List of Bob-omb profiles and statistics

This is a list of profiles and statistics for Bob-omb.

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 2

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    He has a terrible temper. When he gets angry, he explodes.

Super Mario World

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    These explode and scatter stars after a set time. Some of the Bob-ombs use parachutes to drop from the sky. These little guys are a real blast.

Super Mario Run

• Notebook bio: This Bowser minion looks like it could blow at any moment. Stomp it and it'll go flying quickly away. Phew!

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario World

ボム兵 (JP) / Bob-omb (EN)
	Original text (Japanese)		Translation
	種族しゅぞく	ウエポン族	Tribe	Weapon clan
	性格せいかく	まじめ	Disposition	Serious
	登場とうじょうゲーム	3、ワールド	Game appearances	3, World
	ゼンマイ仕掛けの歩く爆弾 ゼンマイでトコトコ歩く爆弾。しばらくすると点滅して自ら爆発する。上についたスイッチを押すと5秒ぐらいで爆発する。持って敵に投げつけることもできるぞ。		A clockwork walking bomb A bomb that toddles around powered by a spring. After a while, it blinks and explodes by itself. If you press the switch on the top, it will explode in about 5 seconds. You can also hold it and throw it at your enemies.

Super Mario USA

ボブ (JP) / Bob-omb (EN)
	Original text (Japanese)		Translation
	種族しゅぞく	ウエポン族	Tribe	Weapon clan
	性格せいかく	このうえなく短気	Disposition	Extremely short-tempered
	登場とうじょうゲーム	USA	Game appearances	USA
	バクダンに手足がはえたよ 手足のある動くバクダン。現れてから、ほんのわずかな時間で自爆するので、近くこいると、爆風に巻きこまれしてまう。もちろん、直接触れてもダメージを受けちゃうぞ！		Bomb has grown arms and limbs A moving bomb with arms and legs. It self-destructs in a very short time after it appears, so if you are nearby, you will be caught in the blast. Of course, if you touch it directly, you will be damaged!

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Bob-omb
	HP	90	FP	100	Speed	1
	Location(s)	Coal Mines	Attack	50	Magic attack	1
	Role	Common	Defense	38	Magic defense	10
	Bonus Flower	Defense Up! (40%)	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	Jump, Fire	Strong	None	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	4	Items	Pick Me Up (5%)
Psychopath	"Ouch. HEY! Watch it!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Bob-omb
	HP	90	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	4	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	Pick Me Up
	Found in	Mole Mines
	Monster List profile	Careless detonations can lead to cave-ins, so if the miners of Moleville see one of these around the mines, they leave the area immediately.
	Thought Peek	"Watch out. I'm gonna explode. It'll hurt."
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Strong Bob-omb
	HP	999	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Mole Mines
	Monster List profile	Punchinello's most powerful bomb, created after honing his bomb-making skills. Looks like this time, he wasn't bluffing about his last resort.
	Thought Peek	"How many times do I need to say, "Watch out I'm gonna explode. It'll hurt", before you get it?"
	Animations

Yoshi's Story

• Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Voll die Choleriker: Die Bob-Ombs können jeden Augenblick explodieren! (Full of choler: The Bob-ombs can explode at any moment!)

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

Paper Mario enemy
Bob-omb
		Max HP	3	Attack	1	Defense	0
		Role	Common	Type	Ground	Level	6
		Strong	None	Weak	Fire (KO), Explosion (KO), Electric (KO)	Moves	Hop Attack (1), Self Destruct (2)
		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
		Items	Honey Syrup	Run	18	Location(s)	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!

• Player's Guide: The explosive power of a Bob-omb is not to be trifled with. If you enter a battle with one, be prepared to finish it off quickly, because it can deal heavy damage. When a Bob-omb begins to blink, you know it's about to explode!

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bob-omb
	Max HP	4	Attack	2	Defense	1
	Location(s)	Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29)	Role	Common	Level	12
	Sleep?	70%	Dizzy?	70%	Confuse?	70%
	Tiny?	90%	Stop?	100%	Soft?	95%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	100%	Fright?	90%
	Gale Force?	80%	KO?	95%	Moves	Ram (2), Explosion (5)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 2	Items	Super Shroom, Repel Cape, Stopwatch, Ice Storm
Tattle Log #: 86	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

Paper Mario: Sticker Star enemy
Bob-omb
	Max HP	7	Role	Common	Location(s)	Goomba Fortress, Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla
	Attack	3	Stickers	Bomb
	Defense	0	Moves	Ram (3), Explode (5)

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy
Bob-omb
	HP	25	Type	Normal	Role	Common	Card
	Strong	None	Weak	None	Card drop rate	3
	Moves	Body Attack (8), Bomb Attack (16), Bomb Counterattack (12), Group Attack (8), Group Bomb Attack (16), Blowback Attack (24)
	Location(s)	Fort Cobalt, Redpepper Crater, Black Bowser's Castle
Quotes	N/A
Enemy class
ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 10 Red paint 11 Yellow paint 11 Blue paint 11 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 11

Mario & Luigi series

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Bob-omb
	HP	30	POW	60	Defense	50
	Speed	40	Experience	16 (7)	Coins	1 (5)
	Location	Beanbean Outskirts	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Critical	Thunder	Normal
	Stat down?	100%	Stun?	60%	Burn?	0%
	Level	30	Role	Common	Item drop	Nut – 19.35% Red Pepper – 32.26% (100%)
Notice Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy
Bob-omb
	HP	37	POW	77	Defense	47
	Experience	30	Coins	5	Speed	14
	Location(s)	Gritzy Desert, Gritzy Caves	Role	Common	Item drop	Pocket Chomp – 15% None – 0%
	Level	13	Battled by	Anyone
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release).

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Bob-omb
	HP	55	POW	81	DEF	68	SPEED	78	Experience	14
	Fire	Critical	Thunder	Normal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Coins	10
	Stat down	60%	Dizzy	100%	Burn	0%	Speed down	30%	Item drop	Nut (14%) Red Pepper (36%) Red Pepper (60%)
Level           23	Location(s)	Beanbean Fields

• Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser / Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: They have explosive power upon impact. Handle these Melee troopers with care.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Trophy Bob-omb
	Game/move: Super Mario Bros. 2 10/88
	How to unlock: Randomly obtainable in the Lottery or single-player modes.
	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
	Appears in: NES Super Mario Bros. 2 N64 Super Mario 64
	How to unlock: Random
	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 that go on too long, Bob-ombs rain from the sky to move things along.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Trophy Bob-omb

Category: Item

() Appears in: NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (02/1990) Wii U New Super Mario Bros. U (11/2012)

() Trophy Box: 9: Super Mario Bros. 2 & 3

How to unlock: Random

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! (American English)

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. (British English)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirit #50 Bob-omb
	Series/game	Super Mario Series
	Type	Support
	Slots	1
	Class	Advanced
	Strength / effect(s)	Bob-omb Equipped
	How to obtain	Sheldon's Place; Spirit Board
Spirit battle	Opponent(s)	Kirby ×3
	Conditions	Rule: Item: Bob-omb The enemy's throwing type items have increased power The enemy has increased move speed
	Stage	Mushroom Kingdom
	Song	Airship Theme - Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Princess Peach

Bob-omb
	Vibe	Vibeless	Levels	Ladida Plains 1-4 Ladida Plains 1-5 Hoo's Wood 2-5 Shriek Mansion 3-3 Bowser's Villa 8-6
	Glossary number	65	Glossary entry	A bomb enemy. Stomp on it and in a bit, it'll explode.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart DS

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    Explodes after a brief pause or when another kart comes near it. Any kart in the blast radius will be knocked over or spun around.

Mario Kart Wii

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    When thrown, they will explode after a certain amount of time or when a vehicle runs into them. Vehicles that hit the explosion will roll or spin out.

Mario Kart 7

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    When thrown, Bob-ombs will explode after a certain amount of time or when a kart runs into them. Karts that hit the explosion will roll or spin out. Hold or to equip.

• Website description:
  • English:
    This explosive item causes a big bang when launched.

Mario Kart 8

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    Once used, a Bob-omb will explode after a short time or upon impact with a vehicle. Anyone caught in the blast will spin out of control or be knocked over!

• Nintendo of America's social media accounts: Watch out! The explosion caused by the Bob-omb item in Mario Kart 8 is big enough to take out even the best racers.

Mario Kart Tour

• Tips & Tricks: This will walk towards opponents who get too close, and then explode when it touches a kart or when some time has passed. Karts caught in its blast will crash.
• Mario Kart Tour Twitter: Item introduction: Bob-omb
  Throw it out in front of you, or drop it off behind you. Eventually it will explode, crashing any karts caught in the blast. It will even march a little closer towards opponents before exploding. This cute-looking item has a scary side!

Mario Party series

Mario Party DS

Character Figure

#	Name	Image	Description	How to unlock
16	Bob-omb		What a shiny, black, round body! And what a cute windup key! Now, you might wonder why he stares at you so intently...	Earn at least 16,000 MP Points

Badge

#	Name	Image	Description	How to unlock
17	Bob-omb Rival		15,000 MPP earns you the rank of Bob-omb Rival, and this is your badge! It makes your moods explosive.	Earn at least 15,000 MP Points

Mario Party 9

Bob-omb Bomb Minor
	A constellation named after a curious type of wind-up walking bomb. Red and black varieties exist, but both are powerful.

Mario Party: Star Rush

Image	Name	Bio
	Bob-omb An enemy that is also a bomb.	"Bob-ombs inevitably blow up after enough time passes, taking down anything in the vicinity."

Mario Party Superstars

• Encyclopedia Bio: Explosive creatures that flash just before they burst, giving you precious time to run.

Dr. Mario World

• Stage mode: Increases score by 400/800/1200/1600/2000 points.
• Versus mode: If opponent uses a skill, grants 4%/8%/12%/16%/20% chance skill meter fills instantly.

LEGO Super Mario

• Website description:
  • English:
    Get ready for explosive action when you bump into a Bob-omb! These lively, characterful bombs on legs can blow up at any time, so you better help LEGO® Mario™ defeat them as quickly as possible. Look out for one in the Master Your Adventure Maker Set (71380) and add one to the exciting levels you build.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Tacticam analysis

BOB-OMB
Will seek out the closest opponent and explode in their proximity. Can be dashed, then picked up and thrown - after which they will go kablooey upon impact.
FLIPPABLE Can be held up after being Dashed.
NEUTRAL No strengths or weaknesses
Location(s)
Beacon Beach Pristine Peaks Terra Flora Barrendale Mesa

HP
LVL	Enemy Threat
	All difficulties
All LVLs	1

• Ability
  • Explode
    • Produces an explosion when contact is made with a target or when HP reaches 0.

Memory bio

BOB-OMBS

The Bob-ombs roaming the galaxy are even more dangerous under Cursa's influence, though their modus operandi remains the same - a successful hit will cause one to ignite, while dashing them allows Heroes to pick them up and use them as explosives.