Major Burrows

Major Burrows is a boss in the game Super Mario Galaxy. He lives on one of the planets of the Gusty Garden Galaxy and is the leader of the Monty Moles that wreacked havoc there. When first encountered, he is chasing a Star Rabbit.

Appearance
Major Burrows simply resembles a large, brown Monty Mole, even though he bares very little similarities to a Monty Mole. He wears a blue Spiny Shell as a helmet. He's also shown to have light blue eyes that are often times dilated when his expression changes, and long white eyebrows similar to Bowser's. When angry, Major Burrows's blue helmet turns red, and his eyes are golden yellow with no visible eyeballs.

Combat
This battle practices ground pounding and spinning. Major Burrows appears in the Gusty Garden Galaxy's level "The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows" where he is chasing a Star Rabbit around a large tree. At the start of the boss battle, Major Burrows ignores Mario and continues pursuing the helpless Star Bunny. Mario must Ground Pound somewhere near him, when Major Burrows pops up half way out of the ground to stun him. While stunned, Mario must then Star Spin Major Burrows, causing the major to lose a life. Major Burrows will then turn his attention towards Mario and start chasing him, instead of the Star Bunny. Mario must do the same thing again two more times. However, after Mario preforms a ground pound, Major Burrows will run away once he's been stunned, forcing Mario to chase after him. For the final time, Major Burrows will turn red out of frustration and chase Mario at a faster speed. If Major Burrows is stunned, he will retreat back underground and come back fully restored, furiously charging at Mario. Mario will have to do another ground pound, which will cause Major Burrows to run away just like he did the second time. After a final star spin, he'll be defeated and will release a Power Star.

The player faces Major Burrows again, with the second fight being part of the Daredevil Comet run. The battle is the exact same thing, except the player only has one life, instead of three or six.

Trivia

 * Major Burrows shares his boss music with the Gold Leaf and Toy Time Galaxy's Undergrunt Gunner.
 * The Major Burrows battle is somewhat similar to Bowser, since the player must stun him and then smack his tail with a star spin.
 * Strangely, Major Burrows bares a close resemblance to the Mole folks from the SNES game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
 * In the Japanese version of Super Mario Galaxy, Major Burrows is named Mogura Mole.