Bowser is the main antagonist of the Mario series.
Wiki Match-Ups So Far[]
- Blossom VS Bowser
- Bowser VS Doomsday
- Bowser VS Frieza
- Bowser vs. Thanos
- Ganondorf vs Bowser
- Bowser vs Dracula (Castlevania)
- Bowser vs SCP-682
Possible Oppenents[]
- King K. Rool (Donkey Kong)
- Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
- King Dedede (Kirby)
- Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
- Ridley (Metroid)
- Pete (Mickey Mouse)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Dr. Eggman
- Zavok
- Street Fighter:
- Akuma
- M. Bison
- Dragon Ball:
- Frieza
- Goku
- Broly
- Asgore Dreemurr (Undertale)
- Marvel:
- Galactus
- Thanos
- Juggernaut
- Hulk
- Apoalypse
- Ghost Rider
- Venom
- Ultron
- Dc:
- Darkseid
- Regime Superman
- Doomsday
- Lex Luthor
- Superman
- Atrocitus
- Gorilla Grodd
- Mongul
- King Andrias (Amphibia)
- Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- RWBY:
- Salem
- Cinder Fall
- Godzilla
As Illumination Bowser[]
- Dr. Robotnik (Paramount)
- Po (Kung Fu Panda)
Information[]
Background[]
- Name: King Bowser Koopa
- Age: 34
- 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
Natural Abilities[]
- Super strength
- Threw a massive metal ball heavy enough to damage a castle.
- 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
- Fire Balls
- Fire Balls can become lava puddles when they hit the ground
- Can travel long distances without being affected by gravity
- Homing Fire Balls
- Fire clouds
- Fiery Rain
- Meteroite Breath
- Fire still works underwater
- Vaccum
- Sucks anything light enough into his body like Lakitus and Shy Guys (He has inhaled heavier things such as Mario though)
- Black Magic
- Terrorize
- Poison Gas
- Crusher
- Bowser Crush
- Teleportation
- Shapeshifting
- Whirlling Fortress
- Bowser Bomb
- Shoulder Charge
- Spike shoot
- Shoots out spikes from his shell that immediately grow back
- Body Slam
- Bowser jumps high up in to the air and slams down creating a shockwave
- Any person on the ground that is hit by the shockwave will be temporarily paralyzed
- Electrokinesis
- Has not used in battle yet
- No reason he couldn't, but he as limited experience with it
- Has not used in battle yet
Weaponry[]
- Throwing Hammers
- Handheld Hammer
- Barrels
- Heal Shell
- Safety Ring
- Yoshi's Safari Armor
- Hurley Gloves
- Spiked Link
- Drill Claw
- Metal Bat
- Soccer Ball Bombs
- Spiked Ball
- Koopa Shells
- Bowser Shell
- Flame Boomerangs
- Bullet Bill
- Magic Spell Book
- Minimizer
- Stone Staff
Power-Ups[]
- Cat Bell
- Double Cherry
- Mega Star (Paper Bowser)
- Nearly identical to the Mega Mushroom besides the fact that it turns Bowser 8-bit
- Pal pill (Paper Bowser)
- Makes small 8-bit clones of Bowser
- Fast Flower (Paper Bowser)
- Greatly increases Bowsers speed and speeds up time
- 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
Vehicles[]
- Clown Car
- Flight
- Contains multiple weapons and projectiles.
- Bowling balls
- MechaKoopa bombs
- Can protect Bowser from attacks
- Bowser-Mobile
- Mario Kart Vehicles
Transformations[]
- Giant Bowser
- By using magic or with the assistance of Kamek, Bowser can grow into a Godzilla-esque kajiu size.
- Immune to most of Mario's basic powerups.
- Strong enough to lift a castle.
- 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 a 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.
- Can detach and reattach his bones; allowing him to throw bones or even his own head.
- Fire attacks are now ghoulish.
- Can still be defeated and killed by blunt force.
- Can become Giant Dry Bones Bowser.
- Meowser
- Bowser with cat claws and whiskers
- Bowser can climb virtical walls
- His claws are even larger than they were before.
- Molten Bowser
- Shrowser
- Bowser after fusing with the Elder Princess Shroob
- Block Bowser
- A form entirely composed of cube constructs
- Dreamy Bowser
- Megadragonbowser [1]
- 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
Feats[]
- Managed to lift his own castle after being crushed by it
- Pulled an entire island to shore with just a simple rope
- Is strong enough as Giant Bowser to pull himself out of a black hole
- Managed to catch a cannonball several times bigger than himself and throw it back where it came from
- Forced a massive drill machine through massive amounts of dirt and rock
- Overpowered the combined strength of his minions while pushing a giant statue against them
- Almost stopped a moving train, and the only reason he failed was because he was crushed into a rock
- Can busts through walls with his claws
- Punches hard enough to have the floor underneath collapse
- His spikes can easily kill Mega Man
- Physically stronger than Mario, who is able to effortlessly lift up and punt castles
- Can break through bricks easily
- He can run almost as fast, sometimes even faster, than Mario and Luigi, and keep pace with them in combat
- Could tag and shoot down Lubba's spaceship with his meteors
- Outran lions
- Should be able to leap at least several stories
- Can run in short bursts of speed
- Can use his levitation to move at fairly fast speeds
- In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and New Super Mario Bros Wii, he was crushed by his own castle and survived
- Pulled through and fought through Dark Bowser's dark wave
- Has been dropped into lava numerous times and survived
- Survived falling into a sun that he created
- Has survived falling into several black holes
- Shakes off brief contact of a stillborn star
- Got tossed into spiked bombs that exploded violently
- Survived being in the middle of an explosion of his castle and landed in to the sea
- Narrowly survived the destruction of the universe
- Can casually bathe in acid and survive falling into lava
- Can take attacks from Mario and Luigi
- Traded blows with Dark Bowser
- Can tank hits from the Zeekeeper, who had fought and defeated a Dark Stone-enhanced Antasma
- Took hits from Super Dimentio while empowered by the Pure Hearts
- Survived the explosion of about a hundred Bob-Ombs.
- Survived falling from a chandelier
- Survived being thrown around the planet
- Survived a stadium-sized explosion
- Has defeated Mario on occasion
- Kidnapped Peach several times
- Defeated Midbus, Fawful, and Dark Bowser
- Has instantly defeated powerful enemies such as Mawful Mole and Magifoofa by simply walking into them
- Just his appearance scares the entire Toad population
- When exercising he burns weight... literally
- Stole the Super Leaves
- Imprisoned six, and later all seven, of the Sprixie Princesses to build World Bowser, or Bowser Land, for him
- Made allies with the Ruined Dragon
- Enslaved hundreds of Toads alongside his paper counterpart
- Made Mario into a pinball
- Stole various famous landmarks and attempted to flood the Earth by using hairdryers to melt Antarctica
- Also stole various historical artifacts from Earth's history to make his own museum
- Held the Yoshis native to Dinosaur Island in captivity
- Convinced his son, Bowser Jr., that Peach was his mother and Mario was her kidnapper
- This resulted in Bowser Jr. vandalizing Isle Delfino and later on "rescuing" Peach from Mario
Faults[]
- Despite his high endurance and hard shell; he can still be defeated and killed by conventional means: even as Giant Bowser. [2]
- One of the slowest Mario characters. Can be easily overwhelmed by an opponent with superior skill and agility.
- Giant Bowser is even slower than he normally is.
- Can be instantly killed by Starman and Mega Mushroom transformations; even as Dry Bowser.
- Usually portrayed as a dimwitted clutz
- Frequently fights Mario in areas where Bowser has a massive disadvantage
- 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