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| {{about|the fake Bowsers from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''|other uses|[[Fake Bowser (disambiguation)]]}} | | {{conjecture}} |
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| |image=[[File:BowserMP8.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
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| |variant_of=[[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]]
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| |variants=[[Tail Bowser]]
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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.]]''
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| ==Background==
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| ===Concept and creation===
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| 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}}
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| ==History==
| | The '''False Bowsers''' first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Mario had to fight seven of them (one in each castle) before he could reach [[Bowser's Castle]] and fight the [[Bowser|real thing]]. Hitting the fake Bowser with fireballs would show that they were really just common enemies with a spell cast on them. |
| ===''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''===
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| [[File:Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|thumb|A fake Bowser in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.]]
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| 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:
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| *'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Fire Breath|fire]]
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| *'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire
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| *'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
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| *'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
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| *'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
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| *'''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]]
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| *'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]]ther - hammer
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| ''[[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):
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| *'''World A''': Goomba - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
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| *'''World B''': Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
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| *'''World C''': Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
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| *'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FDS)
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| The "You VS. Boo" challenge of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
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| *'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]
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| *'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
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| [[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]]''.]]
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| 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.
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| ===''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===
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| 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.
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| ===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
| | *World 1: Goomba |
| 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.
| | *World 2: Troopa |
| | *World 3: Buzzy |
| | *World 4: Spiny |
| | *World 5: Cloud |
| | *World 6: Blooper |
| | *World 7: Hammer Brother |
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| ===''Super Mario Run''===
| | False Bowsers returned in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', aiding the true Bowser in his second bid for the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] throne. In this game, multiple False Bowsers would occasionally appear in one castle. |
| 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.
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| ==Game appearances==
| | A similar enemy, known as the [[Bowser Clone]], appeared in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. |
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| !width=40%|Title
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| !width=20%|Description
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| !width=20%|Release Date
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| |''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
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| |Boss
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| |1985
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| |[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
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| |''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
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| |Boss
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| |1986
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| |[[Family Computer Disk System]]
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| |''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
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| |Boss
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| |2003
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| |[[Game Boy Advance]]
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| |''[[Super Mario Run]]''
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| |Boss
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| |2016
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| |iOS, Android
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| |}
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| ==Gallery==
| | [[Category: Enemies]] |
| <gallery>
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| SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser from World 1-4.
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| SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
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| SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|The first fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.
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| </gallery>
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| {{br|right}}
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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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
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| |JapM=Fake Bowser; shared with [[Belome|Bowser Clone]]
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| |Spa=Bowser falso
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| |SpaM=Fake Bowser
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| |Fre=Faux Bowser
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| |FreM=Fake Bowser
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| |Ger=Falscher Bowser
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| |GerM=Fake Bowser
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| |Dut=Nep-Bowser
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| |DutM=Fake Bowser
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| |Rus=Поддельный Боузер<br>Лже-Боузер (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')
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| |RusR=Poddelny Bouzer<br>Lzhe-Bouzer
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| |RusM=Fake Bowser
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| |Kor=가짜 쿠파
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| |KorR=Gajja Kupa
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| |KorM=Fake Koopa
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| |Ita=Falso Bowser<br>Finto Bowser<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 22</ref>
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| |ItaM=Fake Bowser
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| }}
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| ==Trivia==
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| [[File:Superstarfalse.png|thumb|A cardboard Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
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| *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.
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| **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.
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| *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.
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| *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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| ==References==
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