Bowser Statue



Gray Bowser Statues (or Grey Bowser Statues) are statues that look a lot like the Koopa King and first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. There are Golden Bowser Statues too. The Gray Bowser Statue will just stand there shooting lasers at Mario should he get too close, and may not be defeated. It also appeared in Super Mario World where it spat fireballs.

Gray Bowser Statues, though never named, appeared occasionally in the Super Mario World animated series. Gray Bowser Statues first appeared in the episode "Send in the Clown", where one attacks Mario by shooting a fireball at him while he is traveling through Neon Castle. Later in the episode, Mario accidentally stumbles upon another Gray Bowser Statue, which proceeds to spit a fireball at him; Mario manages to narrowly avoid this fireball, which hits his Koopa Football Player pursuers.

In a later episode, entitled "Mama Luigi", two Gray Bowser Statues are shown to act as guards to the entrance of Neon Castle; additionally, a Gray Bowser Statue is also found in the basement of Neon Castle. This Gray Bowser Statue is eventually shut-down by Yoshi, who eats one of its spat fireballs and blasts the Gray Bowser Statue with flames.

In the Mario Kart series it has appeared in Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart Wii in the Bowser Castle courses. In Mario Kart 64, the Bowser Statue would just stand there shooting fire that could not hit the racers. However in Mario Kart: Double Dash it could move, and it would shoot fire that could hit the racers. In Mario Kart Wii, it is stationary but shoots a stream of fire onto the course where it can harm the racers.

They also appeared in Mario Party 2 and Mario Party 8. In both games they appear in mini-games where they need to get hit. They are also non-living. In Mario Party 6, several immobile Gray Bowser Statues appear in the Bowser mini-game, "Dizzy Rotisserie"; if a character doesn't complete this mini-game in time, these Gray Bowser Statue will spring to life and fill the arena in fire, roasting any characters that didn't make it to the finish.

In New Super Mario Bros., a Bowser Statue makes a cameo in the mini-game called Danger, Bob-omb! Danger! This statue moves around shooting fire trying to burn a Bob-omb. Using the Stylus, the player must help the Bob-omb escape from the fire. The statues can also be seen at the background of some castles.

Other Gray Bowser Statues are not alive and do not move, like the ones in New Super Mario Bros.. These non-living Bowser Statues also appeared in Super Princess Peach, where they decorated the course where the initial fight with Bowser took place. They only appeared in that battle, where they could be crushed by Bowser's misused charge attack, resulting in a Vibe Crystal for Peach to collect.

In Super Mario Galaxy, they appear in the Ghostly Galaxy and in Bowser's Galaxy Reactor. In the Ghostly Galaxy, there are a few in the mission "Beware of Bouldergeist". One covers the fireplace with a Launch Star inside. In Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, one makes an appearance on the Starting Planet, and several make an appearance inside the Tower Planet. When these are destroyed by a Bullet Bill, they will release one coin each.

They appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2, though only in Bowser's Lava Lair and Bowser's Galaxy Generator. The ones in Bowser's Lava Lair create a line of electricity that must be jumped over or it causes damage. The one in Bowser's Galaxy Generator is found on the Galaxy Generator Door Planet, and though considerably larger than the previous ones, does nothing but look menacing.