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{{articleabout|the character who first appeared in ''Paper Mario''|the [[Special Moves|special move]] used by [[Link]] in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series|[[Hero's Bow|here]]}}
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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Bow.png|150px]]<br> Bow as she appears in ''[[Paper Mario]]''  
|image=[[File:Bow.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Paper Mario]]''
|full_name=Lady Bow
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|first_appearance=[[Paper Mario{{!}}''Paper Mario'']] ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=[[Boo]]
|species=[[Boo]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]) ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|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]])
}}
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{{LLQuote|[[Mario|You]] would have had to fight [[Tubba Blubba]] to save [[Skolar|this Star Spirit]] anyway, right?|Lady Bow|[[Paper Mario]]}}
{{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".


'''Lady Bow''' is the leader of the [[Boo]]s of [[Boo's Mansion]] 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. She 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. Outside of battle, she can turn Mario invisible, protecting him from enemy attacks. However, Mario cannot move while in this state.
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==
==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:LadyBowPortraitPM.png|thumb|left|Lady Bow's portrait in ''Paper Mario'']]
[[File:Lady Bow Sprite.png|frame|left]]
Bow joins [[Mario]] after he solves the puzzles of Boo Mansion. The main reason that she joins him at first is because she needs him to help stop the ghost-eating boss [[Tubba Blubba]]. Bow, who was holding [[Skolar]] prisoner, agreed to give him to Mario if he helped her. 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 ''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 [[List of Toad Town News in Paper Mario#After Mario gets Storeroom Key back|a scribble]] by a [[Boo]] from [[Boo's Mansion]], who is crazy about Bow and thinks she is arrogant and headstrong. 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]].
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>
PM Bow and Bootler.png|Lady Bow and Bootler
LadyBowPortraitPM.png|Lady Bow's portrait
</gallery>
{{br}}


====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:BowBootlerPoshleySanctum.PNG|thumb|right|250px|Bow and [[Bootler]] at the [[Poshley Sanctum]].]]
[[File:Lady Bow PM2.png|thumb|left|Lady Bow's sprite in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']]
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 and friends save the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. She is quite glad to see Mario again but her snooty personality hasn't changed a bit. Earlier in Mario's adventure, a young [[Toad (species)|Toad]] from [[Petalburg]] called Bow "the cutest Boo OF ALL TIME!!!"
[[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!!!"
{{br}}


=====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?''"
{{br|left}}
====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
[[File:SPM Francisroomright.png|thumb|left|The poster of Bow from ''Super Paper Mario]]''
[[File:SPM Francisroomright.png|thumb|left|The poster of Bow from ''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'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.
[[File:LadyBow-SPM.png|thumb|Lady Bow's unused graphics in ''Super Paper Mario'']]
[[File:LadyBow-SPM.png|frame|right|'''Lady Bow's''' beta sprite, from ''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.
{{br|left}}
{{br|left}}


===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
===''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 only be used by [[Princess Peach]] and [[Princess Zelda]].
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>


==Attacks==
These are Lady Bow's attacks and stats:
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!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
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|-
|-
|[[Smack]]
|[[Smack]]
|None
|None
|Smacks an enemy up to 4, 5 or 6 times.
|Smacks an enemy multiple times.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Initial
|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]]
|[[Outta Sight]]
|2
|2
|Makes Mario invulnerable to attacks. Outside of battle, she can use this attack to hide Mario from danger.
|Makes Mario and Bow invulnerable to attacks for the turn. Bow won't be able to move the next turn.
|None
|None
|Initial
|N/A
|Base Rank
|-
|-
|[[Spook (move)|Spook]]
|[[Spook (move)|Spook]]
|3
|3
|Scares enemies away from battlefield.
|Scares enemies away from the battlefield.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|N/A
|Super Rank
|Super Rank
|-
|-
|[[Fan Smack]]
|[[Fan Smack]]
|5
|5
|Smacks an enemy 5 times with her fan.
|Smacks an enemy multiple times with a fan.
|Repeatedly {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Repeatedly tilt {{button|n64|Stickleft}} to fill the gauge.
|Ultra Rank: 5 hits of 2 damage
|Ultra Rank
|Ultra Rank
|}
|}


==[[Catch Card]]==
Note that the Action Command has to be executed perfectly to get the indicated amount of hits on the smacks.
[[File:BowCard.png|thumb|75px|Bow's Catch Card.]]
 
===''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 Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' This is Mario's goody buddy Bow from Paper Mario. The mistress of Boo's Mansion slapped foes with panache!
*'''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==
==Quotes==
===''Paper Mario''===
===''Paper Mario''===
{{main|List of quotes in Paper Mario#Lady Bow}}
{{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''===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{{main|List of quotes in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Lady Bow}}
{{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."''


==Sticker information==
==Gallery==
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|-
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]]''
!width=120px|Image!!|Game!!|Effect
PMTTYDNS Lady Bow.jpg|Lady Bow in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|-
</gallery>
|[[Image:Bow.png|100x100px]]
|''Paper Mario''
|[Magic] - Attack +7
|-
|}


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=レサレサ
|Jap=レサレサ
|JapR=Resaresa
|JapR=Resaresa
|JapM=Lisalisa. Pun on ''Lisa'' and ''Teresa'' (the Japanese name of the ''Boo'' species)
|JapM=Based on「テレサ」(''Teresa'', "[[Boo]]"); 「レ」is also probably from「レディー」(''redī'', "lady")
|Spa=Señora Bow
|Chi=咻咻
|SpaM=Lady Bow
|ChiN=''Paper Mario''
|Fra=Dame Bouh
|ChiR=Xiūxiū
|FraM=Lady ''Boo'' (not referring to the species)
|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
|Ger=Lady Buu
|GerM=From ''Buu Huu'', the German name for the Boo species.
|GerM=From ''Buu Huu'', the German name for the Boo species
|Por=Senhorita Bow
|Ita=Lady Boo
|PorM=Lady Bow
|Kor=천방부끄
|KorR=Cheonbangbukkeu
|KorM=Probably from "천방지축" (''cheonbangjichuk'', "recklessly") and "부끄부끄" (''Bukkeubukkeu'', "Boo")
|SpaA=Doña Moños
|SpaAM=Lady Bows
|SpaE=Bow
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
{{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]].
*Bow's 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".
*Lady Bow is the only partner in ''Paper Mario'' that is not able to be tattled besides Goombario himself.
*Lady Bow is one of only two partners from ''Paper Mario'' (the other being [[Parakarry]]) to make a cameo appearance in at least two of the ''Paper Mario'' sequels.
 
*During the ending of ''Paper Mario'', Bow is mistakenly referred to as "'''Lady Boo'''" when Mario reads the back of the news board in Toad Town.
==References==
*Bow is the only character in ''Paper Mario'' 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]].
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"Bow" redirects here. For other uses, see Bow (disambiguation).
Lady Bow
Lady Bow
Artwork from Paper Mario
Species Boo
First appearance Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“But what a nice surprise to see you! Feel free to be overwhelmed by my beauty.”
—Lady Bow, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Lady Bow is the leader of the Boos 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[edit]

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Lady Bow from 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 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 notice board in Toad Town after the defeat of Bowser.

Lady Bow receives two letters at the Toad Town Post Office: one from Bootler wishing her safe, and the other one from the Boos 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. 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.

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

  • Lady Bow and Bootler

    Lady Bow and Bootler

  • Lady Bow's portrait

    Lady Bow's portrait

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Lady Bow's sprite in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Bow and Bootler
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 from Petalburg called Bow "the cutest Boo OF ALL TIME!!!"

Super Paper Mario[edit]

The poster of Bow from Super Paper Mario

An unused image of Lady Bow, for Super Paper Mario.
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'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.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl she appears as a Sticker that raises magic attack power by eight. It can be used only by Peach and Zelda.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

  • In-game bio: Bow is a princess of a Boo who has a castle in Forever Forest. Press Down C Button to make the team invisible so it can elude attack. Her specialty is slapping the sense into enemies.
  • 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.[1]

These are Lady Bow's attacks and stats:

Attack Flower Points Needed Effect Action Command Attack Power Move Ranks
Smack None Smacks an enemy multiple times. Repeatedly tilt Control Stick left to fill the gauge. Base Rank: 4 hits of 1 damage
Super Rank: 5 hits of 1 damage
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 3 Scares enemies away from the battlefield. Repeatedly tilt Control Stick left to fill the gauge. N/A Super Rank
Fan Smack 5 Smacks an enemy multiple times with a fan. Repeatedly tilt Control Stick left 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[edit]

  • 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 adventure with her, right? Tell me about it sometime, OK?
    • In the Switch version, "her?!?" is simply changed to "her?!".

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Catch Card
The Catch Card of Bow from Super Paper Mario
  • 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[edit]

Sticker
Bow
Bow Sticker
Artwork from: Paper Mario
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Magic] - Attack +7
Usable by: Peach, Zelda

Quotes[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Main article: 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[edit]

Main article: 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[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese レサレサ[?]
Resaresa 		Based on「テレサ」(Teresa, "Boo"); 「レ」is also probably from「レディー」(redī, "lady")
Chinese 咻咻[?]
Xiūxiū 		From「嘘嘘鬼」(Xūxū Guǐ, "Boo") Paper Mario
羞羞[?]
Xiūxiū 		From「害羞幽灵」(Hàixiū Yōulíng, "Boo") The Thousand-Year Door remake
French Dame Bouh[?] Lady Boo (not referring to the species)
German Lady Buu[?] From Buu Huu, the German name for the Boo species
Italian Lady Boo[?] -
Korean 천방부끄[?]
Cheonbangbukkeu 		Probably from "천방지축" (cheonbangjichuk, "recklessly") and "부끄부끄" (Bukkeubukkeu, "Boo")
Spanish (NOA) Doña Moños[?] Lady Bows
Spanish (NOE) Bow[?] -

Trivia[edit]

  • In a demo movie after the title screen for Paper Mario (before pressing START Button), 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[edit]

  1. ^ Averill, Alan, Jason Leung, and Jennifer Villarreal (2001). Paper Mario Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-07-0. Page 14.
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Boos
Characters Big Boo • Bigger Boo • Boo (Mario Party 4) • Boo (The Trial Course) • Boo (Three Musty Fears) • Boo Mario • Boo Stack • Boolossus • Boos in Luigi's Mansion • Boos in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon • Boos in Luigi's Mansion 3 • Bootler • Captain Boo • Franky • Herbert • Igor • King Boo • Lady Bow • Lahla • Papercraft King Boo • Peeka • Phantom • Spooky Speedster • Stanley • The Creepy Steeple Boo
Species Balloon Boo • Big Boo • Big Frame Boo • Big & Little Boo • Blindfold Boo • Block Boo • Bomb Boo • Boo • Boo 10-Stack • Boo Balloon • Boo Buddies • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Boo Guy • Boohemoth • Broozer • C. Fishing Boo • Dark Boo • Dark Dark Boo • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Eerie • Fishing Boo • Frame Boo • Ghost Goomba • Gold Big Boo • Gold Boo • Hammer Knight • High Boo • Jelly Ghost • Mad Big Boo • Mad Boo • Mega Boo • Mini Boo • Octoboo • Paper Boo • Paper Broozer • Paper Macho Boo • Peepa • Red Boo • Sleepy Boo • Stretch • Tail Boo
Related items Boo Ball • Boo Bell • Boo Mushroom • Boo Radar • Boo Repellant • Boo-Away Orb • Boo-ray Machine • Boo's Sheet • Pink Boo Orb • Peepa Bell
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Paper Mario
Main characters Mario • Princess Peach • Twink • Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Goombario • Kooper • Bombette • Parakarry • Lady Bow • Watt • Sushie • Lakilester
Species Baby Yoshi • Bellbell Plant • Boo • Bub-ulb • Bulb Bush • Candy Cane • Cymbal Bush • Doogan • Dryite • Flower Spirit • Heart Plant • Li'l Oink • Munchlesia • Ninji • Nomadimouse • Penguin • Raven • Sentinel • Snowman • Spinning Flower • Star Kid • Toad • Trumpet Plant • Yoshi
Minor characters Albino Dino • Bootler • Bruce • Bubble Plant • Chet Rippo • Chuck Quizmo • Club 64 bartender • Dane T. • DJ Toad • Fearsome 5 • Fice T. • Fishmael • Flight • Franky • Frost T. • Gooma • Goomama • Goombaria • Goompa • Goompapa • Gourmet Guy • Great Gossip Trio • Guard Door • Harry • Herbert • Herringway • Igor • King Mousta • Kolorado • Kolorado's wife • Koopa Koot • Kooper's mother • Koover • Lakilulu • Lily • Little Mouser • Little T. • Luigi • Madam Merlar • Master Poet • Mayor Penguin • Mayor Penguin's wife • Merle • Merlee • Merlon • Merlow • Merluvlee • Minh T. • Mini T. • Mort T. • Moustafa • Mr. E • Mr. Hammer • Muss T. • Nomadimouse • Oaklie • Penguin patrol • Petunia • Pop Diva • Posie • Postmaster • Rangers • Raphael the Raven • Rhuff • Rip Cheato • Rosie • Rowf • Russ T. • Sashimie • Spiky John • Spiky Tom • Spiny Tromp • Stanley • Sun • Tayce T. • Three Beautiful Sisters • Toad in the Desert • Toad Minister • Tolielip • Trading Event Toad • Vanna T. • Village Leader • Watt's mother • Whacka • Whale • Whirlwind • Wise Wisterwood • Yakkey
Chapters Opening • A Plea From the Stars • Storming Koopa Bros. Fortress • The Mystery of Dry, Dry Ruins • The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba • Trials in the Toy Box • Hot, Hot Times on Lavalava Island • Dark Days in Flower Fields • A Star Spirit on Ice • A Star-Powered Showdown
Star Spirits Eldstar • Mamar • Skolar • Muskular • Misstar • Klevar • Kalmar
Bosses Bill Blaster • Blooper (Baby · Electro · Super) • Bowser • Bowser??? • Buzzar • Chomp (Stone) • Crystal King (Bit) • Fuzzipede • Fuzzy • Goomba (Bros. · King) • Koopa Troopa (Bros. · Jr. · Kent C.) • Lakilester • Magikoopa (Kammy Koopa) • Monstar • Piranha Plant (Lava · Lava Bud · Petit) • Ruff Puff (Huff N. · Tuff) • Shy Guy (Anti · Big Lantern Ghost · General · Squad · Stack · Stilt) • The Master • Tubba Blubba (Tubba's Heart) • Tutankoopa
Enemies B. Bill Blaster • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Bony · Chan · Spike Top) • Bzzap! • Cleft (Hyper) • Clubba (White) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Duplighost (Lee) • Fuzzy (Forest · Jungle) • Goomba (Gloomba · Hyper · Paragoomba (Hyper · Paragloomba) · Spiked (Gloomba)) • Gulpit • Hammer Bro • Hurt Plant • Koopa Troopa (Dark · Dry Bones · Paratroopa · Koopatrol) • Lakitu • Lava Bubble (Ember) • M. Bush • Magikoopa (Gray · Green · Red · White · Yellow) • Monty Mole (Flower Fields) • Piranha Plant (Frost · Putrid) • Pokey (Mummy) • Ruff Puff • Shy Guy (Bandit · Groove · Medi · Pyro · Sky · Spear · Spy) • Spiny • Swooper (Swoopula)
Locations Boo's Mansion • Boo's Shop • Bowser's Castle • Cloudy Climb • Club 64 • Crystal Palace • Dry Dry Desert • Dry Dry Outpost • Dry Dry Railroad • Dry Dry Ruins • Flower Fields • Forever Forest • Goomba King's Fortress • Goomba Road • Goomba Village • Gusty Gulch • Harry's Shop • Item Shop • Jade Jungle • Koopa Bros. Fortress • Koopa Village • Koopa's Shop • Lavalava Island • Little Mouser's Shop • Mario's House • Mt. Lavalava • Mt. Rugged • Princess Peach's room • Peach's Castle • Playroom • Pleasant Path • Shiver City • Shiver Mountain • Shiver Region • Shiver Shop • Shiver Snowfield • Shooting Star Summit • Shroom Grocery • Shy Guy's Toy Box • Starborn Valley • Star Haven • Star Haven Shop • Star Way • Storehouse • Sun Tower • Toad House • Toad Town • Toad Town Dojo • Toad Town Post Office • Toad Town Tunnels • Tubba Blubba's Castle • Windy Mill • Yoshi's Cabana • Yoshi's Village
Moves Action command • Air Lift • Air Raid • Belly Flop • Body Slam • Bomb • Charge • Chill Out • Cloud Nine • Dash • Dizzy Shell • Electro Dash • Fan Smack • Fire Shell • First Strike • Focus • Ground Pound • Guard • Headbonk • Hurricane • Jump • Lullaby • Mega Bomb • Mega Shock • Multibonk • Outta Sight • Peach Beam • Power Bomb • Power Shell • Power Shock • Refresh • Run Away • Shell Shot • Shell Toss • Sky Dive • Smack • Smooch • Spin Dash • Spiny Flip • Spiny Surge • Spook • Squirt • Star Beam • Star Storm • Tattle • Tidal Wave • Time Out • Turbo Charge • Up & Away • Water Block
Stats / statuses Badge Point • Charged • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Electrified • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Immobilized • Injured • Invisible • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Sleep • Star Point • Star Power • Stone • Tiny
Objects Badge • Beehive • Brick block • Bubble • Chain • Chomp Rock • Coin • Fire Bar • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Jack-in-the-box • K64 • Koopa Clown Car • Lakitu's Cloud • Metal Block • Power Platform • Puff Puff Machine • Recovery block • Save Block • Slot Machine • Star Ship • Stilts • Stone Block • Super Block • Switch • Treasure chest (Mysterious) • Warp Pipe • Wooden box • Wooden dock • Yellow Block
Miscellaneous 64th Trivia Quiz-Off • Badges • Bestiary • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Gallery • Glitches • Jump Attack • Letters • Luigi's Diary • Media • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Selling prices • Shops • Smash Attack • Soundtrack • Staff • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tayce T. recipes • Toad Town News • Trading Events • Treasure Chest locations • Unnamed NPCs (By location: A–S · T–Z)
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Blooey • The Bob-omb Squad • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Ultra Hammer • Veil
Objects Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Art Gallerya • Badges • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Flash game • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Goldbobbington's • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Clan • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Parade • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Stump Petuni • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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