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[[File:Koopalings Airship Artwork.jpg|thumb|250px|Artwork of [[Bowser]], the [[Koopalings]], and [[Bowser Jr.]] on an [[Airship]].]]▼
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An '''Airship''' (also known as '''Doomship''' in the cartoons) is a large, propeller and [[Rocket Engine]]-driven ship that can soar through the sky. Airships are most commonly equipped with [[cannon]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s. One airship, featured in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' is commonly used by [[Bowser]] and the [[Koopalings]], and [[Princess Peach]] is usually kept captive here until [[Mario]] and his friends storm the airship late in the game, at which point she gets taken away to [[Bowser's Castle]].▼
|title= Airship
|image= [[File:Koopalings Airship Artwork.jpg|300px]]
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|owner= The [[Koopa Troop]]
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[1988]])
|latest_appearance= ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[2021]])
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▲An '''Airship'''
==History==
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====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[Image:Air_ship.PNG|thumb|An Airship taking off in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
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Airships first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where several Airships are used by the [[Koopalings]] in their invasion of the [[Mushroom World]]. [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] would need to avoid the various obstacles and the [[Rocky Wrench]] crew of an Airship to reach its main cabin, where the Airship's captain could be fought. If Mario or Luigi failed to conquer an Airship, it would fly away to another location on the world map. However, if the Airship was weighed down by an [[Anchor]], it would be unable to do so. After the [[Magic Scepter|Magic Wand]] is secured, the Airship vanishes, and Mario falls down into the castle and gives the scepter back to the [[Mushroom Kings|King]]. It may indicate the Airship is a creation of magic, although it is also likely that the wand transported him back to above the World's castle. In the original NES version, the Koopalings' Airships (and the [[Dark Land]] air force) and the sky backgrounds were given varying colors: brown with a light blue background for [[Larry Koopa|Larry]] and [[Roy Koopa|Roy]], green with a dark blue background for [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]], blue with a yellow background for [[Wendy O. Koopa|Wendy]], gold with a light green background for [[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]], blue with a light blue background for [[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy]], turquoise with a yellow background for [[Ludwig von Koopa|Ludwig]], and brown with a black background for [[Bowser]]'s air force. These were changed in the remakes, which depicted them with the standard brown color as well as a stormy background.
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[[File:NSMBU A-BoardingtheAirship.Still001.jpg|thumb|[[Boarding the Airship]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.]]
Bowser's flagship is used as a setting for two courses. Like
The flagship appears one more time in the ending, patched up and sputtering, as the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. use it to escape. It eventually crashes into a hill because of [[Bowser]] jumping aboard and his weight bringing it down, completely destroying it.
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
The [[Rainbow Ride#Super Smash Bros. series|Rainbow Cruise]] stage featured in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' included the ''Super Mario 64'' airship; it is the beginning platform in these stages, and carries players left until it hits a platform-filled area and sinks, only to be generated again later as the automatically-scrolling stage loops back to its beginning. Of note is that this interpretation of the Rainbow Ride airship is actually more airship-like than the original one, while ''Super Mario 64'' showed it to only have wings keeping it afloat. The [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] also gives it the propellers common on traditional Airships. Additionally, a remix of the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' airship music can be selectable for the [[Luigi's Mansion (place)#Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Luigi's Mansion]] stage in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', on the stage based off of the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games, an airship from said games can be seen flying above the stage.
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===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart DS''====
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In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', the race course [[DS Airship Fortress|Airship Fortress]] appears in the Star Cup and partially takes place on an Airship, which is in the midst of attacking a collapsing fortress. Like the Airships of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the Airship portion of Airship Fortress track is filled with Rocky Wrenches, Bullet Bills and Rocket Engines. Also of note is that more of the inner workings of Airships are seen in this game; the Airship explored features, in addition to the deck, a storage room, boiler room, and a very large cannon.
====''Mario Kart 7''====
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===Appearances in other media===
====''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''====
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[[Image:CartoonDoomship.jpg|thumb|right|Bowser's Doomship from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
A single Airship, owned by Bowser
Several smaller airships (similar to the airships seen in {{world|8|airforce}} from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'') also appeared being piloted by [[Larry Koopa|Cheatsy]] and Kooky in the episode "[[True Colors]]," being used to cover the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s in paint. This airship model was also planned to be used by [[Rocky Wrench]]es according to some concept art seen in the Writers Bible, but Rocky Wrenches never used these smaller airships in the actual show.
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==Gallery==
{{more images}}
<center><gallery>▼
Lemmy Airship.PNG|The Airship of [[Lemmy Koopa]], from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
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Ludwig Airship.PNG|The Airship of [[Ludwig Von Koopa]], from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
==Trivia==
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*The official [[Prima Games]] guide for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' calls the airships '''Giant Airships''' and in one page, '''Sky Ships'''.
*Princess Peach can be found on the airship in one of the official artworks for ''Super Mario Bros. 3''; however in the game, she only appears in the secret room where she is locked in when Mario rescues her in the end after defeating Bowser.
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