Editing Boss Bass

{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:Boss bass smb3.png]]
|species_origin=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2010|2010]])
}}
A '''Boss Bass''' is a huge [[Cheep Cheep]] first found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. 

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|right|thumb|200px|A '''Boss Bass''' about to eat [[Mario]].]]In this game, Boss Basses swim on the surface of the water trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It does not matter if Mario is small or big, or has any power-up equipped, Boss Bass will defeat Mario in one gulp even if he was [[Statue Mario]]. In both of the stages he appears in, the water level rises and sinks, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks, shells, [[hammer]]s, and [[fireball]]s can defeat him as well as tail attacks and [[Star]], but he'll eventually come back. However, in the GBA version, if the player has set on the e-reader card that will make enemies hit by fireballs turn into coins, and the player successfully hits Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, Boss Bass will not return for the rest of the level.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
The [[Cheep Chomp]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' has similar qualities to the Boss Basses, but to Big Berthas as well, as they live underwater and not seen on the surface. Another enemy in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', [[Spike Bass]]es, patrol the surface of water levels, similar to the Boss Bass. However, Spike Basses will not try to eat Mario.

===''Mario Kart DS''===
[[Image:BossBassDS.png|thumb|Boss Bass as seen in ''Mario Kart DS''.]]
A Boss Bass makes a small cameo in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', where he jumps out of the water and over the course in [[Banshee Boardwalk]]. Boss Bass replaces the [[Cheep Cheep]] from the original ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' version.

===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
Boss Basses are also found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', where they behave much as they do in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. There is also a mid-boss known as [[Bessie Bass]], who, although she behaves like a Boss Bass, is really a [[Big Bertha]], since she is a female of the species.

===''Mario Party'' series===
===Mario Party DS===
In [[Cheep Chump]], a Boss Bass (or possibly a Big Bertha) appears as one of the Cheep-Cheeps in the water. Like all the others, it can suck Mario and his
friends up and spit them out.

==Characteristics and Traits==
Boss Basses apparently eat [[Cheep Cheep]]s, despite being a relative of theirs. They also have trouble distinguishing them from something else, as proven in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' when a [[Shayde]] said that he fell into the ocean once, but luckily could swim as well as a Cheep Cheep. Unfortunately, a Boss Bass thought that since he swam like a Cheep Cheep, the huge fish ate him.

The female variety of Boss Bass is [[Big Bertha]].

==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname|
|Jap=巨大プクプク♂
|JapR=Kyodai Pukupuku ♂
|JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep ♂
|Ita=Boss Bass
|ItaM=-}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the two [[Shayde]]s talking in the Underwhere chat about how they died. One story involves the left Shayde becoming a "Boss Bass Snack."
*Boss Basses are similar in both appearance and behavior to the [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Big Red Blurps]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.

==See Also==
*[[Bubba]]
*[[Big Bertha]]
*[[Bessie Bass]]
*[[Cheep Chomp]]
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