History VideoGame / MarioandLuigiBowsersInsideStory

* CallBack: Fawful's role in the endgame shares a handful of similarities to Cackletta's role in Superstar Saga. Both villains steal a powerful star of some kind, awaken it but it goes wrong, are beaten and become twisted forms of themselves, go inside a Bowser and are fought and killed inside of Bowser.

* CallBack: Fawful's role in the endgame shares a handful of similarities to Cackletta's role in the second half of Superstar Saga. Both villains steal a powerful star of some kind, awaken it but it goes wrong, are beaten and become twisted forms of themselves, go inside a Bowser and are fought and killed inside of Bowser.

* CallBack: Fawful's role in the endgame shares a handful of similarities to Cackletta's role in the second half of Superstar Saga. Both villains were beaten and reduced to more distorted forms, went inside a Bowser, fought inside Bowser as a final boss and then died inside of him.

* CallBack: Fawful's role in the endgame shares a handful of similarities to Cackletta's role in the second half of Superstar Saga. Both villains were beaten and reduced to more distorted forms, went inside a Bowser, fought inside Bowser as a final boss and then were beaten and died inside of him.

* Call-Back: Fawful's role in the endgame shares a handful of similarities to Cackletta's role in the second half of Superstar Saga. Both villains were beaten and reduced to more distorted forms, went inside a Bowser, fought inside Bowser as a final boss and then were beaten and died inside of him.

* NiceHat: Fawful's rocket hat after he powers up, which the Brothers have to destroy before Bowser can actually fight Fawful, lest the hat continually regenerate his health far faster than Bowser can take it down.

* LethalLavaLand: The Flame Pipe serves as an organic versions of this, in the form of the organs that allow Bowser to breathe fire.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: At one point in the game, the Bros. have a boss fight against Bowser. In the fight, Bowser will more than likely have no stats in common with the ones he has while being controlled by the player, having far more HP than he would have by that point as well as lower power and defense. In addition, none of the gear he may have had on will be in effect, he'll never use items (this is changed in the remake, where he'll eat a drumstick once when entering [[TurnsRed Fury mode]]), and never do more than an "Ok" with his special attacks.

* SparedByAdaptation: In the original DS version, after Bowser's fight with the Fawful Express, the train blows up into several debris that crush the Monty Bros. as they attempt to flee in a panic. In the 3DS remake, they manage to escape after the battle, and Bowser throws the now abandoned train on a nearby bridge, destroying them both as they fall into a ravine.

* LostWoods: Dimble Wood is a dense forest with a labyrinthine layout, and is the most extensive in-game area outside of the final dungeon. Multiple paths are blocked by trees, which Bowser must clear with his fire breath. [[WhenTreesAttack Treevils]], Wigglers, and nature-oriented enemies can be found here.

* BeeBeeGun: This game introduces Beehosses: sentient, walking beehives that shoot bees at Bowser.

* BonusBoss: There are three Shroobs locked up in Bowser Castle that give you a Bros. Move for winning. There's also the Challenge Node in Bowser's body (somewhere around his...liver?), although the fights there are only upgraded versions of old bosses with a turn limit added. This culminates in a BossRush incidentally featuring its own BonusBoss: Bowser X.

* BreathWeapon: Bowser, whose arsenal includes his trademark fire breath. However, you can't use it until you beat the bug that's blocking his flame pipe.

* ColonyDrop:
** The Mighty Meteor special attack the Bros. can obtain summons a meteor that can be hammered back and forth, slamming into enemies and eventually dropping an item.
** The Falling Star attack drops a huge star on the target, accompanied by smaller stars that were thrown at it.

* AirborneMook: Some enemies can fly or float, and are thus immune to hammers, shells, shockwaves or any other low-hitting attacks. Bowser himself is unable to hit them via normal attacks as they either fly too high or can easily dodge his slow attacks. But he can still suck them up...as long as Mario and Luigi are willing to fight.

** Fawfulized enemies will have part of their name replaced with part of Fawful's name (Crocodile-Crawful, Chain Chomp-Chain Chawful, Monty Mole-Mawful Mole, etc)

* DudeNotFunny: When Starlow mockingly asks Luigi if he vanquished the Shroobs with some “serious crying”, he's visibly saddened by this. Mario tells Starlow that Luigi actually discovered the Shroobs' weakness. [[note]] Ironically, it was baby tears. [[/note]]

* DudeNotFunny: When Starlow mockingly asks Luigi if he vanquished the Shroobs with some “serious crying”, he's visibly saddened by this. Mario tells Starlow that Luigi actually discovered the Shroobs' weakness. [[note]] Ironically, it was baby tears. [[/note]])

** Lampshaded when Bowser is treated by his brainwashed Boos to a victory feast consisting of cakes, giant hot dogs, turkey (a whole one at first, followed by several legs), doughnuts and ham. Bowser comments on how greasy, succulent and unhealthy the food is before declaring he's going to eat it all. The Boos also lampshade this by outright telling him the dishes are high in fat and calories.

The third game in the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' {{RPG}} series, released in 2009 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. Its [[MarketBasedTitle Japanese name]] is ''[[ExcitedShowTitle Mario and Luigi RPG 3!!!.]]''

** Done in a not as large scale by [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Bowser X]], who enlarges himself as an ultimate attack trying to roast the brothers or stomp them flat in an escape sequence.]]

* AWinnerIsYou: Fawful yelling this at the start of the game aside, the only reward for beating the FinalBoss after raising Mario, Luigi, and Bowser to their highest ranks is a short congratulations from [[spoiler:Chakron]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Chakron]]:''' Everyone grew super strong... You are amazing. Very well done! I rarely give praise to the unenlightened. But you truly are absolutely amazing! And now I go.

%%* BagOfSpilling: Averted in one case where the brothers decide to use a move ("Hit Mario with a hammer to make him small") from the first game when it is required, but otherwise played straight.%%Played straight how?

* BonusBoss: There are [[spoiler:three Shroobs]] locked up in Bowser Castle that give you a Bros. Move for winning. There's also the Challenge Node in Bowser's body (somewhere around his... liver?), although the fights there are only upgraded versions of old bosses with a turn limit added. This culminates in a BossRush incidentally featuring its own BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Bowser X]].
* BossBonanza: The repurposed Peach's Castle holds [[spoiler:Junker, Blizzard Midbus, Dark Star, Super Peach's Castle, Dark Fawful, and Dark Bowser and the Dark Star Core]]. Starting with the Dark Star, the only plot events are these boss fights and the buildup for them, and if you just go right for these bosses and do nothing else, there won't even be any regular enemies.

* BossRush: Class 7 in the Gauntlet has you fight against Durmite, the two Kretin phases, Wisdurm, Bowser Memory M and L, Junker, Dark Star, and [[spoiler:a stronger version of Bowser]] consecutively.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:In addition to the Bonus Boss of three Shroobs inside Bowser Castle's cryonics room, Elder Princess Shroob and eight Junior Shrooboids can be seen on the top screen during said boss fight.]]

** Durmite, which at first appears to be little more than a [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Giant Space Caterpillar From A Carrot]]. It's later revealed to be one of the Star Sages.
** That mysterious voice that teaches Bowser how to use Chakroads seems pretty unimportant... until you reach late-game and learn that it's Chakron, another Sage.

** [[spoiler:The Dark Star]] is this for Mario and Luigi very late in the game, serving as the final boss that they fight inside Bowser's body alone. Not much later, Bowser finally takes on [[spoiler:Dark Fawful]], upon whose defeat the actual FinalBoss of the game ([[spoiler:Dark Bowser, a fusion of the Dark Star, Bowser's genetic data, and Fawful]]) is revealed.
* CognizantLimbs: [[spoiler:Dark Fawful]]'s three legs have to be destroyed (and you have to get rid of his two eyes as well so he won't hide those legs before you attack) before the Brothers can hit his true target, the [[spoiler:Dark Star Core]]. If you fail to destroy the final part, it will flee and you'll have to repeat the process all over again, though it keeps the damage done to it.

** There's a BonusBoss battle against [[spoiler:cryogenically-frozen Shroobs in Bowser Castle. Mario informs a disbelieving Starlow that Luigi was instrumental during the Shroob invasion after she mocks him by asking if his "ferocious crying" helped]].

** Exclusive to the remake, [[spoiler:Dark Fawful]]'s battle theme is a dark reprise of the Fawful and Cackletta battle theme from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]''.

* CreativeClosingCredits: After the final boss battle, [[spoiler:Bowser is furious to find out that Mario, Luigi and Starlow have been in his body the whole time, and picks up a fight. Cue the closing credits, where he gets KO'd as usual, and a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue showing what happens next. After that, Bowser is shown getting a cake from Peach]].

* {{Cumulonemesis}}: The Stonks are ''poisonous'' cloud enemies who live inside Bowser's lungs.

* CurbStompBattle:
** Bowser ''says'' his [[ClimaxBoss battle]] with [[spoiler:Dark Fawful]] was this in his favor, though gameplay-wise it's one of the more difficult battles in the game.
** During Bowser's fight with his own castle, [[TheDragon Midbus]] comes out and complains that Bowser is being unfair. Bowser just breathes fire on him and he immediately retreats.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Bowser and Starlow have moments of this, mainly toward each other.%%Explain.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: In the original game, the Magic Window uses a ludicrous amount of your SP and the individual attacks only do a quarter of the damage your normal jumps can do... but it ''will not stop'' until either you screw up an Action Command or everything on the other end of the field is dead. Averted in the remake, where the move can no longer be used infinitely.

%%* TheDragon: Midbus, to Fawful.

%%* DualBoss: Bowser Memories M and L, the bosses of the Memory Banks as well as the opponents of Class 4 in the Challenge Node Gauntlet.

%%* DumbMuscle:
%%** Bowser has a mix of this and [[IdiotHero Idiot]] VillainProtagonist.
%%** Midbus is this even more so, stating that "sense is for the weak."

%%* EternalEngine: The Tower of Yikk.

%%* EvilIsHammy: Fawful and Bowser are very different styles of villain, but both are undeniably {{Large Ham}}s.%%ZCE. Explain how.

* FinalBoss: Bowser fights [[spoiler:Dark Bowser until the latter spits out the Dark Fawful Bug]]. After Bowser inhales him, the Bros. fight [[spoiler:the fusion of Fawful and the Dark Star Core]].
* FinalExamBoss: [[spoiler:Bowser X]] counters every Bros. Attack used by inhaling it, making you unable to access that technique until six turns afterwards. This essentially requires you to master each of the ten Bros. Attacks in order to defeat him.

** The requirement for getting a perfect 100-point score from the puzzle minigame, where no matter how well you do on an individual puzzle you will only get up to 99 points. The trick is that it's an event triggered by [[spoiler:clearing ''all'' five puzzles in less than two minutes. Considering the usual scores are for individual puzzles, this isn't exactly intuitive.]]

%%* HamToHamCombat: Several times; Bowser vs. Fawful, Bowser vs. Midbus, Bowser vs. [[spoiler:Dark Bowser]].

* HeavySleeper: Luigi at the beginning of the game. He sleeps through [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsAboutTimedHits Mario's opening tutorial]]!]]

%%* HumongousMecha: Most of Giant Bowser's foes.

%%* AnIcePerson: Midbus becomes one of these in the last dungeon, thanks to Fawful's ray gun.

* KarmaHoudini: While Bowser does go through a lot in this game, and [[spoiler:gets the stuffing kicked out of him for attacking the Mario Bros in the end]], not even a word was said about him [[spoiler:attempting to steal the Dark Star’s power for himself after defeating Fawful.]]

%%* LaughablyEvil: Bowser in particular as a VillainProtagonist.

** Dark Star Core [[spoiler:which is Fawful]] can temporarily double [[spoiler:Dark Bowser's]] size. [[spoiler:When this happens, punch him in the gut to make him cough up the little bastard]].

%%* NoblewomansLaugh: Princess Lipid.
* NoFameNoWealthNoService: The heroes can't enter two high-class shops in the Mushroom Mall until they've proved that they're the right sort of clientele... even though most inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom recognize Mario on sight.

* OhCrap: The usual reaction to Giant Bowser, from the Monty Moles seeing him tower above their train to the entire Toad Town screaming in horror. Also Luigi, and then Mario, freak out after [[spoiler:unfreezing the Shroobs in the Bowser's Castle basement]].

* PretenderDiss: Bowser gives one to [[spoiler:Dark Bowser]] after defeating him.
-->'''Bowser:''' Hey... [[spoiler:you just ACTED like me. That doesn't mean you ARE me. You're no match for the real deal, original Bowser...]]

** [[spoiler:Peach's Castle]], when it creates a second black hole. You'll need to punch it into the black hole behind it and avoid getting knocked into the one behind yourself (it'll use an AlwaysAccurateAttack to knock Bowser in anyway).
* RoboSpeak: The mechanised form of [[spoiler:Princess Peach's Castle]] that's Bowser's final giant battle foe. ''ACTIVATE BLACK HOLE ENDGAME!''
%%* RoyalWe: Princess Lipid.

%%* TheRuntAtTheEnd: One of the Blitties in a perfectly-executed Broggy Bonker and one of the Goombas in the Fawful Theater.

* ShadowOfImpendingDoom: Happens three times to Bowser, by ''his own castle'', then by the Tower of Yikk, then by [[spoiler:Peach's Castle]]. The second time, he even tries to recall what happened, but gets squashed before finding out. As for the third time, Bowser had no time to react before it squashed him.
-->'''Bowser:''' Weird! It got dark! I feel like this sort of thing happened before... And then... ''[stomped]''

** The battle against [[spoiler:Dark Fawful]] has his helmet, which heals him for 300 HP very often. You need to suck it in when it detaches.

%%* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Bowser's airway after he inhales a breath from Blizzard Midbus.

** Every single boss except for the FinalBoss and giant bosses has the same cheery, light-hearted boss music, even [[spoiler:the Dark Star and Dark Fawful]]. Averted in the remake, where they get their own themes.

** Midbus and Fawful. [[spoiler:Pork and beans, respectively.]]

** A Boo and a Koopa Troopa [[InterspeciesRomance are in love]]. This gives ''[[spoiler:Anime/GhostInTheShell]]'' a new meaning.

* StormingTheCastle: With a twist; [[spoiler:[[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs it's Peach's castle you're storming, while it's under Fawful's occupation]]]].

* TakenForGranite: Subverted by [[spoiler:Chakron]], who has stood in one position so long his muscles have locked like that. Also subverted in that he's happy like that, and actually becomes upset when you break him out of it.

-->[[spoiler:'''Dark Bowser:''' I have fallen... to come so far... so far... to lose...]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: In the ending, [[spoiler:Bowser, after helping to put an end to Fawful, destroy the Dark Star, and find a cure for the blorbs, challenges Mario and Luigi to a fight and yet again gets the hell beaten out of him during the credits. However, as he is nursing his wounds at his castle, he receives a thank-you cake from Peach and the Mario Bros.]]
* TieredByName: All of the bosses from the Challenge Node are bosses from the main story made more powerful. They all have the same name as the original bosses but with "X" at the end of their names. [[spoiler:Even the bonus boss Bowser X]].

** [[spoiler:The Shroobs in Bowser Castle. Before, they were just low-level {{Mooks}}; here, a pack of three of them is midboss-level power]]. Just take a look at their stats [[http://www.mariowiki.com/Shroob#Mario_.26_Luigi:_Partners_in_Time before and after.]]

** There's also the boss-exclusive enemies, including Leaf Guys, Biffidus, Junker Cans, Snawfuls, and [[spoiler:Dark Satellmites]].

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Peach's Castle, which has been taken over by Fawful. It's extremely long, and partway through, the Mario Bros. take on Bowser's Airway, which serves as this for the inside of Bowser's body.]]

* WhyWontYouDie: Fawful delivers one of these to Bowser, dropping his AffablyEvil facade. At the start, Bowser was just a convenient pawn, and an unwitting dup of Fawful's scheme... now after screwing with Fawul's scheme at every turn Fawul says he hates Bowser as much as Mario and Luigi (Which Bowser takes as an insult being lumped together with Mario).
%%* WombLevel: The inside of Bowser, natch.

* WorstWhateverEver: One Mushroomer is buying so many items and relying on victory in scratch card games that he is driving his family to financial ruin. His wife calls him the "worst financial planner ever" for his spending sprees.

* WorstWhateverEver: One Mushroomer is buying so many items and relying on victory in scratch card games that he is driving his family to financial ruin. His wife calls him the "worst financial planner ever" for his actions.