Enter Bowser Jr.!

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This article is about the musical theme fromSuper Mario Galaxy. For the theme fromPaper Mario: The Origami King, seeEnter Bowser Jr.
"Enter Bowser Jr.!"
"Enter Bowser Jr.!" inSuper Mario Galaxy
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Composed by:
Mahito Yokota
KeyE minor
First appearanceSuper Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearanceSuper Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
“What word best sums up Bowser Jr.? "Naughty" His expression sometimes looks vicious, but he's really just putting that on...”
Liner notes in theSuper Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack

"Enter Bowser Jr.!"[1][2] is a musical theme composed byMahito Yokota forSuper Mario Galaxy, where it plays during the boss battle againstBowser Jr. inBowser Jr.'s Airship Armada, and when the player encounters Bowser Jr. inBowser's Galaxy Reactor. This theme is a fast-paced, energetic arrangement of "Catastrophe" from the same game in the key ofE minor. This theme is occasionally used as aleitmotif for Bowser Jr. in subsequent games in theSuper Mario franchise.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

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Super Mario Galaxy marks the first appearance of "Enter Bowser Jr.!"

A small arrangement of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" plays when encounteringBowser Jr. inBowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor andBowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor.

Both the original theme and the arrangement return for the same purposes in theNintendo Switchports,Super Mario 3D All-Stars andSuper Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2. "Enter Bowser Jr.!" is also included in the officialSuper Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack album.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

InSuper Mario Galaxy 2 and theNintendo Switchport,Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, the original version of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" plays during the boss battle againstBowser Jr. inBowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker. Moreover, the small arrangement of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" fromSuper Mario Galaxy plays when encountering Bowser Jr. inBowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla,Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet, and Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser Fury[edit]

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In theBowser's Fury campaign forSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, a brief arrangement of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" plays in the ending cutscene whenBowser Jr. approachesMario after the former stopsBowser from attacking the latter.

Mario Party 9[edit]

InMario Party 9, an arrangement of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" plays in theBowser Jr.minigamesBowser Pop andDouble Pounder. It is titled "Bowser Jr. Battle 2" in the game'ssound test.

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Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]

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InMario Kart Live: Home Circuit, a brief arrangement of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" plays whenBowser Jr. and theKoopalings appear on the track.

Mario Kart World[edit]

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InMario Kart World, afunk metal arrangement of "Enter Bowser Jr.!" can play inFree Roam during the day and on VS Race routes coming fromAirship Fortress,Wario Shipyard,Cheep Cheep Falls,Dry Bones Burnout, andBowser's Castle.

List ofSuper Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

WorkSystemYearTypeTitleCredits
Super Mario GalaxyWii2007Original"Enter Bowser Jr.!"[2]Mahito Yokota
Arrangement
Super Mario Galaxy 2Wii2010OriginalMahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii])
Mario Party 9Wii2012Arrangement"Bowser Jr. Battle 2"[3]
Super Mario 3D All-StarsNintendo Switch2020Original"Enter Bowser Jr.!"[2]Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii])
Mario Kart Live: Home CircuitNintendo Switch2020Arrangement
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's FuryNintendo Switch2021Arrangement
Mario Kart WorldNintendo Switch 22025Arrangement"Enter Bowser Jr.!"[4]
Super Mario GalaxyNintendo Switch2025Original"Enter Bowser Jr.!"[2]Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii])
Super Mario Galaxy 2Nintendo Switch2025OriginalMahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii])
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2Nintendo Switch2025Original"Enter Bowser Jr.!"[2]Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii])

Albums[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack2008Original"Enter Bowser Jr.!"Mahito Yokota

Other media[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Nintendo Music2024Original"Enter Bowser Jr.!"Mahito Yokota

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
JapaneseクッパJr.登場[1]
Kuppa Junia Tōjō
Bowser Jr. Appears

References[edit]

Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchiseDonkey Kong"Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr."Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES)"Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64"DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. seriesMario Bros. (NES)"Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew seriesWrecking Crew"Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario seriesSuper Mario Bros."Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros."Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2"Boss BGM" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land"Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64"Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros."Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy"Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Ice Mario" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii"Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2"Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
Super Mario 3D Land"Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U"Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World"A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker"Title Theme"
Super Mario Odyssey"Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario seriesDr. Mario"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart seriesSuper Mario Kart"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit"Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!"Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS"Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii"Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8"Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
Wario franchiseWario Land: Super Mario Land 3"Main Theme"
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!"Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted!"Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched!"Ashley's Theme"
Yoshi franchiseSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story"Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion seriesLuigi's Mansion"Title Theme (Humming)"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong seriesMario vs. Donkey Kong"Mini Mario Stage"
Super Smash Bros. seriesSuper Smash Bros. Melee"Rainbow Cruise"
OtherThe Legend of Zelda"Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint"Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous"Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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