Editing Boss Galaga

| caption      = {{symbol|other}}<br>Boss Galaga from ''Galaga''.

| item class  =Throwing

'''Boss Galaga''' ({{ja|ボス・ギャラガ|Bosu Gyaraga}}, ''Boss Galaga'') are the strongest of the main enemies in [[Namco]]'s ''Galaga''.

In ''Galaga'', Boss Galagas appear as one of the common enemies of normal stages. They attack by flying down and deploying a tractor beam at the player; if the player's ship is caught in the beam, it will be captured by the enemy and the player loses a life. During the procedure, the same sounds heard in ''SSB4'' and ''SSBU'' are played. If the Boss Galaga with the ship is defeated while flying at the player, the captured ship will join up with the player's current ship, doubling their firepower. Like in ''SSB4'' and ''SSBU'' the Boss Galaga takes two hits to defeat: it turns purple when hit once and it explodes when hit again.

The Boss Galaga appears as an [[item]], and is one of the two items introduced in ''Smash 4'' (the other being the [[Beetle]]) that can potentially KO opponents by sending them up to the upper blast line. When thrown, Boss Galaga will fly to the top of the screen (dealing a small amount of damage to anyone it collides with), then fly in formation as it did in its home series. After such, it will dive down and home in on the targeted player's last known position and fire its tractor beam. If it misses, it will fly offscreen and do nothing, but a character caught by its tractor beam will turn red and be taken to the top of the screen and over the upper [[blast line]] while 8-bit sound effects from the original ''Galaga'' plays: this can be avoided by mashing buttons to escape. The tractor beam can only catch fighters a few moments after being fired; anyone near the beam after that will not be affected.

A "Boss Galaga Smash" is one of the possible battle types: in it, only Boss Galagas appear as items.

===Trophy===

|name=Boss Galaga

|image-3ds=BossGalagaTrophy3DS.png

|image-wiiu=BossGalagaTrophyWiiU.png

|desc-ntsc=A boss enemy from Galaga. When thrown, it will spiral skyward and hang out for a time and then descend and pull in fighters with a tractor beam. If you get caught, try to escape by wiggling around as best you can. Unfortunately, there is no bonus fighter for defeating this enemy...

|desc-pal=A boss enemy from Galaga. When thrown, it spirals into the air and drifts for a while before descending on a fighter and using a tractor beam to pull them up. If the beam touches you, you'll be captured and carried off, so all you can do is wiggle around and try to escape! Defeating the Boss Galaga won't net you another fighter. Sorry!

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=Arcade|game1=Galaga|release1=1981}}

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The Boss Galaga keeps its function from ''SSB4''. Additionally, when a character gets caught, the background of the stage changes into a spacescape reminiscent of its origin game. It always carries the player into a [[Star KO]], except on stages that don't allow Star KOs. The Boss Galaga will remain alongside the Star KO'd player in the background as they fly off and disappear. In addition, the Star KO'd opponent will have a sideways tumble animation identical to the Star KOs in the first four ''Smash'' games. It cannot be spawned on '''[[Princess Peach's Castle]]''', '''[[Kongo Falls]]''', '''[[Green Greens]]''', '''[[Onett]]''', [[WarioWare, Inc.]], [[Frigate Orpheon]], '''[[Lylat Cruise]]''', '''[[New Pork City]]''', [[Mario Bros.]], '''[[Prism Tower]]''', '''[[Tortimer Island]]''', '''[[Coliseum]]''', '''[[Town and City]]''', [[Boxing Ring]], [[Moray Towers]], '''[[Mementos]]''', '''[[King of Fighters Stadium]]''', '''[[Minecraft World]]''' and [[Mishima Dojo]], despite the bolded stages allowing star KOs.

*In ''Ultimate'', if a character is at very low damage (mostly around 0% to 20%) and gets captured, Boss Galaga will somehow let go of them and they will more than likely escape without needing to make a single input.