- This article is about the character in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. For the item in Mario Party: Island Tour, see Booster (Mario Party: Island Tour). For the item in Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure, see Booster (Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure).
Booster | |
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Species | Human |
First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
- “I wonder when my next bride will fall from the sky.”
- —Booster, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Booster is a character from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars who lives in Booster Tower with three Snifits. He is of the seventh and current generation of Boosters. Despite his wealth, Booster would rather have fun and spend his days playing with his Snifits and others he invites to his tower.
History
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
When Exor crashed into Bowser's Keep, Mario, Bowser and Princess Toadstool went flying in opposite directions. While Mario landed safely at his house, Toadstool, unfortunately, landed at Booster's Tower. Booster's reaction to this strange event was even stranger; Booster decided he must marry this woman who fell from the sky. Booster locked Toadstool on the balcony of his tower, waiting until the time was right to marry her, despite her constant cries of "MARIO, HELP ME!"
When Mario arrived at the tower, Booster thought he just wanted to have fun. Oblivious to who Mario was, Booster determined the mustachioed hero before him was none other than the "Mario" Toadstool had been screaming about. Booster attempted to eliminate Mario with some Bob-ombs, but Mario escaped the deadly blasts.
Upon reaching the top of Booster's tower, Mario is forced to hide behind the curtains and play a game of hide-and-seek with Booster and his Snifits; depending on how well Mario does, one of two things happen. If Mario can avoid getting caught until the very end, Booster ignores him and finds his Mario doll, only to find he cannot reach it; Mario promptly jumps to retrieve it for him, and, out of gratitude, Booster gives him an exclusive item called the Amulet. If Mario loses the minigame, he and his allies are forced to fight Booster.
Booster starts the battle accompanied by his three Snifits, but he cannot be attacked and does not act, at least at first. Once the Snifits are defeated, Booster becomes vulnerable and begins the fight proper. Booster either attacks or throw a bomb at one character, the latter of which hits with 1.5x the power of his normal attack, until his HP is reduced to 500. When this happens, Booster incorporates two new attacks to his arsenal: the first is Spritz Bomb, which hits one character for 2x the power of his normal attack. The second - and far more dangerous - attack is one exclusive to him called Loco Express. Loco Express hits one character for 4x the power of his normal attack, a blow that could instantly KO Mario or his allies through sheer damage unless they are at relatively high levels.
Regardless, Booster flees the tower, taking Toadstool with him. Mario gives chase, however, he has to battle Booster's clown minions, Grate Guy and Knife Guy. After dispatching the duo, Mario chases Booster up Booster Hill to Marrymore, the marriage resort where Booster plans to marry Toadstool. Mario crashes the wedding. In the end, Booster ends up helping Mario and his friends by eating a monstrous wedding cake that prevented the team from leaving the wedding chapel. After the Marrymore incident, Booster and his Snifits returned to Booster Tower to resume their games and fun.
If Mario returns to the balcony on Booster's Tower after the events of Marrymore, Booster can be seen on his tower balcony with his Snifits. He is staring at the sky, thinking another potential wife may eventually fall down to him. Later, if Mario returns after the events of Nimbus Land, the player will find that a second woman fell from the sky and landed at Booster's Tower: Valentina, with her bumbling assistant Dodo. Valentina at first rejects Booster, but Booster whispers something unknown into her ear that has the profound effect of winning her over.
The two villains soon fall in love and eventually go to Marrymore to get married, with Dodo presiding over the wedding, as seen in ending. However, Booster seems to get cold feet with Valentina constantly getting closer to him, and he flees the wedding.
While Mario is in Marrymore, he actually may get a kiss from the bearded Booster, depending on how fast the plumber retrieves Toadstool's accessories. This happens if Mario takes a long time recovering the items. Other variations of the cutscene include Toadstool kissing Mario, Bowser kissing Mario and Booster kissing Bowser.
Booster appears with everyone else at the parade in the game's ending. He is riding a train following Valentina and Dodo. At a point, the Snifits run past with bags and Booster jumps out and follows them. The four are later seen fleeing from Croco and a Crook with the pair's loot. For some reason, Booster is in the Koopa Clown Car and Bowser is chasing him.
Personality
Booster is a bit crazy and relies on his Snifits to do all his work and explain things to him. The only time Booster wants to fight Mario is when his Snifits find him behind the curtains (when unsuccessfully hiding from them), though even then Booster believes that it is the Mario doll that he is fighting and not the real Mario.
Booster tends to be either ignorant or even naïve at the time, even not recognizing when Toadstool is crying.
Statistics
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Booster | |||||||||
HP | 800 | FP | 2 | Speed | 24 | ||||
Location(s) | Booster Tower | Attack | 75 | Magic attack | 1 | ||||
Role | Boss | Defense | 55 | Magic defense | 40 | ||||
Bonus Flower | None | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
Weak | Jump | Strong | Sleep, Critical | Sp. attacks | Spritz Bomb, Loco Express, "Bomb Toss" (Alone) | ||||
Coins | 100 | Exp. points | 60 | Items | Flower Box (25%) | ||||
Psychopath | "This is like realizing you're outside without your clothes on!" |
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ブッキー Bukkī |
A corrupted form of「バカ」(baka, idiot) and possibly「武器」(buki, weapon); rendered "Bookie" in the Shogakukan guide[1] and at least one English-language preview[2] |
Trivia
- Booster bears a striking resemblance to both Wario and Final Fantasy IV's Cid Pollendina, having bared teeth, a similar nose to Wario's, straggly beard, and horned helmet as Cid had in his original artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
- Booster is in the Booster the Sixth portrait when he relinquishes the Elder Key. According to the Dr. Topper quiz, he is the 7th generation.
- After defeating Booster or winning the minigame, the password he uses to open the balcony door is the player's save file's name.
References
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES) / Super Mario RPG (Switch) | ||
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Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Mallow • Geno • Bowser • Princess Peach |
Supporting | Apprentice (Torte) • Boo, Goo, Bones, and Kipp • Boshi • Chancellor • Chef Torte • Cinder Toad • Dr. Topper • Dyna and Mite • Elder • Frog Sage • Frogfucius' Student • Game Boy Toad • Gardener • Garro • Gaz • Goomhilde • Granny • King Nimbus • Ma Mole and Pa Mole • Moleville Toad • Monstermama • Mushroom Boy • Queen Nimbus • Raini • Raz • Rose Town innkeeper • Royal bus driver • Sergeant Flutter • Three Musty Fears • Toadofsky • Triplets • Vault Guard | |
Enemies | Bosses | Axem Rangers (Axem Red · Axem Black · Axem Green · Axem Yellow · Axem Pink) • Bad Adder • Belome • Birdo • Boomer • Booster • Bowser • Bowyer • Cake • Claymorton • Clerk • Cloaker • Count Down • Croco • Culex • Czar Dragon • Director • Dodo • Domino • Exor • Factory Chief • Gassox • Grate Guy • Gunyolk • Hammer Bros. • Jinx • Johnny • King Calamari • Knife Guy • Mad Adder • Manager • Megasmilax • Punchinello • Shelly • Smithy • Speardovich (Duplicate) • The Blade • Valentina • Wizakoopa • Zombone |
Boss helpers | Bahamutt • Bandana Blue • Bob-omb • Bodyguard • Bowser Clone • Chaindelier • Earth Crystal • Eggbert • Fire Crystal • Geno Clone • Helio • Jinx Clone • King Bomb • Mad Mallet • Mallow Clone • Mario Clone • Mezzo Bomb • Microbomb • Peach Clone • Pounder • Poundette • Ring-a-Dings • Shyper • Smelter • Smilax • Snifster • Speardovich • Torte • Water Crystal • Wind Crystal | |
Lesser enemies | Aero • Alley Rat • Amanita • Ameboid • Apprentice • Arachne • Armored Ant • Artichoker • Bahamutt • Bandana Red • Beezo • Big Blaster • Big Thwomp • Big Troopa • Birdy • Blaster • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bluebird • Bob-omb • Boo • Buzzer • Carroboscis • Chain Chomp • Chained Kong • Cheep Cheep • Chewy • Chomp Chomp • Chompweed • Chow • Cluster • Comeon • Crook • Crusty • Dollox • Doppel • Drill Bit • Dry Bones • Enigma • Enigmax • Fink Flower • Forkie • Frogog • Geckit • Gecko • Glum Reaper • Goomba • Grand Troopa • Greaper • Guerrilla • High Boo • Hippopo • Hobgoblin • Huhwhat • Jabit • Jagger • Jawful • Jester • Jinnie • K-9 • Kriffid • Lakitu • Lava Babble • Lava Blubble • Lava Bubble • Leuko • Machine Made • Mad Mallet • Magmite • Magmus • Malakoopa • Mastadoom • Mini Goomba • Mr. Kipper • Muckle • Ninja • Octolot • Octovader • Orb User • Orbison • Para-bomb • Paratroopa • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pleaseno • Pounder • Poundette • Pro Goomba • Pulsar • Puppox • Rat Funk • Reacher • Ribbite • Rob-omb • Sackit • Shadow • Shaman • Shogun • Shy Guy • Shymore • Shy Ranger • Sling Shy • Snapdragon • Snifit • Snifster • Spikester • Spikey • Spinthra • Springer • Star Cruster • Starslap • Stinger • Stompillar • Straw Head • Stumpet • Terra Cotta • Terrapin • Thropher • Thwomp • Urspike • Vomer • Whuhoh • Wiggler • Zeostar | |
Locations | Bandit's Way • Barrel Volcano • Bean Valley • Beanstalk • Belome Temple • Booster Hill • Booster Pass • Booster Tower • Bowser's Keep • Factory • Forest Maze • Grate Guy's Casino • Kero Sewers • Land's End • Mario's Pad • Marrymore • Midas River • Mole Mines • Moleville • Monstro Town • Mushroom Castle • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Way • Nimbus Castle • Nimbus Land • Pipe Vault • Rose Town • Rose Way • Sea • Seaside Town • Sky Bridge • Star Hill • Sunken Ship • Swap Shop • Tadpole Pond • The Trial Course • Vista Hill • Weapon World • Yo'ster Isle | |
Items | General | Beetle • Bonus Flower • Bracer • Carbo Cookie • Cleansing Juice • Coin • Croaka Cola • Earlier Times • Energizer • Finless Cola • Fire Bomb • Flower • Flower Box • Flower Jar • Flower Tab • Fright Bomb • Frog Coin • Frogleg Cola • Goodie Bag • Honey Syrup • Ice Bomb • Lamb's Lure • Lucky Jewel • Maple Syrup • Max Mushroom • Mid Mushroom • Moldy Mush • Mushroom • Mystery Egg • Party Bracer • Party Cleanse • Party Energizer • Peach's ??? • Pick Me Up • Poison Mushroom • Pure Water • Red Essence • Rock Candy • Rotten Mush • Royal Syrup • See Ya • Sheep Attack • Sleepy Bomb • Star • Star Egg • Tadpola Cola • Thropher Cookie • Wilt Shroom • Yoshi-Ade • Yoshi Candy • Yoshi Cookie |
Key items | Alto Card • Beetle Box • Boo Flag • Bright Card • Castle Key 1 • Castle Key 2 • Carbo Cookie • Cricket Jam • Cricket Pie • Crystal Sharda • Dry Bones Flag • Elder Key • Extra-Shiny Stonea • Fertilizer • Fireworks • Greaper Flag • Microbomb • Monster Trophya • Room Key • Seed • Shed Key • Shiny Stone • Soprano Card • Special Frog Coin • Stay Vouchera • Temple Key • Tenor Card • Wallet | |
Weapons | Chain Chomp • Cymbals • Double Punch • Drill Claw • Fake Chomp • Finger Shot • Froggie Stick • Frying Pan • Hammer • Hand Cannon • Hand Gun • Hurly Glove • Koopa Shell • Lazy Shell • Lucky Hammer • Masher • Mega Glove • Parasol • Paratroopa Shell • Punch Glove • Ribbit Stick • Sage Sticka • Slap Glove • Sonic Cymbals • Spiked Chomp • Star Gun • Stella 023a • Sticky Glove • Super Hammer • Super Slap • Ultra Hammer • War Fan • Whomp Glove • Wonder Chompa | |
Armor | Courage Shell • Fire Cape • Fire Dress • Fire Pants • Fire Shell • Fire Shirt • Fluffy Cape • Fluffy Dress • Fluffy Pants • Fluffy Shirt • Happy Cape • Happy Pants • Happy Shell • Happy Shirt • Heel Shell • Hero Shirt • Lazy Shell • Lovely Dress • Mega Cape • Mega Pants • Mega Shirt • Pants • Prince Pants • Royal Dress • Sailor Cape • Sailor Dress • Sailor Pants • Sailor Shirt • Shirt • Star Cape • Super Suit • Thick Pants • Thick Shirt • Work Pants | |
Accessories | Antidote Pin • Attack Scarf • Booster's Charm • Coin Trick • Defense Scarf • Echo Signal Ringa • Enduring Broocha • Exp. Booster • Fearless Pin • Feather • Flower Ring • Ghost Medal • Jinx Belt • Jump Shoes • Nurture Ring • Quartz Charm • Safety Badge • Safety Ring • Signal Ring • Teamwork Banda • Troopa Medal • Trueform Pin • Wake-Up Pin • Zoom Shoes | |
Special moves | Arrow Rain • Attack Locka • Aurora Flash • Backfire • Big Bang • Blast • Blazer • Blizzard • Body Slam • Bolt • Bombs Away • Boulder • Breaker Beam • Card Rain • Card Toss • Carni-Kiss • Celebration Shota • Claw • Clown Car Barragea • Come Back • Crusher • Crystal • Dark Claw • Dark Star • Diamond Saw • Doom Reverb • Echofinder • Eerie Jig • Electroshock • Elegy • Endobubble • Fangs • Fear Roulette • Fear Sickle • Final Clawa • Fire Orb • Fire Saber • Flame • Flame Stone • Flame Wall • Flare • Flutter Hush • Fun & Run • Funguspike • Geno Beam • Geno Blast • Geno Boost • Geno Flash • Geno Whirl • Get Tough • Goodnight • Grinder • Group Hug • Gunk Ball • Hammer Time • Healing Rainbowa • Hot Shot • Howl • HP Rain • Ice Rock • Ignitea • Ink Blast • Iron Maiden • Item Locka • Jinxed • Jump • Last Shot • Light Bubble • Lightning Orb • Loco Express • Loco Express 023a • Lulla-Bye • Magic Forcea •Magnum • Mechakoopa Stomp • Mega Recover • Meteora • Meteor Blast • Meteor Swarm • Migraine • Mirage Attack • Missed me! • Monster Toss • Moral Supporta • Multiplier • Multistrike • Mushroom Funk • Mute • Nimble Forcea • Painspout • Petal Blast • Pierce • Poison • Poison Gas • Pollen Nap • Psych Bomb • Psyche • Psycho Plasm • Quicksilver • Reaper Sickle • Recover • Scarecrow Bell • Scarecrow Dust • Scarecrow Fangs • Scarecrow Funk • Sand Storm • Scream • Shaker • Shocker • Shooting Star Shota • Shredder • Silver Bullet • Skewer • Sledge • Sleep Sauce • Sleepy Time • Snowy • Solidify • Somnus Waltz • Spare-Us-Alla • Spear Rain • Special Locka • Spore Chimes • Sporocyst • Spritz Bomb • Star Rain • Star Ridersa • Starry Shell Spikea • Static Electricity • Stench • Storm • Super Fireball • Super Jump • Sword Rain • Terrapunch • Terrorize • Therapy • Thornet • Thought Peek • Thunderbolt • Toad Assista • Triple Kick • Ultra Fireball • Ultra Jump • Va-Va-Voom • Valor Forcea • Valor Up • Venom Drool • Vigor Forcea • Vigor Up • Viro Plasm • Water Blast • Weird Mushroom • Will-O-Wisp | |
Elements | Fire • Jump • Ice • Lightning | |
Status effects | DEF-Up • Down • Fear • Mushroom • Mute • Poison • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Scarecrow • Sleep | |
Minigames | Beetle Mania • Beetle Race • Goomba-thumping • Look the other way • Moleville Mountain • Mushroom Derby • Wheeere's Yoshi?! | |
Miscellaneous | Action Gaugea • Ally Buffa • Bestiary • Bowser doll • Chaina • Fungi Light • Gallery (SNES · Switch) • Gauge Movea • Glitches • Hidden Treasure • Level up progressions • Mario doll • Monster Lista • Parade • Play Reporta • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Scrapbooka • Screw bridge • Shops • Sound Playera • Soundtrack • Special moves • Staff (SNES · Switch) • Treasures • Triple Movea • Trolley | |