Mouser

A large mouse who weilds bombs in Doki-Doki Panic and Super Mario 2.

He's also got spiffy sunglasses.

Mouser is a fictional mouse featured in the Super Mario Bros. video game franchise. He is a minion of Wart and was featured as a sub-boss in Super Mario Bros. 2. His strategy is throwing bombs at his opponents. However, he never seems to do anything about the fact that they can throw the bombs back at him.

Since Super Mario Bros. 2 started out as Doki Doki Panic, Mouser actually made his first appearance there. However, he has not become a major recurring character in the Mario games like Birdo or Shy Guys.

Mouser was confronted no more than three times in Doki Doki Panic. The heroes of the game fought him in Worlds 1-3, 3-3, and 5-3. In the third confrontation, Mouser was albino-colored and had spikes on the floor of his room. And this time, it took six hits to defeat him - the same number of hits as Wart!

Perhaps due to his difficulty and for variety purposes, when Doki Doki Panic became Super Mario Bros. 2, the third confrontation with Mouser was replaced with a battle with Clawgrip. When the game was rereleased Super Mario Advance for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, the addition of Robirdo as the boss of World 3 moved the second battle with Mouser to World 6-3, replacing the second battle with Tryclyde.

Although Mouser was not featured in another Mario game for many years, he has played a big part in the game's marketing. He was a semi-regular on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, which cast him as Bowser's right-hand minion. John Stocker provided the voice for Mouser, who spoke with a German accent in the series.

Mouser also occasionally appeared in the Super Mario Bros. comic books, which provided a backstory for him. According to the story "A Mouser in the Houser", Mouser was the king of a peaceful race of mice (all of whom looked just like him) living in the tunnels of the Mushroom Kingdom. But he was corrupted by Bowser, and as a result, his now-leaderless subjects now steal vegetables for food. Interestingly, Mouser himself was not as much of a major character in the comics as he was in the cartoon.

Mousers did make a semi-comeback in Yoshi's Island for the SNES. However, they do not wear sunglasses, nor throw bombs. In fact, they seem to have lost their entire body, becoming just a mouse head with small arms and legs. They were later used in Paper Mario. Even more odd, they now dress in middle eastern clothing and live in the desert town of Dry Dry Outpost. The leader of these "nomadimice" is called Moustafa, a master thief who loves fruit from the desert oasis. Moustafa is the first Mouser with a real personality and he helps Mario find his way to the dungeon in Dry Dry Desert. Another Mouse by the name of Ms. Mowz appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This lady thief runs the badge shop with her family, and even becomes a party member. It is unknown whether these are the new incarnation of the Mouser or a whole new species in the Mario World.

Mouser recently made a comeback in Mario Party Advance as the boss of the Duel Tower, but he was now colored blue. It's hard to say if he will appear again or not.

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