Editing Tail Bowser

{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:Tanooki_Bowser.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Tail Bowser in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2015|2015]])
|parent_species=[[Fake Bowser]]
}}
A '''Tail Bowser'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 28 and 76.</ref> is a [[fake Bowser]] powered by a [[Super Leaf]]. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
[[File:SM3DL - False Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Screenshot of a Tail Bowser from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.]]
Tail Bowsers first appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They attack much like a fake Bowser from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', breathing giant [[fireball]]s and jumping around the stage, though they do not throw [[hammer]]s. Only two Tail Bowsers appear: one in {{world-link|1|castle|World 1-Castle (Super Mario 3D Land)}} and the other in {{world-link|5|castle|World 5-Castle (Super Mario 3D Land)}}, the latter of which also swings its spiky [[Raccoon Mario|striped tail]] to attack and destroy columns. Additionally, they are immune to projectiles. In order to defeat a Tail Bowser, [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] has to press a switch at the end of bridge to make it collapse and send the Tail Bowser into the [[lava]]. After falling into the lava, Tail Bowsers bounce upwards and show their true forms (a [[Goomba]] in World 1, and a [[Magikoopa]] in World 5) with a [[Super Leaf]] beside them.
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===''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''===
[[File:M&SATSOWG Fake Bowser.png|thumb|A Tail Bowser as it appears in Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular chasing the real Bowser, [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Dr. Eggman]], and [[Mario]].]]
A Tail Bowser appears as a boss in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', specifically in [[Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular]]. The appearances of the stage and its boss are based off ''Super Mario 3D Land''. It chases the team across a giant collapsing bridge, spitting fireballs at them. The team must hit four buttons at the same time to cause the Tail Bowser to fall into lava, where it turns into a Goomba and a Super Leaf.
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===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
[[File:MLPJ Bowser LV1-7 Card.png|thumb|left|''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' card]]
While a Tail Bowser never appears physically in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', one appears on a [[Battle Card (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)|Battle Card]], taking its design from ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
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==Game appearances==
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! width=40% | Title
! width=20% | Description
! width=20% | Release Date
! width=20% | System/Format
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| ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
| Boss
| 2011
| [[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
| ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
| Boss
| 2013
| [[Wii U]]
|- 
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]
| Cameo on Battle Card
| 2015
| Nintendo 3DS
|}

==Name in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=しっぽクッパ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section, page 180.</ref>
|JapR=Shippo Kuppa
|JapM=Tail Koopa
}}

==Trivia==
*Tail Bowser's ''Super Mario 3D Land'' artwork is in almost the exact same pose as [[Dry Bowser]]'s artwork for ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.
*Although a coincidence, King Koopa's appearance in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "Super Koopa" gained the appearance of a Tail Bowser.

==References==
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