Editing Lady Bow

{{redirect|Bow|other uses|[[Bow (disambiguation)]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Bow.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Paper Mario]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=[[Boo]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|But what a nice surprise to see [[Mario|you]]! Feel free to be overwhelmed by my beauty.|Lady Bow|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
'''Lady Bow''' is the leader of the [[Boo]]s of [[Boo's Mansion]] and a party member in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. She is aided by her butler, [[Bootler]]. She is very strong-headed and a tad snooty due to her princess-like status in life, but is also kind-hearted in wanting to aid [[Mario]] so that he can save Peach and the world's wishes. Her name is derived from the word "bow," which, depending on pronunciation, may mean "ribbon" (referring to the bows she wears) or can refer to a type of gesture often done in reverence to royalty. It is also likely that her name is a pun on "Boo".

Bow and [[Parakarry]] are the only partners in ''Paper Mario'' that have appeared in both of the first two ''Paper Mario'' games. [[Vivian]] from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', [[Dottie]] from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', and the [[Lamination Suit]] from ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' similarly allow the player to avoid detection from enemies.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM Bow and Bootler.png|thumb|right|Lady Bow's first appearance in ''Paper Mario'']]
In ''Paper Mario'', seeing too much suffering caused by the Boo-eating monster [[Tubba Blubba]], Lady Bow decides to have Mario defeat him. She has ordered the Boos to capture [[Skolar]], the [[Star Spirit]] Mario is going to save, and uses it as leverage to get Mario to eliminate Tubba Blubba. Bow joins [[Mario]] after he solves the puzzles in Boo's Mansion. The main reason that she joins him at first is that Mario needs her help to defeat Tubba Blubba. After Tubba Blubba was defeated Bow remained true to her word and gave Skolar to Mario. She then decided to accompany Mario ("like it or not") for the rest of his adventure.

In Chapter 4, Lady Bow is referred to in [[Toad Town News#Shy Guys Still Stealing Toad Town in Trouble!|a scribble]] by a [[Boo]] from [[Boo's Mansion]], who is crazy about her. At the end of the game, a Boo from Boo's Mansion, maybe the one who posted the scribble, came to the party "to see Lady Bow dressed up in all her finery". He also thinks that Bow is prettier than [[Princess Peach]]. She is mistakenly referred to as "'''Lady Boo'''" when Mario reads the back of the [[Toad Town News|notice board]] in Toad Town after the defeat of [[Bowser]].

Lady Bow receives [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Lady Bow|two letters]] at the [[Toad Town Post Office]]: one from [[Bootler]] wishing her safe, and the other one from the [[Boo]]s at [[Gusty Gulch]], thanking her for rescuing them from [[Tubba Blubba]].

In battle, Bow can slap enemies with both her hand and, when ultra ranked, her fan. She can also protect Mario from attacks with her [[Outta Sight]] attack and, at super rank, can also try to scare away enemies with an ability called [[Spook (move)|Spook]]. If she successfully blocks an attack, she covers her eyes much like other Boos. She is the only partner that is incapable of doing any damage to Bowser in his powered-up form. The same applies to the [[Crystal King]], as well as the sixth battle with [[Jr. Troopa]]. Outside of battle, she can turn Mario invisible, protecting him from enemy attacks and hazardous obstacles. However, Mario cannot move while in this state. This ability must be used to gain access to [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]].

[[Duplighost]]s and [[Lee]] can transform into Bow along with Mario's other partners, where her name appears as "Bow???"

<gallery>
Lady Bow Sprite.png|Lady Bow's sprite
LadyBowPortraitPM.png|Lady Bow's portrait
</gallery>
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====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:Lady Bow PM2.png|thumb|left|Lady Bow's sprite in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']]
[[File:PMTTYD Bow Bootler Poshley Heights.png|thumb|Bow and [[Bootler]] at the [[Poshley Sanctum]]]]
Lady Bow and Bootler make a cameo appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. They are taking a vacation at [[Poshley Heights]] after Mario defeats the [[Shadow Queen]]. She is quite glad to see Mario again. Earlier in Mario's adventure, a young [[Toad (species)|Toad]] from [[Petalburg]] called Bow "the cutest Boo OF ALL TIME!!!"
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====''Super Paper Mario''====
[[File:SPM Francisroomright.png|thumb|left|The poster of Bow from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
[[File:LadyBow-SPM.png|thumb|Lady Bow's unused graphics in ''Super Paper Mario'']]
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Lady Bow makes three cameos. Her first is at the beginning of the game; she, along with all the other partners from the first ''Paper Mario'' appeared in a photograph at [[Mario Bros.' House|Mario's house]]. Bow's second cameo was at [[Fort Francis]]. There is a poster of her and Bootler in one of [[Francis]]' secret, password-activated rooms. Lastly, she appears as a [[Catch Card]] in the sixtieth floor of the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]] within a treasure chest. Like all other partners, with the exception of [[Sushie]], she has unused sprite data.
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===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' she appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]] that raises magic attack power by eight. It can be used only by [[Princess Peach|Peach]] and [[smashwiki:Zelda (SSBB)|Zelda]].
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
*'''In-game bio:''' ''Bow is a princess of a Boo who has a castle in Forever Forest. Press {{button|n64|Cdown}} to make the team invisible so it can elude attack. Her specialty is slapping the sense into enemies.''
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Lady Bow knows that she can take charge of any situation. As the head Boo of Boo's Mansion, she always knows how to get her way. When Bow joins your party, she'll be able to use her ghostly powers to hide you from your enemies and allow you to pass through solid objects.''<ref>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, Jason Leung, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide|page=14|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-07-0}}</ref>

These are Lady Bow's attacks and stats:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 100%"
|-
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|Action Command
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
|-
|[[Smack]]
|None
|Smacks an enemy multiple times.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Base Rank: 4 hits of 1 damage<br>Super Rank: 5 hits of 1 damage<br>Ultra Rank: 6 hits of 1 damage
|Base Rank
|-
|[[Outta Sight]]
|2
|Makes Mario and Bow invulnerable to attacks for the turn. Bow won't be able to move the next turn.
|None
|N/A
|Base Rank
|-
|[[Spook (move)|Spook]]
|3
|Scares enemies away from the battlefield.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|N/A
|Super Rank
|-
|[[Fan Smack]]
|5
|Smacks an enemy multiple times with a fan.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Ultra Rank: 5 hits of 2 damage
|Ultra Rank
|}

Note that the Action Command has to be executed perfectly to get the indicated amount of hits on the smacks.

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
*'''Tattle:''' ''That's Bow. Wait a second! [[Mario]]! Exactly WHAT is your relationship with her?!? Tell me NOW! Hee hee hee hee hee hee! Just kidding! I always wanted to say that. But you DID go on an [[Paper Mario|adventure]] with her, right? Tell me about it sometime, OK?''
**In the Switch version, "her?!?" is simply changed to "her?!".

===''Super Paper Mario''===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
|-
|[[File:SPM Lady Bow Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''This is Mario's goody buddy Bow from Paper Mario. The mistress of Boo's Mansion slapped foes with panache!''
|}

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Bow
|image=[[File:Bow Sticker.png]]
|game=''Paper Mario''
|effect=[Magic] - Attack +7
|usable_by=Peach, Zelda
}}

==Quotes==
===''Paper Mario''===
{{main|List of Paper Mario quotes#Lady Bow}}
*''"Oh no, he's awake! We have to run!"''
*''"I was with him the whole time. I swear on my own grave! Mario's innocent!"''
*''"All the difficult obstacles in this castle are really starting to irritate me, you know."''

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{{main|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes by character (L–R)#Lady Bow}}
*''"It IS you, isn't it, [[Mario]]? Well, it's been quite a while, hasn't it?"''
*''"But what a nice surprise to see you! Feel free to be overwhelmed by my beauty."''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
64PartnersHD.png|Lady Bow's portrait from the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
PMTTYDNS Lady Bow.jpg|Lady Bow in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=レサレサ
|JapR=Resaresa
|JapM=Based on「テレサ」(''Teresa'', "[[Boo]]"); 「レ」is also probably from「レディー」(''redī'', "lady")
|Chi=咻咻
|ChiN=''Paper Mario''
|ChiR=Xiūxiū
|ChiM=From「嘘嘘鬼」(''Xūxū Guǐ'', "Boo")
|Chi2=羞羞
|Chi2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|Chi2R=Xiūxiū
|Chi2M=From「害羞幽灵」(''Hàixiū Yōulíng'', "Boo")
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Dame Bouh
|FreM=Lady Boo (not referring to the species)
|Ger=Lady Buu
|GerM=From ''Buu Huu'', the German name for the Boo species
|Ita=Lady Boo
|Kor=천방부끄
|KorR=Cheonbangbukkeu
|KorM=Probably from "천방지축" (''cheonbangjichuk'', "recklessly") and "부끄부끄" (''Bukkeubukkeu'', "Boo")
|SpaA=Doña Moños
|SpaAM=Lady Bows
|SpaE=Bow
}}

==Trivia==
*In a demo movie after the title screen for ''Paper Mario'' (before pressing {{button|n64|Start}}), Lady Bow is seen alongside Mario as he uses [[Power Bounce]] with his regular boots on a [[Monty Mole]] in [[Mt. Rugged]]. However, this cannot be done in-game, as Bow does not join Mario's party until after Mario has acquired the [[Super Boots]].
*Lady Bow is the only partner in ''Paper Mario'' that is not able to be tattled besides Goombario himself.

==References==
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