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** Last but not least, there is Dreamy Bowser himself, quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date—the culmination of Bowser playing his cards right and refusing to give up even when things look worst. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he has become a reality-warper with a multi-colored visage, and combining his powerful new form with the battlefield atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "Bowser in the Sky" battle. He literally just conjures powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out (healing his arms which can both negate damage to [[AchillesHeel his head]] and snatch one of the brothers up to prevent Bros. attacks), clones himself to spew wave after wave of fireballs, enlarging himself and chasing the bros. down with a maelstrom of flames and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more accurately he's become a literal embodiment of Mario and Luigi's (the world even) worst nightmare come to life. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHRiZ_FnlQ His battle theme]], while bombastic, is also very frantic and dramatic as it carries a strong hint of desperation to stop his nightmarish ambitions here and now for the sake of everything much like Elder Princess Shroob before him. A terrifying yet awesome moment to behold Bowser finally cementing himself as Mario and Luigi's greatest adversary.


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* Last but not least, we finally our final boss of the game: [[RealityWarper Dream]][[SuperMode y]] [[MaouTheDemonKing Bow]][[DragonsAreDemonic ser]], quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date—the culmination of Bowser playing his cards right and refusing to give up even when things look worst. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he becomes capable of bending reality to his will and sports a rainbow flair to his supersized form; combining his powerful new form with the battlefield atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "[[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Bowser in the Sky]]" final battle. In battle, he can conjure hordes of powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out (also healing his arms which can both negate damage to [[AchillesHeel his head]] and snatch one of the brothers up to prevent Bros. attacks), spews out wave after wave of bright rainbow fire ''before'' he then clones himself to double the onslaught, taking a page out of the brothers' book and smashing them into the ground with his own ''massive'' hammer, ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever enlarging himself to kaiju levels]] and chasing the bros. down with a [[WaveMotionGun maelstrom of fanning triple flame beams]] and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves generated from his jumps''…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more fittingly, he's become a literal embodiment of the world's worst nightmare come to life. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHRiZ_FnlQ His battle theme]], while bombastic, is also very frantic and at one point even drops to a [[OminousPipeOrgan lonely and somber organ piece]] combined with [[EtherealChoir a haunting choir backing up the quieter moment]], carrying a strong hint of desperation to stop his nightmarish ambitions here and now for the sake of everything, making the fight one of the tensest moments in Mario history. All in all, Dreamy Bowser and his battle lend themselves to becoming a terrifying yet awesome moment to behold as Bowser finally cements himself as Mario and Luigi's greatest adversary.
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* [[BatOutOfHell An]][[DreamWalker tas]][[SorcerousOverlord ma]]—once an ordinary bat that fed off of the nightmares of pi'illos but came to like the taste, consuming more and more until [[FromNobodyToNightmare it became twisted into the monstrosity that is the evil Bat King]] seen in the game. Even in his new form, he does not lose his "'''[[VerbalTic SCREEEEEK!!]]'''" habits which are arguably worse now, and once stole the Dark Stone to fuel his twisted ambitions, forcing the pi'illo people to corner him at—in Dreambert's own words—at great cost and sacrifice. His response to being imprisoned within the Dream World? [[TakingYouWithMe Crush the Dark Stone and have its remains turn every last surviving pi'illo to stone as a last middle finger to cause their civilization to crumble]]. In the game proper, [[OpportunisticBastard he seizes the literal first opportunity to free himself by abducting Princess Peach and planning on stealing her power]] [[PragmaticVillainy and quickly allies with Bowser the moment he gets a good grasp of the koopa king's power]], supplanting him with power and resources Bowser never knew he could have and [[GodzillaThreshold necessitating the very Zeekeeper himself to put a stop to him and Bowser's plans]]. Good luck getting any sleep on that pillow of yours.

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* [[BatOutOfHell An]][[DreamWalker tas]][[SorcerousOverlord ma]]—once an ordinary bat that fed off of the nightmares of pi'illos but came to like the taste, consuming more and more until [[FromNobodyToNightmare it became twisted into the monstrosity that is the evil Bat King]] seen in the game. Even in his new form, he does not lose his "'''[[VerbalTic SCREEEEEK!!]]'''" habits which are arguably worse now, and once stole the Dark Stone to fuel his twisted ambitions, forcing the pi'illo people to corner him at—in Dreambert's own words—at great cost and sacrifice. His response to being imprisoned within the Dream World? [[TakingYouWithMe Crush the Dark Stone and have its remains turn every last surviving pi'illo to stone as a last middle finger to cause their civilization to crumble]]. In the game proper, [[OpportunisticBastard he seizes the literal first opportunity to free himself by abducting Princess Peach and planning intending on stealing her power]] only to [[PragmaticVillainy change his mind and quickly allies ally with Bowser the moment he gets a good grasp of the koopa king's power]], supplanting him with power and resources Bowser never knew he could have and have, [[GodzillaThreshold necessitating the very Zeekeeper himself to put a stop to him and Bowser's plans]]. Good luck getting any sleep on that pillow of yours.
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** Last but not least, there is Dreamy Bowser himself, quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date and cementing himself as the most dangerous villain Mario or Luigi had ever faced up to that point—the culmination of Bowser playing his cards right and refusing to give up even when things look worst. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he has become a reality-warper with a multi-colored visage, and combining his powerful new form with the battlefield atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "Bowser in the Sky" battle. He literally just conjures powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out (healing his arms which can both negate damage to [[AchillesHeel his head]] and snatch one of the brothers up to prevent Bros. attacks), clones himself to spew wave after wave of fireballs, enlarging himself and chasing the bros. down with a maelstrom of flames and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more accurately he's become a literal embodiment of Mario and Luigi's (the world even) worst nightmare come to life.

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** Last but not least, there is Dreamy Bowser himself, quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date and cementing himself as the most dangerous villain Mario or Luigi had ever faced up to that point—the date—the culmination of Bowser playing his cards right and refusing to give up even when things look worst. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he has become a reality-warper with a multi-colored visage, and combining his powerful new form with the battlefield atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "Bowser in the Sky" battle. He literally just conjures powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out (healing his arms which can both negate damage to [[AchillesHeel his head]] and snatch one of the brothers up to prevent Bros. attacks), clones himself to spew wave after wave of fireballs, enlarging himself and chasing the bros. down with a maelstrom of flames and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more accurately he's become a literal embodiment of Mario and Luigi's (the world even) worst nightmare come to life. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHRiZ_FnlQ His battle theme]], while bombastic, is also very frantic and dramatic as it carries a strong hint of desperation to stop his nightmarish ambitions here and now for the sake of everything much like Elder Princess Shroob before him. A terrifying yet awesome moment to behold Bowser finally cementing himself as Mario and Luigi's greatest adversary.
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** Last but not least, there is Dreamy Bowser himself, quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date and the most dangerous villain Mario or Luigi had ever faced up to that point. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he has become a reality-warper with a multi-colored visage, and the atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "Bowser in the Sky" battle. He literally just conjures powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out, clones himself to spew wave after wave of fireballs, enlarging himself and chasing the bros. down with a maelstrom of flames and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more accurately he's become almost a literal embodiment of Mario and Luigi's (the world even) worst nightmare.

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** Last but not least, there is Dreamy Bowser himself, quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date and cementing himself as the most dangerous villain Mario or Luigi had ever faced up to that point. point—the culmination of Bowser playing his cards right and refusing to give up even when things look worst. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he has become a reality-warper with a multi-colored visage, and combining his powerful new form with the battlefield atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "Bowser in the Sky" battle. He literally just conjures powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out, out (healing his arms which can both negate damage to [[AchillesHeel his head]] and snatch one of the brothers up to prevent Bros. attacks), clones himself to spew wave after wave of fireballs, enlarging himself and chasing the bros. down with a maelstrom of flames and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more accurately he's become almost a literal embodiment of Mario and Luigi's (the world even) worst nightmare.nightmare come to life.

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* Antasma. Considering his ability to feed off of nightmares, it's not surprising to be somewhat intimidated by him. Combined with his appearance, and the "'''[[VerbalTic SCREEEEEK!!]]'''" he does, and you'll be wondering if you can sleep on that pillow of yours.

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* Antasma. Considering his ability to feed [[BatOutOfHell An]][[DreamWalker tas]][[SorcerousOverlord ma]]—once an ordinary bat that fed off of nightmares, it's the nightmares of pi'illos but came to like the taste, consuming more and more until [[FromNobodyToNightmare it became twisted into the monstrosity that is the evil Bat King]] seen in the game. Even in his new form, he does not surprising to be somewhat intimidated by him. Combined with lose his appearance, and the "'''[[VerbalTic SCREEEEEK!!]]'''" he does, habits which are arguably worse now, and you'll be wondering if you can once stole the Dark Stone to fuel his twisted ambitions, forcing the pi'illo people to corner him at—in Dreambert's own words—at great cost and sacrifice. His response to being imprisoned within the Dream World? [[TakingYouWithMe Crush the Dark Stone and have its remains turn every last surviving pi'illo to stone as a last middle finger to cause their civilization to crumble]]. In the game proper, [[OpportunisticBastard he seizes the literal first opportunity to free himself by abducting Princess Peach and planning on stealing her power]] [[PragmaticVillainy and quickly allies with Bowser the moment he gets a good grasp of the koopa king's power]], supplanting him with power and resources Bowser never knew he could have and [[GodzillaThreshold necessitating the very Zeekeeper himself to put a stop to him and Bowser's plans]]. Good luck getting any sleep on that pillow of yours.yours.
** Antasma at one point offhandedly states that he would still prefer the Dark Stone to the Dream Stone, going after the Dream Stone only because the Dark Stone was more or less unusable by that point. We've seen what kind of evil Bowser and Antasma could get into with the Dream Stone, now imagine how powerful the nightmare-aligned Antasma must have been with the ''Dark Stone'' back then or what the evil pair could have done ''had the stone remained intact in the present day''.
** In the aftermath of the first boss fight, Antasma gets fed up with Mario and Luigi and just juices Bowser up on so much power that Bowser ends up ''completely wasting both brothers'' and necessitating the pi'illo elder to hurry them back to the real world before falling asleep in Luigi's deepest subconscious took its toll on them.
** The Boss battle with Antasma is unsettling enough, but he takes it up to eleven in ThatOneAttack. Once Mario gets damaged by him too much, he'll [[DreamWithinADream fall asleep]] by a certain chance. The screen fades black, and Antasma starts to attack Mario inside his ''nightmares.'' Antasma will chase and [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[TechnicolorFire purple fire]] at you in the creepily reddish nightmare world, with black warp holes all over the place which will make you fall into a pit full of ''sawblades'' you have to dodge. Unless you realize only one of them will lead you out to the real world, it'll loop all over again without stopping.
** Really thinking on it, it is a good thing that Bowser double-crossed Antasma when he did and that Antasma was too angered by it to think straight afterward. Even though there were still some clues that Bowser would upstage Antasma, Antasma was still very competent and dangerous throughout. Since his imprisonment, Antasma bid his time for centuries and already knew exactly what to do once he got out, stringing Bowser along to help him accomplish it all easier. Had the bat king been as wary of Bowser in return, things could have very easily gone south for Bowser instead.



** It also make the implications of this earlier scene worse. After summoning Neo Bowser Castle, Bowser and Antasma test its power by firing on nearby islands. Now if we assume that the islands were inhabited, and that Bowser is as genuinely malevolent as his dream makes him out to be, then we've just seen everyone's favorite Koopa King possibly ''murder'' god knows how many people ''onscreen.'' In one fell swoop, Bowser managed to reverse years of VillainDecay and remind players that underneath the ham, constant failures, and VillainousCrush is a villain who earned his title of "Great Demon King" for a reason.

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** It also make makes the implications of this earlier scene worse. After summoning Neo Bowser Castle, Bowser and Antasma test its power by firing on nearby islands. Now if we assume that the islands were inhabited, and that Bowser is as genuinely malevolent as his dream makes him out to be, then we've just seen everyone's favorite Koopa King possibly ''murder'' god knows how many people ''onscreen.'' In one fell swoop, Bowser managed to reverse years of VillainDecay and remind players that underneath the ham, constant failures, and VillainousCrush is a villain who earned his title of "Great Demon King" for a reason.



** Last but not least, there is Dreamy Bowser himself, quite possibly his most powerful incarnation to date and the most dangerous villain Mario or Luigi had ever faced up to that point. Inhaling all the shards of the Dream Stone, he has become a reality-warper with a multi-colored visage, and the atmosphere heavily evokes his previous "Bowser in the Sky" battle. He literally just conjures powerful dreamy minions out of thin air with no effort at all, summons endless piles of meat to heal himself until his minions are taken out, clones himself to spew wave after wave of fireballs, enlarging himself and chasing the bros. down with a maelstrom of flames and trying to floor them with massive shockwaves…he's got the full package of a superpower dream come true—or more accurately he's become almost a literal embodiment of Mario and Luigi's (the world even) worst nightmare.



* The Boss battle with Antasma is unsettling enough, but he takes it up to eleven in ThatOneAttack. Once Mario gets damaged by him too much, he'll [[DreamWithinADream fall asleep]] by a certain chance. The screen fades black, and Antasma starts to attack Mario inside his ''nightmares.'' Antasma will chase and [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[TechnicolorFire purple fire]] at you in the creepily reddish nightmare world, with black warp holes all over the place which will make you fall into a pit full of ''sawblades'' you have to dodge. Unless you realize only one of them will lead you out to the real world, it'll loop all over again without stopping.
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* The Boss battle with Antasma is unsettling enough, but he takes it UpToEleven in ThatOneAttack. Once Mario gets damaged by him too much, he'll [[DreamWithinADream fall asleep]] by a certain chance. The screen fades black, and Antasma starts to attack Mario inside his ''nightmares.'' Antasma will chase and [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[TechnicolorFire purple fire]] at you in the creepily reddish nightmare world, with black warp holes all over the place which will make you fall into a pit full of ''sawblades'' you have to dodge. Unless you realize only one of them will lead you out to the real world, it'll loop all over again without stopping.

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* The Boss battle with Antasma is unsettling enough, but he takes it UpToEleven up to eleven in ThatOneAttack. Once Mario gets damaged by him too much, he'll [[DreamWithinADream fall asleep]] by a certain chance. The screen fades black, and Antasma starts to attack Mario inside his ''nightmares.'' Antasma will chase and [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[TechnicolorFire purple fire]] at you in the creepily reddish nightmare world, with black warp holes all over the place which will make you fall into a pit full of ''sawblades'' you have to dodge. Unless you realize only one of them will lead you out to the real world, it'll loop all over again without stopping.
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* The Boss battle with Antasma is unsettling enough, but he takes it UpToEleven in ThatOneAttack. Once Mario gets damaged by him too much, he'll fall asleep by a certain chance. The screen fades black, and Antasma starts to attack Mario inside his ''nightmares.'' Antasma will chase and breathe purple fire at you in the creepily reddish nightmare world, with black warp holes all over the place which will make you fall into a pit full of ''sawblades'' you have to dodge. Unless you realize only one of them will lead you out to the real world, it'll loop all over again without stopping.

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* The Boss battle with Antasma is unsettling enough, but he takes it UpToEleven in ThatOneAttack. Once Mario gets damaged by him too much, he'll [[DreamWithinADream fall asleep asleep]] by a certain chance. The screen fades black, and Antasma starts to attack Mario inside his ''nightmares.'' Antasma will chase and breathe [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[TechnicolorFire purple fire fire]] at you in the creepily reddish nightmare world, with black warp holes all over the place which will make you fall into a pit full of ''sawblades'' you have to dodge. Unless you realize only one of them will lead you out to the real world, it'll loop all over again without stopping.
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** This can also ruin for some fans the appeal of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', which gave you ADayInTheLimelight for the Koopa King and gave him a sympathetic portrayal beaming with VillainousValor. That, and you pretty much got to see what Bowser had on the inside in all manner of ways, including his mind. It can be a kick in the pants to reiterate that despite all instances of EvilIsCool and his moments of JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Bowser's still the BigBad of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, and conquest over the Mushroom Kingdom and then the world has been and may always be his goal in life.
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* Two words: [[FinalBoss Dreamy Bowser]]. Bowser inhales the fragments of the Dream Stone and becomes a RealityWarper. Now, Bowser is already powerful on his own, and is implied to be far more evil than we thought (see above). Who knows what would have happened if the Mario Bros. lost against Dreamy Bowser?
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--> '''Zeekeeper:''' This Bowser guy sounds like another nutjob.

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