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While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', variants powered by | While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', variants powered by [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] known as [[Tail Bowser]]s make their first appearance. | ||
====''Super Mario Run''==== | ====''Super Mario Run''==== | ||
Revision as of 23:07, December 3, 2020
- This article is about the fake Bowsers from Super Mario Bros. For other uses, see Fake Bowser (disambiguation).
Template:Species-infobox A fake Bowser (also called Bowser Impostor or Bowser's decoy) is a standard enemy that was transformed by Bowser's black magic into a duplicate of himself. They first appear in Super Mario Bros.
Background
Concept and creation
The reason for the fake Bowsers in the original Super Mario Bros. is due to the fact that, while the game was still in development, since all enemies have their sprites flipped upside-down when they are defeated (except for Piranha Plants, which simply disappear, and Bullet Bills, which stay rightside up, while defeated Koopa Troopas and Buzzy Beetles turn into upside-down shells), one of the programmers accidentally inserted an upside-down Koopa Troopa shell when portraying Bowser's death animation as if he were defeated with fireballs. The developers liked this idea, and as a result, this idea was extended to most of the Bowser battles in the game.[citation needed]
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
In Super Mario Bros., the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each castle, with Bowser's Castle containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five fireballs reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are:
- World 1: Little Goomba - fire
- World 2: Green Koopa Troopa - fire
- World 3: Buzzy Beetle - fire
- World 4: Spiny - fire
- World 5: Lakitu - fire
- World 6: Bloober - fire and hammer (NES) / hammer (SNES)
- World 7: Hammer Brother - fire and hammer (NES) / hammer (SNES)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels additional worlds:
- World A: Goomba - fire (FDS) / Red Koopa Troopa - hammer (SNES)
- World B: Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green Cheep-Cheep - hammer (SNES)
- World C: Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / Bullet Bill - hammer (SNES)
- World D: Spiny - fire (FDS)
The "You VS. Boo" challenge of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe:
- 1-4: Green Cheep-Cheep
- 2-4: Bullet Bill
Like Bowser, the blue Bowser's Brother in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In Super Mario All-Stars, both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the World-e level Classic World 1-4, where it plays a similar role to that played in Super Mario Bros., though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs.
Super Mario 3D Land
While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in Super Mario 3D Land, variants powered by Super Leaves known as Tail Bowsers make their first appearance.
Super Mario Run
In Super Mario Run, fake Bowsers appear at the end of the fortress levels in Worlds 1, 3 and 5. They are a Goomba, a green Koopa Troopa, and a Buzzy Beetle, respectively.
Game appearances
| Title | Description | Release Date | System/Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Bros. | Boss | 1985 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels | Boss | 1986 | Family Computer Disk System |
| Super Mario Bros. Special | Boss | 1986 | PC-88, X1 |
| Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 | Boss | 2003 | Game Boy Advance |
| Super Mario Run | Boss | 2016 | iOS, Android |
Gallery
The fake Bowser from World 1-4.
The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
The first fake Bowser in Super Mario Run.
Name in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | にせクッパ Nise Kuppa |
Fake Koopa |
| Dutch | Nep-Bowser |
Fake Bowser |
| German | Falscher Bowser |
Fake Bowser |
| Korean | 가짜 쿠파 Gajja Kupa |
Fake Koopa |
| Russian | Поддельный Боузер Лже-Боузер (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) Poddelny Bouzer Lzhe-Bouzer |
Fake Bowser |
| Spanish | Bowser falso |
Fake Bowser |
Trivia
- The World 3 and World C (original) fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs (outside of Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!), and the World C (All-Stars) and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (Deluxe) ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
- In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, an exaggerated cardboard Bowser suspended by a pair of ropes over a bridge is seen at the end of a special area inside Bowser's Castle, which is a side-scrolling level imitating a Super Mario Bros. castle. Mario must move underneath the stationary object and touch the axe to make it fall.
- If the player beats Bowser's Sky Scuffle with any character barring Bowser Jr. in Mario Party: Island Tour, Bowser will reveal that the "Bowser" they defeated had been a decoy, which may have been a reference to the fake Bowsers.
References
| Super Mario Bros. Special | |
|---|---|
| Protagonists | Mario • Mushroom retainer • Princess Peach |
| Worlds | World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 |
| Items | 1 up Mushroom • Clock • Coin • Fire Flower • Hachisuke • Hummer • Lucky Star • Magic Mushroom • Starman • Wing |
| Enemies | Bloober • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Chokichoki • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Little Goomba • Nakaji • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sigebou • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Tarusar • Tsurara • Turtle Cannon |
| Boss | Bowser |
| Miscellaneous | Ax • Beanstalk • Coin Heaven • Coral • Fireworks • Flagpole • Horsehair plant • Jumping board |
