Bowyer

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Not to be confused with Bowser.
Bowyer
Bowyer as he appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
“What? WHAT? Disturb me you must not! Practicing, I am. More arrows must I shoot! More statues must I make, nya!... G nya, NYA!? A stranger 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 lieutenant of the Smithy Gang in the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Bowyer resembles a bow, and attacks by firing his minions (called Aeros) at his opponents. His name comes from "bowyer", a person who makes or sells bows to be used for archery.

Sprite of Bowyer in the field from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Field sprite

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 in the forest.

When Bowyer gets the Star Piece, he is confronted by a strange, blue garbed warrior named Geno. At the same time, Mario and Mallow arrive to stop Bowyer, the source of the arrows plaguing Rose Town. As a result, the three warriors team up to battle the maniacal monster.

While Bowyer's main attack is firing arrows, the monster is also a master of lightning magic. Additionally, Bowyer can disable the buttons on the player's controllers, meaning that Mario and his allies will be prevented from using regular attacks, special attacks, or items until another button is disabled. Ultimately, Mario, Mallow, and Geno defeat him and recover the second Star Piece.

Later, Mario, Mallow, Geno, Bowser, and Princess Toadstool encountered several mass-produced Bowyer copies in Smithy's Factory.

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

Statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Bowyer
Sprite of Bowyer, from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. HP 720 FP 250 Speed 10
Location(s) Forest Maze Attack 50 Magic attack 30
Role Boss Defense 40 Magic defense 35
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells Static E!, Bolt, Lightning Orb
Weak None Strong Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical Sp. attacks G'night
Coins 50 Exp. points 60 Items Flower Box (25%), Flower Box (5%)
Psychopath "What's with these folks?"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Machine Made (Bowyer)
Machine Bowyer.png HP 1000 FP 250 Speed 200
Location(s) Gate Attack 150 Magic attack 90
Role Common Defense 120 Magic defense 80
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells Static E!, Lightning Orb, Bolt
Weak None Strong Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical Sp. attacks G'night
Coins 40 Exp. points 150 Items Ice Bomb (25%)
Psychopath "Nya! I'll SNUFF ya! NYA!"

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ユミンパ
Yuminpa
From「弓」(yumi) and possibly「くるりんぱ」(kururinpa, a childish slang expression meaning "Ta-dah!")

Trivia

  • Bowyer uses anastrophe when he speaks, meaning he reverses the proper order of sentences when talking to others, similar to Yoda from Star Wars. He also has a strange habit of saying "Nya!", which is the Japanese word for "meow".
  • In Bowyer's artwork, his eyes are red, but his in-game sprites have blue eyes; his Machine Made counterpart has red eyes, however.
  • 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.