Junker

Junker
Chronological information
First game	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest game	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2019)
Game appearances	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Personal information
Gender	Masculine programmed (referred to as such by Midbus)
Status	Deceased (destroys himself by crashing into the wall south of the room in which he is fought)
Homeland	Mushroom Kingdom
Species	Robot
Connections
Family	Midbus (creator)
Affiliation	Midbus
Friends	Junker Cans (minions)
Character traits
Alignment	Lawful Evil
Behind the scenes
Creator	AlphaDream

"He is of trash. And you are. You, trash."

—Midbus after the Junker is created; Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

The Junker is a boss that appears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and the 3DS remake, and is the fourteenth boss of the game. It's a robotic trash can that was created by Midbus to defeat Mario and Luigi, but it was destroyed not long after.

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Physical description

Junker resembles a pink trash can. He has golden eyes. His arms are similar to vacuums. His X counterpart gives him a blue body and his eyes a pink coloration, but in both forms, he has brown foot-like shoes.

History

Junker is a boss in Peach's Castle Garden.

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Combat

Whenever he starts his next turn, the Junker calls forth some Junker Cans. These monsters are sentient cyan trash can-like monsters that have golden eyes, though in The Gauntlet, their body turns brown and their eyes pink. The Junker himself has the following moves:

• First, Junker can blind a Mario brother by stomping the ground, knocking a trash can onto him. Junker will then try to crush him with Thwomps pulled from inside his "mouth", though that Bro. can stop his movement by jumping; he must use that to avoid getting brained for massive damage.
• Second, Junker will pick a Junker Can up and shake it, causing all sorts of objects to fly out. The Cheep Cheeps and Poison Mushrooms have to be dodged by ducking (no input required), boxers do not deal damage to the Bros., and the rest must be avoided by jumping. Any Bob-ombs must be avoided entirely; humorously, it will occasionally let out old underwear. Poison Mushrooms are exclusive to the 3DS remaster.
• Third, Junker will throw some balls toward the Bros, who must mount them. After two, Junker will get mad and charge, though the target can avoid this by jumping over him.
• Junker can also incapacitate Luigi by sucking him up with his vacuum arms and trapping him in a Junker Can. This always hits but Luigi may sometimes catch the rim to make his getaway quickly, but if he fails, Luigi will be trapped, so Mario will have to free him by defeating a Junker Can that has him. If Mario dies with Luigi trapped, the Junker automatically wins. In the 3DS version, Luigi can get away if the player mashes the B button quickly enough.

On the initiative count of 75 (113 with the Challenge Medal; The Gauntlet bumps this count up to 152 (228 with the Challenge Medal).), the Junker Cans will charge, though this can be blocked with a hammer. Killing a Junker Can will force the Bro. who was responsible to block a Chain Chomp, a Fish Bone, or a Nooz, which can all be blocked with the hammer and have only one hit point.

• Fish Bones circle their target and then ram him after a random number of loops (always at least 2).
• Chain Chomps simply charge at their target. If this hits, the target may be poisoned, taking damage over time.
• Noozes hover above their target and then fall, sometimes hover in order to throw off the victim's counter. In the 3DS remaster, any Nooz that targets Mario has a red cockscomb.

Junker is a level 26 monster that has 1,445 hit points (2,168 with the Challenge Medal), 120 power (300 with the Challenge Medal), 89 defense (134 with the Challenge Medal), 48 speed (72 with the Challenge Medal). He gives 6,000 experience and drops 900 coins (1,350 with the Challenge Medal) and a Max Nut and Special Gloves upon defeat. He is immune to being stunned, the KO effect, and the burn effect, but can still suffer Stat Downs. His X form has 3080 hit points (4620 with the Challenge Medal), 179 Power (448 with the Challenge Medal), 129 Defense (194 with the Challenge Medal), and 123 Speed (185 with the Challenge Medal) and drops 9000 coins upon being beaten the first time as well as the Challenge Medal.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Junker LVL 26 HP 1,445 POW 120 DEF 89 SPEED 48 EXP 6,000 COINS 900 Fire Normal Burn? Immune Dizzy? Immune Stat Down? Normal KO? Immune Opponents Mario, Luigi Item drop Location(s) •Max Nut - 100% •Special Gloves - 50% Peach's Castle Garden

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Junker LVL 24 HP 1680 POW 132 DEF 118 SPEED 48 EXP 6000 COINS 900 Fire Normal Burn? Immune Dizzy? Immune Jump Normal Hammer Normal Stat down 1x Speed down 1x Opponents Mario, Luigi Item drop Location(s) •None - 0% •Special Gloves - 100% Peach's Castle Garden

Trivia

• Junker slightly reassembles to Trash Basher, a monster from the Anime based off of the Kirby series, Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, he is also similar to said monster, in that they are both Trash Cans and can launch out trash.
• The Junker is one of three bosses Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story to have an attack that cannot be avoided conventionally, with the other two being Fawful's Vacuum Helmet and the Fawfulised Princess Peach's Castle. In his case, the Junker is able to suck Luigi in with one of his arms. (The attack can be avoided in the 3D remaster by mashing the B button.)
  • The Junker is also the fourth boss in the series overall to have an unavoidable attack, the other bosses being the following:
    • During her second fight in Bowser's Castle in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Cackletta summons a Time Bob-omb that drops the Bros. to 1 hit point, triggering the second phase of her battle (third in the 3DS version.)
    • When the Bros. fight the three Shroobs during their investigation of Hollijolli Village in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Shroob Saucer that was watching the fight drops a bomb onto the battlefield, allowing the Shroobs to escape. This Saucer is absent when the babies come.
    • If the Elder Shrooboid is not brought down within four turns in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, he automatically wins as the Shroob Saucer that he summoned will drop a bomb onto the battlefield. More time can be bought by countering his Spiked Ball attack and sending it into the Shroob Saucer, which (on top of knocking him over and disabling his Spiny trait) causes the counter to reset to four.
    • The Vacuum Helmet is able to steal the Bros.'s Action Commands in Mario Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
    • Bowser steals Bros. Attacks as a counterattack during his Gauntlet fight in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. (He did not do this in Toadley Clinic.)
    • During the Robo-DrillDigger's story fight in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the first time the robot launches his plasma ball, the supersized Luigi will be unprepared to retaliate. This does not occur later, as Luigi sees the attack coming in and uses his hammer to deflect. The unavoidable version is cut in the Battle Ring.
    • When it is near death in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the Pi'illodium will activate its self-destruct attack. The Bros. will have to kill the boss within 40 seconds of real time.
    • King Boo can sometimes kidnap Paper Mario during his Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam fight.
    • King Bob-omb will explode on his next turn if his timer hits 0 in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. (If any Bro., Paper Mario included, survives, no experience or loot will be gained.)