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{{about|the fake Bowsers from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''|other uses|[[Fake Bowser (disambiguation)]]}}
{{articleabout|the Bowser Impostors from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''|the Bowser copy in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''|[[Belome#General information|Bowser Clone]]}}
{{species infobox
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|image=[[File:BowserMP8.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.
|image=[[File:Tanooki_Bowser.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a '''Bowser Impostor''' in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]], cameo)
|variant_of=[[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]]
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A '''fake Bowser''' (known as '''Bowser's decoy''' in ''[[NES Remix]]'') is a standard enemy that was transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic into a copy of himself. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
'''Bowser Impostors'''<ref name=Smash>"''A Bowser Impostor?!　In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Mario fights a blue fake Bowser before the real thing. That blue fake is his eighth color in this game!''" - ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' Tips</ref> are various standard enemies that were transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic into duplicates of himself. They first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
==Background==
===Concept and creation===
The concept of fake Bowsers came about during development of ''Super Mario Bros.'' Since all enemies have their sprites flipped upside-down when they are defeated (except for [[Piranha Plant]]s, which simply disappear, and [[Bullet Bill]]s, which stay rightside up), one of the programmers accidentally inserted an upside-down Koopa Troopa shell when portraying Bowser's death animation as if he were defeated with fireballs. The developers liked this idea, and as a result, this idea was extended to most of the Bowser battles in the game.<ref>https://www.giantbomb.com/false-bowser/3015-8320/</ref>{{better source}}


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''===
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[File:Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|thumb|A fake Bowser in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.]]
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each [[castle]], with [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|Bowser's Castle]] containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:
[[Mario]] has to fight seven Bowser Impostors (one in each castle) before he can reach [[Bowser's Castle]] and fight the real one. Hitting a Bowser Impostor with [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as their king with a spell (presumably put on them by Bowser). Some of these enemies are colored light gray (because of the castle's gray color palette), however. The enemies and their attributes are:
*'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Fire Breath|fire]]
 
*'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire
*'''World 1''': [[Goomba]] - fire
*'''World 2''': [[Green Shell]] - fire
*'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
*'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
*'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
*'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
*'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
*'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
*'''World 6''': [[Blooper|Bloober]]<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO "BLOOPER". "Bloober" was the name at the time of this game and should be the name displayed here. --> - [[hammer]]
*'''World 6''': [[Blooper]] - fire and hammer ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]) / hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]]ther - hammer
*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]] - fire and hammer ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]) / hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds (in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, the final fake Bowser is now replaced with the actual Bowser):
 
*'''World A''': Goomba - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds:
*'''World B''': Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World 9''': [[Bowser]] - fire and hammer ([[Family Computer Disk System|FCD]]) / Bowser - hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*'''World C''': Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World A''': [[Goomba]] - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FCD]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FDS)
*'''World B''': [[Green Shell]] - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FCD]]) / Green [[Cheep Cheep]] - hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*'''World C''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FCD]]) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FCD]]) / Bowser - hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
 
The "You VS. Boo" challenge of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
The "You VS. Boo" challenge of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]
*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep]]
*'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
*'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
[[File:SMBLL World D-4 Bowser Imposter.png|thumb|[[Mario]] facing the fake [[Bowser's Brother]] in [[World D (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World D-4]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.]]
Like Bowser, the blue [[Bowser's Brother]] in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In ''Super Mario All-Stars'', both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones that only throw hammers, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin. Due to ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' also featuring Worlds A-D, all of the fake Bowsers from those worlds return, including the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4.


===''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Blue_Bowser_Imposter_The_Lost_Levels.jpg|thumb|right|A Bowser Impostor appearing as an enemy in ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the [[World-e]] level [[Classic World 1-4]], where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs.
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', Bowser Impostors also appear in Worlds 8-4, 9-3, and D-4, along with the real Bowser. Unlike the other Bowser Impostors, these Bowsers have more of a mint-green body with a brown muzzle instead of the normal color. This type of Bowser is a magical copy of the real one; it also breathes fire and throws [[hammer]]s in all levels encountered except in World D-4, where it is a Spiny which breathes fire, just like the one at the end of the level.
 
====''Super Mario All-Stars''====
[[File:Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.jpg|thumb|left|A Bowser Imposter in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', they also lack their alternate coloration and look identical to Bowser. Because of this and the fact that this Bowser is the only Bowser that appears in World 9, players unaware of the original version of the game have mistaken them for the real Bowser. However, one means of distinguishing them from the real Bowser is the music that plays; the real Bowser's music is different.
 
On a side note, all Bowser Impostors in Worlds 9-D only throw hammers in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' remake. Strangely, the real Bowser in World D-4 also only uses hammers, unlike in World 8-4, where he uses hammers and spits fire.
 
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a Bowser Impostor appears as a boss in the [[World-e]] level "Classic World 1-4", where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the Bowser Impostor is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs.
 
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SM3DL - False Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot of a Bowser Impostor from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.]]
Bowser Impostors appear in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game, ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They have spiky tails, and they attack in a similar way as in ''Super Mario Bros.'', breathing several giant fireballs from a far place and jumping around the stage.


===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
However, unlike in ''Super Mario Bros.'', only two Bowser Impostors appear: one in {{world|1|castle}} and the other in {{world|5|castle}}. They are also immune to [[Fire Mario]]'s fireballs and any other projectiles. In order to defeat a Bowser Impostor, Mario or Luigi has to press a switch at the end of bridge to make it collapse and send the Bowser Impostor into the lava. After falling into the lava, Bowser Impostors bounce upwards and show their true forms with a [[Super Leaf]] beside them. The Bowser Impostor in World 1 is actually a [[Goomba]], while the one in World 5 was a [[Magikoopa]].
While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', variants powered by [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] known as [[Tail Bowser]]s make their first appearance.


===''Super Mario Run''===
===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===
In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', fake Bowsers appear at the end of the [[fortress]] levels in Worlds [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)|1]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|3]] and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|5]]. They are a Goomba, a green Koopa Troopa, and a Buzzy Beetle, respectively.
[[File:Superstarfalse.PNG|thumb|left|A Bowser Impostor in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
A Bowser Impostor makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. It is seen in a special area inside [[Bowser's Castle]], which is a side-scrolling level imitating a ''Super Mario Bros.'' level, and appears at the end of that level. The Bowser Impostor appears to be made of cardboard, and Mario must run underneath him and hit the [[axe]] to make him fall.
 
===''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''===
[[File:Bowser in Dream Figure Skating.jpg|thumb|right|A Bowser Imposter as it appears in Dream Figure Skating.]]
A Bowser Impostor appears as a boss in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', specifically in the Mario World version of [[Dream Figure Skating]]. The appearances of the stage and its boss are based off ''Super Mario 3D Land''. He chases the team across a giant collapsing bridge, spitting fireballs at them. The team must hit four buttons at the same time to cause the Bowser Impostor to fall into lava, where he turns into a Goomba and a Super Leaf.
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==Game appearances==
===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U''===
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[[File:Bowser SSB4 Artwork - Blue.jpg|thumb|left|Bowser's eighth alternate color]]
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According to one of the randomly generated tips in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Bowser's eighth alternate coloration in these games is based upon the Bowser Impostor that appears in World 8-4 of ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''.<ref name=Smash/>
!width=40%|Title
{{br}}
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release Date
!width=20%|System/Format
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|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
|Boss
|1985
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
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|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
|Boss
|1986
|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|Boss
|2003
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
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|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|Boss
|2016
|iOS, Android
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<center><gallery>
SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser from World 1-4.
File:FalseBowsa.PNG|The Bowser Impostor from World 1-4.
SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
File:FalseBowsa2.PNG|The Bowser Impostor of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|The first fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.
File:Fake Bowser vs. Real Bowser.jpg|Bowser encountering a Bowser Impostor in Dream Figure Skating.
</gallery>
</gallery></center>
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==Names in other languages==
==Name in other languages==
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|Jap=にせクッパ<ref name=SMBsite>[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Japan]]. "[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']". [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/index.html CHARACTERS of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series] (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed 20 Mar 2021.</ref>
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|JapR=Nise Kuppa
|JapR=Nise Kuppa
|JapM=Fake Bowser; shared with [[Belome|Bowser Clone]]
|JapM=Fake Koopa
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|Ger=Falscher Bowser
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|Dut=Nep-Bowser
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|Rus=Поддельный Боузер<br>Лже-Боузер (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')
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|KorR=Gajja Kupa
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|KorM=Fake Koopa
|KorM=Fake Koopa
|Ita=Falso Bowser<br>Finto Bowser<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 22</ref>
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Superstarfalse.png|thumb|A cardboard Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
*The World 3 and World C (original) Bowser Impostor is the only Buzzy Beetle that can be defeated by fireballs, and the World C (''All-Stars'') and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (''Deluxe'') is the only Bullet Bill that can be defeated by fireballs.
*The World 3 and World C (original) fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs (outside of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''), and the World C (''All-Stars'') and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (''Deluxe'') ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
*In the ''All-Stars'' version of ''The Lost Levels'', Bowser Impostors that appear before the end of the stage were given Bowser's normal palette instead of the minty-green and brown palette used in the original release.
**The World A and World C fake Bowsers in ''All-Stars'' are the only fake Bowsers whose true forms are right-side-up instead of upside-down.
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', an exaggerated cardboard Bowser suspended by a pair of ropes over a bridge is seen at the end of a special area inside [[Bowser's Castle]], which is a side-scrolling level imitating a ''Super Mario Bros.'' castle. [[Mario]] must move underneath the stationary object and touch the [[axe]] to make it fall.
*If the player beats [[Bowser's Sky Scuffle]] with any character barring [[Bowser Jr.]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', Bowser will reveal that the "Bowser" they defeated had been a decoy, which may have been a reference to the fake Bowsers.


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