History BigBad / SuperMarioBros

* ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'': Madame Grape is the leader of the Sour Bunch who terrorizes and takes over the Sparkle Theater where she tortures the Theets and [[spoiler:plans to kill them all as her ultimate vision of a perfect tragedy.]]

** ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope'': Cursa is the [[spoiler:reincarnation of the Megabug from the first game]] who [[spoiler:possesses Rosalina]] and aspires to kill all of the Sparks, fusions of the Lumas and Rabbids, by absorbing their life energy so that it can [[spoiler:take full control over Rosalina by spitefully crushing her with despair]] and terrorizes multiple planets across the universe with its ultimate end-goal being to destroy the entire universe by shrouding it in darkness.

* ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'', Bowser Jr is the one scaring and pressuring Spawny into creating the villains and monsters of the game, [[spoiler:until he gets overshadowed by the Megabug, a virus created by the Rabbids' time-washing machine and Supa-Merge who possesses Bowser and turns Rabbids evil.]]

** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': [[EvilOverlord Sir Grodus]], the leader of [[AliensAreBastards the X-Nauts]], desires [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] and wants to use the [[MacGuffin treasure]] behind the titular Thousand-Year Door to do so. [[spoiler:Ultimately, however, the instigator of the plot was revealed to be not Grodus, but Beldam, who used Grodus to release the [[SealedEvilInACan "treasure"]], the Shadow Queen, the GreaterScopeVillain who destroyed Rogueport long ago and becomes the FinalBoss when Grodus is taken care of and Beldam reveals her true agenda.]]

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''Donkey Kong 3'' both have the [[AntagonistTitle titular]] Donkey Kong, whom Jumpman (the original identity of Mario) must rescue Pauline from.
* ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' has [[FaceHeelTurn Mario]]. This time he kidnaps Donkey Kong, leaving Donkey Kong Jr. to rescue him.

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* ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'': King Bowser Koopa, ruler of the Koopa Kingdom, is the main villain that kidnaps Peach in order to have her marry him and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'': [[PresidentEvil President Koopa]], the ruler of Dinohattan, is the main threat that wishes to use [[MacGuffin the rock]] to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the human dimension]] in order to merge both his and the human dimensions together.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': [[EvilOverlord Bowser]], the king of the Koopas, is the main threat that aspires to marry Princess Peach so that they can conquer the world together. He uses the [[MacGuffin Super Star]] that he stole from the Snow Kingdom in order to threaten her into marrying him or else he will use the Star's immense power to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom entirely if she refuses.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': [[EvilOverlord Bowser]], the king of the Koopas, is the main threat that aspires to marry Princess Peach so that they can conquer the world together. He uses the [[MacGuffin Super Star]] that he stole from the Snow Kingdom in order to threaten her into marrying him or else he will destroy the Mushroom Kingdom entirely if she refuses.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': [[EvilOverlord King Bowser]], the king of the Koopas, is the main threat that aspires to marry Princess Peach so that they together can conquer the world. He uses the [[MacGuffin Super Star]] that he stole from the Snow Kingdom in order to threaten her into marrying him or else he will destroy the Mushroom Kingdom entirely if she refuses.

* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'': [[PresidentEvil President Koopa]], the ruler of Dinohattan, is the main threat that wishes to use [[MacGuffin the rock]] to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the human dimension]] in order to merge both his and the human dimension together.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': [[EvilOverlord King Bowser]], the king of the Koopas, is the main threat that aspires to marry Princess Peach so that they together can conquer the world. He uses the [[MacGuffin Super Star]] that he stole from the Snow Kingdom in order to threaten her into marrying him or else he will destroy the Mushroom Kingdom entirely if she refuses.

* ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToRescuePrincessPeach'': King Bowser Koopa, ruler of the Koopa Kingdom, is the main villain that kidnaps Peach in order to have her marry him and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'': [[PresidentEvil President Koopa]], the ruler of Dinohattan, is the main threat that wishes to use the Rock to destroy the human dimension in order to merge both his and the human dimension together.

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** ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'': [[spoiler:[[VillainProtagonist Wario himself]]]] is revealed as the thief who stole the golden pot from Luxeville and [[spoiler:created the Wario Bowl tournament as a scam to trick the competitors into forking over their money to him]].
** ''[=WarioWare=] Get It Together!'': The Game Bugs (led by the Mega Bug) end up corrupting and causing havoc on the crew's newest game, and are the reason why [[spoiler:The Supreme Developer summoned the crew into the game world in the first place]]. It is later revealed in one cutscene that [[spoiler:Wario is the one [[NiceJobBreakingItHero that was responsible for creating them, albeit unintentionally.]]]]

* ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' series: The antagonists of the series are Baby Bowser and Kamek the Magikoopa, as the one kidnapping babies and trying to stop the Mario brothers from growing up to become threats to the Koopa Kingdom in the future. While Baby Bowser is technically Kamek's boss, he's too immature and young to be the bigger schemer and threat that he is as an adult, leaving Kamek to essentially do the heavy lifting of being a threat to the Yoshis.

* The ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' series has [[KingMook King Boo]] leader of the Boos, who kidnaps Mario and traps him in a painting in each game, requiring Luigi to rescue him:
** ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'': King Boo traps Mario in a painting and releases the Portrait Ghosts inside E. Gadd's gallery in order to avenge the Boos that Mario had defeated in the past.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'': King Bowser makes his first appearance here, having kidnapped Princess Peach and turned the Toads of the Mushroom Kingdom into blocks.