Bomb (Paper Mario series)

Bomb is an attack that can be used by Bombette in Paper Mario that costs three FP to use. As the player rapidly taps in order to fill an on-screen gauge, Bombette walks up to the frontmost grounded enemy and explodes, damaging the enemy. Her attack can also be used outside of battle to activate switches, or destroy cracked walls.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Admiral Bobbery uses Bomb as his default attack that costs no FP. To perform the move in this game, the player has to hold down and let go when a red light appears on the screen. However, unique to this move, even if the action commands are failed, the game does not consider it so. "Failing" the action command will still result in reduce damage, but it will not decrease Star Power gain or trigger audience dissatisfaction. The Bomb attack will also clear away fog during a battle. A Stylish move can be executed by pressing when Bobbery lands after exploding. Outside of battle Mario tosses Bobbery when using his Bomb technique, so it can activate switches or damage things otherwise out of reach.

Both Bombette and Bobbery can perform this attack as a First Strike, in which case it will automatically perform the action command and will not consume FP. Bobbery's bomb first-strike can ground Parabuzzies and Spiky Parabuzzies, even if they take no damage from the attack.

Both Bomb attacks are imbued with the "explosion" element, allowing them to deal more or less damage to certain enemies.