Topper

Topper is a boss that first appears in the Cap Kingdom.

Appearances

 * Cap Kingdom
 * Bowser's Kingdom
 * Dark Side

Universal

 * Topper needs to be jumped on to be hurt.
 * Topper uses his hats to hurt Mario.
 * Topper has an attack where he goes on the ground and spins around with all of his hats, making a blade that Mario must avoid.
 * Topper can be jumped on in this state.
 * Cappy can remove his hats by hitting him.
 * When a hat is removed, it stays on the ground and bounces off walls.
 * After being jumped on, he will turn into a hat and make clones of his hat to attack Mario.
 * If Mario jumps on the real Topper while Topper is in this state, he will pop out of his hat and the rest of the hats will disappear, skipping the rest of this phase.
 * If Cappy hits a fake hat in this phase, it will move faster until it hits the edge of the battle arena., as opposed to the real one that will bounce off of the walls.

Cap Kingdom
Topper has to be jumped on twice to be killed. In both phases, Topper has three hats to remove, and three hats will be deployed during his defense phase. After all of his hats are removed, he will remain stationary on the ground, and a red arrow will point at his head. After being killed, a Spark Pylon will spawn to take Mario and Cappy to the Cascade Kingdom.

Bowser's Kingdom
Topper has to be jumped on three times to be killed. In the first phase, Topper has three hats to remove and eight are deployed during his defense phase. When his hats have been removed, he will remain stationary. In phase two, he has eight hats to remove and thirteen are deployed in his defense phase. He remains stationary after being jumped on. In phase three, he has thirteen hats to knock off. After his hats are knocked off, he remains stationary. When jumped on, he is killed, and the right Bowser statue is destroyed.

Dark Side
In phase one, Topper has three hats to be removed and ten are deployed during his defense phase. He remains stationary after his hats are removed. In phase two, Topper has ten hats to be removed and seventeen are deployed during his defense phase. He remains stationary after his hats are removed. In phase three, Topper has seventeen hats to be removed. After being jumped on this time, he is killed and the player can move on to the next boss: Hariet.