Editing Tail Bowser

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Tanooki_Bowser.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2015|2015]])
|variant_of=[[Impostor Bowser]]
}}
A '''Tail Bowser'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=28 and 76|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> is a [[List of bosses|boss]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. It is a [[Impostor Bowser|fake Bowser]] powered by a [[Super Leaf]].

==History==
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
[[File:SM3DL - False Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Screenshot of a Tail Bowser from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'']]
[[File:SM3DL Tail Bowser Goomba Defeated.png|thumb|[[Mario]] defeats a Tail Bowser, revealing his true form.]]
Tail Bowsers are fought on bridges at the end of [[castle]] levels in ''Super Mario 3D Land'', like with fake Bowsers in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' They attack by breathing giant [[fireball]]s and jumping around the stage. The first Tail Bowser is encountered in {{world-link|1|castle|World 1-Castle (Super Mario 3D Land)}}, and the second is in {{world-link|5|castle|World 5-Castle (Super Mario 3D Land)}}; the latter also swings its spiky [[Raccoon Mario|striped tail]] to attack and destroy columns. A Tail Bowser is defeated only when the switch at the end of the bridge is activated, causing the Tail Bowser to collapse into the [[lava]] before bouncing upwards to show its true form (a [[Goomba]] in [[World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 1]] and a [[Magikoopa]] in [[World 5 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 5]]) alongs with a [[Super Leaf]].
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===''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''===
[[File:M&SATSOWG Fake Bowser.png|thumb|A Tail Bowser as it appears in Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular chasing the real Bowser, [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Dr. Eggman]], and [[Mario]]]]
A Tail Bowser appears in [[Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular]], a Dream Event of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''. It chases the team across a giant collapsing bridge, spitting fireballs at the teammates. The Tail Bowser falls into lava when the team hits four buttons at the same time, turning it into a Goomba and a Super Leaf.
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===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
[[File:MLPJ Bowser LV1-7 Card.png|thumb|left|''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' card]]
A Tail Bowser makes a cameo in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. It appears on a [[Battle Card (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)|Battle Card]], taking its design from ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
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==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
!width=50%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release date
!width=10%|Format
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|Boss
|2011
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Boss
|2013
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]
|Cameo on Battle Card
|2015
|Nintendo 3DS
|}

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|file1=<tt>KoopaFake</tt>
|name1=Koopa Fake
|meaning1=[[Impostor Bowser|Fake Bowser]]
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=しっぽクッパ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section|page=180|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JpnR=Shippo Kuppa
|JpnM=Tail Bowser
|Ita=Bowser Giracoda
|ItaM=Twirl-tail Bowser
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=180}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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