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==Fake bowser from paper mario 64==
Is [[Bowser???]] Not a fake Bowser?
==Clone==
==Clone==
Is the Bowser Clone really related? These are magick'd enemies, whereas the other was a creation of Belome after eating Bowser. [[User:Binks|Binks]] 00:07, 20 July 2008 (EDT)
Is the Bowser Clone really related? These are magick'd enemies, whereas the other was a creation of Belome after eating Bowser. [[User:Binks|Binks]] 00:07, 20 July 2008 (EDT)
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::The current title of this article is based on the ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' tip, but we can take a closer look at the English and Japanese versions.
::The current title of this article is based on the ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' tip, but we can take a closer look at the English and Japanese versions.
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:* While 「にせクッパ」 would literally mean Fake Bowser, the corresponding phrase in the official English localization is "Bowser Impostor".
:* While 「にせクッパ」 would literally mean Fake Bowser, the corresponding phrase in the official English localization is "Bowser Impostor".
::Since "Bowser Impostor" looks more like a proper name than "fake Bowser" (or "Bowser's decoy" for that matter), and we don't have any other sources besides ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' or ''NES Remix'' to go off of, I motion moving the title back. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 16:07, 27 November 2018 (EST)
::Since "Bowser Impostor" looks more like a proper name than "fake Bowser" (or "Bowser's decoy" for that matter), and we don't have any other sources besides ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' or ''NES Remix'' to go off of, I motion moving the title back. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 16:07, 27 November 2018 (EST)
:::I'd be fine with that. [[User:Somethingone|Somethingone]] ([[User talk:Somethingone|talk]]) 14:29, January 18, 2022 (EST)


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==Fake Fake Bowsers==
==Fake Fake Bowsers==
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There are at least two subjects that don't really belong in this article: the Tail Bowsers that first appear in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and the "Bowser" from ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''. While Tail Bowsers seem to be inspired from the original fakes since they are also transformed enemies, the addition of the Super Leaf makes them fairly different. The other subject, the one from The Tale of Bowser's Fields, turned out to be a cardboard cutout held up by the Spirit Who Loves Surprises. The inclusion of these two gives the impression that the article can be about any fake Bowser in general rather than the specific concept of the seven decoys from ''Super Mario Bros.'' [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:54, 28 November 2018 (EST)
There are at least two subjects that don't really belong in this article: the Tail Bowsers that first appear in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and the "Bowser" from ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''. While Tail Bowsers seem to be inspired from the original fakes since they are also transformed enemies, the addition of the Super Leaf makes them fairly different. The other subject, the one from The Tale of Bowser's Fields, turned out to be a cardboard cutout held up by the Spirit Who Loves Surprises. The inclusion of these two gives the impression that the article can be about any fake Bowser in general rather than the specific concept of the seven decoys from ''Super Mario Bros.'' [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:54, 28 November 2018 (EST)
:What about the equally-flat inanimate one from ''Superstar Saga''? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:56, 28 November 2018 (EST)
:What about the equally-flat inanimate one from ''Superstar Saga''? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:56, 28 November 2018 (EST)
::I wasn't too sure about that one. Maybe it can be moved to trivia since it could refer to either the real or fake? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:14, 28 November 2018 (EST)
::I wasn't too sure about that one. Maybe it can be moved to trivia since it could refer to either the real or fake? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:14, 28 November 2018 (EST)
:::I'll point out that the same area has rotodiscs, which weren't in any game featuring Fake Bowser, discounting the tenuity of World-e (which came later) and SMAS. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:21, 28 November 2018 (EST)
::::Neither were they in a game with the bridge/axe setup, and the thing is goofy-looking enough that it could conceivably be a cheeky charicature making the fake more obvious. Though for what it's worth, the Prima Games guide does refer to it as a "cardboard Bowser" (and the Nintendo Power version doesn't mention it despite being pictured). [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:35, 28 November 2018 (EST)
:::::Neither the Nintendo Official Guidebook of ''Mario & Luigi RPG'' says anything on the matter. Anyway, its presence in this page is odd, as it's not clear if the cardboard wants to actually reference a fake Bowser (being an exaggerated caricature of it) or the actual Bowser. It's also odd that two cardboard Bowsers from ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' and ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy'' are mentioned, while [[Board (Super Mario 3D Land)|the one from ''Super Mario 3D World'']] isn't. In any case, now that ''Super Mario Run'' took back the original fake Bowsers, a split of the Tail Bowsers and cardboard Bowsers from the original fake Bowsers can make sense. If nobody is against the split, you can go on.--[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 21:55, 28 November 2018 (EST)
::::::One thing came up: I checked the internal files of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', and I found that the model for Tail Bowser is named "<tt>KoopaFake</tt>". What do we make of this? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 06:22, 16 December 2018 (EST)
:::::::At this point we need to see the internal filenames of ''Super Mario Run'', in theory ''Mario & Sonic'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'' might help as well, but it's unlikely that someone has access to the filesystem of the former, while the latter might not have labeled the Battle Card with the proper name. Furthermore, we'll need to have a look at the guides to see if they were pulling another case like the one of ''Batton'' - in ''Super Mario Run'' we definitely have the original Fake Bowsers.--[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 05:42, 17 December 2018 (EST)
::::::::Shall i make a proposal to split Fake Bowser and Tail Bowser? --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 05:46, 17 December 2018 (EST)
:::::::::I was thinking it can still be split, but as a derived species (as it's pretty clearly the same idea except in "Raccoon" form due to the addition of Super Leaf). [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 06:00, 17 December 2018 (EST)
::::::::::You can also use the ''Parent species'' part of the infobox, anyway considering how both the Nintendo Official Guidebook of ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and the ''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.'' confirm how Tail Bowsers have a different Japanese name (「しっぽクッパ」) I still agree with the splitting.--[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 16:46, 17 December 2018 (EST)
:::::::::::All right. If I don't see any objections, I'll go ahead and do that. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:02, 17 December 2018 (EST)
::::::::::::On the proposal there should also be an option to also split the cardboard bowsers into well, Cardboard Bowser. {{User:Doomhiker/sig}} 17:16, 17 December 2018 (EST)
:::::::::::::I already removed the ''Topsy-Turvy'' info since it seemed we were all in agreement on that earlier, but if it and ''Superstar Saga'''s "cardboard Bowser" were to share the same article then it would be considered part conjecture. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:30, 17 December 2018 (EST)
:::::::::::::: If [[Fake Bowser]] appears as [[Tail Bowser]] then we should have [[Fake Tail Bowser]]. [[User:B700465189a9|B700465189a9]] ([[User talk:B700465189a9|talk]]) 17:25, 10 March 2019 (EDT)
:::::::::::::::We would go with the official North American name, that in this case is ''Tail Bowser''.--[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 20:52, 10 March 2019 (EDT)
::::::::::::::::The cardboard Bowser from Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga isn't sentinent. The Yoshi's Topsy Turvy thing is not a Fake Bowser either. The Tail Bowser should be considered as a Swoop/Bat Mega Mole/Morty Mole, and as such, split.  That says, i'm interested about what the Mario & Luigi Nintendo Official Guidebook Japanese guide says about it. --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 08:27, March 14, 2019 (EDT)
I think there should be a [[Fake Bowser]] and a [[Tail Bowser]] page. The bowsers are too different to be counted as the same.
[[User:LuigisMansion4GameCubeFan]] 15:44, 17 December 2019 (CTZ)
Is there a plan to go on with the split? While the internal data points out that Tail Bowsers are derived from Fake Bowsers, they keep their own name and appearance, and with ''Super Mario Run'' reintroducing the original Fake Bowsers, I still think that a split makes sense.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 16:59, February 28, 2020 (EST)
:I plan on making a proposal at some point. --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 11:16, March 4, 2020 (EST)
::Is there a need of a proposal in the first place? The only point brought up against the split, the internal name of Tail Bowsers in ''Super Mario 3D Land'', was brought up by {{user|LinkTheLefty}} who was the one who stated that they wanted to go on with the split. When everyone agrees proposals should be avoided, as proposals were created to solve disagreements, so we should rather see if someone still has some points against the split.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 12:56, March 4, 2020 (EST)
:::I'm okay with splitting as long as Tail Bowser is considered a derivative/offshoot of fake Bowser. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 10:44, March 5, 2020 (EST)
::::Like in the case of [[Baby Cheep]] and [[Flutter]], different page doesn’t necessarily mean unrelated, they are indeed special fake Bowsers who were given a Super Leaf, so I agree with considering them as such.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 10:56, March 5, 2020 (EST)
==Fake bowser from paper mario 64==
Is [[Bowser???]] Not a fake Bowser?{{unsigned|PROPLAYEN}}
:Different type of Fake Bowser. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 19:20, August 2, 2020 (EDT)
== "Fake Bowser Artwork" ==
It says this was reused for Super Mario Run but where has it been confirmed that it's Fake Bowser artwork? [[User:I&#39;manumber1|I&#39;manumber1]] ([[User talk:I&#39;manumber1|talk]]) 15:13, July 11, 2022 (EDT)
:Good question - the game has a notebook of all the enemies, and this artwork ''is'' used there, but only for Bowser. The notebook makes no distinction between Bowser and Fake Bowsers. If that's the only time it's used in relation to the game, then the artwork may have been attributed to Fake Bowser by mistake --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 16:15, July 11, 2022 (EDT)
...Should we change it then? And if so, to what image? Maybe a screenshot from Super Mario Run? Better than nothing I guess. [[User:I&#39;manumber1|I&#39;manumber1]] ([[User talk:I&#39;manumber1|talk]]) 19:01, July 11, 2022 (EDT)
== Question about Fake Bowser's identity ==
I heard that one of these fake Bowsers was called "Bowser's brother" somewhere at one point, but there are several of them, so this doesn't make sense. I can't remember where I heard this, and it was a long time ago. Can someone confirm this, or is my memory playing tricks on me? -- {{User:FanOfRosalina2007/sig}} 12:43, December 6, 2023 (EST)
:[[Bowser's Brother]] is a different subject. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 13:52, December 6, 2023 (EST)
::Oh, ''now'' I remember! Thank you! -- {{User:FanOfRosalina2007/sig}} 15:21, December 6, 2023 (EST)

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