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~ Bowser |
Bowser is the arch-enemy of Mario and the main antagonist of the Super Mario Bros. media franchise. He previously fought Ganondorf in the 59th episode of DEATH BATTLE!, Bowser VS Ganon. He also fought Dr. Eggman, Turbo Mecha Sonic and King Dedede in episodes of One Minute Melee.
Fanon Wiki Ideas So Far[]
- Bowser vs Akuma (Completed)
- Beerus VS Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS Blastoise (Completed)
- Bowser vs Charizard (Completed)
- Bowser vs Chesnaught (Completed)
- Bowser vs Darkseid (Abandoned)
- Bowser vs Darth Sidious (Completed)
- Bowser VS Doctor Doom (Completed)
- Donkey Kong vs. Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser vs Dracula
- Dr. Eggman vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser vs Esdeath
- Bowser vs Flowey
- Bowser VS Frieza (Completed)
- Bowser Vs Gamera (Completed)
- Bowser VS Ganondorf (Completed fanon version)
- Gilgamesh VS Bowser
- Bowser vs. Godzilla (Completed)
- Goku vs. Bowser (Completed)
- Groudon vs Bowser (Completed)
- Hades vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS Haltmann
- Kai vs Bowser (Completed)
- Kaos vs. Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS King Dedede (Completed)
- Bowser vs. King K. Rool (Completed)
- Kirby vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS Knuckles The Echidna (Completed)
- Bowser VS Kuzenbo (Completed)
- Bowser vs. Kylo Ren (Completed)
- Bowser vs Lex Luthor (Completed)
- Lord Dominator Vs. Bowser
- Lord Hater vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS M. Bison (Completed)
- Bowser vs. Malefor
- Bowser vs. The Merciless (DC) (Completed)
- Bowser vs Metal Sonic
- Mewtwo VS Bowser (Abandoned)
- Bowser vs Omega Shenron (Abandoned)
- Bowser vs Pac-Man (Abandoned)
- Pete vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS Ridley (Completed)
- Riptor vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser Vs Saitama (Completed)
- Bowser VS. Sakazuki (Completed)
- Bowser vs Sans (Completed)
- Bowser vs Shadow (Abandoned)
- Bowser vs Shao Kahn (Completed)
- Bowser VS Shendu (Completed)
- Sonic vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser vs Spyro (Completed)
- Suika Ibuki Vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser vs Superman (Completed)
- Bowser vs Thanos (Completed)
- Vegeta vs Bowser (Completed)
- Vilgax vs Bowser (Completed)
- Bowser VS Zavok (Completed)
- Bowser vs Zeus
As Dry Bowser[]
- Dry Bowser VS Eggman Nega (Completed)
- Gruntilda vs. Dry Bowser
- Scorpion vs Dry Bowser (Completed)
- Skeleton Battle Royale (Completed)
As Movie Version (Illumination)[]
As Movie Version (President Koopa)[]
Battle Royales[]
- Big Bad Bosses Battle Royale
- Bob6114's Season 1 Winner Part 2 (Completed)
- Bowser VS King Dedede VS King K. Rool
- DBF Staff Team Favourite Characters Battle Royale
- Decades Battle Royale
- Fandom Users Favorite Character Battle Royale
- Heavy Class Super Smash Bros Characters Royale (Completed)
- Nintendo Kings Battle Royale (Completed)
- Nintendo Villain Battle Royale (Completed)
- Reality Warping Villians Battle Royale (Completed)
- Regenerators Battle Royale (Completed)
- Super Mario RPG Battle Royale
- Super Mario Villains Battle Royale (Completed)
- Vrokorta's Season 1 Winner Battle Royale (Completed)
With Bowser Jr.[]
With Mario[]
With the Mario-verse[]
Battle Record[]
WARNING: The following tab will reveal the numbers of wins and losses for the following character. Read at your own risk.
Battle Record
- Wins: 39
- Losses: 19
- Draws: 2
Possible Opponents[]
- Acnologia (Fairy Tail)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- Alduin (Elder Scrolls)
- Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Arceus (Pokémon)
- Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale)
- Atrocitus (DC Comics)
- Blackbeard (One Piece)
- Cell (Dragon Ball)
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Chara (Undertale)
- Crocodile (One Piece)
- Devil (Cuphead)
- Discord (My Little Pony)
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)
- Dr. Zomboss (Plants vs. Zombies)
- Eliza (Skullgirls)
- Eternatus (Pokémon)
- Father Balder (Bayonetta)
- Garland (Final Fantasy)
- General Grievous (Star Wars)
- Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (Marvel Comics)
- Giovanni (Pokémon)
- Goku Black (Dragon Ball)
- Gorilla Grodd (DC Comics)
- Green Goblin (Marvel Comics)
- Hawk Moth (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
- Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
- Kratos (God of War)
- The Lich King (Warcraft)
- Lord Boros (One Punch Man)
- Lord Dominator (Wander Over Yonder)
- Lord Fredrik (Donkey Kong)
- Lord Tirek (My Little Pony)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball)
- Malefor (The Legend of Spyro)
- Marx (Kirby)
- Mashtooth (The Legendary Starfy)
- Medusa (Kid Icarus)
- Megatron (Transformers)
- Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Mongul (DC Comics)
- Morgoth (The Lord of the Rings)
- Onaga (Mortal Kombat)
- Po (Kung Fu Panda)
- Queen Chrysalis (My Little Pony)
- Queen Sectonia (Kirby)
- Ragyo Kiryuin (Kill la Kill)
- Regime Superman (DC Comics)
- Reverse-Flash (DC Comics)
- Salem (RWBY)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear)
- Sigma (Mega Man)
- Smaug (The Lord of the Rings)
- Ultraman (DC Comics)
- Ultron (Marvel Comics)
- Venom (Marvel Comics)
- Whitebeard (One Piece)
- Yukari Yakumo (Touhou Project)
- Yveltal (Pokémon)
As Dreamy Bowser[]
- Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Giratina (Pokémon)
- Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
- Pennywise (It)
- Time Eater (Sonic the Hedgehog)
As Dry Bowser[]
As Giga Bowser[]
- Darkrai (Pokémon)
- Giygas (MOTHER)
- Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10)
- Master Hand (Super Smash Bros.)
- Mecha Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Necrozma (Pokémon)
- Oni (Street Fighter)
- Tabuu (Super Smash Bros.)
As MegaDragonBowser[]
- Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog)
As Movie Bowser (Illumination)[]
- Jack Horner (Shrek/Puss in Boots)
With Kamek[]
History[]
King Bowser Koopa is the leader of the Koopa Army who has been an arch-enemy of Mario. Though Bowser most commonly kidnaps Princess Peach to get control of the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser has joined forces with Mario in rare cases when they have a common enemy.
Death Battle Info (Official)[]
Background[]
- Full Name: King Bowser Koopa
- Species: Koopa
- Height: 8'7"/261.6 cm
- Weight: N/A
- King of the Koopas
- Seeks to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom
- Father to Bowser Jr.
- Illiterate
- One of the 7 Star Children
Arsenal & Abilities[]
- Fire breath
- Super strength
- Durable shell
- Koopa Clown Car
- Weapons
- Hammers
- Spiked Balls
- Mecha-koopas
- Magic
- Shapeshifting
- Teleportation
- Size growth
Feats & Strengths[]
- Outran lions
- Fought & threw his own castle
- Survived the surface of a star
- Survived a supernova
- Withstood a black hole
- Defeated Super Peach's Castle mech
- Bathes in lava-like it's nothing
- Transformed entire Mushroom Kingdom population into bricks
Death Battle Info (Fanon)[]
Background[]
- Name: King Bowser Koopa
- Age: Unknown (At least 29)
- Weight: Unknown (At least 1000 lbs)
- Height: Unknown (At least 8'3 ft)
- King of Koopas
- Hates the Mario Bros. Since he wasn't able to ride Mario's Yoshi when they were babies
- One of the Seven Star Children
- Wants his feet licked [1]
Natural Abilities[]
- Super strength
- Threw a massive metal ball heavy enough to damage a castle.
- Superior to Donkey Kong
- Super durability
- Immune to Mario's basic jumps in most games
- Survived getting crushed by his own castle
- In his smallest form; Bowser can survive 19 of Mario's fireballs; each individual fireball is powerful enough to instantly kill a normal koopa.
- Pryokinesis
- Fire Stream
- Took down a castle with his fire breath
- Fire Balls
- Fire Balls can become lava puddles when they hit the ground
- Can travel long distances without being affected by gravity
- Blue homing Fire Balls
- Giant pink Fire Balls
- Can create columns of fire when they hit the ground
- Fire clouds
- Fiery Rain
- Flame Rings
- Fire still works underwater
- Can create a boomerang out of fire (Mario Party 4)
- Vacuum
- Sucks anything light enough into his body like Lakitus and Shy Guys (He has inhaled heavier things such as Mario though)
- Black Magic
- Terrorize
- Summons a big Boo to attack enemies & induce Fear.
- Poison Gas
- Summons Mokura to poison all enemies.
- Crusher
- Summons a column of Earth to attack one enemy.
- Bowser Crush
- Summons a giant Mechakoopa to stomp on enemies.
- Teleportation
- Shapeshifting
- Can change his shape
- Can surround himself in stone
- Can transform others
- Can turn opponents into inanimate objects.
- *Or frogs.
- Can turn minions into clones of himself.
- Terrorize
- Whirling Fortress
- Spins in his shell.
- Can be used in the air to gain height.
- Bowser Bomb
- Slams the ground with his bottom.
- Koopa Klaw
- Grabs the opponent & starts biting them.
- Flying Slam
- Grabs the opponent, flips into the air, & crushes them.
- Shoulder Charge
- Spike shoot
- Shoots out spikes from his shell that immediately grow back
- Body Slam
- Bowser jumps high up into the air and slams down, creating a shock wave
- Any person on the ground that is hit by the shock wave will be temporarily paralyzed
- Body Slam can also cause stone Bowser heads to fall from the sky
- Electrokinesis
- Can be used to summon Mechakoopas (Mario Party 5)
- Dark Star Spin (SMG)
- Gravity manipulation (SMG)
- Can roll up into his shell, becoming a giant spike ball.
- Sliding Haymaker: A sliding punch that's stronger than Bowser's regular punch.
- Can summon Bullet Bills to hit the opponent.
Weaponry[]
- Throwing Hammers
- Some hammers are giant.
- Handheld Hammer
- Barrels (3D Land)
- Heal Shell
- Safety Ring
- Yoshi's Safari Armor
- Gives Bowser projectile attacks.
- Hurley Gloves
- Spiked Link
- Drill Claw
- Spiky metal bat
- Breath Swing: Breathes fire at a projectile before hitting it with his bat, sending it & 3 fireballs in the direction he hit.
- Soccer Ball Bombs (3D World)
- Spiked Balls
- Koopa Shells
- Bowser Shell
- Flame Boomerangs (Mario Party 4)
- Bullet Bill
- Magic Spell Book
- Minimizer (Mario Party DS)
- Stone Staff
- Pirate Sword (Mario Party 2)
- Mechakoopas
- A potion that turns him giant (Mario Party 5)
- Megamorph Belt
- Turns him into Blockhead Bowser
- Tennis Racket
- Fire Breath: Lights a tennis ball (or other projectiles) on fire before hitting it with his racket.
- Spinning Shell Dash: Spins in his shell to hit a projectile with his racket.
- Golf Club
- Dark Cannon(Smash Bros.)
- Turns opponents into trophies.
- Vibe Scepter (Super Princess Peach)
- Can control emotions
- Soccer Gear
- Long metal claws
- Shell armor
Power-Ups[]
- Mega Mushroom
- Turns Bowser giant for a short time.
- Cat Bell
- Turns him into Meowser
- Double Cherry
- Creates another Bowser
- He can use four to create a max of 5 Bowsers
- Mega Star (Paper Bowser)
- Turns Bowser into a giant, 8-bit version of himself.
- Pal Pill (Paper Bowser)
- Makes small 8-bit clones of Bowser
- Fast Flower (Paper Bowser)
- Greatly increases Bowser's speed and speeds uptime
- Slow Flower (Paper Bowser)
- Makes Bowser slower and more floaty and slows down time
- Dream Stone (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
- Can wish for anything he wants
- Can clone itself
- Power Star
- Grand Star
- Turns Bowser giant
- Grants him flight & MFTL speeds
- Lets him summon meteors
- Meteors create shock waves when they hit.
- Creates shock waves when he punches something.
Vehicles[]
- Clown Car
- Flight
- Contains multiple weapons and projectiles.
- Bowling balls
- MechaKoopas
- Bob-ombs
- Can protect Bowser from attacks
- Can connect Bullet Bill launchers to its side to fire homing Bullet Bills (Mario Party 8)
- Can transform to fire Bull's-Eye Bills
- Has a laser gun in its mouth (Mario Party 8)
- Has a flame thrower in its mouth (Mario Party SR)
- Can fit through holes smaller than itself (Mario Golf TT)
- Bowser-Mobile (3D World)
- Mario Kart Vehicles
- Hover Car (Mario Party 2)
- Can shoot lasers
- Has a force field in front of it
- Is vulnerable from the back
- Bowser Dozer (Mario Party 5)
- A large, durable vehicle with spiked wheels & a flamethrower.
- Unnamed flying machine (Mario Party 7)
- Kinda like the Clown Car, but it looks like Bowser's face.
- Can shoot fireballs.
- Can shoot homing missiles.
- Can fire a laser.
- Purple tank (Mario Party 10)
- Shoots exploding spike balls from the main cannon.
- Has a flamethrower on each corner.
- Charges the enemy.
- Gradually breaks apart as it takes damage.
- Explodes after taking sufficient damage.
- Flying machine (Mario Party SR)
- Large spaceship that looks like Bowser's shell.
- Can fire its spikes like missiles.
- Can transform into a Bowser mech
- Spits blue fireballs
- Has a cannon on its shell that shoots giant spike balls
- Can fire off its hands like missiles
- Can regain its hands by pulling its arms into its shell
- Has laser eyes
- Falls apart & explodes after taking sufficient damage
- Hot air balloon shaped like Bowser's face (Mario Power Tennis)
- Filled with Bob-ombs
- Possesses a Bullet Bill launcher
Transformations[]
- Giant Bowser
- By using magic or the assistance of Kamek, Bowser can grow into a Godzilla-Esque kaiju size.
- Immune to most of Mario's basic powerups.
- Strong enough to lift a castle.
- Throws red energy balls that explode into small pools of lava.
- Throws purple energy balls that create shock waves.
- Can throw giant dice blocks that summon a boss.
- Wiggler
- King Bob-omb
- King Boo
- Can summon Boos
- Blooper
- Chain Chomp
- Can climb walls
- Can summon hammers
- Can summon spike balls from the sky.
- Can summon Bob-Ombs
- Giga Bowser
- Bowser grows to a massive size
- Gains elemental traits to his attacks.
- In Melee this is the secret final boss.
- In later games, this is an invincible yet temporary transformation akin to a Mega Mushroom or Super Sonic.
- Dry Bowser
- Bower's undead skeleton after his flesh was incinerated in magma
- Immune to fire and lava.
- Has a tail attack.
- Can detach and reattach his bones; allowing him to throw bones or even his own head.
- Can throw giant bones.
- Fire attacks are now ghoulish & blue.
- Slightly faster than base Bowser.
- Can still be defeated and killed by blunt force.
- Can become Giant Dry Bones Bowser.
- Can roar hard enough to blow the stone off a metal platform.
- Metal Bowser
- Multiplies his weight by 10
- Metal can be broken if hit hard enough
- Meowser
- Bowser with cat claws and whiskers
- Bowser can climb vertical walls
- His claws are even larger than they were before.
- Molten Bowser
- Shrowser
- Bowser after fusing with the Elder Princess Shroob
- Blockhead Bowser
- A form entirely composed of cube constructs
- Has multiple forms
- Tornado/Top form
- Spins around, shooting fireballs.
- Can light itself on fire.
- Will eventually fall over.
- Giant cube form
- Rolls around, shooting fireballs
- Snake form
- Slithers around, shooting fireballs.
- Can light its head on fire.
- Tornado/Top form
- The gold Bowser block is a weak spot.
- Dreamy Bowser
- Shiny RoboBowser
- Black Paint Bowser
- MegaDragonBowser [2]
- Fury Bowser
- One of Bowser's biggest incarnations to date
- Looks absolutely f**king terrifying
- Constantly exhales fire
- Can rain meteors across entire islands
- Can turn even docile cats into enemies
- Roughly the size of a small country
- Requires the Giga Cat power-up to even be damaged
Other Things[]
- Surprisingly athletic
- Prehensile tail
- Can jump very high
- Skilled sword fighter (Mario Party 2)
- Skilled in many sports
- Extremely smart. This is evident when you can see all the equipment he built, his castles, and his IQ in some Mario games.
Feats[]
- Defeated Mario occasionally (Mario Odyssey Intro).
- Kidnapped Peach several times
- Defeated Midbus, Fawful, and Dark Bowser
- Survived a black hole in Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, Mario Party 8, Mario Party 9, & SMG2.
- Can break through bricks easily
- Has instantly defeated powerful enemies such as Mawful Mole and Magifoofa by simply walking into them
- Just his appearance scares the entire Toad population
- Survived being thrown into a sun.
- Survived being crushed by his own castle
- Survived the explosion of about 100 Bob Ombs. (Mario Power Tennis)
- Tagged Lubba's starship with meteors (w/ Grand Star)
- Lubba's starship is capable of traveling at speeds MFTL
- Outpaced a black hole (w/ Grand Star)
- Survived falling from a chandelier.
- Survived being thrown around the planet (Mario Party 2).
- Survived a stadium-sized explosion (Mario Power Tennis).
- When exercising he burns weight... literally
Faults[]
- Despite his high endurance and hard shell; he can still be defeated and killed by conventional means: even as Giant Bowser. [3]
- One of the slowest Mario characters. Can be overwhelmed by an opponent with superior skill and agility.
- Giant Bowser is even slower than he normally is.
- (Regular-sized Bowser) Can be instantly killed by Starman and Mega Mushroom transformations; even as Dry Bowser.
- Usually portrayed as a dimwitted klutz
- Frequently fights Mario in areas where Bowser has a massive disadvantage
- This includes literally dozens of times Bowser fights on a collapsible bridge.
- Regular-Sized Bowser is frequently defeated by having him fall into lava or from a high place. While this doesn't necessarily have to kill him; it does make him unable to continue the fight and sometimes knocks him out.
- This includes literally dozens of times Bowser fights on a collapsible bridge.
- Frequently fights Mario in areas where Bowser has a massive disadvantage
- Extremely cocky
- Almost never beats Mario
- Has been killed by Mario and Dimentio.
Trivia[]
- Bowser has 12 kids, but only one of them is actually his son.
- His name used to be King Koopa, but in SMB3, it was changed to Bowser. In a manner similar to Robotnik and Eggman; either alias is okay.
- Bowser makes a cameo appearance in the 2012 animated movie, ''Wreck-It Ralph'', as a member of Bad-Anon, a support group for villains.