Bowser/Relationships

== Friends ==
===Kamek===
===Kammy Koopa===
In the first two installments of the Paper Mario series, Kammy Koopa acts as the right-hand Koopa to Bowser. Kammy deeply respects (and fears) Bowser and tends to call him by various nicknames rather than by his real name. Bowser, however, tends not to show any recpect back to Kammy as he can get annoyed by her at times. In Paper Mario, Kammy always follows the orders of Bowser and their relationship is strictly business. However, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, their relationship is more comical as they try to search for Princess Peach and the Crystal Stars. Along the way, Bowser and Kammy Koopa run into various of hinderances. At one point, Bowser even fell into the sea and was forced to swim back to Rogueport. After hearing Kammy had a great time at Glitzville, Bowser burned Kammy. However, despite this, Bowser and Kammy get along well as a team and the two of them are always seen together (except when Bowser made it the first time into Glitzville).
===Elite Trio===
The Elite Trio (Private Goomp, Sergeant Guy, and Corporal Paraplonk) serves as Bowser's main allies in the games Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. In Bowser's Inside Story, the Elite Trio assisted Bowser in getting a giant Banzai Bill in order to take down Bowser's Castle after Fawful had taken over it. However, in the middle of the game, the Elite Trio push Bowser into a safe and lock him inside defecting to Fawful's side, angering Bowser as he felt deeply betrayed. However, Bowser (with the help of Mario and Luigi) defeated Fawful for good and Bowser allowed the Elite Trio to help in rebuilding his castle. In Dream Team, the Elite Trio play a more serious role as they were used as a trap and faught Mario and Luigi in Dreamy Driftwood Shore. The battle was unique as Mario and Luigi needed to defeat all of the Elite Trio members at once or they will keep healing each other. Later, they also tried to slow down Mario and Luigi as they advanced higher into Neo Bowser Castle. Soon, Bowser was defeated for good and the Elite Trio retreated with their master.
===Antasma===
At first, Bowser saw Antasma as an annoyance but soon decided to team up with him after the Bat King gave Bowser power. Bowser agreed to help Antasma get the Dream Stone that aided the both of them in the takeover of Pi'illo Island. However, near the end of the game, Bowser betrayed Antasma saying he was only using the Bat King to forward his own needs and takes the Dream Stone all for himself. This makes that Bowser only saw Antasma as a pawn to use in his own evil plans.
===Chippy (Starlow)===
When inhaled inside of Bowser's body, Starlow assumes the alter-ego of "Chippy" and presents as a friend to help guide him to fight back against Fawful's invasion. Bowser considers Chippy to be a minion, but over time grows to learn to treat Chippy with better manners and appreciate's Chippy's skills, support and company. Upon learning that "Chippy" is Starlow, Bowser feels angered and betrayed seemingly ending their friendship.
== Family ==
===Koopalings===
The Koopalings debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3 as Bowser's children,Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet (1988) they are maintained as his children in re-releases and updated manuals.Super Mario Bros. 3 website (Nintendo of Europe 2013)Nintendo 3DS eShop manual (Nintendo of Japan 2013)Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 website (Nintendo of Europe 2016)Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (Nintendo of America 2018) page 47 Bowser sends them to steal the wands of the Mushroom kings and guard them on aboard their airships, only to be defeated by Mario.
In games following New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the Koopalings are shown to be Bowser's seven minions with no familial relation to their leader.Game Informer: Mario's Creators Answer Burning Questions About The Series (2012) Recently, for the first time in the series, both Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings appeared and teamed up together in the game. Sometimes there are no Koopalings, so Bowser sends out False Bowsers.
===Bowser Jr.===
Bowser definitely shows love for his only son Bowser Jr. The two of them are almost always seen together in games that involved the both of them.
In Super Mario Sunshine, Bowser told Bowser Jr. a lie that Princess Peach was his mother and that Mario kidnapped her. This caused Bowser Jr. to overtake an alter ego to frame Mario and take back Peach for himself. However, at the end of the game, Bowser was forced to tell his son that Peach wasn't his mother but Bowser Jr. already knew. However, Bowser Jr. says he wants to fight Mario again when he is bigger much to the delight of Bowser. This is proven true as Bowser Jr. would assist Bowser in fighting Mario in later games such as New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Galaxy.
== Neutral ==
===Princess Peach===
The relationship between Bowser and Peach can be easily described as "love/hate". Bowser is madly in love with Princess Peach, even wanting to marry her and make her his queen, but she rejects him every time. This leads Bowser to always kidnapping Peach which leads to the infamous running gag of the Mario series. Bowser, even though being evil, doesn't seem to harm Peach on occasion and would even go out to his way to protect her. Bowser also doesn't tolerate other people kidnapping Princess Peach such as Sir Grodus and Antasma. Bowser even goes out to say that kidnapping Peach is his job.
===Wario and Waluigi===
The relationship between Bowser and Wario and Waluigi is only shown in Mario Power Tennis and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. Bowser can get easily annoyed by the mischievous duo as in Toadstool Tour, Bowser chased them down after they accidentally gave him a black eye with a golf ball. Bowser toss bombs down on them and eventually cornered them. However, a golf ball struck by Mario soon hit Wario and Waluigi in the eye and the golf ball hits the Bob-omb in Bowser's hand causing it to explode on them.
== Enemies ==
===Mario===
Bowser and Mario have a long detailed rivalry. As revealed in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Bowser and Mario have been archenemies since they were infants. Bowser always wants to beat Mario and greatly dislikes him mainly for taking Princess Peach away from him. After years of being beaten by Mario, Bowser finally receives some redemption in Paper Mario as he defeated Mario using the Star Rod. However, Mario soon defeated him once again and Bowser cries out on how many times Mario has defeated him. Bowser also seems to show jealously toward Mario.
Though, on a few occasions such as in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Super Paper Mario, Bowser would team up with Mario to take down a bigger threat. Though Bowser is reluctant, Bowser does see that he cannot take over the world himself if another person is doing so and agrees to team up with his archenemy.
===Luigi===
Unlike with Mario, Bowser doesn't really take Luigi seriously mainly due to Luigi being in his older brother's shadow most of the time. As seen in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Bowser has a hard time calling Luigi by his real name and calls him by several nicknames such as "Green 'Stache," "Greenie," and "Mr. Green Mario Brother Guy." However, at the end of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Bowser finally calls Luigi by his name wanting revenge on both him and Mario.
===Yoshi===
While not as much as Mario and even Luigi, Yoshi is a major enemy to Bowser. Bowser as a baby and an adult has antagonized the Yoshi (species) many times, from stealing the Super Happy Tree to transforming many Yoshi designs into yarn and stealing the Sundream Stone etc, the Yoshi clan considers Bowser a top enemy.
===Fawful===
===Midbus===
== References ==
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