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[[File:SMWBowser.jpg|thumb|[[Bowser]] attacking [[Mario]] from his '''Koopa Clown Car'''.]]

The '''Koopa Clown Car''' (sometimes called the '''Koopa Clown Copter''', '''Koopa Copter''' or simply '''Flying Carriage''') is [[Bowser]]'s favored mode of transportation. Despite being called a car, it is a helicopter-like vehicle with a large clown face on the front, which has the ability to change its expression.

 

====''Super Mario World====

[[File:Bowser smw.PNG|thumb|left|Bowser fighting [[Luigi]] on his Koopa Clown Car in ''Super Mario World''.]]

The first appearance of the Koopa Clown Car was in ''[[Super Mario World]]''; in the [[Valley of Bowser]], Bowser can be seen flying around [[Bowser's Castle|his castle]] in it.

After making his way through Bowser's Castle and onto the rooftop of it, Mario proceeded to battle Bowser, who rode around in the Koopa Clown Car. Attacking [[Mario]] by dropping [[Big Steely|Big Steelies]] and [[Mecha-Koopa]]s on him, Bowser could only be injured by having a jumped-on Mecha-Koopa thrown at him when he stuck his head out of the Koopa Clown Car.

After being hit by Mecha-Koopas several times, [[Bowser]] will try to use the Koopa Clown Car, whose face grows more sinister and manic, to crush Mario. Bowser will also begin dropping fireballs from the Koopa Clown Car.

After being hit several more times by flung Mecha-Koopas, Bowser and the Koopa Clown Car will finally be beaten. Bowser can be seen over his castle in it. After being beaten, he relinquishes [[Princess Peach]] from it and retreats.

The Koopa Clown Car here is able to blink and show other facial expressions with its "eyes."

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii====

[[File:BJ NSMBW.png|thumb|right|Bowser Jr.'s Koopa Clown Car, in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.]]

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', Bowser Jr. gets his own version of the Koopa Clown Car. It seems to be smaller to fit the size of the young Koopa prince. The clown face on it is slightly different, as well, having a more innocent-looking expression than Bowser's. Bowser Jr. uses his clown car twice in battle, and the third time he uses his dad's clown car, speculating that maybe after Bowser's final defeat with it, he found it a useless fighting tool, using it more as a mode of transportation. [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Blue Toad (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|Blue Toad]], and [[Yellow Toad (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|Yellow Toad]] also each get a clown car in this game called the [[Mario Car]], making it the first game in which the playable character is allowed to use a Koopa Clown Car.

[[File:CartoonClownCar.jpg|thumb|left|King Koopa using the Clown Car in the ''Super Mario World'' cartoon.]]

The Koopa Clown Car appeared in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' cartoon]] episode "[[Send in the Clown]]." In "Send in the Clown," King Koopa uses the Koopa Clown Car to announce to the cave people inhabitants of [[Dome City]] that they could go to the "[[Koopalings|Koopaling]] Bros. Circus" free of charge. Near the end of the episode, after Mario has destroyed King Koopa's fake circus, an enraged King Koopa, having taken Princess Toadstool hostage, begins to attack Mario in the Koopa Clown Car. Attacking Mario by dropping a Big Steely and [[Mecha-Koopa]] on him, King Koopa and his Koopa Clown Car were defeated when Mario hurled a Mechkoopa at it, causing it to crash.

In "[[Rock TV]]", a later episode of ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'', a flower pot resembling the Koopa Clown Car can be seen in King Koopa's throne room.

[[File:KCCSMA.jpg|thumb|Bowser riding in his Koopa Clown Car in the ''Super Mario Adventures'' comic.]]

In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, Bowser appears riding in his Koopa Clown Car after Mario and Luigi defeat all the monsters he sent to rampage through [[Princess Peach's Castle|Princess Toadstool's Castle]]. After proceeding to tell Princess Toadstool his plans of marrying her and turning dozens of bystanders to stone, Bowser flees the scene in the Koopa Clown Car, with Princess Toadstool and several dozen [[Toad (species)|Toads]] after him.

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars===

Bowser briefly uses the Koopa Clown Car in the ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. In this game, Bowser uses the Koopa Clown Car to abduct [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] from Mario's yard. Bowser then uses the Koopa Clown Car to transport himself and Princess Toadstool to [[Bowser's Keep]].

====''Paper Mario====

At the start of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Bowser uses a gigantic, stone version of the Koopa Clown Car to raise [[Princess Peach's Castle]] into the atmosphere. This version of the Koopa Clown Car also had several spiked balls hanging off it; it also makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', where it can be seen in the background of the [[Rainbow Road]] track.

Also of note, the [[Power Platform|platform]] used by Bowser to power himself up during his final battle against Mario resembles a long, flat version of the Koopa Clown Car, while several smaller versions of the Koopa Clown Car can be found in the hangar of Bowser's Castle.

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====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door====

[[File:Paper Clown Car.png|thumb|The Koopa Clown Car from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.]]

After learning from [[Kammy Koopa]] that the [[Secret Society of the X-Nauts|X-Nauts]] have kidnapped Princess Peach, Bowser sets off after the Princess in his Koopa Clown Car.

Later on in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bowser, after failing to get a ride on the [[Cheep-Cheep Blimp]], uses his Koopa Clown Car to get to [[Glitzville]]. Unfortunately, the Koopa Clown Car breaks-down in mid-flight and crashes into the ocean, where Bowser apparently left it.

[[File:SSBB Koopaclowncar.png|thumb|left|The Koopa Clown Car in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]

A trophy of the Koopa Clown Car can be obtained in the game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in the [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|Subspace Emissary]], [[Bowser]] uses this car twice. The first time it is used, Bowser uses it to escape from Mario, [[Pit]], [[Yoshi]], [[Link]], and [[Kirby]] while taking the princess ([[Princess Peach|Peach]] or [[Zelda]]) [[trophy]]. It is later used to escape from [[Falco Lombardi|Falco]], [[Diddy Kong]], and [[Fox McCloud|Fox]]. After that, it is not seen again. When Bowser uses it, it makes a strange beeping noise resembling the noise that plays when Link gets his health restored in ''The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker''.

====''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour====

In the introduction cinema of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', Bowser uses the Koopa Clown Car, which is equipped with two [[Bill Blaster|Bullet Bill Blaster]]s, to chase-down [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]], who have ticked-him off severely. Hole 11 of Bowser Badlands takes place on a giant Clown Car.

[[File:KCCMP8.png|thumb|The Koopa Clown Car in ''Mario Party 8''.]]

The Koopa Clown Car has appeared in several installments of the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], most notably in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', ''[[Mario Party 6]]'', ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', and ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. In ''Mario Party 8'', it is depicted as having thicker lips and a green extension attached to its propeller; in addition to summoning cannons, it also has the ability to open its mouth, revealing a laser gun. However, these weapons are not all revealed in the beginning of the battle. The battle starts out with just laser gun blasts, and for approximately every four times [[Bowser]] is hit with blasts from the [[Star Rod]], he becomes angrier and summons additional weapons, eventually progressing to a full-scale assault, with laser gun blasts and [[Bullet Bill]] cannons being fired simultaneously. In the upcoming game, ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', [[Bowser Jr.]] is seen in a [[minigame]] in his Koopa Clown Car from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga====

[[File:CLOWN CAR.png|frame|left]]

After gaining the cure for Mario's [[Bean Fever]], Luigi returns to [[Little Fungitown]], only to encounter [[Bowletta]], who has captured Princess Peach and is rapidly escaping with her in the Koopa Clown Car.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time====

[[File:Baby_bowser_escaping.png|thumb|Baby Bowser escaping in the Koopa Clown Car in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''.]]

At the end of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', [[Baby Bowser]] can be seen returning to his castle with [[Kamek]] in the Koopa Clown Car. He also uses it after swiping the two [[Cobalt Star]] shards after the Mario Bros. and babies destroy [[Swiggler]] and he and Kamek get away. Incidentally, the Koopa Clown Car Baby Bowser uses is exactly the same as the one Bowser uses later in life.

In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', Bowser's 3rd choice kart is the Hurricane, a kart that resembles his Clown Car. In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', the Koopa Clown Car (named the '''Koopa Clown''') is an unlockable kart part in the game. The kart part features a handling boost, but it hinders acceleration and off-road during the process.  It also appears in the retro track, [[Big Donut]], and in the tracks [[Wuhu Mountain Loop]] and [[Koopa City]], blowing wind for drivers flying above with gliders.

====''Mario Kart 7'' Stat Boosts====

*'''Speed''': 0

*'''Acceleration''': -0.25

*'''Weight''': 0

*'''Handling''': +0.5

*'''Off-Road''': -0.25

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==Trophy Information from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]==

{| border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width=100%

! width=100px | Name !! width=100px | Image !! width=150px | Game !! | Description

! Koopa Clown Car

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| align=center | ''Super Mario World''<br>8/91

| ''Bowser's single-seat, personal airship doesn't exactly handle like a dream, but it wasn't designed to be sporty. The Koopa Clown Car was made to carry Bowser's huge weight, not to mention a logic-defying arsenal of massive bowling balls. In Super Mario World, Mario busted the Koopa Clown Car by pelting it with Mecha-Koopas.

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==Names in Other Languages==

{{foreignname

|JapM=Koopa Clown; Bowser Clown

|GerM=Clown Carriage

|SpaE=Helikoopa (''Mario Kart 7'')

|SpaEM=Pun on ''Helice'' (Propeller) and Koopa (Bowser's Japenese name)

|Dut=Koopa-clown ([[Mario Kart 7]])

|DutM=Koopa-clown}}

*[[Lemmy Koopa]]'s mech in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' resembles the Koopa Clown Car, but with robotic legs and cannons attached to it. The face on Lemmy's Koopa Clown Car was also designed with the tongue hanging out of it.

*The [[Hurricane]], one of Bowser's [[kart]]s from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' resembles a plane version of the Koopa Clown Car.

*[[Medi Guy]]s from ''Paper Mario'' use a flying transport similar to the Koopa Clown Car, but without propellers and with the figure of a heart instead of the clown face.

*[[Big Bob-omb]] rides in a vehicle similar to the Koopa Clown Car at [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', but it has no face and has a different, shallower shape to it.

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