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Character
Name: King Bowser Koopa
Fandom: Super Mario
Gender: Male
Age: Mid-30s
Time Period: Before facing Dark Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Wing Color: Black
History: Super Mario Wiki
Personality
"Did someone page the King of Awesome?"
He's the biggest, baddest Koopa around. As the king of the Koopa Kingdom, Bowser demands absolute respect, loyalty, and submission from his minions, who are quite numerous. Although an imposing figure, what is the real Bowser like?
He was raised by his caretaker, the magikoopa Kamek, to one day achieve his destiny of ruling the world. Or at least, that was the plan. Unfortunately prophecy meant that he would always be thwarted by Mario and that other guy with the green hat. The only way to rule the world is by having the biggest army around. As a result, Bowser has made it his plan to marry the beautiful Princess Peach and use her rich and prosperous kingdom to be the machine that drives his army to finally take over the world! At least, it all started that way. Countless defeats later, Bowser rarely thinks about anything beyond kidnapping Peach and taking over the world. In fact, he often seems more interested in Peach than in the latter (although this changes frequently). After their 'marriage', Bowser took the role of being her protective hubby, even if Peach didn't acknowledge the wedding as being official, due to being mind controlled at the time.
Mostly, Bowser is only evil because he claims to be. He openly and happily declares himself to the King of Evil and to be a totally awesome tyrant, despite the fact he's more or less loved and admired by his minion. In fact, he even will put his evil plans on hold to go play Go Kart, Tennis, Golf, and other sports with Peach, and his arch enemy Mario. One part is just because it's fun, but mostly it's just to show off and try to finally, finally defeat Mario... even if it's just a baseball game. But make no mistake, Bowser is fully capable of being evil. He'll lie and cheat to get his way and do whatever it takes to succeed. At one point, he was even willing to destroy the entire galaxy, so he could remake it in his image with him being effectively a god. He even time traveled to the past and was willing to use his alter ego from the past to fuel his evil ambitions, enough that his younger counterpart actually teamed up with Mario to defeat him. His moral standards tend to be fairly flexible, depending on what's going on. He'll often admire a fellow villain's evil plan, up until the point it becomes a problem for him, at which point that baddy has to go down.
Surprisingly enough, Bowser is also a father of eight children. His youngest, Bowser Jr., is the most like his father and effectively considered his favorite, to the point Bowser involves him in most of his plans, relying on him as his second in command. With his minions, he has a soft spot for them all, despite being a demanding leader. He'll even show sympathy for minion-type characters who are poorly treated by their masters. In Super Mario RPG, Bowser takes on a Chain Chomp who was imprisoned by Booster, after demonstrating he felt pity for her. However, this kind of loyalty is only for his minions. Anyone not on his side is either Princess Peach or an enemy. Peach gets kidnapped, enemies get Bowserized. That's just how the world works. Anyone who doesn't like it can have a face full of claws.
Strengths
"Oh, please! Come on, people! With me here, you don't need anybody else, seriously! Trust me, any problem comes up, I'll stomp it into next week! I'll Bowserize it!"
Physical: Bowser possess an incredible amount of physical strength. It varies from game to game, but generally there's few things he can't lift once he really puts his mind to it. Effectively, his power tends to correspond to just how focused and determined on a task he is and sheer force of will. In spite of his turtle-like frame, he can be quick on his feet too, as well as being able to jump just as well (if not better) than Mario does, although he's nowhere near as acrobatic (despite the ability to break dance...). He also has some natural abilities at his disposal. Sharp claws, a spiked shell, and the ability to breathe fire. Thanks to Fawful's meddling, he can create a powerful suction effect in order to inhale foes smaller than he is. Although he is not immune to fire, he has a strong enough resistance that he can usually survive falling in lava and having several fire balls thrown at him. In absolutely critical condition, Bowser has untapped energy that allows him to transform into a giant, making him a far more powerful opponent.
"Dang! Why do I always lose?! What is WRONG with me?! I get up every time, though! As many times as it takes to send you to The Underwhere!"
Mental: Bowser may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's anything if not persistent. Stubborn as anything, Bowser will always get up to keep fighting. He will not give up on kidnapping the princess, no matter how many times Mario beats him. Although this may seem like a weakness, it becomes his greatest strength because he's used this to delve into ways to find ways to become stronger. It takes some amount of cunning to steal the Star Rod or try to remake the galaxy in his own image. And he would have got away with it, too! Unfortunately Mario's resourcefulness and determination exceeds Bowser's own, constantly proving to be his downfall.
”Under NO circumstances is ANYONE allowed to kidnap her without MY say-so!!! I will NOT stand for this! I'm going to Rogueport, NOW! I've got to kidnap her back!“
Emotional: Being the awesome king he is, Bowser is not given towards sentimentality. Or at least, not on the surface. He maintains a tough guy attitude and is demanding, in charge, and totally together. In spite of being a self proclaimed tyrant, he is well loved by his minions and he inspires absolute loyalty in them... at least, most of the time. He's also capable of seeing past his rivalry with Mario to grudgingly work together when their goals are aligned, usually whenever some other jerk usurps Bowser as being bigger, badder, and having the nerve to mess with his kingdom or worse, Princess Peach. His utter self confidence keeps him from getting down about his own defeat
Weaknesses
“ARRGH! Those Mario Bros. are the most annoying brothers of all time!”
Physical: Despite being an utter power house, Bowser's strength is undermined by a lack of agility. It's very easy to get around Bowser without his noticing, so just about any fighter quick on their feet can get the better of him. He's far from invulnerable and although his shell can shield him from most blows, he can only take so much punishment before he goes barreling over. The most effective way to defeat Bowser is using the environment around him against him. Even getting him to slip on some ice and falling on his shell can be an effective way of thwarting his evil plots. In other words, he may be a tank, but he's one that's easy to trip up and foil with a little clever fighting. He is also, apparently, tone deaf.
”AIRHEAD!!! A picnic?!? You MORON! This is no time for fun! See, THIS is why my evil plans always derail! Because you clods always goof off! AAARGH!“
Mental: Bowser may be capable of coming up with clever plans and schemes, but they all have one major flaw - he never thinks them out fully. He always mistakenly believes Mario won't be able to beat him, only for Mario to go off on some quest to get new abilities and allies that put a chink in Bowser's plan. Or something Bowser will kidnap Mario... and then forget about Luigi. Or kidnap both brothers, but then Peach goes hero and saves them both. Likewise, he often just makes stupid decisions and can't see the big picture until someone spells it out (to the extent he wouldn't work with Mario and Peach until the princess explained that Bowser can't rule the world if Count Bleck destroys it first.) He's also very gullible. When he demands Peach tell him Mario's three weaknesses, he believes her in spite of the fact that she is capable of answering "Super Mushroom" and other helpful items, rather than powerful minions.
"Are we gonna group-hug? Enough pep talks, gramps! I'm doing this for ME!"
Emotional: Bowser has a huge ego. Far larger than he deserves, given how often he fails. However in the Koopa Kingdom, Bowser is the coolest thing ever. His minions love him. The fact of the matter is, however, that Bowser loves his minions. Despite being a harsh tyrant, he has a soft spot for his underlings and is genuinely distressed when someone who doesn't play fair (like Mario) trounces his minions... or worse, brainwashes them. More than that, he has a huge soft spot for Princess Peach. That doesn't stop him from kidnapping her, but he does it delicately. Any other villain touching his princess activates his berserk mode.
Samples
First Person:
Right, listen up you chumps. If you don't already know who I am, I'm the baddest and most evilest tyrant around, King Bowser Koopa. But that's not what I want to talk to you all about! None of my uh, royal buddies are here to do stuff with. So I'm looking for fellow royal blood! Kings, queens, princes... princesses. Yeah, doesn't matter! Heck, if you happen to be minor nobility, I'll probably care about that too. No promises. But don't try to pull any fast ones on me! If you're not a real princess- err, royal, then I'll know! I can smell blue blood! ... because royal people have blue blood. I read that once. It's true! Someone back me up here!
Third Person:
Bowser stared at the doorway to the grocery store with growing frustration. What kind of idiot designed doors so small? Seriously, this was half the reason he wanted to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Those jokers always made their doors so tiny! Sure, those toads were tiny and about knee high to him, but that was no excuse to purposely deny Bowser access to their homes. If he was going to be their reigning monarch one day, his people needed to allow him entrance whenever he wanted to make house visits! And now here he was, in this stupid town with its stupid wings and annoying Justice League and now the doors to all the shops weren't wide enough. He could bust through it, easily. But he just knew, he just knew some annoying do-gooder would get all angry and call him out for vandalizing property. Darnit, he was the goshdarned Koopa King! He was fine getting harassed by heroes, but not for doing something as simple as getting something to eat!
Well, that left him with only one choice. He'd have to get lunch in the most evil, diabolical way ever. If he was going to break down that door, he needed to do it with flair. So after finding a big bag, Bowser stepped in front of the grocery store and cleared his throat. "Alright you little fairy princesses, I'm claiming this grocery store in the name of me, Bowser! Anyone who has a problem with it can take it up with the complaint compartment. The line starts in front of my fist!"
Satisfied he had made his point, he punched his way into the store, leaving a Bowser-shaped hole where the door used to be. But it turned out no one was actually shopping at that exact moment. Which was just as well, they probably all escaped out of the windows to escape his awesome and incredible wrath. Satisfied that he was once again the most awful koopa around, he began stuffing food into his burglar bag. Yeah, after that display, no chump hero was going to try and stop him from eating lunch! HA!