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{{image|more=yes|Sprite of Dark Fawful's shattered form in the remake (with and without the Dark Star).}}
{{more images|Sprites of the Dark Star Core's appendage, and Dark Fawful's shattered form.}}
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|image=[[File:MLBISBJJDarkStarCore.png]]<br>Sprite of the Dark Star Core from ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''
|image=[[File:MLBISBJJDarkStarCore.png]]<br>Sprite of Dark Star Core from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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The '''Dark Star Core''' is [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]'s final boss of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. It consists of the remains of [[Dark Fawful]] after [[Bowser]] weakened him, combined with the [[Dark Star]] itself. In this form, Fawful's appearance is altered further; he has become a dark blob with red glass eyes along with his usual grin, and the Dark Star is attached to his head via a black antenna. He also gains even greater powers, notably the ability to change his appendages.
The '''Dark Star Core''' is [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]'s final boss of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. It consists of the remains of [[Dark Fawful]] after [[Bowser]] weakened him, combined with the [[Dark Star]] itself. In this form, Dark Fawful's appearance is overhauled, now consisting of a ball of dark energy with red glass eyes along with his usual grin, and the Dark Star attached to his head in place of his antenna. He also gains new powers, notablly the ability to change his appendages.
 
==History==
==History==
[[File:Dark Star Core fleeing.png|left|thumb|Dark Fawful fleeing Bowser after his defeat.]]
[[File:Dark Star Core fleeing.png|left|thumb|Dark Fawful fleeing Bowser after his defeat.]]
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During the final battle with Dark Bowser, Dark Fawful reveals his presence when Dark Bowser is knocked out, reviving him and turning him giant. After Bowser punches the enlarged Dark Bowser, however, he spits out Dark Fawful, who is then inhaled by Bowser and lands inside his body, where he manifests into the Dark Star Core to battle Mario and Luigi.
During the final battle with Dark Bowser, Dark Fawful reveals his presence when Dark Bowser is knocked out, reviving him and turning him giant. After Bowser punches the enlarged Dark Bowser, however, he spits out Dark Fawful, who is then inhaled by Bowser and lands inside his body, where he manifests into the Dark Star Core to battle Mario and Luigi.


Eventually, Mario and Luigi triumph over the Dark Star Core, and Bowser then lands the final blow on Dark Bowser, ultimately defeating him and saving the kingdom. Dark Fawful appears before the Mario Bros. one final time as a dark, battered, unstable blob, and gives one last psychotic smile before exploding, intending to take the pair with him; instead, the explosion negates the effects of the [[Vacuum Shroom]] and expelling Mario, Luigi, Starlow and the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s from Bowser's body.
Eventually, Mario and Luigi triumph over the Dark Star Core, and Bowser then lands the final blow on Dark Bowser, ultimately defeating him and saving the kingdom. Dark Fawful appears before the Mario Bros. one final time as a dark, battered, unstable blob, and gives one last psychotic smile before exploding, intending to take the pair with him; instead, the explosion negates the effects of the [[Vacuum Mushroom]] and expelling Mario, Luigi, Starlow and the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s from Bowser's body.


==Battle==
==Battle==
During the final battle, Bowser must deal at least 1000 [[Heart Point|HP]] damage to Dark Bowser (1260 in the game's [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|3DS remake]]). Upon this, Dark Bowser will collapse, and Dark Fawful, revealed in Dark Bowser's body, will revive Dark Bowser to his full HP. Upon his revival, Dark Bowser will grow in size, after which his stomach will be able to be targeted. If Bowser punches Dark Bowser in the stomach, Dark Bowser will cough up The Dark Fawful Bug and it will run off screen. Bowser then has to [[Vacuum Block|inhale]] the Dark Fawful Bug but upon beginning to do so, Dark Bowser will attempt to do the same. If Bowser successfully inhales Dark Fawful, Mario and Luigi take over the fight. If Dark Bowser inhales the Dark Fawful Bug, his fight continues on with Bowser. If Bowser does not use his vacuum ability, the Dark Fawful Bug will run back into view and jump back into Dark Bowser. If Dark Bowser is KO'd again before Dark Fawful and the Dark Star Core are inhaled by either party, Dark Fawful will run back onscreen and revive Dark Bowser to his full HP before running away again, with Dark Bowser remaining at normal size.
During the final battle of the game, Bowser has to make Dark Bowser collapse by dealing 1000 [[Heart Point|HP]] of damage. Dark Fawful (now with the Dark Star attached to his head) will then fully revive Dark Bowser and cause him to transform into a giant, similar to what had happened to Bowser four times previously in the game. If Bowser attacks giant Dark Bowser's stomach, Dark Fawful will be spat out by the beast and try to flee: Bowser then has to inhale Dark Fawful and let Mario and Luigi battle him. When in [[Bowser's body]], if Bowser fails to inhale Dark Fawful, Dark Bowser will inhale him and Bowser will have to deplete his HP off again. Once inside Bowser's body, Dark Fawful will become giant sized.
 
Inside Bowser, Dark Fawful and the Dark Star Core grow in size. Dark Fawful has two glasses and three appendages. The Dark Star Core is located at the top of Fawful's antenna, which cannot be reached until the Mario Bros. destroy his appendages. If at least one or two of Dark Fawful's glasses are not shattered, he will retract two or one of his appendages. However, the remaining appendage(s) will be left open for attack, allowing the Bros. to get past the appendages even if the glasses are not shattered. His appendages regrow after a few turns if they have been destroyed.


Once all three of his appendages are destroyed, Dark Fawful will fall to the floor and shatter, leaving the Dark Star Core in range of Mario and Luigi's attacks. While shattered, They must deal 1560 damage to the core (2070 in the remake) in a few turns before it revives Fawful, sucks him up, and leaves Bowser's body and returns to Dark Bowser's, essentially requiring the player to repeat the above cycle until sufficient damage has been dealt to the Dark Star Core to result in victory.
This form of Dark Fawful consists of 6 parts: His glasses, three appendages, and the Dark Star Core located on his head. The Dark Star Core is located on the top screen and is initially unreachable. To damage the core, the brothers first have to shatter Dark Fawful's eyes, making him cover them with his two hands and leaving his legs vulnerable (Dark Fawful will retract his left and right legs if either of his eyes remain, preventing them from taking damage). Then the brothers have to destroy all three of his legs (the legs can regrow after a couple of turns), a feat most easily done using the [[Snack Basket]] technique. Dark Fawful will now fall to the ground and shatter, leaving the Dark Star Core itself vulnerable. The brothers have to damage the core as much as possible before it revives Dark Fawful and escapes Bowser's body, forcing the above process to be repeated.


[[File:Dark Star Core Explosion.PNG|200px|thumb|The instant the Dark Star Core gets defeated in the original game.]]  
[[File:Dark Star Core Explosion.PNG|200px|thumb|right|The instant the Dark Star Core gets defeated.]]  
Dark Fawful has three attacks if at least one of his appendages remain. In his first attack, he will pick up Mario and Luigi, Mario with his right hand and Luigi with his left, putting the two on separate sides, while the Dark Star Core detaches from its antenna and begins to shoot star rings at the Bros. Fawful will move both of his hands up and down and the Dark Star Core does the same. Depending on both the Bros. and the core's height, the Bros. must either jump or remain still to avoid the star rings, which can be used 3-5 times. The second attack involves the Dark Star Core darkening the arena. Dark Fawful appears in front of the Bros. as a giant head and chases them to the left, while the Core will attempt to ram into the Bros. It will fly across the top screen and a red or green glow will indicate which Bro the Core is aiming for, after which it will fly across the bottom screen into the Brother previously foreshadowed, which can be dodged via jumping. Being hit by this attack twice will cause the Bro. to be crushed by Fawful and take heavy damage. The Core's speed becomes faster every time it attempts to ram, and it does so about 6-9 times before the attack ends and the Bros. are warped back to the main area. The final attack involves Dark Fawful rooting both his hands in front of each Bro, sending energy orbs at random down each arm. The Bros. must use their hammers to destroy each orb before it reaches them, which could result in tripping. Occasionally, a larger orb appears, and if hit by the Bros'. hammers, will be launched back at Fawful's arm, putting it out of commission until the attack ends.
Dark Fawful's attacks vary depending on whether or not his legs are still present. Sometimes he picks up the Mario Bros. and uses the Dark Star to shoot rings of stars at them. He will move both the Dark Star and his arms up and down at various heights before shooting the rings; depending on where they are, jumping will either have the bros. avoid the attack, accomplish nothing, or actually propel the bros ''into'' the stars if the Dark Star is right above them. A second attack involves Dark Fawful transforming into a limbless form that then proceeds to chase the brothers. The Dark Star will try to ram the bros in the meantime, but not before appearing overhead with a colored aura which is either green or red and thus capable of portraying  which brother will have to jump. After a while, the Mario Bros. will fall into a white portal and the fight will continue. The last attack Dark Fawful uses sees the loon plant his arms in the ground and send energy orbs down them: the bros. must hammer the energy orbs to avoid a shockwave attack which can knock the victim over, and occasionally a larger orb will be sent down which - if struck - will fly back at Dark Fawful, briefly putting the arm he was traveling on out of commission.


[[File:Darkfawfulexplode.png|180px|thumb|Dark Fawful about to explode.]]
After Dark Fawful himself shatters, the Dark Star will use two new attacks. The first is a tremendous laser similar to that used by the Dark Star's first form which will deal major damage if the bros. fail to grab Starlow before it is used. Its second attack involves creating an enormous dark arrow which spins above the bros. heads before finally descending, forcing the bros. to jump over it: eventually the Dark Star will make the arrow even larger and fire it at a bro: the targeted brother must send the arrow back at the Dark Star with their hammer or else they will take heavy damage and likely be made [[dizzy]]. Also, while in this state, the Dark Star is immune to ground-based attacks such as [[hammer]]s and Snack Basket. In the [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|remake]], the beginning of the arrow attack is different. The Dark Star will create black orbs of different sizes and make them spin around it. The brothers will then have to jump over them as they pass by; taking damage from an orb will cause it to disappear. Eventually, the Dark Star will absorb the remaining orbs to create an arrow with them and fire it at a bro.
After Dark Fawful shatters, the Dark Star Core will have two new attacks. For the first attack, it will charge up a deadly laser that deals major damage, similar to the previous battle with the [[Dark Star]] in the Airway. The Bros. must grab Starlow to avoid the attack, only letting go of her once it has finished. For its second attack, the Dark Star Core creates a long energy spear and spins it above the Bros. heads either clockwise or counterclockwise. After spinning the arrow for a while, it will drop it on the ground, forcing the Bros. to jump each time it passes under their feet. The Core may trick the Bros. into jumping early by lowering the spear slightly before raising it up again. If the Bros. do not sustain too much damage, the Core follows up by conjuring a larger arrow and launching it at a Bro. It can be telegraphed by its shadow, and countered back at the Core with the hammer.


The 3DS remake makes a few visual and technical changes to the battle with the Core. If the Bros. try to attack Dark Fawful's legs before destroying his glasses, he will now retract all of his legs and cling to the ceiling, making it impossible to damage his legs without destroying the glasses. The speed of the Dark Star Core itself during its ramming attack has also been generally lowered, and the spear attack while Dark Fawful is shattered has been drastically altered. The Dark Star Core instead summons multiple black orbs of different sizes that circle around Dark Fawful's body. the Bros. must jump over the orbs as they pass, although some can fly over the Bros. to damage them if they jump. If one of the Bros. is hit by an orb, that orb will shatter. After this, the Dark Star Core will suck in any remaining orbs to create an arrow to fire it at a Bro, which, like the original game, can be countered with the hammer. Like all bosses in the remake, The Core will gain the [[Fury]] status when its HP drops below half.
[[File:Darkfawfulexplode.png|180px|thumb|right|The Dark Star Core about to explode.]]
When the Dark Star Core is damaged enough, it will be defeated along with Dark Fawful. This will cause Dark Bowser to become unstable.


When the Dark Star Core is damaged enough, it will be defeated along with Dark Fawful. In the 3DS remake, it will have its own unique defeat animation in which a massive explosion will occur. This will cause Dark Bowser to become unstable.
In the remake, a few elements are changed in the battle with the Dark Star Core: Fawful now grabs the ceiling and retracts all of his legs if the player tries to use a multi-target attack while his eyes are still intact, the swinging arrow attack is replaced with dark orbs although the dark missile part still remains, and he only uses the chase attack after the second time he is inhaled. Also in the remake, the battleground for the fight between the Mario Bros. and the Dark Star Core looks drastically different. Compared to the original which was full of alternating rainbow colors and a pulsating cell-like structure in the background, the remake's has a darker palette composed mostly of pinks, purples and blues with organic Fawful face holes in the flesh and a Bowser shell-shaped structure in the background that beats like a heart. Other more minor changes introduced in the remake include Fawful laughing and pointing at the Bros. before turning into his giant form, throwing the Bros. in the air and catching them before doing his hands attack instead of picking them up, he now has arms that he uses to drag himself forward in the chase attack instead of just being a head, the Core elevating itself to the top screen before creating the dark missile instead of staying on the bottom screen with shattered Fawful, and the music no longer stopping after the Core's defeat.
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===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Star Core|image=[[File:Dark_Star_Core_Star_sprite_MLBISBJJ.gif]]|align=horizontal|}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Star Core|image=[[File:Dark_Star_Core_Star_sprite_MLBISBJJ.gif]]|align=horizontal|}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Glasses|image=[[File:Dark Star Core head sprite M&LBIS+BJJ.gif]]|align=horizontal|}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Glasses|image=[[File:Dark_Star_Core_head_sprite_MLVCBABJ.gif]]|align=horizontal|}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Appendage|align=horizontal|}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Appendage|align=horizontal|}}
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
DarkStarCoreSpriteWithoutFawful.png|The Dark Star Core's base appearance without Dark Fawful
M&LBIS Dark Star Core.png|The Dark Star Core's shattered form without the Dark Star on its head
SMKun 41 Dark Star Core.jpg|The Dark Star Core in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Ita=Occhiali
|Ita=Occhiali
|ItaM=Glasses
|ItaM=Glasses
|FreA=Lunette
|FraA=Lunette
|FreAM=Glass
|FraAM=Glass
|FreE=Verre
|FraE=Verre
|FreEM=Glass
|FraEM=Glass
|Ger=Brille
|Ger=Brille
|GerM=Glasses
|GerM=Glasses
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|SpaE=Tentáculo
|SpaE=Tentáculo
|SpaEM=Tentacle
|SpaEM=Tentacle
|FreE=Patte
|FraE=Patte
|FreEM=Foot
|FraEM=Foot
|Ger=Beine
|Ger=Beine
|GerM=Legs
|GerM=Legs
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|SpaAM=Dark Star Core
|SpaAM=Dark Star Core
|SpaE=Nucléovitz
|SpaE=Nucléovitz
|SpaEM=From "núcleo" (core) and "Grácovitz" ([[Fawful]]'s European Spanish name)
|SpaEM=From ''núcleo'' (core) and ''Grácovitz'' ([[Fawful]]'s European Spanish name).
|Ita=Nucleo Stella Oscura
|Ita=Nucleo Stella Oscura
|ItaM=Dark Star Core
|ItaM=Dark Star Core
|FreA=Noyau Étoile obscure
|FraA=Noyau Étoile obscure
|FreAM=Dark Star Core
|FraAM=Dark Star Core
|FreE=Astre Noir (noyau)
|FraE=Astre Noir (noyau)
|FreEM=Dark Star (core)
|FraEM=Dark Star (core)
|Ger=Krankkern
|Ger=Krankkern
|GerM=From "Krankfried" ([[Fawful]]) and "kern" (core)
|GerM=''Kern'' (core) and ''Krank'' (fried) ([[Fawful]]'s German name).
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*When one of Fawful's eyes is damaged, the Dark Star Core closes one of its eyes as well, showing that both Fawful and the Dark Star feel pain at the same time.
*When one of Fawful's eyes are damaged, the Dark Star Core closes one of its eyes as well, showing that when Fawful feels pain, the Dark Star does also.
*When the Dark Star Core absorbs Fawful and leaves Bowser, Fawful looks visibly upset, implying the two are still acting mostly as individuals.
*The Dark Star Core's overworld sprite while having four legs resembles a [[Dark Satellmite]]'s body structure.
*The Dark Star Core's overworld sprite while having four legs resembles a [[Dark Satellmite]]'s body structure.
*The position of the Dark Star attached to Fawful's head by an antenna of black electricity may be a nod to the bulbous antenna Fawful gains for the final battle against him in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', supported by [[Dark Mechawful]]s having a star antenna in place of the normal [[Mechawful]]'s bulbous antenna.
*The Dark Mechawfuls fought near the end of the game also likely foreshadow Fawful's core form as they have star antennas that can shoot stars and lasers and when beaten lose their body and become little more than a head with two claw-like arms.
*The Dark Star Core is similar to [[Cackletta]]'s spirit form, as they were both villainous [[Beanish]] who were turned into undead forms, then fused with Bowser's essence to become twisted versions of him and then were fought and died inside of him.
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