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Fake Bowser
	; Artwork from Super Mario Party Jamboree
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024)
Variant of	Koopa
Variants
	Tail Bowser

Latest revision as of 23:32, October 24, 2024

This article is about the fake Bowsers from Super Mario Bros. For other uses, see Fake Bowser (disambiguation).

“It's shocking how much Impostor Bowser looks like the real Mr. Bowser. Magic is an amazing thing, huh?”

—Lakitu, Super Mario Party Jamboree

A fake Bowser, also known as Impostor Bowser and referred to as Bowser's decoy in NES Remix, is a standard enemy that was transformed by Bowser's black magic into a copy of himself. They first appear in Super Mario Bros.

Background[edit]

Concept and creation[edit]

The concept of fake Bowsers came about during development of Super Mario Bros. Since all enemies have their sprites flipped upside-down when they are defeated (except for Piranha Plants, which simply disappear, and Bullet Bills, which stay rightside up), one of the programmers accidentally inserted an upside-down Koopa Troopa shell when portraying Bowser's death animation as if he were defeated with fireballs. The developers liked this idea, and as a result, this idea was extended to most of the Bowser battles in the game.^[1]

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe[edit]

The fake Bowser from World 1-4 in Super Mario Bros.

In Super Mario Bros., the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each castle, with Bowser's Castle containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five fireballs reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:

World 1: Little Goomba - fire
World 2: Green Koopa Troopa - fire
World 3: Buzzy Beetle - fire
World 4: Spiny - fire
World 5: Lakitu - fire
World 6: Bloober - hammer
World 7: Hammer Brother - hammer

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels additional worlds (in the Super Mario All-Stars version, the final fake Bowser is now replaced with the actual Bowser):

World A: Goomba - fire (FDS) / Red Koopa Troopa - hammer (All-Stars)
World B: Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green Cheep-Cheep - hammer (All-Stars)
World C: Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / Bullet Bill - hammer (All-Stars)
World D: Spiny - fire (FDS)

The "You VS. Boo" challenge of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe:

1-4: Green Cheep-Cheep
2-4: Bullet Bill

Mario facing the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4 of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

Like Bowser, the blue Bowser's Brother in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In Super Mario All-Stars, both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones that only throw hammers, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin. Due to All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. also featuring Worlds A-D, all of the fake Bowsers from those worlds return, including the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the World-e level Classic World 1-4, where it plays a similar role to that played in Super Mario Bros., though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in Super Mario 3D Land, variants powered by Super Leaves known as Tail Bowsers make their first appearance.

Super Mario Run[edit]

In Super Mario Run, fake Bowsers appear at the end of castle courses, excluding World 6's Bowser's Bob-ombing Run and Make the Cut! which have the real Bowser. World 1's castle, Bowser's Castle Hangout, has a Goomba as the Fake Bowser. World 3's Fire Bar Castle! Youch! has a Green Koopa Troopa as the Fake Bowser, and World 5's Rings of Fire! has a Buzzy Beetle as the Fake Bowser. They walk back and forth along their bridge, occasionally shooting a Bowser's Flame, jumping, or jumping and briefly staying in the air to shoot a Bowser's Flame. A Pause Block is placed directly before the bridge, and a cutscene forces the player to stop on it the first time the player enters the area per run of the course. Fire Bar Castle! Youch! adds a Fire Bar, while Rings of Fire! adds a Fire Chain. An Axe on the other side collapses the bridge, causing the Fake Bowser to reveal its true identity before falling into the lava.

Fake Bowsers do not have an entry in the Notebook. Rather, a Fake Bowser counts as the enemy using the disguise. Thus, the results screen for a course shows that enemy, and adds one to the number of that enemy defeated for the purposes of leveling up that enemy.

In Remix 10, some areas end in castles, with the VS Bowser course. A Fake Bowser must be defeated, through the same means as before. For doing so, the player receives all three of the course's Bonus Medals. The Fake Bowser is always the disguised form of a Goomba. VS Bowser allows the player to enter with a Super Star or while invincible, and touching a Fake Bowser while invincible defeats it instantly. It is knocked off the bridge without losing the disguise. Area 30's version instead has the real Bowser.

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

This section is referring to a subject in an upcoming or recently released game. When the game is released, or more information about this subject is found, this section may need major rewriting.
This notice should be removed after a month has passed since the game was first released.

“Bet you didn't see that coming. Bye-bye, Toady! Hello, humongous Impostor Bowser!”

—Kamek, Super Mario Party Jamboree

In Super Mario Party Jamboree, Kamek transforms a Toady into a massive fake Bowser called Impostor Bowser. Unlike other Fake Bowsers, Impostor Bowser has a purple glow and Magikoopa magic symbols coming out of him. He replaces Bowser himself as the host of Bowser Spaces due to Bowser being a playable character.

Impostor Bowser appears prominently on the King Bowser's Keep board, where he is in the middle of the Bowser Byway. Periodically, he will change the direction of travel and transform more spaces on the byway into Bowser Spaces. Uniquely on this board, he will grab players that land on Bowser Spaces instead of them being transported to another location. He also serves as the boss of that board in the Party-Planner Trek mode, being faced in the Bowser Crashers minigame.

Aside from Mario Party mode, Impostor Bowser is also a focal point in the "Bowser Challenges", Koopathlon and Bowser Kaboom Squad. Both involve surviving attacks from Impostor Bowser, with the ultimate goal of the latter being to defeat him within the time limit.

List of appearances[edit]

Title	Description	Release date	Format
Super Mario Bros.	Boss	1985	Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	Boss	1986	Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario All-Stars	Boss	1993	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World	Boss	1994	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe	Boss	1999	Game Boy Color
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	Boss	2003	Game Boy Advance
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition	Boss	2010	Wii
Super Mario Run	Boss	2016	iOS, Android
Super Mario Party Jamboree	Boss	2024	Nintendo Switch

Gallery[edit]

The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba
A fake Bowser in Super Mario All-Stars
Artwork from Super Mario Run
The first fake Bowser in Super Mario Run

Names in other languages[edit]

Fake Bowser[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	にせクッパ^[2] Nise Kuppa	Fake Bowser	Shared with Bowser Clone
Dutch	Nep-Bowser^[?]	Fake Bowser
French	Faux Bowser^[?]	Fake Bowser
German	Falscher Bowser^[?]	Fake Bowser
Italian	Finto Bowser^[3]	Fake Bowser	Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Korean	가짜 쿠파^[?] Gajja Kupa	Fake Bowser
Russian	Поддельный Боузер^[?] Poddelny Bouzer	Fake Bowser
Russian	Лже-Боузер^[?] Lzhe-Bouzer	False Bowser	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Spanish	Bowser falso^[?]	Fake Bowser

Impostor Bowser[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ニセクッパ^[4] Nise Kuppa	Fake Bowser
Dutch	Nep-Bowser^[5]	Fake Bowser
French	Faux Bowser^[6]^[7]	Fake Bowser
German	Trug-Bowser^[8]	Deception Bowser
Italian	Bowser finto^[9]	Fake Bowser
Korean	가짜쿠파^[10] Gajja Kupa	Fake Bowser
Portuguese	Bowser Impostor^[11]	Impostor Bowser
Russian	Лжебоузер^[?] Lzhebouzer	False Bowser
Spanish (NOA)	Bowser impostor^[12]	Impostor Bowser
Spanish (NOE)	Bowser de pega^[13]	False Bowser

Trivia[edit]

A cardboard Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

The World 3 and World C (original) fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs (outside of Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!), and the World C (All-Stars) and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (Deluxe) ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
- The World A and World C fake Bowsers in All-Stars are the only fake Bowsers whose true forms are right-side-up instead of upside-down.
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, an exaggerated cardboard Bowser suspended by a pair of ropes over a bridge is seen at the end of a special area inside Bowser's Castle, which is a side-scrolling level imitating a Super Mario Bros. castle. Mario must move underneath the stationary object and touch the axe to make it fall.
If the player beats Bowser's Sky Scuffle with any character barring Bowser Jr. in Mario Party: Island Tour, Bowser will reveal that the "Bowser" they defeated had been a decoy, which may have been a reference to the fake Bowsers.

References[edit]

^ https://www.giantbomb.com/false-bowser/3015-8320/^{[better source needed]}
^ Nintendo (2020). CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo (Japanese). Archived February 10, 2021 from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 22.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Japanese website. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Dutch game page. Nintendo (Dutch). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Canadian French game page. Nintendo (Canadian French). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official European French game page. Nintendo (French). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official German game page. Nintendo (German). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Italian game page. Nintendo (Italian). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Korean website. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Brazilian game page. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Mexican Spanish game page. Nintendo (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official European Spanish game page. Nintendo (European Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[1] ttps://www.giantbomb.com/false-bowser/3015-8320/^{[better source needed]}

[SMBsite-2] Nintendo (2020). CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo (Japanese). Archived February 10, 2021 from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

[3] November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 22.

[4] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Japanese website. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2024.

[5] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Dutch game page. Nintendo (Dutch). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[6] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Canadian French game page. Nintendo (Canadian French). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[7] Super Mario Party Jamboree official European French game page. Nintendo (French). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[8] Super Mario Party Jamboree official German game page. Nintendo (German). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[9] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Italian game page. Nintendo (Italian). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[10] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Korean website. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2024.

[11] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Brazilian game page. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[12] Super Mario Party Jamboree official Mexican Spanish game page. Nintendo (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[13] Super Mario Party Jamboree official European Spanish game page. Nintendo (European Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024.

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 {{species infobox
-|image=[[File:BowserMP8.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.
+|image=[[File:SMPJ Bowser Magic.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Party Jamboree''
 |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
-|latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
 |variant_of=[[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]]
 |variants=[[Tail Bowser]]
 }}
-A '''fake Bowser''', referred to as '''Bowser's decoy''' in ''[[NES Remix]]'' and a '''Bowser Impostor''' in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series,<ref>{{cite|quote=A Bowser Impostor?!　In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Mario fights a blue fake Bowser before the real thing. That blue fake is his eighth color in this game!|title=''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''|author=[[smashwiki:Tips|Tips]]}}</ref>  is a standard enemy that was transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic into a copy of himself. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
+{{quote|It's shocking how much Impostor Bowser looks like the real [[Bowser|Mr. Bowser]]. Magic is an amazing thing, huh?|Lakitu|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}
+A '''fake Bowser''', also known as '''Impostor Bowser''' and referred to as '''Bowser's decoy''' in ''[[NES Remix]]'', is a standard enemy that was transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic into a copy of himself. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
 ==Background==
 ===Concept and creation===
@@ Line 13: / Line 15: @@
 ==History==
-===''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' / ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''===
+===''Super Mario'' series===
+====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' / ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
 [[File:SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|The fake Bowser from World 1-4 in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
 In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each [[castle]], with [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|Bowser's Castle]] containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:
-*'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Fire Breath|fire]]
+*'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Bowser's Flame|fire]]
 *'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire
 *'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
@@ Line 34: / Line 37: @@
 Like Bowser, the blue [[Bowser's Brother]] in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In ''Super Mario All-Stars'', both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones that only throw hammers, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin. Due to ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' also featuring Worlds A-D, all of the fake Bowsers from those worlds return, including the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4.
-===''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===
+====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
 In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the [[World-e]] level [[Classic World 1-4]], where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs.
-===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
+====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
 While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', variants powered by [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] known as [[Tail Bowser]]s make their first appearance.
-===''Super Mario Run''===
+====''Super Mario Run''====
-In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', fake Bowsers appear at the end of the [[fortress]] levels in Worlds [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)|1]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|3]] and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|5]]. They are a Goomba, a green Koopa Troopa, and a Buzzy Beetle, respectively.
+In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', fake Bowsers appear at the end of [[castle]] courses, excluding [[World 6 (Super Mario Run)|World 6]]'s [[Bowser's Bob-ombing Run]] and [[Make the Cut!]] which have the real Bowser. [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)| World 1]]'s castle, [[Bowser's Castle Hangout]], has a Goomba as the Fake Bowser.  [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|World 3]]'s [[Fire Bar Castle! Youch!]] has a Green Koopa Troopa as the Fake Bowser, and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|World 5]]'s [[Rings of Fire!]] has a Buzzy Beetle as the Fake Bowser. They walk back and forth along their bridge, occasionally shooting a [[Bowser's Flames|Bowser's Flame]], jumping, or jumping and briefly staying in the air to shoot a Bowser's Flame. A [[Pause Block]] is placed directly before the bridge, and a cutscene forces the player to stop on it the first time the player enters the area per run of the course. Fire Bar Castle! Youch! adds a [[Fire Bar]], while Rings of Fire! adds a [[Fire Chain]]. An [[Axe]] on the other side collapses the bridge, causing the Fake Bowser to reveal its true identity before falling into the lava.
+Fake Bowsers do not have an entry in the Notebook. Rather, a Fake Bowser counts as the enemy using the disguise. Thus, the results screen for a course shows that enemy, and adds one to the number of that enemy defeated for the purposes of [[level up|leveling up]] that enemy.
+In Remix 10, some areas end in castles, with the [[VS Bowser]] course. A Fake Bowser must be defeated, through the same means as before. For doing so, the player receives all three of the course's [[Bonus Medal]]s. The Fake Bowser is always the disguised form of a Goomba. VS Bowser allows the player to enter with a [[Super Star]] or while [[Invincible Mario|invincible]], and touching a Fake Bowser while invincible defeats it instantly. It is knocked off the bridge without losing the disguise. Area 30's version instead has the real Bowser.
+===''Super Mario Party Jamboree''===
+{{new subject|section=yes}}
+{{quote|Bet you didn't see that coming. Bye-bye, Toady! Hello, humongous Impostor Bowser!|Kamek|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}
+In ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', [[Kamek]] transforms a [[Toady]] into a massive fake Bowser called Impostor Bowser. Unlike other Fake Bowsers, Impostor Bowser has a purple glow and Magikoopa magic symbols coming out of him. He replaces Bowser himself as the host of [[Bowser Space]]s due to Bowser being a playable character.
+Impostor Bowser appears prominently on the [[King Bowser's Keep]] board, where he is in the middle of the Bowser Byway. Periodically, he will change the direction of travel and transform more spaces on the byway into Bowser Spaces. Uniquely on this board, he will grab players that land on Bowser Spaces instead of them being transported to another location. He also serves as the boss of that board in the Party-Planner Trek mode, being faced in the [[Bowser Crashers]] [[minigame]].
+Aside from Mario Party mode, Impostor Bowser is also a focal point in the "Bowser Challenges", Koopathlon and Bowser Kaboom Squad. Both involve surviving attacks from Impostor Bowser, with the ultimate goal of the latter being to defeat him within the time limit.
 ==List of appearances==
-{{appearances list
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-|title1=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
+!width=50%|Title
-|role1=Boss
+!width=20%|Description
-|release1=1985
+!width=20%|Release date
-|format1=[[Family Computer]] / [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
+!width=10%|Format
-|title2=''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
+|-
-|role2=Boss
+|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
-|release2=1986
+|Boss
-|format2=[[Family Computer Disk System]]
+|1985
-|title3=''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
+|[[Family Computer]] / [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
-|role3=Boss
+|-
-|release3=2003
+|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
-|format3=[[Game Boy Advance]]
+|Boss
-|title4=''[[Super Mario Run]]''
+|1986
-|role4=Boss
+|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
-|release4=2016
+|-
-|format4=iOS, Android
+|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
-}}
+|Boss
+|1993
+|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
+|-
+|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
+|Boss
+|1994
+|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
+|-
+|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''
+|Boss
+|1999
+|[[Game Boy Color]]
+|-
+|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
+|Boss
+|2003
+|[[Game Boy Advance]]
+|-
+|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
+|Boss
+|2010
+|[[Wii]]
+|-
+|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
+|Boss
+|2016
+|iOS, Android
+|-
+|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
+|Boss
+|2024
+|[[Nintendo Switch]]
+|}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
+SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba
 Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|A fake Bowser in ''Super Mario All-Stars''
-SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|The first fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.
+BowserMP8.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Run''
+SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|The first fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''
 </gallery>
 {{br|right}}
 ==Names in other languages==
+===Fake Bowser===
 {{foreign names
 |Jap=にせクッパ<ref name=SMBsite>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo]]|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html|language=ja|title=CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''|date=2020|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=March 20, 2021|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210074011/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html|archivedate=February 10, 2021|deadlink=yes}}</ref>
 |JapR=Nise Kuppa
-|JapM=Fake Bowser; shared with [[Bowser Clone]]
+|JapM=Fake Bowser
-|Spa=Bowser falso
+|JapN=Shared with [[Bowser Clone]]
-|SpaM=Fake Bowser
+|Dut=Nep-Bowser
+|DutM=Fake Bowser
 |Fre=Faux Bowser
 |FreM=Fake Bowser
 |Ger=Falscher Bowser
 |GerM=Fake Bowser
-|Dut=Nep-Bowser
+|Ita=Finto Bowser
-|DutM=Fake Bowser
+|ItaM=Fake Bowser
+|Ita2M=Fake 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=22}}</ref>
+|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
+|Kor=가짜 쿠파
+|KorR=Gajja Kupa
+|KorM=Fake Bowser
 |Rus=Поддельный Боузер
-|Rus2=Лже-Боузер (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')
 |RusR=Poddelny Bouzer
+|RusM=Fake Bowser
+|Rus2=Лже-Боузер
 |Rus2R=Lzhe-Bouzer
-|RusM=Fake Bowser
+|Rus2M=False Bowser
-|Kor=가짜 쿠파
+|Rus2N=''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
+|Spa=Bowser falso
+|SpaM=Fake Bowser
+}}
+===Impostor Bowser===
+{{foreign names
+|Jap=ニセクッパ
+|JapR=Nise Kuppa
+|JapM=Fake Bowser
+|JapC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Japanese website|url=nintendo.com/jp/switch/a7hla/index.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=October 14, 2024}}</ref>
+|Dut=Nep-Bowser
+|DutM=Fake Bowser
+|DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Dutch game page|url=nintendo.com/nl-nl/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Super-Mario-Party-Jamboree-2591147.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=nl|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|Fre=Faux Bowser
+|FreM=Fake Bowser
+|FreC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Canadian French game page|url=nintendo.com/fr-ca/store/products/super-mario-party-jamboree-switch/|publisher=Nintendo|language=Canadian French|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official European French game page|url=nintendo.com/fr-fr/Jeux/Jeux-Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-Party-Jamboree-2591147.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=fr|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|Ger=Trug-Bowser
+|GerM=Deception Bowser
+|GerC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official German game page|url=nintendo.com/de-de/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch-Spiele/Super-Mario-Party-Jamboree-2591147.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=de|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|Ita=Bowser finto
+|ItaM=Fake Bowser
+|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Italian game page|url=nintendo.com/it-it/Giochi/Giochi-per-Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-Party-Jamboree-2591147.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=it|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|Kor=가짜쿠파
 |KorR=Gajja Kupa
-|KorM=Fake Koopa
+|KorM=Fake Bowser
-|Ita=Falso Bowser
+|KorC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Korean website|url=nintendo.co.kr/switch/a7hla/|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=October 14, 2024}}</ref>
-|Ita2=Finto Bowser<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=22}}</ref>
+|Por=Bowser Impostor
-|ItaM=Fake Bowser
+|PorM=Impostor Bowser
+|PorC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Brazilian game page|url=nintendo.com/pt-br/store/products/super-mario-party-jamboree-switch/|publisher=Nintendo|language=pt-br|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|SpaA=Bowser impostor
+|SpaAM=Impostor Bowser
+|SpaAC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official Mexican Spanish game page|url=nintendo.com/es-mx/store/products/super-mario-party-jamboree-switch/|publisher=Nintendo|language=es-419|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|SpaE=Bowser de pega
+|SpaEM=False Bowser
+|SpaEC=<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree official European Spanish game page|url=nintendo.com/es-es/Juegos/Juegos-de-Nintendo-Switch/Super-Mario-Party-Jamboree-2591147.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=es-es|accessdate=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
+|Rus=Лжебоузер
+|RusR=Lzhebouzer
+|RusM=False Bowser
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+{{SMPJ}}
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+[[Category:Super Mario Party Jamboree characters]]
 [[Category:Super Mario Run enemies]]
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-[[it:Bowser Falso]]
+[[it:Bowser finto]]

[Edit] Koopas
Characters	Bowser, forms, and counterparts	Alarm Koopa • Baby Bowser (Mega Baby Bowser) • Black Bowser • Blockhead Bowser • Bowcien • Bowser • Bowletta • Castle Bowser • Dreamy Bowser • Dry Bowser • Fury Bowser • Giant Bowser • Giga Bowser • Golf Daiō • King Koopa's alter egos • King Tetris • Koopa 3 • MegaDragonBowser • Meowser • Molten Bowser • Paper Bowser • Qix Daiō • Shiny RoboBowser • Shrowser • Torino Daiō
	Bowser's current game relatives	Dry Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Paper Bowser Jr.
	Bowser's former game relatives	Bowser's Brother • Koopa Kid • Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Larry Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa)
	Bowser's adaptation relatives	Bowser's father • Bowser's mother • Bowser's sister • Enma Daiō • King Koopa's great-great grandkoop • Poopa La Koopa
	Other	Bowser X • C. Everett Koopa • Dark Bowser • Darkmess Bowser • Francis Ford Koopola • Gary Koopa • James Fennimore Koopa
Species		Fake Bowser • Koopa Kid • Koopa Zombie • Tail Bowser
Facsimiles and other constructs	Robots	Blasta Mechakoopa • Bowser??? • Bowser's mech • Flying Mechakoopa • Mecha-Bowser • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Mechakoopa • Mekakuppa • Mini Bowser • Mini Bowser Jr. • Rabbid Mechakoopa • Robo-suit • The Great King Bowser • Zappa Mechakoopa
	Statues	Abominable Snowkoopa • Bowser Monument • Bowser Snow Statue • Bowser Statue • Bowser Stunner • Guard Door • Koopa no Yukidaruma • Papercraft Bowser • Papercraft Bowser Jr.
	Buildings	Bowser's Castle • Bowser's Galaxy Generator • Koopamart • Temple of Koopa
	Vehicles	Bone Rattler • Flame Runner • Gilded King • Holiday King • Koopa Cruiser • Koopa King • Silver King
Related items		Bowser Bomb • Bowser Candy • Bowser Capsule • Bowser Suit • Bowser's Shell • Grand Spiky Shell • Koopa Kid Orb • Spiky Shell

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi
Characters	Unplayable	Mushroom King • Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo² • Yoshi²
Worlds	Super Mario Bros.	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
	The Lost Levels	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
	Misc.	Coin Heaven • Minus World • Sub-area • Warp Zone
Items		1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom^1,2 • Red Coin² • Starman • Yoshi Egg²
Objects		? Block • 3-2-1 Block² • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Buzzy shell • Cloud • Coral • Door¹ • Dotted-Line Block² • Face Block² • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hidden Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Koopa shell • Lift • Pipe • Small cloud • Staircase • Super Mushroom • Super Spring^1,2 • Water • Wind¹
Forms		Fiery Mario • Invincible Mario • Regular Mario • Super Mario
Enemies and obstacles		Bloober • Bottomless pit • Bowser's Brother^1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa's fire • Lakitu • Lava • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sky Blooper^1,2 • Spike Trap² • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses		Bowser • Fake Bowser
Miscellaneous		Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games		All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • BS Super Mario Collection • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition) • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
¹ Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels ² Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists		Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses		Boom Boom • Big Boo^a • Fake Bowser^a • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items		1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon^a • Advance Coin^a • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomerang^a • Cape Feather^a • Card • Coin • e-Coin^a • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic Ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom^a • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetable^a
Objects	Main game	? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coin^a • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • White Block • Wood Block
Objects	World-e^a	!-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Mario^a
Switch Cards^a		1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds		Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-e^a
Locations		e-Coin Castle^a • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel • Spade Panel • Start Panel) • Toad House • Treasure Ship
Enemies	Main game	Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
Enemies	World-e^a	Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
Obstacles		Bowser Statue • Candy ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Diagonal cannon • Falling spike^a • Fire-Bar^a • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-games^a		Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Miscellaneous		Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
Further info		Completion • e-Reader^a • e-Reader cards^a • Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4) • Glitches (Super Mario Advance 4) • Media • Pre-release and unused content (Super Mario Advance 4) • Quotes • References • Staff • Unwinnable state
^a Exclusive to Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

[Edit] Super Mario Run
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi^a • Blue Yoshi^a • Yellow Yoshi^a • Purple Yoshi^a • Princess Daisy^a
Enemies and obstacles	Big Spiny • Bob-omb • Boo • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannonball • Dry Bones • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fishing Boo^a • Fuzzy • Gold Goomba^b • Goomba • Goombrat^a • Grinder • Kodeka Kakibō^a • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Muncher • Ninji • Piranha Plant • Poison Bubble^a • Pokey • River Piranha Plant^a • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat^a • Scuttlebug^a • Spike • Spike Trap • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Swoop
Bosses	Boom Boom • Bowser • Fake Bowser
Items and objects	? Block • ! Switch • Axe • Backflip Block • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Bonus Medal^a • Bonus ? Block^a • Bubble • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin • Coin Rush Star • Color coin (Black Coin • Pink Coin • Purple Coin) • Flower coin^b • Goal Pole • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Key • Key Door • Lift • Long Jump Block • Mushroom Platform • Pause Block • Rally Ticket • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Semisolid Platform • Spike Bar^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Time Block • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Wonder Flower^b
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Star^a
your kingdom	your castle • Toads • Toad • Princess Peach • Shop • Gift Box • Toad with headphones^a
Moves	Backflip • Climbing Jump • Coin Rush • Double Jump • Edge Climbing • Floaty Jump • Flutter Jump • High Jump • Jump • Landing Roll • Long Jump • Midair Spin • Midair Stall • Rolling Jump • Slope Slide • Spin Strike • Stomp • Vaulting • Vaulting Jump • Wall Jump
Modes	World Tour • Kingdom Builder • Toad Rally • Remix 10^a
Miscellaneous	Gallery • Kingdom Builder items (in other languages) • Lightning • Media
^a In version 3.0.4 or later ^b Seen only in events

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Contents

Background[edit]

Concept and creation[edit]

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe[edit]

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Super Mario Run[edit]

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Fake Bowser[edit]

Impostor Bowser[edit]

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

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[Edit] Super Mario Party Jamboree
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Toadette • Toad • Rosalina • Pauline • Donkey Kong • Birdo • Bowser • Goomba • Shy Guy • Koopa Troopa • Monty Mole • Bowser Jr. • Boo • Spike • Ninji
Other characters		Amp • Ant Trooper • Baby Penguin • Biddybud • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boom Boom • Bomber Bill • Boomerang Bro • Broozer • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Cooligan • Dorrie • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Fire Bro • Fuzzy • Gold Goomba • Goomba • Grrrol • Horned Ant Trooper • Impostor Bowser • Hammer Bro • Huckit Crab • Kamek • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Mega Wiggler • Para-Beetle • Para-Biddybud • Peepa • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Plessie • Pokey • Pom Pom • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Peepa • Petey Piranha • Rocky Wrench • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Spiny • Snifit • Steamer • Stingby • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Toad • Toady • Ty-foo • Ukiki • Walleye • Whomp • Wiggler • Yoshi
Boards		Mega Wiggler's Tree Party • Roll 'em Raceway • Goomba Lagoon • Rainbow Galleria • Western Land • Mario's Rainbow Castle • King Bowser's Keep
Items		10-Coin Steal Trap • Boo Bell • Bowser Byway Lever • Bowser Phone • Cellular Shopper • Chomp Call • Creepy Dice Block • Creepy Dice Block Tickets • Custom Dice Block • Double Dice • Dueling Glove • Golden Pipe • Half-Coins Steal Trap • Hidden-Block Card • Item Bag • Loadstone • Markup Sticker • Mini Star • Mushroom • Mushroom Tickets • Payday Double Dice • Payday Triple Dice • Pipe • Plunder Chest • Shop Hop Box • Skeleton Key • Star • Star Steal Trap • Steamer Ticket • Super Creepy Dice • Super Dueling Glove • Super Swap Mirror • Swap Mirror • Tide Shell • Tower Turner • Triple Dice • Turbo Dice • Warp Box • Wiggler Bell
Koopathlon items		Amp • Blooper • Bullet Bill • Coin Bag • Coin Stack • Coin Trio • Double Medal • Impostor Bowser • Kamek • Star
Spaces		Blue Space • Bowser Space • Chance Time Space • Event Space • Item Space • Lucky Space • Red Space • Start Space • Unlucky Space • VS Space
Other		Bowser's Kaboom Squad • Gallery • Minigames • Quotes