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Vast Ressources and Wealth<br>|first_appearance = ''Super Mario Bros. (1985)''|creators = Shigeru Myamoto}}'''Bowser, '''also known as '''King Koopa,''' is the main antagonist of the ''Mario ''franchise. He is the highest-ranked entity and rules over the Koopa Troop. He originally appeared in ''Super Mario Bros.'' for the NES, in which he kidnaps [[Princess Peach]] and her subjects and imprisons them in castles, each guarded by a Bowser Impostor with the exception of the final castle, where Peach is guarded by Bowser himself. [[Mario]] and his brother [[Luigi]] fight Bowser for the first time in this game, and it is considered the start of their adult rivalry, though Bowser's earliest appearance in the timeline was as a baby in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' in which his caretaker [[Kamek]] kidnaps Baby Luigi and they are defeated by [[Yoshi]] and Baby Mario.
   
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Over the years Bowser has tried countless times to kidnap Princess Peach and take over the Mushroom Kingdom, though he will occasionally go after another land such as the Sprixie Kingdom or the entire universe itself. While he is very self-centered, he has been known to help Mario in situations where his plans are disrupted and/or prevented by the interference of another villain such as [[Count Bleck]] or [[Fawful]]. However, sometimes Bowser will strike a deal with the new villain in order to take down Mario instead, as shown in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team ''with Antasma.
the Mushroom Kingdom against a common foe, it is mostly because of his own ego. In his mind, the only one allowed to kidnap Princess Peach, destroy Mario and/or conquer the world is himself, and he flies into a rage when other villains attempt to usurp his position as "the biggest, baddest brute around".Powers and Abilities'''Bowser''' SMGVenage237Added by Venage237Although the entirety of his abilities largely changed over time and varies a lot from game to game, mostly due to the magical artifacts he steals, most of his basic abilities stayed the same, which would run down to fire breath and tremendous strength, due to his size. He's also able to use his spiked turtle shell for an effective combination of attack and defense. In his earlier appearances, he apparently also had the power to wield black magic, although this has largely been dropped from his later appearances. In Super Smash Bros: Melee and Super Smash Bros: Brawl he has also shown the ability to transform into a larger and more monstrous form of himself, called Giga Bowser, although this ability is likely not to be considered canon, due to the nature of the two games. Bowser's Inside Story provides a new explanation to his size fluctuations: When his life is in danger, adrenaline surges through his body and grows him to a gargantuan size, in which he can better fight battles against giant foes. He can also jump at certain lengths and heights of tremendous portions.The following additional powers are simply these for certain games:Shape-Shifting (Super Mario Bros.: The Rescue of Princess Peach, anime movie)Teleportation (Super Mario 64)Flight (Super Mario Galaxy 2)ActionsKing Bowser KoopaKing Bowser Koopa sitting on his throne.B1bl1kalAdded by B1bl1kalThroughout the series Bowser has always been seeking to expand his power, which he mostly tries to accomplish by acquiring magical artifacts and the resulting conquest of whatever it allows him to conquer. In addition to this he almost always kidnaps Princess Peach, whether she has any actual relevance to his plan or not. This is due to him being in love with her. Although he often reaches his goal of conquest, he is always stopped by his archenemy Mario, which made him build both deep hatred, but also deep respect towards him. This respect mostly shows when he is forced to cooperate with him, which usually happens when a force more evil and more powerful than himself appears (as was the case with Smithy, Cackletta, or Count Bleck). In those situations he usually swallows his pride and sacrifices himself to help the heroes and save what he intends to conquer.AppearancesBowser so far appeared as the villain in many Mario games, but also made appearances as either a minor villain or even hero in several other games. As with most major Nintendo characters, he appears in most of the sport and party games of the Mario franchise. His stats in those games make him obviously powerful, but a little slow.In a few RPGs he also sometimes team with up Mario and Luigi.Subspace EmissaryBowser BrawlBowser with Ganondorf in Subspace EmissaryDdd62291Added by Ddd62291Bowser appears as a recurring boss in the Super Smash Bros: Brawl story, Subspace Emissary. He is second-in-command to Ganondorf who works for the Master Hand. He, along with Wario set out to find and capture several of the Smash Bros characters. Bowser first appears in the DK Jungle confronting Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.  He has a special gun that'll turn any character into a trophy. He aims it at Diddy but DK superpunches him far away and gets turned into a trophy instead. After finding Fox McCloud, Diddy finds a Bowser trophy laying around but it was a fake and it dissolves into little shadow bugs. The real Bowser appears and attacks the two but they escape.Later in the game, Bowser runs into Kirby and whichever princess he saved from Petey Piranha. Bowser turns that princess into a trophy and has the shadow bugs turn into a dark clone of that princess. He then takes the princess aboard the Halberd and leaves the clone to deal with Kirby and other characters. He then receives a transmission from Ganondorf to go to King Dedede's castle and retrieve the other princess trophy.  Boswer does so and with his koopa troops, they storm the castle, knock out King Dedede and take the princess trophy. He is pursued outside the castle by Mario, Link, Pit, Kirby and Yoshi but he escapes and retreats to the Halberd.With the princesses successfully captured, Bowser goes after Diddy Kong again and this time, turns him into a trophy. He goes after Fox but the fox is too fast for the ray gun. Bowser is then attacked and his gun is destroyed by Fox's ally, Falco Lombardi. The two then bring Diddy Kong back to life and Bowser flees but not before having the shadow bugs form a giant Subspace Diddy Kong and has it attack the trio. Bowser is seen later aboard a giant subspace warship with Ganondorf. The heroes, all reunited, fly toward the ship and Ganondorf open fires on the ships but Kirby destroys the core of the ship; causing it to explode. Ganondorf and Bowser retreat into subspace in time. As the villains head to meet the Master Hand, Bowser is betrayed by Ganondorf and turned into a trophy by him and pushed aside. Ganondorf and Master Hand meet and are both betrayed by the true villain of subspace, Tabuu. Tabuu kills the Master Hand and turns Ganondorf, along with all the heroes into trophies. Miles away, King Dedede, Ness and Luigi are brought back to life and they enter subspace and bring the heroes back to life. Halfway through, they find Bowser's trophy and revive him. Bowser reawakens and attacks the trio and King Dedede engages in battle with him. Dedede wins and Bowser is turned back into a trophy. The same thing happens again but Dedede shuts him up and tells him that Tabuu is the real enemy. Bowser then reluctantly joins the groups of heroes. When the rest of the heroes are revived, Bowser finds Ganondorf's trophy and continuously beats it in vengeance and storms off. Bowser then joins the heroes in the fight against Tabuu and they defeat him. FormsGiant BowserGiant BowserGiant BowserNeffyariousAdded by NeffyariousBowser's most recurring form, in many games Bowser will use different items in order to increase his size, the smallest is double his normal size and the largest is bigger than a castle.Frog KoopaBowser using the Frog Suit, giving him the ability to breath under water and swim faster.Fire KoopaBowser using a Fire Flower, giving him the ability to shoot fire from his palms.Raccoon KoopaMetal bowserMetal BowserNeffyariousAdded by NeffyariousBowser using the Super Leaf, giving him the ability to fly.Fire Racoon KoopaA Mixture of Fire Koopa and Racoon Koopa, using both the Fire Flower and Super Leaf.Metal BowserA more durable form of Bowser used by obtaining a Metal Box. Bowser uses this form in the Super Smash Bros. series, and also in Mario Party 2.Giga BowserMain Article: Giga BowserIn the Super Smash Bros. series, Bowser gained a new form of himself that grows about three times his normal size and his power is increased immensely. In Melee, Giga Bowser appeared in the final Event Match along with Mewtwo and Ganondorf. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Giga Bowser appears as the final smash move of Bowser.Dreamy BowserMain Article: Dreamy BowserDreamy bowserDreamy BowserNeffyariousAdded by NeffyariousBowser's currently strongest form, Bowser takes this form in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team after eating the Dream Stone. This form increases power's size and makes his body glow and turn rainbow colours. Bowser gains many new abilities with this form.Related ArticlesShrowserBowlettaDark BowserDry BowserMecha BowserBowser Jr.Koopa TroopaKoopalingsGoombaGiga BowserSuper Mario Bros. MovieDennis-hopper-king-koopaDennis Hopper as Bowser aka King Koopa in Super Mario Bros 1993 movieCaroll-Ann-Audrey0770Added by Caroll-Ann-Audrey0770Mario and Luigi find themselves in a strange dystopian parallel world where a human-like race evolved from dinosaurs rather than the mammalian ancestry of true humans in a Manhattan-like city. Sixty-five million years ago, a meteorite crashed into the Earth and in doing so ripped the universe into two parallel dimensions. All the surviving dinosaurs of the time crossed over into this new realm. Iggy and Spike turn out to be henchmen (and cousins) of the other world's germophobic and obsessive dictator, King Koopa, descended from the T-Rex. However, the two have failed to also bring Daisy's rock, a meteorite fragment which Koopa is trying to get in order to merge his world with the real world that separated from Koopa's world during the meteor strike. It turns out that Daisy is the Princess of the other dimension but when Koopa overthrew Daisy's father (and turned him into fungus), Daisy's mother took her to New York using the inter-dimensional portal. The portal was then destroyed, killing Daisy's mother in the process; but when Scapelli was blasting at the cave, the portal was reopened. When Koopa hears about the re-opening of the portal, he sends Spike and Iggy to find Daisy and the rock to merge the dimensions and make Koopa dictator of both worlds. Spike and Iggy, however, who had grown more intelligent after being subjected to one of Koopa's experiments, decide to turn on Koopa and join forces with Mario and Luigi. Koopa thinks only Daisy can merge the worlds, but Mario and Luigi were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Daisy is eventually rescued by the plumbers, along with the help of Toad, a man punished by Koopa for performing music protesting his reign, then condemned to be "devolved" into a Goomba.Eventually, the two worlds merge and Koopa inadvertently devolves Scapelli into a primate while aiming for Mario, but Luigi and Daisy take back the rock and the worlds separate again. Mario confronts Koopa and eventually wins when he and Luigi devolve him, transforming him into a ferocious, semi-humanoid Tyrannosaurus. Koopa then leaps out for a final attack but Mario and Luigi destroy him by devolving him further into primeval slime. Daisy's father turns back to normal and reclaims control over the kingdom stating he loves those plumbers. The citizens destroy anything involving Koopa. As the brothers return home, Luigi and Daisy admit their love for one another but Daisy cannot return to New York until the damage caused by Koopa is reversed and she spends more time with her father. Mario rephrases Daisy's words to Luigi but he does not care. A deeply hurt and saddened Luigi kisses her goodbye and the two brothers return to New York, while Daisy watches them leave. About three weeks later, Daisy returns for Mario and Luigi's help in fighting more villains. Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi's story is televised, giving them the name; "Super Mario Bros".
 
   
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Bowser is known to have an extremely large ego and is usually quick to brag about how mighty he is. In ''Paper Mario'' he has a diary in which he brags about his recent accomplishments such as stealing the Star Rod and using its power to defeat Mario. He has been shown to have an attraction to Peach, as evidenced by his diary in ''Paper Mario'', his unusual compliance with Count Bleck in order to marry her in ''Super Paper Mario, ''his comments about "ruling with Peach by his side" in ''Super Mario Galaxy, ''and his attempt to marry her on his own in ''Super Mario Odyssey, ''among many other things.
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Bowser has many minions under his command, most of which are completely loyal to him. He also has a son, Bowser Jr., whose mother is unknown. Minions of Bowser include:
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* Kamek, a Magikoopa who cared for Bowser since he was a child and serves as a mentor to him
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* The Koopalings, seven siblings who were originally established as his children before Bowser Jr. was introduced
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* Kammy Koopa, an elderly female Magikoopa who serves a similar role to Kamek in the early ''Paper Mario ''games
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* Koopa Kids, who help carry out much of his mischief in the ''Mario Party'' series
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* Many foot-soldiers and mooks including [[Goomba]]s, Koopa Troopas, Shy Guys, and Hammer Bros.
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Aside from his villainous roles in Mario's adventure games, he is a recurring playable character in spinoffs such as the ''Mario Kart'' series and the various sports games. Although not playable in the original ''Super Smash Bros., ''Bowser has been included in the series since ''Super Smash Bros. Melee. ''He also made a cameo in the Disney film [[Wreck-It Ralph|''Wreck-It Ralph'']]''.''
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Bowser has been the main antagonist in almost every main-series ''Mario'' platformer, with the exceptions being ''Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Land, ''and'' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins ''which featured Wart, Tatanga and [[Wario]] as the antagonists, respectively. Bowser was also the main antagonist of the first, fourth and fifth ''Paper Mario ''games, and the fourth and fifth ''Mario & Luigi ''games (alongside his paper counterpart in ''Paper Jam''). Though he wasn't the main threat in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' and ''Partners in Time,'' Bowser's body was possessed by the main antagonists (Cackletta and Elder Princess Shroob, respectively) and served as the final boss of both games (as Bowletta and Shrowser, respectively). However as the ''Mario & Luigi ''series progressed, Bowser grew more competent starting with ''Bowser's Inside Story'' in which he starred alongside the Bros. as a villain protagonist trying to stop [[Fawful]] from taking over his castle and his army. Despite his selfish motives, he saves the Mushroom Kingdom by destroying his malevolent clone [[Dark Bowser]] and is sent a cake by Peach as thanks. By ''Dream Team, ''he had learned from past villains using him for their own benefit, and turned the tables by doing exactly that with the bat king [[Antasma]], much to the latter's surprise and dismay. Bowser then absorbs the energy of the Dream Stone, significantly increasing his power and forming '''Dreamy Bowser,''' the game's final boss. He teams up with his paper counterpart [[Paper Bowser]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam ''and eventually the two fuse together to form the final boss, '''Shiny RoboBowser'''. However it's implied they were both intending to betray each other due to their large egos if [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] and [[Mario|Paper Mario]] had not defeated them first.
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Bowser is currently voiced by Kenny James who has been regularly providing his voice since ''Super Mario Galaxy. ''In ''Skylanders ''franchise, Bowser serves as one of the anti-heroic protagonists and an ally to the Skylanders Heroes similiar to Dr. Neo Cortex, a mad genius from ''Crash Bandicoot'' series.
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The antagonist of the 1993 ''Super Mario Bros.'' film is inspired by Bowser, but much like the rest of the movie, takes many liberties from the source material to the point where he has very little in common with the video game character beyond being evil and reptilian. This version of the character, played by Dennis Hopper, is named '''President Koopa''' (with "Koopa" being the Japanese name of the video game Bowser) and is a corrupt politician in the city of Dinohattan. Oddly, the name "King Bowser" is used in the movie for the character of Princess Daisy's father, the rightful king of Dinohattan, who is comparable to the rarely-seen Mushroom King from the game series and is an enemy of President Koopa in the movie.
 
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Bowser

Bowser, also known as King Koopa, is the main antagonist of the Mario franchise. He is the highest-ranked entity and rules over the Koopa Troop. He originally appeared in Super Mario Bros. for the NES, in which he kidnaps Princess Peach and her subjects and imprisons them in castles, each guarded by a Bowser Impostor with the exception of the final castle, where Peach is guarded by Bowser himself. Mario and his brother Luigi fight Bowser for the first time in this game, and it is considered the start of their adult rivalry, though Bowser's earliest appearance in the timeline was as a baby in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island in which his caretaker Kamek kidnaps Baby Luigi and they are defeated by Yoshi and Baby Mario.

Over the years Bowser has tried countless times to kidnap Princess Peach and take over the Mushroom Kingdom, though he will occasionally go after another land such as the Sprixie Kingdom or the entire universe itself. While he is very self-centered, he has been known to help Mario in situations where his plans are disrupted and/or prevented by the interference of another villain such as Count Bleck or Fawful. However, sometimes Bowser will strike a deal with the new villain in order to take down Mario instead, as shown in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team with Antasma.

Bowser is known to have an extremely large ego and is usually quick to brag about how mighty he is. In Paper Mario he has a diary in which he brags about his recent accomplishments such as stealing the Star Rod and using its power to defeat Mario. He has been shown to have an attraction to Peach, as evidenced by his diary in Paper Mario, his unusual compliance with Count Bleck in order to marry her in Super Paper Mario, his comments about "ruling with Peach by his side" in Super Mario Galaxy, and his attempt to marry her on his own in Super Mario Odyssey, among many other things.

Bowser has many minions under his command, most of which are completely loyal to him. He also has a son, Bowser Jr., whose mother is unknown. Minions of Bowser include:

  • Kamek, a Magikoopa who cared for Bowser since he was a child and serves as a mentor to him
  • The Koopalings, seven siblings who were originally established as his children before Bowser Jr. was introduced
  • Kammy Koopa, an elderly female Magikoopa who serves a similar role to Kamek in the early Paper Mario games
  • Koopa Kids, who help carry out much of his mischief in the Mario Party series
  • Many foot-soldiers and mooks including Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Shy Guys, and Hammer Bros.

Aside from his villainous roles in Mario's adventure games, he is a recurring playable character in spinoffs such as the Mario Kart series and the various sports games. Although not playable in the original Super Smash Bros., Bowser has been included in the series since Super Smash Bros. Melee. He also made a cameo in the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph.

Bowser has been the main antagonist in almost every main-series Mario platformer, with the exceptions being Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Land, and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins which featured Wart, Tatanga and Wario as the antagonists, respectively. Bowser was also the main antagonist of the first, fourth and fifth Paper Mario games, and the fourth and fifth Mario & Luigi games (alongside his paper counterpart in Paper Jam). Though he wasn't the main threat in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Partners in Time, Bowser's body was possessed by the main antagonists (Cackletta and Elder Princess Shroob, respectively) and served as the final boss of both games (as Bowletta and Shrowser, respectively). However as the Mario & Luigi series progressed, Bowser grew more competent starting with Bowser's Inside Story in which he starred alongside the Bros. as a villain protagonist trying to stop Fawful from taking over his castle and his army. Despite his selfish motives, he saves the Mushroom Kingdom by destroying his malevolent clone Dark Bowser and is sent a cake by Peach as thanks. By Dream Team, he had learned from past villains using him for their own benefit, and turned the tables by doing exactly that with the bat king Antasma, much to the latter's surprise and dismay. Bowser then absorbs the energy of the Dream Stone, significantly increasing his power and forming Dreamy Bowser, the game's final boss. He teams up with his paper counterpart Paper Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and eventually the two fuse together to form the final boss, Shiny RoboBowser. However it's implied they were both intending to betray each other due to their large egos if Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario had not defeated them first.

Bowser is currently voiced by Kenny James who has been regularly providing his voice since Super Mario Galaxy. In Skylanders franchise, Bowser serves as one of the anti-heroic protagonists and an ally to the Skylanders Heroes similiar to Dr. Neo Cortex, a mad genius from Crash Bandicoot series.

The antagonist of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film is inspired by Bowser, but much like the rest of the movie, takes many liberties from the source material to the point where he has very little in common with the video game character beyond being evil and reptilian. This version of the character, played by Dennis Hopper, is named President Koopa (with "Koopa" being the Japanese name of the video game Bowser) and is a corrupt politician in the city of Dinohattan. Oddly, the name "King Bowser" is used in the movie for the character of Princess Daisy's father, the rightful king of Dinohattan, who is comparable to the rarely-seen Mushroom King from the game series and is an enemy of President Koopa in the movie.