| “ | Owie-wee! Try all you want, I will never surrender the delicious Sparkle Water! | „ |
| ~ Mollusque-Lanceur's only words. |
Brigadier Mollusque-Lanceur III, or simply known as Mollusque-Lanceur, is a minor antagonist in Super Mario Odyssey, serving as the boss of the Seaside Kingdom. He is the greedy king of the Gushens.
Appearance[]
Mollosque-Lanceur is a giant purple octopus with six cyan blue spiked tentacles, yellow eyes, and golden orange hair: consisting of eyebrows, a mustache, and hair around the sides of his head. He wears a primrose chapeau on his bald head, which he later ditches to protect his head with lava, as well as a white robe with a silver amulet, he also wears a ruff collar which is barely noticeably due to his bulbous head. His design makes him similar to the Astro-Lanceur enemies, who also use his shell-spit attack.
Biography[]
The Bubblainians of Bubblaine enjoyed their lives in the carbonated water of the Seaside Kingdom thanks to it being mixed with beverage from a large goblet called the Glass Tower, granting fortune, happiness, and romance to those who drink it, thus earning the name "Sparkle Water". When Bowser and his minions arrived, they charged Mollosque-Lanceur and his army of Gushens to drain all of the Sparkle Water from the Kingdom, driving the Bubblainians away from the once again carbon infested water. Mollosque-Lanceur himself sits on top of the Glass Tower to drink away at the Sparkle Water gushing from the tip of the giant chalice using a long bendy straw, while all exterior fountains are blocked with large corks.
When Mario arrives, he must find Ground Pound switches in the kingdom that control the four exterior fountains loaded with corks. Mario has to collect the Power Stars in order to unlock the Ground Pound Switches on his way. Hitting each switch pops out the cork from each fountain straight at Mollosque-Lanceur's head. Following the first cork shot, Mollosque-Lanceur grows a lava puddle on his head and spits explosive spiked shells into the water so as to stop Mario, getting faster as more corks are launched at him. Once the final cork strikes Mollosque-Lanceur, he falls from the Glass Tower to confront Mario.
Mollosque-Lanceur hovers above the water and shoots out more explosive spike shells or drill-like cone shells at Mario out of his mouth. To defeat him, Mario must use Cappy to capture a Gushen in the area, using its water jet to rise in the air above Mollosque-Lanceur and rinse the lava from his head. From there, Mario can either continue using the Gushen or ground-pound Mollosque-Lanceur's head, although Mollosque-Lanceur can spin away to escape Mario's attacks. Upon his defeat, Mollusque-Lanceur's head swells up and explodes, sending Mario and a Multi Moon to the top of the Glass Tower. With the octopus tyrant gone and the Sparkle Water back to normal, peace returns to the Seaside Kingdom.
In the Mushroom Kingdom rematch, the battle takes place in the sky instead of the sea, with only a small starting area with a Gushen and a floating Glass Tower as the only pieces of ground. Mario must remain hovering in the air at all times to battle Mollosque-Lanceur, since trying to ground-pound his head can cause Mario to fall to his doom in the void, but because it is raining, the Gushen's water supply always remains filled.
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Trivia[]
- Mollosque-Lanceur refers himself as the Dauphin of Bubblaine; "dauphin" refers to the heir to the French throne.
- The name "Mollosque-Lanceur" is French for "Mollusk Launcher", referring to his abilities (The French Lancer means "to throw" or "to launch").
- However, although the Sea Kingdom is based on a French theme, the French-speaking version of the name Mollosque-Lanceur is called Bombopode.
- Mollosque-Lanceur is the only boss who can be fought throughout the entire kingdom and not in a restricted arena, making it possible for Mario to continue exploring without having to defeat him first.
- During the battle, all overworld NPCs cannot be interacted with as they are too terrified to respond.
- It is possible for Mario to take shelter in one of the 8-bit areas during the boss battle, making Mollosque-Lanceur's theme the only boss theme that can be heard in an 8-bit remix.
- It is not known how Mollosque-Lanceur got his ability to float above the water.
- Concept artwork from The Art of Super Mario Odyssey shows Mollosque-Lanceur was originally going to be colored red.
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