The original design for King Boo, as seen in promotional art for Luigi's Mansion.

King Boo (キングテレサ, Kingu Teresa^?) is an enemy in the Mario series of games, appearing as the boss of Luigi's Mansion and as a minor character in later games. He is member of the ghost-like Boo species and looks like a larger version of the generic Boo (though not as big as Boolossus or Big Boo) with a crown on his head and a slight blueish complexion. King Boo also has a distinctive cackle that is lower in pitch than that of smaller Boos. King Boo is more of a nemesis to Luigi than to Mario. Image File history File links Kingboo. ... Image File history File links Kingboo. ... Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss (sometimes called a guardian) is a particularly large or difficult computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end... Luigis Mansion ) is an adventure video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001. ... A manufactured image of a ghostly woman ascending a staircase. ... Boo Attacking (left) Boo Hiding (right) A Boo (Teresa) is a type of ghost featured in Mario video games. ... A crown is a symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a god, for whom the crown is traditionally one of the symbols of power and legitimacy (See Regalia for a broader treatment). ...

Abilities

King Boo has shown a large array of powerful magic from the few games he's starred in, proving he is more powerful than an average Boo. These include:

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• The ability to create purple fire.
• The ability to create powerful winds (aka. Big Boo Breath)
• The ability to become invisible (similar to other Boos).
• The ability to go through walls (similar to other Boos).
• Teleportation.
• The power to create spooky and incredibly detailed mansions out of thin air.
• It seems he can also communicate with other Boos via telepathy

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• Summon Monsters, as he summons random enemies with a slot machine
• Spit out regular Boos and also call them back.
• Blow bubbles.
• Summon coins or fruit using a slot machine.

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• The ability to breathe blue fire
• Can manipulate mirrors, e.g. turn Mario's reflection into Luigi, go into thus mirror and attack Luigi.

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• Can disappear and reappear any time.
• Can shoot blue fireballs at Peach.

Luigi's Mansion

In Luigi's Mansion, King Boo is the leader of the evil spirits inhabiting the titular mansion and appears as the final boss, whom Luigi must defeat in order to free Mario. When Luigi reaches the mansion's secret altar, where Mario is being imprisoned in a painting, King Boo sucks Luigi into the painting of Mario, which holds a strange dimension, similar in appearance to the roof. King Boo then attacks using either Bowser's body, or a Bowser-esque robotic/magical suit. Though the game hints to the latter,due to the Bowser suit's head can float after being knocked off,can shoot ice an ability Bowser could never do, and is hollow inside. Luigi must use the Poltergust 3000 ghost-catching vacuum cleaner to suck up spiked mines that the fake Bowser throws and then fire them back at it, knocking off his head and exposing King Boo to attack. King Boo has five-hundred heart points, but the health comes out of him much faster than the normal Boos. Luigis Mansion ) is an adventure video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001. ... Luigi ) is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. ... Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Luigi ) is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. ... Bowser , Koopa), alternately referred to as King Koopa, full name Bowser Koopa, is a fictional character, the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race he is in fact the most powerful koopa, featured in Nintendos series of video games featuring Mario, where he is usually the major antagonist. ... Professor E. Gadd, full name Professor Elvin Gadd (or sometimes Dr. E. Gadd; known as Professor Oyamah in Japan) is a fictional character who has made a number of appearances in different Mario games, each time appearing as a mad, but friendly, gadget-inventing scientist. ... Regular vacuum cleaner for home use. ...

Only in Luigi's Mansion does King Boo appear with a huge ruby for a crown, glowing pink eyes and a blue tongue. He is also roughly the same size as an average Boo. After Luigi defeats him, his crown falls off, and Luigi pries the ruby out. In later appearances, King Boo appears more like a regular Boo, with a red tongue and black eyes. However he is about 4 times the size of a normal Boo and sports a simple gold jeweled crown more like Princess Peach's. It is often thought that the Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario Sunshine versions of King Boo are different characters (implying that the name is merely a title). Ruby is a red gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide) in which the color is caused mainly by chromium. ... A crown is a symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a god, for whom the crown is traditionally one of the symbols of power and legitimacy (See Regalia for a broader treatment). ... The human eye. ... A human tongue The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing, (deglutition). ... Princess Peach, Princess Toadstool or often simply, Peach is a fictional character in Nintendos Mario video games series, often playing the damsel in distress character of the adventure series. ... Super Mario Sunshine is a 3-D platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. ...

Super Mario Sunshine

King Boo is a boss of Episode 5 in the Sirena Beach level in Super Mario Sunshine. He lives in the casino of the Sirena Hotel, which, like Luigi's mansion, is plagued by poltergeists. Mario fights King Boo in a room with a large slot machine. During the battle, Mario has to spray King Boo's lolling tongue with water to activate a slot machine, which will either send out monsters, coins, or various fruit. If the slot machine drops a chili pepper, Mario must toss it in King Boo's mouth to set it on fire, then pelt him with more fruit. In this version, he appears very drunk, with blue eyes (or possibly a pair of shades) and a much larger, drooling mouth with a gigantic tongue, and laughs constantly, even when he is hit. Super Mario Sunshine is a 3-D platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. ... Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. ... A poltergeist (German for rumbling ghost) is widely believed to be an invisible ghost that interacts with others by moving and influencing inanimate objects. ... Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), poker machine (Australian English), or fruit machine (British English) is a certain type of casino game. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... The chili pepper, chile pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chilli, chili or chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. ...

King Boo's appearance in a casino keeps in with an association with gambling. In Luigi's Mansion, each wing of the haunted house is modelled around playing card suits. Some typical Anglo-American playing cards from the Bicycle brand Set of 52 playing cards A playing card is a typically hand-sized piece of heavy paper or thin plastic. ... The four Anglo-American playing card suits: spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. ...

Super Mario 64 DS

King Boo keeps his antagonistic association with Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS. In order to unlock Luigi as a playable character, the player has to enter the area called "Big Boo's Haunt" and stomp the villain by following his movements in the mirrors that line his room. Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced remake of the 1996 video game Super Mario 64, produced by Nintendo and released in the United States and Japan in 2004 as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. ...

In this remake of the original Super Mario 64, King Boo appears in stages previously inhabited by Big Boo, a different, crown-less character that appeared as the boss of the Boos in Super Mario World and Super Mario 64. The character is still called "Big Boo" in in-game text, but it has King Boo's trademark crown and cackle. Later appearances would feature what is clearly the same character, but under the name "King Boo." This association has led some fans to wonder if the Big Boo and King Boo are the same character or if perhaps the Big Boo is a sort of prototype for King Boo. If so, this would mean that King Boo's first appearance was in either Super Mario World or Super Mario 64, even though both games use the older name. It's also possible that "King Big Boo" is his true name, though this is unconfirmed as of yet. Big Boo,from the Mario series, is not only one particular enemy: Big Boo: the original. ... Super Mario World )(commonly abbreviated SMW) is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... Super Mario 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64. ... Prototypes or prototypical instances combine the most representative attributes of a category. ...

Other games

• In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, King Boo is an unlockable heavyweight character (which is strange, because he is a ghost and therefore should be weightless). His default partner is Petey Piranha. Unlike all other Double Dash!! characters, King Boo and Petey can pick up any special item from item boxes. The pair has no special item of their own. King Boo drives the Boo Pipes; although a heavy kart, it has the quick acceleration and low top speed of a light vehicle. A lack of hind limbs does not apparently prevent King Boo from reaching the accelerator pedal.
• King Boo also appears alongside many other minor Mario characters as a teammate in Mario Superstar Baseball.
• This newer model for King Boo reappears alongside other Super Mario 64 DS bosses as a Mission Mode boss in Mario Kart DS where Peach must face him.
• He is the boss of World 3 of Super Princess Peach. In that game, he seems to be harmed by light, though this fact about him has never been mentioned before and is contradicted by his appearances in several other games.

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External Links

King Boo in the Super Mario Wiki