History Sandbox / MagnificentBastardSuperMarioBros

** ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing The Origami King]]'': [[ShearMenace Scissors]] is one of King Olly's Lieutenants and the main guard for the final streamer. Having taken over Bowser's Castle, Scissors is first introduced cutting Bowser Jr. to pieces. After Mario and company fix Bowser Jr. and subsequently invade Bowser's Castle, Scissors ends up creating Handaconda to kidnap most of Mario's allies, and later a Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle to impede him further. Finally battling Mario head on, Scissors sheaths their scissor blades and only [[BloodKnight unsheaths once Mario proves a challenge]]. A literal [[ManOfKryptonite pair of scissors in a world of paper]], they were [[KnightOfCerebus dead serious]] in their mission to destroy Mario and help Olly conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.

** ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar Sticker Star]]'' & ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash Color Splash]]'': The [[GameShowHost Host Snifit]] is the charismatic head of ''[[SadisticGameShow Snifit or Whiffit]]'', a game show that rewards winners with crucial items and punishes losers with [[DeadlyGame death by poison gas]]. Introducing himself by holding a piece of Wiggler hostage, the Host Snifit forces Mario into four life-threatening rounds of ''Snifit or Whiffit'' to entertain the audience, before respectfully freeing the Wiggler segment when the plumber wins. Returning for ''Snifit or Whiffit: Seabed Edition'', the Host Snifit, now guarding a Paint Star, welcomes Mario back before subjecting him to another seven, increasingly difficult rounds of his show under the threat of drowning to death. Despite his loyalty to Bowser and willingness to kill Mario, the Host Snifit nevertheless remains [[AffablyEvil friendly]] and always [[NobleDemon honors his word]].

** ''Videogame/PaperMario64'': [[TokenEvilTeammate Bow]] is an aristocratic Boo. Inviting Mario to her mansion he arrives and climbs it while solving her puzzles along the way and once he reaches the top she reveals she was testing him to see if he lived up to his reputation. She also reveals she has kidnapped the Star Spirit Skolar then blackmails Mario into helping her defeat Tubba Blubba, [[TheDogBitesBack a bully victim turned devourer of the Boos]], something the duo successfully do. With that done she remains [[TheUnapologetic unapologetic]], but promises to stop scaring Tubba Blubba, frees Skolar and then happily decides to join Mario full time having grown to love adventuring.

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty: Island Tour'' (2013): [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]], irritated over not receiving a Party Islands invite, creates a 30-story tower and a bubble machine to lock the fun of the Party Islands away. When the PlayerCharacter arrives to stop him, Bowser gloats that [[YouAreTooLate they're too late]] and employs many tricks to stop them from reaching him, including evil clones of player characters, bosses, and a roulette wheel. Bowser grows to respect the player's skills as they scale the tower, especially if his son, Bowser Jr., is chosen, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards has standards]] over the worst possible roulette results. When the player defeats him, Bowser reveals the FinalBoss battle was a decoy and knocks them off the tower, [[TheBadGuyWins ultimately winning]] while daring the player to try again.

** ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing The Origami King]]'': [[ShearMenace Scissors]] is one of King Olly's Lieutenants and the main guard for the final streamer. Having taken over Bowser's Castle, Scissors is first introduced cutting Bowser Jr. to pieces. After Mario and company fix Bowser Jr. and subsequently invade Bowser's Castle, Scissors ends up creating Handaconda to kidnap most of Mario's allies, and later a Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle to impede him further. Finally battling Mario head on, Scissors sheaths their scissor blades and only [[BloodKnight unsheathing once Mario proves a challenge]]. A literal [[ManOfKryptonite pair of scissors in a world of paper]], they were [[KnightOfCerebus dead serious]] in their mission to destroy Mario and help Olly conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.

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While [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] has faced many a foe trying to stomp him into oblivion, some [[{{Pun}} jump out]] due to [[MagnificentBastard their cunning]].

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty: Island Tour'' (2013): [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]], irritated over not receiving a Party Islands invite, creates a 30-story tower and a bubble machine to lock the fun of the Party Islands away. When the PlayerCharacter arrives to stop him, Bowser gloats that [[YouAreTooLate they're too late]] and employs many tricks to stop them from reaching him, including evil clones of player characters, bosses, and a roulette wheel. Bowser grows to respect the player's skills as they scale the tower, especially if his son, Bowser Jr., is chosen, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards has standards]] over the worst possible roulette results. When the player defeats him, Bowser reveals the FinalBoss battle was a decoy and knocks them off the tower, [[TheBadGuyWins ultimately winning]] while daring the player to try again.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'': In this game, [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]]'s scheme is to force Princess Peach to marry him on the moon, and he handily defeats Mario when he tries to stop him. When Mario and his new friend Cappy chase after him, Bowser and the Broodals go on a successful crime spree by stealing important items for the wedding from various kingdoms and forcing Mario to deal with the chaos left in their wake. Even when Mario catches up to Bowser, the Koopa King is able to get him off his tail by shooting down his ship, and then tames a powerful electric dragon to go after Mario when the plumber bounces back. Showing a lot more cunning than usual, Bowser [[TheBadGuyWins leaves Mario in the dust time and time again]], never failing to look stylish in the process.