History Characters / SMBMDarkLands

* 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''.]]

** [[spoiler:A more humorous side of the trope appears once he's shrunken and captured, as when Mario makes a quip that he got Peach a pet turtle, Bowser [[CopycatMockey mockingly mouths]] said joke. He then spends the rest of the scene crossing his arms and pouting to himself like a child on time-out]].

* EntitledBastard: Bowser believes that he has a right to do whatever he wants (i.e. conquering the world, forcing Peach to marry him, dominate everyone, and sacrifice a bunch of innocent people) and that no one has any right to stand up to him and oppose him. The moment he gets opposed without fear and without giving up, he throws a violent and screaming temper tantrum. [[spoiler:Even after being defeated, Bowser asks Peach for another chance despite everything he's done, which Peach rightfully denies and instead shrinks him down with a Mini Mushroom to be imprisoned. And later he tries to intimidate a Toad guard despite being locked up and said Toad currently bigger than him]].

** [[spoiler: A more humorous side of the trope appears once he's shrunken and captured, as when Mario makes a quip that he got Peach a pet turtle, Bowser [[CopycatMockey mockingly mouths]] said joke. He then spends the rest of the scene crossing his arms and pouting to himself like a child on time-out]].

* EntitledBastard: Bowser believes that he has a right to do whatever he wants (i.e. conquering the world, forcing Peach to marry him, dominate everyone, and sacrifice a bunch of innocent people) and that no one has any right to stand up to him and oppose him. The moment he gets opposed without fear and without giving up, he throws a violent and screaming temper tantrum.

* 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 kill Mario]]. His fury only gets much worse when it increasingly becomes clear that Peach likes Mario (even though not romantically just yet) FAR more than she will ever like Bowser.

* 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 kill Mario]].

** Downplayed in the English dub. He has legitimately humorous scenes, but this doesn't change the fact that this is the darkest incarnation of Bowser to date, with him being a genuine threat to the heroes, coupled with a complete lack of redeeming qualities, and overall being an unhinged sociopath. [[spoiler:He particularly becomes terrifying at the final confrontation in Brooklyn, with him dealing Mario some visible injuries never before seen in the games.]]

** Downplayed in the English dub. He has legitimately humorous scenes, but this doesn't change the fact that this is the darkest incarnation of Bowser to date, with him being a genuine, threat to the heroes, coupled with a complete lack of redeeming qualities, and overall being an unhinged sociopath. [[spoiler:He particularly becomes terrifying at the final confrontation in Brooklyn, with him dealing Mario some visible injuries never before seen in the games.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: The Japanese dub eschews most of his comedic scenes, allowing Bowser to become an even more sinister threat.

* CurbStompCushion: [[spoiler:Bowser is ''[[SuperToughness a tank]]'', and it even when up against an invincible Mario and Luigi using the Super Star, refuses to go down without a fight. It takes a total of ''14 melee attacks'' to shut the Koopa King's rampage down.]]

* CurbStompCushion: [[spoiler:Bowser is ''[[MadeOfIron a tank]]'', and it even when up against an invincible Mario and Luigi using the Super Star, refuses to go down without a fight. It takes a total of ''14 melee attacks'' to shut the Koopa King's rampage down.]]

* SuperStrength: If there's one thing to especially note about him, it's that he has ''tremendous'' strength. By the film's climax, [[spoiler:he is shown effortlessly lifting and throwing cars and large rocks like they're mere paperweights. It speaks volumes when he gives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Donkey Kong, the ''other'' resident strong guy of the film.]]

* HumanHammerThrow: [[spoiler:A Sledge Bro manages to hit Mario. Unfortunately, Mario was powered up by the Super Star, and returns the favor by swinging the luckless minion by his tail and throwing him at his peers.

* HumamHammerThrow: [[spoiler:A Sledge Bro manages to hit Mario. Unfortunately, Mario was powered up by the Super Star, and returns the favor by swinging the luckless minion by his tail and throwing him at his peers.

* OutOfFocus: Outside of the simulated Bullet Bills that Peach trains Mario with, they sparingly show up throughout the movie as projectiles fired by the Koopa Troop, notably during the Rainbow Road sequence. [[spoiler: They’re seen being launched at Mario and Luigi after Bowser sics his entire army on the powered-up brothers. They’re used as stepping stones and are taken out of action instantly.]]

* 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.

* OutOfFocus: Outside of the simulated Bullet Bills that Peach trains Mario with, they sparingly show up throughout the movie as projectiles fired by the Koopa Troop, notably during the Rainbow Road sequence.

* {{Narcissist}}: If the giant face sculpture of his on his OminousFloatingCastle, the many full body statues littered across his throne room, and his MalevolentMugshot scattered across every flag that his army wields are any indication, Bowser is a pretty huge egomaniac. It especially shows with how much he values himself and [[BadBoss how little he values his own army]], how much he believes that every decision that he makes, no matter how evil and despicable, should impress Peach, constantly needs his second-in-command, [[SycophanticServant Kamek]], to reaffirm how "perfect" he is for Peach, and even his whole VillainLoveSong, "Peaches", is basically entirely dedicated to how much he wants to make Peach ''his''. He doesn't care about what ''Peach'' thinks about any of his actions, all he truly cares about is what ''he'' wants and desires from her. [[spoiler:Also, he takes opposition to his plans for domination and even criticism to himself very personally, such as when Mario and Luigi gain the power of the Super Star and start beating him back and genuinely harming him, he completely loses his mind to extreme rage and screams madly at his troops to "rip them to pieces", and when Peach calls him a monster while rejecting him at the altar and preparing to fight him with the Ice Flower, he responds by trying to kill her with his fire breath.]]

* 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]].

* {{Narcissist}}: If the giant face sculpture of his on his OminousFloatingCastle, the many full body statues littered across his throne room, and his MalevolentMugshot scattered across every flag that his army wields are any indication, Bowser is a pretty huge egomaniac. It especially shows with how much he values himself and [[BadBoss how little he values his own army]], how much he believes that every decision that he makes, no matter how evil and despicable, should impress Peach, constantly needs his second-in-command, [[SycophanticServant Kamek]], to reaffirm how "perfect" he is for Peach, and even his whole VillainLoveSong, "Peaches", is basically entirely dedicated to how much he wants to make Peach ''his''. He doesn't care about what ''Peach'' thinks about any of his actions, all he truly cares about is what ''he'' wants and desires from her.

* WickedPretentious: That being said, he is also clearly shown to be faking his good manners as as soon as Kamek mentions to him about Mario and he thinks of the possibility of the mustachioed human being an obstacle for his lustful obsession with Peach, he immediately takes his anger out on Kamek by slamming the piano case on the Koopa wizard's fingers, crushing them, and yells at him in an unruly way and even ''leaves'' him with his fingers crushed under the piano case just to spite the wizard [[MiseryBuildsCharacter as he deems pain to be the best teacher]].

* WickedPretentious: That being said, he is also clearly shown to be faking his good manners as as soon as Kamek mentions to him about Mario and he thinks of the possibility of the mustachioed human being an obstacle for his lustful obsession with Peach, he immediately takes his anger out on Kamek by slamming the piano case on the Koopa wizard's fingers, crushing them, and yells at him in an unruly way and even ''leaves'' him with his fingers crushed just to spite the wizard as he deems pain to be the best teacher.

* WickedPretentious: That being said, he is also clearly shown to be faking his good manners as as soon as Kamek mentions to him about Mario and he thinks of the possibility of the mustachioed human being an obstacle for his lustful obsession with Peach, he immediately takes his anger out on Kamek by crushing the Koopa wizard's fingers with the piano case and yells at him in an unruly way and even ''leaves'' him with his fingers crushed just to spite the wizard as he deems pain to be the best teacher.

* WickedCultured: He is shown to actually be really good at playing the piano as he typically plays it and sings his VillainLoveSong about Peach during his free time. Even when Kamek interrupts his song to inform him of Mario's presence, he takes the time to ask Kamek to play the piano with him albeit in a clear FauxAffablyEvil and TranquilFury way.

* WickedCultured: Bowser plays the piano while talking to Kamek about his wedding plans to Peach.