Mekakuppa

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Template:Character-infobox The Mecha-Bowser (メカクッパ, Mekakuppa) it's a giant robotic Bowser, appeared in two occasion in the Super Mario World story arc in Super Mario-kun.

In chapter 2 of volume 2, Bowser is angry at the failures of his minions, so, knowing Mario and his friends are headed to Vanilla Dome, so he activates the Mecha-Bowser. The trio is attacked by the robot, which tries to stomp with its feet, then crushing them with metal boogers. Mario tries to fight back using Yoshi as a bat, but ends up angering the Mecha-Bowser, which pulls out a giant drill from his wrist. While trying to hit Mario, Mecha-Bowser creates a hole in the Dome, creating a connection with the Vanilla Dome 3's lake. From that, the Dolphins falls in the lake and takes Mario, Luigi and Yoshi to the surface, where Mario plugs the hole, trapping the robot. However, Mecha-Bowser resurfaces and knocks out the trio. Mario flies away with a P-Balloon and finds a 3-Up Moon in the sky and becomes Moon Mario. While being unfazed by the robot's laser, Mario grabs a Cape Feather in the Item Storage, then tickles Mecha-Bowser's nose, making him sneeze out all his mechanical components. Mario then rebuilds the robot into a ferris wheel.

In the first part of chapter 11 of volume 4, while traversing the Bowser's Castle hall full of Bowser Statues, a giant Bowser's statue emerges from the lava. Mario tries to destroy it with a punch, but realized it's not made of stone, but metal, discovering it's the Mecha-Bowser, rebuilt and painted. Mario gets however the upper hand and, being badly rebuilt, the Mecha-Bowser explodes after a well-placed hit from Mario.