attack. It also exists underwater.'') - Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section, page 36.</ref> where it is called '''Big Bertha'''.<ref>"''This giant fish is a mouth breeder, so it spits babies out of its mouth at Mario.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 9.</ref> Boss Basses and Big Berthas are the original "giant" counterpart to the jumping and swimming Cheep Cheeps, respectively, though this role is currently held by [[Big Cheep Cheep]], which is only found swimming in most platforming games. Their voracious nature is given to [[Cheep Chomp]], another occasional giant counterpart to Cheep Cheeps, which was redesigned to resemble Boss Bass in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' and even has the same behavior and English name as Boss Bass in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|thumb|left|A Boss Bass in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the Boss Bass swims on the surface of the water trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It defeats Mario instantly in one gulp regardless of his form, even if he is [[Statue Mario|a statue]]. In both of the stages it appears in, the water level rises and sinks, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks, shells, [[hammer]]s, and [[fireball]]s at the Boss Bass can defeat it, as well as tail attacks and using a [[Super Star|Starman]], but it eventually comes back. However, in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if the player has turned on [[Orange Switch|the e-Reader card]] that makes enemies hit by [[fireball]]s turn into [[coin]]s, and the player successfully hits the Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, the Boss Bass does not return for the rest of the level.

The passive Big Bertha is found swimming back and forth underwater, carrying [[Baby Cheep]]s in their mouth, and occasionally letting them out. After a few seconds, the baby returns to its parent's mouth.
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===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:CartoonBigBertha.jpg|thumb|left|160px|A Boss Bass from "[[Never Koop a Koopa]]".]]
Boss Basses make appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they usually chase after Mario and his friends.

===''Nintendo Comics System''===
'''Bertha''', a character influenced by the Big Bertha species, plays a prominent role in two ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' stories. In her first appearance, [[Love Flounders]], she falls in love with [[Frog Mario]] after being tricked by [[Stanley the Talking Fish]]. She eventually realizes Stanley was lying, but is consoled by Mario, who states he wants to be friends with Bertha, not lovers. Bertha later reappears in [[Fins and Roses]], this time dating Stanley. She foils [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s plans by knocking the Koopa's bomb back at her.
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===''Mario Teaches Typing''===
[[File:Boss Bass from Mario Teaches Typing for MS-DOS.png|frame]]
In the second mode of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'', Underwater World, the game repeatedly loops footage of [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] swimming away from either a Boss Bass or a [[Blooper]]. Their appearance is slightly different: their fins are cyan, they have several sharp teeth rather than a single blunt tooth, and have round pupils with eyebrows instead of squinting pupils.
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===''Super Paper Mario''===
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Boss Basses do not appear but are given two passing mentions in the English script. In [[The Underwhere]], a [[Shayde]] tells another one of three stories about how he lost a [[extra life|life]]. The second story involves him falling into the sea from a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], but instead of drowning, he can apparently swim as well as a Cheep Cheep. However, a Boss Bass thought that since he swam like a fish, he was one himself, and the huge fish ate him. The other mention of a Boss Bass is via the 77th [[Sammer Guy]] [[List of Sammer Guys#Sammer.27s Endgame .28Rounds 76-100.29|Ripper Van Fish]], who mentions counting Boss Basses to sleep if spoken to after defeat. In the Japanese version of the game, it is a shark that is mentioned.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB3 Big Bertha.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
Sea Side.jpg|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
Love Flounders cover.jpg|''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' ([[Love Flounders]])
File:Loveflounders 04.jpg|''Nintendo Comics System'' (Love Flounders)
Boss bass smb3.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMAS 3-3.PNG|''Super Mario All-Stars''
SMAS 3-8.PNG|''Super Mario All-Stars''
6-9SMAS.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
7-4SMAS.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
Big Bertha SMAS SMB3.png|[[Frog Mario|Frog Luigi]] encountering a Big Bertha in ''Super Mario All-Stars''
Boss Bass Perfect.png|''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]]''
NES Remix 2 Stamp 075.png|''[[NES Remix 2]]'' [[stamp]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|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><ref>[http://www.hit-japan.com/book5/P1230495.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4」 (''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryaku Technique Book 4'')]</ref>
|JapR=Kyodai Pukupuku
|JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep
}}
==References==
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