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* [[spoiler:ClimaxBoss: in the end, he ultmately becomes this after Bowser's betrayal.]]
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** {{Foil}}: Presumably to Bowser. Unlike Bowser, who's king and leader of a BadassArmy of minions, Midbus is merely a minion of Fawful. Both are physically imposing MixAndMatchCritters, but Bowser leans more on the reptile side aesthetically, while Midbus looks more like a warmblooded animal. Finally, Bowser can [[BreathWeapon breathe]] [[PlayingWithFire fire]], while Midbus gains [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] in his final battle.


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[[WMG: Lady Lima]]
Queen Bean's cloaked advisor who helps the brothers after they free her from the bowels of the castle. Cackletta disguised herself as her and used her appearance to not only steal Peach's voice, but also trick the Brothers into disabling the security system around the Beanstar, thus getting the plot started.

* TreacherousAdvisor: Averted, she helps direct the brothers on where to go next, and helps successfully run the Beanbean kingdom.
* MagicalGestures: Waves her arms in a wizard-like fashion sometimes when dramatic. it doesn't seem do anything though.

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A large ,speech-impaired, sidestepper-like hermit crab who lives in Gwarhar Lagoon. He finds a piece of the Beanstar after it breaks apart and with help from his beanish friends uses it as a star for his christmas themed shell.

* AttentionWhore: His posse are so elated by the Bros. appearance, that they stop decorating his shell and begin gushing. He then loses it and attacks the two.
*PoisonousPerson: Spits poison bubbles as an attack.
*SpeechImpediment: uses Th- instead of s- when speaking.
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* RecurringElement: Like with the Hammerhead Bros. and the Jellyfish Sisters in ''Superstar Saga,'' the elder sibling wears red and the younger sibling wears green.

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* RecurringElement: Like with the Hammerhead Bros. and the Jellyfish Sisters in ''Superstar Saga,'' Saga'' and the Junior and Elder Shrooboids of ''Partners in Time,'' the elder sibling wears is red and the younger sibling wears is green.
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* RecurringElement: Like with the Hammerhead Bros. and the Jellyfish Sisters in ''Superstar Saga,'' the elder sibling wears red and the younger sibling wears green.
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* [[spoiler:ClimaxBoss: in the end, he ultmately becomes this after Bowser's betrayal.]]



* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_5_TNE3mw here.]]



* PragmaticVillainy: It was pretty obvious that he just teamed up with Bowser for convinience. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately for him Bowser also anticipated this and planned to double-cross him.]]

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* PrgamaticVillainy: It was pretty obvious that he just teamed up with Bowser for convinience. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately for him Bowser also anticipated this and planned to double-cross him.]]

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Antasma is awfully similar to a ClassicalMovieVampire without actually being a vampire. This includes the wardrobe, the fangs, the VampireVords, and the bat association. Certain translations base his name on "Count" and/or "{{Dracula}}," and his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sXYhsaJUhU battle music]] even sounds like something that wouldn't be too out of place in a ''{{Castlevania}}'' game.
* PrgamaticVillainy: It was pretty obvious that he just teamed up with Bowser for convinience. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately for him Bowser also anticipated this and planned to double-cross him.]]



* TheStarscream: It's pretty obvious that he just teamed up with Bowser for convinience. [[spoiler:It's really too bad for him that Bowser saw the inevitable betrayal coming from a mile away and sunk the blade between his shoulders first.]]

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* TheStarscream: It's pretty obvious that he just teamed up with was going to double-cross Bowser for convinience.the first chance he got. [[spoiler:It's really too bad for him that Bowser saw the inevitable betrayal coming from a mile away and sunk the blade between his shoulders first.]]



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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Kylie Koopa and [[EvilDetectingBaby Baby Luigi]] were able to sense something was wrong with the [[spoiler:Cobalt Star]].
* {{Sealed Evil in a Six Pack}}: Sealed away by Peach in the [[spoiler:Cobalt Star]] which is then broken into six pieces.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: With Bowser, once he decides that Bowser's power is far more useful to him than Peach's. [[spoiler:It backfires horribly for him later.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBadWannabe: Probably the first time an RPG villain is this... and it's to '''Bowser''' of all people.]]

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* ** BigBadDuumvirate: With Bowser, once he decides that Bowser's power is far more useful to him than Peach's. [[spoiler:It backfires horribly for him later.]]
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* DreamWithinADream: If Mario is hit by Antasma's attacks, he'll fall asleep and Antasma will enter his dreams and chase him.


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* RedHerring: Antasma is a CompositeCharacter of all the previous ''MarioAndLuigi'' antagonists, so you'd think he'd be the BigBad of the game right? [[spoiler: Wrong! he's upstaged by the Bros.' long-time ArchEnemy and no-longer ButtMonkey, Bowser.]]
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* [[LargeHam Large Beef]]: The beefiest.

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* {{Bishie Sparkle}}: Lights up the whole screen.
* DistressedDude: He manages to be turned into a dragon by Cackletta and saved by the Bros. and is later eaten by the Pirhana Bean, and is saved by luigi.

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* DistressedDude: He manages to be turned into a dragon by Cackletta and saved by the Bros. and is He later gets eaten by the Pirhana Piranha Bean, and is saved by luigi.Luigi.




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** HundredPercentAdorationRating: In fact, she is apparently quite beloved by her subjects, which is shown during ''Dream Team'''s ChainOfDeals when you must give a photo of Queen Bean to a homesick Beanish to cheer him up.



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* [[LargeHam Large Beef]]: The beefiest.
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* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: During the first battle with him, he is refered to as "????".
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* TheWorfEffect: Antasma was all set to kick ass and take names... [[spoiler:then Bowser double-crossed him. To put this into perspective, he went FromNobodyToNightmare then back to nobody. Ouch.]]

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Characters from the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series. Entries on the eponymous duo can be found [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosMarioAndFriends here]].
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can tansform into a bat, a cloud of smoke, a pillow, his true form, and a larger version of his true form.
* TheWorfEffect: Antasma was all set to kick ass and take names... [[spoiler:then Bowser double-crossed him. To put this into perspective, he went FromNobodyToNightmare then back to nobody. Ouch.]]

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* TheWorfEffect: Antasma was all set to kick ass and take names... [[spoiler:then Bowser double-crossed him. To put this into perspective, he went FromNobodyToNightmare then back to nobody. Ouch.]]

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[[WMG: Cackletta]]

* {{Big Bad}}

[[WMG: Fawful]]

* {{Big Bad}}: In ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* {{The Dragon}}: To Cackletta.

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-> ''"I shall dispose of you quickly, and then eat you for lunch!"''
->Debut: ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''

A wicked witch who has long bedeviled the Beanbean Kingdom, Cackletta learned that only one with a beautiful voice could use the wish-granting artifact known as the Beanstar... so she and her eccentric henchman, Fawful, turned to the neighboring Mushroom Kingdom to steal the voice of its monarch, Princess Peach. Big mistake--the Mario Brothers were on the case in a heartbeat.

Tropes associated with Cackletta:
* {{Big Bad}}

[[WMG: Fawful]]

BigBad: Of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]''.
* {{Big Bad}}: DangerouslyGenreSavvy: She was the one who ''started'' the trend of villains outclassing Bowser in terms of evil. To wit, she had run roughshod over the whole Beanbean Kingdom - up to and including taking over the castle and replacing/brainwashing its staff - before moving onto the Mushroom Kingdom to ensure there would be no interference from Beanbean. When she realizes she is being chased by the Mario Bros. and Bowser after her infiltrating Peach's Castle, she has [[TheDragon Fawful]] destroy their airship and hinder them however possible in case they survived (which they do, of course). The only reason her plans fell apart was because [[spoiler:[[OutGambitted Peach had set up a decoy after being warned BEFORE the attack on the Beanbean Kingdom]], but even after that she doesn't stop, taking advantage of using Bowser as a host body and bringing the ''entire Koopa army'' to the Beanbean Kingdom for an all-out assault.]] This girl was ''good''.
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: Cackletta's body dies about halfway through the game, but her spirit possesses Bowser, creating the mind-scarring... ''thing''... that is Bowletta.]]
* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss: She manages to play this to ''herself''- she's fought and defeated in her original body halfway through the game, which you're briefly led to believe is the end, but then she comes back as Bowletta...]]
* EvilLaugh
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Mario and Luigi first kill her body, then they destroy her soul inside of Bowser.]]
* MasterOfIllusion: Cackletta can create duplicates of herself to confuse attackers.
* NightmareFace: During her [[spoiler: first]] encounter with the Mario Bros. in [[spoiler: Woohoo Hooniversity]].
* [[spoiler:OurGhostsAreDifferent: The final enemy Mario and Luigi face in ''Superstar Saga'' is Cackletta's ghost, possessing Bowser.]]
* [[spoiler:OutGambitted: Quite possibly the only reason her plans failed was because Peach had been warned well ahead of time that she'd be after her voice for awakening the Beanstar, so she set up a decoy.]]
* PlayingWithFire: She can throw magical fireballs.
* PunnyName:
In both English and Japanese; in the latter her name is "Geragemōna", "geragera" being an onomatopoeia for laughter. Her localized name refers to cackling, which she does in fact do (being a wicked witch and all).
* ShockAndAwe: Her main attack is firing magical lightning bolts.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Or at least two kingdoms. She was probably planning on expanding, eventually.
* WickedWitch

[[WMG:Fawful]]
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->''"I have fury!!!"''
->Debut: ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''

A crazed inventor who constantly spouts strange similes and garbled English, he first appeared as Cackletta's right-hand man, aiding her in her schemes. He was seemingly killed near the end of ''Superstar Saga'', but in fact survived, laying low in the sewers of Peach's Castle, running a badge shop while plotting his return to glory. He carried out these plans in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', returning as the main antagonist, causing the Blorb outbreak and taking control of both Bowser's and Peach's castles, as well as unearthing an ancient evil in order to use its power for his own ends. Of course, in taking Bowser's Castle he angered the Koopa King; a mistake that ultimately led to his downfall.

Tropes associated with Fawful:
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: His ultimate goal in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' was to absorb the power of the Dark Star and take over the Mushroom Kingdom.]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: A skilled inventor, a competent schemer, and more than capable of handling himself in a fight if he has to (As long as he has his headgear).
** BadassCape
** TookALevelInBadass: In ''Bowser's Inside Story.'' Watching him go from TheDragon to the BigBad is a sight to behold. One may say he makes a better villain than his former mistress, Cackletta.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He may be completely freaking ''nuts'', but that doesn't mean he can't be dangerous.
* BigBad: in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* BreakoutVillain: Oh yes. He rivals Bowser in popularity. He's so widely reconigzed by the fandom that he's practically synonymous with the ''MarioAndLuigi'' series. He even has his own Wikipedia page.
* CastingAShadow: [[spoiler: After absorbing the Dark Star's energy.]]
* CatchPhrase: The above quote. In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he instead favors the variation "I have chortles!".
* TheChessmaster: Masterminded the plot of
''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* {{The Dragon}}: CloudCuckooLander: A rare, villainous example.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Most of ''Bowser's Inside Story'' is basically him showing that he can stay one step ahead of Bowser, Mario, and Luigi. He must've been taking lessons from Cackletta.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Partners in Time'', his role is reduced to being a shopkeeper. He does foreshadow his role as a BigBad in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' though.
* TheDragon:
To Cackletta.

[[WMG: Popple]]
Cackletta in ''Superstar Saga''.
** DragonAscendant: He is the BigBad of ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* EvilGenius
* EvilIsHammy: And ''HOW''.
* EvilTastesGood:
--> ''Princess Peach's sweet voice will soon be the bread that makes the sandwich of Cackletta's desires! And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom The mustard of your doom]]!''
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* GigglingVillain: "I HAVE CHORTLES!"
* IntentionalEngrishForFunny
* ItsAllAboutMe: Showed shades of this in ''Superstar Saga''. He had a literal camera crew during the cutscene before his final battle. ''Bowser's Inside Story'' took this trope UpToEleven and beyond with him turning Bowser's castle into Fawful Theater, complete with statues and merchandise of him, a show about him that he would perform, and brainwashing Bowser's minions into treating him like a celebrtiy.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: He dies at the end of ''BowsersInsideStory'' and makes no appearance in ''Dream Team''.]]
* LargeHam
* LaughablyEvil: Oh so much.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: Most apparent in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* MadScientist
* TheNapoleon
* NiceHat: His headgear in ''Superstar Saga'' and ''Bowser's Inside Story'' which helps him fly and fight.
* {{Narcissist}}: Bar none the most narssistic villain in the Mario series.
* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Glasses Take Warning]]: [[spoiler: After absorbing the Dark Star's power, his glasses turn red.]]
* SlasherSmile[=/=]CheshireCatGrin: His default expression.
* [[spoiler:TheStarscream: Near the end of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]'', he voices his feelings of defiance towards Cackletta and decides to attack the Mario Bros. only of his own accord. He's defeated before he can pursue the issue any further, though.]]
* SupremeChef: Even Bowser admits that Fawful's cooking is amazing.
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]]: Tries to do this at the end of ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* TalksLikeASimile
* VerbalTic: In the Japanese version, Gerakobits punctuated his sentences with "~Fururururu!". This was [[{{Woolseyism}} changed drastically]] in the localization.
** The French localization does keep that tic in the form of an EvilLaugh that goes "Fuyuyuyuyuyuyu !".

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->''"I'll be taking that, see?"''
->Debut: ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''

A criminal and self proclaimed 'Shadow Thief', from Beanbean who encountered the brothers several times. Has no ties to the main villains but becomes a nuisance with the help of his incredibly dangerous sidekicks.

* BadassNormal: Has no special abilities but manages to pose a threat, with or without backup.
* BashBrothers: The only bosses that have their own Bros. Attacks are himself and Bowser.
* BattleCouple: According to Birdo at least, Popple had his objections.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam''.
* ButtMonkey: Doesn't get a piece of loot for his efforts, suffering even at the hands of his Rookies. Even his Bros. Moves always involve him getting harmed in some extraordinary fashion.
* CaptainOblivious: He makes enemies of two famous heroes and enlisted a king as a lackey, and still has no idea.
* CatchPhrase: "Boo, I say!"
* DirtyCoward: Runs as soon as his partner falls, aside from a rare moment of VillainousValour
** In ''Dream Team'', [[spoiler:he attacks Mario and Luigi immediately after Wiggler is beaten just because he wants all of the treasure for himself.]]
* DualBoss: Most of the battles with him are fought alongside whoever his current "rookie" is. The only exception is the third battle; he fights solo since, at the time, he didn't have a rookie
** In Dream Team, [[spoiler:this is inverted, as it's the bros and Popple vs a Wiggler. After they win, he turns on the bros and fights alone again.]]
** CowardlyBoss: In all of his DualBoss battles, once his "rookie" is defeated, he's quick to turn tail and flee.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Willing to move the Beanstar out of harms way and bow to Mario before battle.
* LoneWolfBoss
* NeverMyFault: Possible the only person who has placed blame on Bowser and got away with it. Birdo didn't take it kindly.
* RecurringBoss: Fought four times in ''Superstar Saga''.
* SlasherSmile
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:He was never kind to his rookies but as of Dream Team he puts them in harms way to save his skin, then betrays them when the opportunity strikes]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Inspires this from his Rookies, both become furious if he's attacked.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Inadvertantly set the second half of Superstar Saga into motion by trying to claim the Beanstar.
* VerbalTic: Tends to punctuate his sentences by saying "see," see?
* VideoGameStealing: Capable of stealing the hammers out of the Bros hands.




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->Debut: ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''

A militant race of mushroom-like aliens who abandoned their dead, barren planet in favor of greener pastures, laying their eyes on the Mushroom Kingdom of the past. When they attacked Peach's Castle while the adult Princess Peach happened to be visiting in E. Gadd's time machine, they took her prisoner, driving the Mario Bros. to travel back in time and team up with their younger selves in order to defeat the invaders.

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* AlienInvasion
* AliensAreBastards
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted, except in the case of [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob]], who can speak normally (but in ALL CAPS).
* AlwaysChaoticEvil
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Princess Shroob. [[spoiler:Both of them]].
* BadassMoustache: Shroobsworth.
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob]] has no problem shooting or knocking down her minion's [=UFOs=].
* BonusBoss: In ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* CombatTentacles: Used by [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob]]'s final form.
* {{Cyborg}}: RC Shroobers.
* DeadlyDoctor: Doctor Shroobs.
* DyingRace: Their planet was apparently on its last leg.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: They and their sub-species have a habit of doing this.
* EvilCounterpart: The species in general to the Toads, and Princess Shroob and Shroobsworth to Peach and Toadsworth (though Shroobsworth is a regular enemy rather than a plot-centric character, [[DemonicSpider not that this will make you hate him any less]]).
** Shroobsworth also counts as one for the Marios, as his fighting style involves combo attacks using a baby Shroob.
* FastTunnelling: Done by Shrooba Divers.
* FlyingSaucer
* TheGoomba: Shrooblets.
* HumanPopsicle: In ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* HypocriticalHumor: At one point, [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob]] refers to Toads as "STUPID [[FantasticSlur MUSHROOM HEADS]]".
* KnightOfCerebus: Being what could possibly be the only completely sociopathic villians in a Mario game, they take the game down a VERY dark road.
* ManOnFire: Blazing Shroobs.
* MechaMooks: Shroids.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob, in the final battle]], assumes a more monstrous form after a while.
* PrincessesPreferPink: Princess Shroob wears a pink dress almost exactly like Peach's.
* RayGun: Their main weapon.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RockBeatsLaser: The Life-Sucking mushrooms they plant around the Mushroom Kingdom can be disabled by [[spoiler:crying on them.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob being sealed in the Cobalt Star]], and Bowser having dozens of Shroobs on ice in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* {{Technopath}}: RC Shroobers.
* TripodTerror: Princess Shroob's throne.
* UndergroundMonkey: Various "Shroobified" enemies.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained how [[spoiler:Elder Princess Shroob got out of Bowser's stomach]].
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: They are responsible for some ''very'' nasty acts.
* {{Wingdinglish}}: Their language.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Yoob and Junior Shrooboid seem to have been forgotten.






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->''"Soon this kingdom will vanish along with all who dwell within. And you, too, will sleep eternally in the dark power's embrace!"''
->Debut: ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''

A being of pure evil that terrorized the Mushroom Kingdom in the distant past, but was eventually sealed away. Fawful unearthed it and attempted to drain its power, but it proved too powerful for him to handle... After copying Bowser's DNA, it transforms into Dark Bowser.

Tropes associated with the Dark Star:
* BeamOWar: Against Bowser before the FinalBattle.
* CastingAShadow
* DiabolusExNihilo
* EldritchAbomination
* EmpathicEnvironment: Like the Shadow Queen, it causes it to become AlwaysNight.
* EvilIsNotAToy: It consumes Fawful to regain its stolen power and become Dark Bowser, though he seems to live on as the 'core' of the creature.
* FrickinLaserBeams: It uses dark laser attacks as both its original form and the core of Dark Bowser.
* MadeOfEvil: All forms. Apparently, a form of evil which can clone people's DNA.
* MirrorBoss: After absorbing Bowser's DNA, it becomes a dark copy of him.
* OmnicidalManiac: It wants to destroy Mushroom World, if not the entire universe.
* SealedEvilInACan: It was sealed under Toad Town by the Star Sprites, but Fawful opened the can.
* TakingYouWithMe: When Mario & Luigi deplete its HP in the Airway battle, you have to button mash to escape its kamikaze vacuum attack until it croaks.
* TheVoiceless: In its normal form. After turning into Dark Bowser, it gains speech ability.




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->''"Now it is time! Now we will fight! Then you will lose! And you will cry!"''
->Debut: ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''

With Fawful's ascension to primary villain, it's only natural that he'd get a lackey of his very own. This porcine brute may be a rather dim bulb, but his strength rivals even that of the King of Koopas himself. He antagonizes Bowser throughout the game on his master's orders, until he is at last defeated for good in the final stages.

* {{The Dragon}}: To Fawful.
AnIcePerson: Blizzard Midbus.
* BigEater: As much as Bowser.
* TheBrute
* BuffySpeak
* CloudCuckooLander: "Sense is for the weak."
* TheDragon
* DumbMuscle
* EpicFlail: A wrecking ball.
* EvilLaugh: Muh Muh Muh!
* EvilCounterpart: Evil''er'' counterpart, perhaps, but he shares numerous characteristics with Bowser.
* FlunkyBoss: He can send out Snawfuls once he becomes Blizzard Midbus.
* FullBoarAction
* GluttonousPig
* HopelessBossFight: The battle against him in Cavi Cape.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Like some kind of boar armadillo.
* LargeHam: Quite literally, too.
* NobleDemon: Has shades of this. During his fight with Bowser in Cavi Cape, he calls off the match when it appears Bowser is weakened by the Vacumn Shroom.
* NoCureForEvil: Aversion; in the cage match, he can heal himself by eating food tossed by audience members, if Bowser doesn't get to it first. His Snawfuls will also heal and power him up if they're left alone in his final battle.
* NoIndoorVoice: It's not hard to imagine that everything he says is shouted.
* OneWingedAngel: Blizzard Midbus.
* PowerIncontinence: After Blizzard Midbus is defeated, he loses control of his powers, and becomes frozen in a block of ice.
* PunnyName: Mid Boss.
* RealMenWearPink: Has pink skin.
* RecurringBoss
* ShockwaveStomp
* SpikesOfVillainy







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A living nightmare creature from the Dream World. During her visit to Pi'illo Island, Princess Peach is kidnapped by Antasma when Luigi opens a portal to the Dream World, causing the Mario Bros. to set out and rescue her.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: During the final battle, one of his attacks is to chase Mario while tossing explosive spheres at him. And if one of his attacks puts Mario to sleep, he can enter his dreams and chase him while spitting fireballs at him.
* ArchEnemy: To Prince Dreambert.
* BadassCape
* BatOutOfHell: He can turn into a small bat, or a swarm of small bats.
* BigBad: Of ''Dream Team''.
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Bowser, once he decides that Bowser's power is far more useful to him than Peach's. [[spoiler:It backfires horribly for him later.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBadWannabe: Probably the first time an RPG villain is this... and it's to '''Bowser''' of all people.]]
* BossRemix: The music that plays during the final battle with him is a remix of his {{Leitmotif}}.
* BreathWeapon: Spits out fireballs during the final battle.
* CardCarryingVillain
* CastingAShadow: Has powerful dark magic.
* ClassicVillain: Representing Ambition and Pride.
* CompositeCharacter: He's basically a combination of all the previous Mario and Luigi antagonists. (Cackletta, Dark Fawful, the Shroobs, and the Dark Star.)
* DarkIsEvil
* DealWithTheDevil: Makes one with Bowser, promising him that he would have Peach all for herself once they took over the world. [[spoiler:He finds out all too late that he ''wasn't'' the devil in the deal.]]
* DemonicPossession: He's capable of possessing others.
* DontYouDarePityMe: [[spoiler:Says this to Dreambert after the latter mocks him for Bowser's betrayal.]]
* DreamWalker[=/=]DreamWeaver: Especially once he [[spoiler:reveals that he now has the ability to create portals to the Dream World at will]].
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Well yes, you do get to fight and beat Antasma fair and square, but the issue is in the death itself. No villainous rant or FinalBoss shenanigans like the unique villains in the last three games, he just... swells up and ultimately explodes like any other regular boss after defeat.]]
* EmotionEater: [[spoiler:His backstory states that he was a bat who fed off the nightmare of a Pi'illo. [[FromNobodyToNightmare This was how he became the nightmare creature he is now.]]]]
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:Inverted. He finds out the hard way that Bowser was this to him.]]
* {{Expy}}: He's basically a fusion of Nightmare from the ''{{Kirby}}'' series and Count Dracula.
* FangsAreEvil
* [[spoiler:FromNobodyToNightmare: Almost literally, as Antasma was originally a bat who became what he is after feeding on the nightmare of a Pi'illo.]]
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Antasma hasn't nearly the amount of characterization his predcessors have. [[spoiler:Possibly intentional as Bowser ends up replacing him as the BigBad.]]
* [[spoiler:TheHeavy]]: Played with. [[spoiler:Though Bowser ends up replacing him as the BigBad,]] he drives most of the plot along at the beginning. [[spoiler:But after Neo Bowser Castle is summoned, most of the direct conflict comes from Bowser's [[BadassArmy Koopa Troop]]. Though he is talked about, Antasma only enters the stage again in the final parts of the game, along with Bowser.]]
* IAmAHumanitarian: Played with and subverted. During the final battle, he can trap Dreamy Luigi in one of his orbs, and if he eats the orb containing Dreamy Luigi, he'll promptly spit him back out.
* LeanAndMean: When he fights, he turns into a taller and slender version of his true form.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Can fire supersonic waves as a bat.
* MasterOfIllusion[=/=]MesACrowd: Can create duplicates of himself during the final battle.
* MeaningfulName: His name comes from "phantasma", which is Latin for phantom or apparition.
* NoCureForEvil: Averted. During the final battle, he can hibernate to regain health.
* ObviouslyEvil: From the moment he first appeared, it was pretty obvious he's the bad guy. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Bowser.
* [[PopGoesTheHuman Pop Goes The Nightmare Monster]]: [[spoiler:How he dies. He inflates like a balloon and explodes.]]
* PowerFloats: Justified in that he doesn't seem to have legs.
* PurpleIsPowerful
* RecurringBoss: You fight him three times.
* RedBaron: The Bat King.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was imprisoned in the Dream World prior to the game.
* SlasherSmile: His default expression.
* SmokeOut: Is first seen as a cloud of smoke.
* SmugSnake: He's a dangerous threat, but his overconfidence is what ultimately leads to his downfall as he was caught completely off guard by [[spoiler: Bowser's betrayal.]]
* SphereOfPower: An odd variation of the trope. During the final battle with him, he surrounds himself with black orbs called Antasmunchies that he can eat to gain different attacks. They can also be used as explosives and can come to life to protect him.
* TheStarscream: It's pretty obvious that he just teamed up with Bowser for convinience. [[spoiler:It's really too bad for him that Bowser saw the inevitable betrayal coming from a mile away and sunk the blade between his shoulders first.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* SuperStrength: Despite being a bat, he capable of airlifting ''Bowser'' around with ease.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Before he was imprisoned in the Dream World, he shattered the Dark Stone and its fragments turned the Pi'illos to stone.]]
* ThinkingUpPortals: [[spoiler:During his fight with Dreambert, he reveals that he used the Dream Stone to give him the power to open portals to the Dream World at will to prevent future imprisonment.]]
* TrainingBoss; Is first fought at the beginning of the game.
* VampireVords: Speaks with a heavy Slavic accent.
* VerbalTic: His tendency to screech like a bat while talking. Mocked constantly by Bowser.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Bowser's betrayal makes him go from confident to screeching mad as he vows revenge on the Koopa King. He then attacks Dreambert in retaliation.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can tansform into a bat, a cloud of smoke, a pillow, his true form, and a larger version of his true form.
* TheWorfEffect: Antasma was all set to kick ass and take names... [[spoiler:then Bowser double-crossed him. To put this into perspective, he went FromNobodyToNightmare then back to nobody. Ouch.]]
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* DistressedDude: He manages to be turned into a dragon by Cackletta and saved by the Bros. and is later eaten by the Pirhana Bean, and is saved by luigi.
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Warned Princess Peach about Cackletta's eventual attempted theft of her voice, and helped her set up a decoy.]]




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The good-natured ruler of the Beanbean Kingdom, Queen Bean was driven to a mad rampage when Cackletta infected her with a worm. She is eventually snapped out of it by the Bros.

* AbnormalAmmo: When her arms are taken out as a boss, she spits beans at the Bros. to attack.
* ApidoseRex
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: As well as getting CharlesAtlasSuperpower.
* TheCaligula: Averted, as she seems to be a very effective ruler when snapped out of her rage.
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The son of Queen Bean, Prince Peasly is a hero of the Beanbean Kingdom. Despite this even he gets into predicaments that require the Bros. help from time to time.
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