Editing Koopa Clown Car

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[[File:Mario and Bowser SMR.PNG|thumb|right|[[Mario]] encounters [[Bowser]] in his '''Koopa Clown Car'''.]]
The '''Koopa Clown Car''' (sometimes called the '''Koopa Clown Copter'''{{refneeded}} or '''Koopa Copter''') is [[Bowser]]'s favored mode of transportation. It is a helicopter-like vehicle with a large clown face on the front, which has the ability to change its expression. A petite version of the Koopa Clown Car named the [[Junior Clown Car]] is often piloted by [[Bowser Jr.]]

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:Bowser smw.PNG|thumb|left|Bowser fighting [[Luigi]] on his Koopa Clown Car in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''.]]
[[File:100px-Bowser.gif|frame|right|Bowser in the '''Koopa Clown Car'''.]]
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 proceeds to battle Bowser, who rides around in the Koopa Clown Car. Attacking [[Mario]] by dropping [[Big Steely|Big Steelies]] and [[Mechakoopa]]s on him, Bowser can only be injured by having a jumped-on Mechakoopa thrown at him when he stuck his head out of the Koopa Clown Car. After being hit by Mechakoopas several times, [[Bowser]] tries to use the Koopa Clown Car, whose face grows more sinister and manic, to crush Mario. Bowser also begins dropping fireballs from the Koopa Clown Car. Princess Toadstool tosses Mario a Super Mushroom. After being hit several more times by flung Mechakoopas, Bowser and the Koopa Clown Car are 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.
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====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:BJ NSMBW.png|thumb|Bowser Jr. riding the '''Junior 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 (later named the Junior Clown Car). It is encountered in {{world|4|airship}} and {{world|6|airship}}, but in {{world|8|airship}}, Bowser Jr. kicks it out of the boss room in favor of the original Koopa Clown Car. He attacks Mario and friends with fireballs and spiked bombs, which can be used to defeat him with a well-timed [[Ground Pound]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:Koopalings-NSMB2.png|thumb|left|150px|The [[Koopalings]] riding the '''Koopa Clown Car''' in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]].]]
[[File:NSMB2 KoopaClown.png|thumb|200px|The Koopalings kidnapping Princess Peach while riding the Koopa Clown Car.]]
The Clown Car re-appears in the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] game ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. The [[Koopalings]] can be seen riding in it together. In the corridors of the final castle in World 6 (and World Star), the Koopalings are seen "flashing" with the Koopa Clown Car's eyes. Mario can evade said "flash" by passing between the castle's pillars. If the flash touches Mario, he will be turned into stone. After Mario defeats Bowser for the first time, the Koopalings use their magic to enlarge Bowser, but in doing so they and the Clown Car get knocked into the lava. The Koopa Clown Car was used one final time in the ending, where the Koopalings attempted to carry Bowser with it. However, because Bowser's size exceeded its capacity, the Koopalings and Bowser were scattered throughout the trees and floor. The Koopa Clown Car was also revealed to have an autopilot function, as demonstrated when the Koopa Clown Car delivered a caged Princess Peach to Bowser's castle shortly after Ludwig von Koopa's defeat at the hands of Mario in the game.
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====''Super Mario 3D World''====
While the Koopa Clown Car doesn't appear at all in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', its face can be seen on a Ferris wheel in [[World Bowser]] and also in the [[The Great Tower of Bowser Land|final level]].

====''Super Mario Maker''====
[[File:Super Mario Maker - Screenshot - NSMBU Castle - Fire Koopa Clown Car 01.jpg|thumb|right|Mario on the Fire Koopa Clown Car.]]
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The Koopa Clown Car makes an appearance in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', where it can be placed multiple times in levels. It can be use in all four styles, where it will simply bob up and down in place when not in use. Mario or any enemy can ride the Koopa Clown Car, including Bowser and Bowser Jr. themselves. When the player rides it, it functions similar to [[Lakitu's Cloud]], though it is a bit slower and less soft than the cloud, but can be used indefinitely. If Mario is riding it, he can attack most enemies by hitting them with the car's propeller, which will have the same effect as a jump, however, an enemy cannot hurt Mario through the car, and only pushes him back. Fire Mario can throw fireballs from inside the car. When the car hits something, including another car, it will bounce against it. If it hits [[spikes]], the Clown Car will become dizzy and uncontrollable for a limited period of time. The Clown Car takes the form of the [[Junior Clown Car]] in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style.
[[File:SMM3DS Art - Fire Koopa Clown Car.png|thumb|right|Artwork of the Fire Koopa Clown Car, from ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''.]]
A [[Super Mario Maker#Version 1.30|software update released in December 2015]] introduces a new variant, called the '''Fire Koopa Clown Car''', which can be spawned by shaking a regular Clown Car. Its exterior shell is colored a kind of yellow or orange, its propeller is red, it has a flame design on its cheeks, and its mouth takes a circular form. This variant acts similarly to the normal Koopa Clown Car, but the player is able to shoot [[fireball]]s when riding in it, in a similar manner to [[Fire Mario]]. The car shoots fireballs horizontally from near its mouth. Unlike Fire Mario's fireballs, these do not fall, but will continue moving horizontally until it encounters a block or an enemy or simply remains off the screen for too long. If the player holds the button, it will shoot larger fireballs that can destroy [[block]]s. If Mario has a [[Fire Flower]] equipped, it will shoot two extra balls which won't take the same path as the main one but will move diagonally, respectively up and down. If Mario has a Big Mushroom, the clown car will have a Peach design on it, shoot a fireball capable of destroying a block, and gain the ability to shoot a charged flame that will destroy all the bricks and enemies in its path without stopping (this also works if Mario is riding a Giant [[Goomba's Shoe]] or the stiletto version). If an enemy or item is riding it, it randomly shoots fireballs while moving like with a regular Koopa Clown Car. If a giant-sized enemy is riding it, it will shoot larger fireballs capable of destroying blocks.
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====''Super Mario Run''====
Bowser uses the Koopa Clown Car in the introduction cutscene and artwork for ''[[Super Mario Run]]''.<ref>http://nintendoeverything.com/off-screen-super-mario-run-intro-footage/</ref> He also uses it in the "Bowser's Bob-ombing Run" stage.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsp5xxahA0</ref>
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===''Super Mario World'' television series===
===="Send in the Clown"====
[[File:CartoonClownCar.jpg|thumb|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 in a manner similar to the final boss battle from the game the series was based on. Attacking Mario by dropping a Big Steely and [[Mechakoopa]] on him, King Koopa and his Koopa Clown Car were defeated when Mario hurled a Mechakoopa at it, damaging its controls and causing it to fly off upside-down. Also, in the DVD Koopas Stone Age Quest it is called the "Floating Clown Head".

===="Rock TV"====
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.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
[[File:KCCSMA.jpg|thumb|left|150px|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 (called a '''Koopa Copter''' by Luigi) 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.

Much later in the comic, after Bowser's wedding to Princess Toadstool is crashed by Mario, Luigi, [[Yoshi]] and several hundred [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], Bowser tries to flee in the Koopa Clown Car. Using a rope, Mario manages to lasso the Koopa Clown Car and cause it to crash into Bowser's giant wedding cake, apparently destroying it.
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===''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]].

The Koopa Clown Car is seen again during the ending of the game, with a [[Shy Guy]] riding inside while Bowser and his troops are repairing the damage done to the castle by the [[Smithy Gang]]. The Koopa Clown Car makes a final appearance during the credits, emerging from a float made in the likeness of Bowser's Keep when [[Croco]] and his flunkies are attempting to loot it. Bowser, from within the Koopa Clown Car, gives chase to Croco until [[Booster]] hijacks the Koopa Clown Car from him.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:BowserPM64.png|thumb|left|Bowser in his Koopa Clown Car in ''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 in the beginning of ''Paper Mario'', Bowser uses the regular Koopa Clown Car to invade Star Haven and burst through a window in Princess Peach's Castle. Bowser also uses the Koopa Clown Car to temporarily escape after being beaten in Princess Peach's Castle.

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 [[X-Nauts (organization)|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.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
Right after its absence in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', the Koopa Clown Car makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' during the end credits where Bowser rides it, attached to the airship float. The Koopa Clown Car also can be seen in the storage room behind the [[The Emerald Circus|Emerald Circus]] tent.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[File:SSBB Koopaclowncar.png|thumb|left|The Koopa Clown Car in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. when Bowser escapes to the Halberd, if Peach was rescued.]]
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]]). It is later used to escape from [[Falco Lombardi|Falco]], [[Diddy Kong]], and [[Fox McCloud|Fox]]. After that, it is not seen again.
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===''Mario Golf'' series===
====''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.

====''Mario Golf: World Tour''====
The Koopa Clown Car appears as the green for Hole 7 in [[Bowser's Castle (golf course)|Bowser's Castle]] in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', noticeably larger than any other Koopa Clown Car seen before.

===''Mario Party'' series===
[[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 (Mario Party 8)|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 ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', Bowser appears in the Koopa Clown Car at the end of a stage. Bowser and Bowser Jr. also ride their vehicles together in the ending. In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', Bowser uses the Koopa Clown Car for transportation and during [[Bowser's Ballistic Blowout]]. The Koopa Clown Car is used by Bowser for all three of the Bowser's Gauntlet minigames in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''.  

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''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.

Later in [[Joke's End]], Bowletta uses the Koopa Clown Car to capture Luigi, whom Bowletta believed to be Princess Peach, as Luigi was disguised as the Princess.

====''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, which may be the reason it has a clown face.
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====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
Machines similar to the Koopa Clown Car make an appearance in [[Neo Bowser Castle]] as [[Dreampoint]]s, and the actual machine appears in the ending, where Bowser and his minions use it to escape [[Pi'illo Island]], only for it to start losing altitude due to [[Private Goomp]] and [[Sergeant Guy]] shaking it in an attempt to catch the raining coins.
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====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====
Both the normal and the paper versions of the Koopa Clown Car make a reappearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. They are used by the Bowsers as they kidnap the two versions of Princess Peach and later to escape from Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario. The normal Koopa Clown Car is later used in [[Neo Bowser Castle]] where Bowser attacks the bros to prevent them from taking one of the two Fire Ores. Additionally, faceless variants are used by Roy, Iggy, Wendy and Morton during various quests. The paper Koopa Clown Car has had a slight redesign, resembling the normal Koopa Clown Car and both versions of the Junior Clown Car.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:MK7 Koopa Clown.png|thumb|left|150px|The '''Koopa Clown''' in ''Mario Kart 7''.]]
In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', Bowser's 3rd choice kart is the [[Hurricane]], a kart that resembles his Clown Car. In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', an unlockable kart part called the [[Koopa Clown]] is modelled after the Koopa Clown Car. The kart part features a handling boost, but it hinders acceleration and off-road during the process. Actual Koopa Clown Cars appear in the retro battle stage, [[Big Donut]], and in the tracks [[Wuhu Loop]] and [[Neo Bowser City]], blowing wind for drivers flying above with gliders.
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==Trophy information from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''==
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! width=100px | Name !! width=100px | Image !! width=150px | Game !! | Description
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! 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 Mechakoopas.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=クッパクラウン
|JapR=Kuppa Kuraun
|JapM=Koopa Clown, or Bowser Clown
|Fra=Koopa-mobile (''Mario Kart 7'')
|FraM=From Koopa (Bowser's Japanese name) and ''automobile''
|Ger=Koopa-Kopter
|GerM=Koopa Copter
|SpaE=Helikoopa
|SpaEM=From ''hélice'' (propeller) and Koopa
|SpaA=Koopayaso (''Mario Kart 7'')
|SpaAM=From Koopa and ''clown''
|Dut=Koopa-clown (''Mario Kart 7'')
|DutM=Koopa clown
|Ita=Auto Clown Koopa
|ItaM=Koopa Clown Car
|Por=Palhaço Koopa
|PorM=Koopa clown
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Super Mario Maker'', there are unused sprites for a [[Big Steely]] and a tear. These were likely intended for a further replication of Bowser's behavior in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', while in the final game, he simply chases the player and throws [[Bob-omb]]s.

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