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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Mario Party Star Rush King Boo.png|250px]]<br>Solo artwork of King Boo for ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''
|first_appearance = ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[2003]])
|latest_appearance = ''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' (version 2.0.0) ([[2021]])
|species=[[Boo]]
|portrayed_by=[[Toru Asakawa]]
}}
{{quote|Eee hee hee...I am King Boo, the scariest of the spirits. Eek! What's this?! [[Wario|Your]] face...It would even scare a ghost. How horrible! You've got it backwards...I do the scaring around here! All right, now I'll put some real fear in that frightening face of yours! Eee hee hee!|King Boo|Super Mario 64 DS}}
'''King Boo''' is the leader of the [[Boo]]s and the arch-nemesis of [[Luigi]]. He is also an ally of [[Bowser]], whowhom he has aided him in his various schemes. AlthoughKing Boo is notsimilar theto [[Boohemoth|biggestBig Boo]]s in that he is larger than regular Boos, although as his royal title would suggest, King Boo hasis abilitieseven thatmore surpasspowerful thatthan ofBig theBoos. averageDespite ghostbeing regular enemies, such[[Boohemoth]]s asare materializingeven more powerful than King Boo as objectsthey andcannot breathingbe firedefeated.
 
There are two other King BoosBoo whomade debutedhis prior to the main King Boo'sfirst introductionappearance in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''., Thealthough there are two other King Boos who made separate debut appearances prior to him; the first [[King Boo (Luigi's Mansion series)|King Boo]] was introduced in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and is the [[Luigi's Mansion (series)|titular series]]' main antagonist., Thewhile the second King Boo specificallyexclusively appears as a boss in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''; heas wasa named King Boo by the American localization team, and his Japanese name is {{nihongo|ボステレサ|Bosu Teresa|Boss Boo}}, which is also the case for [[Big Boo]] in some appearancesboss.
 
==History==
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King Boo usually considers his Boo minions as friends and cares for them. An example of this is in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' when he threatens to hurt [[Paper Mario (character)|Paper Mario]] if the Mario Brothers dared to hurt his [[Paper Boo]] minion in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. He also has good [[chemistry]] with the playable Boo in the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]]. In ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', King Boo says that he finds little Boos cute.
 
In the ''Mario and& Sonic'' series, King Boo has a superiority complex and is quite prideful. In the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', King Boo claims that he is unbeatable at the [[Alpine Skiing]] event. In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', King Boo claims to have beaten Mario before.
 
===Powers and abilities===
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==Game appearances==
{| class="table" style="width:100%sortable"
!Title !! Role !! Year of release !! Release medium
|-
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|Unlockable playable character
|2003
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
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|Boss
|2005
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
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|Cameo
|2007
|[[Arcade]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
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|Rival
|2013
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''
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|Boss
|2018
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''
|Cameo
|2019
|Nintendo Switch
|-
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|Assistant (update)
|2019
|[[iOS]] / [[Android]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
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