Editing Bowser's Airship

{{about|Bowser's personal airship|the levels in [[World-e]] of [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]|[[Bowser's Airship 1]] and [[Bowser's Airship 2]]|Bowser's floating castle-airship in [[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]|[[Bowser's Castle#The Super Mario Bros. Movie|Bowser's Castle § The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]}}
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|image=[[File:Airship Bowser SMO render.png|250px]]<br>Bowser's Airship in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (1990)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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'''Bowser's Airship''' is [[Bowser]]'s signature [[airship]], which first appears in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Like other airships, it is equipped with [[cannon]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s, [[Burner]]s, and [[Bob-omb]]s. Its size and design vary from game to game, though it is always seen with a figurehead of Bowser on the front. [[Princess Peach]] is usually held captive on this ship whenever Bowser captures her.

==History==
===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:CartoonDoomship.jpg|thumb|left|The Doom Ship in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]".]]
Bowser's Airship, referred to as the '''Doom Ship''', appears regularly throughout ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''. Like the airships in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the Doom Ship is equipped with a large amount of artillery and also possesses a trait not seen in any games featuring airships: the ability to teleport to other locations. According to the bonus disc on the Shout! Factory DVD set, the Doom Ship was built by [[Ludwig|Kooky von Koopa]].

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
The Doom Ship reappears in two ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]''. In ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', Luigi is held captive on the Doom Ship by [[Roy|Roy Koopa]], but he can be rescued by Mario, who can also hijack the Doom Ship and use it to travel to Fort Koopa in the [[Koopahari Desert]]. In ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', Iggy has possession of the Doom Ship and first appears with it after Morton signals him for backup after being confronted by Luigi, though upon sighting the plumber, the cowardly Koopaling abandons his brother out of fright. Luigi can choose to board the Doom Ship and, if he chooses to stay in hiding instead of trying to attack Iggy, is taken to the Koopaling's secret laboratory.
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===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
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Bowser's Airship makes its first game appearance in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where it is the setting of two levels in [[World-e]], which feature [[Boom Boom]] and [[Bowser]] as a boss at the end, respectively.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U''====
[[File:NSMBU Boarding the Airship Mecha Hand.jpg|thumb|Boarding the Airship in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']]
Bowser's Airship is a recurring location in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''. It has the [[Mecha Hand]], a giant hand attachment resembling Bower's hand. It is used at the start of the game to attack Peach's Castle, where the Mecha Hand grabs [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yellow Toad and Blue Toad|Yellow Toad, and Blue Toad]], then throws them to [[Acorn Plains]]. Bowser's Airship flies around Peach's Castle for most of the game.

The ship is the setting for two courses. In both cases, Bowser's Airship comes down to attack the characters in a cutscene. Like {{world link|6|airship|World 6-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}} in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', they are auto-scrolling courses with [[Bowser Jr.]] fought in the end. The first of the two is [[The Mighty Cannonship]] ([[All Aboard!]] in ''New Super Luigi U''), the first level of [[Soda Jungle]]. It takes place on the deck, then through the underwater cabin, and ends with a boss fight against Bowser Jr. The second course is [[Boarding the Airship]] ([[Bowser Jr. Showdown]] in ''New Super Luigi U''), the final level of [[Meringue Clouds]]. Unlike the other airship courses in the series, the level starts on the ground, working its way up to the bottom of the airship. The Mecha Hand appears as an obstacle. The level ends with the second boss fight with Bowser Jr. Afterward, Bowser Jr. attempts to attack the characters with the Mecha Hand but accidentally damages the airship. Bowser's Airship crashes right outside [[Peach's Castle#New Super Mario Bros. U|Peach's Castle]], and remains there until the game is completed.

The airship appears one more time in the ending, patched up and sputtering, as the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. use it to escape. It eventually crashes into a hill because of Bowser jumping aboard and his weight bringing it down, completely destroying it.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
[[File:SMO E3 2017 screenshot 13.png|thumb|left|Bowser's Airship flying above the [[Sand Kingdom]] in ''Super Mario Odyssey'']]
Bowser's Airship, now colored white and purple and heavily decorated, appears in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. The airship has undergone a small redesign, now resembling one of the airships from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and sporting fifteen propellers, sails, what appear to be [[Power Moon]] tanks and a variety of smaller embellishments. Rather than the original theme, the new airship theme from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' for the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style plays during scenes in which it flies away.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
[[File:SMM2 WorldMaker CourseIcon BowserAirship.png|thumb|Bowser's Airship as represented in ''Super Mario Maker 2'']] 
Starting in the version 3.0.0 update for ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Bowser's Airship reappears as a placeable icon in the Super Worlds of that game. It can only be placed down at the end of a world as an alternative to having the world end in a [[castle]], similarly to the role of the [[Koopalings]]' airships in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. However, also like that game, the final level of a Super World as a whole has to end in a castle, and so Bowser's Airship cannot be placed there.
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===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
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Another personal airship of Bowser's, known as the Koopa Cruiser, appears in the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series. This airship more closely resembles Bowser himself.

====''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''====
Bowser's Airship later appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' with the same design from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', except with the Bowser figureheads unpainted. At the beginning of the game, Bowser's Airship is shown to be in the general vicinity of Peach's castle (with it being implied that Bowser was en route to attack the castle as usual) when the portal leading to Concordia opens up and sucks in Bowser's group alongside Peach, her Toads, and the Mario Bros.

Bowser's Airship later participates in an aerial battle against [[Zokket]]'s forces, although after Bowser notices Mario and Luigi's presence on [[Shipshape Island]] below, he orders for his airship to break off from the fighting to fire its cannons at the island, forcing Mario and Luigi overboard. He later uses his airship again, this time to confront Zokket (in actuality his master [[Reclusa]]) to avenge himself for both Zokket's [[Glohm Bowser|brainwashing]] of him and his overall actions against him, including abducting his son [[Bowser Jr.]] He also ends up "saving" Mario and Luigi during this time, though he insists that was not his intention. Bowser's Airship is eventually shot out of the sky by Reclusa's ultimate form [[Weeping Reclusa]], though it is repaired by the ending when he and his troops return to the Mushroom Kingdom.

===''Mario Party 10''===
{{quote|From here on, Bowser's ship will fire a Bullet Bill at the space it's locked on to! You'll lose half of your Mini Stars if a Bullet Bill hits you, so be careful!|[[Toad (species)|Blue Toad]]|Mario Party 10}}
Bowser's Airship, referred to as simply '''Bowser's ship''', also appears in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' on the [[Airship Central]] board, though only in the second and third sections on the board. It also appears in the background of the [[Bowser Board]] during [[Mario Party 10#amiibo Party|amiibo Party]].
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===''Minecraft''===
[[File:Minecraft - Mario Mashup screenshot6.png|thumb|Bowser's Airship in ''[[Minecraft]]'']]
In the premade world for the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Bowser's Airship from ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' can be found near the entrance to the [[Valley of Bowser]]. The player can reach the airship via a [[cannon]] and enter its interior from a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] on the deck. The first floor contains various traps, such as Dispensers releasing Arrows and Skeletons, which the player needs to avoid to pull some Levers that open doors leading to the rest of the airship. The second floor begins with a room containing a group of Zombies. After approximately 40 seconds, the doors to the next room open, revealing a Large Chest with the Music Disc "blocks" and the airship's exit.

===''Paper Mario: The Origami King''===
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{{quote|Whaddaya think, Mario? We probably woulda used this against you! Maybe we still will. Don't look around too much when you're on board!|Bowser Jr.|Paper Mario: The Origami King}}
Bowser's Airship appears near the end of ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', after [[Mario]] and [[Olivia]] have destroyed all five streamers. In this game, it resembles one of the airships from ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' but with the Bowser figurehead in the front and has eight propellers this time. It is stored inside a garage in an indoor hangar of Bowser's Castle until Mario presses a button (next to the one that Kamek had pressed by mistake) that makes the airship emerge from the garage and dock itself at the hangar. Once the remnants of Bowser's army all climb aboard, they travel to [[Peach's Castle]], but are intercepted by [[King Olly]]'s [[Paper Plane Squadron]]. The minions are able to fend some of them off with their own weaponry, while Mario picks up the slack via a [[Bob-omb]] cannon hidden within the ship's figurehead, but everyone is caught off guard when a particularly large plane crashes into the ship's side, sending it and its occupants crashing into [[Hotfoot Crater]]. Though the ship is beyond repair, its cannon is still functional, as Mario, Olivia, and Bowser use it to blast themselves the rest of the way to the castle.

A Collectible Treasure of Bowser's Airship (No. 112) can be found in the hangar of Bowser's Castle after Mario reaches Peach's Castle. It was initially bought by a Shy Guy who was excited about the airship, but became disheartened to the point of not wanting to keep it any longer after getting left behind at the hangar. Mario can return to the hangar to find this [[Shy Guy]]; when talked to, the Shy Guy will give the treasure to Mario.

===LEGO ''Super Mario''===
Bowser's Airship from ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', complete with the Mecha Hand, appears as a [[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']] set, which also includes [[Kamek]], a [[Rocky Wrench]], and a [[Goomba]] wearing a pirate hat.
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
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Although Bowser's Airship itself does not appear in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Bowser's floating island-like ship holding [[Bowser's Castle|his castle]] has a similar role to it.

==Profiles==
===''Paper Mario: The Origami King''===
;Bowser's Airship
*'''Collectible Treasure No. 112:''' ''Bowser's latest fuel-guzzling airship. Absolutely loaded down with armor and weapons—it should NOT be able to fly.''

==Gallery==
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Bowser's Airship model NSMBU.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
SMO Princess Peach being Captive.jpg|[[Princess Peach]] and [[Tiara]] on Bowser's Airship in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
PMTOK Bowsers Airship.png|Bowser's Airship taking off into the sky in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
PMOK Ship In the Clouds.png|A [[Paper Plane Squadron|giant plane]] colliding into Bowser's Airship in ''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
LEGO Super Mario Bowsers Airship.jpg|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
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==Names in other languages==
===Bowser's Airship===
{{Foreign names
|Jpn=クッパ船
|JpnR=Koopa fune
|JpnM=Bowser's Ship
|JpnC=<ref name=Museum>[[Musée Champignon]] Art Gallery</ref>
|ChiS=酷霸王飞船
|ChiSR=Kùbàwáng fēichuán
|ChiSC=<ref name=Museum/>
|ChiSM=Bowser's Ship
|ChiT=庫巴飛船
|ChiTR=Kùbā fēichuán
|ChiTC=<ref name=Museum/>
|ChiTM=Bowser's Flying Ship
|Fre=Forteresse volante de Bowser
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Grâce à la forteresse volante de Bowser, le château de Peach est enfin à notre portée!|author=[[Olivia]]|title=''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''|publisher=Nintendo|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreM=Bowser's Flying Fortress
|Ger=Bowsers Luftgaleere
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|quote=König Olly schickte diese Flugzeuge, um Bowsers Luftgaleere vom Himmel zu holen. Zeig ihm, wer die Lufthoheit hat!|author=[[Paper Plane Squadron]] Collectible Treasure|title=''Paper Mario: The Origami King''|publisher=Nintendo|language=de}}</ref>
|GerM=Bowser's Air galley
|Ita=Veliero volante di Bowser
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Saliamo subito sul veliero volante di Bowser e dirigiamoci al castello di Peach!|author=Olivia|title=''Paper Mario: The Origami King''|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Bowser's flying ship
|Kor=쿠파호
|KorR=Kupa-ho
|KorC=<ref name=Museum/>
|KorM="Bowser" + 호 (''-ho'', a suffix used for ships)
|SpaE=Fortaleza Aérea de Bowser
|SpaEC=<ref>{{cite|quote=¡Con la fortaleza aérea de Bowser por fin podremos llegar al Castillo de Peach!|author=Olivia|title=''Paper Mario: The Origami King''|publisher=Nintendo|language=es-es}}</ref>
|SpaEM=Bowser's Aerial Fortress
|SpaA=Aeronave
|SpaAC=<ref>{{cite|quote=¡Subámonos a la aeronave de Bowser para llegar al castillo de Peach!|author=Olivia|title=''Paper Mario: The Origami King''|publisher=Nintendo|language=es-419}}</ref>
|SpaAM=Airship
}}

===Doom Ship (''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'')===
{{foreign names
|ChiS=死亡之船
|ChiSR=Sǐwáng Zhī Chuán
|ChiSC=<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NW411c7FS/?p=1 超级马里奥兄弟3【中文版】]</ref>
|ChiSM=Death Ship
|Dut=Doemschip
|DutC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ85O3yNh0k The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Dutch Dub - Bedonder nooit een Koopa DVD (Part 1)]</ref>
|DutM=Doom Ship
|Fin=Tuomiolaiva
|FinC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jayPXVg8PE&list=PLGvG9PvFe86QJHjlesvNuiIH6rIRgHjFk&index=12 Super Mario bros 3 episode 22 (finnish)]</ref>
|FinM=Doom Ship
|Fre=Forteresse Volante du Roi Bowser
|FreC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v0sU2LJxwY&list=PLaFoLvczabwbb5ANoo18Mvytk_HLBN74Z&index=2 Les aventures de Super Mario Bros 3 002 Serpents dans le jardin]</ref>
|FreM=King Bowser's Flying Fortress
|Ger=Kriegsschiff
|GerC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmY3CkK39Y&list=PLysMAMA5mZDPK7uUkp94zheRNEtn_WQDG&index=6 Die Abenteuer von Super Mario Bros. 3 - Ninja Koopas]</ref>
|GerM=Warship
|Hun=Koopa király Végzethajója/A Halálhajó
|HunC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX41JXbYOsA Super Mario kalandjai 1990 VHSRip]</ref>
|HunM=King Koopa's Doomship/The Death Ship
|Ita=Nave Flagello
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6a7zPy9pXY&list=PLWzo2ShQRIik_9vJAjpCtOYPKTMiWfQMb&index=2 Le avventure di Super Mario 2x02 - Rettili alla Casa Bianca]</ref>
|ItaM=Bane Ship
|Nor=Dødskip
|NorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBG-CcHioI Super Mario Bros 3 VHS#1 - Norsk tale]</ref>
|NorM=Doom Ship
|Pol=Kupa Niszczyciel
|PolC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqa8-FPjBLk Nowe Przygody Braci Mario Odcinek 01 - Wielkie podliwe i klamliwe Koopa Ninja]</ref>
|PolM=Koopa Battleship
|PorA=Nave do Koopa
|PorAC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9WSCwHI5Y0&list=PLwzf4mOPE8Bmhgll2-ndwQWhRpiCUMR6G&index=2 Super Mario Bros. 3 - Répteis Ameaçam a Casa Branca (Dublagem Herbert Richers)]</ref>
|PorAM=Koopa's Ship
|PorE=Nave Destruidora
|PorEC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENQYOA3LbGQ Ep. 1 e Ep. 2 - As Aventuras de Super Mario 3 PT-PT (Dialectus)]</ref>
|PorEM=Destroyer Ship
|PorEN=Dialectus dub
|PorE2=Nave Mortal
|PorE2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Azoh5oLzI Abertura - As Aventuras de Super Mario 3 PT-PT (Somnorte)]</ref>
|PorE2M=Death Ship
|PorE2N=Somnorte dub
|Rom=Nava blestemului
|RomC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kCpg0q_XQ&list=PLeOrS3o_v-TeLtJgZ4RimHmKsX1KsUiaH&index=3 Aventurile Fraților Super Mario | Episodul2 - Reptile în Grădina cu Trandafiri]</ref>
|RomM=The curse ship
|Rom2=Koopa Navă
|Rom2C=<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26852788868 "The Ugly Mermaid", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
|Rom2N="The Ugly Mermaid"
|Rom2M=Koopa Ship
|Rus=Корабль Рок
|RusR=Korablʹ Rok
|RusC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6K96_5qCFY&list=PLsSyf51DZDU1IGgYh2-p18Z0PEz1jW53G&index=18 Мультфильм Супер Марио - 17 серия]</ref>
|RusM=Doom Ship
|Spa=Nave Calamidad
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34-jBYrJhhc&list=PL9SW0yG7n_bnpxH7s64Qgh_Wa4ycVmNpt&index=1 Las Aventuras de los Super hermanos Mario: 01 - Reptiles En El Jardin De Las Rosas]</ref>
|SpaM=Calamity Ship
|SpaN=Latin American Spanish dub and Castilian Spanish re-dub
|SpaE=Nave de Perdición
|SpaEC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3E1Wi1aq0c&list=PL2lUnuHRmZtzqzUPj5vJysHm-kxWJi2BN&index=3 Super Mario Bros. 3 - Reptiles en el jardín de las rosas (Doblaje castellano original)]</ref>
|SpaEM=Doom Ship
|SpaEN=original Castilian Spanish dub
}}

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