Bowser (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

Threatening to kill and or even sacrifice anyone as punishment who dares to disobey him equivalent to torturing prisoners.
Planning.
Abusing his minions.
Interrogating his captured victims.
Obsessing over Princess Peach and Mario

### Goals

Conquer the entire world (failed)
Invade the Penguin Kingdom and steal the Power Star (succeeded)
Take over the Mushroom Kingdom and marry Princess Peach (or kill her if she refuses)
Execute his prisoners during his wedding as a sacrifice for Peach, including Luigi, just to spite Mario
Kill Princess Peach for rejecting him and destroy the Mushroom Kingdom
Kill Mario and his friends for ruining his plans (all failed)

### Moral Event Horizon

Forcing Peach to marry him by ordering Kamek to torture Toad.
Attempting to execute all of his prisoners by dropping them into lava during his wedding with Peach.
Launching the Bomber Bill in an attempt to nuke the Mushroom Kingdom out of spite.

### Crimes

Attempted mass murder
Attempted genocide
Attempted populicide
Attempted usurpation
Attempted forced marriage
Attempted world domination
Mass kidnapping
Conspiracy
Terrorism
War crimes
Mass property damage
Torture
Assault and battery
Theft
Abuse of power
Stalking
Arson
Extortion
Slavery
Invasion
Unlawful imprisonment

### Type of Villain

Obsessed Tyrannical Warlord

> (maniacally laughs) I finally found it! And now NO ONE CAN STOP ME!!!
>
> ~ Bowser finding the Super Star, and his most famous quote.

> Get him out of my sight! We'll see how tough this "Mario" is, when he watches me KILL HIS BROTHER!
>
> ~ Bowser threatening to kill Luigi to spite Mario after interrogating the former.

> LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND **DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!**
>
> -Bowser crossing the moral event horizon by sending a Bomber Bill to nuke the Mushroom Kingdom out of spite for Mario crashing his wedding - his most infamous quote.

> MARIO! You want this?! You RUINED my wedding! I was FINALLY gonna be happy! Now you will suffer... LIKE ME! You really thought you could stop me?! You worthless, weak little nothing! COME OUT AND FIGHT! Or are you too scared?! (chuckles) Just what I thought.
>
> ~ Bowser's raging breakdown as he stops Mario from getting the Super Star, beating him b taunting him under the belief that he's scared of him.

**King Bowser**, also known simply/obviously as **Bowser**, is the main antagonist of Illumination's 13th feature film *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*, an adaptation of Nintendo's famous *Mario* video game franchise.

He is the tyrannical king of the Koopa race and the ruler of the Darklands who desires to conquer the world using the powerful Super Star. With the assistance of his right-hand servant Kamek, his enforcer Koopa General and his army, Bowser plans to use the Super Star to target the Mushroom Kingdom and win Princess Peach's hand in marriage. In turn, his plan brings him into conflict with Mario after kidnapping his brother, Luigi, viewing the former as his rival to winning Peach's love and eventually becomes his arch-nemesis.

He is voiced by Jack Black.

## Appearance

Just like his video game incarnation, Bowser is a large, dragon-like Koopa, which is a race of turtle-like beings. He has large lips with sharp teeth, yellow and green scales, lines on his stomach, and sharp claws. His most recognizable features are his spiked shell, red mane, horns and spiked cuffs, which except for the mane have been prominent features of Bowser in all of his appearances. While his size has varied over the course of the games, Bowser in the movie stands at around twice the height of Mario.

## Personality

Bowser is an extremely sadistic and cruel tyrant, who will goes to great measures when it comes to getting what he wants and doesn't hesitate to destroy anyone who gets in his way. He also kidnapped the entire Penguin Kingdom and the Kong Army and made them his prisoners, one after he stole the Super Star from them and the other when he ambushed them on Rainbow Road. He then went as far as attempting to burn all of his prisoners alive (one of them, Lumalee, being a child) in lava for no legitimate reason during his wedding with Peach, saying that he was doing it in "her honor.” He was even oblivious that she was obviously horrified by it. According to the princess herself, Bowser is immensely deranged and psychotic.

Unlike his video game counterpart, who even in his most heinous outings, cares for the well-being and lives of his minions, this version of Bowser is an awful leader towards his own troops. He doesn't bother to remember the names of some of the species such as the Spinies, burns one of his henchmen to the point where his flesh melts off, turning him into a Dry Bones in the process, simply because they asked about the possibility of Peach not wanting to marry him, and even has some of them locked in cages with the other prisoners for unknown reasons. He was also unaffected by the Koopa General's supposed death when he sacrificed himself to destroy Donkey Kong's kart, only focusing on the fact that he seemingly eliminated Mario and DK in doing so. In addition, while the original is capable of showing respect for his enemies, Bowser doesn't seem to harbor any such feelings for anyone who oppose him.

A defining trait that Bowser has is his extreme infatuation towards his sworn enemy and rival monarch, Princess Peach. Most of his heinous deeds throughout the film stem from him wanting her hand in marriage. He believed that obtaining a Super Star will win her affection, and even went as far as dedicating a song to her titled "Peaches". However, he is incredibly delusional about his romance with her, as he does not once stop to consider how any of his actions repulse the princess and make her want nothing to do with him, something that even one of his minions points out to him. This, in turn, makes Bowser stoop to even more desperate measures to make sure that Peach is his, such as threatening to destroy her kingdom and even having Kamek torture Toad with his magic right in front of her. Bowser himself admits that he is aware that the princess hates him, but claims that it makes him love her even more.

Despite his feelings, however, he is not above attacking Peach should she push him far enough, as shown once she rebels against him during their forced wedding while declaring that she had no intent toward marrying him. To emphasize his pettiness, Bowser immediately tries to incinerate her on the spot and later sends a Bomber Bill towards her castle to destroy her kingdom purely out of spite. He can also be seen fighting her, Toad and Donkey Kong in Brooklyn when they protect Mario from him. This shows that Bowser's supposed "love" for her is solely possessive and objectifying at worst. But even after being humiliated and imprisoned by Peach, he continues to sing his serenade for her, showing that his desire to have her as his wife hasn't changed despite her making it abundantly clear how much she despises him.

He is also deeply paranoid and insecure, as, despite saying otherwise when Kamek says he shouldn't be worried, he immediately felt threatened by Mario when learning that Peach was training him, feeling that the plumber could be a supposed rival for the princess' affection. The feeling only grows worse when asking his brother, Luigi, if princesses find Mario attractive. When he says that "they do if they have good taste", his immediate response is ripping out a chunk of his mustache and abusively throws Luigi and threatening to kill him just to break Mario's spirit. He even had Luigi’s cage lower than the rest of the prisoners’ during the wedding’s sacrifice scene to make sure that he dies first. Overtime, his dislike of Mario evolves into full-on animosity, as the mere sight of him interacting with Peach after crashing his wedding, especially after he was certain that the plumber had perished in his ambush, was enough to send him over the edge and free himself of the ice Peach froze him in using an Ice Flower. Later, when his castle gets sent to Brooklyn, he wastes no time in brutally attacking Mario over all the trouble he caused him and makes it very clear how personal his interference was despite hardly knowing him.

The closest thing to an exception of his mistreatment (and the closest thing Bowser has to a real friend in general) is Kamek, who he is more open to regarding his insecurities. He also notably expressed shock when Peach knocked Kamek out during the wedding reception. That being said, this doesn't stop Bowser from abusing Kamek when angry, such as when he slams his fingers inside a piano case because he was annoyed by Mario.

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