Bub-ulb

"You know what makes me happy? When folks see me and smile. That's every flower's dream. Every flower's hope. Every flower's...life."

- Bub-ulb

Bub-ulbs are plant-like creatures found in Paper Mario and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

In Paper Mario, Bub-ulbs give Mario Magical Seeds to plant them in Minh T.'s garden, revealing the way to Flower Fields. There are a total of four Bub-ulbs scattered around the world, which are found in Toad Town, Mt. Rugged, Forever Forest and Lavalava Island's Jade Jungle. These Bub-ulbs, though, are buried underground, and all Mario and his party can see is a flower. Once Mario gets to Flower Fields, he meets several Bub-ulbs, all of which are in the main plaza of Flower Fields, where Wise Wisterwood resides. Bub-ulbs have different flower colors, from yellow to blue and from green to pink. When Mario first arrives, these Bub-ulbs are panicking due to the lack of sunshine in Flower Fields. When Mario restores Flower Fields back to its warm weather, Bub-ulbs personally thank Mario and even sing out of joy.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, two Bub-ulbs reside in Petalburg. One of them, Bub-ulber, gives Mario a Dried Bouquet in exchange for a Hot Dog from the Glitz Pit, after Mario completes his Trouble.

Although no Bub-ulbs appear in Super Paper Mario, Francis owns merchandise that is based on them.

Bub-ulbs have a name structure similar to Bob-ombs.

Notable Bub-ulbs

 * Bub-ulber – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Tattles in Paper Mario

 * the pink Bub-ulb in Toad Town
 * ''It's a flower. I guess that's pretty obvious... It doesn't seem to move like an ordinary flower, though.
 * ''Oh! A Bub-ulb. Talking flowers seem weird... Didn't I hear that Bub-ulbs live in Flower Fields?
 * the blue Bub-ulb in Mt. Rugged
 * ''A flower, I think. But... Do most flowers move like that?
 * ''Oh! A Bub-ulb. I don't know why, but they give out Seeds. Boy, if there are lots of these guys in Flower Fields, it must be a hopping place!
 * the green Bub-ulb in Forever Forest
 * ''It's a flower. I think... It doesn't seem to move like an ordinary flower, though.
 * ''Oh! It's a Bub-ulb. The flower we saw must be the top of his head. He hands out Seeds. I'm willing to bet that these Seeds are really important. Let's plant 'em, Mario.
 * the yellow Bub-ulb in Jade Jungle
 * ''It's a flower, I guess. It doesn't seem to move like an ordinary flower, though.
 * ''Oh! A Bub-ulb. I don't know why it's growing here. It's a very strange flower, don't you think? This Seed... I bet it's something very important. Important to Bub-ulbs, anyway.

Names in other languages
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