Super Mario (franchise)/Characters/Bowser and His Baddies

A list of characters that includes Bowser and all of his main henchmen.

King Bowser Koopa


""Who were you expecting? The tooth fairy?!" Debut: Super Mario Bros"

The king of the Koopas and the main antagonist of the Mario franchise. His goals range from taking over the Mushroom Kingdom, to the world, to even the universe. He has eight children: the seven Koopalings, and Bowser Jr. (how they came to be is unknown). In Japan, he's simply called "Koopa", with the Mook Koopas being known as "Nokonokos". In the main series, he's a genuine Evil Overlord that seeks to take over everything from the Mushroom Kingdom, to the whole world, to the entire universe on a few occasions. In a few spinoffs, he suffers severe Villain Decay and has less threatening schemes and sometimes even goes karting with Mario, and in some occasions he's a mixture of both. However, he's always trying to kidnap Princess Peach and destroy Mario.

Tropes associated with Bowser:

He also does this in the first two Mario & Luigi games (kinda) and Super Mario Sunshine. It's teased, but ultimately doesn't happen in Luigi's Mansion.
 * A God Am I: Bowser doesn't actually makes this claim; however, his plan in both SMG and SMG2 is to take over the entire universe and rule it with Peach by his side forever, along with making his OWN galaxy in the center of the universe. SMG2, however, takes it to a whole new level when Bowser uses a few of the Grand Stars on HIMSELF, rather than use them to power up reactors, which seem to give him more power as he becomes gigantic (though he already had this power). He is also able to conjure up meteorites.
 * Achilles' Heel: Fighting one of the Mario Brothers.
 * Acrofatic: In spite of his body build, he can jump as high as Mario, among other things.
 * Adipose Rex: In both senses of the word, no less.
 * And Now You Must Marry Me: This is his plan for Peach, since he both wants control over the Mushroom Kingdom and to be with his Villainous Crush.
 * Affably Evil: On occasion, is more just a jerkish brute than outright malicious. It is also made clear he genuinely wants to act as a loving husband for Peach if not for the interventions of a certain plumber. Arguably more Evilly Affable in the Super Mario Bros Super Show, though in later shows he cares too much about his Koopalings to count.
 * Arch Enemy: He and Mario have been fighting since they were children, with no end in sight.
 * Subverted: He kidnapped Mario in Super Princess Peach, and Peach had to rescue him. If you remember why Bowser kept kidnapping Peach (where Mario had to rescue her), this becomes funny.
 * Art Evolution: Aside from his one-time only Bald of Evil, he went from having short limbs and mostly orange skin to having longer limbs and mostly yellow skin. Incidentally, the increase in limb-length coincided with his fighting style emphasizing more melee moves rather than solely fire-breathing.
 * Back From the Dead: His Dry Bowser form, which was created when he actually died in the first battle of New Super Mario Bros
 * Badass: Just look at his Picture here. The fact that he's also a Former "The Guy" should be enough.
 * Badbutt: Can come off as this in the RPGs.
 * The Mario & Luigi series present him as a massive threat if powered-up, but otherwise just a starter villain (presumably because of Mario's experience in fighting him off). In Bowsers Inside Story, he's incredibly badass, but can barely hold his own against the Mario brothers.
 * Benevolent Boss: His minions don't follow him out of fear; they follow him out of respect and admiration. Though that's not to say they aren't nervous about his reactions to their failure. Even his favorite son, Bowser Jr., voiced his fear of angering his father for giving up another Grand Star. But then again, nobody in their right mind would want to piss off a giant ox-turtle unless they were an ass-kicking plumber.
 * Berserk Button: Just mentioning Mario's name is enough to get him riled up.
 * Harming any of his children in front of him, as seen in New Super Mario Bros if you beat Bowser Jr. first, will send him into a rage.
 * Beware the Silly Ones: He has attempted to, and nearly succeeded in, destroying and remaking all of reality in Super Mario Galaxy, and literally punches an Eldritch Abomination to death in Bowser's Inside Story. If he didn't have Mario as an opponent, he'd be unstoppable.
 * Big Bad
 * Big Bad Wannabe: In the various RPGs, save the first Paper Mario, where he is often put into the hero position to stop the game's Big Bad.
 * Big Beautiful Man: At least to himself. And to lots of guys.
 * Big Eater: Especially in Bowser's Inside Story.
 * The Big Guy: Serves as this when on Mario's team, as well as the Boisterous Bruiser.
 * Breath Weapon: In almost all of his appearances—but, strangely, not once in Super Mario RPG.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * Catch Phrase: In the first cartoon series: "Koopa Pack, ATTACK!"
 * Chained by Fashion
 * Clown Car Base: His Clown Car in Super Mario World.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: He was voiced by Japanese soul singer Akiko Wada in The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach.
 * Deadpan Snarker: On occasion. Especially the Di C version.
 * Dem Bones: Dry Bowser.
 * Depending on the Writer: ...or, more accurately, type of game. The main platformer series portrays him as a legitimate threat to the Mushroom Kingdom and Princess Peach, especially in Super Mario Galaxy. The spinoffs portray him as a Dumb Muscle who is often an Anti-Hero trying to work against the game's Big Bad.
 * Determinator: He got melted to the bone once. When he returned, he was even harder to take out.
 * Did You Just Falcon Punch Cthulhu: His greatest Crowning Moment of Awesome in Bowser's Inside Story.
 * Drop the Hammer: In Super Mario Bros., he had an unlimited supply that he'd hurl at Mario.
 * Dub Name Change: From King Koopa to Bowser, as mentioned above. Unlike with Toadstool, this change still endures to this day, and English-speakers will be hardpressed to think of him as anything else. Interestingly, unlike most cases of this, his name wasn't changed from the beginning. Older fans will remember knowing him as King Koopa because of the cartoons. However, a manual for one of the older games does refer to him as "Bowser, King of the Koopas."
 * Dumb Muscle: In the RPGs. Emphasis on muscle.
 * Edible Theme Naming: Bowser's Japanese name, クッパ Kuppa, was named after the Japanese word for 국밥 gukbap, a Korean soup with rice. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to name him after a dish in Korean cuisine, and also had considered naming him ユッケ Yukke (after 육회 yukhoe) or ビビンバ Bibinba (after 비빔밥 bibimbap). This distinction is lost in English, where his primary name is Bowser, and even his surname is Koopa instead of Gukbap (or the pre-2000 transliteration Kukpap). The distinction is also lost in Korean itself, where he is instead localized as 쿠파 Kupa, a round-trip translation through the Japanese name. As a result of the character being named Kuppa, the word in the Japanese language is now probably better associated with Bowser than with the Korean dish, as hilariously evident in Google Translate's English translation of the Japanese Wikipedia article for gukbap.
 * Enemy Mine: In some of the spinoffs, mostly because he can't stand the notion of anyone else destroying the Mario Brothers and ruling over the Mushroom Kingdom.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: He wants to rule over the Mushroom Kingdom, not destroy it. He even provides one of the page's quotes.
 * Evil Is Burning Hot: He has fire breath and has a general association with firey places like volcanoes and stars.
 * Evil Is Hammy: Getting hammier with each game
 * Evil Laugh: Players of Super Mario 64 will know it well.
 * Evil Overlord: Fits this to a T. Though, as mentioned before, he's actually admired by his minions, and it's mainly the good guys that view him as this.
 * Evil Sorceror: Allegedly turned all the Toads into blocks in the original. Otherwise, the only other time we see him use magic is with the Star Rod.
 * Bowser has showcased some magic tricks in a couple of games. Despite his status as the dumb muscle, he gets the hang of any ancient magical artifact with ease. So far, he has wielded the Star Rod, the Vibe Scepter, the Power Stars, the Grand Stars, and many other magical items with finesse. Bowser seems to be able to use magical flames aside from regular fire breath, could turn invisible/teleport in Super Mario 64, and he shot lightning from his fingertips in the intro of Super Mario Galaxy. In Bowser's Inside Story, the Koopa King even assists his Magikoopas by throwing fireballs at their wands, amplifying their power during the Magikoopa Mob attack. Bowser seems to have at least some magical skill.
 * Let's not forget the dark spin slash he performed in the second battle with him in Super Mario Galaxy, or the similar technique he used to teleport away from your first two fights with him in each of the Galaxy games after being defeated.
 * Fat Bastard
 * A Father to His Men: The degree to which he respects his minions varies with each story. Played the most straight in Bowser's Inside Story, and to a slightly lesser extent in Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
 * Fiction 500: He has at least twenty Castles.
 * Fiery Redhead Evil Redhead: Heh.
 * The Fighting Narcissist: He is very attractive in his own eyes. To put things in perspective, if he said the same of any other male, Bi the Way would be the only reasonable conclusion.
 * Final Boss: Bowser was one of the earliest final bosses, and he has played this role more times than the majority of VG villains.
 * Galactic Conqueror: His goal in Yoshi's Island DS, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
 * Go-Karting with Bowser: Trope Namer.
 * Grievous Harm with a Body: In Super Mario RPG, he can throw Mario at enemies once he equips the Hurly Gloves. Mario does not seem to expect this.
 * The Grinch: Both of the cartoons' Christmas episodes had him mimic the Trope Namer in some way.
 * Harmless Villain: In the spinoffs only, but it seems the Fandom embraces this image of him.
 * In general, he can dish it out just fine to anyone who isn't Mario, Luigi, or Peach. But he's a prototypical victim of The Good Guys Always Win, and everyone seems to know it.
 * And even then, he has actually beaten Mario before.
 * Heel Face Revolving Door
 * Hijacked by Ganon: He does this towards the end of Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. To be fair, however, Waluigi's role in the plot had long since been finished.
 * Hot-Blooded: Can get like this during his Boisterous Bruiser moments, particularly in Bowser's Inside Story.
 * Hostile Show Takeover: He does this in Mario Party 2, 4, 6, and DS.
 * I Have Many Names: The cartoon version had many alter-egos depending on the setting of the episode.
 * Improbably High IQ: He claims that his IQ is 9800 in Mario Party Advance. This is pretty much par for the course with him, though.
 * Implacable Man: A few instances in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, namely when he plows through a literal army of baddies to get to their boss.
 * Informed Attribute: Bowser is professionally trained to give massages, as revealed in Bowsers Inside Story.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's not a very nice guy, but he seems to genuinely care about his troops, his children, and Peach.
 * Joker Immunity: He is just too popular and too integral to the Mario series to be killed off permanently, be it falling in lava, falling from a huge height, being thrown into a star, etc.
 * Kaiju: He even rampages through Tokyo in the SNES Sim City.
 * King Mook: Although Shigeru Miyamoto initially envisioned him as an ox like King Gruesome from Alakazam The Great. This was changed when designer Takashi Tezuka pointed out the Fridge Logic in an ox ruling over turtles. Bowser became more turtle-like overall, but his face is more ox-like.
 * Large and In Charge: He's the trope image.
 * Large Ham
 * Lightning Bruiser: In some games, usually ones where he only serves as a boss, Bowser is surprisingly nimble for his size. For instance, in Super Mario Galaxy, he backflips over Mario (and runs faster than him). He has surprising running speed in the Super Smash Bros. series, and he is one of the two fastest swimmers in Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Games.
 * Make My Monster Grow: Used on himself, one of his favourite One-Winged Angel tricks is to grow even bigger, ranging from merely twice his normal size to one that could fight Godzilla.
 * Mighty Glacier: When he's playable, this is often what he is instead.
 * Modest Royalty: Unlike most other rulers in the Mario games, he doesn't wear a crown or anything else that suggests he's a king.
 * As if being a highly memorable Boisterous Bruiser Large Ham wasn't enough.
 * Mordor: His kingdom.
 * Non-Mammalian Hair
 * One-Winged Angel: You would think that a giant ox-turtle like Bowser wouldn't have this (other than just simply making himself larger, obviously), but in the Smash Bros games, he turns in an even larger, more demonic looking ox-turtle named Giga Bowser.
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He wants to be the only one to defeat Mario. And the only one to kidnap Peach. (Or the only one to kidnap Mario and defeat Peach.) He also doesn't like the idea of someone more powerful than him taking over the Mushroom Kingdom before he does. This is what typically leads to the Enemy Mine situations when he teams up with the plumbers.
 * Our Dragons Are Different: Often mistaken for a dragon, he's actually a cross between an ox and a turtle with draconic features. Bowser was originally intended to be more of an ox, but ended up looking more turtle. The ox part is still visible in his face.
 * Everything's Better with Dinosaurs: He's not a dinosaur either, but has some dinosaurian features too.
 * Papa Wolf: Despite his villainous antics, pretty much any incarnation with his Koopalings presents him as a rather caring father (in his own twisted manner, anyway). Notably, in New Super Mario Bros, Bowser unleashes a maelstrom of fireballs at you should you defeat Junior first.
 * Pragmatic Villainy: He does side with the Mario Bros. in the spinoffs, but only when the Mushroom Kingdom is not being taken over by him, or when his kingdom is taken over.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Satan: Bowser is sometimes called Great Demon King and his kingdom, especially in SMB 3, resembles Hell. It's a case of In Name Only, though, in that he's just portrayed as simply an Evil Overlord.
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In any of the Mario Party games where you land on a Bowser space, he'll offer his own demented versions of mini-games (read: most of them involve him taking coins from the players). Occasionally, the selector will land on 100-Star Present or 10,000-Coin Present. If this happens, Bowser will do nothing for a few seconds and then run off screen.
 * Shockwave Stomp: Another favourite attack of his.
 * Slouch of Villainy: Look at his picture.
 * Spell My Name with a "The": At least, according to the instruction manual for the Game & Watch version of SMB.
 * Spikes of Villainy: His shell, horns, and bracelets.
 * Staying Alive: It seems almost nothing can kill this guy.
 * Stripped to the Bone: His first appearance as Dry Bowser.
 * Summon Magic: In Super Mario RPG and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
 * Super Strength: He never misses a chance to show off his great strength.
 * Tactical Suicide Boss: His constant use of this trope undoubtedly inspired his Dumb Muscle personality in the RPG's.
 * Thememobile: The Koopa Clown Car.
 * Throw the Dog a Bone: At the end of Bowser's Inside Story,
 * Took a Level In Badass: Bowser's Inside Story. Holy cow, did he ever! If squaring off against a train and isn't enough, then how about !?
 * Turtle Power
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Peach likes Bowser and is willing to be a friend to him, as long as he behaves himself. But she isn't into him the way he'd like. So he repeatedly kidnaps her to try to make her change her mind. That's not usually how it works. There's a Crowning Moment of Funny in Super Mario Sunshine that suggests that Peach and Bowser may have been involved in the past, providing unretractable implications.
 * Villain Exit Stage Left: He'd frequently pull this off in the cartoons, often accompanied by the Catch Phrase "He who koops and runs away lives to koop another day!"
 * Villain Protagonist: Whenever he's a playable character in the RPGs, especially in Bowser's Inside Story where he's basically the Main Character.
 * Villainous Crush: Why he keeps kidnapping Peach, at least in the spinoffs.
 * Villainous Glutton: Judging by how he cleared that table of food in Bowser's Inside Story.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: His film incarnation depicted him as this, as his main motivation for trying to conquer the human dimension was for the survival of his species, which were living in a crapsack dimension.
 * Who Dares?: "How dare you disturb my vacation!" in Sunshine.
 * The Worf Effect: Whenever there's a new villain around, Bowser is usually first in line to get walloped.
 * Worthy Opponent: In Super Mario Galaxy, he mentions that he's glad Mario always puts up a good fight.
 * To fight one was also his wish in Mario Party 5.
 * Yandere
 * Your Size May Vary: From being no bigger than Mario to being able to swallow him whole.

The Koopalings
""We just love being mean!" Debut: Super Mario Bros 3"

A name given to seven of Bowser's "children" who appeared as bosses in Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, Mario Is Missing, Yoshi's Safari, Hotel Mario, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, New Super Mario Bros Wii and New Super Mario Bros 2.

In Order From Oldest to Youngest:
 * Ludwig "Kooky" von Koopa, a crazed composer with a sadistic streak.
 * Lemmy "Hip" Koopa, a lackadaisical, cross-eyed clown who is more than a lot nutty.
 * Roy "Bully" Koopa, a big bad bully with cool shades.
 * Iggy "Hop" Koopa, a technological genius who is more than a little nutty.
 * Wendy O. "Kootie Pie" Koopa, a spoiled, greedy little brat who thinks she's daddy's favorite.
 * Morton "Big Mouth" Koopa, Jr., a cantankerous little grouch who takes after Roy.
 * Larry "Cheatsy" Koopa, the runt of the litter, with a penchant for sports (at which he cheats, natch).

Tropes associated with the Koopalings:
 * A Day in the Limelight: Wendy in the comic story Fins and Roses (which could also count as Villain Episode). Each also took turns appearing as a main antagonist in the Nintendo Adventure Books, and each one also got at least one episode to themselves in the cartoons.
 * Adult Child: Although Lemmy isn't an adult, considering he's the second oldest out of eight, he has to be in his later teenage years. Well, unless a few or all of them have different mothers.
 * Ambiguously Brown: Most of Bowser's children look somewhat like him. Except Morton, who is randomly dark brown.
 * Ax Crazy: Iggy Koopa was implied to be this in the text box after beating him in Super Mario World, and confirmed in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
 * Bald Woman: Wendy. Her ginormous pink ribbon may make this less obvious, but true enough she has no hair on her head even while her father and most of her siblings do.
 * Blue Eyes: At least all the irises you can see. None of them have been shown to have Bowser's Red Eyes.
 * Bratty Teenage Daughter: Wendy. Taken to extremes for the Di C cartoon's "Kootie Pie".
 * Breath Weapon: Ludwig was the first of the Koopalings to show this ability, as he used it in his battle in Super Mario World. Later, they all used fire breath in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
 * The Brute: Roy and Morton.
 * Butt Monkey: Larry seems to be characterized as this in New Super Mario Bros. Wii—he gets trapped under the cake in the opening cutscene, is the first boss to be fought, and has the hardest time reaching Bowser's castle in The Stinger.
 * Canon Foreigner: Not them, but their personalities from the Mario cartoons. Their characterizations here are very well loved by the fanbase, and have been accepted as their actual personalities in Fanon.
 * Child Soldier: It is implied that the Koopalings, despite being Bowser's kids, essentially are treated the same way as soldiers in his army.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Lemmy in Nintendo Comics System, though he didn't actually appear to be as stupid as everyone made him out to be.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: Their shells in their New Super Mario Bros. Wii redesign.
 * Creepy Twins: Iggy and Lemmy.
 * The twins part is only in the cartoons, though. It's believed that distancing them from this trope is the reason Iggy was so radically redesigned compared to the others.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Lani Minella voices Larry, Lemmy, and, perplexingly enough, Morton in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Also, in the cartoons, Iggy and Lemmy were voiced by Tara Strong.
 * Dark Action Girl: Wendy, the only girl in the group.
 * Divergent Character Evolution: Iggy and Lemmy were originally close enough in looks to be made twins in the spinoff cartoons, the main differences being the eyes (Iggy wears glasses and Lemmy has a lazy eye) and size (Lemmy is small and Iggy is tall and thin, the latter more apparent in their redesign). As of New Super Mario Bros Wii, Lemmy's grown a ponytail and Iggy gained green palmtree hair.
 * Double Jump: In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Ludwig has learned to quadruple jump.
 * Or more accurately: He's learned Yoshi's Flutter Jump.
 * The Dragon: Ludwig Von Koopa was stated to be Bowser's second in command in SMB 3. Of course, given Bowser Jr's current status over them, he's probably the second in command to Bowser Jr. now.
 * Dragon-in-Chief / The Starscream: At a few points, either Iggy or Ludwig (after completing the fourth stage), and Ludwig alone (completing the sixth stage) will ditch Bowser Jr., forcing Bowser Jr. to chase after them and also buying Mario enough time to board a portion of the Airship.
 * Dub Name Change: That and Theme Naming is why Morton is a Junior.
 * Dummied Out: They were planned to be in Super Princess Peach, but were left out of the final game.
 * Evil Clown: Lemmy.
 * Evil Cripple: The book Pipe Down! revealed Ludwig is partially deaf, though in the best ending his hearing is restored by an explosion.
 * Evil Genius: Although Iggy develops and designs some of the Koopalings weapons, Ludwig was also shown to develop his own mech (and was smart enough to know how to operate it).
 * Fish Eyes: Lemmy.
 * Five-Man Band:
 * Big Bad: Ludwig, Bowser (as their higher-up), or Bowser Jr. (as their leader in NSMBW), depending on the interpretation.
 * The Dragon: Ludwig, as the second-in-command to Bowser Jr. and Bowser.
 * The Brutes: Roy and Morton.
 * The Evil Genius: Iggy.
 * The Dark Chicks: Wendy and Lemmy.
 * Starter Villain: Larry.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Iggy.
 * Genius Bruiser: Ludwig. He was implied to be smart enough to develop and design his own mech, classy enough to like Opera and the like, and is also powerful enough in combat.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Larry, Morton, Wendy, and Lemmy share a voice with Luke Triton.
 * In the cartoons, Iggy and Lemmy sounded like Timmy Turner.
 * Wendy (or specifically, her VA Tabitha St. Germain), who was whiny in the cartoons, now voices a whiny unicorn. Interestingly, she also voiced Sprite in the Legend of Zelda cartoon show.
 * Humongous Mecha: Iggy built each of them one for use in Yoshi's Safari, although Wendy's was more of a giant shield.
 * Identical Grandson: Fanon has it that Morton Jr. takes after Bowser's father, Morton Sr.
 * Improbable Weapon User: Lemmy's spell of choice? Giant rubber balls. That don't even hurt you. At least Wendy's rings could be assumed to be razor sharp.
 * It Got Worse: After Mario and company rescue Peach and go home in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Larry drags himself back home to see his siblings helping Bowser up from his shell
 * Jerk Jock: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga shows that Larry has an interest in tennis.
 * Jumping Out of a Cake: Along with Bowser Jr. in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
 * Laughing Mad: Iggy's been shown to have this trait in New Super Mario Bros Wii. Mad Scientist indeed.
 * Note that in the hallway up to his boss battle, you can hear him giggling with no abandon, while the other six would quietly wait for you to enter their arena. It gets even worse once the battle actually starts.
 * Giggling Villain: His style of laughter. He makes up for this by never stopping.
 * Lean and Mean: The other most notable change in Iggy's redesign. Although it was never previously clear how tall he was in comparison to the others, he recently became the indisputably tallest of the Koopalings, and gained a lanky body shape to go with it.
 * Mad Artist: Ludwig in the games, coupled with Evil Genius (considering that he seemed adept enough in technology to utilize a mech that looked very sophisticated in Yoshi's Safari).
 * Mad Scientist: Iggy in the games, Ludwig in the cartoons.
 * Motor Mouth: Morton Big Mouth in the cartoons.
 * Musical Assassin: Ludwig in the book Pipe Down!
 * Nerd Glasses: Iggy's most notable feature, especially before his redesign. The lenses themselves tend to alternate between giving him demented-looking irises as seen in the picture, or the standard nerdy spirals.
 * Non-Mammalian Hair
 * Older Than They Look: Lemmy is the smallest of the Koopalings, is the most childish and playful, and doesn't seem to really care about his dad's world domination conquest. Naturally, he's the second oldest of the Koopalings.
 * Younger Than They Look: Morton's one of the biggest (THE biggest in New Super Mario Bros Wii) Koopalings, is heavy enough to cause small earthquakes, and has a pretty deep voice. He's the second youngest of the Koopalings. Third youngest if one counts Bowser Jr. as one.
 * The One Who Wears Shoes: Wendy.
 * Pink Means Feminine: Wendy.
 * Power Glows: The spells fired from their wands in New Super Mario Bros. Wii have their own colors, depending on who's using it.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad
 * Real Men Wear Pink: Roy is literally pink all over: pink skin/scales, pink shell, pink shades...
 * As of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, his shell has been made purple to avoid conflict with Wendy's shell color in their newly established color coordination. Still the same principle, though.
 * Fridge Brilliance: It should be noted that in Japan, the color purple represents death. So, if Roy was Americanized in terms of color (provided Nintendo of America got the Fridge Brilliance), he would be colored black... which would actually be pretty badass...
 * Rhymes on a Dime: Iggy in at least one version of Mario Is Missing.
 * Rings of Death: Wendy fires these in Super Mario Bros 3, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and New Super Mario Bros Wii, and they ricochet off the walls.
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: The Koopalings are either named after musicians (mostly rock and punk), or (in Morton's case) talk show hosts.
 * To be fair, Morton's namesake was a country-western musician originally (as was his father); however, he was more famous as a talk show host when Super Mario Bros. 3 came out.
 * Morton also has a white head with a star over one eye, which itself may be a Shout-Out to Paul Stanley.
 * Single-Minded Twins: Lemmy and Iggy Hip and Hop in the cartoons. Not so much in the games, where their personalities are polar opposites (Goofball Idiot and Insane Genius respectively).
 * Smug Snake: Ludwig in NSMB Wii.
 * Smurfette Principle: Wendy is the only female of Bowser's eight kids.
 * Speech Impediment: The cartoon version of Morton tended to roll his Bs.
 * Spin Attack: Utilized by a few of them in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.
 * Ted Baxter: Ludwig in the cartoons, Iggy in Nintendo Comics System and the adventure books.
 * Timed Mission: The later Koopalings in Superstar Saga are accompanied by a bomb that counts down as the battle wears on. If it reaches zero, it explodes and instantly beats Mario and Luigi.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Larry, who's otherwise the runt of the litter, was the last fought and toughest of all the Koopalings in Super Mario World. He also single-handedly handed Mario his ass in the obscure choose-your-adventure book Dinosaur Dilemma.
 * Turtle Power
 * Underwater Boss Battle: Wendy in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
 * The Unintelligible: Larry in Nintendo Comics System. Instead of words, his dialogue balloons were filled with pictures, and only Lemmy could understand him.
 * The Unfavorites: Bowser prefers his Jr. to all of them.
 * The Voiceless: The only time they've spoken in the games is in a version of Mario Is Missing.
 * The Von Trope Family: Ludwig.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Ludwig and Larry. Also, Iggy now has green hair.
 * Multicolored Hair: Iggy's original design and Lemmy (as well as Larry in the anime) both have rainbow hair.
 * Youngest Child Wins: The Prima guide implies that Larry Koopa was the favorite of Bowser's children, and likewise the SMB 3 and the New Super Mario Bros Wii order implies that Larry's the youngest.

Bowser Jr.
""Leave my Mama alone, you bad man! I won't let you take Mama Peach away!" Debut: Super Mario Sunshine"

Bowser's eighth and (new) favorite kid, still a (very clever, very nasty) hatchling. Junior fills the void left when the Koopalings dropped out of the series for no apparent reason. (Though they reappeared in Superstar Saga and, recently, New Super Mario Bros. Wii). He's a rotten little schemer who wants Princess Peach to become his mommy.

Tropes associated with Bowser Jr.:
 * Bad Boss: In his Boss Battle in Super Mario Galaxy, Junior's ship's weaponry not only damages Mario, it kills any Mook unfotunate enough to get between the Koopa Prince and his prey.
 * Bait and Switch Boss: His final appearance in Galaxy.
 * Big Bad: In Sunshine. His dad is the Final Boss, but Junior does all the work.
 * Breath Weapon: Initially untrained and undeveloped at fire breath, as he attempted to do so in Mario Superstar Baseball with only a weak ember, but mastered it in New Super Mario Bros Wii, where it homes in on the players and sets the floor ablaze on contact.
 * Cute Little Fangs
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Delores Rogers and Caety Sagoian have provided his voice.
 * Dirty Coward: Jr. usually doesn't fight Mario directly; he either spends his time fleeing continuously, calling someone else to fight for him, or fighting from the safety of a machine of some sort.
 * The only time he has actually fought Mario directly was in New Super Mario Bros
 * Though granted he does so at least eight times, and is a tricky bastard as they progress.
 * Disc One Final Boss: In New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
 * The Dragon: In a lot of recent games, Junior has been his papa's main backup.
 * Expy: His design is virtually identical to Baby Bowser in Yoshi's Island.
 * Identical Grandson: Junior looks quite similar to Bowser when he was young.
 * Informed Relationship: The only hint that Bowser Jr. is even a Koopaling is in the Prima Strategy guide for New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
 * Jumping Out of a Cake: See the Koopalings' example.
 * Leitmotif: Has one in the Super Mario Galaxy series.
 * Missing Mom: He himself acknowledges that
 * Non-Mammalian Hair
 * Overlord, Jr.
 * Recurring Boss: In most appearances, though his tactics usually change considerably.


 * Suddenly Voiced: Inverted. In Sunshine, Bowser Jr. for some reason actually spoke like everyone else in the game, but from Galaxy onwards, he reverted to dialogue boxes and Voice Grunting like everyone else.
 * Thememobile: He gets his own Koopa Clown Car in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
 * Turtle Power
 * Turtle Power

Koopa Troop
""Koopa Pack, ATTACK!""

Bowser's loyal legion of minions, the Koopa Troop (so named in Super Mario RPG) is thousands strong and made up not only of Koopa Troopas but also Goombas, Piranha Plants, Spinies, Bob-Ombs, Bullet Bills, and other assorted baddies. Most koopas aren't that bad, though; they just have a nasty boss.

The Koopa Troop is made up of a wide variety of "races"; the most common include:

And these are only half of 'em!
 * Koopas: A race of turtle-people. Bowser's rank and file, the Koopas include numerous variants, including the common Koopa Troopas, the winged Koopa Paratroopas, the cloud-riding Lakitus, the animal-like Buzzy Beetles and Spinies, and so on. Their shells seem to be articles of clothing rather than part of their anatomy. Debut: Mario Bros (as "Shellcreepers").
 * Goombas: The weakest of Bowser's minions. These armless mushroom chestnut-creatures with Big Ol' Eyebrows once served the Mushroom Kingdom, but defected to Bowser. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Piranha Plants: Barely-sentient carnivorous plants with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. Piranha Plants commonly live in pipes. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Dry Bones: Skeletal Koopa Troopas that come back to life not long after being stomped. They usually stay in castles. Debut: Super Mario Bros. 3.
 * Chain Chomps: Black orbs with eyes, sharp teeth, usually a chain and not much else. They act like and seem to be the local equivalent of dogs. Unchained ones are just 'Chomps'. Debut: Super Mario Bros 3.
 * Cheep-Cheeps: Goggle-eyed fish that swarm underwater (and sometimes jump into the air). Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Bullet Bills: Living artillery that get shot out of cannons. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Bob-Ombs: Walking, wind-up bombs that explode when they get close to Mario. In the RPGs, we learn that they can reform after blowing up. Debut: Super Mario Bros. 2.
 * Boos: Nasty little blobs of ectoplasm who chase Mario relentlessly. They're painfully bashful, though, and stop moving to cover their faces when anyone looks at them. Debut: Super Mario Bros 3.
 * Hammer Bros.: Helmet-wearing turtles that throw hammers at you. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Monty Moles: Near-sighted little mammals that live underground and have a knack for machinery. Debut: Super Mario World.
 * Spinies: Small, spiked, quadruped turtles that are commonly thrown by Lakitus, but they also appear in games Lakitus did not. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Lakitus: Goggle-wearing, cloud-riding turtles that throw Spinies (description above) at you. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Podobos: Nonsentient fireballs that leap out of the lava pits that Bowser so loves. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Buzzy Beetles: Small, quadruped turtles, but not spiked. Buzzy Beetles can't be killed by fire, unlike most other enemies. Debut: Super Mario Bros.
 * Shy Guys: Humanoid creatures that always hide their faces behind masks, hence the name. Like the koopas, there are several varieties and colors, and they sometimes carry weapons. Debut: Super Mario Bros. 2.
 * Thwomps: Giant rock creatures lined with thick spikes and with perpetually angry expressions. They drop down to crush enemies and are often positioned in key spots to provide maximum annoyance. Debut: Super Mario Bros 3.
 * Wigglers: Yellow caterpillars that are usually happy, but when you stomp on them, they get angered and become red. Debut: Super Mario World.
 * Magikoopas: The warlocks of the Koop Troop have the ability to turn blocks into enemies. Debut: Super Mario World.

Tropes associated with the Koopa Troop:
 * Action Bomb: Bob-ombs' main shtick.
 * A Day in the Limelight: Shy Guys are one of the less frequently occuring enemies, yet feature prominently in Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story
 * Angry Guard Dog: Chain Chomps were inspired by a childhood memory of Miyamoto's, where he was almost mauled by one of these but saved by a chain that was just too short. They seem to be the in-game equivalent of dogs.
 * Exclusively Evil: They can come off as this in the main series, however in spinoffs some are shown to have their own personality and there are even a few good members of these species that don't live under Bowser's rule.
 * Anthropomorphic Shift: Starting in Super Mario World, Koopa Troopas started walking on two feet and wearing shoes.
 * Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag: In New Super Mario Bros., they're bipeds, but in Super Mario Galaxy, they're now back to being quadrupeds, but in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, they're bipeds again, and in Super Mario Galaxy 2, they're quadrupeds again, and in Super Mario 3D Land, they're bipeds again.
 * Badass Army: They may not appear like it, but they have conquered the Mushroom Kingdom multiple times, assaulted the Star Spirits, and, most recently, stolen and kidnapped the local Crystal Dragon Jesus. They are certainly a force to be reckoned with.
 * Bedsheet Ghost: The Boos.
 * Berserk Button: The Wigglers HATE getting stomped on.
 * Canon Immigrant: All the enemies that debuted in Super Mario Bros. 2 originated in Doki Doki Panic, the game it was reskinned from. Nonetheless, they fit in well.
 * Cool Airship/Boat/Starship: They sometimes ride in these, which are essentially pirate ships held up by propellers in the air.
 * Dem Bones: The Dry Bones.
 * Elite Mooks: The Hammer Bros., Lakitus, Chargin' Chucks, and other bigger and badder koopa variants.
 * Everything's Better with Bob: ...Ombs.
 * Evil Counterpart Race: The Goombas to the Toads.
 * Subverted in the Paper Mario games, where you get to meet good Goombas.
 * Fantasy Axis of Evil: Each type and its variants fills a particular niche.
 * Geometric Magic: The Magikoopas shoot, uh, PlayStation button symbols at you.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different: It's never made quite clear what exactly the Boos are.
 * Giant Mook: See the Super Smash Brothers page for some specific examples, though it isn't limited to that game.
 * Big Boos and Banzai Bills are one of the earliest examples in Super Mario World.
 * Big Island from Super Mario Bros. 3 is a far earlier example, where Koopas and Goombas in the island absolutely dwarfed Mario.
 * The Goomba: The one and only.
 * Hidden Depths: As the Mario RPGs show, a lot of the Koopa Troop members show that the troops are more intelligent than they seem. Atleast one Dry Bones enjoys table tennis, and even knows of how it first came to be.
 * King Mook: Many of the enemy races have a powerful ruler with unique powers who reports directly to Bowser, including Goomboss (goombas); Kamek, Kammy Koopa, and Kamella (magikoopas); Petey Piranha (piranha plants); Big Bob-Omb (bob-ombs); King Boo (boos); and General Guy (shy guys); not to mention Bowser himself. Some races have giant or extremely powerful versions that have "King" in their name, like King Bill (NSMB Wii, the Bullet Bill line) and King Kaliente (Super Mario Galaxy, the Blooper line).
 * Invincible Minor Minion: Podobos are invincible to everything but stars. (and later ice balls) Boos are similar.
 * Mascot Mook: The Goomba and Koopa Troopa are very much symbols of the series.
 * Shy Guys are the mascots of games with Yoshi as the central protagonist.
 * Mecha-Mooks: Bullet Bills and Bob-Ombs, among others (Mecha-Koopas, Torpedo Teds, etc.).
 * Chomps are also implied to be these.
 * Monster Town: Mainly in the Paper Mario games; most Koopas and Goombas are apparently normal homebodies just like the Toads, it's just the ones we see most often are Bowser's foot soldiers.
 * Mooks
 * Morality Pet: In the RPGs, the mooks occasionally function as this to Bowser. He even lets some stay in the Monster Town in Super Mario RPG and forgives those three mooks who tossed him in a safe (while Brainwashed) in Bowser's Inside Story.
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much: The first two Paper Mario games have helpful individual minions as your allies, though they also fight their usual Mook counterparts.
 * The Spiny: Again, Trope Namer.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: In japan Bullet Bills are known as "killer" and Banzai Bills are called "Magnum killers."
 * Night of the Living Mooks: Many Koopa Troop races have undead counterparts, most notably Dry Bones (skeletal Koopas).
 * Don't forget the Boos and their many subtypes and allied ghosts.
 * Non-Lethal KO: Several games heavily imply that Mario doesn't actually kill them and they can survive being stomped flat.
 * Punch Clock Villain: The Koopa Troop themselves are not The Evil Army, following Bowser out of genuine admiration more than anything and seem to have no guff with Mario on downtime. The Lakitus are a stand-out example, appearing regularly as friendly camera crews in Mario sports games.
 * World 4-5 of New Super Mario Bros. Wii even had blocks that release Lakitus who threw coins instead of Spinies.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Later designs of Buzzy Beetles have this, and you better take warning since they are flame-resistant.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: The Koopas.
 * Superpowered Mooks: The Super Koopas in Super Mario World and the Tanoobas in the Mario & Luigi series.
 * Throw The Hammer: Hammer Bros. fight this way. There are numerous variations of Hammer Bros. that all use different weapons, such as Boomerang Bros., Fire Bros., Ice Bros., Sledge Bros. and even rarer kinds like Yo. Bros and Chomp Bros..
 * Turtle Power: The Koopas.
 * Underground Monkey: The blue subterranean Goombas from Super Mario Bros. are one of the first examples. Many, many variants show up, particularly in the RPG spinoffs.
 * Bullet Bill comes in a variety of calibres, including the massive Banzai Bill, and the underwater Torpedo Ted. (both from Super Mario World)
 * The Paper Mario games have plenty, including Elite Mook Koopatrols in full plate armour. (with spikes)
 * You Don't Look Like You: The Boos in Super Mario Sunshine are freakin' weird to look at.
 * All the enemies in Super Mario Sunshine look different from their Mushroom Kingdom counterparts, even Delfino King Boo.
 * The Goombas in Super Mario World are round instead of mushroom-shaped. The Japanese version actually acknowledges these as a separate species (Kuribon as opposed to the usual Kuribo).

Kamek


""Welcome!!! Yoshi, if you would be so kind, please HAND OVER THE BABY!" Debut: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island"

Leader of the robed Magikoopas, the turtle wizard Kamek has been serving Bowser since the Koopa King's infancy and is one of his most trusted minions. He flies around on his broomstick bringing woe to Mario and his pals, but usually prefers to sic giant monsters on our heroes instead of tangling with them head-on. Slightly confusingly, all Magikoopas are called Kameks in Japan and France. After Kamek became a completely unique character independent from normal Magikoopas, he became known as "Fang" in Japan to make him stand out from the generic mooks.

Tropes associated with Kamek:
 * Affably Evil: Judging by his quotes in Yoshi's Island.
 * Beleaguered Assistant
 * Big Bad: Of the Yoshi series.
 * The Dragon: When Junior isn't filling the role.
 * Dub Name Change: See above for the whole mess.
 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Gadgeteer Genius: He built Bowser's time machine in Yoshi's Island DS.
 * Geometric Magic: The Magikoopas' signature style.
 * King Mook: He looks no different from the other Magikoopas, however.
 * Make My Monster Grow
 * Opaque Lenses
 * Psychic Powers: Including clairvoyance, precognition, hypnosis, and telekinesis.
 * Robe and Wizard Hat
 * Scary Shiny Glasses
 * Sure Why Not: Several games have had single Magikoopa characters/enemies which were nameless or seemingly generic, but the fandom has universally decided that they are all Kamek. Some examples include the Magikoopa who was going to be in Mario Kart 64 but was replaced with Donkey Kong; the Magikoopa who blasts Mario away from Peach's Castle in Super Mario Galaxy (a trading card for SMG confirms that it was indeed Kamek); the Magikoopa who aids Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story; and the Magikoopa who was a boss in Yoshis Safari. Two games, Super Mario RPG and Super Princess Peach, do have Kamek in them, but he was unnamed or misnamed in the English versions. Bizarrely, Mario Party DS has him named Kamek, but in Mario Party 9 (where he's ), he is misnamed "Magikoopa" in the North American version... but not the European version.
 * Time Paradox: In Yoshi's Island DS, one Kamek steals Baby Bowser from another Kamek. What?
 * The Unfought: In the Yoshi's Island series. He's been fought several times in the Mario series. Namely Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time, Super Princess Peach, and New Super Mario Bros Wii (the first time Mario has fought him man-to-turtle in a Platformer).
 * Wizards Live Longer: A possible explanation why he hasn't aged a bit in the present day games.

Petey Piranha
""I will CRUSH you!" Debut: Super Mario Sunshine"

Petey is a mutated Piranha Plant who's uprooted himself and can walk around on stubby rootlike legs and, miraculously, fly around clumsily with his little leaf-hands. He's physically among the largest of Bowser's baddies, not to mention one of the dumbest. He's known as "Boss Pakkun" in Japan, as Piranha Plants are called "Pakkun Flowers" in Japanese.

Tropes associated with Petey Piranha:
 * Ascended Extra: He started out as a relatively easy boss in Super Mario Sunshine and has since appeared in everything from golf and tennis Spin Offs to Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * Attack Its Weak Point: It's usually his belly button.
 * Bad Boss: He's capable of killing his own summoned Nipper Plants in Super Princess Peach.
 * Balloon Belly: Spraying water into his mouth makes him really bloated.
 * Beach Bury: He does this to himself during his battle in Partners in Time.
 * Blow You Away: He can whip up tornadoes in his second boss battle in Super Mario Sunshine.
 * Breath Weapon: His ability to spit up goop.
 * The Brute
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Extreme Omnivore
 * Eyeless Face: Like all members of his species. Doesn't stop him from able to do things like go-karting though.
 * Fast Tunnelling: In Partners in Time.
 * Flight: He can achieve it by flapping his leaves, but is obviously straining himself.
 * Flunky Boss: The goop he pukes up in Super Mario Sunshine can spawn enemies, and he can spit Nipper Plants in Super Princess Peach.
 * Green Thumb: His Mega Strike in Mario Strikers Charged has him enclose himself in a summoned plant bud.
 * Grievous Harm with a Body: He attacks the player with cages containing the captive Peach and Zelda in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * Ground Pound: Uses a manuever similar to this in New Super Mario Bros.
 * Kill It with Fire and Kill It with Ice: He's quite susceptible to both in Partners in Time.
 * King Mook
 * Make Me Wanna Shout: Oddly, in Super Princess Peach.
 * Mighty Glacier: In his playable appearances, he's ridiculously strong and slow.
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Mutant: Various bios describe him as one.
 * Mysterious Past: In his debut, it was assumed he was just created by Bowser Jr., only for Partners in Time to show he's been around for years, and even worked for the Shroobs.
 * Off-Model: In Mario Pinball Land, Petey looks... weirder than usual.
 * Older Than They Look: Partners in Time reveals he looked exactly like he does in the present day while everyone else was just a toddler.
 * Poisonous Person
 * Roar Before Beating: Gets a rather disproportionately epic one in Super Mario Sunshine.
 * She's a Man In Japan: And English-speaking regions, too, actually, but Petey is female in Germany (where "she" is known as Mutant Tyranha) and France (Where "she" is named Flora Piranha, referring both to the petals on "her" head and "her" gender).
 * Shockwave Stomp: In Super Princess Peach.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Pretty easy to fight in Super Mario Sunshine, but in his playable appearances Petey is often a very strong character with great playability. And his appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl actually made him somewhat scary.
 * Unexplained Recovery: After being defeated in Super Mario Sunshine he transforms into goop, and dissolves, seemingly dead. He shows up completely fine in a later chapter... where he once again melts after being defeated.
 * The Unintelligible

King Boo
""If you hear me laughing, that means you're doomed!" Debut: Luigis Mansion"

King Boo, a big ol' round blob of ectoplasm. He first appeared in Luigi's Mansion as the final boss that Luigi must face before clearing his house of its ghost infestation. Since then, he's appeared in Super Mario Sunshine, the Mario Kart series, and some of the Mario Sports titles. He's set apart from the other Boos by his great size, gold crown, and formidable magical powers (which increase in potency when more of his Boo servants are nearby). In accordance to his subjects, his Japanese name is "King Teresa".

Tropes associated with King Boo:
 * Arch Enemy: Due to his introduction being in Luigis Mansion, he was considered to be Luigi's equivilent to Bowser for a while.
 * Bedsheet Ghost
 * Big Bad: In Luigi's Mansion (And its sequel).
 * Blow You Away: Utilizes this on Luigi if he tries to enter the Secret Altar prematurely in Luigi's Mansion.
 * Blue Eyes: In Super Mario Sunshine.
 * Degraded Boss: He went from a Big Bad with no obvious connection to Bowser (outside of his Monster Suit) to just another one of his lackeys.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Expy: His Isle Delfino counterpart, who is called Boss Teresa in the original Japanese.
 * Feed It a Bomb: In order to make him vulnerable to attack in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario has to throw hot peppers into his mouth.
 * Flight: The fact that this gives him an unfair advantage in spin-offs is lampshaded in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, where he is once again a boss, and does not actually use any skis in the skiing race against him.
 * Flunky Boss: He can summon enemies to his aid in Super Mario Sunshine.
 * The Gambler: In Super Mario Sunshine, he hides out underneath the giant roulette wheel in Hotel Delfino's casino. His boss fight involves spinning a slot machine. The keys in Luigi's Mansion also have a playing card symbol motif.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: Luigi has to hit him with his own summoned spike balls in Luigi's Mansion, and the light cast by his own flames can hurt him if they light nearby candles in Super Princess Peach.
 * Inconsistent Dub: In Super Mario 64 DS, his name is mistranslated as "Big Boo," even though there is already a boss called "Big Boo" in the game.
 * King Mook
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Monster Suit: Uses a biological-looking one modeled after Bowser in the final battle in Luigi's Mansion.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: In his debut.
 * Remember the New Guy?: In Luigis Mansion, he tries to take revenge on the Mario Bros. for a number of past defeats. This was his first appearance in the series.
 * Though Super Mario 64 DS Retcons his first appearance in that game, so he could have been referring to that. And he doesn't mention personal defeats in Luigi's Mansion, just the number of times the Bros have beaten up on Boos.
 * Technicolor Fire: He attacks Peach with homing blue flames in Super Princess Peach.
 * Visible Invisibility: His reflection can be seen in the mirror in the background in Super Mario 64 DS.
 * You Don't Look Like You: His appearance constantly varies, to the point of making some people question if its the same character in every game.
 * Luigis Mansion 2 will give him back his original look.

Big Bob-omb
""I'm the Big Bob-omb, baron of all blasting matter, king of ka-booms the world over!""

A giant Bob-Omb who's watching the war between pink and black bob-ombs. As far as bosses go, he's pretty gracious when taking defeat.

Tropes associated with Big Bob-Omb:
 * Badass Mustache
 * Big Bulky Bomb
 * Braggart Boss
 * Chasing Your Tail
 * King Mook: Of the Bob-ombs.

Whomp King
""I think I'll crush you just for fun! Do you have a problem with that?""

King of the Whomps, he's tired of gravel being ignored. He wants some respect and takes his anger out on Mario.

Tropes associated with Whomp King:
 * Attack Its Weak Point: His back.
 * King Mook: Of the Whomps and possibly the Thwomps.
 * That Makes Me Feel Angry: "It makes me so mad!"

Big Bully
Nothing really sets him apart from the other bullies, other than his large size. That might be all that matters to the dim-witted creatures.

Tropes associated with Big Bully:
 * Elite Mook: Of the Bullies.
 * Ring Out Boss

Big Boo

 * King Mook: Of the Boos in Big Boo's Haunt.

Eyerok
""We no like...intruders! Now battle......hand...to...hand!""

A pair of giant hands with eyes on their palms who guard the center of a pyramid. Like all the other bosses, they are not happy to see Mario.

Tropes associated with Eyerok:
 * Attack Its Weak Point: His EYES!
 * Dual Boss
 * Eyes Do Not Belong There: He's got eyes on the palms of his hands.
 * Giant Hands of Doom: His whole identity. Oh, and he's made of stone.
 * Punny Name

Big Mr. I
A giant version of the Mr. I enemy who hides out in the attic. Really, there's nothing else to say about him.

Tropes associated with Big Mr. I:
 * Faceless Eye
 * King Mook: Of the Mr. Is.
 * Punny Name

Chill Bully
A large bully made of ice who must be defeated in order to get a star. Like normal bullies, he charges at you and must be knocked out of his ring, this time into icy water.

Tropes associated with Chill Bully:
 * Elite Mook: Of the Bullies.
 * Ring Out Boss

Chief Chilly
""It's not a fair fight for you, but luckily, I'm not a fair fighter. Let's go!""

Bigger and stronger than Chill Bully, the chief has imprisoned Wario and knows a few more tricks than his bully followers. Still, he must be defeated in the same way as the other bully bosses. He, like Big Bob-omb, is also quite proud of his 'stache.

Tropes associated with Chief Chilly:
 * Badass Mustache: He boasts about it A LOT.
 * Braggart Boss
 * King Mook: Of the Bullies.
 * Ring Out Boss

Gooper Blooper

 * Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods
 * Giant Squid
 * King Mook: Of the Bloopers.
 * Recurring Boss: He is fought three times.
 * Your Size May Vary: In one game, he's as big as a cruise ship!

Petey Piranha
See above

Eely-Mouth

 * Sea Monster
 * Underwater Battle

King Boo

 * King Mook: At least of the Delfino Boos.
 * Overly Long Tongue
 * You Don't Look Like You

Wiggler

 * King Mook: Of the Wigglers.
 * Unstoppable Rage: He is NOT happy about being woken up.

Mecha Bowser

 * Humongous Mecha

Green Electro-Koopa

 * King Mook: Of the Electro-Koopas.

Phantamanta

 * Asteroids Monster
 * Shock and Awe

Mummipokey

 * King Mook: Of the Pokeys.

Cheepskipper

 * King Mook: Of the Cheep-Cheeps.
 * Underwater Boss Battle

Mega Goomba

 * Degraded Boss: In the sequel.
 * Make My Monster Grow

Lakithunder

 * King Mook: Of the Lakitus.

Dry Bowser
See Bowser

Dino Piranha

 * Chasing Your Tail
 * Get Back Here Boss
 * King Mook
 * Recurring Boss

King Kaliente

 * Pivotal Boss
 * Recurring Boss
 * Tennis Boss

Bugaboom

 * Insectoid Alien
 * King Mook

Megaleg

 * Battleship Raid
 * Colossus Climb
 * Humongous Mecha
 * Level in Boss Clothing
 * Made of Explodium
 * Tripod Terror

Kamella

 * Flunky Boss
 * King Mook: Queen Mook?
 * Recurring Boss
 * Wizards from Outer Space

Tarantox

 * Pivotal Boss

Topmaniac

 * Battle Tops
 * Chainsaw Good
 * Flunky Boss
 * King Mook
 * Recurring Boss
 * Ring Out Boss

Bouldergeist

 * Pivotal Boss
 * Tactical Suicide Boss

Major Burrows

 * Drill Mole
 * King Mook: Noticing a trend?
 * Majorly Awesome
 * Turns Red

Undergrunt Gunner

 * Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Who is he again? Why does he never get named outside a comment by a single NPC?
 * Pivotal Boss

Kingfin

 * Dem Bones
 * Everything's Even Worse with Sharks
 * Flunky Boss
 * Glowing Eyelights of Undeath
 * Jaws First Person Perspective
 * Made of Explodium
 * Underwater Boss Battle

Firey Dino Piranha

 * Get Back Here Boss
 * Incendiary Exponent

Burt the Bashful

 * Blush Sticker
 * Caught with Your Pants Down: How you essentially defeat him, by throwing eggs at him and knocking his pants down.
 * Defeat by Modesty: See above.

Salvo the Slime

 * Asteroids Monster: Shooting eggs causes pieces of slimes to fall off him, which only give you more eggs to hit him with.
 * Degraded Boss: He shows up later in a fortress.

Bigger Boo

 * Giant Mook: This applies to all of the bosses but especially noted here because he's BIGGER Boo. And he only gets bigger with each hit until he explodes.

Roger the Potted Ghost

 * Ring Out Boss

Prince Froggy

 * Kill It Through Its Stomach
 * Womb Level

Naval Piranha

 * Man-Eating Plant: She's a large, mobile, killer piranha plant.

Marching Milde

 * Asteroids Monster: The second boss in the game to be such, except they all have to be ground-pounded until small enough.

Sluggy the Unshaven

 * Advancing Boss of Doom
 * Attack Its Weak Point

Raphael the Raven

 * Heel Face Turn: In Paper Mario.
 * Puzzle Boss: Out of all the bosses in the game yes, considering you have to wait until he's exactly on the OTHER side of the battlefield in order to slam him from underneath.
 * Turns Red

Tap-Tap the Red Nose/Tap-Tap the Golden

 * Advancing Boss of Doom: When he reappears in Bowser's Castle in Golden form, he cannot be killed and will pursue Yoshi throughout the stage, even jumping out of pits when he falls into one. All the player can do is knock him back and run to the exit.
 * Degraded Boss: As described above.
 * Implacable Man: He's completely invulnerable to everything in Yoshi's arsenal, and is only defeated by destroying the blocks covering the lava pit and knocking him into it. And then once he pops up in Bowser's Castle, even knocking him into pitfalls doesn't stop him.

Baby Bowser
See Bowser

Koopa Kid(s)
"Debut: Mario Party (as "Baby Bowser(s)")"


 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
 * Demoted to Extra: In the recent games.
 * Go-Karting with Bowser
 * I Have Many Names: Also known as Baby Bowser and Mini-Bowser.
 * Token Evil Teammate: When he's playable, at least.

Boom Boom(s)
"Debut: Super Mario Bros 3"


 * The Brute
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Similarly to Morton, Boom Boom is voiced by Lani Minella, despite being a big, tough male.
 * The Dragon
 * Dual Boss
 * Recurring Boss
 * Spikes of Villainy

Reznors
"Debut: Super Mario World"


 * Dinosaurs Are Dragons: They can breathe fire.
 * Musical Theme Naming
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad

Pom Pom
"Debut: Super Mario 3D Land"


 * Battle Boomerang
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Distaff Counterpart: To Boom Boom.
 * The Dragon
 * Dual Boss
 * Recurring Boss