Boomsday Weapon
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- Not to be confused with Boomsday Machine.
The Boomsday Weapon is an enormous energy cannon on the top of Planet Bowser in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Like the planet itself, it was created by Bowser Jr. inspired by a puppet theater bedtime story Bowser often told him as a baby. It is capable of destroying entire galaxies, with Bowser Jr. hoping to use it to destroy "all who disrespect them", starting with the Mushroom Kingdom, so they can force the universe to submit to them. To activate, it requires Rosalina to be held in a chamber in the middle of a huge gyroscope-like structure inside, siphoning her cosmic power until she fully disintegrates into energy. It is the site of the climax of the film.
During the climax, Princess Peach makes her way to the core while Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi battle Dry Bowser and Wonder Bowser Jr. Peach at first tries to destroy the chamber where Rosalina is being drained using her parasol, but it eventually gets knocked away. Eventually she recalls a childhood memory of her and Rosalina terraforming a planet in their youth by touching their hands together, and manages to make Rosalina respond. Rosalina uses the last of her energy to reach for the chamber's wall opposite Peach, allowing the energy to spark between them, destroying the weapon from the inside just before it is able to fire, restoring Rosalina's energy, and terraforming Planet Bowser.
Notes[edit]
- The chamber where Rosalina is held bears some slight visual similarities to the glass planets that contain Grand Stars where Bowser is fought in Super Mario Galaxy; notably, the windows on it resemble the blue glass circles Bowser needs to be tricked into stomping to damage him.
- The Boomsday Weapon's overall role as a massive, planet-destroying blaster is likely inspired by the Death Star from the original Star Wars.
