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| |image = [[File:Bowletta Art - MLSS.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' | | |name=Bowletta |
| |first_appearance = ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | | |image=[[File:Bowletta.gif]] |
| |latest_appearance = ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]]) | | |hp=500 |
| |species = [[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]] | | |speed=Bowletta- 150<br>Dark- 80 |
| |latest_portrayal = [[Kenneth W. James|Kenny James]] ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
| | |def=180 |
| | |exp=1000 |
| | |coins=999 |
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| | |location=[[Bowser's Castle]] |
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| {{quote|My [[Beanbean Kingdom|new country]] has no need for [[Mario|old]] [[Luigi|superstars]]! It will do just fine with only one: the Great Bowletta!!!|Bowletta|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}} | | {{quote|My new country has no need for old superstars! It will do just fine with only one: the Great Bowletta!!!|Bowletta|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}} |
| '''Bowletta''' is the result of [[Cackletta]]'s spirit inhabiting [[Bowser]]'s body, who appears as the final boss of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''.
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| ==History==
| | [[File:MLSS-Bowletta Final.png|frame|left|[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] encountering '''Bowletta''' at the end of [[Bowser's Castle]].]] |
| ===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
| | '''Bowletta''' is the fusion between [[Bowser]]'s body and the spirit of [[Cackletta]], the evil bean witch. Bowletta appears only in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', where it is the main antagonist for the second part of the game, and the game's final boss. After the Mario Bros. beat Cackletta at [[Woohoo Hooniversity]], [[Fawful]], her assistant, sucks up her soul in his headgear to save her life. After days of searching for a body weakened enough for Cackletta to possess, they find King Bowser, unconscious after having been separated from the Mario Bros. by [[Popple]]. Desperate for anyone to control now, and fading fast, Cackletta agrees to possess Bowser, and Bowletta is born. |
| [[File:Cackletta1.PNG|frame|left|Cackletta's spirit before it possesses Bowser's body]] | |
| After the [[Mario]] [[Luigi|Bros.]] beat Cackletta at [[Woohoo Hooniversity]], [[Fawful]] sucks her spirit into his [[Vacuum Helmet|headgear]]. They later find Bowser unconscious in [[Stardust Fields]] after they are sent flying out of the university by [[Prince Peasley]] and the [[Beanstar]] exploded. Cackletta's ghost leaves the headgear to take over Bowser, creating Bowletta.
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| [[File:MLSS-Just Steal The Real Deal.PNG|frame|right|Bowletta in Little Fungitown]] | | Once in the new body, she discovers that [[Princess Peach]] and [[Queen Bean]] had anticipated its plan to steal the [[Beanstar]] and tricked its by disguising [[Birdo]] as Peach. Using the [[Koopa Clown Car]], Bowletta soon finds the Mario Bros. in [[Little Fungitown]] with Peach. Since Mario is sick from [[Bean Fever]], and Luigi is out trying to cure him, Bowletta is able to kidnap Peach easily. |
| Bowletta and Fawful kidnap [[Princess Peach]] in [[Little Fungitown]] while Mario is sick with [[Bean Fever]] and Luigi is out to find the cure in [[Guffawha Ruins]]; it is revealed when Luigi returns to the place with the [[Crabbie Grass]]. Luigi initially mistakes Bowletta for Bowser when he first sees her. When Luigi and the newly cured Mario arrive at [[Beanbean Castle Town]], Bowletta sends them a message telling them to bring her the four pieces of the destroyed Beanstar in exchange for Princess Peach.
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| [[File:Bowletta taunt.png|frame|left|Bowletta taunting [[Mario]]]] | | When Luigi and the newly cured Mario arrive at [[Beanbean Castle Town]], Bowletta sends them a message from a projector device which informs them that if they want to get Peach back safely, they would need to retrieve the four pieces of the Beanstar and then come back to the castle for further instructions. When the bros. heed this command, Bowletta gives them orders through another such device to march to [[Joke's End]] and hand over the bean star in exchange for Peach. Prince Peasley, realizing that Bowletta was likely not going to hold its end of the bargain, hands the bros. a fake beanstar and tells them to try to give them the fake instead of the real thing. |
| After Mario and Luigi reassemble the Beanstar, Bowletta sends another message, telling them to meet her at [[Joke's End]] to give it to her. When the Mario Bros. arrive at Joke's End, they try to give Bowletta a fake Beanstar instead, but Fawful destroys it and takes the real Beanstar using his helmet. However, they soon after see Mario with another Princess Peach, who claims the one Bowletta has captured is an imposter. Believing this, they toss the Peach they have overboard and capture the one with Mario. As they are celebrating success back on the [[Koopa Cruiser]], however, they find out that the Peach they have captured is actually Luigi in disguise, who manages to escape with the Beanstar.
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| [[File:MLSSBM shot Bowletta final.png|thumb|260px|[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] encountering Bowletta at the end of [[Bowser's Castle]] in the remake.]] | | [[File:Bowletta taunt.png|frame|left|Bowletta taunting [[Mario]].]] |
| Angered by the trick, Bowletta and Fawful head to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], where they fly Bowser's Castle back to the Beanbean Kingdom and attack the castle town. After Mario and Luigi reach the castle via [[Blablanadon]] and arrive at the throne room, where Bowletta is waiting, she reveals that she intends to take over the Mushroom Kingdom after she is done with the Beanbean Kingdom and battles the Mario Bros. When Bowletta is defeated, a [[Time Bob-omb]] appears and knocks Mario and Luigi out. Bowletta, having faked her defeat, then proceeds to inhale and swallow them. Inside her body, Mario and Luigi must face Cackletta's spirit, and when she is finally defeated, the Mario Bros. are returned to the castle, Bowser is returned to normal, and Cackletta's spirit vanishes into the afterlife.
| | However, upon trying to give Fawful the fake beanstar, the plan backfires: Fawful destroys the fake, attacks Luigi, and runs off with the real Beanstar in his [[Vacuum Helmet]]. In a last, desperate attempt to save the world and Peach, Mario makes Luigi dress up as Princess Peach, and they manage to trick both villains long enough to both save Peach and retrieve the Beanstar. |
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| Bowletta also appears in the ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' mode of the remake. After the captains defeat Fawful for the first time, Bowletta attempts to dupe them by using an illusionary spell to hide her features and disguise herself as an unpossessed Bowser, so that she can command them. However, [[Captain Goomba (Mario & Luigi series)|Captain Goomba]] is able to deduce something's wrong, as she commands him to destroy Mario and Luigi, which is a step too far in even Bowser's book. After Captain Goomba leaves, Bowletta's disguise dissipates and she discusses her plan with Fawful; however, a [[Lakitu]], hiding in the corner, overhears the conversation and returns to warn the rest of the minions (who deduced the matter independently of the Lakitu both due to "Bowser's" rather uncharacteristic command for them, as well as Fawful's earlier gloating). They then attempt to fight Bowletta and free Bowser. Unfortunately, Fawful, having anticipated that they would see through the earlier ruse, ended up activating a trap door to a [[Mechawful|Mecha-Fawful]] factory before the battle could commence. | | Infuriated that she has now fallen for two tricks which prevented her from utilizing the beanstar, Bowletta flies with Fawful to the Mushroom Kingdom and hijacks Bowser's floating castle in order to besiege the Beanbean kingdom. The Mario Bros. infiltrate the castle, pummel both the Koopalings and Fawful, and eventually face Bowletta herself, where she has 500 [[Heart Point|HP]]. This time, Bowletta tricks them by feigning defeat and then proceeds to swallow them whole after a [[Time Bob-omb]] knocks the Bros. out. They end up inside the villain's stomach, where the two brothers are revived with 1 HP and quickly enter battle with [[Cackletta's Soul]]; upon its defeat, Bowletta is knocked to the ground, mourns over her failure to defeat the bros, and then permanently turns back into Bowser after Cackletta's Soul disintegrates outside of the Koopa's body, permanently ending the witch's ambition for world domination. |
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| ==General information==
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| |[[File:Bowletta.png]] [[File:Darkbowletta.PNG]]<br>[[File:MLSSBMBowletta.png]] [[File:MLSSBMBowlettaDark.png]]
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| |Bowletta's normal and dark form in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''.
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| ===Physical description===
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| Bowletta retains Cackletta's facial appearance, including her purple eyes, large head and mouth, and horns (albeit pink instead of purple) replacing Bowser's own horns, although she has Bowser's red hair between them. Her body resembles Bowser's except that she has a smaller tail and light-colored breasts. Bowletta is also less round, but has a more hunched appearance, along with a taller shell. While their scales are the same color, Bowletta's green coloration is lighter than Bowser's. Bowletta wears both sets of Bowser's arm bracelets but lacks his collar in the original. In her artwork, her horns are purple, and it is shown that she completely lacks Bowser's claws.
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| In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|remake]], her appearance is revamped with the collar now appearing around her neck unlike previously. Her horns are also now correctly colored, and her shell is no longer as tall in comparison to that of normal Bowser's. Her green scale coloration is additionally no longer subtly brighter than Bowser's own. Her tail is also the same length as Bowser's tail, and she now has Bowser's claws. Her breasts no longer replace Bowser's plastron, as the plastron is still visible as a duller color than the breasts. Her dark appearance is altered by removing her pupils and all pink and red areas outside her eyes and adding a few more yellow glowing areas.
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| ===Powers and abilities===
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| Being the result of Cackletta's spirit possessing Bowser, Bowletta has the powers of Bowser; meaning she can shoot balls of fire, produce [[Flaret]]s or [[Fire Breath|fire a continuous blast of fire]] from her mouth. She also retained her ability of electrokinesis, shown when she appears for the first time as Bowletta, and can also create a rain of shooting stars when she transforms into her dark form. She can also inhale things into her body, shown when she inhales Mario and Luigi when they are knocked out from the Time Bob-omb after faking her defeat. Finally Bowletta also has limited shapeshifting abilities that she has preserved from her old form, as she appeared as Bowser in ''Minion Quest'' in an attempt to trick the Koopa Troop, only removing the disguise when she was sure no one was present.
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| ==Battle==
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| [[File:MLSSBM shot Bowletta flame.png|thumb|Bowletta's most powerful attack in the remake]]
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| Bowletta's first attack uses Flarets aimed at the Bros. and fired randomly and rapidly. Three, however, will be used for Bowletta to use at a later turn to heal herself. In order to prevent this, the Bros. must [[hammer]] them (or [[jump]] on them with the proper badges equipped) in order to get rid of them when it is their turn. However, using [[Firebrand|fire]] or [[Thunderhand|thunder]] will heal the Flarets. She can also summon [[block]]s above the Bros.' heads. They must break the blocks with a required amount of five jumps (six when her health gets low) in three seconds in order to even be able to evade the fire stream she makes.
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| When Bowletta transforms into a darker form, she summons shooting stars to hit the brothers. Green stars will hit Luigi, red stars will hit Mario, and both stars will harm Bowletta if countered with a hammer; the purple stars (yellow in the remake) which also fall do not damage anyone. If Mario and Luigi do not counter the stars with their hammers, there is a chance that they may get [[dizzy]]. In the remake, Bowletta also winks one of her eyes to indicate which star will target one of the bros. This form of Bowletta is also hazardously-surfaced and will damage the Bros. if they try to use jumping attacks without the proper badges needed to damage Bowletta.
| | ==Appearance== |
| | [[File:MLSS - Bowletta Throne Sprite.png|frame|Bowletta on its throne.]] |
| | Bowletta retains Cackletta's facial appearance, including her purple eyes, elongated head, massive mouth, and the two pink horn-like objects which had adorned her forehead. Bowletta is also slightly larger than Bowser. Her shell seems to be slightly bigger than Bowser's, and in place of Bowser's chestplate are two raised circles. |
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| In ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'', Bowletta gains the [[Fury]] status upon losing half of her HP, and will attack faster each turn.
| | ==Powers and abilities== |
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| | [[File:Darkbowletta.PNG|frame|left|Dark Bowletta.]] |
| | [[File:MLSS-Bowletta Most Poweful Attack.png|frame|Bowletta's most powerful attack.]] |
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| ==Statistics==
| | Bowletta's main attack is to breathe fire. Bowletta's first such fire attack involves shooting comet-like fireballs: some will need to be jumped over by the bros. and others will turn into [[Flaret]]s, fireball enemies which can heal Bowletta for 35 HP if it absorbs them. Her second, more damaging fire attack begins with Bowletta magically summoning blocks over the brother's heads: the brothers must destroy the blocks by rapidly jumping into them and then prepare to jump over the violent burst of fire that will occur in five seconds after the blocks appeared. Finally, Bowletta can briefly transform into a form called Dark Bowletta: in this form, she summons stars from the sky to hit the bros. Green stars will hit Luigi, red stars will hit Mario, and both stars will harm Bowletta if countered with a hammer; the purple stars which fall with them do not damage anyone and if Mario and Luigi do not counter with the hammer, there is a chance that they may get [[dizzy]]. Dark Bowletta is also hazardously-surfaced, and will damage the bros should they try to use jumping attacks without the proper badges. |
| ===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===
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| {{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga bestiary|transcludesection=Bowletta|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Bowletta.gif]]}}
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| {{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga bestiary|transcludesection=Bowletta (Dark)|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Dark_Bowletta_sprite_MLSS.gif]]}}
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| ===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
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| {{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions bestiary|transcludesection=Bowletta|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Bowletta MLSSBM.gif]]}}
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| {{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions bestiary|transcludesection=Bowletta (Dark)|align=horizontal|image=[[File:MLSSBMBowletta Dark.gif]]}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| 4Koma Bowletta battle.jpg|''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]''
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| MLSS-Bowletta Final.png|Encountering Bowletta at [[Bowser's Castle]] in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version
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| MLSS-Bowletta Most Powerful Attack.png|Bowletta attacking in the Game Boy Advance version
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| MLSSBM Cackletta soul defeated.png|[[Cackletta]]'s soul within Bowletta being destroyed
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| M&LSS Bowletta early sprite.png|Early version from the data of the E3 2003 demo of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Themes==
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| |file1=M&LSS Time to Settle This!.oga
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| |title1=Time to Settle This!
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| |description1=Plays during Bowletta's boss battle.
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{Foreignname |
| |Jap=ゲラクッパ | | |Jap=ゲラクッパ |
| |JapR=Gerakuppa | | |JapR=Gerakuppa |
| |JapM=Combination of「ゲラゲモーナ」(''Geragemōna'', [[Cackletta]]) and「クッパ」(''Kuppa'', [[Bowser]]) | | |JapM=A portmanteau between "''Geragemōna''", Japanese name for Cackletta, and "''Koopa''", Japanese name for Bowser. |
| |Fre=Bowsémona | | |Fra=Bowsémona |
| |FreM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Graguémona", the French name of Cackletta | | |FraM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Graguémona", the French name of Cackletta |
| |Ger=Bowsemilla | | |Ger=Bowsemilla |
| |GerM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Lugmilla", the German name of Cackletta | | |GerM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Lugmilla", the German name of Cackletta |
| |Spa=Bowser Jijí | | |Spa=Bowser Jijí |
| |SpaM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Bruja Jijí", the Spanish name of Cackletta | | |SpaM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Bruja Jijí", the Spanish name of Cackletta |
| |Ita={{nw|Ghigno Bowser}} | | |Ita=Ghigno Bowser |
| |ItaM=Grin Bowser; "Ghigno" (Grin) can be seen as both the word itself or a shortened version for Cackletta's Italian name, Ghignarda | | |ItaM=A mix between "Bowser" and "Ghignarda", the Italian name of Cackletta |
| |ChiS=咯咯酷霸王 | | |Chi=盖拉库巴 |
| |ChiSR=Gēgē Kùbàwáng | | |ChiR=GàiLāKùBā |
| |ChiSM=From "咯咯莫纳" (''Gēgēmònà'', Cackletta) and "酷霸王" (''Kùbàwáng'', Bowser) | | |ChiM=A portmanteau between "''GàiLāGàiMéngNà''", Chinese name for Cackletta, and "''KùBā''", Chinese name for Bowser. |
| |Kor=깔깔쿠파
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| |KorR=Kkalkkal Kupa
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| |KorM=From "깔깔" (''kkalkkal'', sound of laughter, also part of [[Cackletta]]'s name) and "쿠파" (''Kupa'', Bowser)
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Bowletta's Star Strike move is similar to the [[Star Storm]] special move and the [[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]] item in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. | | *If Bowletta was stunned or if its defense was dropped (or both) at the end of the battle, the status effects will show while it is talking afterwards. |
| *In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|3DS remake]], Bowletta seems to retain Bowser's voice during battle, but Cackletta's laughter.
| | *The monster form for [[Motley Bossblob]] from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' resembles Bowletta. |
| *Mario and Luigi are terrified of her at the start of her battle in the original ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', but in the remake, they assume their default "battle ready" stances as she breathes fire on them.
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| *If the Bros. can defeat Bowletta with her falling star attack, then die by getting hit by the remaining stars, the game will trigger both the [[Game Over]] sequence and Bowletta's "death" sequence at the same time. Restarting the game is required to get out of the glitch.
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