Lava Bubble



Podoboos are living fireballs that emerge from lava. They mainly appear in the Mario platformers but occasionally appear in the Mario Party sub-series.

They have sub-species in the Paper Mario Series as Lava Bubbles, Embers, and Phantom Embers.

Super Mario World
In this game, the Podoboos would jump out of the lava trying to hurt Mario or Luigi. Some of them moved diagonally bouncing off the walls. In the battle with Bowser, his Koopa Clown Car would shoot down Podoboo's with faces from off screen.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Two kinds of Podoboos were in the game, one was the standard one that jumped out of lava pits, the other one was a floating fireball with eyes. The floating one could not be eaten, but the jumping one could, and gave Yoshi fire-spitting power.

Mario Party
In this game, one of the mini-games requires contestants to Jump over a rope made up of many Podoboos. Contestants must jump over the flaming rope twenty times. If one fails to do so, he or she loses fifteen coins, and five coins go to everyone else. However, if all complete it successfully, everyone gets ten coins.

Mario Party 2
The Podoboo-rope jumping mini-game returns in Mario Party 2. This time, contestants start by jumping over slow, blue Podoboos five times. After five jumps, the Podoboos turn orange and move faster. The rope keeps twirling until only one contestant remains. The winning contestant gains ten coins.

Other Mario Party games
In other Mario Party games, they are Orbs.

Other Fire-Like Creatures

 * Hot Foot - Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Fire Snake - Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Fire Elemental Ghost - Luigi's Mansion
 * Lava Ghost - Yoshi's Story