Shadow Mario Paint

Shadow Mario Paint
Shadow Mario Paint in Ultimate.
User	Bowser Jr.
Universe	Mario
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Shadow Mario

Shadow Mario Paint (ニセマリオペイント, Imitation Mario Paint) is Bowser Jr.'s Final Smash.

Overview

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.

Instructional quotes

instruction booklet		Foes in the painted X will take damage and be launched.
Move List		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.

Trophy

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.

Spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
70		Shadow Mario		★★★	3	2661	8007	1477	4444	1184	3563	No Effect	Super Mario Series

Origin

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 (in the case of the Junior Clown Cars, prior to their SSB4 debut, as they used it in a Mario game for the first time in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit in 2020).

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.

Gallery

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  Shadow Mario Paint in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

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  Shadow Mario Paint as shown by the Move List in Ultimate.

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  Shadow Mario in Smash 4.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	ニセマリオペイント
English	Shadow Mario Paint
French	Antimario
German	Schatten-Mario-Paint
Italian	Mario Paint ombra
Spanish (PAL)	Mario Paint Oscuro
Spanish (NTSC)	Pintura de Mario oscuro
Chinese (Simplified)	冒牌马力欧涂鸦
Chinese (Traditional)	冒牌瑪利歐塗鴉
Korean	가짜마리오 페인트
Dutch	Schaduw-Mario-verf
Russian	Краска Марио-тени

Trivia

• 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.

Bowser Jr.'s special moves

Neutral special	Clown Cannon
Side special	Clown Kart Dash
Up special	Abandon Ship!
Down special	Mechakoopa
Final Smash	Shadow Mario Paint