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The bowser and king boo theory

Bowser is a crazy villain. Some of his deaths at the end of Mario games are pretty brutal. An example is in Super Mario Galaxy 1, when he falls into a star and is then stranded on an exploding planet that turns into a black hole.
King Boo's role in the Mario series at first glance doesn't seem to be anything significant. He only appears in few Mario games and, aside from the Luigi's Mansion series, his role in the games he does appear in is minor.
You may think that Bowser and King Boo have nothing related to each other. However, they both play a major role together in the Mario series which keeps the series alive. While this is never explained directly, there are a few games in the Mario series which give hints about the truth of Bowser and King Boo.
Super Mario World
Super Mario World is the first game in the Mario series in which evidence for the theory can be seen.
King Boo was really around as early as the Super Mario Bros. 3 days in which Boos first appeared, he just never appeared in-game.
Have you realized how occasionally there were these "Ghost House" levels in Super Mario World? These houses are where Boos lived peacefully in their afterlife. Then came Mario, who stormed into theses houses and wrecked havoc numerous times throughout the events of the game, often with malicious intent. The Boos knew they had to stop this, so they reported Mario's actions to King Boo. King Boo was furious about this, so he started tracking down Mario.
Similar levels of havoc would continue in future Mario games, thus beginning the Boo's and King Boo's hatred toward Mario that continue to this day.
Paper Mario
Paper Mario is the second Mario game that provides evidence for the theory.
The main attention in this game for the theory goes to Bowser, but King Boo deserves to be mentioned as well. This is because Mario had actually allied with the Boos in World 3 of this game, and so you may think this would change King Boo's mood about Mario. However, if you think more into it, you'll see that this brief alliance wasn't nearly enough to make up for Mario's past aggression. First, he only allied with one Ghost House, compared to the several he disrupted in past games. Second, the alliance was forced, because they wouldn't give him the Star Spirit until he helped solve their problem.
All in all, what Mario did in Paper Mario wasn't enough to stop King Boo's hatred toward him.
Bowser plays a much bigger role to the theory in Paper Mario. The end of the game is where it gets particularly interesting.
This starts in the scene where Mario, Bowser and Kammy Koopa are on a platform way up in the clouds that is about to explode. Mario is seen escaping with the help of the Star Spirits. Bowser on the other hand isn't so lucky. Explosions can be both seen and heard without him or Kammy Koopa escaping.
While Bowser's deaths before this game were at least understandable on how he survived (maybe he can swim in lava and only got injured in the smaller falls), there is no explanation on how Bowser can survive being stranded on a exploding platform thousands of feet in the sky, no matter how tough or resilient he has been in the past. Mario fell from the same height at the very beginning of the game, and even he got killed, though he was fortunately revived by the Star Spirits.
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Layout of where the "Toad Town News" sign is located. Notice the sign on the left.
In fact, proof about Bowser's death may be hinted in-game. At the very end of the game when you must walk to Peach's Castle to trigger the ending scene, go to the center part in town.
In front of Merlin's house should be a sign, which is called the: Toad Town News. After mentioning about how Mario defeated Bowser and how Peach and her castle are safe, it also mentions this:
Bowser was badly beaten and will likely never return.
We're sure of it.
Almost positive.
After saying the obvious on how Bowser was badly beaten, it also states on how confident they are in that Bowser won't return. This connections that can be made with this series of events strongly suggest that Bowser had suffered such a brutal beating that he had finally been killed.
But wait, if Bowser is "dead," then why is he still alive as the main villain in the Mario series today? This is because the theory still expands to the Mario game released after Paper Mario; Luigi's Mansion.
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion is perhaps the most important and significant game to this theory.
You all know what happens at the start of the game. Luigi goes to a mansion that he "won in a contest" only to find out that it is much darker than advertised, and needs to find out where Mario is, who went into the mansion before him.
This game features King Boo's first in-game appearance; he appears after Luigi opens a trapdoor and a bunch of Boos and King Boo fly out of it.
About mid-way through the game, you see King Boo in a fancy room with Mario inside a painting, struggling to get out. This is the first sign that King Boo is up to something sinister with Mario.
But, soon after, perhaps the most crucial event in relation to the theory occurs. In Area 3, do you remember the Fortune Telling Ghost? Also known as Madame Clairvoya. You know, the kind ghost who tells Luigi to bring Mario's dropped objects so she can see what happened to Mario?
Well, once you give her the last object, after she tells the orb to show them all it can about Mario, she will say this:
Wh-what is this!?
Bowser?!