Editing Boss Bass

{{merge from|Big Bertha}}
{{about|the man-eating fish from [[Super Mario Bros. 3]]|the similar enemy also known as Boss Bass in [[Yoshi's Island DS]]|[[Cheep Chomp]]}}
{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:Boss Bass Perfect.png|300px]]<br>A Boss Bass from ''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]]''.
|parent_species=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|derived_species=[[Cheep Chomp]]
|related=[[Big Bertha]]<br>[[Big Cheep Cheep]]<br>[[Red Blurp]]<br>[[Spike Bass]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
}}
A '''Boss Bass''' is a huge [[Cheep Cheep]] that eats seafarers.<ref>"''Even if Mario is Super, Boss Bass, the terror of the high seas, can swallow him whole.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 8.</ref> It has a mouth-brooding counterpart called [[Big Bertha]]. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', it is implied in a passing mention that they eat normal-sized Cheep Cheeps.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|thumb|left]]
In this game, Boss Bass swims on the surface of the water trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It does not matter which form the player is in because Boss Bass will defeat Mario instantly in one gulp, even if he is [[Statue Mario|a statue]]. 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 at Boss Bass can defeat him, as well as tail attacks and using a [[Super Star]], but he'll eventually come back. However, in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Advance 4]]'', if the player has turned on [[Orange Switch|the e-reader card]] that makes enemies hit by [[fireball]]s turn into [[coin]]s, 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.
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===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:CartoonBigBertha.jpg|thumb|160px|A Boss Bass from "[[Never Koop a Koopa]]".]]
Boss Bass make appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they usually chase after Mario and his friends.

===''Mario Teaches Typing''===
[[File:Boss Bass from Mario Teaches Typing for MS-DOS.png|frame|left]]
In the second mode of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'', Underwater World, the game repeatedly loops footage of [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] swimming away from either a Boss Bass or a [[Blooper]]. Their appearance is slightly different: their mohawks, fins, and tails are cyan, and they have sharp teeth instead of one tooth.
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===''Super Paper Mario''===
Boss Bass are given a passing mention in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' by a [[Shayde]], who 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, he was one himself, and the huge fish ate him.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=<span class="explain" title="きょだい">巨大</span>プクプク<ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book3/P1212070114.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ3完全攻略テクニックブック1」 (''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryaku Technique Book 1'')]</ref>
|JapR=Kyodai Pukupuku
|JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep; same as [[Big Bertha]]}}

==References==
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[[Category:Cheep Cheeps]]
[[Category:Mario Teaches Typing]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
[[Category:The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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