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{{articleabout|False Bowsers from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''|the False Bowser in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''|[[Bowser Clone]]}}
|image=[[File:SMPJ Bowser Magic.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Party Jamboree''
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|image=[[File:Tanooki_Bowser.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a '''False Bowser''' in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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{{quote|It's shocking how much Impostor Bowser looks like the real [[Bowser|Mr. Bowser]]. Magic is an amazing thing, huh?|Lakitu|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}
The '''False Bowsers''' are species that were transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic. They first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.  
'''Impostor Bowsers''', also referred to as '''fake Bowsers''' or as '''Bowser's decoys''' in ''[[NES Remix]]'', are standard enemies that were transformed to resemble [[Bowser]] and serve a comparable role to him. They first appear as [[list of bosses|bosses]] in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', in which they were transformed by Bowser himself using his black magic.
 
==Concept and creation==
The concept of fake Bowsers came about during development of ''Super Mario Bros.'' Since all enemies have their sprites flipped upside-down when they are defeated (except for [[Piranha Plant]]s, which simply disappear, and [[Bullet Bill]]s, which stay rightside up), one of the programmers accidentally inserted an upside-down Koopa Troopa shell when portraying Bowser's death animation as if he were defeated with fireballs. The developers liked this idea, and as a result, this idea was extended to most of the Bowser battles in the game.<ref>https://www.giantbomb.com/false-bowser/3015-8320/{{better source}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' / ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
[[File:SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|The fake Bowser from World 1-4 in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
[[Mario]] has to fight seven False Bowsers (one in each castle) before he can reach [[Bowser's Castle]] and fight the real one. Hitting a false Bowser with [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as their king with a spell (presumably put on them by Bowser). These enemies are a light gray (some mainly so they could be displayed against the black background), however. The enemies and their attributes are:
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each [[castle]], with [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|Bowser's Castle]] containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:
 
*'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Bowser's Flame|fire]]
*'''World 1''': [[Goomba]] - fire
*'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire
*'''World 2''': [[Green Koopa Troopa]] - fire
*'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
*'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
*'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
*'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
*'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
*'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
*'''World 6''': [[Blooper|Bloober]]<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO "BLOOPER". "Bloober" was the name at the time of this game and should be the name displayed here. --> - [[hammer]]
*'''World 6''': [[Blooper]] - hammer
*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]]ther - hammer
*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro.]] - hammer
''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds (in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, the final fake Bowser is now replaced with the actual Bowser):
 
*'''World A''': Goomba - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds:
*'''World B''': Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World 9''': [[Bowser]] - hammer and fire (FDS) / Bowser - hammer ([[SNES]])
*'''World C''': Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World A''': [[Goomba]] - fire (FDS) / Red [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer ([[SNES]])
*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FDS)
*'''World B''': [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire (FDS) / Green [[Cheep-Cheep]] - hammer ([[SNES]])
The "You VS. Boo" challenge of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
*'''World C''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire (FDS) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer ([[SNES]])
*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]
*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FDS) / Bowser - hammer ([[SNES]])
 
The [[You vs. Boo]] section of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep-Cheep]]
*'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
*'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
[[File:SMBLL World D-4 Bowser Imposter.png|thumb|[[Mario]] facing the fake [[Bowser's Brother]] in [[World D (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World D-4]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.]]
 
Like Bowser, the blue [[Bowser's Brother]] in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In ''Super Mario All-Stars'', both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones that only throw hammers, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin. Due to ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' also featuring Worlds A-D, all of the fake Bowsers from those worlds return, including the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4.
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', False Bowsers also appear in Worlds 8-4, 9-3, and D-4, along with the real Bowser. Unlike the other False Bowsers, these Bowsers have more of a mint-green body with a brown muzzle instead of the normal color. This type of Bowser is a magical copy of the real one; it also breathes fire and throws [[hammer]]s in all levels encountered except in World D-4, where it is a Spiny which breathes fire, just like the one at the end of the level.
 
====''Super Mario All-Stars''====
In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', they also lack their alternate coloration and look identical to Bowser. Because of this and the fact that this Bowser is the only Bowser that appears in World 9, players unaware of the original version of the game have mistaken them for the real Bowser. However, one means of distinguishing them from the real Bowser is the music that plays; the real Bowser's music is different. On a side note, all the False Bowsers in Worlds 9-D only throw hammers in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' remake. Strangely, the real Bowser in World D-4 also only uses hammers, unlike in World 8-4, where he uses hammers and spits fire.


====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the [[World-e]] level [[Classic World 1-4]], where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs. Since it acts like the fake Bowsers in ''Super Mario Bros.'', it is shown walking, unlike ''Super Mario Advance 4''{{'}}s (as well as every other version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s) depiction of Bowser, who only leaps.
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a False Bowser appears as a boss in the e-world level "Classic World 1-4", where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the False Bowser is a Goomba after being defeated.


====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', variants powered by [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] known as [[Tail Bowser]]s make their first appearance.
[[File:SM3DL - False Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot of False Bowser from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.]]
False Bowsers appear in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game, ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They have [[Tanooki]] tails like [[Tanooki Mario]], and they attack in a similar way as in ''Super Mario Bros.'', breathing several giant fireballs from a far place and jumping, except not in a two-dimensional stage, since the game is a 3D platformer ''Mario'' game.


====''Super Mario Run''====
However, unlike in ''Super Mario Bros.'', only two False Bowsers appear: one in {{world|1|castle}} and the other in {{world|5|castle}}; they are also immune to [[Fire Mario]]'s fireballs (and basically any other kind of projectile). In order to defeat a False Bowser, Mario or Luigi has to press a switch at the end of bridge to make it collapse and send the False Bowser into the lava. After falling into the lava, the False Bowsers bounce upwards and show their true forms with a [[Super Leaf]] beside them. The False Bowser in World 1 is actually a [[Goomba]], and the one in World 5 is actually a [[Magikoopa]].
In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', fake Bowsers appear at the end of [[castle]] courses, excluding [[World 6 (Super Mario Run)|World 6]]'s [[Bowser's Bob-ombing Run]] and [[Make the Cut!]] which have the real Bowser. [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)| World 1]]'s castle, [[Bowser's Castle Hangout]], has a Goomba as the Fake Bowser.  [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|World 3]]'s [[Fire Bar Castle! Youch!]] has a Green Koopa Troopa as the Fake Bowser, and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|World 5]]'s [[Rings of Fire!]] has a Buzzy Beetle as the Fake Bowser. They walk back and forth along their bridge, occasionally shooting a [[Bowser's Flames|Bowser's Flame]], jumping, or jumping and briefly staying in the air to shoot a Bowser's Flame. A [[Pause Block]] is placed directly before the bridge, and a cutscene forces the player to stop on it the first time the player enters the area per run of the course. Fire Bar Castle! Youch! adds a [[Fire Bar]], while Rings of Fire! adds a [[Fire Chain]]. An [[Axe]] on the other side collapses the bridge, causing the Fake Bowser to reveal its true identity before falling into the lava.


Fake Bowsers do not have an entry in the Notebook. Rather, a Fake Bowser counts as the enemy using the disguise. Thus, the results screen for a course shows that enemy, and adds one to the number of that enemy defeated for the purposes of [[level up|leveling up]] that enemy.
===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===
A False Bowser makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. It is seen in a special area inside [[Bowser's Castle]] which is a side-scrolling level imitating a ''Super Mario Bros.'' level. The False Bowser appears at the end of that level. The Bowser appears to be made of cardboard and Mario must run underneath him and hit the [[Ax]] to make him fall.


In Remix 10, some areas end in castles, with the [[VS Bowser]] course. A Fake Bowser must be defeated, through the same means as before. For doing so, the player receives all three of the course's [[Bonus Medal]]s. The Fake Bowser is always the disguised form of a Goomba. VS Bowser allows the player to enter with a [[Super Star]] or while [[Invincible Mario|invincible]], and touching a Fake Bowser while invincible defeats it instantly. It is knocked off the bridge without losing the disguise. Area 30's version instead has the real Bowser.
==="Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games===
A False Bowser appears as a boss in [[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]], specifically in the Mario version of Dream Figure Skating, which is based off of Super Mario 3D Land, which the False Bowser also gains his appearance from. He chases the team across a giant bridge spitting fireballs at them. The team sons hits four buttons causing the False Bowser to fall into lava, not before turning into a Goomba and a Super Leaf.


===''Super Mario Party Jamboree''===
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
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[[File:FalseBowserBrawl.png|200px|thumb|Bowser next to False Bowser.]]
{{quote|Bet you didn't see that coming. Bye-bye, Toady! Hello, humongous Impostor Bowser!|Kamek|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}
{{main|False Character#False Bowser|False Bowser}}
In ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', [[Kamek]] transforms a [[Toady]] into a massive fake Bowser called Impostor Bowser. Unlike other Fake Bowsers, Impostor Bowser has a purple glow and Magikoopa magic symbols coming out of him. He replaces Bowser himself as the host of [[Bowser Space]]s due to Bowser being a playable character.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a False Bowser is the Shadow Bug copy of [[Bowser]]. False Bowser makes his first appearance at [[The Lake]]. After [[Fox McCloud]] and [[Diddy Kong]] defeat him, he dissolves. He is seen several more times throughout the game, antagonizing the other heroes.
 
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Impostor Bowser appears prominently on the [[King Bowser's Keep]] board, where he is in the middle of the Bowser Byway. Periodically, he will change the direction of travel and transform more spaces on the byway into Bowser Spaces. Uniquely on this board, he will grab players that land on Bowser Spaces instead of them being transported to another location, and even occasionally destroy the roulette to instantly steal a star or all of their coins. He also serves as the boss of that board in the Party-Planner Trek mode, being faced in the [[Bowser Crashers]] [[minigame]].
 
Aside from Mario Party mode, Impostor Bowser is also a focal point in the "Bowser Challenges", Koopathlon and Bowser Kaboom Squad. Both involve surviving attacks from Impostor Bowser, with the ultimate goal of the latter being to defeat him within the time limit.
 
==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
!width=50%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release date
!width=10%|Format
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Boss
|1985
|[[Family Computer]] / [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
|Boss
|1986
|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|Boss
|1993
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
|Boss
|1994
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''
|Boss
|1999
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|Boss
|2003
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|Boss
|2010
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|Boss
|2016
|iOS, Android
|-
|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
|Boss
|2024
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<center><gallery>
SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
File:FalseBowsa.PNG|The False Bowser from World 1-4.
Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
File:FalseBowsa2.PNG|The False Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
File:Superstarfalse.PNG|A False Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.
SMPJ King Bowser's Keep icon.png|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
</gallery></center>
SMPJ King Bowser's Keep.png|''Super Mario Party Jamboree''
</gallery>
{{br|right}}
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
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|JapR=Nise Kuppa
|JapM=Fake Bowser
|JapN=Shared with [[Bowser Clone]]
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=19, 27|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref name=SMBsite>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo]]|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html|language=ja|title=CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''|date=2020|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=March 20, 2021|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210074011/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html|archivedate=February 10, 2021|deadlink=yes}}</ref>
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|SpaE2M=False Bowser
|SpaE2N=''Super Mario Party Jamboree''
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}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Superstarfalse.png|thumb|A cardboard Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
*Although not discretely noted, [[Bowser???]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' and the Bowser "mech" in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' used by [[King Boo]] may be classified as False Bowsers.
*The World 3 and World C (original) fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs (outside of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''), and the World C (''All-Stars'') and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (''Deluxe'') ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
*The World 3 and C (SNES version of ''Lost Levels'' only) False Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles and Bullet Bills that can actually be killed by fireballs.
**The World A and World C fake Bowsers in ''All-Stars'' are the only fake Bowsers whose true forms are right-side-up instead of upside-down.
*For some reason, killing ''Bowser'' with fireballs at the end of World D-4 turns him into a ''Spiny.'' This was corrected in the SNES remake.
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', an exaggerated cardboard Bowser suspended by a pair of ropes over a bridge is seen at the end of a special area inside [[Bowser's Castle]], which is a side-scrolling level imitating a ''Super Mario Bros.'' castle. [[Mario]] must move underneath the stationary object and touch the [[axe]] to make it fall.
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*If the player beats [[Bowser's Sky Scuffle]] with any character barring [[Bowser Jr.]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', Bowser will reveal that the "Bowser" they defeated had been a decoy, which may have been a reference to the fake Bowsers.
 
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