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* FauxAffablyEvil: He sometimes acts courteously to his enemies, but absolutely none of it is genuine. It really is all a mere façade that he uses in order to try and hide his true sadism and depravity. Once he drops the act, he's an unhinged, cruel, and monstrous sociopath who is hellbent on making everyone around him suffer as much as possible with absolutely [[LackOfEmpathy zero remorse]]. Probably the best example is when Peach refuses his declaration of marriage at the altar.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He sometimes acts courteously to his enemies, but absolutely none of it is genuine. It really is all a mere façade that he uses in order to try and hide his true sadism and depravity. Once he drops the act, he's a snarling monster and an unhinged, cruel, and monstrous sociopath who is hellbent on making everyone around him suffer as much as possible with absolutely [[LackOfEmpathy zero remorse]]. Probably the best example is when Peach refuses his declaration of marriage at the altar.
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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: The way he watches as Bowser torches the Penguin castle at the beginning of the movie holds a definite vibe of this trope. The way Kamek [[AmbiguouslyGay acts towards Bowser at times]] only adds to it.
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help while still possessing the Super Star. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking a Koopa Shell towards the Star to free it from Kamek's magic wand so Mario and his brother can obtain it, but Bowser makes another attempt to kill Mario with his fire breath when the latter makes a dash for it, and would have succeeded if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover, allowing the Mario Brothers to grab the Super Star, defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help while still possessing the Super Star. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking a Koopa Shell towards the Star to free it from Kamek's magic wand so Mario and his brother can obtain it, but Bowser makes another attempt to kill Mario with his fire breath when the latter makes a dash for it, and would have succeeded if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover, allowing the Mario Brothers to grab the Super Star, defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* TheCaligula: This version of Bowser is an impulsive tyrant prone to mood swings and abusing his own minions. He also goes ravaging other kingdoms and looting their treasures in the hopes of impressing Princess Peach, -- who has no interest in him and explicitly calls him a lunatic -- and getting her to marry him, and plans to [[spoiler:sacrifice a large number of prisoners as part of the wedding ceremony]].
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* TheCaligula: This version of Bowser is an impulsive tyrant prone to mood swings and abusing his own minions. He also goes ravaging other kingdoms and looting their treasures in the hopes of impressing Princess Peach, Peach -- who has no interest in him and explicitly calls him a lunatic -- and getting her to marry him, and plans to [[spoiler:sacrifice a large number of prisoners as part of the wedding ceremony]].
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* {{Irony}}: Bowser's hatred of Mario stems from considering him to be a romantic rival for Peach's affections. [[spoiler:While that would be true in most versions, here, though they do get some ShipTease, their relationship never really moves beyond friends (for now at least). However, there is another twist of irony; [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his attempts of getting rid of Mario and have Peach to himself only succeeded in driving Peach further away from him and bringing her and Mario closer together than before, therefore setting up the possibility for them to develop a romance in the future]].]]
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* {{Irony}}: Bowser's hatred of Mario stems from considering him to be a romantic rival for Peach's affections. [[spoiler:While that would be true in most versions, here, though they do get some ShipTease, their relationship never they only become really moves beyond close friends (for as of now and are at least).best only beginning to flirt with each other, which is justified in that they only just met for the very first time. However, there is another twist of irony; [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his attempts of getting rid of Mario and have Peach to himself only succeeded in driving Peach further away from him and bringing her and Mario closer together than before, therefore setting up the possibility for them to develop a romance in the future]].]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help while still possessing the Super Star, and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking a Koopa Shell towards the Star to free it from Kamek's magic wand so Mario and his brother can obtain it, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help while still possessing the Super Star, and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. Star. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking a Koopa Shell towards the Star to free it from Kamek's magic wand so Mario and his brother can obtain it, but Bowser makes another attempt to kill Mario with his fire breath when the latter makes a dash for it, and would have succeeded if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover, allowing the Mario Brothers to grab the Super Star, defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: They're identifiable among other koopas by their protective headgear and pads.
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* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the average koopa, but still dwarfed by Bowser.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: They're identifiable among other koopas Koopas by their protective headgear and pads.
* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the averagekoopa, Koopa, but still dwarfed by Bowser.Bowser.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One Hammer Bro that's harassing Foreman Spike throws its hammers at Luigi when he is powered up by the Super Star before he's defeated, along with its Shy Guy, Snifit, and Dry Bones comrades.
* EliteMooks: The Hammer Bros themselves are this, along with their Sledge Bro relatives.
* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the average
* DefiantToTheEnd: One Hammer Bro that's harassing Foreman Spike throws its hammers at Luigi when he is powered up by the Super Star before he's defeated, along with its Shy Guy, Snifit, and Dry Bones comrades.
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* AdaptedOut: While the Spinies are among the soldiers in Bowser's army, no Lakitus (the Koopas often paired with Spinies, throwing them onto the ground from their clouds) are seen.
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* AdaptedOut: While the Spinies are among the soldiers in Bowser's army, no Lakitus (the Koopas often paired with Spinies, throwing them onto the ground from their clouds) are seen.seen, although that has happened before in the games, notably in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld''.
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* LeaningTowerOfMooks: A few of them stack up into a Goomba Tower just like in the games, while a 3-Stack Goomba Tower is seen among the minions cheering when Bowser announces that he'll marry Peach in a wedding, [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand before their confusion of why the King of Koopas would do that]].
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* LeaningTowerOfMooks: A few of them stack up into a Goomba Tower just like in the games, while a 3-Stack Goomba Tower is seen among the minions cheering when Bowser announces during Bowser's victory speech before announcing that he'll marry Peach in a wedding, [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand before their causing it and the other Minions' confusion of why the King of Koopas would do that]].
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* ManEatingPlant: True to form, several Piranha Plants can be seen amongst the monsters making up Bowser's army -- one of which devours an unfortunate Goomba. Bowser makes a bouquet out of three small ones and ends up stomping them to death because they try to bite Kamek[[note]]who was dressed up as Peach so that Bowser could practice his proposal[[/note]].
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* EnemyEatsYourLunch: One Piranha Plant does this, stealing a Sledge Bro's meal during the Koopa Troop's victory party.
* ManEatingPlant: True to form, several Piranha Plants can be seen amongst the monsters making up Bowser's army -- one of which devours an unfortunateGoomba.Koopa Troopa. Bowser makes a bouquet out of three small ones and ends up stomping them to death because they try to bite Kamek[[note]]who was dressed up as Peach so that Bowser could practice his proposal[[/note]].
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* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
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* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
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An inhospitable realm under Bowser's reign. He presides over the Darklands from a floating castle filled with koopas and other minions.
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* BadBoss: Rather shocking considering his game counterpart is quite the [[BenevolentBoss opposite]], but this version of Bowser is '''''much''''' nastier and crueler to his troops. Some of his minions are terrified of him, he doesn't know the species name of the Spinies, or worse doesn’t ''bother'' to remember their species name, and instead refers to them as merely "things" (which visibly disappoints them), and a few members of his army are shown locked up in his dungeon and are even used as ''sacrifices'' for his wedding (with one Koopa Troopa already shown being '''dead''' in one of the cages, in addition to a few Goombas who didn't want to help him conquer the Mushroom Kingdom). He also roasts one of his Koopa Troopa minions and reduces him to a Dry Bones for speaking out of line and even slammed the piano cover on Kamek's fingers in a fit of irritation that he doesn't know anything about this human plumber that stumbled into the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* BadBoss: Rather shocking considering his game counterpart is quite the [[BenevolentBoss opposite]], but this version of Bowser is '''''much''''' nastier and crueler to his troops. Some of his minions are terrified of him, he doesn't know the species name of the Spinies, or worse doesn’t ''bother'' to remember their species name, and instead refers to them as merely "things" (which visibly disappoints them), and a few members of his army are shown locked up in his dungeon and are even used as ''sacrifices'' for his wedding (with one Koopa Troopa already shown being '''dead''' in one of the cages, in addition to a [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch few Goombas who didn't want to help him conquer the Mushroom Kingdom).Kingdom]]). He also roasts one of his Koopa Troopa minions and reduces him to a Dry Bones for speaking out of line and even slammed the piano cover on Kamek's fingers in a fit of irritation that he doesn't know anything about this human plumber that stumbled into the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: During the final battle on the streets of Brooklyn, after badly mauling Mario and throwing him into a pizza shop, Bowser calls him a coward, demanding he come out and fight. When Mario does come out to fight after a minute of stalling, Bowser even gets angry about ''that'' as well, spitting out, "You just don't know when to quit!"
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* {{Hypocrite}}: During the final battle on the streets of Brooklyn, after badly mauling Mario and throwing him into a pizza shop, the Punch Out Pizzeria , Bowser calls him a coward, demanding he come out and fight. When Mario does come out to fight after a minute of stalling, being motivated by the commercial for Super Mario Bros. Plumbing and tells Bowser to leave Donkey Kong aline, Bowser even gets angry about ''that'' as well, spitting out, "You just don't know when to quit!"
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help while still possessing the Power Star, and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking the Power Star towards Mario, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help while still possessing the Power Super Star, and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking the Power Star a Koopa Shell towards Mario, the Star to free it from Kamek's magic wand so Mario and his brother can obtain it, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NoSell: The penguins try to fight Bowser off by [[SnowballFight throwing snowballs at him]]. Being a huge reptilian who can breathe fire and lives in a flying, lava-spewing castle, he obviously can just brush it right off. [[spoiler:This doesn't hold true when Peach decides to freeze him solid with an Ice Flower's powers.]]
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* NoSell: The penguins Penguins try to fight Bowser off by [[SnowballFight throwing snowballs at him]]. Being a huge reptilian who can breathe fire and lives in a flying, lava-spewing castle, he obviously can just brush it right off. [[spoiler:This doesn't hold true when Peach decides to freeze him solid with an Ice Flower's powers.]]
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** Starting with the climax of the movie, Bowser's fury gets increasingly hot as his plans start to unravel. [[spoiler:Once Peach reveals the wedding was a trick to freeze him with the Ice Flower Toad smuggled in for her, Bowser becomes absolutely livid and attempts to murder her on the spot with his fire breath, subsequently losing any semblance of restraint on his fiery temper throughout the rest of the movie. It gets even worse when he looks at Mario and Peach enjoying each other's company and even holding hands after they’ve reunited and orders the Mushroom Kingdom to be nuked by a Banzai Bill after breaking out of his icy prison through sheer jealous rage.]]
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** Starting with the climax of the movie, Bowser's fury gets increasingly hot as his plans start to unravel. [[spoiler:Once Peach reveals the wedding was a trick to freeze him with the Ice Flower Toad smuggled in for her, Bowser becomes absolutely livid and attempts to murder her on the spot with his fire breath, subsequently losing any semblance of restraint on his fiery temper throughout the rest of the movie. It gets even worse when he looks at Mario and Peach enjoying each other's company and even holding hands after they’ve reunited and orders the Mushroom Kingdom to be nuked by a Banzai Banzai/Bomber Bill after breaking out of his icy prison through sheer jealous rage.]]
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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After he is defeated, Bowser pathetically begs Peach to give him another chance. Peach naturally won't have any of it and shoves a Mini Shroom into his mouth, making him shrink into something the size of a pet turtle.]]
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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After he is defeated, Bowser pathetically begs Peach to give him another chance. Peach naturally won't have any of it and shoves a Mini Shroom Mushroom into his mouth, making him shrink into something the size of a pet turtle.]]
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* CompositeCharacter: He is a mix of Kamek from the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' and various ''Mario'' games featuring him and Mouser from the ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. They both are second in commands to the king of the Koopas and both give off a Peter Lorre impression in their voices.
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* CompositeCharacter: He is a mix of Kamek from the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' and various ''Mario'' games featuring him and him, as well as Mouser from the ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. They both are second in commands to the king of the Koopas and both give off a Peter Lorre impression in their voices.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite serving [[BigBad Bowser]], they look like cute, cartoony turtles with big eyes. However, with that being said, they do tend to look a lot more aggressive and angry in [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Koopa_Troop_Poster.jpg some]] [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] and a lot of scenes in the movie than the happier, cutesier Koopas that we know of from the games.
* BloodKnight: The Koopas actively and vocally want to go to war with the Mushroom Kingdom. When Bowser reveals he wants to marry Peach, they become disappointed, but quickly start cheering again when he reveals that if she rejects him, they will destroy her kingdom.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite serving [[BigBad Bowser]], they look like cute, cartoony turtles with big eyes. However, with that being said, they do tend to look a lot more aggressive and angry in [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Koopa_Troop_Poster.jpg some]] [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] and a lot of scenes in the movie than the happier, cutesier Koopas that we know of from the games.
games, although one of them does give very adorable PuppyDogEyes when hearing that Bowser wants to marry Peach.
* BloodKnight: The Koopas actively and vocally want to go to war with the Mushroom Kingdom. When Bowser reveals he wants to marry Peach, they becomedisappointed, disappointed,[[note]]Save for one Koopa Troopa who gives the adorable eyes when hearing so[[/note]] but quickly start cheering again when he reveals that if she rejects him, they will destroy her kingdom.
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* MythologyGag: The Koopa Troopas wielding spears and wearing helemts are based on the Koopa Troopas from the ''[[ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic.
* RottenRockAndRoll: A group of Koopa Troopas form a heavy metal band and play a victory concert when Bowser claims the Super Star, complete with brightly-colored mohawks and Music/{{KISS}}-style facepaint.
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* MookMobile: They have various karts such as the Pipe Frame and the Bullet Bikes during the Troop's ambush on Rainbow Road, with some having cannons that fire Bullet Bills from them equipped and the eyepatch wearing red-shelled Koopa Troopa's Kart having a Koopa Shell cannon. In addition, they also ride Koopa Clown Cars, with some monitoring the prisoners the Koopa Troop has captured, and others equipped with features like claws when snatching up Cranky Kong and the Kong Army, and cannons in their mouthes during Mario and Donkey Kong's fighting through the Troop in the Mushroom Kingdom to stop Bowser's wedding.
* MythologyGag: The Koopa Troopas wielding spears and wearinghelemts helmets are based on the Koopa Troopas from the ''[[ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic.
* RottenRockAndRoll:A group of 3 Koopa Troopas form a heavy metal band and play a victory concert when Bowser claims the Super Star, complete with brightly-colored mohawks and Music/{{KISS}}-style facepaint.
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* AmbiguousSituation: One of the few landmarks on the mainland is an abandoned mansion. It's not clear if King Boo presides over this area.
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* AmbiguousSituation: One of the few landmarks on the mainland is an abandonedmansion. It's not clear mansion/castle of some sort, where Luigi is ambushed by a hoard of Shy Guys. What they were doing there and what purpose the building serves, if King Boo presides over this area.any, isn't clear.
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help, and he still possessed the Power Star and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking the Power Star towards Mario, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help, and he help while still possessed possessing the Power Star Star, and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking the Power Star towards Mario, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help, and he still possessed the Power Star. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking the Power Star towards Mario, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler:Despite having his wedding with Peach ruined, Bowser manages to beat Mario within an inch of his life out of sheer rage and quickly subdues Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong and almost kills the ape when they all try to help, and he still possessed the Power Star.Star and would have managed to killed Mario with his fire breath when the latter made a dash for it if Luigi didn't save his brother by shielding themselves with a manhole cover. What ultimately turns the tables is Mario and Luigi gaining a HeroicSecondWind and Peach kicking the Power Star towards Mario, allowing the Mario Brothers to defeat Bowser and his army and thwart the King of the Koopas' quest for world domination.]]
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He has no visible reaction to seeing Bowser trying to propose to Kamek in Peach getup, implying that he's used to scenes like this in the past.
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* UnseenNoMore: This is the first time the franchise has shown us a Koopa who lives in a Spiny Shell, heretofore only represented as disembodied items.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He has no visible reaction to seeing Bowsertrying to propose practicing his proposal to Kamek in Peach getup, implying that he's used to scenes like this in the past.
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Since he's a bit of a walking spoiler, I think we should we have this on his folder too
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] all of his attacks but also genuinely and severely harming him, he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle very one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely hardly, if ever, experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] No-Selling]] all of his attacks but also genuinely and severely harming him, he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle very one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely hardly, if ever, experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] all of his attacks but also being able to genuinely and severely harm him, he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle very one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely never experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] all of his attacks but also being able to genuinely and severely harm harming him, he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle very one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely never hardly, if ever, experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] all of his attacks but also , he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely never experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] all of his attacks but also , being able to genuinely and severely harm him, he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle very one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely never experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him.
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* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him. [[spoiler: A different side of this trope that applies to him is briefly explored during the film's climax: when the Mario bros. harness the power of the Super Star and begin not only [[NoSell no-selling]] all of his attacks but also , he can be seen with a very shocked and panicked expression on his face during most of his [[CurbstompBattle one-sided fight with them,]] suggesting him to be a bully who has likely never experienced genuine opposition and therefore has very little idea of how to react to such.]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack, Kenny James (roars, grunts)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Castro (EU Spanish), Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Ramón Canals (Catalan), Creator/JeremieCovillault (EU French), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French), Márcio Dondi (Brazilian Portuguese), Pedro Bargado (EU Portuguese), Creator/DavidBateson (Danish), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Lawrence Mackrory (Swedish), Tobias Meister (German), Daniel Welbat (German singing), Zhang Yaohan (PRC Mandarin), Ip Chun Sing (HK Cantonese), Xia Zhishi (TW Mandarin), Choi Seok-pil (Korean), Creator/FabrizioVidale (Italian), Asaf Farina (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack, Kenny James (roars, grunts)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Castro (EU Spanish), Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Ramón Canals (Catalan), Creator/JeremieCovillault (EU French), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French), Márcio Dondi (Brazilian Portuguese), Pedro Bargado (EU Portuguese), Creator/DavidBateson (Danish), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Lawrence Mackrory (Swedish), Tobias Meister (German), Daniel Welbat (German singing), Zhang Yaohan (PRC Mandarin), Ip Chun Sing (HK Cantonese), Xia Zhishi (TW Mandarin), Choi Seok-pil (Korean), Creator/FabrizioVidale (Italian), Asaf Farina Pariente (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]
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spinies are also considered koopas
[[folder:Spinies]]
!!Spinies
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Whatever those things are!"'']]
Spike-shelled critters among Bowser's army.
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* AdaptedOut: While the Spinies are among the soldiers in Bowser's army, no Lakitus (the Koopas often paired with Spinies, throwing them onto the ground from their clouds) are seen.
* AdorableEvilMinions: Their forlorn expressions after hearing Bowser overlook their entire species cements them as the cutest of his minions.
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!!Spinies
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Whatever those things are!"'']]
Spike-shelled critters among Bowser's army.
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* AdaptedOut: While the Spinies are among the soldiers in Bowser's army, no Lakitus (the Koopas often paired with Spinies, throwing them onto the ground from their clouds) are seen.
* AdorableEvilMinions: Their forlorn expressions after hearing Bowser overlook their entire species cements them as the cutest of his minions.
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!!Spinies
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Whatever those things are!"'']]
Spike-shelled critters among Bowser's army.
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* AdaptedOut: While the Spinies are among the soldiers in Bowser's army, no Lakitus (the Koopas often paired with Spinies, throwing them onto the ground from their clouds) are seen.
* AdorableEvilMinions: Their forlorn expressions after hearing Bowser overlook their entire species cements them as the cutest of his minions.
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!!Spinies
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Whatever those things are!"'']]
Spike-shelled critters among Bowser's army.
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* AdaptedOut: While the Spinies are among the soldiers in Bowser's army, no Lakitus (the Koopas often paired with Spinies, throwing them onto the ground from their clouds) are seen.
* AdorableEvilMinions: Their forlorn expressions after hearing Bowser overlook their entire species cements them as the cutest of his minions.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack, Kenny James (roars, grunts)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Castro (EU Spanish), Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Ramón Canals (Catalan), Creator/JeremieCovillault (EU French), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French), Márcio Dondi (Brazilian Portuguese), Pedro Bargado (EU Portuguese), Creator/DavidBateson (Danish), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Lawrence Mackrory (Swedish), Tobias Meister (German), Daniel Welbat (German singing), Zhang Yaohan (PRC Mandarin), Ip Chun Sing (HK Cantonese), Xia Zhishi (TW Mandarin), Choi Seok-pil (Korean), Creator/FabrizioVidale (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack, Kenny James (roars, grunts)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Castro (EU Spanish), Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Ramón Canals (Catalan), Creator/JeremieCovillault (EU French), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French), Márcio Dondi (Brazilian Portuguese), Pedro Bargado (EU Portuguese), Creator/DavidBateson (Danish), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Lawrence Mackrory (Swedish), Tobias Meister (German), Daniel Welbat (German singing), Zhang Yaohan (PRC Mandarin), Ip Chun Sing (HK Cantonese), Xia Zhishi (TW Mandarin), Choi Seok-pil (Korean), Creator/FabrizioVidale (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
(Italian), Asaf Farina (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Juan Alfonso Arenas (EU Spanish), Roberto Carrillo (Latin American Spanish), Juan Antonio Bernal (Catalan), Creator/DonaldReignoux (EU French), Gilbert Lachance (Canadian French), Ricardo Juarez (Brazilian Portuguese), Rui Oliveira (EU Portuguese), Jin Urayama (Japanese), Ivan Mathias Petersson (Swedish), Tilo Schmitz (German), Zhao Mingzhou (PRC Mandarin), Ko Hon Man (HK Cantonese), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin), Bang Seong-jun (Korean), Creator/FrancoMannella (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Juan Alfonso Arenas (EU Spanish), Roberto Carrillo (Latin American Spanish), Juan Antonio Bernal (Catalan), Creator/DonaldReignoux (EU French), Gilbert Lachance (Canadian French), Ricardo Juarez (Brazilian Portuguese), Rui Oliveira (EU Portuguese), Jin Urayama (Japanese), Ivan Mathias Petersson (Swedish), Tilo Schmitz (German), Zhao Mingzhou (PRC Mandarin), Ko Hon Man (HK Cantonese), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin), Bang Seong-jun (Korean), Creator/FrancoMannella (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
(Italian), Gilad Kalter (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMenville[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Miguel Ángel Garzón (EU Spanish), Oscar López (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ChristopheLemoine (EU French), Sébastien Reding (Canadian French), Daniel Simões (Brazilian Portuguese), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Matthias Klages (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]
Mandarin), Sharon Kohen[[/labelnote]]
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* EvilOverlord: As to be expected with a character like Bowser. He is the tyrannical king of the Koopas and ruler of [[{{Mordor}} the Dark Lands]] and uses that power to conquer multiple kingdoms in the past. His ultimate end goal after [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe getting Peach to marry him]] is to conquer the entire world with Peach by his side.
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* EvilOverlord: As to be expected with a character like Bowser. He is the tyrannical king of the Koopas and ruler of [[{{Mordor}} the Dark Lands]] and uses that power to conquer multiple kingdoms in the past.kingdoms. His ultimate end goal after [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe getting Peach to marry him]] is to conquer the entire world with Peach by his side.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[spoiler: A Piranha Plant manages to seemingly swallow Mario and Luigi whole. Unfortunately for it, the brothers had the Super Star power-up, and they break free of its jaws a few seconds later. Just before they do, the Piranha Plant sports an OhCrap expression upon realising its mistake.]]
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[spoiler: A Piranha Plant [[spoiler:One of them manages to seemingly swallow Mario and Luigi whole. Unfortunately for it, the brothers had the Super Star power-up, and they break free of its jaws a few seconds later. Just before they do, the Piranha Plant sports an OhCrap expression upon realising its mistake.]]
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[spoiler: A Piranha Plant manages to seemingly swallow Mario and Luigi whole. Unfortunately for it, the brothers had the Super Star power-up, and they break free of its jaws a few seconds later. Just before they do, the Piranha Plant sports an OhCrap expression upon realising its mistake.]]
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** His troops, who admire his status as a conqueror, are quite surprised to learn that he has romantic aspirations for Princess Peach and that [[WeCanRuleTogether he'd rather set up a diplomatic solution by ruling with her]] than destroy her kingdom. (Even though Bowser's ideas of romance are ''skewed'', to say the least).
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** His troops, who admire his status as a conqueror, are quite surprised to learn that he has romantic aspirations for Princess Peach and that [[WeCanRuleTogether he'd rather set up a diplomatic solution by ruling with her]] than destroy her kingdom. (Even kingdom (even though Bowser's ideas of romance are ''skewed'', to say the least).
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!!!'''Koopas'''
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!!Goombas
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Pint-sized mushroom monsters that serve Bowser.
!!Goombas
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!!Goombas
!!Hammer Bros.
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Pint-sized mushroom monsters that serve Bowser.
Hammer-swinging koopas.
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: They're identifiable among other koopas by their protective headgear and pads.
* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the average koopa, but still dwarfed by Bowser.
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!!!'''Miscellaneous'''
[[folder:Goombas]]
!!Goombas
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gooooomb_8.png]]
Pint-sized mushroom monsters that serve Bowser.
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* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the average koopa, but still dwarfed by Bowser.
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!!!'''Miscellaneous'''
[[folder:Goombas]]
!!Goombas
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Pint-sized mushroom monsters that serve Bowser.
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!!Hammer Bros.
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Hammer-swinging koopas.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: They're identifiable among other koopas by their protective headgear and pads.
* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the average koopa, but still dwarfed by Bowser.
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!!Hammer Bros.
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Hammer-swinging koopas.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: They're identifiable among other koopas by their protective headgear and pads.
* TheBrute: A few of them are bigger and burlier than the average koopa, but still dwarfed by Bowser.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: Their forlorn expressions after hearing Bowser overlook their entire species cements them as the ctuest of his minions.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: Their forlorn expressions after hearing Bowser overlook their entire species cements them as the ctuest cutest of his minions.
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An inhospitable realm under Bowser's reign. He presides over the Darklands from a floating castle filled with koopas and other minions.
[[folder:General]]
* AmbiguousSituation: One of the few landmarks on the mainland is an abandoned mansion. It's not clear if King Boo presides over this area.
* BigBoosHaunt: The Dark Lands is a creepy area where Dry Bones chase Luigi towards a decrepit castle. Has shades of {{Mordor}} thanks to the lava.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Much like the games, the Dark Lands' lava does not have the kind of ambient heat it would have in real life as Luigi and a horde of Dry Bones manage to jump over a pool of lava without getting burned. [[spoiler:Taken to extremes in the climax where Luigi nearly gets dipped face-first into a pit of lava until Donkey Kong manages to save the caged prisoners, with more than half of Luigi's cage melted off while he was hanging onto the ceiling. The film ignores conduction as well, since both the metal cage, as well as the manhole cover that Luigi uses to shield Mario from Bowser's fire breath, don't seem to absorb any of the heat.]]
* DeathMountain: Bowser's Castle is a FloatingIsland that has its own active volcano.
* DisappointedByTheMotive: Subverted. Bowser's minions are a bit confused and disappointed when their leader reveals they had destroyed the entire Ice Kingdom and took its prized Super Star... planning to use it as a wedding proposal to Peach. They then are reinvigorated when Bowser promises to use its power to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom if she says no.
* EvilOverlooker: Bowser's likeness is carved into the head of the floating island and the castle's main tower, creating such an effect.
* FloatingContinent: Bowser's volcanic castle is fully capable of flight and operates as an invading warship.
* LethalLavaLand: The base of operations for the Koopas is a mobile version of this, basically a huge, floating chunk of igneous rock with a lake of lava and even a volcano. Some of the lava is constantly cascading out of the structure, melting the ice cap outside the penguin palace as it drops.
* {{Mordor}}: Bowser's floating kingdom looks similar to the actual Mordor, being a massive floating piece of volcanic landscape. When Luigi first lands on the kingdom, it is a dark and desolate place filled with dead trees, with Luigi being chased by a horde of Dry Bones into a large fortress surrounded by a moat of lava.
* OminousClouds: Bowser's Castle is accompanied by dark clouds, something noticeable as it looms over the Mushroom Kingdom.
* OminousFloatingCastle: Bowser has a mobile floating castle that he uses to travel to different kingdoms, and is dark and foreboding with lava dripping out of the sides.
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An inhospitable realm under Bowser's reign. He presides over the Darklands from a floating castle filled with koopas and other minions.
[[folder:General]]
* AmbiguousSituation: One of the few landmarks on the mainland is an abandoned mansion. It's not clear if King Boo presides over this area.
* BigBoosHaunt: The Dark Lands is a creepy area where Dry Bones chase Luigi towards a decrepit castle. Has shades of {{Mordor}} thanks to the lava.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Much like the games, the Dark Lands' lava does not have the kind of ambient heat it would have in real life as Luigi and a horde of Dry Bones manage to jump over a pool of lava without getting burned. [[spoiler:Taken to extremes in the climax where Luigi nearly gets dipped face-first into a pit of lava until Donkey Kong manages to save the caged prisoners, with more than half of Luigi's cage melted off while he was hanging onto the ceiling. The film ignores conduction as well, since both the metal cage, as well as the manhole cover that Luigi uses to shield Mario from Bowser's fire breath, don't seem to absorb any of the heat.]]
* DeathMountain: Bowser's Castle is a FloatingIsland that has its own active volcano.
* DisappointedByTheMotive: Subverted. Bowser's minions are a bit confused and disappointed when their leader reveals they had destroyed the entire Ice Kingdom and took its prized Super Star... planning to use it as a wedding proposal to Peach. They then are reinvigorated when Bowser promises to use its power to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom if she says no.
* EvilOverlooker: Bowser's likeness is carved into the head of the floating island and the castle's main tower, creating such an effect.
* FloatingContinent: Bowser's volcanic castle is fully capable of flight and operates as an invading warship.
* LethalLavaLand: The base of operations for the Koopas is a mobile version of this, basically a huge, floating chunk of igneous rock with a lake of lava and even a volcano. Some of the lava is constantly cascading out of the structure, melting the ice cap outside the penguin palace as it drops.
* {{Mordor}}: Bowser's floating kingdom looks similar to the actual Mordor, being a massive floating piece of volcanic landscape. When Luigi first lands on the kingdom, it is a dark and desolate place filled with dead trees, with Luigi being chased by a horde of Dry Bones into a large fortress surrounded by a moat of lava.
* OminousClouds: Bowser's Castle is accompanied by dark clouds, something noticeable as it looms over the Mushroom Kingdom.
* OminousFloatingCastle: Bowser has a mobile floating castle that he uses to travel to different kingdoms, and is dark and foreboding with lava dripping out of the sides.
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->''"LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND '''DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!'''"''
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* ActionBomb: It's fully alive and able to steer itself, like the other Bullet Bills. Mario takes advantage of this by getting its attention, causing it to follow him away from the castle.
* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to draw Bowser's whole castle into the Warp Pipe.
* ItCanThink: At first it just appears to be a giant missile with an angry face design until Mario attacks its eye in desperation and it deviates from its flight path to attack Mario specifically.
* NighInvulnerable: No attack can stop or slow down its descent toward the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario has to [[GoForTheEye smack it in the eye]] just to get its attention.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
* SlasherSmile: Just like in the games, the design of it gives it a mouth that always sports a rather nasty and sinister toothy grin even when it is chasing after its victim as revenge.
* WalkingSpoiler: Its existence isn't revealed until the climax, and discussing it reveals a lot of important details about said climax.
* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to draw Bowser's whole castle into the Warp Pipe.
* ItCanThink: At first it just appears to be a giant missile with an angry face design until Mario attacks its eye in desperation and it deviates from its flight path to attack Mario specifically.
* NighInvulnerable: No attack can stop or slow down its descent toward the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario has to [[GoForTheEye smack it in the eye]] just to get its attention.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
* SlasherSmile: Just like in the games, the design of it gives it a mouth that always sports a rather nasty and sinister toothy grin even when it is chasing after its victim as revenge.
* WalkingSpoiler: Its existence isn't revealed until the climax, and discussing it reveals a lot of important details about said climax.
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* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to drawBowser's whole castle into the Warp Pipe.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
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* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill"
* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to draw
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
* SlasherSmile: Just like in the games, the design of it gives it a mouth that always sports a rather nasty and sinister toothy grin even when it is chasing
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* ManEatingPlant: True to form, several Piranha Plants can be seen amongst the monsters making up Bowser's army -- one of which devours an unfortunate Goomba. Bowser makes a bouquet out of three small ones and ends up stomping them to death because they try to bite Kamek[[note]]who was dressed up as Peach so that Bowser could practice his proposal[[/note]].
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->''"LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND '''DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!'''"''
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* ActionBomb: It's fully alive and able to steer itself, like the other Bullet Bills. Mario takes advantage of this by getting its attention, causing it to follow him away from the castle.
* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to draw Bowser's whole castle into the Warp Pipe.
* ItCanThink: At first it just appears to be a giant missile with an angry face design until Mario attacks its eye in desperation and it deviates from its flight path to attack Mario specifically.
* NighInvulnerable: No attack can stop or slow down its descent toward the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario has to [[GoForTheEye smack it in the eye]] just to get its attention.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
* SlasherSmile: Just like in the games, the design of it gives it a mouth that always sports a rather nasty and sinister toothy grin even when it is chasing after its victim as revenge.
* WalkingSpoiler: Its existence isn't revealed until the climax, and discussing it reveals a lot of important details about said climax.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's one towards Peach just like in the games, trying to get her to marry him despite her telling him to his face she's not interested. He also doesn't understand that threatening her friends, using her homeland as leverage and [[spoiler:ordering a mass execution as a wedding gift]] generally don't win over the ladies.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: A ''very'' subtle example, but Bowser's shoulders are speckled with greenish scales, making for a smoother transition between the light yellow-orange scales on his body and emerald-green scales on his head.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While a CardCarryingVillain, Bowser in the games is a BenevolentBoss to his troops. Here Bowser, is more than willing to mistreat his troops if they displease him (not even his right-hand man Kamek is exempt from this) and can't even remember the name of the Spinies species. Also, unlike his game counterpart, his genuine affection for Peach in the games is removed here and is replaced with more of a lustful obsession, evidenced by how [[spoiler:[[NotGoodWithRejection he does]] '''[[NotGoodWithRejection not]]''' [[NotGoodWithRejection take being rejected and surprise-attacked by Peach very well]], going straight into attack mode at being outsmarted at the wedding and [[WouldHitAGirl immediately retaliating with his deadly fire breath]]]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: Bowser in the games was unrepentantly evil but in the movie he's significantly crueler and more ruthless. [[spoiler:He outright orders Kamek to torture Toad via AgonyBeam to push Peach into marrying him and tries to sacrifice a load of prisoners (including Luigi) at the wedding.]] The Japanese dub takes it much further, as he is a {{Sadist}} who only wants Peach [[spoiler:so she can bear his children and continue his legacy.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:After being defeated by a Super Star Powered up Mario and Luigi, Bowser begs Peach to give him a second chance. She obviously has none of it and shoves a Mini Mushroom in his mouth, allowing Toad to imprison him in a jar after he shrinks.]]
* AmazonChaser: Bowser's crush on Peach certainly has shades of this, going off the princess both being more proactive in this film as well as him admitting that her constantly defeating him actually makes him like her ''more''.
* ArchEnemy: For the longest time, he's this to Princess Peach, which has gotten to the point [[VillainousCrush he falls madly in love with her]] despite the fact she hates him. However, when Mario shows up, Bowser becomes increasingly obsessed with the plumber because he sees him as a love rival to Peach.
* AxCrazy: Many moments in the film showcase that this version of Bowser is MUCH more unhinged and psychopathic than his game counterpart whether it be his multiple mood swings, his violent outbursts, his homicidal and violent tendencies, and his huge VillainousBreakdown in the climax of the film. Peach even refers to him as a "lunatic" and a "psycho" and it's definitely not hard at all to see why.
* BadBoss: Rather shocking considering his game counterpart is quite the [[BenevolentBoss opposite]], but this version of Bowser is '''''much''''' nastier and crueler to his troops. Some of his minions are terrified of him, he doesn't know the species name of the Spinies, or worse doesn’t ''bother'' to remember their species name, and instead refers to them as merely "things" (which visibly disappoints them), and a few members of his army are shown locked up in his dungeon and are even used as ''sacrifices'' for his wedding (with one Koopa Troopa already shown being '''dead''' in one of the cages, in addition to a few Goombas who didn't want to help him conquer the Mushroom Kingdom). He also roasts one of his Koopa Troopa minions and reduces him to a Dry Bones for speaking out of line and even slammed the piano cover on Kamek's fingers in a fit of irritation that he doesn't know anything about this human plumber that stumbled into the Mushroom Kingdom.
* BerserkButton: Telling him Peach may not be into him. He burns the flesh off of one of his Koopa Troopa minions when said minion points that out.
* BigBad: He's the movie's main antagonist and the biggest threat to Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom.
* BlatantLies: Despite stating to Kamek that he doesn't feel threatened by Mario when being informed that Peach is training him, he says it in a passive-aggressive tone. Even when disregarding this, he gets increasingly fed up with the plumber's interference to the point where he screams his name out of rage.
-->'''Bowser:''' '''[[SayMyName MARIO!]]'''
* BreathWeapon: Bowser can shoot flames from his mouth that can cover an impressive distance without losing energy, highly reminiscent of [[FireBreathingWeapon an extended burst from a flamethrower]]. At the start of the movie, he manages to destroy an ''ice castle'' with it.
* TheBrute: Possesses immense strength, and knows how to use it, even [[spoiler:overwhelming Donkey Kong with ease during the final battle]].
* TheCaligula: This version of Bowser is an impulsive tyrant prone to mood swings and abusing his own minions. He also goes ravaging other kingdoms and looting their treasures in the hopes of impressing Princess Peach, -- who has no interest in him and explicitly calls him a lunatic -- and getting her to marry him, and plans to [[spoiler:sacrifice a large number of prisoners as part of the wedding ceremony]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Parodied. In order to get Luigi to fess up about who Mario is, he repeatedly tugs at Luigi's mustache hairs until he can't stand the pain anymore, causing him to ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Bowser comes to view Mario as a fierce romantic rival separating him from his love Princess Peach. Observing them casually talking really, ''really'' boils his blood and he all but vows to MurderTheHypotenuse.
* CreateYourOwnHero: He ends up turning the Mario Bros. into the ''Super'' Mario Bros. by capturing Luigi and antagonizing Mario for being close to Peach, which only motivates Mario to be a hero and Luigi to be brave. [[spoiler:By the climax of the film, his stolen Super Star ends up giving Mario and Luigi the power needed to defeat him and his army, leading Brooklyn to hail them as heroes.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:His final battle with Mario has him utterly trouncing the plumber and he easily manhandles DK. Once Mario and Luigi use the Super Star, however, they quickly return the favor.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Once Mario and Luigi begin kicking his tail with the help of the Super Star, he tries in vain to fight back. Thought it’s subverted when he starts begging after being defeated.]]
* DirtyCoward: Downplayed, as he put up a decent fight beforehand, but he visibly panics when [[spoiler:Mario and Luigi successfully grab the Super Star. After a vicious beating, Bowser begs Peach for mercy.]]
* TheDreaded: The Mushroom Kingdom regards him as a serious threat and Toad is scared when he realizes from Mario’s description that Luigi is probably in the Dark Lands. Even his own men are frightened of him given his temper and tendency to brutally punish them for any mistakes.
* DubPersonalityChange: In the "Super Japanese version" Bowser isn't as dark as he is in the English version but is slightly more serious.
* EntitledToHaveYou: His attitude towards Peach. He thinks their match would be ideal because they are both rulers, and can't (or perhaps ''won't'') fathom the idea that she will 100%-without-a-doubt reject him, and when she does, threatens to kill not only her but her entire kingdom, [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency thinking that the act of "sparing" them if she marries him makes him a decent guy]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Bowser's courting methods are truly awful, willing to pillage and plunder in the hopes his power would be enough to charm Peach. [[spoiler:He even goes as far as to stage a mass slaughter during their wedding ceremony on the assumption Peach would be impressed by it.]] Additionally, upon hearing about Mario, he immediately assumes that he's a rival suitor for Peach, and doesn't consider that he might have other motives for helping Peach in her mission, like rescuing his brother, which is telling because he says this immediately after taking Luigi captive.
* EvilIsBigger: He is quite massive when put next to any of the heroic characters.
* EvilIsBurningHot: In typical Bowser fashion, he has powerful fire breath that can melt an entire kingdom of ice, his hovering castle is pouring with boiling lava, and according to a map, all that can be seen of said ice kingdom afterwards is a magma-filled wasteland.
* EvilIsHammy: While, for the most part, he's portrayed as a very serious threat, he has moments of being over the top in his deliveries, most notably when he finds the Super Star:
-->'''Bowser:''' I finally found it, and now ''NO ONE'' CAN '''''STOP MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!'''''
* EvilIsPetty: Bowser would decimate entire kingdoms and ecosystems motivated solely by his crush on Peach. Likewise, his animosity towards Mario comes around when he hears that the plumber has already befriended Peach, not caring if Mario is resourceful enough to thwart him in any other way.
* EvilLaugh: He delivers a few of these throughout the movie. The first time is when he successfully manages to obtain and steal the Super Star from the Ice Kingdom, [[spoiler:the second time when he believes that the Koopa General successfully killed Mario and Donkey Kong when he performed the Spiny Shell attack on them, and the third and final time when he believes that he successfully killed Mario and Luigi by trying to burn them to a crisp during the climax in Brooklyn.]]
* EvilOverlord: As to be expected with a character like Bowser. He is the tyrannical king of the Koopas and ruler of [[{{Mordor}} the Dark Lands]] and uses that power to conquer multiple kingdoms in the past. His ultimate end goal after [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe getting Peach to marry him]] is to conquer the entire world with Peach by his side.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has a deep, gruff voice courtesy of Jack Black.
* FatalFlaw: He has a whopping four of them.
** '''Delusion.''' He is ultimately foolish to believe Peach would ever be with him no matter how many times she tries to get that through to his head and blindly believes Mario intentionally tried to win her heart from him when he clearly had no intention of doing so in the first place.
** '''Obsession.''' He is obsessed with having Peach as his wife and will go to any lengths to achieve it. However, all he succeeds in doing was make Peach even more repulsed by him. He later gets obsessed with making things personal with Mario after the latter foiled his plans. It's his obsession with Peach and Mario that ultimately leads to his defeat.
** '''Paranoia.''' He immediately sees Mario as a rival for Peach's love upon learning of his arrival in the Mushroom Kingdom, despite the fact that Mario only went to Peach to seek her help in rescuing his brother and is at best [[spoiler:only beginning to flirt with her]]. He starts doing everything he can to kill Mario and get him away from Peach so he can have her to himself. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy However, it's his paranoid acts to keep Mario and Peach apart that ended up deepening their bond.]]
** '''Wrath.''' By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:[[VillainousBreakdown he completely loses sight of any and all remaining semblance of composure and sanity that he previously had]] and solely focuses on taking Mario, his friends, and the entire Mushroom Kingdom down at all costs. During the climax in Brooklyn, he continues to inflict his wrath upon Mario out of sheer blind rage and hatred without any straight thinking or planning and even when Mario and Luigi attain the power and invincibility of the Super Star, he still cares more about having the plumbers ''dead'' rather than using any straight thinking, planning, or logic even when he himself knows that it is a meaningless effort.]] In the end, it's his blind rage and hatred for the mustachioed red plumber and his friends that ultimately leads to his downfall.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He sometimes acts courteously to his enemies, but absolutely none of it is genuine. It really is all a mere façade that he uses in order to try and hide his true sadism and depravity. Once he drops the act, he's an unhinged, cruel, and monstrous sociopath who is hellbent on making everyone around him suffer as much as possible with absolutely [[LackOfEmpathy zero remorse]]. Probably the best example is when Peach refuses his declaration of marriage at the altar.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: Bowser hates Mario simply because he's a human accompanying Princess Peach. He knows nothing else about the plumber aside from having a mustache, but he feels threatened because Peach is also human and thus would most likely fall in love with a fellow human than the King of the Koopas.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Mario, naturally. Both are motivated by "love", but while Bowser is motivated by his immature infatuation with Peach, from whom he expects a FourthDateMarriage under duress, Mario is motivated by his genuine and lifelong familial love for his brother. Also, while Bowser treats Peach as nothing more than a trophy he wants to possess, Mario treats Peach as an equal, a person, and a close friend while still growing feelings for her without realizing it. Furthermore, much attention is called to how Mario [[{{Determinator}} doesn’t know when to give up]], but this trait also applies to Bowser, especially concerning [[StalkerWithACrush his affection for Peach]]. The thing is, Mario portrays the good parts of this trait, using his drive to help others, while Bowser portrays the bad side, barging forward in his quest with no regard for the feelings or well-being of anyone else.
** To Donkey Kong. Both are large, animalistic characters who think highly of themselves, which leads them into conflict with Mario. Both are also desperate to win the approval of someone else, Peach in Bowser's case and Cranky Kong in DK's case. However, Bowser insists on Peach loving him despite his many, many, issues, which naturally leads to Peach rejecting him, while DK recognizes his flaws and works to overcome them, which wins him the approval of his father.
* FieryRedhead: Despite being a reptile, Bowser has a bright red mohawk styled to resemble flames with bushy eyebrows and is quite a ham.
* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:After Mario, Peach, and Donkey Kong successfully ruin his wedding, his response is to use a Banzai Bill and completely nuke the entire Mushroom Kingdom.]]
* GildedCage: [[spoiler:Bowser's ultimate fate. He's force-fed a blue mushroom and shrinks down to the size of a pet turtle. Peach imprisons him in a literal gilded cage in her castle, where his only hope of escape would be to allow someone to knock the wind out of him.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler:During the film's climax in Brooklyn, while Bowser is in the middle of having his huge VillainousBreakdown, his usual [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] start glowing with rage and hatred. He primarily has these when he is delivering his brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Mario.]] This is used to great effect to show just how scary and dangerous Bowser can be when he goes on a literal RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* GreenEyedMonster: Bowser's growing hatred of Mario stems from the fact Peach likes the plumber more than the King of Koopas. He sees Mario as a rival suitor intentionally trying to steal "his girl" and make him unhappy, and decides to make it personal when he ends up in Brooklyn at the story's climax. The irony is that Mario is only with Peach to rescue Luigi, whom Bowser has held captive in his castle, and isn't interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with the princess (for now at least).
* HairTriggerTemper: He has a volatile temperament with the slightest of inconveniences setting him into a screaming rage. His troops and Luigi receive much of the brunt of his wrath.
* HiddenDepths:
** His troops, who admire his status as a conqueror, are quite surprised to learn that he has romantic aspirations for Princess Peach and that [[WeCanRuleTogether he'd rather set up a diplomatic solution by ruling with her]] than destroy her kingdom. (Even though Bowser's ideas of romance are ''skewed'', to say the least).
** You wouldn't expect a dragon-turtle tyrant who rules over a volcano island to be a skilled pianist with an impressive singing voice.
** As horrible and monstrous as he is, during the final battle, [[spoiler:Bowser reveals he is deeply unhappy with his life and believed marrying Peach and taking over the world with her at his side would make him happy. However, this could also just be a mere excuse that he uses in order to try and justify his evil deeds and extreme obsession over Peach.]]
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: In the end, [[NeverMyFault no matter how many times he blames Mario]], Bowser's greatest enemy is himself. His campaign to rule the world and bring misery to others is why Peach ''hates'' him to the core. His paranoia that Mario may win Peach's love leads him to personally antagonize the Mario Brothers, [[CreateYourOwnHero which not only makes them the superheroes adored by everyone]], including Peach, but [[spoiler:[[SelfFulfillingProphecy he also ended up deepening the bond between Mario and Peach, which is soon destined to blossom into romance, the very thing he tried to prevent]]. By the time Mario and Donkey Kong arrive at Bowser's Castle to save the day, Bowser's wedding is already in ruins because he genuinely thought Peach would love him despite evidence to the contrary.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: During the final battle on the streets of Brooklyn, after badly mauling Mario and throwing him into a pizza shop, Bowser calls him a coward, demanding he come out and fight. When Mario does come out to fight after a minute of stalling, Bowser even gets angry about ''that'' as well, spitting out, "You just don't know when to quit!"
* ItsAllAboutMe: Bowser cares for nothing but himself and his own happiness. And he would destroy anyone's happiness, including Peach's, in order to get it.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Bowser immediately tries to incinerate Peach upon her rejection of him and her surprise attack on him.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Bowser is deeply in love with Peach and his entire motivation for stealing the Super Star was to impress her enough to accept his marriage proposal. [[spoiler:During the final battle with Mario, Bowser rages at how marrying Peach was his chance at happiness, but Mario ruined it.]] It's a DeconstructedTrope though, as his sense of entitlement, cruelty, and LackOfEmpathy is the major reason why Peach ''hates'' him to the core. It really doesn't help that Bowser's idea of "love" is well... [[{{Understatement}} twisted to say the very least.]]
* {{Irony}}: Bowser's hatred of Mario stems from considering him to be a romantic rival for Peach's affections. [[spoiler:While that would be true in most versions, here, though they do get some ShipTease, their relationship never really moves beyond friends (for now at least). However, there is another twist of irony; [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his attempts of getting rid of Mario and have Peach to himself only succeeded in driving Peach further away from him and bringing her and Mario closer together than before, therefore setting up the possibility for them to develop a romance in the future]].]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Bowser is a childish, petty, sadistic and entitled tyrant who treats his henchmen like garbage.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Bowser appears to genuinely love Peach at first, even singing about her and acknowledging that she despises him. As the film progresses however, [[spoiler:his love for Peach is revealed to be entirely possessive and self-serving, and it's so shallow that he has no problem trying to kill her the instant she turns him down during their wedding, only ever voicing affection for Peach again after his defeat, as a way to beg for mercy]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The Japanese dub eschews most of his comedic scenes, allowing Bowser to become an even more sinister threat.
* LackOfEmpathy: Bowser is unsympathetic to the lives of others, believing that Peach would enjoy seeing [[spoiler:Luigi and Bowser's other prisoners being executed ''Franchise/MortalKombat''-style in a large volcanic fire pit.]] He also shows no remorse in trying to kill all who stand in his way of getting what he wants. [[spoiler:He even shows no hesitation in trying to kill Peach after she rightfully rejects him at the altar, further showing that his so-called "love" for her is solely possessive and objectifying.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He absolutely towers over his minions who he rules with an iron fist.
* LargeHam: Bowser was always hammy but add being played by Creator/JackBlack and you get some truly epic scenery chewing in just about every scene.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the start of the film, Bowser melts a penguin castle made of ice to get his claws on the Super Star. [[spoiler:Near the climax, Peach freezes him with an Ice Flower smuggled into her wedding bouquet by Toad. In the final battle, the Super Star is used against him by the Mario Brothers with the final blow destroying his own castle.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Evil as he may be, nearly every scene featuring Bowser has a comedic undertone. His grand evil plan is to simply marry Princess Peach, which almost disappoints the Koopa Troop until he mentions that destroying the Mushroom Kingdom is the backup plan. And his whole rivalry with Mario is born from his paranoia that the Brooklyn plumber is out to steal Peach from him, when the reality is Mario and Peach are simply becoming good friends [[ShipTease with only the most subtle hints of a possible romantic relationship]]. However, this doesn't make him any less of a genuinely threatening force of evil.
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:Overall, he is the strongest character in the film. In the final battle, he’s capable of outpacing Mario, and even overpowering DK. He also survives a serious beatdown by the Mario Bros. enhanced by the Star.]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Bowser wants to marry Peach despite knowing that she hates him, and sincerely believes acquiring the Super Star is all he needs to win Peach's heart, and tries to increase his chances by using rehearsed pick-up lines, neither of which impress her. When the Princess tells him point-blank that she will never marry him, [[spoiler:the Koopa King tortures Toad in order to force her into marrying him. Once the ceremony is about to take place, Bowser intends to ritually sacrifice his prisoners, never considering that Peach might feel negatively about it. This makes her sucker-punch Kamek and whip out an Ice Flower before scornfully asking Bowser if he really thought she would actually marry him, to which the latter responds with a flabbergasted, "Kinda!"]]
* LovingAShadow: He never really saw Peach as a person so much as a literal object of his affection to make himself happy. [[spoiler:The moment Peach personally ruins said chance for happiness, he has no problems trying to kill her.]]
* MageInManhattan: Near the end, [[spoiler:he and his flying castle get transported to Brooklyn for a final fight with Mario and Luigi]].
* MarsNeedsWomen: Bowser is a Koopa whose attraction to Peach, a human, is more than a little creepy in this way. This is dialed up in the Japanese version, where he explicitly states that he wants to marry her so she'll bear his children.
* MisplacedRetribution: Bowser blames Mario for [[spoiler:ruining his big wedding with Peach]]. He conveniently ignores the fact that [[spoiler:it was actually Peach who ruined the wedding with a hidden Ice Flower in her bouquet, and Mario only showed up at the end to rescue Luigi from falling in the lava pit. Mario wasn't even aware there was a wedding event until he reunited with Peach at the altar.]]
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: While addressing his army, he namedrops the Koopas and Goombas, but refers to the Spinies as "whatever those things are" (to the Spinies' [[DudeWheresMyRespect disappointment]]).
* NeverMyFault: During the final battle, Bowser blames Mario for ruining his chances with Princess Peach, even though it's obvious that she despised the Koopa King for his cruelty and possessiveness, never mind the fact that [[spoiler:he tried to kill her moments earlier for rejecting him]].
* NoSell: The penguins try to fight Bowser off by [[SnowballFight throwing snowballs at him]]. Being a huge reptilian who can breathe fire and lives in a flying, lava-spewing castle, he obviously can just brush it right off. [[spoiler:This doesn't hold true when Peach decides to freeze him solid with an Ice Flower's powers.]]
-->'''Penguin King:''' That is but a taste of our fury! Do you ''yield''?\\
'''Bowser:''' ''(chuckles menacingly)'' I do '''not.'''
* NoSocialSkills: The way Bowser tries to handle his crush on Peach shows very much that, on top of being very evil, he has ''no clue'' how to interact with someone who isn’t an underling. This is exemplified best [[spoiler:during the wedding when he declares that he is going to sacrifice his prisoners in Peach’s honor. His expression right after saying this is like a little kid expectantly waiting for a compliment while Peach has an expression of “why would you ever think that was something I would want?”.]]
* {{Notzilla}}: Bowser's a spiky, fire-breathing reptilian monster who leaves a path of destruction in his wake; he even gets a shot where he [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 rears back and breathes fire straight up into the sky.]] For an additional bonus, one of his enemies goes by the name "Kong".
* ObliviouslyEvil: He seems to be genuinely clueless why Peach wouldn't find him [[spoiler:executing his prisoners during their wedding ceremony]] romantic.
* ObviouslyEvil: Bowser travels the world in an OminousFloatingCastle filled with lava and flames, is covered in spikes, has a large, muscular build and an intimidating posture, uses a powerful flame breath, is feared by allies and enemies alike, and has a violent temper.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:After the Bros. grab the Super Star, Bowser furiously attempts to crush the both of them with an outwards stomp. Not only does this not take, but the Bros. [[NoSell don't even so much as blink]], let alone ''react'', even while the force destroys the ground ''behind'' them. Bowser has about three seconds to process [[ThisCannotBe how much trouble he's in]] before he's [[MegatonPunch made to taste the New York skyline.]]]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Bowser destroys an entire castle with his fire breath. Justified since the castle was made of ice.
* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him.
* PuppyDogEyes: Surprisingly, yes. When Bowser rehearses his love confession, he puts on a very innocent expression. Inverted when Bowser loses his temper, causing his pupils and irises to contract to pinpoints. In general, it's pretty obvious that he only puts on this expression in order to make him seem innocent in front of Peach despite her and the audience already knowing that he truly is very much the ''exact'' opposite.
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler:Bowser was already hellishly livid after being transported to Brooklyn following Mario foiling his plans for Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom, but when Mario and Luigi get the Super Star, therefore ripping the last part of Bowser's conquest from him, and start beating him back, Bowser's rage explodes to the point of sheer insanity as he screams at his troops to "RIP THEM TO PIECES!" It's clear that it doesn't matter how powerful the Mario Bros. have gotten; Bowser just wants them ''dead'', full stop.]]
* RealMenWearPink: For a huge, fire-breathing monster, he has some skill at the piano and dreams of having a "fairytale wedding" to a princess.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Bowser's eyes are already red, but when he goes completely berserk they get a lot brighter. One notable instance [[spoiler:happens during the climax, when he sees through the ice Peach and Mario getting close, his eyes glow red right before he blows fire in sheer rage]].
* ResizedVocals: [[spoiler:After getting shrunk in the climax, Bowser's left with a high-pitched, squeaky voice going into the mid-credits.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bowser is concerned about Mario derailing his plans because he thinks Mario is dating Peach and has no idea that Mario is instead opposing him to rescue Luigi.
* RottenRockAndRoll: Like in the games, Bowser is associated with rock music, and while celebrating the acquirement of the Super Star, [[VillainsOutShopping the Koopa King and his army jam to a heavy metal band]] performing the theme that plays when Fury Bowser appears in ''VideoGame/BowsersFury''.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Bowser is a king who is, unfortunately for everyone who isn't a part of his kingdom, very proactive and will gladly be on the frontlines with his troops.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Once he's defeated, he is force-fed a Mini Mushroom while he's still weakened in order to imprison him in a glass jar. Later in the credits, he is moved to a gilded cage.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Bowser tries to get rid of Mario and rid himself of competition for Peach's love. However, all he succeeds in doing is [[spoiler:to drive Peach further away from him and bring her and Mario closer together than before, to the point of holding hands, therefore setting the groundwork for their bond to blossom into romance in the future.]]
* TheSociopath: In a stark contrast to his game counterpart, who was given many redeeming qualities over the years as part of CharacterizationMarchesOn, this version of the Koopa King has all the textbook traits of a sociopath whether it'd be his lack of care for anyone that isn't himself, his [[AxCrazy unhinged]] personality and violent mood swings, his total LackOfEmpathy, and overall being a murderous psycho who will kill anyone who gets in his way. [[spoiler:Even Peach, the one person that he does seem to love, [[WouldHitAGirl he does not hesitate at all to hurt or even kill]] when she dares to refuse to marry him and even has no problem making her watch one of her own Toad followers get slowly tortured and slowly killed right in front of her just so he can force her to do what he wants.]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: His shell is very spiky and he wears studded cuffs on his neck and arms.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Bowser aims to conquer the world, and his plan to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom is to either acquire it diplomatically by marrying Peach or destroy the Mushroom Kingdom if she refuses.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Bowser tends to call Peach by "Peaches" throughout the film and even calls her that throughout his {{villain song}}.
* TerriblePickUpLines: Bowser tries one on Peach per poor advice from Kamek.
-->'''Bowser:''' I guess love really makes a guy come out of his shell. (''chuckles nervously but sees Peach angrily stare in defiance'') I told you that line wouldn't work! (''glares at Kamek'')
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Bowser's romantic advances are based around treating Peach's love like an achievement that's earned through accumulation of power and conquest. At no point does he consider getting to know her as a person.
* UnknownRival: From a romantic standpoint, he thinks that Mario is trying to stop him to court Princess Peach himself. In reality, Mario's really just there to save his brother and stop him from destroying the Mushroom Kingdom, and is at best only beginning to flirt with Peach.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The movie is brightly colored with a comedic tone, but that does ''not'' stop Bowser from being a very dangerous and remorseless villain. Most of his redeeming elements from the games have been removed here, and he repeatedly makes very graphic threats against his enemies, and follows through on some of them. He mercilessly invades and destroys other Kingdoms with ultimate goal of putting Peach in a ForcedMarriage under the threat of her kingdom being totally destroyed. Though he does have some comedic moments, most of them fall under BlackComedy.
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Like in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', Bowser wears white on his wedding day.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Starting with the climax of the movie, Bowser's fury gets increasingly hot as his plans start to unravel. [[spoiler:Once Peach reveals the wedding was a trick to freeze him with the Ice Flower Toad smuggled in for her, Bowser becomes absolutely livid and attempts to murder her on the spot with his fire breath, subsequently losing any semblance of restraint on his fiery temper throughout the rest of the movie. It gets even worse when he looks at Mario and Peach enjoying each other's company and even holding hands after they’ve reunited and orders the Mushroom Kingdom to be nuked by a Banzai Bill after breaking out of his icy prison through sheer jealous rage.]]
--->'''Bowser:''' [[spoiler:''LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND '''DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!''''']]
** Right after that, he loses his cool even more. [[spoiler:When he gets transported to Brooklyn after his attempt to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom fails (thanks to Mario's interference, naturally), he becomes even more ''hellishly '''LIVID''''' and attempts to murder Mario and his friends with sheer animalistic malice, not even caring about where he's ended up.]]
--->'''Bowser:''' [[spoiler:'''MARIOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!''' YOU WANT THIS?! YOU ''RUINED'' MY WEDDING!! I WAS ''FINALLY'' GONNA BE HAPPY! NOW YOU WILL SUFFER... '''''LIKE MEEEEE!!!!!!!!''''']]
** [[spoiler:Even Mario and Luigi using the power of the Super Star against him fails to stop his fury. If anything, losing the Power-Up that ''he'd'' stolen first-- and thus, having the last remaining shred of his plan ripped away from him-- only drives his fury to the point of ''insanity'', as he practically ''screams'' at his army to attack them regardless, then tries to end them himself, up to attempting to halt the brothers' dual DivingKick finisher with a stream of fire (of course, [[InvincibilityPowerUp all attempts fail]]). It doesn't matter ''how'' powerful they are now; he won't falter until they're ''dead'' for even ''daring'' to so thoroughly humiliate him.]]
--->'''Bowser:''' (''screaming like a madman'') '''''RIP THEM TO PIECES!!!!'''''
* VillainousCrush: Just like in the games proper, he has a major one on Peach, stealing the Super Star specifically so he can impress her. He even gets a VillainLoveSong about it. And despite his VillainousBreakdown toward her, his mid-credits scene makes it clear he's still not over her. Unlike the games, though, it's portrayed in a far more childish and pettier light.
* VillainLoveSong: "Peaches" and its reprise (though it's a single song on the soundtrack). He expresses his desire to marry Peach with a "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Ludwig Von Koopa]]" piano and a hammy, metal voice that only Creator/JackBlack could pull off.
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After he is defeated, Bowser pathetically begs Peach to give him another chance. Peach naturally won't have any of it and shoves a Mini Shroom into his mouth, making him shrink into something the size of a pet turtle.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: In his "proposal" to Peach, he states that they can conquer the world together.
* WickedCultured: Bowser plays the piano while talking to Kamek about his wedding plans to Peach.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Shows this side of him after Peach rejects him and revealed that she had a back-up plan in the form of her Ice Flower to crash their own wedding, immediately retaliating with his deadly fire breath and was later seen even physically striking her HARD at least once along with Donkey Kong and Toad when they end up in Brooklyn.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Lumalee]] is among the many prisoners [[spoiler:that Bowser intends to dip in lava as part of the wedding ceremony]].
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:He forces Peach to marry him. If she doesn't, he'll kill her ''and'' destroy her kingdom, as displayed when she fights back with an Ice Flower.]]
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[[folder:Kamek]]
!!Kamek
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Juan Alfonso Arenas (EU Spanish), Roberto Carrillo (Latin American Spanish), Juan Antonio Bernal (Catalan), Creator/DonaldReignoux (EU French), Gilbert Lachance (Canadian French), Ricardo Juarez (Brazilian Portuguese), Rui Oliveira (EU Portuguese), Jin Urayama (Japanese), Ivan Mathias Petersson (Swedish), Tilo Schmitz (German), Zhao Mingzhou (PRC Mandarin), Ko Hon Man (HK Cantonese), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin), Bang Seong-jun (Korean), Creator/FrancoMannella (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Behold, the king of the Koopas!"'']]
->''"A mustachioed human has arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom."''
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A Koopa sorcerer and Bowser's second-in-command.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While his game counterpart is no slouch, this version of the evil Koopa wizard can freeze an entire army in their tracks and throw them aside with just a wave of his wand.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Implied - in the games, he is Bowser's adoptive father. While this isn't necessarily ''not'' the case in the film, his bootlicking is just vaguely flirtatious enough to cast doubt.
* AmbiguouslyGay: While delivering the news about Mario's arrival, Kamek assures Bowser that he's no threat to his plans to marry Peach, asking him if he has looked in a mirror lately. Later, Kamek dresses up like Peach so Bowser can practice his proposal, after which Kamek enthusiastically says yes and puckers his lips.
* BaitTheDog: He invites all the prisoners to join the wedding of Bowser and Peach. But not as guests of honor, but [[spoiler:as [[KickTheDog ritual sacrifices]]]].
* CompositeCharacter: He is a mix of Kamek from the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' and various ''Mario'' games featuring him and Mouser from the ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. They both are second in commands to the king of the Koopas and both give off a Peter Lorre impression in their voices.
* CreepyCrossdresser: He dresses as Peach so Bowser can practice his proposal speech to her.
* TheDragon: Kamek serves as Bowser's second in command, being the closest to understanding Bowser's plans on conquering the Mushroom Kingdom.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He definitely enables Bowser's delusions on this front. He constantly reassures his boss that his destructiveness will impress Peach into marrying him, to the point that when roleplaying as Peach, he immediately accepts Bowser's mock proposal -- a far cry from the real Peach's reaction.
* EvilOldFolks: He is noticeably aging and is Bowser's sadistic right-hand man.
* {{Fingore}}: A furious Bowser ''slams'' his piano shut on Kamek's claws after the latter informs him of Mario's progress.
* FlyingBroomstick: One of the [[https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/2/21/TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] shows him riding a broomstick like the one he has in the games. In the film proper, Kamek appears on his broomstick in Bowser's prison when he [[spoiler:"invites" the prisoners to Bowser's wedding as sacrifices.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's Bowser's trusted second-in-command and wears Coke-bottle lenses.
* GlassCannon: Despite being able to subdue entire armies with a flick of his wand, [[spoiler:Peach takes him completely out of commission with a single punch. Though he does manage to recover during the final battle in Brooklyn, holding the Super Star with his magic wand until Peach kicks a Koopa Shell at it.]]
* LorreLookalike: Richardson does what sounds like a high-pitched Creator/PeterLorre impression for the character with a hint of the Oriental accent that he used for Demongo the Soul Collector in Cartoon Network's ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
* MindOverMatter: Kamek has powerful telekinesis and he puts it to good use, where he defeats the entire penguin army in a single instant by picking up its soldiers and easily throwing them all aside, while manipulating ice bits into stairs for Bowser to obtain the Super Star.
* OneManArmy: All it takes for him to take down a whole penguin army in the beginning of the movie is a magic spell.
* RomanticWingman: Kamek helps Bowser try to court Peach despite being absolutely hopeless when it comes to this sort of thing.
* {{Sadist}}: He seems to take a disturbing amount of enjoyment in many of his heinous actions whether it'd be having a very big grin on his face when Bowser burns down the penguins' ice castle or when he gleefully slowly tortures and nearly kills Toad.
* SquishyWizard: Kamek can use his magic to do a wide variety of things and can take out an army with a flick of a wrist, [[spoiler:but one sucker punch from Peach knocks him out cold until they are sent to Brooklyn.]]
* SycophanticServant: Kamek often tries to help Bowser feel confident, reassuring him that he is too good-looking to have to worry about Peach liking Mario and that [[BlatantLies he was doing great with his proposal to Peach.]]
* VillainTeleportation: Being a Magikoopa, he can poof around at will.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What became of him after [[spoiler:Bowser's defeat]] isn't shown.
* YesMan: No matter how blatantly obvious that Bowser's plan to marry Peach is doomed to fail, Kamek only gives answers that Bowser wants to hear, to the point even Bowser himself doesn't truly believe it because it's too sycophantic in nature.
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[[folder:Koopa General]]
!!Koopa General
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMenville[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Miguel Ángel Garzón (EU Spanish), Oscar López (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ChristopheLemoine (EU French), Sébastien Reding (Canadian French), Daniel Simões (Brazilian Portuguese), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Matthias Klages (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You can't escape me! Blue Shell!"'']]
-> ''"Mario! You're a dead man!"''
\\
A Koopa Paratroopa with a blue, spiked shell that commands the Koopa Army under Bowser.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His coloring and spikes make him resemble the Blue Shell from ''Mario Kart''. Sure enough, his assault against Mario on Rainbow Road portrays him as an ImplacableMan that won't stop until he's taken out his target. By the end, it turns out to be more than a resemblance -- he ''is'' the Blue Shell. When his vehicle is destroyed, he transforms into the actual ''Mario Kart'' item and blasts Mario and Donkey Kong right off the track.
* AxCrazy: He leads the Koopa Troop on the battlefield, and he's the most bloodthirsty Koopa aside from Bowser himself. On the Rainbow Road, he goes specifically after Mario and tries to crush the plumber with mechanized jaws in front of his kart, sporting a SlasherSmile while he's at it. When his kart gets totaled, the enraged General turns himself into a Spiny Shell and blows up Mario and Donkey Kong's kart seemingly at the cost of his own life.
* BadBoss: He doesn't seem to care if his oversized kart is knocking off his fellow Koopas and their karts off the Rainbow Road if it means getting to kill Mario personally.
* CallingYourAttacks: When his kart is destroyed during the race, he screams "Blue Shell!", and becomes the ''actual item'' before honing in on Mario and Donkey Kong.
* CanonForeigner: As a character, he was technically made up for the movie. His shell is clearly a reference to the Blue Shell from the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' games, but we've only ever seen it as a projectile and never being worn by a living Koopa. Blue-shelled Koopa Paratroopas appeared in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and a few other games, but didn't have spikes. His design also seems to take some inspiration from the members of the Koopatrol, armored Koopas who serve as Bowser's EliteMooks in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Turns out, his design isn't just a reference to the Blue Shell - he actually ''is'' one, SuicideAttack and all.
* TheComicallySerious: He walks in on Bowser practicing his proposal to Peach on Kamek, who is dressed like Peach, and comes off as entirely unperturbed by the strange sight, going about reporting to the two (who looked like they were on the verge of kissing) as if nothing is amiss.
* ConjoinedEyes: For stylistic purposes, he loses the border between his eyes when expressing overly sadistic glee during the Rainbow Road ambush.
* EliteMook: He has wings and spikes on his shell and leads the ambush on Rainbow Road in a massive bulldozer-like vehicle.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is not named in the film and the credits only refer to him as "Koopa General".
* EvilLaugh: He gets to throw a few while driving his vehicle through the Rainbow Road, especially when he believes he's crushed Mario.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Not based on dialogue or gesture, but based on his appearance. He's a Koopa Paratroopa, his shell is blue, and it's spiked like Bowser. [[SuicideAttack Guess what he does when he was defeated by Mario]].
* ImplacableMan: Mario can't escape him. Even if Mario jumps to a different Rainbow Road path or blows up his oversized kart, the Koopa General still homes in on him, either in person or firing Bullet Bills. And once he becomes the Blue Shell, Mario and Donkey Kong are helpless to stop him.
* KnightOfCerebus: This is the only Koopa who is not PlayedForLaughs in any fashion, and his ambush on Rainbow Road marks the movie's transition from a mostly comedic, heartwarming adventure to the story's DarkestHour.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: He's the only blue-shelled Koopa under Bowser's command, marking him as the squadron's leader.
* MookLieutenant: He's the leader of the Koopas under Bowser's command.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: After he performs his [[SuicideAttack Blue Shell attack]] on Mario and Donkey Kong where he blows himself up in order to take them both out with him, absolutely nothing remains of him and there is no trace of his body left at all.
* OutOfTheInferno: He emerges from the flaming wreckage of his kart, fully enraged at being outsmarted by Mario and Donkey Kong. It's here he reveals his last trump card to kill Mario: [[TheDreaded Blue Shell]].
* PrepareToDie: He certainly does ''not'' mince words when Mario and his kart are pinned by the mechanical jaws of his kart, screaming "Time to die, Mario!".
* SuicideAttack: After his vehicle is trashed during the Rainbow Road pursuit, the General tucks himself into his spiky blue shell in a fit of rage and flies after Mario and Donkey Kong's vehicle just like the Spiny Shell in the Mario Kart games. This ends up destroying a good amount of the vehicle and the road itself with a great blue explosion, sending the two plummeting into the sea below while he himself does not appear to survive the move.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Even after his giant kart gets blown up to smithereens, he emerges from the fiery wreckage and ''still'' tries to continue going after his attempted victims and even goes so far as to use his Blue Shell SuicideAttack just to finish them off once and for all.
* SuperToughness: Even after having his entire kart blown up right in his ''face'', he still emerges from the wreckage completely unharmed and just more pissed off.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He has no visible reaction to seeing Bowser trying to propose to Kamek in Peach getup, implying that he's used to scenes like this in the past.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Furious Mario and Donkey Kong trashed his kart and are making a getaway, he screams they won't escape, before commencing a SuicideAttack that blasts them off Rainbow Road.
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[[folder:Koopa Troopas]]
!!Koopa Troopas
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMenville, Creator/EricBauza
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Anthropomorphic turtle-like creatures serving as Bowser's soldiers.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The Koopas wear helmets, boots, and knee and elbow guards (and in at least one case a spiked pauldron and an eyepatch) but are otherwise unclothed.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Koopa Troopas' morality varies from game to game, but they are usually depicted as mere soldiers {{just following orders}}. Here, the Koopas are [[BloodKnight eager for war]] and actually confused and disappointed when Bowser's evil plan is revealed to be marrying Princess Peach and uniting their two kingdoms with no bloodshed, only to be reinvigorated when Bowser mentions that destroying the Mushroom Kingdom would be the backup plan if his initial plan fails.
* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite serving [[BigBad Bowser]], they look like cute, cartoony turtles with big eyes. However, with that being said, they do tend to look a lot more aggressive and angry in [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Koopa_Troop_Poster.jpg some]] [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] and a lot of scenes in the movie than the happier, cutesier Koopas that we know of from the games.
* BloodKnight: The Koopas actively and vocally want to go to war with the Mushroom Kingdom. When Bowser reveals he wants to marry Peach, they become disappointed, but quickly start cheering again when he reveals that if she rejects him, they will destroy her kingdom.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Eager for war they may be, they do show some reservation on Bowser wanting to marry Peach, with them even stating out the fact that she hates him, and asking what if she says no to his marriage proposal.
* EyepatchOfPower: A red-shelled Koopa Troopa with a spiked pauldron wears one. It's only to look tougher as he actually lifts it when his comrade is taken down by the catapult's snowball in the opening scene, revealing that his eye is fine.
* FeatheredFiend: Koopa Paratroopas, which look like normal Koopas, but have wings.
* TheGoomba: Despite not being the trope's namesake, the Koopas fill the role of being Bowser's basic {{mooks}} who are common in number and easily taken out by the heroes.
* MascotMook: The Koopa Troopas are the most notable minions in both the promotional material and film.
* MightMakesRight: They genuinely fear and respect Bowser for being the strongest and scariest amongst them, so much so that any time Bowser shows any interest in Peach, the Koopa Troopas are sincerely confused that their king is looking so bumbling during his showings of affection, implicitly not appreciating Bowser having a side like that.
* MythologyGag: The Koopa Troopas wielding spears and wearing helemts are based on the Koopa Troopas from the ''[[ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic.
* RottenRockAndRoll: A group of Koopa Troopas form a heavy metal band and play a victory concert when Bowser claims the Super Star, complete with brightly-colored mohawks and Music/{{KISS}}-style facepaint.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Bowser. They, alongside the other minions, are following Bowser in his quest for world domination without any questions and are fully on board with it.
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[[folder:Dry Bones]]
!!Dry Bones
->''"Draaamaaa."''
Anthropomorphic skeletal turtle-like creatures serving as Bowser's undead soldiers.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The main noises the Dry Bones are heard making consist of loud, pig-like screeches.
* DeathIsCheap: The transition from Koopa Troopa to Dry Bones seems to be completely instantaneous with no real side effects on the Koopa in question. Bowser torches a Koopa Troopa at one point for bringing up the possibility of Peach refusing to marry him. The moment the fire subsides, the Koopa is ''immediately'' in his Dry Bones state and still upright, looking only slightly exasperated at his new undead form.
* DemBones: They're the walking, living skeletons of Koopa Troopas.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Their eyes are solid black pits with glowing yellow pupils, but they can turn red when angered.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Luigi saves Spike from being harassed by a Dry Bones by way of knocking it to pieces and using its shell against its allies.]]
* LosingYourHead: While they easily lose their heads when knocked out, the head takes a few seconds to regain conscience before reassembling their bodies, scaring Luigi, who thought he got rid of one for good.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: One former Koopa Troopa barely reacts to his Dry Bones transformation when Bowser transforms him into one by being burned with his fire breath.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: They are the undead version of the common Koopa Troopas.
* RevivingEnemy: In most cases, they can revive easily after being defeated; as shown by several being smashed to bits by Luigi and recovering after only a few seconds, However, they don't regenerate if they fall into lava just like in the games, as many Dry Bones fell into it while chasing Luigi.
* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: They behave similarly to when they were still alive.
* UndyingLoyalty: '''Literally!''' Not even death itself can stop them from serving Bowser.
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[[folder:Goombas]]
!!Goombas
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Pint-sized mushroom monsters that serve Bowser.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Like the Koopas, Goombas in the games are usually [[PunchClockVillain Punch-Clock Villains]], but here, they're looking forward to going to war with the Mushroom Kingdom.
* BigOlEyebrows: Much like in the video game, they sport some massive eyebrows that's paired with their always scowling faces.
* LeaningTowerOfMooks: A few of them stack up into a Goomba Tower just like in the games, while a 3-Stack Goomba Tower is seen among the minions cheering when Bowser announces that he'll marry Peach in a wedding, [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand before their confusion of why the King of Koopas would do that]].
* {{Metalhead}}: One of the Goombas does some headbanging near the Koopa rock band in the crowd of Koopa Troopas.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A few Goombas are trapped in cages for refusing to go along with Bowser's plan to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom and could've been [[spoiler:sacrificed during the wedding between him and Peach, had Mario and Donkey Kong not saved the prisoners.]]
* OutOfFocus: Despite being among the most common and iconic enemies in the games, they don't play any major part in the film, just going along with Bowser's conquest. Ironically, they're not even TheGoomba in this movie, with that role going to Koopa Troopas instead.
* SquashedFlat: Just like in the games, many of them are squashed flat by Mario's landing boots as he jumps through Bowser's forces.
* WaddlingHead: As usual, they are giant heads balanced on a pair of short limbs.
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[[folder:Shy Guys]]
!!Snifit & Shy Guys
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nate Bihldorff (archival)
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->''"We found [Luigi] in the Darklands."''
-->-- '''Snifit'''
Mask-wearing gnomes that inhabit Bowser's kingdom.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: They were first introduced in the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 second game]] in the ''Super Mario'' series (in terms of US releases).
* AdaptationalWimp: Snifits in the games shoot bullets at enemies of the Koopa Troop, mostly Mario and Luigi, but in the movie, they don't do such a thing. Justified, since it's a family friendly film.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The Snifit that captures and brings Luigi to Bowser has a high-pitched, raspy voice, fitting because it's a small but eerie creature.
* DirtyCoward: The Shy Guys are this. They’re brave when they’re in a pack and can gang up on and capture a frightened and helpless Luigi. [[spoiler:But when Luigi is powered-up by the Super Star in Brooklyn? Unlike the rest of Bowser's minions, who at least try to fight back, the Shy Guys try to run away. They don’t get far.]]
* EvilSoundsRaspy: The Snifit that captures and brings Luigi to Bowser has such a voice, befitting for the only one of the group who [[GasMaskMooks wears a gas mask]].
* {{Faceship}}: They take Luigi to Bowser in a Shy Guy-shaped hot air balloon; the balloon itself is the hood, while the basket is the mask.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:A Shy Guy and Snifit harasses Spike with a Hammer Bro and a Dry Bones, while Luigi saves Spike by ''flicking it away''.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They all wear expressionless masks and work for [[BigBad Bowser]]. Shy Guys wear a WhiteMaskOfDoom while Snifits are GasMaskMooks.
* MookLieutenant: The Snifit is shown leading the Shy Guys and, like the Koopa General, he reports directly to Bowser.
* OneWordVocabulary: The Shy Guys don't say anything other than, "Heiho!"
* RightBehindMe: This is how they make their presence known. After Luigi narrowly escapes a swarm of Dry Bones by barricading the doors of a ruined castle shut behind him, he sits down in relief... only for [[LightningReveal lightning to flash]] and [[FromBadToWorse reveal the gang of creepy masked gnomes waiting for him in the shadows]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Unlike the rest of Bowser’s soldiers, who try to fight the powered-up brothers, a Shy Guy's first instinct is to run away when Luigi stops him from attacking Spike. His attempt is fruitless, as Luigi disposes of him by flicking him.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite appearing infrequently (and having only one spoken line between them) in the film itself, the Shy Guys and Snifit Luigi stumbles upon are the ones who capture him in the Darklands and bring him to Bowser.
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[[folder:Piranha Plants]]
!!Piranha Plants
Carnivorous plants that Bowser grows.
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* ManEatingPlant: True to form, several Piranha Plants can be seen amongst the monsters making up Bowser's army -- one of which devours an unfortunate Goomba. Bowser makes a bouquet out of three small ones and ends up stomping them to death because they try to bite Kamek[[note]]who was dressed up as Peach so that Bowser could practice his proposal[[/note]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Last Resort '''(ALL SPOILERS UNMARKED)''']]
!!Bomber Bill
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->''"LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND '''DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!'''"''
-->-- '''Bowser'''
A gargantuan Bullet Bill. Bowser launches it in an attempt to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom during the climax.
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* ActionBomb: It's fully alive and able to steer itself, like the other Bullet Bills. Mario takes advantage of this by getting its attention, causing it to follow him away from the castle.
* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to draw Bowser's whole castle into the Warp Pipe.
* ItCanThink: At first it just appears to be a giant missile with an angry face design until Mario attacks its eye in desperation and it deviates from its flight path to attack Mario specifically.
* NighInvulnerable: No attack can stop or slow down its descent toward the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario has to [[GoForTheEye smack it in the eye]] just to get its attention.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
* SlasherSmile: Just like in the games, the design of it gives it a mouth that always sports a rather nasty and sinister toothy grin even when it is chasing after its victim as revenge.
* WalkingSpoiler: Its existence isn't revealed until the climax, and discussing it reveals a lot of important details about said climax.
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!!Dark Lands
[[folder:Bowser]]
!!King Bowser
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack, Kenny James (roars, grunts)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Castro (EU Spanish), Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Ramón Canals (Catalan), Creator/JeremieCovillault (EU French), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French), Márcio Dondi (Brazilian Portuguese), Pedro Bargado (EU Portuguese), Creator/DavidBateson (Danish), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Lawrence Mackrory (Swedish), Tobias Meister (German), Daniel Welbat (German singing), Zhang Yaohan (PRC Mandarin), Ip Chun Sing (HK Cantonese), Xia Zhishi (TW Mandarin), Choi Seok-pil (Korean), Creator/FabrizioVidale (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Not sure if you know who I am, but I'm about to marry a princess and rule the world."'']]
->''"We'll see how tough this Mario is when he watches me kill his brother!"''
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The cruel, tyrannical King of the Koopas, who rules the Dark Lands.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's one towards Peach just like in the games, trying to get her to marry him despite her telling him to his face she's not interested. He also doesn't understand that threatening her friends, using her homeland as leverage and [[spoiler:ordering a mass execution as a wedding gift]] generally don't win over the ladies.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: A ''very'' subtle example, but Bowser's shoulders are speckled with greenish scales, making for a smoother transition between the light yellow-orange scales on his body and emerald-green scales on his head.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While a CardCarryingVillain, Bowser in the games is a BenevolentBoss to his troops. Here Bowser, is more than willing to mistreat his troops if they displease him (not even his right-hand man Kamek is exempt from this) and can't even remember the name of the Spinies species. Also, unlike his game counterpart, his genuine affection for Peach in the games is removed here and is replaced with more of a lustful obsession, evidenced by how [[spoiler:[[NotGoodWithRejection he does]] '''[[NotGoodWithRejection not]]''' [[NotGoodWithRejection take being rejected and surprise-attacked by Peach very well]], going straight into attack mode at being outsmarted at the wedding and [[WouldHitAGirl immediately retaliating with his deadly fire breath]]]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: Bowser in the games was unrepentantly evil but in the movie he's significantly crueler and more ruthless. [[spoiler:He outright orders Kamek to torture Toad via AgonyBeam to push Peach into marrying him and tries to sacrifice a load of prisoners (including Luigi) at the wedding.]] The Japanese dub takes it much further, as he is a {{Sadist}} who only wants Peach [[spoiler:so she can bear his children and continue his legacy.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:After being defeated by a Super Star Powered up Mario and Luigi, Bowser begs Peach to give him a second chance. She obviously has none of it and shoves a Mini Mushroom in his mouth, allowing Toad to imprison him in a jar after he shrinks.]]
* AmazonChaser: Bowser's crush on Peach certainly has shades of this, going off the princess both being more proactive in this film as well as him admitting that her constantly defeating him actually makes him like her ''more''.
* ArchEnemy: For the longest time, he's this to Princess Peach, which has gotten to the point [[VillainousCrush he falls madly in love with her]] despite the fact she hates him. However, when Mario shows up, Bowser becomes increasingly obsessed with the plumber because he sees him as a love rival to Peach.
* AxCrazy: Many moments in the film showcase that this version of Bowser is MUCH more unhinged and psychopathic than his game counterpart whether it be his multiple mood swings, his violent outbursts, his homicidal and violent tendencies, and his huge VillainousBreakdown in the climax of the film. Peach even refers to him as a "lunatic" and a "psycho" and it's definitely not hard at all to see why.
* BadBoss: Rather shocking considering his game counterpart is quite the [[BenevolentBoss opposite]], but this version of Bowser is '''''much''''' nastier and crueler to his troops. Some of his minions are terrified of him, he doesn't know the species name of the Spinies, or worse doesn’t ''bother'' to remember their species name, and instead refers to them as merely "things" (which visibly disappoints them), and a few members of his army are shown locked up in his dungeon and are even used as ''sacrifices'' for his wedding (with one Koopa Troopa already shown being '''dead''' in one of the cages, in addition to a few Goombas who didn't want to help him conquer the Mushroom Kingdom). He also roasts one of his Koopa Troopa minions and reduces him to a Dry Bones for speaking out of line and even slammed the piano cover on Kamek's fingers in a fit of irritation that he doesn't know anything about this human plumber that stumbled into the Mushroom Kingdom.
* BerserkButton: Telling him Peach may not be into him. He burns the flesh off of one of his Koopa Troopa minions when said minion points that out.
* BigBad: He's the movie's main antagonist and the biggest threat to Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom.
* BlatantLies: Despite stating to Kamek that he doesn't feel threatened by Mario when being informed that Peach is training him, he says it in a passive-aggressive tone. Even when disregarding this, he gets increasingly fed up with the plumber's interference to the point where he screams his name out of rage.
-->'''Bowser:''' '''[[SayMyName MARIO!]]'''
* BreathWeapon: Bowser can shoot flames from his mouth that can cover an impressive distance without losing energy, highly reminiscent of [[FireBreathingWeapon an extended burst from a flamethrower]]. At the start of the movie, he manages to destroy an ''ice castle'' with it.
* TheBrute: Possesses immense strength, and knows how to use it, even [[spoiler:overwhelming Donkey Kong with ease during the final battle]].
* TheCaligula: This version of Bowser is an impulsive tyrant prone to mood swings and abusing his own minions. He also goes ravaging other kingdoms and looting their treasures in the hopes of impressing Princess Peach, -- who has no interest in him and explicitly calls him a lunatic -- and getting her to marry him, and plans to [[spoiler:sacrifice a large number of prisoners as part of the wedding ceremony]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Parodied. In order to get Luigi to fess up about who Mario is, he repeatedly tugs at Luigi's mustache hairs until he can't stand the pain anymore, causing him to ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Bowser comes to view Mario as a fierce romantic rival separating him from his love Princess Peach. Observing them casually talking really, ''really'' boils his blood and he all but vows to MurderTheHypotenuse.
* CreateYourOwnHero: He ends up turning the Mario Bros. into the ''Super'' Mario Bros. by capturing Luigi and antagonizing Mario for being close to Peach, which only motivates Mario to be a hero and Luigi to be brave. [[spoiler:By the climax of the film, his stolen Super Star ends up giving Mario and Luigi the power needed to defeat him and his army, leading Brooklyn to hail them as heroes.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:His final battle with Mario has him utterly trouncing the plumber and he easily manhandles DK. Once Mario and Luigi use the Super Star, however, they quickly return the favor.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Once Mario and Luigi begin kicking his tail with the help of the Super Star, he tries in vain to fight back. Thought it’s subverted when he starts begging after being defeated.]]
* DirtyCoward: Downplayed, as he put up a decent fight beforehand, but he visibly panics when [[spoiler:Mario and Luigi successfully grab the Super Star. After a vicious beating, Bowser begs Peach for mercy.]]
* TheDreaded: The Mushroom Kingdom regards him as a serious threat and Toad is scared when he realizes from Mario’s description that Luigi is probably in the Dark Lands. Even his own men are frightened of him given his temper and tendency to brutally punish them for any mistakes.
* DubPersonalityChange: In the "Super Japanese version" Bowser isn't as dark as he is in the English version but is slightly more serious.
* EntitledToHaveYou: His attitude towards Peach. He thinks their match would be ideal because they are both rulers, and can't (or perhaps ''won't'') fathom the idea that she will 100%-without-a-doubt reject him, and when she does, threatens to kill not only her but her entire kingdom, [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency thinking that the act of "sparing" them if she marries him makes him a decent guy]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Bowser's courting methods are truly awful, willing to pillage and plunder in the hopes his power would be enough to charm Peach. [[spoiler:He even goes as far as to stage a mass slaughter during their wedding ceremony on the assumption Peach would be impressed by it.]] Additionally, upon hearing about Mario, he immediately assumes that he's a rival suitor for Peach, and doesn't consider that he might have other motives for helping Peach in her mission, like rescuing his brother, which is telling because he says this immediately after taking Luigi captive.
* EvilIsBigger: He is quite massive when put next to any of the heroic characters.
* EvilIsBurningHot: In typical Bowser fashion, he has powerful fire breath that can melt an entire kingdom of ice, his hovering castle is pouring with boiling lava, and according to a map, all that can be seen of said ice kingdom afterwards is a magma-filled wasteland.
* EvilIsHammy: While, for the most part, he's portrayed as a very serious threat, he has moments of being over the top in his deliveries, most notably when he finds the Super Star:
-->'''Bowser:''' I finally found it, and now ''NO ONE'' CAN '''''STOP MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!'''''
* EvilIsPetty: Bowser would decimate entire kingdoms and ecosystems motivated solely by his crush on Peach. Likewise, his animosity towards Mario comes around when he hears that the plumber has already befriended Peach, not caring if Mario is resourceful enough to thwart him in any other way.
* EvilLaugh: He delivers a few of these throughout the movie. The first time is when he successfully manages to obtain and steal the Super Star from the Ice Kingdom, [[spoiler:the second time when he believes that the Koopa General successfully killed Mario and Donkey Kong when he performed the Spiny Shell attack on them, and the third and final time when he believes that he successfully killed Mario and Luigi by trying to burn them to a crisp during the climax in Brooklyn.]]
* EvilOverlord: As to be expected with a character like Bowser. He is the tyrannical king of the Koopas and ruler of [[{{Mordor}} the Dark Lands]] and uses that power to conquer multiple kingdoms in the past. His ultimate end goal after [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe getting Peach to marry him]] is to conquer the entire world with Peach by his side.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has a deep, gruff voice courtesy of Jack Black.
* FatalFlaw: He has a whopping four of them.
** '''Delusion.''' He is ultimately foolish to believe Peach would ever be with him no matter how many times she tries to get that through to his head and blindly believes Mario intentionally tried to win her heart from him when he clearly had no intention of doing so in the first place.
** '''Obsession.''' He is obsessed with having Peach as his wife and will go to any lengths to achieve it. However, all he succeeds in doing was make Peach even more repulsed by him. He later gets obsessed with making things personal with Mario after the latter foiled his plans. It's his obsession with Peach and Mario that ultimately leads to his defeat.
** '''Paranoia.''' He immediately sees Mario as a rival for Peach's love upon learning of his arrival in the Mushroom Kingdom, despite the fact that Mario only went to Peach to seek her help in rescuing his brother and is at best [[spoiler:only beginning to flirt with her]]. He starts doing everything he can to kill Mario and get him away from Peach so he can have her to himself. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy However, it's his paranoid acts to keep Mario and Peach apart that ended up deepening their bond.]]
** '''Wrath.''' By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:[[VillainousBreakdown he completely loses sight of any and all remaining semblance of composure and sanity that he previously had]] and solely focuses on taking Mario, his friends, and the entire Mushroom Kingdom down at all costs. During the climax in Brooklyn, he continues to inflict his wrath upon Mario out of sheer blind rage and hatred without any straight thinking or planning and even when Mario and Luigi attain the power and invincibility of the Super Star, he still cares more about having the plumbers ''dead'' rather than using any straight thinking, planning, or logic even when he himself knows that it is a meaningless effort.]] In the end, it's his blind rage and hatred for the mustachioed red plumber and his friends that ultimately leads to his downfall.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He sometimes acts courteously to his enemies, but absolutely none of it is genuine. It really is all a mere façade that he uses in order to try and hide his true sadism and depravity. Once he drops the act, he's an unhinged, cruel, and monstrous sociopath who is hellbent on making everyone around him suffer as much as possible with absolutely [[LackOfEmpathy zero remorse]]. Probably the best example is when Peach refuses his declaration of marriage at the altar.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: Bowser hates Mario simply because he's a human accompanying Princess Peach. He knows nothing else about the plumber aside from having a mustache, but he feels threatened because Peach is also human and thus would most likely fall in love with a fellow human than the King of the Koopas.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Mario, naturally. Both are motivated by "love", but while Bowser is motivated by his immature infatuation with Peach, from whom he expects a FourthDateMarriage under duress, Mario is motivated by his genuine and lifelong familial love for his brother. Also, while Bowser treats Peach as nothing more than a trophy he wants to possess, Mario treats Peach as an equal, a person, and a close friend while still growing feelings for her without realizing it. Furthermore, much attention is called to how Mario [[{{Determinator}} doesn’t know when to give up]], but this trait also applies to Bowser, especially concerning [[StalkerWithACrush his affection for Peach]]. The thing is, Mario portrays the good parts of this trait, using his drive to help others, while Bowser portrays the bad side, barging forward in his quest with no regard for the feelings or well-being of anyone else.
** To Donkey Kong. Both are large, animalistic characters who think highly of themselves, which leads them into conflict with Mario. Both are also desperate to win the approval of someone else, Peach in Bowser's case and Cranky Kong in DK's case. However, Bowser insists on Peach loving him despite his many, many, issues, which naturally leads to Peach rejecting him, while DK recognizes his flaws and works to overcome them, which wins him the approval of his father.
* FieryRedhead: Despite being a reptile, Bowser has a bright red mohawk styled to resemble flames with bushy eyebrows and is quite a ham.
* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:After Mario, Peach, and Donkey Kong successfully ruin his wedding, his response is to use a Banzai Bill and completely nuke the entire Mushroom Kingdom.]]
* GildedCage: [[spoiler:Bowser's ultimate fate. He's force-fed a blue mushroom and shrinks down to the size of a pet turtle. Peach imprisons him in a literal gilded cage in her castle, where his only hope of escape would be to allow someone to knock the wind out of him.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler:During the film's climax in Brooklyn, while Bowser is in the middle of having his huge VillainousBreakdown, his usual [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] start glowing with rage and hatred. He primarily has these when he is delivering his brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Mario.]] This is used to great effect to show just how scary and dangerous Bowser can be when he goes on a literal RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* GreenEyedMonster: Bowser's growing hatred of Mario stems from the fact Peach likes the plumber more than the King of Koopas. He sees Mario as a rival suitor intentionally trying to steal "his girl" and make him unhappy, and decides to make it personal when he ends up in Brooklyn at the story's climax. The irony is that Mario is only with Peach to rescue Luigi, whom Bowser has held captive in his castle, and isn't interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with the princess (for now at least).
* HairTriggerTemper: He has a volatile temperament with the slightest of inconveniences setting him into a screaming rage. His troops and Luigi receive much of the brunt of his wrath.
* HiddenDepths:
** His troops, who admire his status as a conqueror, are quite surprised to learn that he has romantic aspirations for Princess Peach and that [[WeCanRuleTogether he'd rather set up a diplomatic solution by ruling with her]] than destroy her kingdom. (Even though Bowser's ideas of romance are ''skewed'', to say the least).
** You wouldn't expect a dragon-turtle tyrant who rules over a volcano island to be a skilled pianist with an impressive singing voice.
** As horrible and monstrous as he is, during the final battle, [[spoiler:Bowser reveals he is deeply unhappy with his life and believed marrying Peach and taking over the world with her at his side would make him happy. However, this could also just be a mere excuse that he uses in order to try and justify his evil deeds and extreme obsession over Peach.]]
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: In the end, [[NeverMyFault no matter how many times he blames Mario]], Bowser's greatest enemy is himself. His campaign to rule the world and bring misery to others is why Peach ''hates'' him to the core. His paranoia that Mario may win Peach's love leads him to personally antagonize the Mario Brothers, [[CreateYourOwnHero which not only makes them the superheroes adored by everyone]], including Peach, but [[spoiler:[[SelfFulfillingProphecy he also ended up deepening the bond between Mario and Peach, which is soon destined to blossom into romance, the very thing he tried to prevent]]. By the time Mario and Donkey Kong arrive at Bowser's Castle to save the day, Bowser's wedding is already in ruins because he genuinely thought Peach would love him despite evidence to the contrary.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: During the final battle on the streets of Brooklyn, after badly mauling Mario and throwing him into a pizza shop, Bowser calls him a coward, demanding he come out and fight. When Mario does come out to fight after a minute of stalling, Bowser even gets angry about ''that'' as well, spitting out, "You just don't know when to quit!"
* ItsAllAboutMe: Bowser cares for nothing but himself and his own happiness. And he would destroy anyone's happiness, including Peach's, in order to get it.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Bowser immediately tries to incinerate Peach upon her rejection of him and her surprise attack on him.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Bowser is deeply in love with Peach and his entire motivation for stealing the Super Star was to impress her enough to accept his marriage proposal. [[spoiler:During the final battle with Mario, Bowser rages at how marrying Peach was his chance at happiness, but Mario ruined it.]] It's a DeconstructedTrope though, as his sense of entitlement, cruelty, and LackOfEmpathy is the major reason why Peach ''hates'' him to the core. It really doesn't help that Bowser's idea of "love" is well... [[{{Understatement}} twisted to say the very least.]]
* {{Irony}}: Bowser's hatred of Mario stems from considering him to be a romantic rival for Peach's affections. [[spoiler:While that would be true in most versions, here, though they do get some ShipTease, their relationship never really moves beyond friends (for now at least). However, there is another twist of irony; [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his attempts of getting rid of Mario and have Peach to himself only succeeded in driving Peach further away from him and bringing her and Mario closer together than before, therefore setting up the possibility for them to develop a romance in the future]].]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Bowser is a childish, petty, sadistic and entitled tyrant who treats his henchmen like garbage.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Bowser appears to genuinely love Peach at first, even singing about her and acknowledging that she despises him. As the film progresses however, [[spoiler:his love for Peach is revealed to be entirely possessive and self-serving, and it's so shallow that he has no problem trying to kill her the instant she turns him down during their wedding, only ever voicing affection for Peach again after his defeat, as a way to beg for mercy]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The Japanese dub eschews most of his comedic scenes, allowing Bowser to become an even more sinister threat.
* LackOfEmpathy: Bowser is unsympathetic to the lives of others, believing that Peach would enjoy seeing [[spoiler:Luigi and Bowser's other prisoners being executed ''Franchise/MortalKombat''-style in a large volcanic fire pit.]] He also shows no remorse in trying to kill all who stand in his way of getting what he wants. [[spoiler:He even shows no hesitation in trying to kill Peach after she rightfully rejects him at the altar, further showing that his so-called "love" for her is solely possessive and objectifying.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He absolutely towers over his minions who he rules with an iron fist.
* LargeHam: Bowser was always hammy but add being played by Creator/JackBlack and you get some truly epic scenery chewing in just about every scene.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the start of the film, Bowser melts a penguin castle made of ice to get his claws on the Super Star. [[spoiler:Near the climax, Peach freezes him with an Ice Flower smuggled into her wedding bouquet by Toad. In the final battle, the Super Star is used against him by the Mario Brothers with the final blow destroying his own castle.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Evil as he may be, nearly every scene featuring Bowser has a comedic undertone. His grand evil plan is to simply marry Princess Peach, which almost disappoints the Koopa Troop until he mentions that destroying the Mushroom Kingdom is the backup plan. And his whole rivalry with Mario is born from his paranoia that the Brooklyn plumber is out to steal Peach from him, when the reality is Mario and Peach are simply becoming good friends [[ShipTease with only the most subtle hints of a possible romantic relationship]]. However, this doesn't make him any less of a genuinely threatening force of evil.
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:Overall, he is the strongest character in the film. In the final battle, he’s capable of outpacing Mario, and even overpowering DK. He also survives a serious beatdown by the Mario Bros. enhanced by the Star.]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Bowser wants to marry Peach despite knowing that she hates him, and sincerely believes acquiring the Super Star is all he needs to win Peach's heart, and tries to increase his chances by using rehearsed pick-up lines, neither of which impress her. When the Princess tells him point-blank that she will never marry him, [[spoiler:the Koopa King tortures Toad in order to force her into marrying him. Once the ceremony is about to take place, Bowser intends to ritually sacrifice his prisoners, never considering that Peach might feel negatively about it. This makes her sucker-punch Kamek and whip out an Ice Flower before scornfully asking Bowser if he really thought she would actually marry him, to which the latter responds with a flabbergasted, "Kinda!"]]
* LovingAShadow: He never really saw Peach as a person so much as a literal object of his affection to make himself happy. [[spoiler:The moment Peach personally ruins said chance for happiness, he has no problems trying to kill her.]]
* MageInManhattan: Near the end, [[spoiler:he and his flying castle get transported to Brooklyn for a final fight with Mario and Luigi]].
* MarsNeedsWomen: Bowser is a Koopa whose attraction to Peach, a human, is more than a little creepy in this way. This is dialed up in the Japanese version, where he explicitly states that he wants to marry her so she'll bear his children.
* MisplacedRetribution: Bowser blames Mario for [[spoiler:ruining his big wedding with Peach]]. He conveniently ignores the fact that [[spoiler:it was actually Peach who ruined the wedding with a hidden Ice Flower in her bouquet, and Mario only showed up at the end to rescue Luigi from falling in the lava pit. Mario wasn't even aware there was a wedding event until he reunited with Peach at the altar.]]
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: While addressing his army, he namedrops the Koopas and Goombas, but refers to the Spinies as "whatever those things are" (to the Spinies' [[DudeWheresMyRespect disappointment]]).
* NeverMyFault: During the final battle, Bowser blames Mario for ruining his chances with Princess Peach, even though it's obvious that she despised the Koopa King for his cruelty and possessiveness, never mind the fact that [[spoiler:he tried to kill her moments earlier for rejecting him]].
* NoSell: The penguins try to fight Bowser off by [[SnowballFight throwing snowballs at him]]. Being a huge reptilian who can breathe fire and lives in a flying, lava-spewing castle, he obviously can just brush it right off. [[spoiler:This doesn't hold true when Peach decides to freeze him solid with an Ice Flower's powers.]]
-->'''Penguin King:''' That is but a taste of our fury! Do you ''yield''?\\
'''Bowser:''' ''(chuckles menacingly)'' I do '''not.'''
* NoSocialSkills: The way Bowser tries to handle his crush on Peach shows very much that, on top of being very evil, he has ''no clue'' how to interact with someone who isn’t an underling. This is exemplified best [[spoiler:during the wedding when he declares that he is going to sacrifice his prisoners in Peach’s honor. His expression right after saying this is like a little kid expectantly waiting for a compliment while Peach has an expression of “why would you ever think that was something I would want?”.]]
* {{Notzilla}}: Bowser's a spiky, fire-breathing reptilian monster who leaves a path of destruction in his wake; he even gets a shot where he [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 rears back and breathes fire straight up into the sky.]] For an additional bonus, one of his enemies goes by the name "Kong".
* ObliviouslyEvil: He seems to be genuinely clueless why Peach wouldn't find him [[spoiler:executing his prisoners during their wedding ceremony]] romantic.
* ObviouslyEvil: Bowser travels the world in an OminousFloatingCastle filled with lava and flames, is covered in spikes, has a large, muscular build and an intimidating posture, uses a powerful flame breath, is feared by allies and enemies alike, and has a violent temper.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:After the Bros. grab the Super Star, Bowser furiously attempts to crush the both of them with an outwards stomp. Not only does this not take, but the Bros. [[NoSell don't even so much as blink]], let alone ''react'', even while the force destroys the ground ''behind'' them. Bowser has about three seconds to process [[ThisCannotBe how much trouble he's in]] before he's [[MegatonPunch made to taste the New York skyline.]]]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Bowser destroys an entire castle with his fire breath. Justified since the castle was made of ice.
* PsychopathicManchild: This movie's Bowser is as ornery as he's ever been, but his plan hinges on a childish crush on Princess Peach and him being convinced that she'll like him because he's powerful and cool, he almost never takes any criticism without flipping out, usually violently, and when he isn't given what he wants he'll either throw a massive tantrum, destroy what's standing between him and what he wants, or ''both''. Heck, his whole antagonism with Mario only ever starts because he thinks he's stealing Peach from him.
* PuppyDogEyes: Surprisingly, yes. When Bowser rehearses his love confession, he puts on a very innocent expression. Inverted when Bowser loses his temper, causing his pupils and irises to contract to pinpoints. In general, it's pretty obvious that he only puts on this expression in order to make him seem innocent in front of Peach despite her and the audience already knowing that he truly is very much the ''exact'' opposite.
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler:Bowser was already hellishly livid after being transported to Brooklyn following Mario foiling his plans for Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom, but when Mario and Luigi get the Super Star, therefore ripping the last part of Bowser's conquest from him, and start beating him back, Bowser's rage explodes to the point of sheer insanity as he screams at his troops to "RIP THEM TO PIECES!" It's clear that it doesn't matter how powerful the Mario Bros. have gotten; Bowser just wants them ''dead'', full stop.]]
* RealMenWearPink: For a huge, fire-breathing monster, he has some skill at the piano and dreams of having a "fairytale wedding" to a princess.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Bowser's eyes are already red, but when he goes completely berserk they get a lot brighter. One notable instance [[spoiler:happens during the climax, when he sees through the ice Peach and Mario getting close, his eyes glow red right before he blows fire in sheer rage]].
* ResizedVocals: [[spoiler:After getting shrunk in the climax, Bowser's left with a high-pitched, squeaky voice going into the mid-credits.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bowser is concerned about Mario derailing his plans because he thinks Mario is dating Peach and has no idea that Mario is instead opposing him to rescue Luigi.
* RottenRockAndRoll: Like in the games, Bowser is associated with rock music, and while celebrating the acquirement of the Super Star, [[VillainsOutShopping the Koopa King and his army jam to a heavy metal band]] performing the theme that plays when Fury Bowser appears in ''VideoGame/BowsersFury''.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Bowser is a king who is, unfortunately for everyone who isn't a part of his kingdom, very proactive and will gladly be on the frontlines with his troops.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Once he's defeated, he is force-fed a Mini Mushroom while he's still weakened in order to imprison him in a glass jar. Later in the credits, he is moved to a gilded cage.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Bowser tries to get rid of Mario and rid himself of competition for Peach's love. However, all he succeeds in doing is [[spoiler:to drive Peach further away from him and bring her and Mario closer together than before, to the point of holding hands, therefore setting the groundwork for their bond to blossom into romance in the future.]]
* TheSociopath: In a stark contrast to his game counterpart, who was given many redeeming qualities over the years as part of CharacterizationMarchesOn, this version of the Koopa King has all the textbook traits of a sociopath whether it'd be his lack of care for anyone that isn't himself, his [[AxCrazy unhinged]] personality and violent mood swings, his total LackOfEmpathy, and overall being a murderous psycho who will kill anyone who gets in his way. [[spoiler:Even Peach, the one person that he does seem to love, [[WouldHitAGirl he does not hesitate at all to hurt or even kill]] when she dares to refuse to marry him and even has no problem making her watch one of her own Toad followers get slowly tortured and slowly killed right in front of her just so he can force her to do what he wants.]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: His shell is very spiky and he wears studded cuffs on his neck and arms.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Bowser aims to conquer the world, and his plan to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom is to either acquire it diplomatically by marrying Peach or destroy the Mushroom Kingdom if she refuses.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Bowser tends to call Peach by "Peaches" throughout the film and even calls her that throughout his {{villain song}}.
* TerriblePickUpLines: Bowser tries one on Peach per poor advice from Kamek.
-->'''Bowser:''' I guess love really makes a guy come out of his shell. (''chuckles nervously but sees Peach angrily stare in defiance'') I told you that line wouldn't work! (''glares at Kamek'')
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Bowser's romantic advances are based around treating Peach's love like an achievement that's earned through accumulation of power and conquest. At no point does he consider getting to know her as a person.
* UnknownRival: From a romantic standpoint, he thinks that Mario is trying to stop him to court Princess Peach himself. In reality, Mario's really just there to save his brother and stop him from destroying the Mushroom Kingdom, and is at best only beginning to flirt with Peach.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The movie is brightly colored with a comedic tone, but that does ''not'' stop Bowser from being a very dangerous and remorseless villain. Most of his redeeming elements from the games have been removed here, and he repeatedly makes very graphic threats against his enemies, and follows through on some of them. He mercilessly invades and destroys other Kingdoms with ultimate goal of putting Peach in a ForcedMarriage under the threat of her kingdom being totally destroyed. Though he does have some comedic moments, most of them fall under BlackComedy.
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Like in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', Bowser wears white on his wedding day.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Starting with the climax of the movie, Bowser's fury gets increasingly hot as his plans start to unravel. [[spoiler:Once Peach reveals the wedding was a trick to freeze him with the Ice Flower Toad smuggled in for her, Bowser becomes absolutely livid and attempts to murder her on the spot with his fire breath, subsequently losing any semblance of restraint on his fiery temper throughout the rest of the movie. It gets even worse when he looks at Mario and Peach enjoying each other's company and even holding hands after they’ve reunited and orders the Mushroom Kingdom to be nuked by a Banzai Bill after breaking out of his icy prison through sheer jealous rage.]]
--->'''Bowser:''' [[spoiler:''LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND '''DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!''''']]
** Right after that, he loses his cool even more. [[spoiler:When he gets transported to Brooklyn after his attempt to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom fails (thanks to Mario's interference, naturally), he becomes even more ''hellishly '''LIVID''''' and attempts to murder Mario and his friends with sheer animalistic malice, not even caring about where he's ended up.]]
--->'''Bowser:''' [[spoiler:'''MARIOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!''' YOU WANT THIS?! YOU ''RUINED'' MY WEDDING!! I WAS ''FINALLY'' GONNA BE HAPPY! NOW YOU WILL SUFFER... '''''LIKE MEEEEE!!!!!!!!''''']]
** [[spoiler:Even Mario and Luigi using the power of the Super Star against him fails to stop his fury. If anything, losing the Power-Up that ''he'd'' stolen first-- and thus, having the last remaining shred of his plan ripped away from him-- only drives his fury to the point of ''insanity'', as he practically ''screams'' at his army to attack them regardless, then tries to end them himself, up to attempting to halt the brothers' dual DivingKick finisher with a stream of fire (of course, [[InvincibilityPowerUp all attempts fail]]). It doesn't matter ''how'' powerful they are now; he won't falter until they're ''dead'' for even ''daring'' to so thoroughly humiliate him.]]
--->'''Bowser:''' (''screaming like a madman'') '''''RIP THEM TO PIECES!!!!'''''
* VillainousCrush: Just like in the games proper, he has a major one on Peach, stealing the Super Star specifically so he can impress her. He even gets a VillainLoveSong about it. And despite his VillainousBreakdown toward her, his mid-credits scene makes it clear he's still not over her. Unlike the games, though, it's portrayed in a far more childish and pettier light.
* VillainLoveSong: "Peaches" and its reprise (though it's a single song on the soundtrack). He expresses his desire to marry Peach with a "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Ludwig Von Koopa]]" piano and a hammy, metal voice that only Creator/JackBlack could pull off.
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After he is defeated, Bowser pathetically begs Peach to give him another chance. Peach naturally won't have any of it and shoves a Mini Shroom into his mouth, making him shrink into something the size of a pet turtle.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: In his "proposal" to Peach, he states that they can conquer the world together.
* WickedCultured: Bowser plays the piano while talking to Kamek about his wedding plans to Peach.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Shows this side of him after Peach rejects him and revealed that she had a back-up plan in the form of her Ice Flower to crash their own wedding, immediately retaliating with his deadly fire breath and was later seen even physically striking her HARD at least once along with Donkey Kong and Toad when they end up in Brooklyn.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Lumalee]] is among the many prisoners [[spoiler:that Bowser intends to dip in lava as part of the wedding ceremony]].
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:He forces Peach to marry him. If she doesn't, he'll kill her ''and'' destroy her kingdom, as displayed when she fights back with an Ice Flower.]]
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[[folder:Kamek]]
!!Kamek
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Juan Alfonso Arenas (EU Spanish), Roberto Carrillo (Latin American Spanish), Juan Antonio Bernal (Catalan), Creator/DonaldReignoux (EU French), Gilbert Lachance (Canadian French), Ricardo Juarez (Brazilian Portuguese), Rui Oliveira (EU Portuguese), Jin Urayama (Japanese), Ivan Mathias Petersson (Swedish), Tilo Schmitz (German), Zhao Mingzhou (PRC Mandarin), Ko Hon Man (HK Cantonese), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin), Bang Seong-jun (Korean), Creator/FrancoMannella (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/behold_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Behold, the king of the Koopas!"'']]
->''"A mustachioed human has arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom."''
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A Koopa sorcerer and Bowser's second-in-command.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While his game counterpart is no slouch, this version of the evil Koopa wizard can freeze an entire army in their tracks and throw them aside with just a wave of his wand.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Implied - in the games, he is Bowser's adoptive father. While this isn't necessarily ''not'' the case in the film, his bootlicking is just vaguely flirtatious enough to cast doubt.
* AmbiguouslyGay: While delivering the news about Mario's arrival, Kamek assures Bowser that he's no threat to his plans to marry Peach, asking him if he has looked in a mirror lately. Later, Kamek dresses up like Peach so Bowser can practice his proposal, after which Kamek enthusiastically says yes and puckers his lips.
* BaitTheDog: He invites all the prisoners to join the wedding of Bowser and Peach. But not as guests of honor, but [[spoiler:as [[KickTheDog ritual sacrifices]]]].
* CompositeCharacter: He is a mix of Kamek from the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' and various ''Mario'' games featuring him and Mouser from the ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. They both are second in commands to the king of the Koopas and both give off a Peter Lorre impression in their voices.
* CreepyCrossdresser: He dresses as Peach so Bowser can practice his proposal speech to her.
* TheDragon: Kamek serves as Bowser's second in command, being the closest to understanding Bowser's plans on conquering the Mushroom Kingdom.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He definitely enables Bowser's delusions on this front. He constantly reassures his boss that his destructiveness will impress Peach into marrying him, to the point that when roleplaying as Peach, he immediately accepts Bowser's mock proposal -- a far cry from the real Peach's reaction.
* EvilOldFolks: He is noticeably aging and is Bowser's sadistic right-hand man.
* {{Fingore}}: A furious Bowser ''slams'' his piano shut on Kamek's claws after the latter informs him of Mario's progress.
* FlyingBroomstick: One of the [[https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/2/21/TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] shows him riding a broomstick like the one he has in the games. In the film proper, Kamek appears on his broomstick in Bowser's prison when he [[spoiler:"invites" the prisoners to Bowser's wedding as sacrifices.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's Bowser's trusted second-in-command and wears Coke-bottle lenses.
* GlassCannon: Despite being able to subdue entire armies with a flick of his wand, [[spoiler:Peach takes him completely out of commission with a single punch. Though he does manage to recover during the final battle in Brooklyn, holding the Super Star with his magic wand until Peach kicks a Koopa Shell at it.]]
* LorreLookalike: Richardson does what sounds like a high-pitched Creator/PeterLorre impression for the character with a hint of the Oriental accent that he used for Demongo the Soul Collector in Cartoon Network's ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
* MindOverMatter: Kamek has powerful telekinesis and he puts it to good use, where he defeats the entire penguin army in a single instant by picking up its soldiers and easily throwing them all aside, while manipulating ice bits into stairs for Bowser to obtain the Super Star.
* OneManArmy: All it takes for him to take down a whole penguin army in the beginning of the movie is a magic spell.
* RomanticWingman: Kamek helps Bowser try to court Peach despite being absolutely hopeless when it comes to this sort of thing.
* {{Sadist}}: He seems to take a disturbing amount of enjoyment in many of his heinous actions whether it'd be having a very big grin on his face when Bowser burns down the penguins' ice castle or when he gleefully slowly tortures and nearly kills Toad.
* SquishyWizard: Kamek can use his magic to do a wide variety of things and can take out an army with a flick of a wrist, [[spoiler:but one sucker punch from Peach knocks him out cold until they are sent to Brooklyn.]]
* SycophanticServant: Kamek often tries to help Bowser feel confident, reassuring him that he is too good-looking to have to worry about Peach liking Mario and that [[BlatantLies he was doing great with his proposal to Peach.]]
* VillainTeleportation: Being a Magikoopa, he can poof around at will.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What became of him after [[spoiler:Bowser's defeat]] isn't shown.
* YesMan: No matter how blatantly obvious that Bowser's plan to marry Peach is doomed to fail, Kamek only gives answers that Bowser wants to hear, to the point even Bowser himself doesn't truly believe it because it's too sycophantic in nature.
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[[folder:Koopa General]]
!!Koopa General
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMenville[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Miguel Ángel Garzón (EU Spanish), Oscar López (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ChristopheLemoine (EU French), Sébastien Reding (Canadian French), Daniel Simões (Brazilian Portuguese), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Matthias Klages (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koopa_general_mario_movie.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You can't escape me! Blue Shell!"'']]
-> ''"Mario! You're a dead man!"''
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A Koopa Paratroopa with a blue, spiked shell that commands the Koopa Army under Bowser.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His coloring and spikes make him resemble the Blue Shell from ''Mario Kart''. Sure enough, his assault against Mario on Rainbow Road portrays him as an ImplacableMan that won't stop until he's taken out his target. By the end, it turns out to be more than a resemblance -- he ''is'' the Blue Shell. When his vehicle is destroyed, he transforms into the actual ''Mario Kart'' item and blasts Mario and Donkey Kong right off the track.
* AxCrazy: He leads the Koopa Troop on the battlefield, and he's the most bloodthirsty Koopa aside from Bowser himself. On the Rainbow Road, he goes specifically after Mario and tries to crush the plumber with mechanized jaws in front of his kart, sporting a SlasherSmile while he's at it. When his kart gets totaled, the enraged General turns himself into a Spiny Shell and blows up Mario and Donkey Kong's kart seemingly at the cost of his own life.
* BadBoss: He doesn't seem to care if his oversized kart is knocking off his fellow Koopas and their karts off the Rainbow Road if it means getting to kill Mario personally.
* CallingYourAttacks: When his kart is destroyed during the race, he screams "Blue Shell!", and becomes the ''actual item'' before honing in on Mario and Donkey Kong.
* CanonForeigner: As a character, he was technically made up for the movie. His shell is clearly a reference to the Blue Shell from the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' games, but we've only ever seen it as a projectile and never being worn by a living Koopa. Blue-shelled Koopa Paratroopas appeared in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and a few other games, but didn't have spikes. His design also seems to take some inspiration from the members of the Koopatrol, armored Koopas who serve as Bowser's EliteMooks in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Turns out, his design isn't just a reference to the Blue Shell - he actually ''is'' one, SuicideAttack and all.
* TheComicallySerious: He walks in on Bowser practicing his proposal to Peach on Kamek, who is dressed like Peach, and comes off as entirely unperturbed by the strange sight, going about reporting to the two (who looked like they were on the verge of kissing) as if nothing is amiss.
* ConjoinedEyes: For stylistic purposes, he loses the border between his eyes when expressing overly sadistic glee during the Rainbow Road ambush.
* EliteMook: He has wings and spikes on his shell and leads the ambush on Rainbow Road in a massive bulldozer-like vehicle.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is not named in the film and the credits only refer to him as "Koopa General".
* EvilLaugh: He gets to throw a few while driving his vehicle through the Rainbow Road, especially when he believes he's crushed Mario.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Not based on dialogue or gesture, but based on his appearance. He's a Koopa Paratroopa, his shell is blue, and it's spiked like Bowser. [[SuicideAttack Guess what he does when he was defeated by Mario]].
* ImplacableMan: Mario can't escape him. Even if Mario jumps to a different Rainbow Road path or blows up his oversized kart, the Koopa General still homes in on him, either in person or firing Bullet Bills. And once he becomes the Blue Shell, Mario and Donkey Kong are helpless to stop him.
* KnightOfCerebus: This is the only Koopa who is not PlayedForLaughs in any fashion, and his ambush on Rainbow Road marks the movie's transition from a mostly comedic, heartwarming adventure to the story's DarkestHour.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: He's the only blue-shelled Koopa under Bowser's command, marking him as the squadron's leader.
* MookLieutenant: He's the leader of the Koopas under Bowser's command.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: After he performs his [[SuicideAttack Blue Shell attack]] on Mario and Donkey Kong where he blows himself up in order to take them both out with him, absolutely nothing remains of him and there is no trace of his body left at all.
* OutOfTheInferno: He emerges from the flaming wreckage of his kart, fully enraged at being outsmarted by Mario and Donkey Kong. It's here he reveals his last trump card to kill Mario: [[TheDreaded Blue Shell]].
* PrepareToDie: He certainly does ''not'' mince words when Mario and his kart are pinned by the mechanical jaws of his kart, screaming "Time to die, Mario!".
* SuicideAttack: After his vehicle is trashed during the Rainbow Road pursuit, the General tucks himself into his spiky blue shell in a fit of rage and flies after Mario and Donkey Kong's vehicle just like the Spiny Shell in the Mario Kart games. This ends up destroying a good amount of the vehicle and the road itself with a great blue explosion, sending the two plummeting into the sea below while he himself does not appear to survive the move.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Even after his giant kart gets blown up to smithereens, he emerges from the fiery wreckage and ''still'' tries to continue going after his attempted victims and even goes so far as to use his Blue Shell SuicideAttack just to finish them off once and for all.
* SuperToughness: Even after having his entire kart blown up right in his ''face'', he still emerges from the wreckage completely unharmed and just more pissed off.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He has no visible reaction to seeing Bowser trying to propose to Kamek in Peach getup, implying that he's used to scenes like this in the past.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Furious Mario and Donkey Kong trashed his kart and are making a getaway, he screams they won't escape, before commencing a SuicideAttack that blasts them off Rainbow Road.
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[[folder:Koopa Troopas]]
!!Koopa Troopas
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMenville, Creator/EricBauza
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Anthropomorphic turtle-like creatures serving as Bowser's soldiers.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The Koopas wear helmets, boots, and knee and elbow guards (and in at least one case a spiked pauldron and an eyepatch) but are otherwise unclothed.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Koopa Troopas' morality varies from game to game, but they are usually depicted as mere soldiers {{just following orders}}. Here, the Koopas are [[BloodKnight eager for war]] and actually confused and disappointed when Bowser's evil plan is revealed to be marrying Princess Peach and uniting their two kingdoms with no bloodshed, only to be reinvigorated when Bowser mentions that destroying the Mushroom Kingdom would be the backup plan if his initial plan fails.
* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite serving [[BigBad Bowser]], they look like cute, cartoony turtles with big eyes. However, with that being said, they do tend to look a lot more aggressive and angry in [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Koopa_Troop_Poster.jpg some]] [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] and a lot of scenes in the movie than the happier, cutesier Koopas that we know of from the games.
* BloodKnight: The Koopas actively and vocally want to go to war with the Mushroom Kingdom. When Bowser reveals he wants to marry Peach, they become disappointed, but quickly start cheering again when he reveals that if she rejects him, they will destroy her kingdom.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Eager for war they may be, they do show some reservation on Bowser wanting to marry Peach, with them even stating out the fact that she hates him, and asking what if she says no to his marriage proposal.
* EyepatchOfPower: A red-shelled Koopa Troopa with a spiked pauldron wears one. It's only to look tougher as he actually lifts it when his comrade is taken down by the catapult's snowball in the opening scene, revealing that his eye is fine.
* FeatheredFiend: Koopa Paratroopas, which look like normal Koopas, but have wings.
* TheGoomba: Despite not being the trope's namesake, the Koopas fill the role of being Bowser's basic {{mooks}} who are common in number and easily taken out by the heroes.
* MascotMook: The Koopa Troopas are the most notable minions in both the promotional material and film.
* MightMakesRight: They genuinely fear and respect Bowser for being the strongest and scariest amongst them, so much so that any time Bowser shows any interest in Peach, the Koopa Troopas are sincerely confused that their king is looking so bumbling during his showings of affection, implicitly not appreciating Bowser having a side like that.
* MythologyGag: The Koopa Troopas wielding spears and wearing helemts are based on the Koopa Troopas from the ''[[ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic.
* RottenRockAndRoll: A group of Koopa Troopas form a heavy metal band and play a victory concert when Bowser claims the Super Star, complete with brightly-colored mohawks and Music/{{KISS}}-style facepaint.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Bowser. They, alongside the other minions, are following Bowser in his quest for world domination without any questions and are fully on board with it.
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[[folder:Dry Bones]]
!!Dry Bones
->''"Draaamaaa."''
Anthropomorphic skeletal turtle-like creatures serving as Bowser's undead soldiers.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The main noises the Dry Bones are heard making consist of loud, pig-like screeches.
* DeathIsCheap: The transition from Koopa Troopa to Dry Bones seems to be completely instantaneous with no real side effects on the Koopa in question. Bowser torches a Koopa Troopa at one point for bringing up the possibility of Peach refusing to marry him. The moment the fire subsides, the Koopa is ''immediately'' in his Dry Bones state and still upright, looking only slightly exasperated at his new undead form.
* DemBones: They're the walking, living skeletons of Koopa Troopas.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Their eyes are solid black pits with glowing yellow pupils, but they can turn red when angered.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Luigi saves Spike from being harassed by a Dry Bones by way of knocking it to pieces and using its shell against its allies.]]
* LosingYourHead: While they easily lose their heads when knocked out, the head takes a few seconds to regain conscience before reassembling their bodies, scaring Luigi, who thought he got rid of one for good.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: One former Koopa Troopa barely reacts to his Dry Bones transformation when Bowser transforms him into one by being burned with his fire breath.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: They are the undead version of the common Koopa Troopas.
* RevivingEnemy: In most cases, they can revive easily after being defeated; as shown by several being smashed to bits by Luigi and recovering after only a few seconds, However, they don't regenerate if they fall into lava just like in the games, as many Dry Bones fell into it while chasing Luigi.
* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: They behave similarly to when they were still alive.
* UndyingLoyalty: '''Literally!''' Not even death itself can stop them from serving Bowser.
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[[folder:Goombas]]
!!Goombas
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Pint-sized mushroom monsters that serve Bowser.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Like the Koopas, Goombas in the games are usually [[PunchClockVillain Punch-Clock Villains]], but here, they're looking forward to going to war with the Mushroom Kingdom.
* BigOlEyebrows: Much like in the video game, they sport some massive eyebrows that's paired with their always scowling faces.
* LeaningTowerOfMooks: A few of them stack up into a Goomba Tower just like in the games, while a 3-Stack Goomba Tower is seen among the minions cheering when Bowser announces that he'll marry Peach in a wedding, [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand before their confusion of why the King of Koopas would do that]].
* {{Metalhead}}: One of the Goombas does some headbanging near the Koopa rock band in the crowd of Koopa Troopas.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A few Goombas are trapped in cages for refusing to go along with Bowser's plan to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom and could've been [[spoiler:sacrificed during the wedding between him and Peach, had Mario and Donkey Kong not saved the prisoners.]]
* OutOfFocus: Despite being among the most common and iconic enemies in the games, they don't play any major part in the film, just going along with Bowser's conquest. Ironically, they're not even TheGoomba in this movie, with that role going to Koopa Troopas instead.
* SquashedFlat: Just like in the games, many of them are squashed flat by Mario's landing boots as he jumps through Bowser's forces.
* WaddlingHead: As usual, they are giant heads balanced on a pair of short limbs.
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[[folder:Shy Guys]]
!!Snifit & Shy Guys
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nate Bihldorff (archival)
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->''"We found [Luigi] in the Darklands."''
-->-- '''Snifit'''
Mask-wearing gnomes that inhabit Bowser's kingdom.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: They were first introduced in the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 second game]] in the ''Super Mario'' series (in terms of US releases).
* AdaptationalWimp: Snifits in the games shoot bullets at enemies of the Koopa Troop, mostly Mario and Luigi, but in the movie, they don't do such a thing. Justified, since it's a family friendly film.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The Snifit that captures and brings Luigi to Bowser has a high-pitched, raspy voice, fitting because it's a small but eerie creature.
* DirtyCoward: The Shy Guys are this. They’re brave when they’re in a pack and can gang up on and capture a frightened and helpless Luigi. [[spoiler:But when Luigi is powered-up by the Super Star in Brooklyn? Unlike the rest of Bowser's minions, who at least try to fight back, the Shy Guys try to run away. They don’t get far.]]
* EvilSoundsRaspy: The Snifit that captures and brings Luigi to Bowser has such a voice, befitting for the only one of the group who [[GasMaskMooks wears a gas mask]].
* {{Faceship}}: They take Luigi to Bowser in a Shy Guy-shaped hot air balloon; the balloon itself is the hood, while the basket is the mask.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:A Shy Guy and Snifit harasses Spike with a Hammer Bro and a Dry Bones, while Luigi saves Spike by ''flicking it away''.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They all wear expressionless masks and work for [[BigBad Bowser]]. Shy Guys wear a WhiteMaskOfDoom while Snifits are GasMaskMooks.
* MookLieutenant: The Snifit is shown leading the Shy Guys and, like the Koopa General, he reports directly to Bowser.
* OneWordVocabulary: The Shy Guys don't say anything other than, "Heiho!"
* RightBehindMe: This is how they make their presence known. After Luigi narrowly escapes a swarm of Dry Bones by barricading the doors of a ruined castle shut behind him, he sits down in relief... only for [[LightningReveal lightning to flash]] and [[FromBadToWorse reveal the gang of creepy masked gnomes waiting for him in the shadows]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Unlike the rest of Bowser’s soldiers, who try to fight the powered-up brothers, a Shy Guy's first instinct is to run away when Luigi stops him from attacking Spike. His attempt is fruitless, as Luigi disposes of him by flicking him.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite appearing infrequently (and having only one spoken line between them) in the film itself, the Shy Guys and Snifit Luigi stumbles upon are the ones who capture him in the Darklands and bring him to Bowser.
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[[folder:Piranha Plants]]
!!Piranha Plants
Carnivorous plants that Bowser grows.
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* ManEatingPlant: True to form, several Piranha Plants can be seen amongst the monsters making up Bowser's army -- one of which devours an unfortunate Goomba. Bowser makes a bouquet out of three small ones and ends up stomping them to death because they try to bite Kamek[[note]]who was dressed up as Peach so that Bowser could practice his proposal[[/note]].
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[[folder:The Last Resort '''(ALL SPOILERS UNMARKED)''']]
!!Bomber Bill
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->''"LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL AND '''DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!'''"''
-->-- '''Bowser'''
A gargantuan Bullet Bill. Bowser launches it in an attempt to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom during the climax.
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* ActionBomb: It's fully alive and able to steer itself, like the other Bullet Bills. Mario takes advantage of this by getting its attention, causing it to follow him away from the castle.
* AdaptationNameChange: The enemy it's based on is called "Banzai Bill" in the games.
* DeathGlare: A particularly terrifying one after Mario finally gets its attention by hitting its eye. This is primarily used to serve as a good and effective reveal to the audience that this thing is actually [[ItCanThink sentient]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: After being hit in the eye by Tanooki Mario's tail, Bomber Bill decides to switch its target from Peach's Castle to Mario himself despite the fact that Mario would be caught in the blast radius if it had continued on its intended destination.
* EvilIsBigger: It's far larger than any Banzai Bill from the games, being almost the size of Peach's Castle. It's closer in size to the rare King Bill enemy from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii''.
* FantasticNuke: It's treated as the ''Mario'' equivalent to a nuclear missile. Bowser tries to use it to blow up the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and when it explodes, the subsequent ''im''plosion has enough force to draw Bowser's whole castle into the Warp Pipe.
* ItCanThink: At first it just appears to be a giant missile with an angry face design until Mario attacks its eye in desperation and it deviates from its flight path to attack Mario specifically.
* NighInvulnerable: No attack can stop or slow down its descent toward the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario has to [[GoForTheEye smack it in the eye]] just to get its attention.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bomber Bill's desire for revenge on Mario not only spares Peach's Castle and the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom the devastating destruction, but it ends up destroying Bowser's floating castle when it explodes in the middle of the Warp Pipe channel, causing a gigantic vortex that sends the fortress crashing into Brooklyn.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: Since the Bomber Bill is [[NighInvulnerable impossible to destroy]], Mario instead lures it away from the kingdom and into a Warp Pipe.
* SlasherSmile: Just like in the games, the design of it gives it a mouth that always sports a rather nasty and sinister toothy grin even when it is chasing after its victim as revenge.
* WalkingSpoiler: Its existence isn't revealed until the climax, and discussing it reveals a lot of important details about said climax.
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