Editing Rookie

Rookie differs from Bowser physically in that he wears a dark blue mask over his upper head and has green eyes (whereas Bowser's eyes are normally red in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''). Rookie's personality is also different than that of Bowser; Rookie is extremely trusting, loyal and ultimately submissive to Popple, in contrast to Bowser's "I serve nobody" attitude.

When Bowser takes [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] to the [[Beanbean Kingdom]] in his [[Koopa Cruiser]], [[Cackletta]] and [[Fawful]] attack the Cruiser, causing it to crash in [[Stardust Fields]]. Bowser lands in [[Tolstar]]'s cannon and winds up being fired to [[Hoohoo Mountain]] by one of the [[Starshade Bros.]], where Popple finds him and nurses him back to health.

[[File:Rookiefight.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Mario and Luigi fighting Rookie in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]

Mario and Luigi first encounter Rookie in [[Chateau de Chucklehuck]], shortly after seeing Popple for the first time. Popple orders Rookie to fight the Mario Bros. so that he can obtain the [[Chuckola Reserve]], which the Bros. were also looking for in order to remove a Belly Belch Worm from [[Queen Bean]]. Rookie attacks with [[hammer]]s and later fire breath, similar to how Bowser attacked in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. Whenever he jumps before performing his attacks, the victim is Luigi; whenever he does not, the victim is Mario. Rookie protects Popple very zealously, counter-attacking the Bros. every time they attack Popple.

After the battle, Popple reprimands Rookie for being unable to destroy the Bros., and the two run off in hopes of getting to the Chuckola Reserve before the Mario Brothers. The thieving duo reach the Reserve before the Bros., but are captured by the [[Chuckolator]]. Mario and Luigi arrive and battle the Chuckolator, but not before the living soft drink hits the barrels Rookie and Popple are inside of with such force that they are ejected out of the room.

[[File:Rookie.PNG|thumb|left|Rookie falling off the Beanstar.]]

The Bros. encounter Rookie once more at [[Woohoo Hooniversity]] right after Popple finds the [[Beanstar]] which had just fallen right next to him. Popple once more orders Rookie to fight the Bros. to protect the Beanstar. This time, Popple and Rookie have their own versions of Bros. attacks, but the Bros. still defeat them without much effort. After the battle, a Peach Bot's head falls into the room and enrages the Beanstar with its squeaking, causing it to fly out of the room: Mario, Luigi, Popple, and Rookie grab onto it in an attempt to stop its escape; however, the combined stress of hearing Birdo's unpleasant voice and bearing the weight three men and a Koopa King causes the Beanstar to shatter into four pieces. Each of the four clingers begin to fall off one by one: at the end only Rookie is left, as the fragmented Beanstar heads towards Stardust Fields. It's only as he returns to the place where he lost his memory that Rookie at last remembers he's Bowser. His recollection is short-lived however, as [[Fawful]] encounters Bowser's unconscious body and uses it to house Cackletta's Soul, creating [[Bowletta]].

==Stat Information==

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|JapM=Rookie Koopa (''Koopa'' being Bowser's Japanese name).

|Fra=Le Bleu

|FraM=Pun on ''le bleu'' (which is French for both ''the blue'', referring to the color of his mask, and ''the rookie'').

|GerM=Pun of "Bowser" and ''Azubi'' (German for ''apprentice'').

|ItaM=Recruit}}

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