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| {{merge to|Big Cheep Cheep}}
| | '''Boss Bass''' may refer to: |
| {{about|the man-eating fish from [[Super Mario Bros. 3]]|the similar enemy also known as Boss Bass in [[Yoshi's Island DS]]|[[Cheep Chomp]]}}
| | *[[Big Cheep Cheep]], originally known in English as Boss Bass and [[Big Bertha]]. |
| {{redirect|Big Bertha|the character from the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros. film]]|[[Big Bertha (film character)]]|the [[Blaster]] from [[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]|[[Big Bertha (Blaster)]]}}
| | *[[Cheep Chomp]], known as Boss Bass in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. |
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| |image=[[File:BossBass SMB3.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', featuring [[Mario]] and a [[Baby Cheep]]
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| |parent_species=[[Cheep Cheep]]
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| |derived_species=[[Cheep Chomp]]<br>[[Porcupuffer]]
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| |related=[[Baby Cheep]]<br>[[Big Cheep Cheep]]<br>[[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Blurp (''Yoshi's Story'')]]<br>[[Spike Bass]]
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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| }}
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| A '''Boss Bass'''<ref>"''Even if Mario is Super, Boss Bass, the terror of the high seas, can swallow him whole.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 8.</ref> (also called '''Big Bass'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 21.</ref>) is a giant [[Cheep Cheep]] that often patrols the surface of the water. It is also found underwater,<ref>「水面を移動し、ジャンプして<span class="explain" title="おそ">襲</span>いかかってくる。水中にいることもある。」 (''Moving along the water surface, it jumps to attack. It also exists underwater.'') - Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section, page 36.</ref> where it is called '''Big Bertha'''.<ref>"''This giant fish is a mouth breeder, so it spits babies out of its mouth at Mario.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 9.</ref> Boss Basses and Big Berthas are the original "giant" counterpart to the jumping and swimming Cheep Cheeps, respectively, though this role is currently held by [[Big Cheep Cheep]], which is only found swimming in most platforming games. Their voracious nature is given to [[Cheep Chomp]], another occasional giant counterpart to Cheep Cheeps, which was redesigned to resemble Boss Bass in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' and even has the same behavior and English name as Boss Bass in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. Normal Cheep Cheeps are given a similar behavior in some early ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' games and the ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'' iteration of ''[[Parachute]]''.
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| ==History==
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| ===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
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| [[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|thumb|left|A Boss Bass in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'']]
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| In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the Boss Bass quickly swims along the water's surface in [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|Worlds 3-3]] and [[World 3-8 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|3-8]], trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It defeats Mario instantly in one gulp regardless of his form. In both of the stages it appears in, the water level rises and sinks, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks, shells, [[hammer]]s, and [[fireball]]s at the Boss Bass can defeat it, as well as tail attacks and using a [[Super Star|Starman]], but it eventually comes back. However, in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if the player has turned on [[Orange Switch|the e-Reader card]] that makes enemies hit by [[fireball]]s turn into [[coin]]s, and the player successfully hits the Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, the Boss Bass does not return for the rest of the level.
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| The passive Big Bertha is found swimming back and forth underwater in [[World 3-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|Worlds 3-5]], [[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|4-1]], [[World 6-9 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|6-9]], and [[World 7-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|7-4]], carrying [[Baby Cheep]]s in their mouth, and occasionally letting them out. After a few seconds, the baby returns to its parent's mouth.
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| ===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
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| [[File:CartoonBigBertha.jpg|thumb|left|160px|A Boss Bass from "[[Never Koop a Koopa]]".]]
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| Boss Basses make appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they usually chase after Mario and his friends. It first appears in "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]" chasing fish.
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| ===''Nintendo Comics System''===
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| '''Bertha''', a character influenced by the Big Bertha species, plays a prominent role in two ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' stories. In her first appearance, [[Love Flounders]], she falls in love with [[Frog Mario]] after being tricked by [[Stanley the Talking Fish]]. She eventually realizes Stanley was lying, but is consoled by Mario, who states he wants to be friends with Bertha, not lovers. Bertha later reappears in [[Fins and Roses]], this time dating Stanley. She foils [[Wendy O. Koopa]]'s plans by knocking the Koopa's bomb back at her.
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| ===''Mario Teaches Typing''===
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| [[File:Boss Bass from Mario Teaches Typing for MS-DOS.png|frame]]
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| In the second mode of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'', Underwater World, the game repeatedly loops footage of [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] swimming away from either a Boss Bass or a [[Blooper]]. Their appearance is slightly different: their fins are cyan, they have several sharp teeth rather than a single blunt tooth, and have round pupils with eyebrows instead of squinting pupils.
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| ===''Super Paper Mario''===
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| In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Boss Basses do not appear but are given two passing mentions in the English script. In [[The Underwhere]], a [[Shayde]] tells another one of three stories about how he lost a [[extra life|life]]. The second story involves him falling into the sea from a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], but instead of drowning, he can apparently swim as well as a Cheep Cheep. However, a Boss Bass thought that since he swam like a fish, he was one himself, and the huge fish ate him. In the Japanese version, a shark is mentioned instead. The other mention of a Boss Bass is via the 77th [[Sammer Guy]] [[List of Sammer Guys#Sammer.27s Endgame .28Rounds 76-100.29|Ripper Van Fish]], who mentions counting Boss Basses to sleep if spoken to after defeat.
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| ===Other appearances===
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| [[File:SMW BigBass TorpedoTiny.png|thumb|Boss Bass in prototype ''Super Mario World'' assets]]
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| Graphic tiles found in prototype revisions of ''[[Super Mario World]]'' include sprites for Boss Bass, but it is not included in the final game in any way.<ref>Verneri Kontto (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/vervalkon/status/1286739872775122944 Twitter post featuring prototype ''Super Mario World'' assets]. Retrieved July 25, 2020.</ref> Notably, they lack the squinting eyes and look almost exactly like normal Cheep Cheeps aside from size, with their eyes being shared with prototypical revisions of [[Porcupuffer]].<ref>Gaming Alexandria (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/GamingAlexandri/status/1286735053180018688 Twitter post featuring prototype ''Super Mario World'' assets]. Retrieved July 25, 2020.</ref> As such, they look essentially the same as the later [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Blurp]]s in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' and [[Big Cheep Cheep]]s.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| SMB3 Big Bertha.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
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| Sea Side.jpg|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
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| Love Flounders cover.jpg|''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' ([[Love Flounders]])
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| Loveflounders 04.jpg|''Nintendo Comics System'' (Love Flounders)
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| Boss bass smb3.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
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| SMAS SMB3 World 3-3 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
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| SMAS SMB3 World 3-8 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
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| SMAS SMB3 World 6-9 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
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| SMAS SMB3 World 7-4 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
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| Big Bertha SMAS SMB3.png|[[Frog Mario|Frog Luigi]] encountering a Big Bertha in ''Super Mario All-Stars''
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| Boss Bass Perfect.png|''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]]''
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| NES Remix 2 Stamp 075.png|''[[NES Remix 2]]'' [[stamp]]
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=<span class="explain" title="きょだい">巨大</span>プクプク<ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book3/P1212070114.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ3完全攻略テクニックブック1」 (''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryaku Technique Book 1'')]</ref><ref>[http://www.hit-japan.com/book5/P1230495.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ3完全攻略テクニックブック4」 (''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryaku Technique Book 4'')]</ref><br>''Kyodai Pukupuku''<br>Big Pukupuku<ref>Filename for ''NES Remix 2'' stamp: <tt>content/Heri2/cmn/miiverse/HankoTgaUSEU.zlarc/Hanko_SMB3_PukupukuBig.tga</tt></ref><br>(internal)
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| |JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep<br><br>[[Big Cheep Cheep]]
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| |Spa=Gran Berta
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| |SpaM=Big Bertha
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| |Ger=Boss Bass
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| }}
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| ==References==
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| {{Cheep Cheeps}}
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| [[Category:Cheep Cheeps]]
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| [[Category:Mario Teaches Typing]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[de:Boss Bass]]
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