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{{quote|What? WHAT? Disturb me [[Aero|you]] must not! Practicing, I am. More [[Aero|arrow]]s must I shoot! More statues must I make, nya!"<br>"Gnya, NYA!? A stranger [[Geno|you]] are... and strange looking at that! Teach you, we must, who’s in charge!|Bowyer|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}

'''Bowyer''' is a commander of the [[Smithy Gang]] in the game ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Switch remake]]. Bowyer resembles a bow, and attacks by firing his minions (called [[Aero]]s) at his opponents. His name comes from "{{wp|bowyer}}", a person who makes or sells bows to be used for archery.

Bowyer was ordered by Smithy to attack [[Rose Town]]. As such, Bowyer, while at the [[Forest Maze]], begins firing poison-tipped arrows at Rose Town. When a person is hit with an arrow, they will become paralyzed and remain frozen like statues. His Aero minions found the second [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Star Piece]] in the forest.

While Bowyer's main attack is firing arrows, the monster is also a master of lightning magic. Additionally, Bowyer can [[Fourth wall|disable the buttons on the player's controllers]], meaning that Mario and his allies [[Prohibited Command|will be prevented from using regular attacks, special attacks, or items]] until another button is disabled. In the remake, when Bowyer's HP runs low, he disables all of the buttons at once, forcing Mario, Mallow and Geno to use a Triple Move to finish him off. Once Bowyer is defeated, Mario, Mallow and Geno recover the second Star Piece.

Later, Mario, Mallow, Geno, [[Bowser]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] encountered several [[Machine Made|mass-produced Bowyer copies]] in Smithy's [[Factory (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Factory]].

Bowyer can be seen in the [[parade]] during the end credits, along with [[Claymore]] and [[Speardovich]], in which all three are pounded by Smithy's hammer.

|JapM=From「弓」(''{{wp|yumi}}'') and possibly「くるりんぱ」(''kururinpa'', a childish slang expression for "crazy")

|ChiM=

|FreM=Portmanteau of "chtarbé" (bonkers in slang) and "arc" (bow)

|GerM=From "Bogen" (bow)

|ItaM=Pun on "arco" (bow)

|SpaM=From "arquero" (archer) and the male name ending "-io"

*Bowyer uses anastrophe when he speaks, meaning he reverses the usual order of clauses in his sentences when talking to others, similar to {{wp|Yoda}} from ''{{wp|Star Wars}}''. He also has a habit of saying "Nya!", which is the Japanese word for "meow".

*For some reason, he has a reaction to Carbo Cookies in his AI script, despite the Carbo Cookie not being available until after his defeat and being unusable in battle, anyway. This reaction also applies to his [[Machine Made]] self.

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