Boss Bass

Boss Bass appeared in 1988 video game called Super Mario Bros. 3. A Boss Bass is a giant Cheep Cheep that often patrols the surface of the water. It is also found underwater, where it is called Big Bertha. Boss Basses and Big Berthas are the original "giant" counterpart to the jumping and swimming Cheep Cheeps, respectively, though this role is currently held by Big Cheep Cheep, which is only found swimming in most platforming games. Their voracious nature is given to Cheep Chomp, another occasional giant counterpart to Cheep Cheeps, which was redesigned to resemble Boss Bass in Super Mario 64 DS and even has the same behavior and English name as Boss Bass in Yoshi's Island DS.