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.
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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.
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Timeline[]
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| 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.
- Bob-ombs in Super Mario 64 explode when coming into contact with signs with text on them, but are completely fine with arrow signs.[1]
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