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{{character infobox | {{character infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Midbus Artwork - Mario and Luigi BiS.png|250px]]<br>Midbus in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' | |image=[[File:Midbus Artwork - Mario and Luigi BiS.png|250px]]<br>Midbus in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' | ||
|species=Pig/pangolin | |||
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]]) | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote|You listen. [[Princess Peach|Peach]], gone. [[Fawful|Lord Fawful]], new ruler. Now, no need of [[Bowser|you]]. Lord Fawful says sleep. NOW YOU SLEEP!|Midbus|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}} | {{quote|You listen. [[Princess Peach|Peach]], gone. [[Fawful|Lord Fawful]], new ruler. Now, no need of [[Bowser|you]]. Lord Fawful says sleep. NOW YOU SLEEP!|Midbus|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}} | ||
'''Midbus''' is the secondary antagonist in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|remake]]. He is a brawny, unintelligent, pig-like creature that acts as [[Fawful]]'s chief minion. Midbus's name is a pun on the phrase "mid boss". Midbus fights [[Bowser]] three times during the course of the game (the third time as [[Blizzard Midbus]], his powered-up form); the final fight is the only one where [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] assist in the battle. | '''Midbus''' is the secondary antagonist in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|remake]]. He is a brawny, unintelligent, pig-like creature that acts as [[Fawful]]'s chief minion. Midbus's name is a pun on the phrase "mid boss". Midbus fights [[Bowser]] three times during the course of the game (the third time as [[Blizzard Midbus]], his powered-up form); the final fight is the only one where [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] assist in the battle. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Midbus is a pink creature resembling a boar with yellow | Midbus is a pink creature resembling a boar with yellow pangolin-esque armor, a snout-like tattoo on each shoulder, a light-pink belly, and black horns and spines. Midbus is similar to Bowser in build and temperament, making him a foil as well as a rival to the Koopa King; his Blizzard Midbus form is an elemental contrast to Bowser's fiery attacks, and the snout-shaped emblem on his shoulders even somewhat resembles the Koopa King's own emblem. Like Fawful, Midbus speaks {{wp|Engrish}}, but his speech pattern is more broken than that of his boss's, as he uses short and simple phrases and sentences; he also gives unnecessarily long names to the various weapons he uses (for example, he refers to [[Junker]] as "Super Ultra Great Mega Trashy Monster Junker Bot"). According to [[Nate Bihldorff]], his speech is meant to evoke a poorly dubbed kung-fu movie.<ref>Chester, Nick (September 15, 2009). [https://www.destructoid.com/localization-mario-luigi-bowsers-inside-story/ Localization Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story]. ''Destructoid''. Retrieved February 16, 2023.</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''=== | ===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''=== | ||
[[File:MLBiS - Midbus Screenshot1.png|frame|right|Midbus, during his first encounter with [[Bowser]].]] | [[File:MLBiS - Midbus Screenshot1.png|frame|right|Midbus, during his first encounter with [[Bowser]].]] | ||
After Bowser inhales [[Princess Peach]], [[Starlow]], the Mario Bros., and everyone else present in [[Peach's Castle]]'s [[Conference Hall]], he falls unconscious. Fawful calls Midbus over, who responds from off-screen. | After Bowser inhales [[Princess Peach]], [[Starlow]], the Mario Bros., and everyone else present in [[Peach's Castle]]'s [[Conference Hall]], he falls unconscious. Fawful calls Midbus over, who responds from off-screen. At a later point in time, when Bowser finally meets Fawful in [[Cavi Cape]], Fawful details his plan to take over the Mushroom Kingdom (including taking over [[Bowser's Castle|his castle]]) before summoning Midbus. The minion's nonsensical speech enrages Bowser, and the two fight; during the battle, Fawful unintentionally teaches Bowser how to use his [[Action Command]]s while trying to give Midbus advice. Due to the effects of the [[Vacuum Shroom]], Bowser ends up feeling weakened, and Midbus tells him to work on his skills before the evil duo leaves. The pair then complete the takeover of Bowser's Castle, and Fawful puts him in charge of Bowser's Castle, now his secondary base, along with Bowser's brainwashed and converted [[Koopa Troop|minions]]. | ||
Later in [[Dimble Wood]], Bowser happens upon the trio of [[Private Goomp]], [[Corporal Paraplonk]] and [[Sergeant Guy]], who explain that Midbus and Fawful launched a massive attack on his castle. Bowser then obtains a [[Banzai Bill]] from [[Wiggler]] for the [[Banzai Bill Cannon|cannon]] that the trio had salvaged, and fires it directly at the castle. A pair of Goombas alert Midbus to the oncoming projectile, and he orders them to "do the thing", propelling the castle into the air and towards Dimble Wood, where he lands the castle on top of Bowser. The Mario Bros. enter the [[Rump Command]] and provide Bowser with a shot of adrenaline that turns him [[Super Bowser|giant]], surprising Midbus and starting the game's first Giant Bowser fight. Fawful's chief minion deploys several squadrons of troops during the battle itself. | Later in [[Dimble Wood]], Bowser happens upon the trio of [[Private Goomp]], [[Corporal Paraplonk]] and [[Sergeant Guy]], who explain that Midbus and Fawful launched a massive attack on his castle. Bowser then obtains a [[Banzai Bill]] from [[Wiggler]] for the [[Banzai Bill Cannon|cannon]] that the trio had salvaged, and fires it directly at the castle. A pair of Goombas alert Midbus to the oncoming projectile, and he orders them to "do the thing", propelling the castle into the air and towards Dimble Wood, where he lands the castle on top of Bowser. The Mario Bros. enter the [[Rump Command]] and provide Bowser with a shot of adrenaline that turns him [[Super Bowser|giant]], surprising Midbus and starting the game's first Giant Bowser fight. Fawful's chief minion deploys several squadrons of troops during the battle itself. | ||
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Bowser, who had been trapped in a safe a long while after his last encounter with Midbus and freed by Junker's post-defeat rampage, eventually catches up with Midbus and Fawful in Peach's Castle; he finds the pair transferring Princess Peach's power into the Dark Star to awaken it, and Midbus alerts Fawful to Bowser's arrival and demands to take him on for a third time. Fawful contemplates assisting Midbus in the battle, but notes that he is prideful, and instead elects to use his ray gun to transform him into Blizzard Midbus. The new Midbus then faces off against Bowser, boasting that he will end his long journey, but is defeated once more and frozen up to his neck in a block of ice while constantly exhaling cold breath. Bowser then uses the frosty air to relieve chest pain within [[Bowser's body|his body]] from the awakened Dark Star entering it and assimilating his DNA; the Mario Bros. must use the cold air to traverse the [[Airway (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)|Airway]] and hunt it down. Midbus remains frozen to the spot for the rest of the game, and it is unknown what happens to him after Fawful and the Dark Star are defeated for good. | Bowser, who had been trapped in a safe a long while after his last encounter with Midbus and freed by Junker's post-defeat rampage, eventually catches up with Midbus and Fawful in Peach's Castle; he finds the pair transferring Princess Peach's power into the Dark Star to awaken it, and Midbus alerts Fawful to Bowser's arrival and demands to take him on for a third time. Fawful contemplates assisting Midbus in the battle, but notes that he is prideful, and instead elects to use his ray gun to transform him into Blizzard Midbus. The new Midbus then faces off against Bowser, boasting that he will end his long journey, but is defeated once more and frozen up to his neck in a block of ice while constantly exhaling cold breath. Bowser then uses the frosty air to relieve chest pain within [[Bowser's body|his body]] from the awakened Dark Star entering it and assimilating his DNA; the Mario Bros. must use the cold air to traverse the [[Airway (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)|Airway]] and hunt it down. Midbus remains frozen to the spot for the rest of the game, and it is unknown what happens to him after Fawful and the Dark Star are defeated for good. | ||
Midbus also appears in the game's remake, ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', serving the same role as he did in the original. He also has a minor role alongside Fawful in ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey''. At one point, he is insultingly referred to as slow by [[Dieter]] of the [[Best Fitness Friends]], much to his chagrin. A ''Nintendo | Midbus also appears in the game's remake, ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', serving the same role as he did in the original. He also has a minor role alongside Fawful in ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey''. At one point, he is insultingly referred to as slow by [[Dieter]] of the [[Best Fitness Friends]], much to his chagrin. A ''[[Nintendo DREAM]]'' interview reveals that the Best Fitness Friends are the same species as Midbus.<ref>https://nintendoeverything.com/mario-luigi-bowsers-inside-story-dev-on-how-it-approached-the-remake-bowser-jr-s-journey-mode-updating-music-more</ref> | ||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
:''For details on the third fight against Midbus, see [[Blizzard Midbus#Battle|the appropriate section on that form's article]]. | :''For details on the third fight against Midbus, see [[Blizzard Midbus#Battle|the appropriate section on that form's article]]. | ||
===Cavi Cape=== | ===Cavi Cape=== | ||
Bowser's first fight against Midbus acts as a tutorial boss for the Koopa King, where the only move he performs is curling into a ball and rolling towards Bowser. At the beginning, Fawful warns Midbus about Bowser's [[punch]], going into detail in a way that displays how the move's Action Command works. On his turn, Bowser can wind up his punch and deal more damage by pressing {{button|ds|X}} as late as possible, while avoiding waiting too long and losing his balance (with Fawful's warnings showing the proper timing). The same is done for Bowser's [[counterattack]] punch (though he can use this prior to the tutorial if Midbus goes first). After Midbus takes enough damage, the fight ends when he uses a [[Ground Pound]]-like attack that Bowser cannot counter; while this does not KO him, the Vacuum | Bowser's first fight against Midbus acts as a tutorial boss for the Koopa King, where the only move he performs is curling into a ball and rolling towards Bowser. At the beginning, Fawful warns Midbus about Bowser's [[punch]], going into detail in a way that displays how the move's Action Command works. On his turn, Bowser can wind up his punch and deal more damage by pressing {{button|ds|X}} as late as possible, while avoiding waiting too long and losing his balance (with Fawful's warnings showing the proper timing). The same is done for Bowser's [[counterattack]] punch (though he can use this prior to the tutorial if Midbus goes first). After Midbus takes enough damage, the fight ends when he uses a [[Ground Pound]]-like attack that Bowser cannot counter since he has not learned [[shell defense]] yet; while this does not KO him, the Vacuum Shroom's effects begin to weaken Bowser, leaving him unable to continue. Bowser's HP will also go back to the maximum of 75. | ||
===Bowser's Castle=== | ===Bowser's Castle=== | ||
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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
{{main|List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story quotes#Midbus}} | {{main|List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story quotes#Midbus}} | ||
*"''Sense is for the weak!''" | |||
*'' | *"''You listen. [[Princess Peach|Peach]], gone. [[Fawful|Lord Fawful]], new ruler. Now, no need of [[Bowser|you]]. Lord Fawful says sleep. NOW YOU SLEEP!''" | ||
*'' | *"''MUH MUH! The clock strikes payback hour. Do plan two. To your posts!''" | ||
*'' | *"''Bowser! Next time goes a different way than this way went.''" | ||
*'' | *"''Hmph. I scoff. I scoff at you. You bluff. It is time. The special weapon of Lord Fawful. I will release it. SUPER ULTRA WONDER ULTIMATE RUTHLESS GREAT IRON BALL! HYAH!''" | ||
*'' | *"''You amuse me. I have fought Bowser. [[Starlow|You]] are much smaller.''" | ||
*'' | *"''[[Junker|He]] is of trash. And you are. You, trash. I call you trash. Go be trashy in this trash hole with this trash robot forever!''" | ||
*'' | *"''No one pressed "dance"! [[Junker|You]] are broken!''" | ||
*'' | *"''Now it is time! Now we will fight! Then you will lose! And you will cry!''" | ||
*'' | *"''Now you face hot wrath. The hot wrath of my freezing blizzard attack! HERE [[Bowser|YOUR]] LONG JOURNEY ENDS!''" (Blizzard Midbus before battling Bowser for the final time) | ||
*'' | *"''Though I fall here... None beat Lord Fawful... Now he will FINISH YOU!''" (Midbus' last words before freezing over after Bowser defeats him) | ||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
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|Jap=メタボス | |Jap=メタボス | ||
|JapR=Metabosu | |JapR=Metabosu | ||
|JapM= | |JapM=Portmanteau of「メタボ」(''metabo'', Japanese slang for [[wikipedia:metabolic syndrome|metabolic syndrome]]) and "boss" | ||
|SpaA=Cervil | |SpaA=Cervil | ||
|SpaAM=Portmanteau of "cerdo" (pig) and "vil" (vile); also a pun on "servil" (subservient) | |SpaAM=Portmanteau of "cerdo" (pig) and "vil" (vile); also a pun on "servil" (subservient) | ||
|SpaE=Metajefe | |SpaE=Metajefe | ||
|SpaEM=From the Japanese Name | |SpaEM=From the Japanese Name | ||
| | |FreA=Lèchebott | ||
| | |FreAM=Pun on "lèche-bottes" (bootlicker) | ||
| | |FreE=Métaboss | ||
| | |FreEM=Japanese name | ||
|Ita=Grugnosauro | |Ita=Grugnosauro | ||
|ItaM= | |ItaM=Portmanteau of "grugno" (snout) and "dinosauro" (dinosaur) | ||
|Ger=Metaboss | |Ger=Metaboss | ||
|GerM=From the Japanese name | |GerM=From the Japanese name | ||
|Rus=Бронехряк | |Rus=Бронехряк | ||
|RusR=Bronekhryak | |RusR=Bronekhryak | ||
|RusM= | |RusM=Portmanteau of "броненосец" (''bronenosets'', armadillo) and "хряк" (''khryak'', boar) | ||
|Kor=메타보스 | |Kor=메타보스 | ||
|KorR=Metaboseu | |KorR=Metaboseu | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:Midbus pigs minecraft 2.jpg|thumb|125px|Pigs patterned after Midbus in ''Minecraft: Wii U Edition''.]] | [[File:Midbus pigs minecraft 2.jpg|thumb|125px|Pigs patterned after Midbus in ''Minecraft: Wii U Edition''.]] | ||
*In ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'', there is a Super Mario Mash-up that replace skins in the game to characters/enemies from the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise. Unused screenshots in the files reveal Midbus skins were originally going to replace the Pig skins, but this was removed from the final version of the game. | *In ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'', there is a Super Mario Mash-up that replace skins in the game to characters/enemies from the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. Unused screenshots in the files reveal Midbus skins were originally going to replace the Pig skins, but this was removed from the final version of the game. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||