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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | ||
|variant_of=[[Koopa ( | |variant_of=[[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]] | ||
|variants=[[Tail Bowser]] | |variants=[[Tail Bowser]] | ||
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A '''fake Bowser''' ( | 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.]]'' | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Concept and creation=== | ===Concept and creation=== | ||
The concept of fake Bowsers came about during development of ''Super Mario Bros.'' | 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}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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|Spa=Bowser falso | |Spa=Bowser falso | ||
|SpaM=Fake Bowser | |SpaM=Fake Bowser | ||
| | |Fre=Faux Bowser | ||
| | |FreM=Fake Bowser | ||
|Ger=Falscher Bowser | |Ger=Falscher Bowser | ||
|GerM=Fake Bowser | |GerM=Fake Bowser | ||
|Dut=Nep-Bowser | |Dut=Nep-Bowser | ||
|DutM=Fake Bowser | |DutM=Fake Bowser | ||
|Rus=Поддельный Боузер<br | |Rus=Поддельный Боузер<br>Лже-Боузер (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'') | ||
|RusR=Poddelny Bouzer<br | |RusR=Poddelny Bouzer<br>Lzhe-Bouzer | ||
|RusM=Fake Bowser | |RusM=Fake Bowser | ||
|Kor=가짜 쿠파 | |Kor=가짜 쿠파 | ||
|KorR=Gajja Kupa | |KorR=Gajja Kupa | ||
|KorM=Fake Koopa | |KorM=Fake Koopa | ||
|Ita=Falso Bowser | |Ita=Falso Bowser<br>Finto Bowser<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 22</ref> | ||
|ItaM=Fake Bowser | |ItaM=Fake Bowser | ||
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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. | **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. | ||
*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. | *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. | ||
*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. | *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. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||