Motley Bossblob is a boss introduced in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. He is a jester appearing to be some sort of Koopa who emits gelatinous blobs to become a large clown-like monster. His name is derived from the word "motley" which refers to an assortment, referring to the many blobs that make up his clown form, but it also refers to a jester's costume, which he wears. He makes his first appearance in World 6-C: Motley Bossblob's Big Battle.
Motley Bossblob serves as the second boss of World 6. In this boss-only course, Motley Bossblob gathers large gelatinous blobs to transform himself into a large clown-like monster. He will then try to jump on the player. On the last jump, Motley will split into many smaller blobs along with his jester form, where he will be vulnerable to attack. The player must defeat him by attacking the fleeing jester when he is defenseless, while avoiding the blobs that hurt the player. The player can also attack or step on the smaller blobs to make his clown monster form smaller when they combine. The more blobs that get attacked, the smaller he gets. Every time the boss splits, a set of Double Cherries will appear. After three hits, Motley Bossblob is defeated and the Warp Pipe to the Goal Pole is revealed.
Motley Bossblob reappears in World Bowser-A: Motley Bossblob's Encore. His jumps will now create shockwaves which can damage the player.
Motley Bossblob reappears for a final time in World Flower-12: Boss Blitz as the last boss of the level. The shockwaves that are created by his jumps move faster, and the width of the shockwave is larger.
Motley Bossblob shares his boss theme with King Ka-thunk and Boss Brolder.
Physical appearance[edit]
Motley Bossblob bears a slight resemblence to the Koopalings, Bowser Jr., Boom Boom, and Pom Pom due to his muzzle, which features two downward-pointing fangs, as well as his yellow skin and claws. His lower face is a slightly lighter shade than his body. He wears a jester's costume consisting of a sleeveless striped robe with a pointed lower edge and a two-pointed jester hat. His robe has a white collar with a golden disk on it. He wears a golden bracelet on each arm, and carries a magic scepter, similar to Magikoopas and the Koopalings. His pupils are star-shaped and match the colors of the costume on each side. In each appearance, he and his blobs (and thus, the giant form) have different colors; in his first appearance in 6-C, he wears red and blue, has beige scales and has a silver form, in Bowser-A, he wears green and purple with pink scales and has a gold form, and in Flower-12, he wears teal and ruby red with green scales, and has a red form. The magic energy in his scepter also changes with each fight.
When his blobs combine, they form a large clown-like being. Its body is rotund and covered in a checkerboard pattern. It lacks a neck and shoulders, and its face is set in a permanent deranged grin. It has a hat, collar, and bracelets that match the outfit of the boss inside. The blobs' eyes carry into the clown form and match the shape of Motley's pupils.
Gallery[edit]
Artwork of the giant form seen in the first encounter
Motley Bossblob fleeing after his blobs split
Motley Bossblob's second appearance
The golden version of the giant form
Motley Bossblob's third appearance
The red version of the giant form
Names in other languages[edit]
Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Japanese |
ボスブンレツ Bosu Bunretsu
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From "boss" and「分裂」(bunretsu, split)
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Chinese |
分裂老大 Fēnliè Lǎodà
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Split Boss
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Dutch |
Motley Bossblob
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French (NOA) |
Grobloboss
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From "gros" (big), "blob" and "boss"
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French (NOE) |
Globuloboss
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Globule Boss
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German |
Boss-Blubbarrio
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"Boss" + portmanteau of "bliubber" (bubble) and "Mario"
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Italian |
Boss Giullabolla Giullabolla
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From "giullare" (jester) and "bolla" (bubble)
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Korean |
왕방울방울 Wang Bang'ul-bang'ul
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From "왕" (wang, king) + reduplicated form of "방울" (bang'ul, bubble)
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Portuguese |
Boss Globolha
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"Boss" + portmanteau of "globo" (globe) and "bolha" (bubble)
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Russian |
Блобобосса Blobobossa
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Transliteration of the English name
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Spanish |
Burbufón Jefe
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From "burbuja" (bubble), "bufón" (joker), and "jefe" (boss)
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Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
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Playable characters
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Mario • Luigi1,2 • Peach1,2 • Toad1,2 • Rosalina1,2 • Captain Toad1,2 • Bowser Jr.3 • Hint Toad2 • Banktoad2 • Yellow Toad2
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Non-playable characters
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Kittens3 • Mii1 • Neko Parent3 • Plessie • Rabbits (Mega Rabbits) • Sprixie Princesses1,2 • Sprixies1,2 • Toads • Toadette3
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Worlds1,2
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Sprixie Kingdom • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser • World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
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Lake Lapcat locations3
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Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
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Bosses
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Bowser (Meowser1,2 · Fury Bowser3 · Giant Bowser3) • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat1,2 • Boss Brolder1,2 • King Ka-thunk1,2 • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob1,2
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Items and objects
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+ Clock1,2 • ? Block • 1-Up Mushroom1,2 • Arrow platform1,2 • Arrow Sign • Assist Block1,2 • Baseball • Beep Block1,2 • Big Block1,2 • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Board1,2 • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cage3 • Cannon Box1,2 • Cat Shine3 • Cat Shine Shard3 • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch1,2 • Checkpoint Flag1,2 • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Cog1,2 • Coin • Coin Block • Coin Box • Coin pile • Color Panel1,2 • Crate • Crystal Block1,2 • Dark1,2 • Dash Panel • Double Cherry • Elevator1,2 • Fire Flower • Fling Pole3 • Floating couch1,2 • Flower1,2 • Fluff1,2 • Fury Block3 • Fury Sun3 • Giga Bell3 • Goal Pole1,2 • Gold Ring • Goomba Mask1,2 • Gong1,2 • Graffiti3 • Green Coin1,2 • Green Star1,2 • Green Star Ring1,2 • Ground-Pound Switch3 • Grumblump1,2 • Hexagon1,2 • Hidden Block • Ice Skate • Illusion1,2 • Invincibility Bell2,3 • Invincibility Leaf • Item storage • Jump Panel • Key Coin • Kick Bomb • Lift1,2 • Light Box1,2 • Lighthouse3 • Lucky Bell • Mega ? Block • Mega Mushroom1,2 • Multi-Vator1,2 • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box1,2 • Plessie Medal3 • P Panel1,2 • P Switch1,2 • Pixel Luigi1, 2 • Potted Piranha Plant • POW Block • Propeller Box • Propeller Platform1 • Red-Blue Panel • Red Coin1,2 • Red POW Block1,2 • Red Ring1,2 • Rising pillar1,2 • Rock Block1,2 • Rotating Panel1,2 • Seagull3 • Searchlight1,2 • Shelf1,2 • Slamming block1,2 • Sliding door1,2 • Slot Block1,2 • Small birds1,2 • Snowball • Springboard1,2 • Stamp1,2 • Super Star • Super Bell • Super Jump Panel3 • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Switch Block1,2 • Switch Panel1,2 • Switchboard • Timer Gate3 • Touchstone1,2 • Trapeze1,2 • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box1,2 • Warp Box (With Key)1,2 • Warp Pipe • World Warp Pipe1, 2 • Zipline lift1,2
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Moves
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Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Dive2,3 • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump2,3 • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound1,2 • Wall Jump
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Forms
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Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Cat Mario (Lucky Cat Mario · Giga Cat Mario3 · White Cat Mario2,3) • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario (White Tanooki Mario) • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario
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Enemies and obstacles
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Ant Trooper1,2 • Baddie Box1,2 • Banzai Bill1,2 • Banzai Bill Cannon1,2 • Beach Koopa • Biddybud • Big Boo1,2 • Big Ant Trooper1,2 • Big Galoomba1,2 • Bill Blaster • Blockstepper • Blooper1,2 • Blurker1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo1,2 • Boomerang Bro • Brolder1,2 • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cannon1,2 • Cannonball1,2 • Cat Banzai Bill1,2 • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba1,2 • Chargin' Chuck1,2 • Charvaargh1,2 • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Disaster Neko3 • Falling spike3 • Fire Bar1,2 • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fizzlit1,2 • Flopter • Fury Shadow3 • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Fuzzy Horde1,2 • Galoomba1,2 • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop1,2 • Horned Ant Trooper1,2 • Innertube Goomba • Ka-thunk1,2 • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble1,2 • Madpole1,2 • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba1,2 • Octoomba1,2 • Para-Biddybud • Parabones1,2 • Peepa1,2 • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer1,2 • Rammerhead • Ring Burner1,2 • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spike ball1,2 • Spike Block1,2 • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Spiny1,2 • Spiny Skipsqueak1,2 • Splorch1,2 • Splotchy goop3 • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp1,2 • Ty-foo1,2 • Walleye1,2
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Miscellaneous
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Captain Toad's Adventures1,2 • Enemy Battles1,2 • Mystery House1,2 • Luigi Bros.1,2 • Luigi sightings1,2 • Sprixie House1,2 • Lucky House1,2 • Snapshot Mode2,3 • Stamps
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Further info
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Cat Shine names3 • Completion (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Gallery (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury · Bowser's Fury) • Glitches (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Media (Bowser's Fury) • Pre-release and unused content • Playable characters' statistics (Bowser's Fury) • Staff (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury) • Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
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