Bob-omb



Walking, talking bombs. Some of these enemies have wind-up keys and some don't. Their appearance, intellegence, and ally/enemy status differs wildly from game-to-game (for example, in Super Mario Bros. 3 they were mindless explosives, in Paper Mario and Paper Mario 2 they were sentient and civilized).A Bob-omb is a living bomb character or item, featured in Nintendo's Mario series of video games. In some games they will follow the player until they explode, while in others games they stand still while exploding. Bob-omb are mostly black, though in some games they flash red when about to explode. In the Mario Kart series the Bob-omb is used as an exploding projectile weapon that you launch at enemies from a distance.

Appearances
The Bob-omb was first introduced in Super Mario Bros. 2, where its general habits (walk around for a while, then explode) were made clear. Some were also hidden in the ground and would explode roughly 2 seconds after pulled up by the player. However, SMB2 was the only game where Bob-ombs had arms. Bob-omb was the only enemy from Super Mario Bros. 2 to be featured in Super Mario Bros. 3, which, upon its late 1980s release, largely adopted the look, feel, and enemies of the original Super Mario Bros..In Super Mario Bros. 3, the Bob-ombs had the addition of small wind-up keys on their backs â€” if the key was attacked, they would explode after a few seconds; otherwise, they would peacefully wander back and forth. Like Koopa Troopas, they could also be carried and tossed when knocked out. In later worlds, cannons on tanks and ships continuously spawned them in great quantities. Bob-ombs later were the subject of many minigames in the Mario Party series. Also, Bob-ombs and their more powerful counterparts, Rob-ombs, appeared in Super Mario RPG. In Super Mario 64, the pink Bob-omb Buddies were introduced. They were friendly with Mario, and at war with the normal black Bob-ombs and the pink bob-ombs are allies to mario. The black Bob-ombs either tried to chase Mario down and explode if they saw him, or they manned cannons and shot water blasts at him. In the game Bob-ombs can be picked up and thrown, but they'll explode if Mario holds them for too long. One of the game's boss characters was the Big Bob-omb, sporting a golden crown and an enormous mustache. He only appeared once in Super Mario 64, but twice in Super Mario 64 for the DS.

A Bob-omb from Super Mario 64.In Paper Mario, a pink Bob-omb named Bombette joined Mario and assisted him by blowing up cracks in walls. The sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, also featured a Bob-omb partner, named Admiral Bobbery. The other Bob-ombs helped Mario reach the X-Nauts' moon base by launching him out of a giant cannon. The game also introduced a large enemy Bob-omb known as Bulky Bob-omb (and the more powerful counterpart, Bob-ulk). If not defeated quickly, they would explode and deal a lot of damage (obviously at the expense of their own HP).

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