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[[File:GigaBowserMelee.jpg|thumb|250px|Mario fighting Giga Bowser in ''Melee'']]

Fighting bosses are an entirely different matter than normal fights. Compared to the playable cast, bosses usually have fewer attacks available. These attacks tend to be telegraphed with long startups and end lag, making them more avoidable; on the other hand, they generally deal higher damage and knockback should they connect. Bosses' immunity to knockback also means that the player's moveset will have to be used differently - for example, [[grab]]s and [[throws]] will nearly always be useless, and moves of high knockback but low damage are ineffective. On the other hand, bosses' large size and predictable movements and behavior often mean that they have difficulty dodging attacks, and so powerful moves with long startups such as [[Falcon Punch]] can be highly effective.

==List of bosses==

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|style="text-align:left"|[[Dharkon]]

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|style="text-align:left|[[Galeem]]

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|style="text-align:left"|[[Giga Bowser]]

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|style="text-align:left"|[[Petey Piranha]]

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! colspan="2"|'''Total'''

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===Master Hand===

{{Main|Master Hand}}

The first "true" boss of the ''Smash Bros.'' series, '''Master Hand''' is the master of ceremonies for the ''Smash Bros.'' series. In the first ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', according to the intro movie, he is meant to represent the hand of a child playing with his toys and staging fights between his favorite Nintendo characters, who are represented by dolls. He appears at the end of the [[1P Game]] as the final boss. Upon being defeated, Master Hand lets out a deep roar that resembles laughter, and flies off, writhing and exploding, into the distance.

Outside of ''Smash'', Master Hand appears in the Game Boy Advance game, ''Kirby and the Amazing Mirror'', in which he appears as a miniboss in multiple areas. Upon being defeated, Kirby can inhale him, like other minibosses, and gains the Smash ability, which is based on Kirby’s moveset in ''Melee''. Master Hand, alongside Crazy Hand, also appears as the boss of the Candy Constellation. This is Crazy Hand’s only appearance in the game. The two, like in ''Melee'', have attacks that they use in conjunction with each other. In this battle, neither can be inhaled; they both explode upon defeat.

==From ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''==

===Crazy Hand===

{{Main|Crazy Hand}}

Where Master Hand represents the constructive side of creativity, '''Crazy Hand''' is his destructive left-handed counterpart. He was introduced in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' as a secret boss who fights alongside Master Hand under specific conditions (when Classic Mode is cleared on Normal difficulty or higher in under 15 minutes, Crazy Hand will join Master Hand when Master Hand has half of his health left.) As noted above, Crazy Hand also appears in Event 50, where he and Master Hand are fought together on Final Destination with 300 HP each.

Crazy Hand reprises his role as a boss at the end of Classic Mode in ''Ultimate''. An army of Crazy Hand's fight for Dharkon in World of Light. He also appears as a boss in [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]].

===Giga Bowser===

{{Main|Giga Bowser}}

'''Giga Bowser''' (Japanese name '''Giga Koopa''') is the secret final boss of [[Adventure Mode]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. As his name suggests, he is a large, powered-up version of {{SSBM|Bowser}}. Giga Bowser is treated as a character, making him a rare exception to many boss properties - unlike other bosses, he has a damage percentage, takes knockback, has a full moveset, and can use items. (However, like other bosses, he cannot [[shield]] or be grabbed.) With a manic expression, a darker, more malevolent color scheme, and a hulking size, Giga Bowser is surely a boss to be remembered.

[[File:Giga Bowser SSBU.png|left|thumb|Giga Bowser's official art in ''Ultimate''.]]

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Bowser's Final Smash is no longer a controllable transformation, with the player instead aiming a targeting reticle that unleashes a single powerful punch from Giga Bowser on their opponents. However, Giga Bowser returns as a boss in {{SSBU|Classic Mode}} and [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]]. Like his Final Smash incarnations in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'', the player must deplete his [[HP]] in order to defeat him, and he does not [[flinch]] from almost all attacks.

==From ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==

Petey Piranha returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}}'s [[Final Smash]] [[Petey Piranha (Final Smash)|of the same name]], complete with the two cages he carried in The Subspace Emissary. When summoned by Piranha Plant, he will begin jumping around while swinging the two cages in hopes of catching one of Piranha Plant's opponents. Then, he breathes fire on the cage before slamming them into the ground to launch the opponents and disappearing. This makes Petey Piranha the second boss character to become part of a Final Smash, following Giga Bowser.

===Rayquaza===

[[File:Rayquaza.jpg|thumb|Rayquaza's official art.]]

'''Rayquaza''' is the first ''Pokémon'' to be a boss. It first appears in The Subspace Emissary in the jungle after {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} goes to investigate a crashed [[Arwing]], where it comes out of the water, destroys the Arwing with an energy ball, and then kidnaps Diddy. As it goes back into the water, {{SSBB|Fox}} exits the destroyed Arwing and attacks the aggressive beast, causing it to lose its grip on Diddy Kong. Rayquaza then fires an energy ball at Fox, but Fox [[Reflector|reflects]] the attack back at the monstrous dragon, sending it tumbling back into the water. After this, Diddy Kong and Fox fight it. Its attacks are loosely based on the ''Pokémon'' games, and it has an exceedingly large amount of resistance.

===Porky===

[[File:Galleom_SSBU.png|thumb|left|Galleom's official art from ''Ultimate''.]]

Galleom returns as a boss in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'''s [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]] and {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}. He has familiar attacks as well as new ones, delivering powerful punches and stomps along with barrages of missiles.

===Ridley/Meta Ridley===

Both Ridley forms are reincarnated by Tabuu as individual enemies in The Great Maze.

===Duon===

[[File:Duon.jpg|thumb|Duon's official art.]]

'''Duon''' is an immense, double-sided robot fought in The Subspace Emissary on the [[Halberd]]. Duon is created when {{SSBB|Snake}}, {{SSBB|Lucario}}, and Meta Knight destroy the {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}} clones that are maintaining the bridge. As mentioned, Duon has two different sides: one is a bright blue and specializes at melee attacks, while the other is pink and possesses long-range attacks. The blue side has two drill-like appendages and a large blade on his head. He can also fire explosive mines from his shoulders. The pink side can fire several energy blasts from his arm cannons in quick succession. He also fires three blue energy blasts from his head cannon and launches missiles from his shoulders. The beast can also leap into the air to try to crush the heroes and can spin around to cause damage. Upon his defeat, Duon dissolves and noticeably shrinks into a puddle of Shadow Bugs and reveals the trophy of Mr. Game & Watch. As with the other bosses, Duon will attempt to stop the heroes again in The Great Maze.

===Tabuu===

[[File:Tabuu (Wings) - Brawl Trophy.png|thumb|One of Tabuu's trophies in ''Brawl''.]]

'''Tabuu''' is the final boss of The Subspace Emissary in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. He has many devastating attacks, most dangerously his [[Off Waves]] which can [[one-hit KO]] and are hard to dodge, but most of his attacks have a large amount of start-up [[lag]]. While playing in The Subspace Emissary, six characters are chosen to fight Tabuu.

==From ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''==

===Master Core===

{{Main|Master Core}}

Introduced in {{for3ds}}, '''Master Core''' is a transformation of Master Hand and appears as a secret final boss in Classic Mode only when the [[Intensity]] is set to 5.1 or higher, after Master Hand and Crazy Hand are damaged enough. It possesses several forms that are fought in order: the humanoid-like Master Giant, the scorpion-like Master Beast, the swords-like Master Edges, a shadow duplicate of the player character named Master Shadow, a massive sub-stage of its own called the Master Fortress (exclusive to the ''Wii U'' version), and finally the Master Core itself. What forms are fought depends on the Intensity; numbers vary between versions but in general the higher the Intensity setting the more forms that are fought, causing Master Core to have more HP overall and take longer to defeat. After all previous forms are defeated, the true Master Core will appear; it is normally completely defenseless, but if not defeated quickly enough, it will unleash five waves, each powerful enough to cause a [[one-hit KO]].

==From ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==

===Galeem===

{{Main|Galeem}}

'''Galeem''' appears as the main antagonist of [[World of Light]]. He is first confronting the fighters with an army of {{SSBU|Master Hand}}s. He then proceeds to absorbs his army of Master Hands before unleashing his ultimate attack to destroy and imprison all the fighters (except {{SSBU|Kirby}} who escapes with his Warp Star) while transforming non-playable characters into [[spirit]]s. He then rewrites the universe in his own image, leaving it inhabited by hostile spirits and [[False character|puppet fighters]] cloned from the fighters he has captured.

He is surrounded by a shield which can only be broken by defeating [[Giga Bowser]], [[Rathalos]], and [[Galleom]] in any order, and then facing off against {{SSBU|Master Hand}}. After being defeated, [[Dharkon]] and his army of {{SSBU|Crazy Hand}}s appear, which prompts the weakened Galeem to flee and leave much of his remaining puppet fighters to be stolen by Dharkon. Galeem returns after Dharkon is defeated for the first time, and the two armies clash in the Final Battle. Galeem may be confronted either by himself or with Dharkon, but either fight gives Galeem additional moves. Defeating only Galeem has Dharkon plunge the world into darkness while defeating both triggers the true ending.

===Dharkon===

{{Main|Dharkon}}

As the secondary antagonist and counterpart to Galeem, '''Dharkon''' appears in [[World of Light]]. He represents corruption, chaos, and destruction. He warps the world into a twisted  chaotic mess, which is in strong contrast to the organized near-perfectly fit world Galeem creates. In the final stage the player can either face him or Dharkon and Galeem combined, but either fight gives Dharkon additional moves. Defeating only Dharkon has Galeem unleash his power a second time akin to the beginning of the game, but this time no one escapes.

===Rathalos===

{{Main|Rathalos}}

'''Rathalos''' appears as a boss in [[World of Light]] and {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}. He is also the first boss in the series to appear as an [[Assist Trophy]]. He can be found flying around [[Forest Hill]].

===Dracula===

{{Main|Dracula}}

Residing at the top of [[Dracula's Castle (World of Light)|his castle]], '''Dracula''' appears as a boss in [[World of Light]] and {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}. He is the first boss to be from a major third-party universe. His attacks are based heavily on his boss battle in ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night''.

===Ganon===

{{Main|Ganon}}

'''Ganon''' appears as a boss in [[World of Light]] and {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}. He can be fought in the [[Sacred Land]]. His fight is reminiscent of the final battle of ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''.

===Marx===

{{Main|Marx}}

In the center of a vortex in a [[Mysterious Dimension]], '''Marx''' appears as a boss in [[World of Light]] and {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}. Many of his attacks are taken from his battle at the end of Milky Way Wishes in ''Kirby Super Star'', although he does have several original moves in his ''Smash Bros.'' appearance.

==Trivia==

**Most of Rayquaza's attacks will be used three times in a row.

*In ''Brawl'', whenever any boss is defeated in any mode, the same pattern of vertical dark green lines will appear over the screen.

*Ridley is the only boss to become a fully playable character, with Meta Ridley as one of his palette swaps.

==See also==

*[[Non-playable character]]

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