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The original design for King Boo, as seen in promotional art for Luigi's Mansion.

King Boo (キングテレサ, Kingu Teresa) is an enemy in the Mario series of games, appearing as the boss of Luigi's Mansion and as a minor character in later games. He is member of the ghost-like Boo species and looks like a larger version of the generic Boo (though not as big as Boolossus or Big Boo) with a crown on his head and a slight blueish complexion. King Boo also has a distinctive cackle that is lower in pitch than that of smaller Boos. King Boo also seems to be more of a nemesis to Luigi than Mario.

It is not completely certain, however, that the "King Boos" who appear in each of the following games are all the same "King Boo". They may possibly each be a different powerful Boo who leads a group of lesser Boos.

Powers

King Boo has shown an enormous array of powerful magic from just the few games he's starred in, far more powerful than your average Boo. These include;

ability to breathe and create fire. (preferring the blue and purple flavours)
ability to create powerful winds (aka. "deep Boo breath")
ability to become invisible
ability to go through walls
teleportation
Powerful necromancy, powerful enough to revive Bowser from the dead
can do freaky stuff with Mirrors. eg. turn Mario's reflection into Luigi, go into the mirror to attack Mario.
imprison people in portraits, free ghosts from portraits, create weird dimensions inside paintings.
create spooky and incredibly detailed Mansions out of thin air.
It seems he can also communicate with other Boos via telepathy

Luigi's Mansion

Template:Spoilers In Luigi's Mansion, King Boo is the leader of the evil spirits inhabiting the titular mansion and appears as the final boss, whom Luigi must defeat in order to free Mario. When Luigi reaches the mansion's cellar, where Mario is being imprisoned in a painting, King Boo sucks Luigi into the painting of Mario, which holds a strange dimension, similar in appearance to the roof. King Boo then attacks while using Bowser's body (or a suit that looks like him), whom Mario had "soundly defeated" previously. Luigi must use the Poltergust 3000 ghost-catching vacuum cleaner to suck up spiked balls that Bowser throws and then fire them back at it, knocking off his head and exposing King Boo to attack. King Boo has five-hundred heart points, but the health comes out much faster than the normal Boos.

Only in Luigi's Mansion does King Boo appear with a huge ruby for a crown, glowing pink eyes and a blue tongue, he is also roughly the same size as your average Boo. In later appearances, King Boo appears more like a regular Boo, with a red tongue and black eyes. However he is about 4x the size of a normal Boo and sports a simple gold jeweled crown more like Princess Peach's.

Super Mario Sunshine

King Boo is a boss of Episode 5 in the Sirena Beach level in Super Mario Sunshine, although he is clearly of the 'Isle Delfino' Species, rather than the 'Mushroom Kingdom' species of Boo, featured in many other Mario Games. He lives in the casino of the Sirena Hotel, which, like Luigi's mansion, is plagued by poltergeists. Mario fights King Boo in a room with a large slot machine. During the battle, Mario has to spray King Boo's lolling tongue with water to activate a slot machine, which will either send out monsters, coins, or various fruit. If the slot machine drops a chili pepper, Mario must toss it in King Boo's mouth to set it on fire, then pelt him with more fruit. In this version, he appears very drunk, with blue eyes (or possibly a pair of shades) and a much larger, drooling mouth with a gigantic tongue.

King Boo's appearance in a casino keeps in with an association with gambling. In Luigi's Mansion, each wing of the haunted house is modelled around playing card suits, As Boos are known for being generally Happy and Playful, despite preferring the games where Mario gets hurt.

Super Mario 64 DS

King Boo keeps his antagonistic association with Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS. In order to unlock Luigi as a playable character, the player has to enter the area called "Big Boo's Haunt" and stomp the villain by following his movements in the mirrors that line his room.

In this remake of the original Super Mario 64, King Boo appears in stages previously inhabited by Big Boo, a different, crown-less character that appeared as the boss of the Boos in Super Mario World and Super Mario 64. The character is still called "Big Boo" in in-game text, but it has King Boo's trademark crown and cackle. Later appearances would feature what is clearly the same character, but under the name "King Boo." This association has led some fans to wonder if the Big Boo and King Boo are the same character or if perhaps the Big Boo is a sort of prototype for King Boo. If so, this would mean that King Boo's first appearance was in either Super Mario World or Super Mario 64, even though both games use the older name. It's also possible that "King Big Boo" is his true name, though this is unconfirmed as of yet.

Other games

In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, King Boo is an unlockable heavyweight character. His default partner is Petey Piranha. Unlike all other Double Dash!! characters, King Boo and Petey can pick up any special item from item boxes. The pair has no special item of their own. King Boo drives the Boo Pipes; although a heavy kart, it has the quick acceleration and low top speed of a light vehicle.
King Boo also appears alongside many other minor Mario characters as a teammate in Mario Superstar Baseball.
This newer model for King Boo reappears alongside other Super Mario 64 DS bosses as a Mission Mode boss in Mario Kart DS where Peach must face him.
He is the boss of world 3 of Super Princess Peach. In that game, he seems to be harmed by light, though this fact about him has never been mentioned before and is contradicted by his appearances in several other games.
In Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Knuckles faces a boss called King Boom Boo at the end of the Death Chamber level, who chases Knuckles around a circular room, is weak to light, and is similar to King Boo is name and appearance (his minions are almost identical, except they have stitched mouths).

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 [[Image:Kingboo.jpg|thumb|225px|right|The original design for King Boo, as seen in promotional art for ''Luigi's Mansion''.]]
-{{nihongo|'''King Boo'''|キングテレサ|Kingu Teresa}} is an enemy in the ''[[Mario]]'' series of games, appearing as the [[boss (video game)|boss]] of ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and as a minor character in later games. He is member of the [[ghost]]-like [[Mario series enemies#Boo|Boo]] species and looks like a larger version of the generic Boo (though not as big as Boolossus or Big Boo) with a [[Crown (headgear)|crown]] on his head. King Boo also has a distinctive cackle that is lower in pitch than that of smaller Boos. King Boo also seems to be more of a nemesis to Luigi than Mario.
+{{nihongo|'''King Boo'''|キングテレサ|Kingu Teresa}} is an enemy in the ''[[Mario]]'' series of games, appearing as the [[boss (video game)|boss]] of ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and as a minor character in later games. He is member of the [[ghost]]-like [[Mario series enemies#Boo|Boo]] species and looks like a larger version of the generic Boo (though not as big as Boolossus or Big Boo) with a [[Crown (headgear)|crown]] on his head and a slight blueish complexion. King Boo also has a distinctive cackle that is lower in pitch than that of smaller Boos. King Boo also seems to be more of a nemesis to Luigi than Mario.
 It is not completely certain, however, that the "King Boos" who appear in each of the following games are all the same "King Boo".  They may possibly each be a different powerful Boo who leads a group of lesser Boos.