Editing Czar Dragon

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG Switch Czar Dragon.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
|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]])
|species=[[Lava Babble]]
}}
The '''Czar Dragon''' is a dragon made out of many [[Lava Babble]]s and the boss of the [[Barrel Volcano]], who is guarding the sixth [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Piece]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and its [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. The dragon first appears when a group of Lava Babbles join together to form it, and it immediately attacks the [[party member|party]]. The dragon is physically strong and uses a small variety of powerful magic, most notable of them [[Flame Wall]]. It will also summon [[Helio (Super Mario RPG)|Helio]] to kamikaze-strike the party, similar to [[Punchinello]]. In the end, the dragon falls, but it promptly rises from the grave as [[Zombone]]. [[Mario]] and friends must fight an even more difficult battle, but prevail and acquire the Star Piece, only to have it snatched by the [[Axem Rangers]].

"{{wp|Tsar|Czar}}" is a Russian title meaning "Emperor," derived from the title "Caesar" used during the Roman Empire. "Kaiser," the Japanese name for the dragon, comes from the German word for "Emperor," which was also derived from the title of "Caesar". The Czar Dragon resembles the [[Blargg]] species from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Czar Dragon|image=[[File:SMRPG Czar Dragon idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

====Japanese thought====
*もえてます。まさに今もえております。どうでしょう <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150508022554/www.a-suma.com/old/guide/smRPG/enemylist1.htm</ref>(''I'm burning. I'm burning right now. What do you think?'')

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Czar Dragon}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Czardragon.PNG|Artwork from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
SMRPG Czar Dragon field.png|Field sprite from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
Czar Dragon.png|Idle sprite from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
SMRPG NS Czar Dragon casting.png|Casting a spell in ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カイザードラゴン
|JapR=Kaizā Doragon
|JapM=Kaiser Dragon
|ChiS=凯撒龙
|ChiSR=Kǎisǎ Lóng
|ChiSM=Kaiser Dragon
|ChiT=凱撒龍
|ChiTR=Kǎisǎ Lóng
|ChiTM=Kaiser Dragon
|Dut=Keizerdraak
|DutM=Emperor Dragon
|Ger=Kaiserdrache
|GerM=Kaiser Dragon
|Fre=Dragon 1er
|FreM=Dragon the 1st
|Kor=카이저드래곤
|KorR=Kaijeo Deuraegon
|KorM=Kaiser Dragon
|Spa=Dragón zar
|SpaM=Czar Dragon
|Ita=Zar Dragone
|ItaM=Czar Dragon
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''{{wp|Final Fantasy VI}}'' (a game also created by [[Square Enix|Square]]), there is an unused enemy known as {{fandom|finalfantasy|Kaiser Dragon (Final Fantasy VI dummied enemy)|CzarDragon}} with an unfinished battle script. It was brought back as the superboss {{fandom|finalfantasy|Kaiser Dragon (Final Fantasy VI)|Kaiser Dragon}} (the Japanese name of both dragons) in ''Final Fantasy VI [[Game Boy Advance|Advance]]'', though an exact copy of the original Kaiser Dragon still exists in the game data. The name of its second form, [[Zombone]], is also derived from ''Final Fantasy VI''.
*The rendition of the Czar Dragon in the game intro is internally known as "Magidragon" in the English version, whereas it was blank in the Japanese version.
*The Czar Dragon shares the transformation undergone by [[Bowser]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', who becomes [[Dry Bowser]] after being dropped into a pool of lava.
*The Czar Dragon's sprites and render have several differences in design, with the render having a smooth body and tube-like neck while the sprites add more detail, with the body having a stitched garment shared with Zombone (albeit red instead of brown) and the neck being made from Lava Babbles.

==References==
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