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“I'm the biggest, baddest brute around, and don't you forget it.”
—Bowser, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Template:Character-infobox King Bowser Koopa (usually referred to as King Bowser, King Koopa, Lord Bowser, Great Demon Koopa (Japan) or, more recently, simply Bowser) is the supreme leader of the Koopa Troop, King of the Koopas, and the arch-nemesis of Mario and Luigi. Repeatedly, he tries to kidnap Princess Peach and take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Occasionally, the Koopa King has attempted to conquer the entire Mushroom World.

Biography

The Tiny Tyrant

Main Article: Baby Bowser

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Baby Bowser'.

Bowser's first appearance chronologically was as a child in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. His baby form was quickly shown to have similar powers of his adult form. This was also his first meeting with Mario (as Baby Mario).

In Yoshi's Island DS, Baby Bowser was abducted by Kamek where he met his older self a second time. Bowser from the future used a scepter to bring him back to the past and invaded Baby Bowser's castle. Later Bowser kicked Baby Bowser out of the castle when he insulted him. Baby Bowser later teamed up with Baby Mario, Baby Wario, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Peach, and Yoshi to save Baby Luigi and the other babies from the future Bowser. At the end of the game Baby Bowser turned on his team because he accused them of trying to steal his treasure after defeating him. Bowser grew in size when Kamek zapped him changing him to a gigantic form. This giant Bowser later is defeated and changed back to his normal self and went back to the present.

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The first appearance of King Bowser in the original Super Mario Bros.

The First Mushroom Wars

Bowser's first appearance (release-wise) was Super Mario Bros. In this game the now fully grown tyrant has fully emerged as the leader of the Koopa Troop, and is attempting to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. He turns many of the Kingdom's defenders into weeds, and kidnaps Princess Peach and her seven Mushroom Retainers, the only ones who know how to break the spell. He then turned seven of his minions into False Bowsers, and sent them to guard the Mushroom Retainers in seven different castles. He goes to an eighth castle where he hides the Princess.

Bowser had not counted on Mario and Luigi to show up. The heroes traversed through the Mushroom Kingdom, freeing the Mushroom Retainers and eventually reaching the eighth castle and fighting with Bowser himself. The Koopa King attacks by spitting Fireballs and throwing Hammers at the duo. He can be defeated by Mario or Luigi running under (or Jumping over) him and hitting an Axe behind him, taking away his platform and causing him to fall into the lava. At the end of the game, Bowser is defeated and the Mushroom Kingdom is saved.

Bowser does the exact same thing in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

The Conquest of the Lands

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Bowser from Super Mario Bros. 3.

Bowser's second appearance was in Super Mario Bros. 3. This game gave gamers quite a surprise by introducing Bowser's children, Lemmy Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Ludwig Von Koopa, Roy Koopa, Wendy O. Koopa, Larry Koopa and Morton Koopa Jr. Bowser's children acted the same way that the Fake Bowsers did in Super Mario Bros., each one conquered a different land and turned the king of said land into a generic enemy, while Bowser resided in the eighth and final land. Mario and Luigi once again set out to defeat Bowser and his family. Throughout the game the heroes would receive helpful letters from Princess Peach, however after freeing the seventh land they get a letter from Bowser, which reveals that while they were saving the different lands Bowser had kidnapped the Princess. Mario and Luigi boldly make there way towards Bowser's Castle, for the final showdown. In the end the Koopa King is defeated once again and the Princess is saved.

The War for Dino Land

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Bowser battling Mario in his Koopa Clown Car.

Bowser and the Koopalings reappeared in Super Mario World. Bowser kidnapped Princess Toadstool, who was on vacation in Dinosaur Land, along with the Mario Bros., yet again, and he also kidnapped several Yoshis, friendly natives of the island who resisted his rule. Mario, Luigi, and a particularly heroic Yoshi (who was, oddly, named Yoshi) saved the princess and the captured Yoshis by defeating the Koopalings and King Bowser.

The boss fight in this game was unique in that Bowser and Mario battled on the roof of Bowser's castle while Bowser was in his Koopa Clown Car, throwing Mecha Koopas and Big Steelies at the hero. Mario could use the Mecha Koopas to his advantage by tossing them back at Bowser. After two hits, Bowser disappeared for a while, casting flames at Mario. However, his attack was countered by Princess Peach, who threw a Mushroom to Mario or Luigi. After all this, Bowser would return and attempt to ram into Mario with his Koopa Clown Car. The cycle of attacks would then repeat. After this happened three times, Bowser was thrown off the roof of his castle, and the princess was rescued.

A Brief Alliance

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Bowser in Super Mario RPG: The Legend of The Seven Stars.

Bowser actually served as Mario's ally in Super Mario RPG. He used Chain Chomps and his claws to attack, and his special moves often involved summoning his minions to attack.

At the beginning of the game, Bowser kidnapped Princess Toadstool as she was picking flowers at Mario's Pad. He flew her to his castle, Bowser's Keep, in his Koopa Clown Car. However, Mario was on his tail. The plumber burst into Bowser's throne room and fought him atop Bowser's chandeliers. But Bowser seemed to be unbeatable. Attacking with claws and spikes, Bowser was determined not to lose to Mario again. However, with some advice from the princess, Mario attacked the Kinklink chain holding up the chandelier. The chandelier and Bowser were sent plummeting to the ground below. However, Bowser threw Hammers at Mario's chain, sending him falling as well. On the ground, Mario Jumped on top of Bowser, giving him a boost up to the princess.

After the battle, a huge sword named Exor crashed into Bowser's Keep, sending Mario, Toadstool, and Bowser flying in different directions, scattering them across the world. Bowser's Keep was taken over by Exor and Smithy's gang. Bowser ended up near Rose Way. Once there, he decided to join forces with Mario, (even going as far as naming Mario, Geno and Mallow honorary members of the Koopa Troop) until his castle was won back. Even after his castle is rescued he helps Mario and his Party for a bit longer, because (as Geno points out) the castle will not be safe until Smithy was defeated. However, Bowser himself declares he helps out further because Smithy has insulted him, and no one can insult the King of the Koopas.

The Attack on the Castle

Bowser and Mario's rivalry escalates in Super Mario 64.

In Super Mario 64 and its remake, Super Mario 64 DS, Bowser returned to his antagonistic relationship with Mario. In both of these games, Bowser did not technically "kidnap" the princess, but invaded her castle and trapped the princess, along with many Toads in the paintings of the castle, in which Mario could jump into, leading him into the world of the painting.

Bowser stole the stars that protect the castle and is using them to give him incredible new powers. Bowser plans to seize control over the entire kingdom by building up his army to unlimited numbers. To do this, he creates his own worlds inside many of the paintings and walls in the castle and is using the stars' power to convert the residents of those worlds into monsters for his army. When enough of the residents have been converted, Bowser plans on using his built up army to take over the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Bowser also took enjoyment in causing havoc in these new found worlds and used the stars to give his troops power and create further chaos. To insure that Mario does not disrupt his plans again, Bowser seals off the doors in the castle with the stars and even created doors that only open with his keys. Unfortunatly for Bowser, he forgot to seal one door and this led to his undoing as Mario was able to collect stars from the painting beyond this door and unseal many others.

In Super Mario 64, Bowser was solely defeated by the efforts of Mario. However, the remake differed in that it took the combined efforts of four heroes - Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Wario - to overthrow the tyrant and free Peach, the Toads, and the Castle from his scaly grasp. But, keeping true to his rivalry with the red-clad plumber, Bowser would not accept any challengers but Mario himself for the final battle, although a glitch allowed him to be fought by anyone.

In these games, Mario defeated Bowser by grabbing his tail and throwing him into one of several bombs surrounding the battle arena. In the third and final battle, Mario had to throw Bowser into a bomb three times before he was defeated. Bowser, unfortunately, was able to escape, but Mario saved Princess Peach and restored the stars power and peace to the castle.

Paper Bowser

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Bowser, aided by Kammy Koopa, second in command of the Koopa Troop, invaded Star Haven and stole the the powerful Star Rod, a weapon that can grant any wish of the holder. With this weapon in his control, Bowser imprisoned the Seven Star Spirits in cards and then scattered them in various strongholds and fortresses throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. The next day, Bowser took control of the Princess's castle, which was host to a party thrown by Peach, by using his own to lift it up into the sky and on the verge of outer space. Bowser broke through one of the castle windows and engaged Mario in another battle.

For the first time in the series, Bowser defeated Mario thanks to the power of the Star Rod, which made Bowser invincible. Believing Mario to be dead, Bowser throws Mario's tattered body down to the kingdom and abducts the princess and all of the guests that were at the party. The guests were locked in the dungeons of Bowser's castle while Peach was put under heavy guard at her castle. Bowser used the Star Rod to create havoc throughout the kingdom and ravged it with beasts and monsters loyal to him.

Mario, along with his friends Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Parakarry, Bow, Watt, Sushie and Lakilester, had to rescue the Seven Star Spirits in order to use the Star Beam, which would deactivate the Star Rod. After the initial fight against Bowser, he retreated to the roof of his castle. Using the Power Platform Kammy Koopa built; Kammy boosted his size and power to ensue his victory. The Star Beam failed to work against Bowser. However, Princess Peach discovered that by wishing for Mario's strength to increase, and Twink granted her wish by giving Mario the Peach Beam.

Now that Mario was able to negate the Star Rod's effects, he had no problem taking Bowser down. Bowser was soon badly defeated and the Star Rod was taken back by Mario. After the battle, Bowser's device starts malfunctioning due to the intensity of the fight and begins destroying Bowser's castle. Bowser and Kammy try to flee, but a huge explosion sends them falling off the platform as the Bowser's device and castle completely explode. The Star Rod was returned to the Star Spirits, Peach's castle was put back in place, and peace returned to Star Haven and the Mushroom Kingdom.

Paper Mario was significant because it revealed another of Bowser's motives for kidnapping Peach; he has a crush on her and hopes to steal her away from Mario.

Bowser's "Sound" Defeat

Bowser didn't appear in Luigi's Mansion for the Nintendo GameCube - instead, King Boo used a Bowser suit. It is unknown if King Boo actually possessed Bowser's corpse (according to Madame Clairvoya, the fortune-teller ghost) - but Bowser was indeed "soundly defeated" before the events of Luigi's Mansion. Another possibility is that King Boo simply used a Bowser disguise. Information on this debatable subject can be found on the King Boo article.

During battle, the Bowser suit could only be defeated after a spiked ball was thrown at the Bowser head. Once that happened, King Boo would be exposed and Luigi could suck him up with his Poltergust 3000. When King Boo's energy got low and retreated to the body, he screwed the head on backwards!

Island Takeover

Bowser masterminded yet another evil plan to kidnap the princess in Super Mario Sunshine, this time stooping so low as to use his son, Bowser Jr., as a pawn. Bowser told his son that Princess Peach was his mother and that Mario was a bad man who stole her. He urged him to take Peach back. Bowser Jr. took on the disguise of Shadow Mario, filled Isle Delfino with graffiti, and framed Mario. Mario, determined to prove his innocence, cleaned up the mess with FLUDD. While Mario was washing away the graffiti, Bowser Jr. kidnapped the princess.

Bowser Jr. and Bowser fought together against Mario in the end, although they inevitably lost. Later, Bowser Jr. revealed to his father that he knew all along that Peach was not his mother, and that he couldn't wait for another chance to take Mario down. Bowser couldn't be more proud of his son.

The Journey to the Beanbean Kingdom

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Official art of Bowser from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Bowser helped Mario again in the third Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - but not for long. Bowser takes the brothers on the Koopa Cruiser to Beanbean Kingdom, but the Koopa Cruiser is brought down by Fawful. Bowser ends up falling in a large cannon, and a troublemaker named Tolstar of the Beanbean Kingdom promises to embarrass Bowser by telling the humiliating incident to the entire kingdom unless Mario and Luigi provide him with a hundred coins. After Tolstar's defeat, trying to pull Bowser out of the cannon proves impossible, and the Starshade Bros. shoot Bowser out of the cannon.

Rookie

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Rookie.

The next time the Mario Bros. see him, the great Koopa King has amnesia and is working for Popple, the Shadow Thief. While accompanying Popple, Bowser adopts the name 'Rookie'. Mario and Luigi fight Rookie and Popple twice in the game before Bowser regains his memory.

Rookie's attacks (which involve throwing hammers and firebreath) may also be a reference to Super Mario Bros., where Bowser could perform both of those moves.

Bowletta

Main article: Bowletta
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Bowser possessed by the spirit of Cackletta.

As soon as Bowser remembers who he is, Cackletta possesses his body and becomes Bowletta. Bowletta kidnaps Peach, which leaves Mario and Luigi with the task of rescuing her. Bowletta takes command of the Koopa Troop, including the Koopalings, and launches a massive military strike against the Beanbean Kingdom. After Mario and Luigi defeat Bowletta, the brothers are taken into her stomach to fight Cackletta's spirit for the final battle. Interestingly, Bowser's stomach is full of flames. When Cackletta is completely destroyed, Bowser returns to normal, only to be put in a package later on by Prince Peasly.

Crystal Stars

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Bowser also appeared as a minor villain in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In this game, Bowser had many cutscenes in which he was a playable character. These scenes were often quite humorous and involved Bowser traveling through a side-scrolling world similar to the ones in Super Mario Bros. Bowser tried to collect the Crystal Stars before Mario, but, ultimately, failed to find any of them.

Bowser's short levels partially inspired Super Paper Mario.

Mario and his friends Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, a Yoshi Kid, Vivian, Bobbery and Ms. Mowz fought Bowser twice during the game; once in the Glitz Pit, and once before Sir Grodus woke the Shadow Queen in the Palace of Shadow.

Back To The Past

In the game Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Baby Bowser appears in the beginning, kidnapping Baby Peach. Baby Mario and Luigi fight and defeat him. Baby Bowser frequently returns (swallowing two Cobalt Star shards, stealing a huge pile of Yoshi Cookies, etc.). Eventually, after Princess Shroob (disguised as Princess Peach) is brought to the present, Bowser pops in, grabs Princess Shroob, and flees. However, he falls off the balcony and into a time hole, where he meets his younger self. (which he mistakes to be some bratty kid) They team up and fight Mario and Luigi inside Thwomp Volcano. When they're defeated, they all get abducted by Shroobs, but Bowser falls out and lands in a time hole back to the present. When Mario and Luigi defeat the Elder Princess Shroob, she turns into a small mushroom. Back in the present, Bowser eats it and becomes Shrowser, who fights Mario and Luigi (and doesn't allow them to attack). After this, the Elder Shroob is completely destroyed, and Bowser faints with the brothers doing a victory pose on him.

The Vibe Scepter

In Super Princess Peach, Bowser builds a villa on Vibe Island. There, his troops find the mysterious Vibe Scepter and use its powers to capture Mario, Luigi, and Toad. Princess Peach was out on a walk, and when she found out what happened, she went on a quest to rescue them.

When Peach reaches Bowser's Villa, after she defeats the Army Hammer Bro., she fights Bowser. After he is defeated, he comes back bigger and stronger. Peach had to defeat Bowser another time before she could rescue Mario.

Back to his Roots

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Mario fighting Bowser Bones.

Bowser and Bowser Jr. devised a new plan to kidnap Peach in New Super Mario Bros. First, they distracted Mario by sending a thunder cloud to strike Peach's castle with lightning. (This may have been the doing of Lakithunder.) While Mario was taking care of the castle, Bowser Jr. made off with the princess. Mario fought Bowser as the first boss. This boss fight was similar to the one in Super Mario Bros. Shockingly, Bowser died in the first world when he fell into the lava, becoming an undead monster with an appearance similar to that of a huge Dry Bones.

His undead form was the next-to-last boss. At the end of the game, Bowser Jr. revived his father in a giant pot of magic potion, and the duo fought Mario one last time.

In Search of the Star Children

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Bowser in Yoshi's Island DS.

Bowser made a surprise appearance in Yoshi's Island DS, having traveled to the past to find the Star Children, which were said to have the power necessary for Bowser to conquer the universe. Among the many children he took or attempted to kidnap are Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong, Baby Wario, and even Baby Bowser. Most of these aforementioned babies managed to defeat Bowser, even when he became large with the help of Kamek. During the battle with the giant Bowser, the Yoshis must throw Giant Yoshi Eggs at his face several times. Actually, the four Yoshis must throw them in such a way that they all collide and explode in front of Bowser's face. In the end, Bowser was defeated and it turns out the heroic babies were six of the Star Children, as well as a Baby Yoshi that was born soon after Bowser left the past.

Teaming with a Big Enemy... Again

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Bowser then appears in Super Paper Mario. During the beginning of the story, Mario and Luigi find Princess Peach missing and rush to Bowser's castle thinking that he was the perpetrator. Oddly, he is surprised as well, for he was only preparing to kidnap Peach and wasn't ready yet. While talking to each other, a mysterious figure named Count Bleck abducts the plumbers, Bowser, and his minions. Count Bleck then forces Bowser and Peach to get married in order to open The Void to end all worlds, unknowingly to Bowser. Later Bowser joins Mario, and Peach after learning the true purpose of him and Peach's marriage. Bowser can be playable when the player can either switch Mario, Peach, or Luigi with him.

Bowser fought many bosses if the player puts him playable. Bowser's main final boss is O'Chunks in Castle Bleck. At the end of the battle against Super Dimentio, Bowser witnessed the marriage of Count Bleck and Tippi in order to stop The Void.

Galactic Chaos

Bowser once again reprises his role as the primary antagonist in Super Mario Galaxy, this time focusing on the domination of not just the Mushroom Kingdom, but the entire universe. In this game, Bowser once again attacks the Mushroom Kingdom, but this time during a festival, in which everyone watches a comet, which only passes the planet every hundred years. Taking advantage of this distraction, Bowser attacks Toad Town using his fleet, causing much destruction and freezing almost all of the inhabitants.

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Bowser, preparing to abduct Princess Peach .

Bowser then approaches the castle and invites Peach to his new galaxy. Bowser then demonstrates that he has gained new powers such as the power to conduct electricity, which summons a humongous UFO that cuts a perimeter around the castle. The fleet then attaches chains to the cut out land and lifts Peach's Castle into space with Peach, numerous Toads, and Mario still in the castle. Mario attempts to save Peach, but Bowser sends Kamek to take care of him. Kamek casts a spell at Mario, which sends him to an unknown galaxy far from the Mushroom Kingdom.

Bowser's plans, which are told gradually throughout the game, revolve around the construction of a galaxy and empire in which he can call his own and plans to rule it with Princess Peach at his side. Prior to the events in the game, Bowser attacked Princess Rosalina's observatory and stolen all the power stars and the seven grand stars that make the observatory operational and is using them to control the galaxies and causing much havoc on the planets. Bowser used these incredible stars to move about space and brought his entire army with him consiting of Koopas, Goombas, Boos, and many others to aid him in the conquest of the universe. The loss of energy from the stars caused the observatory to go into a hibernation like state with no energy to keep the Lumas alive for much longer. Some of the Lumas were already imprisoned at Bowser's bases that were constrcuted to support his empire along with many Toads. Bowser has already started construction of his galaxy, which is stationed at the center of the universe where Peach and her castle are also being held.

Bowser's ultimate goal is to use the grand star's power to create a series of black vortexes and use them to absorb all other galaxies into them where he can then use his own to rule and control all of the universe as a Galactic Empire that will last forever. He is also using the grand stars to power his army and machines and seems to be using them to give him his own power. With his army and his son, Bowser Jr., Bowser spreads havoc all around the universe and keeps each of the 120 stolen power stars and 7 grand stars under heavy guard.

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Artwork of Bowser and Bowser Jr. in Super Mario Galaxy.

In addition to obtaining as much power as possible, Bowser also seeks to extend his already extensive army. Among the galaxies Bowser takes over is the Toy Time Galaxy, which will aid him in building up his army. Bowser's forces seize control of this area, abduct all the residents, and use the galaxy to create mechanical robots in Bowser's image, one of which is a humongous one. Another galaxy largely affected by Bowser's reign of terror is Battlerock Galaxy. This galaxy was also taken over by Bowser's army and had many of its' rock formations constructed into armed fortresses, making the area a virtual nonstop war zone. This area also held many captured Lumas and stars. The rest of the galaxies were attacked by Bowser's fleet or infested with Bowser's army or frightening monsters created by his new powers.

To further his plans, Bowser consolidated several galactic races into his army such as the mandibugs. These insects assisted Bowser by guarding several power stars and also assissted him in conquering the Honycomb Hive galaxy, though this conquest was short lived. His fleet in the meantime was left in charge of Bowser Jr. who used it to conquer the galaxies, one at a time. Bowser even went as far as getting the aid of some of the galaxy rulers or may have taken control of them such as King Kaliente, who was given a Grand Star to guard and was temporarily left in charge of a small portion of Bowser's fleet. Bowser also had Luigi, who was in Peach's castle when it was uplifted, imprisoned in a Mansion constructed in his image and guarded by Boos who are loyal to him.

Bowser is fought on planets that are covered in magma, darkness, or a combination of the two and is also battled three times much like in Super Mario 64. He is fought in 3 levels in the game: Bowser's Star Reactor, Bowser's Dark Matter Plant, and Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, all of which are portions of his galaxy. The first two battles show Bowser constructing his galaxy, which becomes more and more complete as the game progresses. The first two battles are fought in the same pattern with the only difference being that Bowser obtains more powers in the second fight. When Bowser is defeated in both battles, he gives up a Grand Star in each one, but is still confident that he will win and rule the universe.

In the final battle, Bowser Jr. holds Peach captive while Mario fights Bowser on multiple planets. After a long and intense battle, Mario obtains the last grand star and Bowser falls off the final planet and into the magma of his own sun. This causes his sun to start exploding while Mario rescues a falling Peach. Bowser is shown to be still alive, walking on the hardened lava of his sun as his galaxy and plans fall apart in front of him. Bowser is in so much shock that his plans have failed that he makes no attempt to escape as the sun explodes and forms a vortex in which his galaxy and fleet are completely destroyed. Princess Rosalina uses the power of the grand stars to bring peace to the galaxy and the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario, Peach, and Bowser are shown back at the kingdom with the castle back in place and peace resumed.

Other Appearances

Super Smash Bros. Series

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Bowser was originally going to be playable in Super Smash Bros., but was taken out of the final version due to data limitations.

Bowser then made an appearance as playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, with three trophies. Bowser is a very big, strong, and slow character; making him a key character to deliver strong attacks, but even though having a shell, he has terrible defensive abilities. His amazing bulk allows him to do his somewhat signature move, the body crushing, belly-to-belly Body slam. It is unknown if he will retain this move as he does his others in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Also, there are other trophies related to Bowser, such as Baby Bowser and the Koopa Clown Car. Additionally, a character named Giga Bowser appears.

Bowser will return in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with some new moves. His Final Smash, Giga Bowser Transformation, allows him to transform into Giga Bowser for a short while. In the Subspace Emissary, Bowser orders his minions to steal Donkey Kong's Banana Hoard. After Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have recovered it, he faces them himself. His further role in the story is unknown.

Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Melee

Classic
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Bowser has a long history of kidnapping Princess Peach to lure his nemesis, Mario, into traps. He leads an enormous group of mischievous creatures, not the least of which are his seven children. With outrageous strength, flammable breath, and more spikes than you can shake a Star Rod at, Bowser is a constant threat.

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In many ways, Bowser is the toughest character around. Not only does he have near-impervious hide, but his great mass makes him almost impossible to hurl offscreen. Of course, his weight also makes him rather slow to maneuver, so when facing him in battle, it's best to press your attack and not give him a chance to counter.

All-Star
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Bowser's Fire Breath strikes continually, but it grows gradually smaller over time until it's barely smoldering. The Koopa Klaw rakes enemies at a distance and pulls nearby foes in close for a good gnawing. Bowser's Whirling Fortress moves laterally over the ground; it works in midair as a recovery. The Bowser Bomb is powerful and paves the way for more attacks.

Mario Sports info

Mario Kart Series

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Bowser in his kart from Mario Kart DS.

Bowser has appeared as a playable character in virtually all of the games in the massive Mario Kart sub-series, including the original Super Mario Kart, to the more recent Mario Kart DS. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!! his partner was Bowser Jr., his special item was the Bowser Shell, and his special Kart was the Koopa King. He is always a heavyweight character, and most of the Mario Kart games give him his own course, aptly named Bowser's Castle.

Mario Golf Series

Bowser is usually a default playable character in the Mario Golf games. But in Mario Golf: Advance Tour, he is unlockable and can only be unlocked by transferring data to and from Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Mario Hoops 3 on 3

  • Baller Name: The Big Shell
  • Type: Powerful
  • Special Shot: Bomber Dunk
  • Letter to Tap: B

Mario Superstar Baseball Bio

"Mario's archival and the king of the Koopa Clan. He's challenged Mario and his friends to battles countless times, but his ambitions tend to get crushed every time. His lethal Killer Ball is powerful enough to drag anyone who catches it across the field!"

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Bowser, as he appears in Mario Power Tennis.

Mario Tennis Series

Bowser also appeared in the Mario Tennis Series where he was playable in every one there was. He is a power character who can make service and return aces easily. He lacks speed though.

Mario Party Series

Bowser has appeared as an enemy in the Mario Party series since the first game, causing chaos and coin-loss on the players. He is often given his own space, which when landed on by the Player will teleport him/her into Bowser's presence. There are multiple mini-games based around Bowser, from blowing him up (and losing if the players do), to a multitude of mini-games where if a character loses, Bowser takes his or her coins or a star. Throughout the series, Bowser has taken many forms, mostly in Mario Party 2. (He is, however, playable in Mario Party 4 on the mini-game Beach Volley Folley.)

Black Hole Bowser

Black Hole Bowser is the villain terrorizing Space Land. He is always seen in a spaceship, which, strangely enough, is not similar to the Koopa Clown Car. At the end, the winner must battle Black Hole Bowser. Black Hole Bowser has an on-board tractor beam that takes all coins from whoever it hits. It fires every time the countdown goes from 5 to 0. This happens every time a player passes through the central part of the board, where there are four different ways to go.

Bowser Sphinx

The Bowser Sphinx is the villain of Mystery Land. He can be recognized by being a Bowser wearing an Egyptian-style collar. At the end, the Bowser Sphinx will challenge a Koopa Troopa to a game of riddles in order to win the aliens' gold statue (the aliens are actually Bob-ombs). The Koopa succeeds, but is punished anyway and put into a rock. The winner of the game then challenges the Bowser Sphinx to another game of riddles. The player guesses correctly, the Bowser Sphinx disappears and the statue breaks to reval the alien that was trapped inside. The other aliens come to take their rescued comrade away on their spaceship.

A similar entity appears in Mario Party 7 in Pyramid Park, but as a regular Sphinx, not Bowser himself.

A form of King Koopa similar to the Bowser Sphinx also appeared in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "The Ten Koopmandments" as Koop Tut.

Bowser the Brash

Bowser the Brash is the Old West-style alter-ego of King Bowser. He is the villain of Western Land. The outlaw wears a cowboy hat. At the end of the Western Land party, the winning player must save a Koopa Troopa banker from Bowser the Brash. A duel with cheap pop-cork guns is fought to save the money.

On three occasions, King Koopa dressed up as a similar looking cowboy with different alter-egos on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Those being Kid Koopa from "Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid", Claim Jump Koopa from "The Great Gold Coin Rush" and Billy the Koopa from "The Provolone Ranger".

Cap'n Bowser

Cap'n Bowser is the pirate-style alter-ego of Bowser. He wears an eye patch over his left eye and his weapon, like the rest of the Pirate Land characters, is a saber sword. His appearance at the completion of a Pirate Land game sees him trying to prevent a Koopa Troopa from taking a bundle of treasure so he can take it for himself. The character that won the game would sword fight with Captain Bowser, after the player defeated him; the player saved the Koopa Troopa.

A form of King Koopa similar to Captain Bowser also appeared in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Rolling Down the River" as Captain Koopa.

Wizard Bowser

Wizard Bowser is a vampire-style alter-ego of Bowser. He wears a long black cape and wields a wand that shoots red circles out of it. At the end of the Horror Land party, the winning player would use 'Magic of Truth' to defeat Wizard Bowser.

Mario RPGs Stats

Initial Stats in Super Mario RPG

  • Level 8
  • HP: 80
  • Speed: 15
  • Attack: 85
  • Defense: 52
  • Magic Attack: 20
  • Magic Defense: 30
  • Special Attacks:
    • Terrorize
      • FP Used: 6
      • Magic Power: 10
      • Description: Bowser summons a Big Boo to frighten enemies, cutting their attack and defense in half. Rotate the Control Pad to make the attack more potent.

Super Paper Mario Catch Cards

Second Card

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Bowser's 2nd Catch Card.

Card Type: Uncommon

Card Description: There's Bowser looking dapper in a white tux! Pity the minion that had to wax his shell...

Portrayals

He is voiced/portrayed by:

Personality

Bowser's personality at first was like one of a stereotypical villain with no feeling. But more recently, Bowser has been a very humorous character. It is especially shown in the Paper Mario series where he has especially humorous quotes, such as "Nobody can capture the princess without my say-so!". In the Mario Party series he often wants to ruin the party in various ways, sometimes strange. One example is in Mario Party 7 where he gives the player ten coins so he can do something bad about them. He, overall has a very amusing personality that is easily noted about him. Bowser has also been known to break the fourth-wall by saying things like "No more sequels!" and he is prime cut final boss. Additional Bowser still thinks of himself as a true villain, but he cares very much for his 8 children, is very proud of them, and will do what he can to please them (especially the constantly whining Wendy).

Though Bowser has had a comical edge to him, other games show him to be a much more sinister and intimidating threat. While Bowser is primarily comical in RPGs, Paper Mario had him considerably more evil then when he is when he's a secondary villain or character. Although the game still had a humorous tone to Bowser, he was also shown to be very cruel and sinister in certain scenes. The Mario Party series also have Bowser as more serious driven as well as angry, but does not perform very sinister actions, his only goal to ruin Mario and his friend's party through comical methods. Super Mario 64, New Super Mario Brothers, and Super Mario Galaxy remove Bowser's usual comical undertones completely and make him a more sinister villain than he is found typically in the RPGs.

Bowser has a deep-rooted hatred for Mario because he has continuously disrupted his plans and won the heart of Princess Peach. Though Bowser despises Mario with a passion, he has a grudging respect for him and sees him as a worthy opponent, although he's tried to hide this reluctant respect. This is shown most strongly in Super Mario Galaxy where Bowser says that he picked the right guy to be his archenemy since Mario always puts up a fight.

He also recently was shown in many games that he is not very intelligent. One particular example is in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time where he doesn't recognize his past self and starts insulting him. In Super Paper Mario he didn't realize that he couldn't rule the world if it was destroyed until Mario informed him.

Physical Appearance

Bowser, as seen today is huge, burly, green-shelled Koopa with spikes, horns, and hair, which few other Koopas have. His bushy eyebrows and mane of hair are fittingly a bright, fiery orange which were actually not in his original game, Super Mario Bros., as at the time, it was extremely hard to animate hair. He also has two small horns, many spikes on his shell and a couple spikes on his tail, too. He has many spiked collars around his neck and arms, which add to his overall air of menace. He has three claws on each of his massive feet, which support his impressive girth. While his face and his shell are green, his underbelly and snout are flesh-colored, and his tail and limbs are an orange-tinged yellow. But in the original Super Mario Bros. his underbelly was green as well. His tan lips are extremely bulged, even up to having his nostrils on them. They hide Bowser's large, menacing fangs when the king's mouth is closed - the tips of the teeth are usually visible, however. On each of his hands there are four claws. His arms are noticeably burly, indicating his vast physical strength. His bright red eyes are always a bit menacing, and this is heightened by his bushy, often-scrunched eyebrows.

In the Super Mario cartoons and Nintendo Comics System, Bowser was portrayed as being almost completely green in color and lacking hair, with a crown in place of it. Bowser's snout was also more crocodilian in appearance and the whites of his eyes were yellow and his stomach was a deeper yellow then portrayed in the games in these two aforementioned incarnations of Bowser. Oddly, in Nintendo Adventure Books, Bowser's appearance seemed to vary between resembling his cartoon and comic depictions and his depiction in the games.

The Super Mario Bros. movie is often cited as having the most drastic changes to Bowser's physical appearance, with this version of him, named as King Koopa, being almost completely human in appearance, though possessing some reptilian traits, such as a long, pointed tongue and slitted pupils in his eyes. Near the end of the Super Mario Bros. movie, King Koopa is forcibly de-evolved into a snarling green Tyrannosaurus Rex and eventually, a large glob of primordial ooze.

Roles Taken

Bowser has taken on various roles in the many games he has been in. In most games he is the main villain, such as Super Mario Bros. 3, in other games he is the secondary villain, such as in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is a notably good sports player and race car driver, known for being very aggressive and powerful in these games. In some games he is shown to be in love with Princess Peach for the reason of his kidnapping. But recently he has shown that he just wants to be the villain, often breaking the fourth wall in these statements. He has been shown to ambitious, and has been able to take over other kingdoms.

Powers and Abilities

Bowser has many Powers and Abilities, this lists quite a few:

  • Fire – Flamethrowing is Bowser's trademark attack, in New Super Mario Bros., he is shown to be able to shoot blue flames as well as orange. He also occasionally emits fireballs in addition to the constant stream of flame breath (as seen in most early appearances). Fire is also one of his weaknesses.
  • Lightning – In Hotel Mario Bowser was able to call down a flurry of lightning bolts to zap Mario. Bowser son Iggy Koopa was also shown to possess this ability and Ludwig von Koopa was able to shoot bolts of lightning directly at his opponents. He could use the Star Rod to summon a lighting attck in Paper Mario. Bowser's lightning ability is shown again in the beginning of Super Mario Galaxy when he uses it to summon a spaceship to lift Princess Peach's Castle into space.
  • Hammers – Bowser is shown to have the ability to throw hammers at Mario with amazing speed, creating a hard-to-dodge stream of flying mallets. Strangely, Mario's Hammer is yet another one of his weaknesses.
  • Swimming – In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bowser is shown to have good swimming abilities, just like Mario. He apparently doesn't really like swimming though, possibly because of his many fire attacks.
  • Meat – Bowser apparently has a huge attraction to meat, as in the side-scrolling special levels of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bowser will grow huge if he eats some meat.
  • Magic – Bowser, according to the Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet, is very skilled in dark magic, although this attribute is very rarely (if ever) showcased in later games. This role seems to have been taken by Kammy Koopa.
  • Brute strength – Along with Donkey Kong, the Koopa King is one of the burliest characters in the Marioverse, possessing a great deal of brute strength. He seems to take some pride in this attribute, as noted by some of his quotes in the RPGs.
  • Ice – In Luigi's Mansion the Bowser head when detached from the body would shoot ice crystals to freeze Luigi. Whether this is an actual power or just something King Boo added to the suit is unknown.
  • Durability – In many Mario games Bowser has fallen into lava, been blown up, etc., but has managed to survive all this.
  • Roar – While this is not an actual attack, Bowser has been known to have an extremely powerful roar. Additinally, Bowser's kids Morton Koopa and Bowser Jr. have the power to create supersonic screams. His daughter Wendy has shown early signs of possessing this power.
  • Teleportation – This move of Bowser's was first used in the game Super Mario 64 (and the DS remake). Bowser used this move once and that was when he was fought in the second Bowser course. When the player was too close to him, Bowser would disappear and reappear somewhere else, making it hard to get close to his tail. His eldest son Ludwig was able to teleport using his electricity powers in Hotel Mario. Bowser also uses this as a means of escape if Mario defeats him in their first two battles in Super Mario Galaxy.
  • Shockwaves Bowser has the ability to create shockwaves when he pounds the ground hard. Bowser's kids Roy and Morton were able to use this earlier.
  • Speed and Agility Although it varies from game to game, in some games Bowser is actually faster and more agile the more Mario is. A example is in Super Mario 64 where Bowser can jump hundreds of feet in the air if Mario tosses him off the platform. In that game for short distances, he can also run faster then Mario can.

Relationships With Other Characters

Here is a list of the relationships Bowser has with other characters:

Mario

Mario is Bowser's arch-nemesis, as Mario continuously saves Princess Peach from him. They don't get along, but don't seem to really hate each other either. Bowser has even shown to have a degree of respect for Mario. Mario and Bowser have put their differences aside to work together on a few occasions, such as Super Mario RPG, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, and in Super Paper Mario.

Princess Peach

Bowser has expressed a romantic attraction to Princess Peach, though the feeling isn't at all mutual. Still, Bowser is typically more civil and less rough around the Princess, as seen in Paper Mario. In Super Paper Mario, Bowser is married to Princess Peach by Count Bleck to create the Chaos Heart. During the ceremony, Bowser makes comments like "No complaints on this side of the alter, Bleck old boy!" and makes several hints towards the wedding through the process of the game (one of the most blatant being "Hello? Concerned hubby over here!"). [Note that Peach declared this marriage annulled later in game, seeing that Bleck wasn't authorized to perform the ceremony] In his victory scene in Mario Power Tennis, a victorious Bowser motions to Peach to give him a kiss only to open his eyes and see a Birdo instead leaning towards him. Bowser then runs off the stage screaming while Peach is giggling.

Luigi

Luigi's relationship to Bowser is similar to Mario's, just not as extreme. Luigi doesn't hate Bowser as much because he sees him less. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, however, Bowser does for some reason not know who Luigi is, and keeps calling him names often featuring the word 'green'.

Koopalings

Bowser Jr. is Bowser's son, and so far the only child that's been shown to have any sort of interaction with him. From Super Mario Sunshine, it can be seen that Bowser is very proud of Junior, and cares a lot about him. So far, the games haven't shown any dialogue with his other kids.

Yoshi

Yoshi has also had many adventures with Bowser as the main villain too. Though he helped Yoshi when he was young, Bowser then betrayed Yoshi.

Toad

Toad has shown no real relationship with Bowser. Toad often tries to protect Peach from Bowser, but he gets kidnapped just as mercilessly as the princess. Luigi's Mansion showed that the mere mention of Bowser scared Toad.

Family

Bowser's first seven children as they are seen today.

The first family member of Bowser's ever seen was not in the Mario video games, instead, it was in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?". This episode introduced Mama Koopa, King Koopa's (as Bowser was called The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) mother, who was a bossy and bullying woman. Additionally, King Koopa (as Kid Koopa) also mentioned a grandfather named Poopa La Koopa in an earlier episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! entitled "Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid", with character's apparent motto being "Cheat, beat, and be merry!"

The game Super Mario Bros. 3 introduced the first seven of Bowser's eight children, the Koopalings; who, after their first appearance in Super Mario Bros. 3, would go on to appear in several other games with their father, as well as in various other Mario-related medias, such as cartoons and publications.

In issues of Nintendo Comics System, Bowser would occasionally mention his father, who is heavily implied to be a criminal currently being chased by the authorities. Bowser and his children were also shown to have a pet, Pookie, in Nintendo Comics System, who was a rabbit who was often abused by his owners. Pookie eventually escaped from Bowser's Castle in the comic "Bowser Knows Best".

The Super Mario Bros. movie, two idiotic cousins of King Koopa, named Iggy and Spike, are introduced. Despite the presence of cousins though, a brother or sister of King Koopa is never mentioned in the Super Mario Bros. movie. Also, King Koopa's second-in-command in the Super Mario Bros. movie, Lena, is implied to have some sort of relationship with King Koopa. Yoshi was also portrayed as the pet of King Koopa, though the two seemed to have hatred for one another, with Yoshi, much like Pookie before him, suffering much abuse at the hands of King Koopa, who reffered to the non-humanoid dinosaur as a "throwback".

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island introduced Kamek, a Magikoopa who is seemingly the caretaker and possible adoptive father of Baby Bowser, often shown to take care of him. The Mario Party series also introduced Koopa Kid who, despite having an uncanny resemblance to Bowser, seems unrelated to him; though Bowser acts somewhat like a father to Koopa Kid, doing things such as grounding Koopa Kid or banning him from playing with his toys when he fails.

The game Super Mario Sunshine introduced Bowser Jr., Bowser's eighth and youngest child who, unlike the Koopalings, resembles him greatly.

In Super Paper Mario, Bowser and Princess Peach are forcibly wedded by the sinister Count Bleck and Nastasia. Though Bowser regards this wedding as official and Princess Peach as his wife, Princess Peach herself cites the wedding as a sham and disregards it as official.

The UK Nintendo Power once said that Bowser had a wife named Clawdia Koopa; however, as Clawdia is never referenced to again, neither in any games or later issues of Nintendo Power UK, it is often believed that Clawdia was simply a joke.

Future Appearances

Bowser will also be appearing in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a playable character.

Appearances in Other Media

Bowser, grasping Princess Peach in The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach.

Anime

Bowser, under his Japanese name of King Koopa, was featured as the main villain of the Japan-exclusive video The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach, which had Bowser abducting Princess Peach, wanting to force her to love and marry him. Near the end of the film, Bowser tries to forcefully marry Princess Peach, only for the wedding to be interrupted by Mario and Luigi. After severally pummeling Mario, Bowser is eventually defeated by Mario who, becoming empowered by a Starman, beats Bowser and throws him over the horizon. In the post-credits sequence of the movie, Bowser, as well as his Koopa Troopa minions, can be seen happily working at Mario and Luigi's grocery store.

Bowser was also featured as the main villain of all three of the stories in the Super Mario Amada Series anime, which had him taking on the guise of various fairy tale villains.

In the first story of the Super Mario Amada Series, Momotarō, Bowser acts as the story's ogre, who kidnaps Princess Peach with the help of his henchmen, the Koopalings. Bowser is eventually defeated and Princess Peach is rescued when Mario defeats him with help from his allies.

In the second story of the Super Mario Amada Series, Issun-bōshi, Bowser plays a somewhat minimal role, appearing to bully both Princess Peach and Mario during the story. While harassing Princess Peach, Bowser eats Mario, who prods Bowser's innards with a needle; this causes Bowser to experience a horrific stomach ache and forces him to regurgitate Mario and run away, yelling.

In the final story of the Super Mario Amada Series, Shirayukihime (Snow White), Bowser, oddly, plays the role of the story's Wicked Queen, who wishes to steal the beauty of Princess Peach. After poisoning Princess Peach, who is later cured, Bowser tries to take her as a hostage, only to be defeated by Luigi.

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An illustration of King Koopa, from DiC Entertainment's Super Mario cartoon trilogy.

Television

Bowser, though most commonly referred to by the name of King Koopa instead of Bowser, was featured as the main villain of all three of DIC Entertainment's Super Mario cartoons, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Bowser would often take on various aliases and costumes and try to inact a dastardly plot of some sort, most commonly trying to conquer a kingdom or steal an ancient treasure and/or artifact; aiding Bowser in these plots were his Koopa Pack and also a sidekick of sorts, most commonly Mouser. In several episodes, Bowser would capture Princess Toadstool and attempt to blackmail her into giving him the Mushroom Kingdom, although some other episodes implied he already had some measure of control over the kingdom.

In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Bowser, having seemingly been banished from the Mushroom Kingdom sometime after the events of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, returned to it to cause havoc, with the aid of his seven Koopalings. In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Bowser stopped his use of aliases and costumes and his plans became somewhat more odd in nature, such as turning his children into giant, ninja warriors for the sole purpose of kidnapping Prince Hugo the Huge so he could simply transform him into a poodle.

In Super Mario World, which Bowser made only somewhat infrequent appearances in, Bowser, as revealed in the episode "Mama Luigi", had been once again been banished from the Mushroom Kingdom, was forced to move to Dinosaur World, which he began to cause trouble in as well. Bowser's fate at the end of Super Mario World is never actually disclosed, as his final appearance in it (excluding the aforementioned, flashback episode "Mama Luigi") had him trapped in his bedroom, which was rapidly filling with lava.

Oddly, Bowser was featured as the host of his own live-action television series by the name of King Koopa's Kool Kartoons; King Koopa's Kool Kartoons had Bowser giving Nintendo related merchandise to his all-child audience members, as well as showing them old, public domain cartoons.

Publications

In the Mario portions of Valiant's Nintendo Comics System, Bowser was once again featured as the main enemy of the Mushroom Kingdom, which he continued to try and cause chaos in. In the comics' continuation, Nintendo Adventure Books, also created by Valiant, Bowser was featured as the main antagonist of almost every story, where he often tried to commit somewhat bizarre and over the top deeds.

In Nintendo Power's Super Mario Adventures comic serial, Bowser, wanting to marry Princess Toadstool, abducts her from her castle after causing mass panic there by sending several monsters to attack it; after abducting Princess Toadstool, Bowser put her under the watch of his Koopalings, he also turned several Mushroom People into stone statues.

Bowser is eventually defeated in Super Mario Adventures when Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and the Yoshis Bowser had hypnotized into being his slaves, rampaged through his wedding to a brainwashed Princess Toadstool. Trying to escape from Mario, Bowser boarded his Koopa Clown Copter, only to lose control of it after being lassoed by Mario; Bowser was last seen having crashed into his gigantic wedding cake, which eventually collapsed after being half-eaten by Yoshis.

President Koopa in the Super Mario Bros. film.
A De-evolution Gun wielding King Koopa and several Goombas from the Super Mario Bros. movie.

Movie

In the Super Mario Bros. movie, Bowser, only ever called King Koopa here, was portrayed as the sadistic and tyrannical ruler of Dinohatten, an alternate universe version of Manhatten, New York which King Koopa had forcefully overthrown. Not content with simply rulling Dinohatten, King Koopa had planned on conquering Earth, which he needed a meteorite fragment owned by Princess Daisy to do.

After a brief invasion of Earth with his Goomba minions, King Koopa was brought back to Dinohatten were he battled Mario and Luigi. In the end, King Koopa was hit with his own Devolution Gun and regressed to a Tyrannosaurus Rex form and later, a pile of primordial ooze.

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King Koopa, after being devolved into a T-Rex.

Interestingly, in the official novelization of Super Mario Bros. and the Goldenbooks adaptation, Princess Daisy's father is referred to by the name of King Bowser.

Other

Bowser was featured as the main villain of the Ice Capades of 1989, which had him trying to cause worldwide chaos by spreading an electronics corrupting virus through Nintendo Entertainment Systems.

Bio from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Writers Bible

Despite every devious and dastardly plot he hatches, Koopa has a certain Rodney Dangerfield-like vulnerability which makes him as loveable as he is hateable. Koopa is pure id. Unmitigated selfishness running rampant in an ugly green body. He will capture, trick, bribe, threaten, attack, cast evil spells, hurl malicious insults, throw temper tantrums and do anything else despicable and nasty to defeat the Super Marios. And he has so much fun doing it, we always want to see him try again. In Super Mario 3 [sic], Koopa fans can enjoy his humorous rantings and funny frustrations even more as he contends with his seven black sheep Koopalings. If reptiles had hair, Koopa would've pulled all his out by now.

Trivia

  • Bowser's boss theme in Super Paper Mario is a remix of both the Super Mario Bros. 3 World 8 map music and his boss theme from his Dark World and Fire Sea fights in Super Mario 64.
  • In Mario Party Advance, Bowser claims to have an IQ of 9,800.
  • According to the manual of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario and Bowser had fought exactly nine hundred and ninety-nine times by the beginning of Super Mario RPG; however, the manual's mention of Mario beating Bowser "for the millionth time" during the game's story was likely a typical phrase that should not be taken at face value.
  • In his first appearance in Super Mario Bros., Bowser never had any of his hair due to graphic limitations. His red hair was first seen in-game in Super Mario Bros. 3. The hair was also absent when Bowser power ups in his Super Mario Bros. look when he got a Mega Star in Super Paper Mario. The hair was yet again absent in the Mario cartoons as the creators wished to follow the graphic design of Super Mario Bros.; as such, his bare head was covered only by a crown.
  • Bowser's emblem in various games is his own head, except in Bowser's emblem in the Super Smash Bros. Melee, where it is a Mushroom.
  • In Super Smash Bros. Melee, if the player switches the language to Japanese, then instead of Bowser, Bowser's name is Koopa. Something similar can be done with Jigglypuff.
  • In the "How to Draw Nintendo Heroes and Villians" book Bowser is listed as Kerog.
  • Some of Bowser's powers come from different species of Koopas such as Fire Bros fire breath, Spinys shell spikes, and Hammer Bros hammers.

Alter-egos

On The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, King Koopa would often don a unique title and costume to go along with the setting of many of the episodes.

Picture Name Episode
KidKoopa.jpg Kid Koopa "Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid"
CaptainKoopa.jpg Captain Koopa "Rolling Down the River"
File:CeasarKoopa.jpg Emperor Augustus Septembres Octoberus Koopa "The Great Gladiator Gig"
File:MoonManKoopa.jpg Moon Man Koopa "Stars in Their Eyes"
KoopaKhan.jpg Koopa Khan "Brooklyn Bound"
BikerKoopa.jpg King-of-the-Road Koopa "Toad Warriors"
CountKoopula.jpg Count Koopula "Count Koopula"
BlackbeardKoopa.jpg Blackbeard Koopa "Pirates of Koopa"
GooGooKoopa.jpg King Goo Goo Ga Ga Koopa "Two Plumbers and a Baby"
File:Kooparity.gif Professor Kooparity "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario"
Dr.Koopenstein.jpg Dr. Koopenstein "Koopenstein"
Koopenstein Monster Koopenstein Monster "Koopenstein"
Koopfinger.jpg Koopfinger "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service"
No costume The Sheriff of Koopingham "Hooded Robin and His Mario Men"
No costume Koopa Nemo "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea"
O'Koopa.jpg King O'Koopa "Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold"
File:Koop-zilla.jpg Koop-zilla "Mario Meets Koop-zilla"
Bowser Red Baron Koopa "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa"
Koopa Klaus Koopa Klaus "Koopa Klaus"
Al Koopone Al Koopone "The Unzappables"
RapKoopa.jpg Rappin' Koopa "Bad Rap"
ElKoopitan.jpg El Koopitan "The Mark of Zero"
KoopTut.jpg Koop Tut "The Ten Koopmandments"
RedcoatKoopa.jpg Redcoat Koopa "The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming!"
File:AlleyKoop.jpg Alley Koop "Quest for Pizza"
File:ClaimJumpKoopa.jpg Claim Jump Koopa "The Great Gold Coin Rush"
KoolKoopa.jpg Kool Koopa "Elvin Lives"
KarateKoopa.jpg Karate Koopa "Karate Koopa"
BillyKoopa.jpg Billy the Koopa "The Provolone Ranger"
JudgeKoopa.jpg Judge Koopa "Escape from Koopatraz"
WardenKoopa.jpg Warden Koopa "Escape from Koopatraz"
Barra-Koopa.jpg Barra-Koopa "Mario of the Deep"
File:NaziBowser.jpg Kolonel Von Koop "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom"
KangarooKoopa.jpg Kangaroo Koopa "Crocodile Mario"
File:DarthKoopa.gif Darth Koopa "Star Koopa"
Bowser / Robo Suit Robo Koopa "Robo Koopa"

Other Names Bowser is Sometimes Called

In The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach he is called "Great Stupen Koopa"

Character Artwork

Quotes

In Video Games

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

  • "NO!!! It's a chain reaction!!"
  • "The bridge is down, but we'll find a way to get back in. Move out, on the double!"
  • "All this power, and good looks too! I know what you're thinking..."
  • "I'm lightning in a bottle! I'm an earthquake in a can!"
  • "If Mario doesn't find these Star things, I'll have the princess, but I can forget about my castle... Can you run that past me again?"
  • "Like the moon over
    The day, my genius and brawn
    Are lost on these fools."
  • Mario's party: "One for all and all for one!"
    Bowser: "And I'll take care of myself!"

In Super Mario 64

  • "Welcome. No one's home! Now scram -- and don't come back!"

In Paper Mario

  • "Ha! This castle's under my control now, my dear! Now you will obey me!"
  • "Gwa ha ha ha ha ha! Is that all you've got? How sad! You'd best take some vitamins, 'cause that didn't hurt at all!"
  • "With the power of the Star Rod, I can finally have everything I've always wanted!"
  • "Oh no! I can't believe I left my secret diary lying out! It would be totally embarrassing if someone were to read that thing. Wuh... wuh... WHAAAT?!! What's the princess doing here?"
  • "Nothing makes me happier than a smile from you, Peach."
  • "Sure, they were complete wimps, but they were still loyal to me. I can't forgive Mario for disrespecting me!"
  • "Oh, Princess Peach! Your cuddly old Bowser's here!"
  • "Mario always defeats me... This time I became invincible and I STILL couldn't beat him!"

In Super Mario Sunshine

  • "Mario! How dare you interrupt our family vacation?!"
  • "That's my boy."

In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga

  • "Mario! Do something super!"
  • "Attacking me when my back is turned, huh? Well that's typical! C'mere, Super Coward Bros!"
  • "Look, keep your diet jokes to yourself! They're not funny! Just get me out of here!!!"
  • "I am Bowser The King!"

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • "Crystal Stars? They sound like great world-conquering tools! I want 'em!"
  • "Great, just great. Now I look like the huge, mighty King of GUYS WHO TALK TO POSTERS!"
  • "It's hag vs. hag! Awesome!"
  • "Pbbbthbtth! Am I Mario's baby-sitter? I don't care what he's doing! Are you going to call me every time that guy blows his nose, or what? Sheesh!"
  • "Under NO circumstances is ANYONE allowed to kidnap Peach without MY say so"
  • "AIRHEAD!!! A picnic?!? You MORON! This is no time for fun! See, THIS is why my evil plans always derail! Because you clods always goof off! AAARGH!"
  • "I am Bowser, businessman of legend! Fear my accounting!"
  • "ARRGH! Those Mario Bros. are the most annoying brothers of all time!"
  • "Gra har har har! What's a finale without a Bowser appearance? A cruddy finale, that's what!"
  • "You're both too old,"
  • "Today's the day I flush a plumber down the drain!"
  • "Gra ha ha har! Bowser, the mighty Koopa King has arrived! Hold your applause, minions! But now that I'm here... Kammy! You crusty old hag! Why did you summon me."
  • "Under NO circumstances is ANYONE allowed to kidnap her without MY say-so!!! I will NOT stand for this! I'm going to Rogueport, NOW! I've got to kidnap her back!"

In Super Paper Mario

  • "Bwah ha ha! Will I marry Peach? Are you kidding me? The answer's YESSSSSSSS!
  • "Bah! Mario... AND Luigi?! How'd you get in here?...What? My front gate was open?! How many times have I told those idiots?! If you're the last in, LOCK THE GATE!"
  • "I'll tell you who doesn't make even a little bit of sense... Count Bleck!
  • "Enough! Release Princess Peach, right now! I'm on a schedule over here!
  • "No more sequels! It's gonna end right here, right now. ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
  • "But... But I'm Bowser! I'm grade-A, 100% prime-cut final boss! I'm going to take over the world any day now! No way am I helping Mario! He's always trashing my awesome plans."
  • "What'd you say? If the world ends, there's not gonna be any world for me to rule?".
  • "NO! I'M NOT SWEET!"
  • "Yeah! Anyone who wears a cape and a monocle is just begging for a beating."
  • "Trust me, any problem comes up, I'll stomp it into next week! I'll Bowserserize it!"'
  • "I've had egg-salad-sandwiches chunkier then this guy."
  • "You believed in your prophecy, and we believed in mopping the floor with you!"

In Mario Party 8

In Super Mario Cartoons

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

  • "He who koops and runs away lives to koop another day!" - Various episodes
  • "Watch it soldier, when I want my feet licked, I'll ask for it! I want my feet licked." - "The Bird! The Bird!"
  • "Fool! Those pinhead plumbers are bound to try to rescue Princess Toadstool, and I intend to capture them before they do." - "Rolling Down the River"
  • "You're breaking my heart, princess! Now, get to work! Now that you and these Quirks are my slaves, I got other planets to plunder! *laughs*" - "Stars in Their Eyes"
  • "You call that music? Stop that racket! I hate that music! I hate spaghetti! I hate Quirks! I hate those faucet freaks!" - "Stars in Their Eyes"
  • "Alright! Which one of you messed up? Who ruined all my sneaky underhanded plans?" - "Jungle Fever"
  • "Thank you, princess! You saved me all the trouble of hunting you down! You're so nice to me!" - "Jungle Fever"
  • "The courage beyond compare, the bravery beyond description, I praise this great hero, the superior fiend... me. Koopa Khan the magnificent. If I didn't deserve this, I wouldn't give it to me." - "Brooklyn Bound"
  • "Those annoying wrench-heads won’t ruin my evil plan! Prepare an ambush, Mouser! Make road pizzas out of them!" - "Toad Warriors"
  • "These fireballs are fantastic! Think of the destruction; think of the wreckage; think of how much this'll lower my heating bill!" - "The Fire of Hercufleas"
  • "Say ciao to your friends, Princess Toadstool. That's goodbye in Italian, because when you see 'em again, you'll be a tomato sauce sucking vampire, just like me! - "Count Koopula"
  • "Fire a warning shot! ... On second thought, blow the plumber-boys and the Princess right off the boat!" - "Pirates of Koopa"
  • "Listen up, you reptile retches! It's time to play 'Auction the Princess'! Do I hear one-thousand gold coins? Remember, the money goes to my favorite charity... Me." - "Pirates of Koopa
  • "Boogie with Koopa, you fungus brats! Boogie right into my double-dealing clutches!" - "The Pied Koopa"
  • "Mouser, this is not a nursery school! This is an evil castle!" - "The Pied Koopa"
  • "When I get my mitts on you, you're gonna be creamed, Mushroom!" - "Too Hot to Handle"
  • "You mean I can't destroy the island? I hate those Marios! They always spoil my fun!" - "Too Hot to Handle"
  • "Run, you teensy tempura tasters! I'm gonna squash this city flatter than a tofu pancake!" - "Mario Meets Koop-zilla"
  • "Plug your ears and watch your rears! We're goin' Bob-omb bowlin'" - "The Unzappables"
  • "Gosh, this tyrant business is hard work! I'm too pooped to Koop! Think I'll take a Koopa catnap." - "The Ten Koopmandments"
  • "It's... it's... it's horrible! It's disgusting! It's me!" - "The Trojan Kooa"
  • "Make way for the big daddio, the headman, the new king of Sock Hop Land: Koopa, the Kool!" "Elvin Lives"
  • "No way, José! They'll never catch the Koopilac! I got dual carbs! I got four on the floor!" "Elvin Lives"
  • "In just a few minutes, the bidding for Princess Toadstool and her slimy friend Toad will begin! So drink up your Koopa Kola!" - "Karate Koopa"
  • "Welcome aboard Air Albatoss. This is your Koopa speaking. This flight is non-stop 'til ya drop!" - "Mario of the Apes"
  • "Koopa Court is now in session! Bailiff Mouser, read those phony charges you and I cooked up!" - "Escape from Koopatraz"
  • "Congratulations! You've won a five-hundred year all-expense paid trip to Club Koopatraz!" - "Escape from Koopatraz"
  • "It was so much fun being your crooked judge, I decided to become your cruel warden!" - "Escape from Koopatraz"
  • "This better be a bad dream, plumber, 'cause if it's not, you're in deep fettuccine!" - "Escape from Koopatraz"
  • "You mean this is all?! There ain't enough gold here to bother Kooping about!" - "Mario of the Deep"
  • "You Mario Bros. ruined my evil schemes, so I'm gonna ruin the burg that you love best!" - "Flatbush Koopa"
  • "Hold your applause! I know it's a genius idea, but I have them all the time!" - "Flatbush Koopa"
  • "I love Down Under Land! It's where Mario Bros. went down- and under!" - "Crocodile Mario"
  • "If you want something wrong done right, you gotta wrong-do it yourself!" - "Star Koopa"
  • "I am the mighty Robo Koopa! Half Koopa, half machine. Built for destruction! And I'm gonna destroy you miserable little meddlers! (fiddles on his control panel) Drat! Where is that 'destroy-you-miserable-little-meddlers' button!" - "Robo Koopa"
  • "The fun's not over yet! I've got Super-vision; Super-hearing; Super-strength; And yes, even... Super-toes!" - "Robo Koopa".

In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

  • "Go clean your room! And you'd better do it! Stop pinching your little brother! Don't be a brat! Turn down your stereo! Pick up your socks! Close the door! Get off the telephone!" - "Reptiles in the Rose Garden"
  • "Well, hello there! Give your uncle a big kiss! (kisses baby, who hits him with rattle) Ow! Why you-- uh, you sweet little thing you! (kisses baby again) Yuck! I hate mushroom brats!" - "Princess Toadstool for President"
  • "Oh, I hate it when my tootsie-wootsies get wet!" - "Oh, Brother!"
  • "Kooky, what are you doing? I'm your dear old King Dad!" - "Oh, Brother!"
  • "HAHAHAHAHA! This is Koopa-riffic! I can do even more bad in my Doomsub than in my Doomship!" - "The Ugly Mermaid"
  • "The Real World's got seven continents, and I'm givin' one to each of you to do with what you like! Bully, you get to be the beast of the east in Asia! Cheatsy, you show how low you can go, down under, in Australia! Kootie Pie, show the Old World some newer nastiness! Go be a plague in Europe! Kooky, go wild in Africa! Big Mouth, blow your hot air all over Antarctica! Hip, rediscover North America! Be rotten from sea to shining sea! Hop, lambada South America! Give the Real World a Kooping it'll never forget!" - "7 Continents for 7 Koopas"
  • "We never would've lost if you Koopaling clowns had just tried to wake me up! Whose idea was this midnight attack?!" - "True Colors"
  • "Gimme back Hip's Magic Wand! It's Koopa property, and it's rightfully mine!" - "Recycled Koopa"
  • "It's not neat stuff, you nincomkoop! It's the same trash we had before! Now get rid of it! And this time, see that it doesn't come back!" - "Recycled Koopa"
  • "Hey, what are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a reptile ready to conquer the world?" - "Super Koopa"

In Super Mario World

  • "I'm back! And so is 'Captain N & Super Mario Bros. World'!" - Various episodes
  • "This is easier than talking Kootie Pie into a shopping spree!" - "Send in the Clown"
  • "You are about to enter this Warp Pipe and into a dimension beyond space and time." - "Send in the Clown"
  • "Are my dinosaurs in for a treat! Kinda high in cholesterol, but I'm sure they can handle it!" - "Send in the Clown"
  • "I wouldn't do that, plunger-face, not if you want to see your precious princess again!" - "Send in the Clown"
  • "Eight Egg Scoopa Koopas coming up! Cook 'em good! No one likes runny eggs, dinobrain!" - "King Scoopa Koopa"
  • "Patience, my little chickadees. Egg Scoopa Koopas for everyone, cash in hands, of course." - "King Scoopa Koopa"
  • "Hey, don't forget the special Scoopa Sauce. A little scoop'll do ya, haha!" - "King Scoopa Koopa"
  • "Koopa Sez, everybody go to the Dome Castle, and get Mario and Luigi, and bring them to me!" - "Rock TV"
  • "I haven't done anything really rotten in a long time, not since yesterday." - "Rock TV"
  • "Clams, coins, old socks, we're given' em away!" - "Rock TV"
  • "Top this, turkey-mouth!" - "Rock TV"
  • "You will grow up to be sneaky, two-faced, cheating illiterates, just like your dad!" - "A Little Learning"
  • "I can always build another castle, but you can't build another princess." - "Mama Luigi"

In Comics

In Nintendo Comics System

  • "Who were you expecting? The Tooth Fairy?" - "The Legend"
  • "A stout ship, a loyal crew -- or else -- and lots of stolen money. This is the most fun you can have without pulverizing a plumber." - "Mutiny on the Fungi"
  • "In case you didn't notice, I don't give a blond hog's hair about "honor"!" - "Mutiny on the Fungi"
  • "Sob! My beautiful fortress! And I was going to conquer the world on Tuesday!" - "Just Deserts"
  • "Don't hold the bomb when it blows up -- You'll waste a perfectly good bomb!!" - "Beauty and the Beach"
  • "PTEWWW!! What is this?!!!! I didn't order Koopa Kola Plain -- I wanted Koopa Kola Crunchy!!!" - "Duh Stoopid Bomb!"
  • "My ol' pop used to say in situations like this - 'Son, when you put your mind to it, there's no problem big enough to run away from'!" - "The Buddy System"
  • "I'n terriby disappointed in all of you. Except you, Lemmy. I know you're a blithering idiot!" - "Bowser Knows Best"
  • "What is it with you kids these days!! Is it hip to be stupid nowadays? Is there a fad nobody's told old dad about?" - "Bowser Knows Best"

In Super Mario Adventures

  • "Ta ta, turtle dove, until next week. Here's a smooch for your sweet cheek."
  • "Bwa ha ha! My sinister plot worked!"
  • "Am I handsome or what!"

In Movies

In Super Mario Bros.

  • "Perhaps if I could just make you idiots smarter, you won't screw-up this time."
  • "Here's what's logical to me... if you do not return with the plumbers and the rock... I shall personally kill you."
  • "After the merge, it will be nice to see the humans de-evolve, won't it? What is it they come from? I keep forgetting, its, uh, mice or something..."
  • "Disgusting mammals."
  • "Well, my, my, looks like you got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning."
  • "That I am, ruler of all you see. A few miserable streets and endless desert."
  • "My, my, you have let yourself go! See, I'm not such a bad guy, you always wanted to be everywhere, well now you are. And I wanna tell you something, you can go ahead and choke this little Mushroom Kingdom all you want, cuz', I'm out of here. I'm out into the bigger world! I gotta a couple a plumbers bringin' me the rest of the meteorite. Soon to be dead plumbers. And by the way, you really oughta pull yourself back together again... slime bucket!"
  • "King Koopa here. I'd like the Koopa Special. Yes, dino, lizard, hold the mammal, no worms and, uh, spicy."

Trivia

In the Japanese version of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Bowser did a gesture similar to giving the middle finger for his victory pose[1]. This was changed when the game was released in America.

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