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| {{species-infobox
| | '''Boss Bass''' may refer to: |
| |image=[[File:Boss Bass Perfect.png|300px]]<br>A Boss Bass from ''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]]''.
| | *[[Big Cheep Cheep]], originally known in English as Boss Bass and [[Big Bertha]]. |
| |parent_species=[[Cheep Cheep]]
| | *[[Cheep Chomp]], known as Boss Bass in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. |
| |related=[[Big Bertha]]<br>[[Big Cheep Cheep]]<br>[[Blue Blurp]]<br>[[Cheep Chomp]]<br>[[Red Blurp]]
| | {{disambig}} |
| |notable=[[Bessie Bass]]
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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| }}
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| A '''Boss Bass''' is a huge [[Cheep Cheep]] that eats seafarers.<ref>"''Even if Mario is Super, Boss Bass, the terror of the high seas, can swallow him whole.''" - ''Nintendo Power Strategy Guide'' for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', page 8.</ref> He has a mouth-brooding counterpart called [[Big Bertha]].
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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|thumb|left]]
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| In this game, Boss Bass swims on the surface of the water trying to leap out and eat [[Mario]] if he gets too close. It does not matter which form the player is in because Boss Bass will defeat Mario instantly in one gulp, even if he is [[Statue Mario|a statue]]. 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 at Boss Bass can defeat him, as well as tail attacks and using a [[Super Star]], but he'll eventually come back. However, in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Advance 4]]'', if the player has turned on [[Orange Switch|the e-reader card]] that makes enemies hit by [[fireball]]s turn into [[coin]]s, 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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| ====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
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| [[File:Bubba.png|thumb]] | |
| [[File:BigBerthaDS.png|thumb|left]]
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| In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', Boss Bass (known here as '''Bubba'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', pages 12 & 108</ref>) appear in two places on [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. Like [[Cheep Cheep#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Cheep Cheep]], they have been redesigned with visible orange and yellow scales, and also wear sunglasses and have no tooth. They aim in on the player character with their mouth wide open, attempting to eat them. If a character is eaten, that character will lose a life, regardless of their current health. In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', their design was reverted to their original one, serving the same role and appearing in the same locations. This time, the one closest to the course's entrance can be defeated with a nearby [[Super Mushroom]].
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| The [[Cheep Chomp]] found in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' uses a retexture of the Boss Bass model from ''Super Mario 64 DS'', and has the same behavior and noises, but on a 2-dimensional plane.
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| ===''Mario Golf''===
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| [[File:BubbaGolf.png|thumb]]
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| In ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'', either a Boss Bass in its ''Super Mario 64'' design or a Cheep Cheep in its ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' design will jump out of the water if the ball lands in it. Boss Bass are also much smaller in this game.
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| ===''Mario Kart DS''===
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| [[File: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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| [[File:Boss Bass.gif|frame|left]]
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| Boss Bass<ref>Williams, Drew (2006). ''Yoshi's Island DS'' Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 31.</ref><ref>Black, Fletcher (2006). ''Yoshi's Island DS'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide. Page 159.</ref> are also found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. They patrol their own little section of water, and periodically leap out in an attempt to swallow Yoshi whole. Yoshi will only be eaten while they are descending. There is also a mid-boss in World 3, [[Bessie Bass]].
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| ===''Mario Teaches Typing''===
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| [[File:Boss Bass from Mario Teaches Typing for MS-DOS.png|frame|left]]
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| In the second mode of ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'', Underwater World, the game repeatedly loops footage of [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] or [[Princess Peach]] swimming away from either a Boss Bass or a [[Blooper]]. Their appearance is slightly different: their mohawks, fins, and tails are cyan, and they have several sharp teeth rather than a single blunt tooth.
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| ===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
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| [[File:CartoonBigBertha.jpg|thumb|160px|A Boss Bass from the ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode, "[[Never Koop a Koopa]]".]]
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| Boss Bass make appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they usually chase after Mario and his friends. Since they are never referred to by name, it is possible that they are intended to be Big Berthas, but they are not seen with [[Baby Cheep]]s.
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| ==Characteristics and traits==
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| Boss Bass 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, he was a Cheep Cheep so the huge fish ate him.
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=<span class="explain" title="きょだい">巨大</span>プクプク<ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book3/P1212070114.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ3完全攻略テクニックブック1」 (''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryaku Technique Book 1'')]</ref><br>''Kyodai Pukupuku''<br>バクバク<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/Y5X3lRz.jpg ''Yoshi's Island DS'' Nintendo Dream Book, page 17.]</ref><br>''Bakubaku''<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>BAKUBAKU</tt>)</ref>
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| |JapM=Giant Cheep Cheep; same as [[Big Bertha]] (originally)<br><br>Onomatopoeia for chomping; same as [[Cheep Chomp]] (renamed)}}
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| {{Cheep Cheeps}}
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| {{SMB3}}
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| {{TAoSMB3}}
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| {{SM64}}
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| [[Category:Cheep Cheeps]]
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| [[Category:Mario Golf 64]]
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| [[Category:Mario Kart DS Species]]
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| [[Category:Mario Teaches Typing]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario 64 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Yoshi's Island DS Enemies]]
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