Hammer Bro (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)

The L33t Hamm3r Broz. (a.k.a. the Elite Hammer Bros. or simply Hammer Bros.) are a pair of Hammer Bros. from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. They were originally just like any other Hammer Bro. pair, until the evil Shroobs brainwashed them and ordered the two to guard the Vim Factory. They were forced to wear mind-control helmets which the Shroobs use to keep the Hammer Bros. under their control. While under the influence of the helmets, the Hammer Bros. spoke in the internet forum "language" known as 1337-speak (pronounced "leet speak"). (In the Japanese version, they speak completely in katakana as opposed to hiragana.) As such the pair assumed the name the L33t Hamm3r Broz.

''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
When Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi arrived in the Vim Factory, they were instantly confronted by the L33t Hamm3r Broz. After Mario and Luigi were captured by the factory's automated defenses, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi were forced to battle the L33t Hamm3r Broz. In battle, the L33t Hamm3r Broz. have 100 HP and attack by using the Bros. Ball technique. Using his hammer, one Hammer Bro. would smash the other into a ball, then hit ball Hammer Bro. into either Baby Mario or Baby Luigi. To avoid the attack, the babies had to jump over the ball Hammer Bro. as he approached. Sometimes, the Hammer Bro.'s hammer would break, sending the ball Bro. bouncing towards a baby Mario brother. In this case, the baby Bro. should not jump, as the ball Bro. would simply bounce over the babies head.

After one L33t Hamm3r Bro. was defeated, the remaining Bro. was forced to fight by himself. To attack, the sole Hammer Bro. would toss spinning hammers that roll on the ground. To defend against this attack, the baby Mario bros. had to jump over the hammers as they approached. To predetermine the menacing attack, the player had to watch carefully if the Hammer Bro. jumped or not. If it did, it would hit Baby Mario. If it didn't, it would hit Baby Luigi. There will be a bouncy noise when The L33t's about to hit Baby Mario, and the noise that the hammer bros. make when they were talking (prior to the battle) when he's about to hit Baby Luigi. Ultimately, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi worked together and defeated the second L33t Hamm3r Bro.

After defeating the L33t Hamm3r Broz., the Baby Mario brothers destroyed their mind-control helmets, thus returning the Hammer Bros. to their normal state. Free from Shroob influence, the Hammer Bros. began to speak normally again (and even commented on the strange manner of speaking they had just been using). Grateful for being released, the Hammer Bros. gave the Mario babies their Hammers and taught them how to use the weapons in battle (piggybacked or not) and outside battle. Since the adults were sucked up by the machine, they never received hammers, although they could help their past selves do more damage with the hammer.

The L33t Hamm3r Broz. battle is the second boss battle where the baby Mario bros must fight by themselves, after Baby Bowser.

Quotes
Before battle:
 * "AREA RESTRICTED. ALL NOOB INTRUDERS 2 B HAXORED BY US L33T HAMM3R BROZ.!"
 * "Area restricted. All newbie intruders to be hacked by us Elite Hammer Bros.!"


 * "WE R TEH SHROOB ALLIES. WE ROXOR U AND THEN ROFL. THEN U AM CRY."
 * "We are the Shroob's allies. We will rock you, and then roll on the floor laughing. Then you'll cry."


 * "WE RECEIVE ORDERS THRU ANTENNAS ON THESE L33T HELMETS. THEY R HOTNESS."
 * "We receive orders through antennas on these elite helmets. They are popular."


 * "WE MUST OBEY ALL ORDERS. WE LIKE 2 PWN NOOBS 4 TEH MASTER SHROOBZORS."
 * "We must obey all orders. We like to beat up newbies for the master Shroobs."


 * "U = NOOBS. BROZ. = L33T. PREPARE 4 TOTAL PWNAGE. WOOT! WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!"
 * "You are newbies. We are elite. Prepare for total defeat. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"


 * "NOOBZ STILL R NOT PWNED. CONTINUE PWNERSHIP UNTIL ALL NOOBZ R PWNED"
 * "Newbies are still not owned. Continue battling until all newbies are defeated."


 * "TEH ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE. WE R 2 L33T. WE OWNZ JOO."
 * "Escaping is impossible. We are too elite. We will defeat you."


 * "U WILL GET FLATZORED BY R L33T HAMMERS."
 * "You will get flattened by our elite hammers."

Glossary

 * Own, owns, owned, owning, ownage = To be better than someone. The O can also be replaced by a P (e.g. ownage → pwnage)
 * Leet, Leeter, Leetest = Cool; awesome; elite
 * ROFL = "Rolling on (the) floor, laughing"
 * WOOT = Exclamation of excitement, similar to "Yeah!", or "Hi!"
 * N00B = Someone who is not only bad at a game or concept, but also annoying and disliked; this is a common leet-speak insult. Derived from the term newbie.

Trivia

 * One of the attacks used by the L33t Hamm3r Broz. is extremely similar to the Knockback Bros. attack from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.