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The Subcon King (Japanese: サブコンキング, Sabukon kingu) is the king and is the real ruler of the world of Subcon. He first appeared in BS Super Mario USA which is currently his only known appearance. The Subcon King resides in his castle along with many Subcons. His world was attacked by the 8-bits, led by Wart, since Super Mario Bros. 2.

Background
The Subcon King was apparently involved with the past event before the game. He ruled over the kingdom of Subcon a long time ago until the evil froggish king Wart appeared. The Subcon King has been attacked with their kingdom and his people by Wart and the 8 bits ever since the beginning of Super Mario Bros. 2. Finally, the Mushroom Kingdom's great hero, Mario, with the help of his brother Luigi, his friends Toad and Princess Toadstool, saved Subcon, with its king and inhabitants, from Wart's evil spell.

''BS Super Mario USA
The Subcon King first appeared in BS Super Mario USA. Directly after the events of Super Mario Bros. 2, the Subcon King thanked Mario for saving Subcon from Wart. As a thanks, he made many golden statues of Mario around his kingdom. However, so suddenly, Wart and the 8 bits came back and attacked the kingdom and stole all the golden statues, he then imprisoned the Subcons. Wart then give golden statues to the generals and some of them are scattered all over the whole dream world. So Mario and friends must stop Wart and his army, retrieve all of the statues and save the world with the help of the king.

In the game, the Subcon King was quite a helpful character. Like the main characters and villains, the Subcon King also appears frequently as a card in front of the screen, which somehow could do some special effects for Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool to assist them on their quest. Like others, the Subcon King could either cause earthquakes like a Pow Block, allow characters to make heavy stomps on the ground, transform Mario into his invincible form, destroy all enemies of the screen's range, or give bombs to him.

In the end, Mario was able to succeed his second adventure in Subcon. He saved the world, its kingdom, the inhabitants and the Subcons, by defeating Wart, the leaders and the 8 bits, and managed to retrieve all of the Gold Statues of Mario.

Character Description
The Subcon King is a human who rules over Subcon, he has a similar appearance to that of King Fret and Prince Pine from Yoshi's Safari. He has a height as tall as Mario and Birdo. He is taller than characters like Toad. But he is shorter than Luigi and other taller characters. Even though the king is human, his body is bit similar to that of a Toad, however, his legs look a bit thinner than other characters, except Waluigi. He has a pert, pointed, defined nose like Princess Toadstool. His lips is covered by his blonde mustache. Unlike certain charcters, the Subcon King has no eyebrows. He has eyes similar to that of Toads.

Powers and Abilities
Like certain characters in BS Super Mario USA, the Subcon King is skilled with magic. He could do some do some powerful magic to assist Mario on his quest when he often appears as a card on the screen, however, he randomly cast his spells for the hero. The Subcon King could cause earthquakes like a Pow Block to kill foes, allow characters to make heavy stomps on the ground, turn Mario into his invincible form, destroy all enemies within the player's range, or give bombs to him. The king could even uses abilites the Subcons has, he even protects his kingdom and the world as well, but mostly trusts his inhabitants to do so.