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| {{species-infobox
| | '''Boss Bass''' may refer to: |
| |image=[[File:Boss bass smb3.png]]
| | *[[Big Cheep Cheep]], originally known in English as Boss Bass and [[Big Bertha]]. |
| |species_origin=[[Cheep Cheep]]
| | *[[Cheep Chomp]], known as Boss Bass in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
| | {{disambig}} |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2010|2010]])
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| }}
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| A '''Boss Bass''' is a huge [[Cheep Cheep]] first found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
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| ==History==
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| ===''Super Mario'' series===
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| ====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
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| [[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|right|thumb|200px|A '''Boss Bass''' about to eat [[Mario]].]]In this game, Boss Basses swim on the surface of the water trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It does not matter if Mario is small or big, or has any power-up equipped, Boss Bass will defeat Mario in one gulp even if he was [[Statue Mario]]. In both of the stages he appears in, the water level rises and sinks, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks, shells, [[hammer]]s, and [[fireball]]s can defeat him as well as tail attacks and [[Star]], but he'll eventually come back. However, in the GBA version, if the player has set on the e-reader card that will make enemies hit by fireballs turn into coins, and the player successfully hits Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, Boss Bass will not return for the rest of the level.
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| ====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
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| The [[Cheep Chomp]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' has similar qualities to the Boss Basses, but to Big Berthas as well, as they live underwater and not seen on the surface. Another enemy in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', [[Spike Bass]]es, patrol the surface of water levels, similar to the Boss Bass. However, Spike Basses will not try to eat Mario.
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| ===''Mario Kart DS''===
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| [[Image:BossBassDS.png|thumb|Boss Bass as seen in ''Mario Kart DS''.]]
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| A Boss Bass makes a small cameo in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', where he jumps out of the water and over the course in [[Banshee Boardwalk]]. Boss Bass replaces the [[Cheep Cheep]] from the original ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' version.
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| ===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
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| Boss Basses are also found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', where they behave much as they do in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. There is also a mid-boss known as [[Bessie Bass]], who, although she behaves like a Boss Bass, is really a [[Big Bertha]], since she is a female of the species.
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| ===''Mario Party DS''===
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| In [[Cheep Chump]], a Boss Bass (or possibly a Big Bertha) appears as one of the Cheep-Cheeps in the water. Like all the others, it can suck Mario and his
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| friends up and spit them out.
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| ==Characteristics and Traits==
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| Boss Basses apparently eat [[Cheep Cheep]]s, despite being a relative of theirs. They also have trouble distinguishing them from something else, as proven in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' when a [[Shayde]] said that he fell into the ocean once, but luckily could swim as well as a Cheep Cheep. Unfortunately, a Boss Bass thought that since he swam like a Cheep Cheep, the huge fish ate him.
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| The female variety of Boss Bass is [[Big Bertha]].
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{Foreignname
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| |Jap=巨大プクプク<ref>[http://honndana.sakura.ne.jp/mario/dr.cgi?key=509 Kyodai Pukupuku's entry at the Japanese Super Mario Daijiten (Big Dictionary)]</ref>♂{{refneeded}}<br>''Kyodai Pukupuku ♂''<br>バクバク<ref>[http://honndana.sakura.ne.jp/mario/dr.cgi?key=2190 Bakubaku's entry at the Japanese Super Mario Daijiten (Big Dictionary)]</ref><br>''Bukubuku''
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| |JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep ♂<br>(original)<br>Same as [[Cheep Chomp]]<br>(rename)
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| |Ita=Boss Bass
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| |ItaM=-}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the two [[Shayde]]s talking in the Underwhere chat about how they died. One story involves the left Shayde becoming a "Boss Bass Snack."
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| *Boss Basses are similar in both appearance and behavior to the [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Big Red Blurps]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Bubba]]
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| *[[Big Bertha]]
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| *[[Bessie Bass]]
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| *[[Cheep Chomp]]
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| ==Reference==
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| <references/>
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| {{Cheep Cheeps}}
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| {{SMB3}}
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| {{The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3}}
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| {{YIDS}}
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| [[Category:Fish]]
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| [[Category:Yoshi's Island DS]]
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| [[Category:Underwater Creatures]]
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| [[Category:Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Sub-Species]]
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| [[Category:Cheep Cheeps]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Species]]
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