Bowser

King Bowser Koopa Sr., also known as Bowser, Lord Bowser and King Koopa, is a major character from the Mario series.
== Charactah Account ==
Bowser constantly comes up with various schemes and plots to either defeat the Mario Bros., capture Princess Peach, take over the Mushroom Kingdom (or the world or the universe), or all three at the same time. Unfortunately for him, almost all of his plans fail due to the interference of the Mario Bros.
When Bowser was created, he was a typical villain without much personality beyond simply wanting to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Later games started showing various different aspects of Bowser's character, depending on the nature of the plot. While his platformer role continues to be that of a simple antagonist, his Mario Party antics typically depict him being more angry, childish, and mischievous than dangerous, and his portrayals in the RPGs ranging from a threatening, yet humorous villain to a playable anti-hero. Even when Bowser is acting as a protagonist in a game, however, he continues to insist he is an evil character, and his reasons for helping the protagonists are typically his own selfishness. Before a battle, Bowser often releases a loud, full-throated roar. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Brothers
* Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
* Super Mario Traffic Safety
* Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land
=== Cartoons ===
* The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
=== Manga ===
* Super Mario Adventures
* Super Mario-kun
=== Movie ===
* Wreck-It-Ralph
=== Video Games ===
* Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
* Luigi's Mansion
* Hotel Mario
* Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
* Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
* Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
* Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
* Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
* Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
* Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
* Mario Golf
* Mario Golf: Advance Tour
* Mario Golf: Super Rush
* Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
* Mario Golf: World Tour
* Mario Hoops 3-on-3
* Mario is Missing!
* Mario Kart 7
* Mario Kart 8
* Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
* Mario Kart 64
* Mario Kart Arcade GP
* Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
* Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
* Mario Kart DS
* Mario Kart Wii
* Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
* Mario Kart: Super Circuit
* Mario Party
* Mario Party 2
* Mario Party 3
* Mario Party 4
* Mario Party 5
* Mario Party 6
* Mario Party 7
* Mario Party 8
* Mario Party 9
* Mario Party 10
* Mario Party Advance
* Mario Party DS
* Mario Party: Island Tour
* Mario Party: Star Rush
* Mario Party: The Top 100
* Mario Pinball Land
* Mario Power Tennis
* Mario Sports Mix
* Mario Sports Superstars
* Mario Strikers Charged
* Mario Super Sluggers
* Mario Superstar Baseball
* Mario Tennis
* Mario Tennis Aces
* Mario Tennis Open
* Mario Tennis: Power Tour
* Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
* Mario's Time Machine
* New Super Luigi U
* New Super Mario Bros.
* New Super Mario Bros. 2
* New Super Mario Bros. U
* New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii
* Paper Mario
* Paper Mario: Color Splash
* Paper Mario: Sticker Star
* Paper Mario: The Origami King
* Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
* Super Mario 3D All-Stars
* Super Mario 3D Land
* Super Mario 3D World
* Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
* Super Mario 64
* Super Mario 64 DS
* Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
* Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
* Super Mario Bros.
* Super Mario Bros. 2
* Super Mario Bros. 3
* Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
* Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Super Mario Galaxy 2
* Super Mario Kart
* Super Mario Maker
* Super Mario Maker 2
* Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
* Super Mario Odyssey
* Super Mario Party
* Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
* Super Mario Run
* Super Mario Strikers
* Super Mario Sunshine
* Super Mario World
* Super Paper Mario
* Super Princess Peach
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
* Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
* Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
* Super Smash Bros. Melee
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
* Wrecking Crew '98
* Yoshi's New Island
* Yoshi Safari
== Trivia ==
* Although Bowser's name is King Koopa in the movie, he is a humanoid dinosaur.
* His color scheme and crown in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, and related cartoons, were taken from Wart, as well as the 8-bits appearing among his minions, who served Wart in Super Mario Bros. 2.
* Bowser is the only Mario villain to appear in all five games of the Mario & Luigi series.
* Although Bowser's universal conquest plans usually fail, it's fair to agree that it was in Super Mario Galaxy that Bowser definitely posed as a very dangerous and totally genuine threat not only to Mario and his friends but to the whole universe. There, he planned to use the Grand Star to create his own galaxy and conquered many other ones for his planned empire, a plan which nearly culminated with the destruction of the universe as we know it with a titanic black hole created by the Grand Star upon his defeat. Even Mario wasn't able to stop it and it was thanks to the Lumas that the universe was ultimately saved.
* In the 1980s, 8-bit home consoles didn't have the ability to have sprites that had more than three colors. However, Bowser appears to have four, this is due to his shackles being a result of the black background. Hacking him into any level without a black background will make Bowser's hands look disconnected with his arms.
* In Super Mario Bros., Bowser only appears at the end of 8-4. In every castle before that, you fight an imposter transformed by Bowser's magic. This is shown when killing imposter Bowser's with fireballs, which have their dying sprites being normal enemies. This idea came from a time in development when one of the programmers changed the dying sprite for Bowser, and was kept in the final game.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Bowser at MarioWiki
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