Fake Bowser: Difference between revisions

{{about|the fake Bowsers from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''|other uses|[[Fake Bowser (disambiguation)]]}}

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|image=[[File:BowserMP8.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])

|variant_of=[[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]]

|variants=[[Tail Bowser]]

A '''fake Bowser''' (known as '''Bowser's decoy''' in ''[[NES Remix]]'') is a standard enemy that was transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic into a copy of himself. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

===''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''===

[[File:Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|thumb|A fake Bowser in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.]]

In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each [[castle]], with [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|Bowser's Castle]] containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:

*'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Fire Breath|fire]]

*'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire

*'''World 6''': [[Blooper|Bloober]]<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO "BLOOPER". "Bloober" was the name at the time of this game and should be the name displayed here. --> - [[hammer]]

*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]]ther - hammer

''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds (in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, the final fake Bowser is now replaced with the actual Bowser):

*'''World A''': Goomba - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')

*'''World B''': Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')

*'''World C''': Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')

*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FDS)

*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]

===''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 Leaf|Super Leaves]] known as [[Tail Bowser]]s make their first appearance.

===''Super Mario Run''===

In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', fake Bowsers appear at the end of the [[fortress]] levels in Worlds [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)|1]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|3]] and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|5]]. They are a Goomba, a green Koopa Troopa, and a Buzzy Beetle, respectively.

==Game appearances==

|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]

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|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''

|Boss

|1986

|[[Family Computer Disk System]]

|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|-

|''[[Super Mario Run]]''

|}

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SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser from World 1-4.

SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|The fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.

SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|The first fake Bowser in ''Super Mario Run''.

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==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|Jap=にせクッパ<ref name=SMBsite>[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Japan]]. "[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']". [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/index.html CHARACTERS of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series] (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed 20 Mar 2021.</ref>

|JapM=Fake Bowser; shared with [[Belome|Bowser Clone]]

|Fre=Faux Bowser

|FreM=Fake Bowser

|Ger=Falscher Bowser

|GerM=Fake Bowser

|Dut=Nep-Bowser

|DutM=Fake Bowser

|Rus=Поддельный Боузер<br>Лже-Боузер (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')

|RusR=Poddelny Bouzer<br>Lzhe-Bouzer

|Ita=Falso Bowser<br>Finto Bowser<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 22</ref>

|ItaM=Fake Bowser

*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 Kyūshutsu 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.

**The World A and World C fake Bowsers in ''All-Stars'' are the only fake Bowsers whose true forms are right-side-up instead of upside-down.

*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.

 

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