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{{character infobox
|title='''''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|Bowser's Inside Story]]'' Enemy'''
|image=[[File:MLBISBJJDarkFawfulOverworld.png|60px]]<br>Overworld sprite of Dark Fawful from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
|image=[[File:DarkFawfulBattle.gif]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|location=[[Princess Peach's Castle|Peach's Castle]]
|species=[[Beanish]]
|hp=1,736
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|power=334
|defense=184
|speed=48
|experience=7,500
|coins=1,600
|items=[[Star Candy]]
|gear=[[Clothing|Lucky Charm]]
|related=[[Fawful]]
}}
}}
'''Dark Fawful''' is a stronger form of [[Fawful]] and a penultimate boss of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. In this form, Fawful has greater powers and an altered appearance, featuring red glasses, a cloak that resembles the one worn by his old mistress [[Cackletta]], and his [[Vacuum Helmet]] that seemingly has a life of its own.
{{quote|[[Bowser]]! Meet... Fury of Fawful!|Dark Fawful|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}}
'''Dark Fawful''' is the revamped form [[Fawful]] takes after absorbing half of the [[Dark Star]]'s power, who is the penultimate boss of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. In this form, Fawful has greater powers and an altered appearance, featuring red glasses, a cloak that resembles the one worn by his old mistress, [[Cackletta]], and his [[Vacuum Helmet]] that seemingly has a life of its own.


==''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''==
While his battle in the original game uses the standard boss battle theme, in the remake, Dark Fawful has his own battle theme, which is a slower arrangement of "Fawful and Cackletta", the battle theme heard during the first fight with Cackletta from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''.
[[File:DarkFawfulRadar.jpg|left|thumb|Fawful shows off his Headgear and Dark Star detector.]]
 
Fawful transforms into Dark Fawful after stealing the [[Dark Star]] and absorbing some of its power, which increases his own powers. After [[Bowser]] defeats [[Super Peach's Castle]], Fawful quickly engages him in battle, which takes place in the same area [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] fought Bowser during the first tutorial battle.
==History==
[[File:FawfulabsorbDarkstar.png|thumb|left|Fawful transforming into Dark Fawful by absorbing the Dark Star's power.]]
After stealing the [[Dark Star]] from [[Toad Town Caves]] and taking over [[Peach's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Peach's Castle]], Fawful and [[Midbus]] oversee the evil artifact's awakening, using [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s power to break the seal. However, [[Bowser]] manages to enter the castle and reach the room where the two are at. After defeating the newly-powered [[Blizzard Midbus]], the Dark Star awakens, and Fawful uses his [[Vacuum Helmet|headgear]] to absorb its power, transforming into Dark Fawful. Before he could absorb all its power, Bowser [[punch]]es him away.
 
[[File:FawfulsearchDarkStar.png|thumb|Dark Fawful searching for the Dark Star.]]
Later on, after following the incomplete [[Dark Bowser]] into [[Peach's Castle Garden]], Bowser meets up with Dark Fawful. He sends out the Fawfulized [[Super Peach's Castle of Fury]] after Bowser, whom the latter defeats after [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] [[Rump Command|help him to become]] [[Super Bowser|giant]] to battle the castle, returning it to normal. The next time Bowser encounters Dark Fawful is when he is searching for the Dark Star so he can absorb the rest of its power. He corners him in the [[Conference Hall]]; the place where he first fought Mario back in the beginning of the game. Having enough of Bowser's meddling, Dark Fawful fights Bowser, but is defeated.
 
[[File:Dark Star Core fleeing.png|thumb|left|Dark Fawful, as a insectoid blob, fleeing from Bowser.]]
After the battle, Dark Fawful sustains too much damage and turns into a small insectoid-like blob creature. He flees the hall, though he is inhaled by Dark Bowser shortly afterwards, completing him. It is assumed that he merged with the Dark Star within Dark Bowser's body to turn into the [[Dark Star Core]]. During the final battle between the two Bowsers, the Dark Star Core helps Dark Bowser out by fully recovering and turning him giant once Bowser reduces his health to zero, though it is spat out of his body once Bowser punches his stomach. Bowser inhales the Dark Star Core, forcing Mario and Luigi to battle it, destroying its legs in order to attack its weak point; the Dark Star itself.
 
[[File:Darkfawfulexplode.png|thumb|Dark Fawful before he explodes inside Bowser's body.]]
Once the Dark Star is defeated, it explodes and leaves Dark Bowser unstable, giving Bowser the opportunity to defeat him, returning the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] back to normal. Meanwhile, Fawful is shown to have survived, albeit very weakened. As a last ditch effort to destroy Mario and Luigi, Fawful feigns accepting defeat and explodes inside [[Bowser's body]] with a wide grin on his face. However, the explosion reverses the effects of the [[Vacuum Shroom]] and actually frees both brothers, [[Starlow]], [[Toadsworth]], [[Toadbert]] and many other [[Toad (species)|Toads]] from his body.
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==Battle==
==Battle==
[[File:DarkFawful.gif|frame]]
{{multiple image
While he is fighting Bowser, he has many abilities. While he has his Vacuum Helmet, he can attach himself to the chandelier on the ceiling and swing himself at Bowser. While he swings at Bowser clockwise, he will need to [[punch]] him away. If he swings counterclockwise, Bowser will need to duck. His headgear can also heal him for 300 [[Heart Point|HP]] and can't be attacked by Bowser normally. Another one of Dark Fawful's attacks is using a ray gun to fire a beam at Bowser. The [[player]] will need to carefully take a glance at it in order to decide if they need to duck or punch it. If one of the stars is bigger than the others, then Bowser will need to punch the beam. If not, then they need to duck. Dark Fawful can also open up four portals and toss a ball of dark aura into them. If he tosses it into the left one, Bowser will need to block it with his shell. If he tosses it through the right portal, he will need to punch it.
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Dark Fawful's attacks vary slightly depending on whether or not Dark Fawful has been severely damaged and/or whether his headgear is still present.
 
The headgear will move Dark Fawful out of the way of Bowser's punch and fire attacks, and will regularly heal Dark Fawful for 300 HP, until it detaches itself from Dark Fawful. After the headgear detaches itself off Fawful, Bowser can choose to inhale it, allowing Mario and Luigi to fight it.
 
[[File:BowsersbattleDarkFawful.png|left|thumb|200px|Dark Fawful attacking Bowser with energy balls.]]
One of Fawful's attacks is to have his headgear grab the chandelier and swing at Bowser, which can be countered by punching Dark Fawful multiple times. After punching him several times, Dark Fawful will swing back behind Bowser in an attempt to ram him, forcing Bowser to duck.  
 
Dark Fawful can use his ray gun to create an array of stars in a ring formation, with one star being a red one instead of purple. This star will then turn into the same as the other stars, and lower down to the point Bowser has to duck. Bowser must punch the correct star to blow all the others up and avoid taking damage.
 
Another attack involves Dark Fawful flying to the top of the screen and creating four portals - one on his left and right, one above Bowser, and another one next to Bowser. Dark Fawful will then proceed to toss energy balls through the portals: if he shoots a ball through the portal on his left, Bowser will have to duck, and if he shoots it through the portal on his right, Bowser has to punch the ball. Later in the battle, Fawful may switch the portals next to him around.  
 
The final attack involves Fawful spawning four orbs to surround him. Bowser has to time his punches and punch [[Goomba]]s through the gaps in the orbs to stop the attack. Hitting one of the dark orbs causes the Goomba to fling back at Bowser, and failure to repel the attack will cause all of the orbs to attack Bowser. Later on, Fawful will spawn an extra orb that moves vertically. The star, energy ball and orb attacks may cause Bowser the [[DEF-Down]] status effect.
 
Bowser can use his special attacks on the Vaccum Helmet as well. If Bowser's power is high enough, Dark Fawful can be defeated without his headgear being inhaled. After he is defeated, the [[Vacuum Helmet]] will run away.
 
In the remake, Dark Fawful's chandelier attack is replaced with a speedier attack; he will swoop at Bowser, who must punch him out of the way. Dark Fawful will zoom in from the back, to which Bowser must duck, and finally zoom in from the front again, to which Bowser must punch once more. Dark Fawful's Vaccum Helmet also heals him for 500 HP instead of 300 each turn.
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==Statistics==
===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''===
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[[File:EnergyBall.gif|left|thumb|Fawful prepares to use his Energy Ball attack.]]
===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
If Dark Fawful switches the portals adjacent to him around, then Bowser will need to do the opposite. If he surrounds himself with multiple balls of dark energy, Bowser will need to quickly punch [[Goomba]]s at him, or he will take massive damage from the attack. However, he can do significant damage to Dark Fawful while doing this. After Bowser inhales his Vacuum Helmet, it will attack the Mario Brothers. First it will steal either their Item blocks or Special blocks (preventing them from using items or special attacks) and then trap one of the bros. in a strange device, then swing the device at the other bro. The freed brother will need to jump on the device to free the trapped brother or he will steadily take damage. It can also pump energy balls to shoot at the Mario Bros.. It changes color while it is doing this to determine what brothers it will attack in succession. Fortunately, if they do enough damage to the Vacuum Helmet, it will give them their item commands back.
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Fawful|image=[[File:Dark Fawful MLBISBJJ.gif]]|align=horizontal}}


After being defeated, Dark Fawful will become unstable, yet soon combines with the incomplete [[Dark Bowser]] and becomes the [[Dark Star Core]], which must be battled as a final Boss.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
MLBISDarkFawfulNoVaccum.png|Dark Fawful without the Vacuum Helmet
Fawful Dark.png|Dark Fawful wearing the Vacuum Helmet
DarkFawful.gif|Dark Fawful before battle
Fawful bug MaLBIS.png|Dark Fawful's bug form
MLBISBJJDarkFawful.png|Dark Fawful without his Vacuum Helmet in the [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|remake]]
MLBISBJJDarkFawfulHeadgear.png|Dark Fawful wearing his Vacuum Helmet in the remake
DarkFawfulDX.gif|Dark Fawful before battle in the remake
Fawful transformation to bug.gif|Dark Fawful's bug form in the remake
</gallery>


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ダークゲラコビッツ
|Jap=ダークゲラコビッツ
|JapR=Dāku Gerakobittsu
|JapR=Dāku Gerakobittsu
|JapM=Dark Gerakobits; "Gerakobits" being the Japanese name of Fawful.
|JapM=Dark Fawful
|SpaA=Fawful Oscuro
|SpaA=Fawful Oscuro
|SpaAM=Dark Fawful
|SpaAM=Dark Fawful
|SpaE=Grácovitz Oscuro
|SpaE=Grácovitz Oscuro<br>Núcleovitz
|SpaEM=Dark Fawful
|SpaEM=Dark Fawful<br>"Coreful" (Bug form) Combination between Nucleo (Core) and Grácovitz, Fawful's Spanish name.
|Ita=Sogghigno Oscuro
|Ita=Sogghigno Oscuro
|ItaM=Dark Fawful
|ItaM=Dark Fawful
|FraA=Faffreux Noir
|FreA=Faffreux Noir
|FraAM=Dark Fawful
|FreAM=Black Fawful
|FraE=Gracowitz Noir
|FreE=Gracowitz Noir
|FraEM=Dark Fawful
|FreEM=Black Fawful
|Ger=Finster Krankfried
|Ger=Finster-Krankfried
|GerM=Dark Fawful}}
|GerM=Dark Fawful
|Por=Fawful Sombrio
|PorM=Dark Fawful
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*When Dark Fawful attacks with dark energy balls, his pose looks very similar to his second form from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
*The song that Dark Fawful sings in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' before his battle against Bowser is a parody of the [[wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]] theme song.
*During the battle, one of Dark Fawful's attacks is shooting multiple stars that move circularly around the room until counterattacked. This move is similar to the move [[Princess Shroob]] uses after passing her half-way mark in her Max HP, but Princess Shroob creates just one star-like attack, while Dark Fawful creates multiple from his ray gun.
*During the battle, one of Dark Fawful's attacks is shooting multiple stars that move circularly around the room until counterattacked. This move is similar to the move [[Princess Shroob]] uses after passing her half-way mark in her Max HP, but Princess Shroob creates just one star-like attack, while Dark Fawful creates multiple from his ray gun.
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*Immediately before the battle begins, Dark Fawful refers to Bowser as a "fink-rat", the same insult he uses towards Mario and Luigi during his first boss battle in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.
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Latest revision as of 09:07, August 10, 2024

Dark Fawful
Dark Fawful's overworld sprite from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Overworld sprite of Dark Fawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Species Beanish
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Bowser! Meet... Fury of Fawful!”
Dark Fawful, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Dark Fawful is the revamped form Fawful takes after absorbing half of the Dark Star's power, who is the penultimate boss of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. In this form, Fawful has greater powers and an altered appearance, featuring red glasses, a cloak that resembles the one worn by his old mistress, Cackletta, and his Vacuum Helmet that seemingly has a life of its own.

While his battle in the original game uses the standard boss battle theme, in the remake, Dark Fawful has his own battle theme, which is a slower arrangement of "Fawful and Cackletta", the battle theme heard during the first fight with Cackletta from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.

History[edit]

Fawful absorbing the power of the Dark Star.
Fawful transforming into Dark Fawful by absorbing the Dark Star's power.

After stealing the Dark Star from Toad Town Caves and taking over Peach's Castle, Fawful and Midbus oversee the evil artifact's awakening, using Peach's power to break the seal. However, Bowser manages to enter the castle and reach the room where the two are at. After defeating the newly-powered Blizzard Midbus, the Dark Star awakens, and Fawful uses his headgear to absorb its power, transforming into Dark Fawful. Before he could absorb all its power, Bowser punches him away.

Dark Fawful looking for the Dark Star.
Dark Fawful searching for the Dark Star.

Later on, after following the incomplete Dark Bowser into Peach's Castle Garden, Bowser meets up with Dark Fawful. He sends out the Fawfulized Super Peach's Castle of Fury after Bowser, whom the latter defeats after Mario and Luigi help him to become giant to battle the castle, returning it to normal. The next time Bowser encounters Dark Fawful is when he is searching for the Dark Star so he can absorb the rest of its power. He corners him in the Conference Hall; the place where he first fought Mario back in the beginning of the game. Having enough of Bowser's meddling, Dark Fawful fights Bowser, but is defeated.

Dark Fawful, now a ball of dark energy, fleeing from Bowser in Peach's Castle.
Dark Fawful, as a insectoid blob, fleeing from Bowser.

After the battle, Dark Fawful sustains too much damage and turns into a small insectoid-like blob creature. He flees the hall, though he is inhaled by Dark Bowser shortly afterwards, completing him. It is assumed that he merged with the Dark Star within Dark Bowser's body to turn into the Dark Star Core. During the final battle between the two Bowsers, the Dark Star Core helps Dark Bowser out by fully recovering and turning him giant once Bowser reduces his health to zero, though it is spat out of his body once Bowser punches his stomach. Bowser inhales the Dark Star Core, forcing Mario and Luigi to battle it, destroying its legs in order to attack its weak point; the Dark Star itself.

Dark Fawful right before he explodes inside Bowser's body.
Dark Fawful before he explodes inside Bowser's body.

Once the Dark Star is defeated, it explodes and leaves Dark Bowser unstable, giving Bowser the opportunity to defeat him, returning the Mushroom Kingdom back to normal. Meanwhile, Fawful is shown to have survived, albeit very weakened. As a last ditch effort to destroy Mario and Luigi, Fawful feigns accepting defeat and explodes inside Bowser's body with a wide grin on his face. However, the explosion reverses the effects of the Vacuum Shroom and actually frees both brothers, Starlow, Toadsworth, Toadbert and many other Toads from his body.

Battle[edit]

Dark Fawful's attacks vary slightly depending on whether or not Dark Fawful has been severely damaged and/or whether his headgear is still present.

The headgear will move Dark Fawful out of the way of Bowser's punch and fire attacks, and will regularly heal Dark Fawful for 300 HP, until it detaches itself from Dark Fawful. After the headgear detaches itself off Fawful, Bowser can choose to inhale it, allowing Mario and Luigi to fight it.

Bowser fighting Dark Fawful
Dark Fawful attacking Bowser with energy balls.

One of Fawful's attacks is to have his headgear grab the chandelier and swing at Bowser, which can be countered by punching Dark Fawful multiple times. After punching him several times, Dark Fawful will swing back behind Bowser in an attempt to ram him, forcing Bowser to duck.

Dark Fawful can use his ray gun to create an array of stars in a ring formation, with one star being a red one instead of purple. This star will then turn into the same as the other stars, and lower down to the point Bowser has to duck. Bowser must punch the correct star to blow all the others up and avoid taking damage.

Another attack involves Dark Fawful flying to the top of the screen and creating four portals - one on his left and right, one above Bowser, and another one next to Bowser. Dark Fawful will then proceed to toss energy balls through the portals: if he shoots a ball through the portal on his left, Bowser will have to duck, and if he shoots it through the portal on his right, Bowser has to punch the ball. Later in the battle, Fawful may switch the portals next to him around.

The final attack involves Fawful spawning four orbs to surround him. Bowser has to time his punches and punch Goombas through the gaps in the orbs to stop the attack. Hitting one of the dark orbs causes the Goomba to fling back at Bowser, and failure to repel the attack will cause all of the orbs to attack Bowser. Later on, Fawful will spawn an extra orb that moves vertically. The star, energy ball and orb attacks may cause Bowser the DEF-Down status effect.

Bowser can use his special attacks on the Vaccum Helmet as well. If Bowser's power is high enough, Dark Fawful can be defeated without his headgear being inhaled. After he is defeated, the Vacuum Helmet will run away.

In the remake, Dark Fawful's chandelier attack is replaced with a speedier attack; he will swoop at Bowser, who must punch him out of the way. Dark Fawful will zoom in from the back, to which Bowser must duck, and finally zoom in from the front again, to which Bowser must punch once more. Dark Fawful's Vaccum Helmet also heals him for 500 HP instead of 300 each turn.

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Dark Fawful
DarkFawfulbattle.gif HP 1,736 (2,604) POW 334 (835) DEF 184 (276) SPEED 48 (72)
Coins 1,600 (2,400) Level 33 Fire Normal Burn? Immune
Role Boss Battled by Bowser Location(s) Peach's Castle Dizzy? Immune
Stat down? Half KO? Immune Experience 7,500 Item drop Star Candy - 90.0%
Lucky Charm - 10.0%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Dark Fawful
Dark Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 2280 POW 350 DEF 362 SPEED 48 Experience 7500
Fire Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Bowser Coins 1600
Burn Immune Dizzy Immune Stat down 0,5x Speed down 0,5x Item drop None - 0%
Luck Charm - 100%
Level           31 Location(s) Peach's Castle

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ダークゲラコビッツ[?]
Dāku Gerakobittsu
Dark Fawful
French (NOA) Faffreux Noir[?] Black Fawful
French (NOE) Gracowitz Noir[?] Black Fawful
German Finster-Krankfried[?] Dark Fawful
Italian Sogghigno Oscuro[?] Dark Fawful
Portuguese Fawful Sombrio[?] Dark Fawful
Spanish (NOA) Fawful Oscuro[?] Dark Fawful
Spanish (NOE) Grácovitz Oscuro
Núcleovitz
[?]
Dark Fawful
"Coreful" (Bug form) Combination between Nucleo (Core) and Grácovitz, Fawful's Spanish name.

Trivia[edit]

  • During the battle, one of Dark Fawful's attacks is shooting multiple stars that move circularly around the room until counterattacked. This move is similar to the move Princess Shroob uses after passing her half-way mark in her Max HP, but Princess Shroob creates just one star-like attack, while Dark Fawful creates multiple from his ray gun.
  • Immediately before the battle begins, Dark Fawful refers to Bowser as a "fink-rat", the same insult he uses towards Mario and Luigi during his first boss battle in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.