"I can't defeat him with my own raw power, I'm stronger than him but he always outsmarts me, there's got to be another way," a royal mutant said to himself in his deep, raspy voice. He paced his stone-walled throne room, desperately trying to think of a new plan to conquer his enemy.
This creature's speech, at first glance, could be read as preposterous. He was a very powerful one. He was a reptilian entity that stood to be around ten feet in height and weighed well over a thousand pounds. Two horns stood atop his head, one on each side of a thick, fiery-red orange mane. His face was green with blood red eyes with the same color brows as his mane. His snout was beige with a mouthful of razor sharp teeth. He wore three black spike collars, one around his broad neck and two on each bulky arm. His massive, burly body carried a green shell with many spikes, a beige underbelly, a dinosaurian tail with two spikes, orange-tinted yellow scales on his thick limbs and tail, four clawed fingers on his huge hands, and three clawed toes on his massively padded feet. He had virtually limitless physical strength, fire breathing ability, and even the ability to jump great heights that most living creatures could not. He was the ruler of a dark kingdom roamed by various different types of anthropomorphic turtles called "Koopas." His name was Bowser.
Bowser coveted the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach, for years. His father and predecessor, Morton Koopa, was once at war with the Mushroom Kingdom in attempts to take it over as an expansion of the Koopa Kingdom. After Morton lost his life to King Fergus of the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser always had the desire to avenge his father and finish what he had started. After killing King Fergus, Bowser kidnapped Princess Peach while his minions invaded the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser would have made his conquest over the Mushroom Kingdom official through a forced marriage to Princess Peach, only to be stopped by an Italian plumber named Mario. Humiliated by such an unlikely defeat, and feeling weak, Bowser kidnapped Peach time and time again and tried to kill Mario so that he could successfully take over the Mushroom Kingdom and thus prove himself to not be weak. Throughout his many kidnappings of Princess Peach, Bowser developed a genuine lust for her. Her fair light skin, blue eyes, blonde hair, and slender curvaceous figure enamored him, and he wanted nothing more than to have her rule at his side in his conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom, and potentially more conquered kingdoms in the future. The only thing hindering him was Mario. Bowser was stronger than Mario by far, but Mario always outsmarted him and won every battle thereby. Bowser tried many different methods of kidnapping Peach and killing Mario, but all of them failed. So the Koopa king was desperate for a new and effective plan.
"Bowser," an elderly voice called. Bowser then stopped his pacing and turned around to see a hunchbacked Koopa witch with thick brown-framed glasses, dark purple robes, dark purple hat bent backward, short white hair, and golden orange skin on her curved bird-like beak and hands. She carried a short golden staff with a red rod in her right hand and rode a broomstick.
"Daily castle report, Kammy?" Bowser asked the witch.
"Affirmative," Kammy answered. "The Koopas are in training. The Goombas are circling the castle. The Piranha Plants and the Chain Chomps are having their feeding time. The Monty Moles are currently running the Bob-omb and Bullet Bill factories. The Koopalings are practicing magic… well, except for Bowser Jr."
"WHAT?!" Bowser exploded.
"Sire, Sire, PLEASE contain yourself," Kammy implored. "Remember, your blood pressure."
Bowser sighed and said, "Okay. Well what's Junior doing anyway?"
"Watching television," Kammy replied.
"Watching television?" Bowser inquired. Then he sternly questioned Kammy, "What show?"
"Ummm, perhaps you should go and see for yourself," Kammy said hesitantly.
Bowser growled and stomped off to see what Bowser Jr. was doing. Junior, being the favorite son of Bowser, was second-in-command of the Koopa Kingdom and typically played a key role in regulating daily castle affairs. One of Bowser Jr.'s side hobbies was watching television, and that hobby seemed to have finally won him over from his daily work.
(In the Koopa Castle Family Room)
The room was dark with blue-dimmed light as a young Koopa sat on the couch, watching TV. He looked like a miniature version of Bowser, only with lighter versions of the Koopa king's skin tones, hair tied up into a top ponytail, stubby underdeveloped horns, small beady black eyes, a fang-like tooth in the upper left corner of his snout, a white bandana around his neck with a snarling sharp-toothed mouth drawn on the front, and spikeless dark gray metal cuffs around his wrists. This was Bowser Jr.
Surprising for any young villain, Bowser Jr. was watching a documentary on the Powerpuff Girls. Those three girls were famous in the City of Townsville. Professor Utonium had created them from sugar, spice, and everything nice, along with an inadvertent inclusion of Chemical X. There were three of them, with large circular eyes, no noses or ears, stubby limbs with no fingers or toes, short skirts with black belt-like lines, white leggings and black shoes.
The leader was redheaded with a waist-long ponytail, tall red bow atop her head, and pink colors in her eyes and dress. Her name was Blossom.
The second girl was blonde with short, roundish pigtails and bright blue colors in her eyes and dress. Her name was Bubbles.
The third girl sported short black hair and lime green colors in her eyes and dress. Her name was Buttercup.
Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were a very powerful trio of sisters with superhuman strength, flying abilities, laser eye beam shooting, and super speed. Blossom even had a special ability of ice breath, and Bubbles was capable of sonic screaming. The latter girl could even speak in various different languages such as Spanish, Japanese, and Squirrel. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup risked their lives together many times in heroic endeavors to defend Townsville from sinister villains such as an evil chimp genius named Mojo Jojo, a demonic entity named HIM, a hillbilly monster named Fuzzy Lumpkins, a group of five green-skinned hooligans known as the Gangreen Gang, a supernaturally-haired seductress named Sedusa, a wannabe Powerpuff Girl named Princess Morbucks, and many others. The citizens of Townsville loved and adored those girls for their successful defense of the city from its destructive threats.
"JUNIOR!" a deep, raspy voice roared.
"WAH!" Bowser Jr. yelped, bouncing up in his seat. Then he turned to see his father, Bowser Sr., standing in the doorway with a very angry expression on his face.
"What are you doing watching the Powerpuff Girls?!" Bowser demanded.
"Daaaad, I can't help it!" Bowser Jr. whined. "I love violence!"
"If you love violence, why not watch WWE, or even animal violence on the NATURE CHANNEL for crying out loud!" Bowser scolded. "Don't you know these girls are superheroes?! They would PUMMEL you, AND me, much like Mario has been doing all these years!"
"I don't care about the girls themselves, Dad, I just like seeing them kick butt," Bowser Jr. said. "Besides, I kinda have a crush on the fourth Powerpuff Girl."
"Fourth Powerpuff Girl?" Bowser inquired, raising an eyebrow in perplexity.
"Yeah, her name's Bliss, she's the long-lost big sister of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup," Bowser Jr. answered. Then he pointed to the screen and said, "Look."
Bowser and Bowser Jr. both observed clips of Bliss on the TV screen. Bliss had the exact same kind of appearance as her three younger sisters, only with longer limbs, wider hips, long neon light blue hair, thin blue headband with a pink heart in the middle, dark skin, and purple colors in her eyes and dress.
Bowser chuckled and asked his son, "YOU have a CRUSH on HER?!"
"Oh stop, Dad, we all know you have an obsessive crush on Princess Peach, so who are you to judge ME?!" Bowser Jr. retorted. Bowser gave an embarrassed facial expression as his son continued on rambling, "So much so, that you lied to me that she was my mama and had me kidnap her on Delfino Island. Whataya have to say to that? HMMMM?!"
Bowser shook his head with a growl and snapped, "The difference is, JUNIOR, that Peach is just a PRINCESS! A damsel in distress! And Bliss is a SUPERHERO!"
"Well, Peach DID kick your butt that time when you kidnapped Mario and Green Stache," Bowser Jr. recalled. "So she's really no different."
"Ugh, well, I didn't take Peach seriously that time," Bowser made his excuse. "Besides, I only set all that up to test Peach's strength, cause I like seeing that feminine feistiness of hers when she's under our capture."
"Dad, Bliss has got some MAD girl power like Peach, only she's a lot more powerful," Bowser Jr. told his father. "Bliss also has more power than Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup combined. Watch these clips."
Both Bowser and Bowser Jr. watched clips of Bliss using vast electrical powers, levitation, and even hitting a baseball into an abandoned building and causing it to crumble.
"Truly remarkable, I've gotta say," Bowser commented.
"Ya know Dad, I wish she were evil like us," Bowser Jr. said. "If only there was a way we could make that happen."
"Sire," Kammy interjected, flying into the family room on her broom.
"What is it, Kammy?" Bowser inquired.
"I realize there was ONE thing I forgot to mention in the daily castle report," Kammy began. The witch then went on to say, "The Monty Moles are also working on a hypnosis machine for possible future projects."
"Make Bliss evil… hypnosis machine," Bowser mumbled to himself. Then he exclaimed, "I HAVE AN IDEA!"
Bowser Jr. and Kammy both flinched, and then Kammy asked, "What's your plan, Sire?"
"We'll capture Bliss and use the hypnosis machine to make her evil!" Bowser gleefully declared. "And then I'll use her as a vessel to destroy Mario and take over the Mushroom Kingdom! BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Bliss, you mean Bliss the fourth Powerpuff Girl?" Kammy inquired.
"Yes," Bowser affirmed.
"Sire, are you sure about this?" Kammy questioned. "Bliss is a highly powerful-"
"Which makes her PERFECT!" Bowser interrupted.
"YEAH!" Bowser Jr. added.
"But she is a superhero, and with the power that she has, getting her under our control will not be easy," Kammy warned. "So we really should think things through before we decide on this. We'd have to study her and devise our plans VERY carefully."
"Well, there is SOMEONE I think we could talk to," Bowser Jr. suggested.
***Additional Notes***
1. Fergus was a name I made up for King Toadstool, Princess Peach's father, who appeared in the Mario comics. Morton is the name I made up for Bowser's father, also to explain why one of Bowser's sons is named Morton Jr., as many other Mario fan theorists have done. I had Fergus kill Morton and Bowser kill Fergus to explain the absence of Fergus and Morton as well as the tension between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom.
2. Kammy's daily castle report was inspired by the morning report in the beginning of The Lion King (the first movie), in which Zazu observed the Pride Lands and gave King Mufasa a verbal report on what the animals were doing.
3. Bowser Jr.'s mention of "Green Stache" was an indirect reference to Mario's brother and sidekick, Luigi. Bowser Jr.'s recollection of Bowser kidnapping Mario and Luigi and later being defeated by Princess Peach was a canonized tribute to Super Princess Peach for Nintendo DS.
4. Bliss was shown to have electrical and telekinetic powers in Powerpuff Girls: Power of Four. The mentioned clip of her hitting a baseball into an abandoned building and causing it to crumble was inspired by a flashback from Powerpuff Girls: Power of Four, in which she did that very thing while playing baseball with Professor Utonium. Only the building that Bliss destroyed was one of the occupied and then-running buildings in Townsville.