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Doesn't count as this trope, since it's about what would happen in a video game, not in real life.


* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: WebAnimation/ScottFalco in particular shows what ''actually'' happens [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx5M7JZ8bIs when you try to invoke Bowsette]]. [[spoiler:Bowser gets 10 coins.]]
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As with all memes, Bowsette eventually [[DiscreditedMeme faded from the general community]], but two closure-worthy events occured on January 11, 2019. First, [=Ayyk92=] was rewarded with a glass trophy by Pixiv and Website/NicoNicoDouga, as Bowsette had placed 16th in Japan's Twitter Trend Awards. [[http://haniwahead.tumblr.com/post/181931476489/haha-they-actually-did-it-the-guys-at-niconico Yes, really.]] Second, on the same day, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU Deluxe'' released... including its in-game confirmation that only Toadette can wear the Super Crown, finally [[{{Jossed}} jossing]] all the original fan theories and speculation that started this in the first place.[[note]](This also managed to [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trans-luigi spawn a brand-new meme]] in the process, albeit a smaller and largely unrelated one.)[[/note]]

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As with all memes, Bowsette eventually [[DiscreditedMeme faded from the general community]], but two closure-worthy events occured on January 11, 2019. First, [=Ayyk92=] was rewarded with a glass trophy by Pixiv and Website/NicoNicoDouga, Platform/NicoNicoDouga, as Bowsette had placed 16th in Japan's Twitter Trend Awards. [[http://haniwahead.tumblr.com/post/181931476489/haha-they-actually-did-it-the-guys-at-niconico Yes, really.]] Second, on the same day, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU Deluxe'' released... including its in-game confirmation that only Toadette can wear the Super Crown, finally [[{{Jossed}} jossing]] all the original fan theories and speculation that started this in the first place.[[note]](This also managed to [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trans-luigi spawn a brand-new meme]] in the process, albeit a smaller and largely unrelated one.)[[/note]]
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...But ''then'' the idea of Bowser using the Super Crown inspired UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}}n artist [=Ayyk92=] to draw a comic ([[https://twitter.com/ayyk92/status/1042465252221181954 Twitter link]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/ayyk92/art/Super-Crown-764645204 DeviantArt link]]) depicting Bowser using the Super Crown, whereupon he is turned into a Peachette-esque woman (using elements from Bowser's design instead of Toadette's), and then hooking up with Mario following ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''[='s=] ending. This comic then promptly ''exploded'', with the internet quickly dubbing the character "Bowsette". FanArt of Bowsette based on her design in the comic (as well as edits of it which retain Bowser's red hair, and alternately also tan skin to represent Bowser's yellow-brown) flooded the internet afterwards, to the point of her becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse in the fandom mere days after her inception. Meanwhile, Japanese fans dubbed her "Kuppa-hime" ("Princess Koopa") after Bowser's Japanese name, which became a top-trending Twitter and Website/{{Pixiv}} tag in short order.[[note]](To put into perspective how popular Bowsette became little more than a week since she was introduced, the amount of Bowser fan-art on Pixiv at that time numbered to around 3,000, while the amount of Peach fan-art numbered around 5,000. Bowsette, on the other hand, numbered at a whopping 7,000 fan-art pieces. Bowsette got ''more'' fan-art on Pixiv in less than a month since her creation than either Bowser or Peach had gotten up to that point since the website Pixiv was ''founded''. Also of note is, in that same short timeframe, several professional {{manga}} artists joined in and drew their own art of her, including those of ''Manga/DagashiKashi'', ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'', ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' {whose mangaka Creator/CoolKyouShinsha drew no less than ''nine'' different Bowsette pictures}, ''Anime/{{Tsugumomo}}'', ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' and the manga version of ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'', as well as the character designer for ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.)[[/note]]

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...But ''then'' the idea of Bowser using the Super Crown inspired UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}}n artist [=Ayyk92=] to draw a comic ([[https://twitter.com/ayyk92/status/1042465252221181954 Twitter link]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/ayyk92/art/Super-Crown-764645204 DeviantArt link]]) depicting Bowser using the Super Crown, whereupon he is turned into a Peachette-esque woman (using elements from Bowser's design instead of Toadette's), and then hooking up with Mario following ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''[='s=] ending. This comic then promptly ''exploded'', with the internet quickly dubbing the character "Bowsette". FanArt of Bowsette based on her design in the comic (as well as edits of it which retain Bowser's red hair, and alternately also tan skin to represent Bowser's yellow-brown) flooded the internet afterwards, to the point of her becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse in the fandom mere days after her inception. Meanwhile, Japanese fans dubbed her "Kuppa-hime" ("Princess Koopa") after Bowser's Japanese name, which became a top-trending Twitter and Website/{{Pixiv}} Platform/{{Pixiv}} tag in short order.[[note]](To put into perspective how popular Bowsette became little more than a week since she was introduced, the amount of Bowser fan-art on Pixiv at that time numbered to around 3,000, while the amount of Peach fan-art numbered around 5,000. Bowsette, on the other hand, numbered at a whopping 7,000 fan-art pieces. Bowsette got ''more'' fan-art on Pixiv in less than a month since her creation than either Bowser or Peach had gotten up to that point since the website Pixiv was ''founded''. Also of note is, in that same short timeframe, several professional {{manga}} artists joined in and drew their own art of her, including those of ''Manga/DagashiKashi'', ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'', ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' {whose mangaka Creator/CoolKyouShinsha drew no less than ''nine'' different Bowsette pictures}, ''Anime/{{Tsugumomo}}'', ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' and the manga version of ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'', as well as the character designer for ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.)[[/note]]
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[[https://youtu.be/CRuHg1dv8MI?t=671 It all started]] one fine WebVideo/NintendoDirect on September 13, 2018. Announcements included ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', long-awaited [[PolishedPort ports]] of several formerly Platform/PlayStation-exclusive ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' titles, [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] joining ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', a teaser for a new ''Animal Crossing'' game (which would be known eventually as ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'')... with all this rejoice-worthy news, what was yet another UsefulNotes/WiiU title getting ported over to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' in this case, would have gone virtually unnoticed if not for one little detail: Not only would Toadette get PromotedToPlayable, but she also came with an exclusive PowerUp called the [[CoolCrown "Super Crown"]], which would turn her into a Princess Peach lookalike named "Peachette".

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[[https://youtu.be/CRuHg1dv8MI?t=671 It all started]] one fine WebVideo/NintendoDirect on September 13, 2018. Announcements included ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', long-awaited [[PolishedPort ports]] of several formerly Platform/PlayStation-exclusive ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' titles, [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] joining ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', a teaser for a new ''Animal Crossing'' game (which would be known eventually as ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'')... with all this rejoice-worthy news, what was yet another UsefulNotes/WiiU Platform/WiiU title getting ported over to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, Platform/NintendoSwitch, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' in this case, would have gone virtually unnoticed if not for one little detail: Not only would Toadette get PromotedToPlayable, but she also came with an exclusive PowerUp called the [[CoolCrown "Super Crown"]], which would turn her into a Princess Peach lookalike named "Peachette".
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[[https://youtu.be/CRuHg1dv8MI?t=671 It all started]] one fine WebVideo/NintendoDirect on September 13, 2018. Announcements included ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', long-awaited [[PolishedPort ports]] of several formerly UsefulNotes/PlayStation-exclusive ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' titles, [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] joining ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', a teaser for a new ''Animal Crossing'' game (which would be known eventually as ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'')... with all this rejoice-worthy news, what was yet another UsefulNotes/WiiU title getting ported over to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' in this case, would have gone virtually unnoticed if not for one little detail: Not only would Toadette get PromotedToPlayable, but she also came with an exclusive PowerUp called the [[CoolCrown "Super Crown"]], which would turn her into a Princess Peach lookalike named "Peachette".

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[[https://youtu.be/CRuHg1dv8MI?t=671 It all started]] one fine WebVideo/NintendoDirect on September 13, 2018. Announcements included ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', long-awaited [[PolishedPort ports]] of several formerly UsefulNotes/PlayStation-exclusive Platform/PlayStation-exclusive ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' titles, [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] joining ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', a teaser for a new ''Animal Crossing'' game (which would be known eventually as ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'')... with all this rejoice-worthy news, what was yet another UsefulNotes/WiiU title getting ported over to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' in this case, would have gone virtually unnoticed if not for one little detail: Not only would Toadette get PromotedToPlayable, but she also came with an exclusive PowerUp called the [[CoolCrown "Super Crown"]], which would turn her into a Princess Peach lookalike named "Peachette".
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* EvilIsSexy: Princess Peach is already good-looking, and Bowser is assertive, self-confident, surprisingly romantic, and more than a bit {{adorkable}}, making for a very bedeviling combination.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Are you going to [[VideoGame/MarioTennis play tennis]] or not?]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Are you going to gonna [[VideoGame/MarioTennis play tennis]] or not?]]

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* VillainSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmnlTBlJW8 "Bowsette - The Song"]] by the French group Starrysky, which is sung from the point of view of Bowsette herself.
-->''I'm done being a kidnapper''\\

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* VillainSong: VillainSong:
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmnlTBlJW8 "Bowsette - The Song"]] by the French group Starrysky, which is sung from the point of view of Bowsette herself.
-->''I'm --->''I'm done being a kidnapper''\\


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** The Chalkeaters song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FDFsHA20w "Bowsette (Another Castle)"]] downplays the character's "villainous" aspect. Still, kidnapping someone is not a heroic way [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation to get your crush's attention]].
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** Whether the Crown gives a Toad wearer a dress like Peach and Peachette or more proportional version of their typical clothes depends on the design.

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** Whether the Crown gives a Toad wearer a dress like Peach and Peachette or a more proportional version of their typical clothes depends on the design.
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: In some stories, most Toads aside from Toadette and possibly ''the'' Toad (and occasionally Peach, as in her folder) are immune from the Crown's effects.

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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: In some stories, most Toads aside from Toadette and possibly ''the'' Toad (and occasionally Peach, as in her folder) are immune from to the Crown's effects.

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* FriendlyShopkeeper: Xenvita's [[https://twitter.com/xenvita_/status/1044099308025450496 Lumalina]] is a version that retains Lumalee's shopkeeper role and chipper demeanor.




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[[AC:Toads (other than Toadette)]]
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** Whether the Crown gives a Toad wearer a dress like Peach and Peachette or more proportional version of their typical clothes depends on the design.
** In jokes that play on the "-ette" naming scheme, a Toad may become a Peach clone that wears Toadette's clothes, or outright become a copy of her.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: In some stories, most Toads aside from Toadette and possibly ''the'' Toad (and occasionally Peach, as in her folder) are immune from the Crown's effects.
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** Upon the announcement of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', [=Ayyk92=] made [[https://www.tumblr.com/haniwahead/729267997998448640/ a comic]] about Bowsette disturbed by the Elephant Fruit. Some time later, Nintendo would put out a [[https://twitter.com/Nintendo/status/1711916074701312475 short]] where Bowser's reaction to Elephant Peach is shown: in a role-reversal of Peach's typical attraction to Bowsette in comics, he's enamored by the transformation.

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** Upon the announcement of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', [=Ayyk92=] made [[https://www.tumblr.com/haniwahead/729267997998448640/ a comic]] about Bowsette disturbed by the power of the Elephant Fruit. Some time later, Nintendo would put out a [[https://twitter.com/Nintendo/status/1711916074701312475 short]] where Bowser's reaction to Elephant Peach is shown: in a role-reversal of Peach's typical attraction to Bowsette in comics, he's enamored by the transformation.

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