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[[Image:BossBass_SMB3.jpg|thumb|Artwork of Mario escaping from the '''Boss Bass''' swallowing him.]]
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[[Image:Bossbass.png|thumb|left|A '''Boss Bass'''.]]
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A '''Boss Bass''' is a huge [[Cheep-Cheep]] found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They swim on the surface of the water trying to lunge out and eat [[Mario]] when he gets too close. In some of the levels, platforms rise and fall, making Mario an easy target. Throwing blocks and [[fireball]]s can defeat them, but they'll eventually come back. However, in the GBA version, if the player has set on the e-reader card that will make enemies hit by fireballs turn into coins, and the player successfully hits Boss Bass with a fireball and collects the coin, Boss Bass will not return for the rest of the level.
{{species infobox
|image    = [[File:Bossbass.png]]<br>A sprite of a Boss Bass for ''Super Mario Bros. 3''{{'}}s ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' [[reissue|remake]]
|first_appearance = ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[1988]])
|latest_appearance = ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' ([[2006]])
|other_games = ''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Mario Golf]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''<br>''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 64]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|powers  = Swallowing
|weaknesses = [[Super Star|Starman]], [[Fireball]]
|variant_of = [[Cheep Cheep]]
|relatives = [[Big Bertha]]<br>[[Bubba]]<br>[[Cheep Chomp]]<br>[[Porcupuffer]]<br>[[Spike Bass]]
}}
A '''Boss Bass''' 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.


The [[Cheep-Chomp]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' has similar qualities to the Boss Bass. Another enemy in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', [[Spike Bass]]es, patrol the surface of water levels, similar to the Boss Bass. However, Spike Basses will not try to eat Mario.
==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 [[fireball]]s can defeat them, but they'll eventually come back.


Boss Basses are also found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', where they behave much as they do in SMB3.  There is also a mid-boss known as [[Bessie Bass]], who, although she behaves like a Boss Bass, is really a [[Big Bertha]], since she is a female of the species.
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.


Boss Bass apparently eat [[Cheep-Cheep]]s, despite being a relative of it. 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.
===''Mario Kart DS''===
[[Image:BossBassDS.png|thumb|Boss Bass as seen in ''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]]''.
Boss Basses are similar in both appearance and behavior to the [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Big Red Blurps]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.


[[File:BossBassEatingMario.png|thumb|right|A Boss Bass about to eat Mario who proceeds to escape.]]
===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
A Boss Bass makes a small cameo in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', where it jumps out of the water and over the course in [[Banshee Boardwalk]]. This fish replaces the [[Cheep Cheep]] from the original ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' version.
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.


The female variety of Boss Bass is [[Big Bertha]].
==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 Bass]]es, 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 [[Blurp (Yoshi's Story)|Big Red Blurps]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.


==Names in Other Languages==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
BossBass_SMB3.jpg|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' artwork of Mario using a stick to try and escape from a Boss Bass's mouth
BossBassEatingMario.png|A Boss Bass attempting to eat Mario in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
BossBassDS.png|A Boss Bass jumping over Banshee Boardwalk in ''Mario Kart DS''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=Kyodai Pukupuku ♂
|Jap=Kyodai Pukupuku ♂
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==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.
 
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