Editing Bowyer

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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Bowyer.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
|species=Bow
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
{{quote|What? WHAT? Disturb me [[Aero|you]] must not! Practicing, I am. More [[Aero|arrow]]s must I shoot! More statues must I make, nya!”<br>“Gnya, NYA!? A stranger [[Geno|you]] are... and strange looking at that! Teach you, we must, who's in charge!|Bowyer|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}
[[File:SMRPG Bowyer field.png|frame|left|Field sprite]]
'''Bowyer''' is a commander of the [[Smithy Gang]] in the game ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Switch remake]]. Bowyer resembles a bow, and attacks by firing his minions called [[Aero]]s at his opponents. His name comes from "{{wp|bowyer}}", a person who makes or sells bows to be used for archery.

Bowyer was ordered by [[Smithy]] to attack [[Rose Town]]. As such, Bowyer, while at the [[Forest Maze]], begins firing poison-tipped arrows at Rose Town. When a person is hit with an arrow, they will become paralyzed and remain frozen like statues. His Aero minions found the second [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Piece]] in the forest.

When Bowyer gets the Star Piece, he is confronted by a strange, blue garbed warrior named [[Geno]]. At the same time, [[Mario]] and [[Mallow]] arrive to stop Bowyer, the source of the arrows plaguing Rose Town. As a result, the three warriors team up to battle the maniacal monster.

While Bowyer's main attack is firing arrows, the monster is also a master of lightning magic. Additionally, Bowyer can [[fourth wall|disable the buttons on the player's controllers]], meaning that Mario's party and Bowyer [[Prohibited Command|will be prevented from using regular attacks, special attacks, or items]] until another button is disabled.

Later, Mario, Mallow, Geno, [[Bowser]], and [[Princess Peach]] encountered several [[Machine Made|mass-produced Bowyer copies]] in the [[Weapon World]].

Bowyer can be seen in the [[parade]] during the end credits, along with [[Claymorton]] and [[Speardovich]], in which all three are pounded by Smithy's hammer.

While having the same overall role in the remake, his boss fight was changed slightly due to the inclusion of the [[Triple Move]] mechanic. After dealing significant damage, Bowyer, realizing that he is likely going to lose against Geno, Mario, and Mallow, fires three Aeros at all the buttons, thus effectively disabling the party from attacking him or even healing. However, Geno suggests they team up with their combined might via a Triple Move, with Bowyer initially intending to respond in kind until he realizes he does not have any allies to do so. He then collapses into a heap after the Triple Move is used against him before vanishing. Additionally, [[Toad Assist]] cannot be used after Bowyer spawns the buttons.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
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{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Machine Made (Bowyer)|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Bowyer}}
{{:Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Bowyer MM}}
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|Jpn=カジオーが送り込んだ、武器軍団の一人。弓の姿をしていて、自分の体を使って矢を放つ。<br>「オイラ以外のヤツラが　こまった顔するのは、とっても楽しいニャー！　オマエたちも、そう思うだろ～ニャ？」
|JpnM=A member of the Smithy Gang, sent by Smithy. He has the form of a bow and shoots arrows using his own body.<br>"Happy I am, nya! Look...LOOK at their expressions when freeze they do!"
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMRPG Bowyer Concept Artwork.jpg|Concept artwork
Bowyer.jpg|Artwork
Bowyer2.jpg|Bowyer being confronted by Mario and Geno in the [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Switch remake]]
SMRPG NS Bowyer Machine Made.png|Bowyer (Machine Made), ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ユミンパ<ref> [[:File:Card 33.jpg|''Super Mario RPG'' trading card]] </ref>
|JpnR=Yuminpa
|JpnM=From「弓」(''{{wp|yumi}}'', "bow") and possibly「くるりんぱ」(''kururinpa'', a childish slang expression for "crazy")
|Chi=弓箭帕
|ChiR=Gōngjiànpà
|ChiM=From「弓箭」(''gōngjiàn'', "bow and arrow") and a transliteration of the Japanese name
|Dut=Boogerd
|DutM=From ''boog'' ("bow") and the adjective-forming suffix ''-erd''
|Fre=Chtarbarc
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''chtarbé'' (a slang term for "bonkers") and ''arc'' ("bow")
|Ger=Bogo
|GerM=Masculine version of ''Bogen'' ("bow")
|Ita=Arko
|ItaM=From ''arco'' ("bow")
|Kor=보이어
|KorR=Boieo
|KorM=Transliteration of the English name
|Spa=Arquelio
|SpaM=From ''arquero'' ("archer") and the male name ending ''-io''
}}

==Notes==
*Bowyer's main speech quirk is "nya", which is the Japanese word for "meow", as a verbal tic. In Japanese, he uses the masculine first-person pronouns「オイラ」(''oira'', old-fashioned usage) and「オレ」(''ore'', aggressive usage); in English, he uses anastrophe, meaning he reverses the usual order of clauses in his sentences, similarly to {{wp|Yoda}} from ''{{wp|Star Wars}}''.
*In Bowyer's original artwork, his eyes are red, but his in-game sprites have blue eyes; his Machine Made counterpart has red eyes, however.
*In the original game, Bowyer has a reaction to [[Carbo Cookie]]s in his AI script, despite the Carbo Cookie not being available until after his defeat and being unusable in battle. This reaction also applies to his [[Machine Made]] self. The reaction appears to have been intended to unlock all the buttons.

==References==
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[[Category:Smithy Gang]]
[[Category:Third-party Super Mario characters]]
[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bosses]]
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