Bowyer

Not to be confused with Bowser.

Bowyer
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)

“What? WHAT? Disturb me you must not! Practicing, I am. More arrows must I shoot! More statues must I make, nya!... G nya, NYA!? A stranger you are... and strange looking at that! Teach you, we must, who's in charge!”

—Bowyer, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Bowyer is a lieutenant of the Smithy Gang in the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Bowyer resembles a bow, and attacks by firing his minions (called Aeros) at his opponents. His name comes from "bowyer", a person who makes or sells bows to be used for archery.

Field sprite

Bowyer was ordered by Smithy to attack Rose Town. As such, Bowyer, while at the Forest Maze, begins firing poison-tipped arrows at Rose Town. When a person is hit with an arrow, they will become paralyzed and remain frozen like statues. His Aero minions found the second Star Piece in the forest.

When Bowyer gets the Star Piece, he is confronted by a strange, blue garbed warrior named Geno. At the same time, Mario and Mallow arrive to stop Bowyer, the source of the arrows plaguing Rose Town. As a result, the three warriors team up to battle the maniacal monster.

While Bowyer's main attack is firing arrows, the monster is also a master of lightning magic. Additionally, Bowyer can disable the buttons on the player's controllers, meaning that Mario and his allies will be prevented from using regular attacks, special attacks, or items until another button is disabled. Ultimately, Mario, Mallow, and Geno defeat him and recover the second Star Piece.

Later, Mario, Mallow, Geno, Bowser, and Princess Toadstool encountered several mass-produced Bowyer copies in Smithy's Factory.

Bowyer can be seen in the parade during the end credits, along with Mack and Yaridovich, in which all three are pounded by Smithy's hammer.

Statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Bowyer
	HP	720	FP	250	Speed	10
	Location(s)	Forest Maze	Attack	50	Magic attack	30
	Role	Boss	Defense	40	Magic defense	35
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Static E!, Bolt, Lightning Orb
	Weak	None	Strong	Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	G'night
	Coins	50	Exp. points	60	Items	Flower Box (25%), Flower Box (5%)
Psychopath	"What's with these folks?"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Machine Made (Bowyer)
	HP	1000	FP	250	Speed	200
	Location(s)	The Weapons' World	Attack	150	Magic attack	90
	Role	Common	Defense	120	Magic defense	80
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Static E!, Lightning Orb, Bolt
	Weak	None	Strong	Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	G'night
	Coins	40	Exp. points	150	Items	Ice Bomb (25%)
Psychopath	"Nya! I'll SNUFF ya! NYA!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ユミンパ[?] Yuminpa	From「弓」(yumi) and possibly「くるりんぱ」(kururinpa, a childish slang expression meaning "Ta-dah!")

Trivia

• Bowyer uses anastrophe when he speaks, meaning he reverses the proper order of sentences when talking to others, similar to Yoda from Star Wars. He also has a strange habit of saying "Nya!", which is the Japanese word for "meow".
• In Bowyer's artwork, his eyes are red, but his in-game sprites have blue eyes; his Machine Made counterpart has red eyes, however.