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A Bob-omb (ボム兵[ Bomuhei?), originally spelled Bob-Omb, is a species found throughout the Mario franchise. They first appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic but were inducted into the Mario franchise with the release of Super Mario Bros. 2.

Profile[]

Physical description[]

A Bob-omb is typically a living bomb enemy with a body consisting of white eyes, a yellow wind-up key on its back, and round, orange feet.

Unlike other games, the Bob-ombs in Super Mario Bros. 2 have arms and not any wind-up key. In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, both their arms and hands are red, and their fuses are not visible, but in remakes, their hands are beige and their fuses are visible.

In Super Mario Bros. 3, the walking Bob-ombs have a rotating key on their back but not the ones shot from cannons.

In Super Mario Sunshine, Bob-ombs have a more toy-like appearance, including a red LED display for a face and feet resembling those of a wind-up toy. If it is blue, its eyes are instead light green.

Behavior[]

Bob-ombs are living, moving explosive devices and are capable of walking around and igniting their own fuses. They can create explosions by detonating itself or being detonated. a Bob-omb's appearance, intelligence, and ally/enemy status differs widely between appearances, with some games depicting it as non-sentient and others playing up its intelligence.

Bob-ombs serve multiple roles in various games. In their most common appearances, they are enemies who explode upon being irritated, although they sometimes chase after Mario upon seeing him, they ignite their fuse upon seeing him exploding in a few seconds. Although a Bob-omb's self-destruction is intended to damage Mario or another playable character, it can often destroy certain obstacles or defeat enemies within its blast radius.

Alignment[]

At first, Bob-ombs were affiliated with the 8 bits army led by Wart. Since Super Mario Bros. 3, Bob-ombs and their variants have usually been affiliated with the Koopa Troop, which King Bob-omb is a member of as well. However, the relation between Bob-ombs and their supposed leader, King Bob-omb, has not often been established.

There are friendly Bob-ombs, most notably the Bob-omb Buddies, which the Bob-ombs have gone to war with a few times, including in Super Mario 64 and Mario Party. A civilization of peaceful Bob-ombs live in Fahr Outpost in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Game data[]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Bob-omb
SMRPG Bob-omb idle
HP 90 FP 100 Attack 50 Defense 38 Magic attack 1
Magic defense 10 Speed 1 Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Morph rate 0%
EXP 4 Coins 0 Dropped item Pick Me Up (5%) Bonus Flower Defense Up! (40%) Yoshi Cookie None
Weaknesses Jump, Fire Strong None
Spells None Special attacks None
Location(s) Coal Mines Psychopath message "Ouch. HEY! Watch it!"
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario
Bob-omb
PM Bob-omb idle LVL 6 HP 3 ATK 1 DEF 0
Sleep? 75%, 0 (normal);
0%, 0 (angry)
Dizzy? 80%, 0 (normal);
40%, 0 (angry)
Shock? 80%, 0 (normal),
40%, 0 (angry)
Shrink? 90%, 0;
0%, 0 (angry)
Stop? 90%, 0 (normal);
0%, 0 (angry)
Fright? 90% Air Lift? 90% Hurricane? 90%
Coins 1 + 0-1 Strong N/A Weak Fire (KO), Explosion (KO), Electric (KO) Type Ground
Moves Item drop Run Location(s)
Hop Attack (1), Self Destruct (2) Honey Syrup 18 Koopa Bros. Fortress
Tattle
"This is a Bob-omb. Bob-ombs are pretty temperamental, and they get steaming mad when you attack 'em. Max HP: 3, Attack Power: 1, Defense Power: 0 You'd better not jump on 'em when they're angry or they'll blow up in your face. In fact, stay away entirely. Attack 'em from a distance with items like Hammers. Or you could send in other things, like shells. If they attack when angry, they'll charge in and explode. So you'd better take care of them before they blow!"
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Bob-omb
PMTTYD Bob-omb
Level 12 Max HP 4 Attack 2 Defense 1 Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2
Sleep? 70% Stop? 100% Dizzy? 70% Confuse? 70% Burn? 100% Freeze? 100%
Tiny? 90% Soft? 95% Fright? 90% Gale Force? 80% KO? 95% Bestiary no. 86
Locations Items Moves
Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials* Super Shroom, Repel Cape, Stop Watch, Ice Storm Ram (2), Explosion (5)
Log
A round bomb soldier that gets furious when damaged and attacks by charging and then exploding.
Tattle
"That's a Bob-omb. It attacks by blowing itself up. Yeah. Reeeeeeeal smart. Max HP is 4, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. A Bob-omb will get totally mad if you damage it. They have like, super-short fuses. When it gets mad, it'll charge and explode on its next turn. THAT attack…really hurts. Oh, and if it's mad, it'll blow up at the slightest contact. So don't attack directly! Attack it from a step away with a hammer or hit it with something hard, like a shell."
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Bob-omb
Bob-omb PMSS
Max HP 7 Attack 3 Defense 0 Stickers Bomb
Locations Moves
Goomba Fortress, Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla Ram (3), Explode (5)
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Bob-omb
PMCS Bob-omb Idle Animated
HP Type Strong Weak
25 Normal N/A N/A
Dropped items Locations Moves
Hammer Scraps: 10
Red paint: 11
Blue paint: 11
Yellow paint: 11
Purple paint: 11
Fort Cobalt, Redpepper Crater, Black Bowser's Castle Body Attack (8),
Bomb Attack (16),
Bomb Counterattack (12),
Group Attack (8),
Group Bomb Attack (16),
Blowback Attack (24)
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Trophy
Bob-omb SSBM trophy
#103. Bob-omb
These little guys are just what they appear to be: walking bombs. Pick one up and hurl it for an incredibly potent attack. If no one picks them up, Bob-ombs light their own fuses and start wandering around armed and dangerous. In Super Mario 64, Bob-ombs chased Mario down once they noticed him. Pink Bob-ombs are nice and capable of speech.


Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Trophy
Bob-omb SSBB trophy
Bob-omb
A mobile bomb with a fuse on its head. It can be picked up and thrown as a powerful explosive, but if no one grabs it, it will tire of waiting and start wandering, then detonate whenever it likes. Its power and unpredictability make it an accident waiting to happen. In sudden-death matches if they go on too long, Bob-ombs rain from the sky to move things along.
NES: Super Mario Bros. 2
N64: Super Mario 64
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Trophy
Bob-omb trophy SSB4 Wii U
Bob-omb
NA This enemy lacks any kind of subtlety–a fuse on its head, a slowly turning key in the back, and two short legs to carry its little bomb body. You can figure out what happens next. When a Bob-omb starts flashing, you better start running!
EU A bomb for a body, burning fuse on top, two little legs and a wind-up key spinning away on the back... We probably don't need to tell you what's going on here. Now, that doesn't happen too often! Then again, who knows? Maybe some people will look at a Bob-omb and think it's an eight ball having an identity crisis.
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3 (02/1990)
Wii U: New Super Mario Bros. U (11/2012)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Spirit
Support Spirit
SSBU spirit Bob-omb
50. Bob-omb
Super Mario Series
Information
Type SpiritTypeSupport
Class ★★
Cost
Ability Bob-omb Equipped
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Bob-omb
Bob-omb M&LSS ani LVL 30 HP 30 POW 60 DEF 50 SPEED 40
EXP 16 (7) COINS 1 (5) Fire Critical Thunder Normal Jump Normal
Hammer? Normal Hand? Normal Stun? 60% Burn? 0% Stat Down? 100%
Item drop Location(s)
Nut – 19.35%
Red Pepper – 32.26% (100%)
Beanbean Outskirts
Notes
  • Parentheses indicates statistics in Japanese version.
  • Numbers and words in gray indicate coding unavailable in normal gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Bob-omb
Bob-omb M&LPIT ani Level 13 HP 37 POW 77 Defense 47
Speed 14 Battled by Any Mario Bro Experience 30 Coins 5
Item drop Location(s)
Pocket Chomp – 15%
•None – 0%
Gritzy Desert, Gritzy Caves
Notes
  • Parentheses indicates statistics in the Japanese and European versions, if they differ from the American version.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Bob-omb
MLSSBMBobombIdle Level 23 HP 55 POW 81 DEF 68 SPEED 78
Experience 14 Coins 10 Fire Critical Thunder Normal Jump Normal
Hammer Normal Stat down? 60% Dizzy? 100% Burn? 0% Speed down? 30%
Item drop Location(s)
Nut (14%)
Red Pepper (36%)
•Red Pepper (60%)
Beanbean Fields

Timeline[]

Main article: Bob-omb/Appearances
Game Role Year Console Notes
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Enemy 1987 Family Computer Disk System Debut appearance
Super Mario Bros. 2 Enemy 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System First appearance in a Mario game
Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemy 1988 Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario World Enemy 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. Print World Printable graphic 1991 MS-DOS One of the printable graphics features a Bob-omb
Yoshi Game piece 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System / Game Boy Appears in the Type A mode if the player has hatched a certain number of eggs (50-59 in Nintendo Entertainment System version and 60-69 in Game Boy version).
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Enemy 1996 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario 64 Enemy 1996 Nintendo 64 Most notably featured in their own course, Bob-omb Battlefield
Mario Party Species 1998 Nintendo 64 Wario's Battle Canyon involves a war between Bob-ombs and Bob-omb Buddies; a Bob-omb is the focus of the minigame Hot Bob-omb
Mario Party 2 Species 1999 Nintendo 64 They appear in Mystery Land and in the minigame Roll Call; a Bob-omb is one of the racers in Day at the Races.
Paper Mario Enemy, non-playable character 2000 Nintendo 64
Mario Party 3 Species 2000 Nintendo 64 A partner in Duel mode; sometimes appears in the minigame Crowd Cover
Super Mario Advance Enemy 2001 Game Boy Advance Same as in the original Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Sunshine Enemy 2002 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 4 Species 2002 Nintendo GameCube Featured in three minigames: Revers-a-Bomb, Bob-omb X-ing, and Bob-omb Breakers
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Item 2003 Nintendo GameCube A Bob-omb is the Special Item of both Wario and Waluigi
Mario Party 5 Species 2003 Nintendo GameCube Appears in two minigames, Dodge Bomb and Defuse or Lose; featured as the Bob-omb Capsule; two Super Duel Mode vehicle parts reference a Bob-omb
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Enemy 2003 Game Boy Advance Encountered in Beanbean Fields
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy, non-playable character 2004 Nintendo GameCube Fought as enemies in Glitz Pit and various floors of the Pit of 100 Trials; a peaceful group of Bob-ombs live in the Fahr Outpost
Mario Party 6 Species 2004 Nintendo GameCube Appears in a few minigames, Treasure Trawlers, Money Belt, and Shoot Yer Mouth Off; one of the possible cards in the minigame Odd Card Out; returns as a Bob-omb Orb
Super Mario 64 DS Enemy 2004 Nintendo DS Same as in Super Mario 64
Mario Superstar Baseball Species 2005 Nintendo GameCube The main feature of the minigame Bob-omb Derby; also appears in Piranha Panic
Mario Kart DS Enemy 2005 Nintendo DS Returns as an item, but now usable by any racer
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Enemy 2005 Nintendo DS Encountered in Gritzy Desert and the Gritzy Caves
Mario Party 8 Species 2007 Wii Appears in a few minigames, including Bob-ombs Away (as the main feature), Cardiators, and in Moped Mayhem as an extra racer
Mario Kart Wii Item 2008 Wii
Mario Super Sluggers Species 2008 Wii Returns in the Bob-omb Derby and Piranha Panic minigames, along with Ghost K and Bowser Pinball; appears in a few cinematics; used in Wario's Star Swing, Phony Swing
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Enemy 2009 Nintendo DS One of Bowser's minions; freeing a group of them unlocks the attack Bob-omb Blitz.
Mario Party 9 Species 2012 Wii Featured in their own board, Bob-omb Factory, and two minigames, Bomb Barge and Bombard King Bob-omb.
Super Mario 3D Land Enemy 2011 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Species 2013 Nintendo 3DS

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Trivia[]

  • Bob-ombs are the only enemy in the New Super Mario Bros. games that do not drop coins upon being hit with a fireball from a Fire Flower in New Super Mario Bros., but do drop coins upon being hit this way in other games.
  • Bob-ombs are one of the few creatures in the Super Mario series to have a major design change; in their debut game, Super Mario Bros. 2, they had arms, but other games tended to depict them them as being armless.
  • Bob-ombs are more associated with Wario as they mainly appear on Wario's board Wario's Battle Canyon from Mario Party and one even appears as Wario's partner in Mario Party 3. Wario's special move from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! involves tossing Bob-ombs and Wario must fight King Bob-omb using Bob-ombs in Mario Kart DS. Mario Hoops 3-on-3 has a court named Wario Factory where Bob-ombs come occasionally from elevators or conveyor belts. Those can be picked up and thrown to make them explode.
  • In SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a similar enemy called a Bomb-Bot appears. They behave more like the Bob-ombs do in the 3D platformers: Bomb-Bots chase down players on sight, lighting their fuse, and then subject themselves a self-destruct in order to deal damage. Unlike the Super Mario Bob-omb, however, the player can destroy them by performing nearly any attack before the explosion; this causes the Bomb-Bot to detonate prematurely, but with the player out of range, and the blast can hurt other foes nearby.
    • Bob-ombs also bear a resemblance to the Bomber enemy from the Kirby games due to their resemblance to an explosive. However, unlike Bombers, which have an oval shape similar to a missile, they appear as perfect circles with fuses. Additionally, Bombers need to fall off ledges to trigger their detonation, whereas Bob-ombs can trigger their own detonation without requiring outside stimulants.
  • Bob-ombs are the only enemy in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam that attempt to attack upon being reduced to 0 hit points, as well as the only enemy in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga who can be prevented from attacking without any move that stuns enemies.
  • So far, Super Mario Odyssey is the only 3D platformer to not feature any Bob-ombs, coincidentally, it is also the only 3D platformer to not feature any Boos.

Gallery[]

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