Phantario

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Phantario is a mimic of Mario, and is the source of Mario's bad dream. He acts as the final boss of the game.

## Information

### Appearance

Phantario is a replica of Mario, except he is much larger. He has Mario's same proportions, only he is completley black, except for his eyes. He has the ability to teleport himself inside of dreams, as shown in the Level 7 Starlow Log in Mario's Dream 2.

### Personality

The only personality trait to describe Phantario is evil. The sole reason he exists is to destroy Mario and friends. He does not feel compassion. He does not feel sadness. He does not feel happiness. Only anger. Anger and the joy of other people's suffering.

### Summary

Phantario is the final boss. Upon beating Level 3, Mario opens up a portal to the Dream Scape, the only way he can get out. However, Phantario stops him. Mario realises he can think up anything he wants in the Dream Scape, and decides to dream up a Shotgun. Mario then must attack Phantario with the Shotgun while finding keys to escape.

### Mechanics

Phantario works like other characters in the game, however, with a twist. Randomly when Mario moves around, he will drop from the sky. He then gives the player around 2 seconds to shoot him. Upon being shot, he runs away, but will drop down again randomly. Failure to shoot him causes a jumpscare.

### Strategy

* Phantario only gives you around 2-3 seconds to stop him. You must have quick reflexes to effectively avoid him.
* (2nd Game) Keep your mouse cursor on his Red Orbs while reloading, so you can shoot them as soon as your cannon is ready. This will be helpful, as Phantario attacks very fast.

### Mario's Dream 2

Phantario is back in Mario's Dream 2, and is much deadlier. In the sequel, Phantario decides to attack Mario's loved ones. Killing them will be sure to weaken Mario's morale, making him easier to kill. He infects the dreams of Luigi and Yoshi in an attempt to kill them, sending his own creations in. What Phantario doesn't know, is that a secret person (Starlow) is helping Mario and friends stay alive. Phantario does not kill the player if they sit in the same room this time, until Mario's Campagin. In concept art, Phantario is shown to now be able to morph his hands into buzzsaws. He can be customized with skins.

He is faced off against in Mario's Campaign, where he spawns with red orbs. Shooting all three red orbs causes him to despawn and be damaged, and spawn a blue orb. The player must find and shoot this blue orb to respawn Phantario.

His appearance has also changed. He now sports a wide mouth and bright bloodshot eyes. He has holes in multiple parts of his body. Phantario will also be voiced by EpicTagey himself.

### List of Skins

The following is a list of available skins for Phantario.

Mopey the Clown. Unlocked by beating the Birthday Bash Event.Tiki Terror. Unlocked in the Summer Event.
### Cause of Death

In the end of Level 9, Phantario is shot through the head, killing him for good. His dream world also is destroyed, freeing everyone from the dream.

### Death Screen

Phantario morphs his hand into a buzzsaw. He then swipes his buzzsaw hand through Mario, splitting Mario in half.

#### Trivia

* Phantario also appears to be the same enemy that kills the player when they sit in a room too long. (1st Game)
* His design seems to be a bit lazy, as it is just a reskinned Mario.
* He is the only boss in the campaign. (1st Game)
* His name is a mixture of "phantom" and "Mario".
* Most monsters in Mario's Dream 2 are made by Phantario, instead of being Mario's past foes.
* In Mario's Dream 2, the hole in his chest may be because of Mario's shotgun in the first game.
* His design is taken from Shadow Mario, a character in one of Epic's first games, Five Nights with Mario.
* A glitch occurred in an old version of the Birthday Bash update where when Mopey was equipped, Phantario would completely disappear from the Finale.
* Even though Mopey is still Phantario, Mopey is treated like a seperate character.