Bugaboom

Bugaboom is a boss that appears in Super Mario Galaxy. This boss is found in the Honeyhive Galaxy and is the leader of the Mandibug clan that infested the Honeyhive Kingdom.

Appearance
Bugaboom is a huge green Mandibug, with six legs and eyes that have a demented look to them. Unlike most Mandibugs, its body is flat instead of rounded. It will attempt to consume the player with its retractible mandibles, but after attacking it once it will reveal its wings and fly rapidly around his planet and it will drop explosives from the underside of its body. Bugaboom can be best described as a beetle with one solid shell thats green and has a marking of a blast on the middle of the shell. The mandibles look much like a ant's pincher. Bugaboom's eyes look starngely hypnotic meaning it may not have been the one who planned the Mandibug attack and just may have been hypnotized into assaulting Mario, however, this just may mean that Bugaboom is simply demented.

Strategy
This battle practices Mario's use of the ground pound. The planet on which Mario fights Bugaboom has several dandelion stalks, a Bee Mushroom, and some water. The planet also has a Black Hole under it. To defeat Bugaboom, Mario must Ground Pound it's back three times. The first time Bugaboom will charge at Mario when it sees him and Mario must jump and/or fly over its back then ground pound. The second time, Bugaboom rises into the air and flies and Mario must either fly or use a dandelion stalk. The third time, Bugaboom will turn red and go on its side while flying along so that Mario will not be able to jump on. The player must hit it while it is not on its side. In the third round, it will also fire bombs out of its stomach.

Trivia

 * The name Bugaboom is a pun on the word Bug-a-boo, which is a term for monsters, generally minor children's book monsters.
 * Bugaboom shares his boss music with King Kaliente and Topmaniac.