Fawful

Fawful is a villain in the . He first appeared in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, as the secondary antagonist, then in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time as a minor supporting character, and later the main antagonist of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
Fawful is a rather eccentric and excitable villain, famous in the Mario & Luigi series for his humorous one-liners (which hint at him losing his sanity). His first appearance was in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as Cackletta's henchman. Fawful is fought twice in the game, once in the beginning, and once before Bowletta, the final boss. After being beaten by the Mario Brothers and the Prince, he apparently flees into the sewers of Princess Peach's Castle. This can be seen in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. He can be seen using the baby Mario Brothers, where he sells badges in exchange for beans. Humorously, he does not recognize the babies but gets angry and shouts for no particular reason because of what they are wearing, red and green. His catch phrase is "I HAVE FURY!" and he often uses food to express himself when talking such as "Mustard of Doom." He returns in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story as the main antagonist.
==In ==
===Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga===
Fawful appears for the first time in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as the self-proclaimed apprentice of Cackletta. Fawful aids Cackletta in her mission to steal Princess Peach's voice.
Since Bowser and the Mario brothers joined together to defeat the perpetrator, they board the Koopa Cruiser and fly off to the Beanbean Kingdom. During the flight, a mysterious ball of energy hits Bowser while he is standing on the deck of the Cruiser. Mario and Luigi witness the incident, but they are attacked before they can do anything. Mario and Luigi fended off Fawful, knocking off his vacuum helmet in the battle, and weakening him to the point of forfeiting the fight. However, Fawful substitutes another helmet, and sends the Koopa Cruiser falling from the sky, and eventually crashing it into Stardust Fields.
When the Mario brothers visit the Hoohoo Village, Fawful terrorizes the guards, and if the brothers attempt to exit the village by navigating the mountains to the west of the settlement, Fawful generates a stone to fall off the mountain and block the path of the plumbers.
During Cackletta's conquest of the Beanbean Kingdom castle, Fawful accompanied Cackletta in tricking the Mario brothers into plumbing the castle's sewer system, and feeding the Belly Belch Worm to the then-mutated Queen Bean.
The evil duo then tries to awaken the legendary Beanstar with Princess Peach's stolen voice, but their plan was ruined when they accidentally stole Birdo's voice. The horrid voice of Birdo compelled the Beanstar to break through the floor and appear in front of Mario and Luigi. After defeating Cackletta, who planned on obtaining the Beanstar, Fawful uses his helmet to gain more power to fight the Mario brothers. Before he can battle the plumbers, Prince Peasly attacks the duo and sends them flying towards unknown territory. Fawful and Cackletta landed in Stardust Fields and hijacked Bowser's unconscious body to create "Bowletta."
They reappear in Little Fungitown, after using Cackletta's Koopa Cruiser, and in Joke's End, where Fawful mistakes a fake Beanstar and steals the real Beanstar. Luigi then disguises himself as Princess Peach to win back the Beanstar.
Fawful's final appearance is when he battles the brothers in Bowser's Castle, this time, being much stronger and possessing more abilities. Mario and Luigi defeated him, and he was thrown out of the castle, and assumed dead. A supposed apparition of him appears during the final battle as one of Cackletta's attacks.
===Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time===
Fawful does not have a prominent role in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, although he managed to survive death from the previous game. He is found under Peach's Castle, in the pipeline area. When he first appears, he is a hooded figure with large teeth and bright blue eyes. Baby Mario and Baby Luigi can tunnel into one of the pipes where they can find Fawful's Bean Shop, where Mario and Luigi can trade their beans for various items and badges. Fawful then says a long speech about how the brothers defeated him in the previous game, mentioning that he plans to return in the future and create a time in which "no baby's candy will have safety". This foreshadows his role as the main antagonist of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
===Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story===
Fawful is the main antagonist for most of the game. He often uses his new catch phrase called "I HAVE CHORTLES!", similar to his previous catch phrase.
Fawful causes a mysterious illness, the Blorbs, by selling Blorb Shrooms to local residents of the Mushroom Kingdom. When a defeated Bowser is tossed into Dimble Wood, Fawful wears a grey cloak hiding his identity. He gives Bowser a Vacuum Mushroom telling him it is a Lucky Mushroom, and will allow him to beat Mario. Instead, it causes Bowser to start sucking up everything in sight. Fawful makes Bowser vacuum up everyone in Peach's Castle, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Starlow, Toadsworth, Toadbert, and several other Toads. Then Bowser falls unconscious, and Fawful makes his new minion, Midbus, carry Bowser to a cave in Cavi Cape.
Bowser awakens and finds Fawful and Midbus outside the cave. Fawful tells Bowser that Bowser's Castle has been taken by Fawful, and that Fawful will also take Peach's Castle. Bowser and Midbus fight, but the Vacuum Mushroom makes Bowser "feel cruddy. Fawful and Midbus leave, leaving Bowser behind. Fawful next appears in Bowser's Castle, where he prepares a cage fight between Bowser and Midbus. After Bowser wins, Fawful lets Bowser have a feast, causing him to chub out and get stuck in the floor. The Mario Bros. enter rescue Princess Peach from an area inside Bowser's body, who tells them about the Dark Star and Fawful's desire for it. Fawful uses the situation to his advantage grab Princess Peach from Bowser's body. The Mario Bros. exit Bowser's body to try and stop Fawful from obtaining the Dark Star, but they are too late and Fawful escapes. Fawful and Midbus are found again inside Peach's castle, which they have taken over. They use a machine to suck the princess's energy out and bring it to the Dark Star. As they wait for the Dark Star to awaken, an alarm goes off because of Mario and Luigi's appearance outside the castle. Fawful, however, laughs at their "stupidity" and sends out a Fawfulcopter to tell them his plans. He then leaves saying that he is going shopping at the Toad Town Mall.
After Bowser and the Mario Bros. gain access to Peach's Castle, Bowser meets Fawful and Midbus again. This time, Fawful powers up Midbus into Blizzard Midbus. Bowser ultimately defeats Blizzard Midbus, but Fawful manages to use Peach to awaken the Dark Star. Fawful uses his vacuum to siphon power from the Dark Star, becoming Dark Fawful, but Bowser punches him before he obtains all of the power. Bowser finds Dark Fawful outside the castle. Dark Fawful reveals he made upgrades to the castle, and it attacks Bowser. Bowser grows into Giant Bowser and defeats the castle. Bowser once again enters the castle to find Fawful. In the meeting room, Bowser fights Dark Fawful. Fawful is defeated, and turns into a dark insectoid. Fawful is vacuumed up by the Dark Star, now known as Dark Bowser. At the top of Peach's Castle, Mario, Luigi, and Bowser face off against Dark Bowser. When Mario and Luigi destroy the Dark Star core on Fawful, the Dark Star is finally destroyed. However, Fawful is still alive, and reveals himself to the Mario Bros. Fawful then explodes, reversing the effects of the Vacuum Mushroom, and causing Bowser to spew out everything that he inhales.
===Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions===
Fawful reappears in this 3DS remake serving the same role as in the original game. However, he is also the main antagonist of the game's side-story Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser. In Minion Quest, Fawful brainwashes many of Bowser's minions under his command by spraying them with a gas that only minions with unwavering loyalty (or high “Minion Spirit”) are immune to. Fawful originally planned to enslave Bowser, who he found unconscious on Hoohoo Mountain, but after Bowser awakened and escaped his grasp, Fawful decided to brainwash the Koopalings instead with an extremely potent version of his mind-controlling gas. Fawful then ordered them to conquer different parts of the Beanbean Kingdom so he and Cackletta can take control of it entirely. However, Captain Goomba and his Goomba Squad managed to defeat each Koopaling in battle, freeing them from mind control and relinquishing each region they’ve conquered. Fawful fought the Goomba Squad at Bowser’s Castle where he was seemingly defeated. Although this was a ruse to trick the squad into working for Bowletta (who was disguised as Bowser). When Fawful was confronted by them a second time, he sent them down into the lower parts of the castle, where he battles them with his robotic forces and was eventually defeated for real, thus ending his plans. However, this presumably takes place before the events of his final battle since he was still within the castle.
===Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey===
Fawful serves as the main antagonist in the 3DS remake of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. In the game's side-story Bowser Jr.'s Journey, Fawful is the bigger bad, as he is the one who assigned the Best Fitness Friends to steal Bowser's Castle from Bowser Jr. and the Koopa Troop while Bowser is away. He appears only twice in the mode, at the beginning where he instructs the Best Fitness Friends to infiltrate Bowser's Castle while he captures Bowser at Peach's Castle. Later in Dimble Wood, Fawful obtains a Vacuum Shroom from Dieter and uses it to make Bowser suck up Peach and the Mario Bros. Later, it is revealed that the Best Fitness Friends (who are in reality the Brute Force Federation) are tired of working under his wing and want to usurp him, although their plans are crushed in the end when Bowser Jr. destroys their combined form.
==Crossover appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Fawful appeared in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit, using his Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story design. He is represented by Bowser Jr., who fights alongside R.O.B.. The battle is set on the Prism Tower stage with the final boss theme from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story being played, and R.O.B. starts with a rocket belt using his green palette while Bowser Jr. has his lime-green Iggy Koopa palette, reflecting how Fawful himself has lime-green skin.
When Fawful is equipped, he strengthens the user's electric attacks.
==Combat==
Fawful is fought thrice throughout the Mario & Luigi franchise.
===Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga===
====First Fight (Clash Aboard the Koopa Cruiser)====
During his first battle, which is set on the Koopa Cruiser, Fawful attacks with his Vacuum Helmet, which can shoot green fireballs that must be jumped over; the target can be discerned by the colour of the words "Fink Rat(s)," with red for Mario and green for Luigi. Occasionally, this can be done twice per turn, with his pre-attack speech being done with, "Have you readiness for this?!?," with red indicating that Mario will be attacked first and then Luigi and green indicating the opposite. Once the Bros. deal enough damage, the helmet is destroyed, after which Fawful attacks with a rolling attack that is dodged with a jump attack. This version of Fawful has 30 hit points spread across both phases, an Attack stat of 13, and a Defense of 28. During his first phase, which is the first 18 hit points, Fawful goes last on each turn, being coded with a Speed of 1. His second phase, which has the remaining 12, is coded with a Speed of 20. Fawful has no item or experience drops and has a 30% chance of getting stunned, burned, or having his attributes weakened apiece. During this fight, Fawful's health cannot go below 12 until after his Vacuum Helmet dies.
====Second Fight (The Battle at Bowser Castle)====
During his second fight, which is set in Bowser Castle, Fawful has a wider variety of moves, and his stats are stronger with 400 hit points, an Attack stat of 105 to 150, a Defense of 175, and a Speed of 120, with the same damage modifiers barring chances of getting Burned, which is now impossible. This battle gives Fawful a dome that serves as a shield and is used in many of his moves. One attack is to shoot laser beams from the dome's eyes. Another attack is to shoot a fireball from his antenna; this has to be countered with the hammer. He can also perform a flying tackle which must be countered with a hammer strike; during this attack, Fawful gives away his target by flapping his right arm to attack Mario and his left arm to attack Luigi.. When his health goes below half, Fawful can also charge up a powerful laser beam with blocks appearing over the Bros.' heads. The Bros. have to jump into the block multiple times and then jump over the laser beam. If the block is still over their heads, the Bros. will be unable to jump the beam; Cackletta uses a similar move during the first two phases of her own fight as the final boss.
In order to expose his body to attack, the Bros. have to attack the dome that Fawful uses as a shield. After eight hits, Fawful will become enraged and create fireballs that must be hammered away. If the Bros. fail to destroy the balls, the balls will strike from the side and deal damage. After this move, Fawful will be stunned for a few turns as his dome overheats.
===Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story===
Fawful is fought in the Conference Room where Princess Peach and her subjects talked about how to deal with the Blorbs. Here, Fawful is fought as "Dark Fawful." Due to the Dark Power that he had absorbed, Fawful is much stronger than he was before. With his Vacuum Helmet active, Fawful will be able to dodge ground-based attacks. His Vacuum Helmet will also heal him for 300 hit points.
One of Fawful's attacks has him grab a chandelier with his Vacuum Helmet and swing, which must be hammered away; this attack is unavailable after the Vacuum Helmet dies. Another attack is to use his ray gun to create an array of stars in a ring formation, which must be countered by destroying the red star; hitting a purple star or getting hit deals damage. The third attack involves summoning portals and throwing purple fireballs into them; these have to be destroyed. For the last attack, Fawful will summon dark orbs, and the player has to knock some Goombas through the gaps in the orbs before Fawful throws them. At low health, he spawns a fifth orb for more defense.
==Statistics==
==Name==
Fawful derives his name from the term "awful," with the first F coming from "guffaw."
===In other Languages===
In Japanese, Fawful was called Gerakobittsu (written ゲラコビッツ), with Gera- coming from the Japanese onomatopoeia for derisive laughter, ko deriving from the Japanese word for "child," and bitsu coming from -witz, a Germanic name ending. This is officially romanised as "Gerakovitz." His Chinese name, Gēgēkēbǐcí (written as 咯咯柯比茨), comes from Gēgē (an onomatopoeia for laughter; written 咯咯) and Kēbǐcí (a transliteration of the Japanese name; written 柯比茨). Fawful's Spanish, Korean, and French names come from this, with the Spanish name being Grácovitz, the Korean name being Kkareukobicheu (written 까르코비츠), and the French name being Gracowitz. The Korean name, Kkareukobicheu also references kkal-kkal (written 깔깔), a sound of laughing in Korean. Fawful's name is not translated in Dutch, and the Russian dub refers to him as "Foful" (written Фофул). In German, Fawful is called "Krankfried," his name being derived from krank ("insane," potentially describing how he himself is insane) and -fried (a suffix used for many names).
==Trivia==
*Fawful has the third-highest battle count between games in the Mario & Luigi franchise, being fought twice in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and once on his own and once alongside the Dark Star in in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (total 2) for a total of four times.
**Bowser is fought the most times, being fought once on his own and twice as Popple's "Rookie" in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (total 3), once as an infant and the second time in both his infant and adult forms (total 2) in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, twice in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, once by Antasma's side and twice on his own (total 3) in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, and twice alongside his Paper Mario self in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam with the first battle being a Papercraft battle for a total of 12 times. Popple himself has the second-highest count being five, with his first four fights occurring in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (being fought alongside Bowser for his first fight, on his own for his third fight, and alongside Birdo for his fourth fight) and his fifth fight occuring in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
*Fawful's appearance is similar to Wonky from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, as they both wear swirly glasses and are always seen smiling.
*In the original American release of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, during Fawful's second battle, Popple's theme is mistakenly played. In any other version, it is the correct Cackletta's theme.
**In all versions of the remake, Cackletta's battle theme is played as intended.
*Fawful may have come from the Beanbean Kingdom, since he resembled one of the Beanish, and the first game he was featured in took place in said Kingdom.
*Towards the end of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake, Fawful can be seen starting to drift away from Cackletta's plan hinting he may have planed to overthrow her from the start. It is also possible that he lost respect for her after her multiple failures since he mentions that he is just realizing that he did most of the work and didn't need her before the last fight in that game and he easily could have left her behind after their defeat at the Woohoo Hooniversity.
**This is backed up by the remake as in the side mode Fawful is manufacturing an army of prototype Mechawfuls in the lower part of the castle and is shown more than ever drifting away from Cackletta, even rejecting a direct order of hers to fight the Bros. together.
*Fawful does not refer to himself in the third person until after his defeat in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (excluding the remake which has him say it a few times in the side mode) which, along with his rant in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, could imply that he was truly starting to lose himself long before losing himself to the Dark Star's power.
*Fawful is one of the few recurring Mario villains not affiliated with Bowser in any way (although Bowser was used in his schemes) unless you count Bowletta.
*Fawful could also be a Toady as he referred to himself as such before his battle in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.
* Towards the end of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga's remake, Fawful can be seen starting to drift away toward Cackletta's plan, outright disobeying her orders, and has secretly built an army of prototype Mechawfuls hinting he may have planned to overthrow her from the start. It is worth noting that in the original he only alludes to being dissatisfied with her leadership in the speech before his second and last fight in the game, which along with him using the first machine to look like himself (a big motif of his in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story) could be seen as implying he intended to betray her. It is worth noting this was never confirmed and that there are a considerable chunk of fans that believe everything he does in the following games is in the name of avenging Cackletta's death.
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