Boss Bass
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- Not to be confused with Big Bertha or Cheep Chomp.
Boss Bass | |||
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A sprite of a Boss Bass for Super Mario Bros. 3's Super Mario All-Stars remake | |||
General information | |||
Variant of | Cheep Cheep | ||
Appearances | |||
First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
Latest appearance | Yoshi's Island DS (2006) | ||
Similar entities | |||
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A Boss Bass[1][2][3][4] is a huge variant of Cheep Cheep which first appears in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are the male counterpart to Big Bertha, of which they are often confused with.
History
Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Bros. 3, a Boss Bass swims on the surface of the water trying to lunge out and eat Mario or Luigi if they are too close. In some of the levels, platforms rise and fall, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks and fireballs can defeat them, but they'll eventually come back.
In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, if the player has set on the e-Reader card that causes enemies hit by fireballs turn into coins and Mario or Luigi successfully hits Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, Boss Bass does not return for the remainder of the level.
Mario Kart DS
In Mario Kart DS, a Boss Bass makes a minor appearance in Banshee Boardwalk, in which it jumps out of the water, arching over the course, before landing into the other side. This replaces the role of a giant Cheep Cheep from Mario Kart 64.
Yoshi's Island DS
In Yoshi's Island DS, Boss Basses make a returning appearance, and behave much like in Super Smash Bros. 3. There is also a mid-boss named Bessie Bass who is a Big Bertha but behaves like a Boss Bass.
Relatives
Boss Basses have several relatives aside from Big Berthas. The Cheep Chomp from New Super Mario Bros. has similar qualities to the Boss Bass, and another enemy in the game, Spike Basses, patrol the surface of water levels, similar to a Boss Bass. However, Spike Basses will not try to eat Mario. Boss Basses are similar in both appearance and behavior to the Big Red Blurps from Yoshi's Story.
Gallery
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Super Mario Bros. 3 artwork of Mario using a stick to try and escape from a Boss Bass's mouth
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A Boss Bass attempting to eat Mario in Super Mario All-Stars's remake of Super Mario Bros. 3
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A Boss Bass jumping over Banshee Boardwalk in Mario Kart DS
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | Kyodai Pukupuku ♂ |
Trivia
- Despite being a large variant of a Cheep Cheep, a Boss Bass eats smaller ones. They also have trouble distinguishing them from something else, as proven in Super Paper Mario when a Shayde said that he fell into the ocean once, but luckily could swim as well as a Cheep-Cheep. Unfortunately, a Boss Bass thought that since he swam like a Cheep-Cheep, the huge fish ate him.
References
[Edit] Cheep Cheeps
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Characters | |
Bessie Bass • Cheepskipper • Chef Shimi • Coach • Furious Fred de Fillet • Kipp • Porcupuffer • Sashimie • Sushie • Stewart • Ultra Pukupuku | |
Species | |
Air Cheep • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Blurp • Boss Bass • Bubba • Cheep Chomp • Deep Cheep • Eep Cheep • Fish Bone • Gold Cheep Cheep • Green Cheep Cheep • Honebōn • Jean de Fillet • Lava Cheep Cheep • Mad Blurp • Mecha Cheep • Mega Cheep Cheep • Mega Deep Cheep • Mega Eep Cheep • Mr. Kipper • Needle Bomb • Porcupuffer • Puffer-Cheep • Sad Cheep Cheep • Sand Cheep • Small Cheep Cheep • Spike Bass • Spiny Cheep Cheep |