Shadow Mario Paint (ニセマリオペイント, Imitation Mario Paint) is Bowser Jr.'s Final Smash.
Overview[edit]
When activated, Bowser Jr. will transform into Shadow Mario, and then paint an orange "X" on the screen. Anyone caught in the "X"'s hitbox will take damage. Bowser Jr. will then be teleported above the top camera boundary and will be able to move around freely while the "X" is onscreen. The "X" deals knockback each time a character walks into it, and the knockback usually sends them towards the middle of the "X", making it difficult to escape. When the attack ends the "X" explodes, dealing relatively high knockback. All hits taken from the paint have the same knockback regardless of damage until just before the "X" clears away.
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Foes in the painted X will take damage and be launched.
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Bowser Jr. becomes Shadow Mario in order to deal damage by painting a giant X on the screen. He is able to move during his Final Smash, allowing him to pull off follow-up attacks on his opponents.
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 Shadow Mario Paint Trophy in Smash Wii U- Shadow Mario Paint
 In Super Mario Sunshine, someone went around causing havoc disguised as Mario. It turned out not to be the brawny Bowser, but his brainier son, Bowser Jr. Now he becomes Shadow Mario again for his Final Smash, painting a giant X on the screen. It sticks around after Bowser Jr. transforms back, letting him gleefully knock foes into it.  In Super Mario Sunshine, someone went around causing havoc disguised as Mario. It turned out not to be the brawny Bowser, but his brainier son, Bowser Jr. Now he becomes Shadow Mario again for his Final Smash, painting a giant cross on the screen. It sticks around after Bowser Jr. turns back, so he can gleefully knock people into it.
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 Official artwork of Shadow Mario wielding the Magic Paintbrush in Super Mario Sunshine. Shadow Mario (ニセマリオ, Fake Mario) was a form Bowser Jr. took in his debut game, Super Mario Sunshine. He used it to frame Mario for polluting Isle Delfino.
Bowser Jr. disguised himself as Shadow Mario using the Magic Paintbrush, which was invented by Professor E. Gadd (who also invented various other machines, including the Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device, the Poltergust 3000, the Poltergust 5000 and the Poltergust G-00). The Magic Paintbrush was either given to or stolen by Bowser Jr. prior to the events of Super Mario Sunshine. In said game, the paint used by Shadow Mario was dependent on the level in which he appeared. The glowing orange used by Shadow Mario Paint bears a close resemblance to the paint used in Pianta Village. Paint in this level behaved similarly to lava, dealing damage and causing Mario to jump after taking a hit, similarly to how it works in the Final Smash. It, along with the Junior Clown Car, has become a recurring theme for Bowser Jr., especially throughout many spin-off titles. The Koopalings use the Magic Paintbrush to transform into Shadow Mario as they are Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes, but they have never used it or their Junior Clown Cars outside of Smash.
Much like Metal Mario, Shadow Mario has become a separate character from both Bowser Jr. and Mario. He appeared as a playable character in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. Despite using the paintbrush in spin-offs, Bowser Jr. does not tend to turn into his alter ego.
Shadow Mario Paint's name may refer to Mario Paint, one of the few games to utilize the SNES mouse.
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Shadow Mario Paint as shown by a Skill Preview in Ultimate.
- When the camera is changed while the move is active, the X will disappear, but will reappear when the game is unpaused.
- If one looks at Bowser Jr. during this, rather than having the Smash Ball glow, he will have a glowing outline that glows with the colors of the Smash Ball.
- Shadow Mario is one of the few Final Smashes to be a Spirit.
- In Super Mario Sunshine, the paintbrush used the traditional Gadd Science logo; in the Super Smash Bros. series, it is instead replaced with an "evil" version of the same logo, with slanted eyes.
- Shadow Mario’s jumping animation is copied directly from Mario’s.
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Final Smashes
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 The Mighty Jinjonator ·  Infernal Climax ·  Giga Bowser (  ), Giga Bowser Punch ( ) ·  Shadow Mario Paint ·  Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven ·  Blue Falcon ·  Mega Charizard X () ·  Awakening Aether ·  Omnislash ·  Torrential Roar ·  Daisy Blossom ·  Dark Pit Staff ·  Phazon Laser ·  Rocketbarrel Barrage (), Hyper Rocketbarrel () ·  Konga Beat (), Jungle Rush () ·  Doctor Finale ·  NES Zapper Posse ·  Landmaster (), Team Star Fox () ·  Landmaster (), Team Star Fox () ·  Beast Ganon (), Ganon, The Demon King () ·  Secret Ninja Attack ·  Gigaslash ·  Iceberg ·  Great Aether ·  Max Malicious Moonsault ·  Killer Wail ·  Dream Town Hall ·  Puff Up ·  All-Out Attack ·  Shippu Jinraikyaku / Shinryuken ·  Waddle Dee Army (), Dedede Burst (), Dede-Rush () ·  Blast-o-Matic ·  Cook Kirby (), Ultra Sword () ·  Triforce Slash (), Ancient Bow and Arrow () ·  Giga Mac (), Giga Mac Rush () ·  Aura Storm (), Mega Lucario () ·  PK Starstorm ·  Critical Hit ·  Negative Zone (), Poltergust 5000 (), Poltergust G-00 () ·  Mario Finale ·  Critical Hit ·  Mega Legends ·  Galaxia Darkness (), Darkness Illusion () ·  Psystrike ·  Omega Blitz ·  Full Blast ·  Final Edge ·  ARMS Rush ·  Octopus ·  PK Starstorm ·  End of Day ·  Super Pac-Man ·  Black Hole Laser ·  Peach Blossom ·  Volt Tackle ·  Volt Tackle ·  Petey Piranha ·  Palutena's Army (), Three Sacred Treasures (), Lightning Chariot () ·  Triple Finish ·  Grand Cross ·  Plasma Scream ·  Diffusion Beam (), Super Diffusion Beam (), Guided Robo Beam () ·  Pair Up ·  Power Star (), Grand Star () ·  Critical Hit ·  Shin Shoryuken / Shinku Hadoken ·  Zero Laser ·  Light Arrow (), Sheikah Dance () ·  Chain Attack ·  Grand Cross ·  Grenade Launcher (), Covering Fire () ·  Super Sonic ·  Triple Wolf ·  Triforce Slash ·  Dream Home ·  Wario-Man ·  Wii Fit ·  Landmaster (), Team Star Wolf () ·  Super Dragon (), Stampede! () ·  Triforce Slash ·  Light Arrow (), Triforce of Wisdom () ·  Power Suit Samus (), Gunship (), Zero Laser ()
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