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.

Strategy
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. As Bee Mario, Mario must climb one of the dandelion stalks or attach himself to the honeycomb walls on the center tree. This will gain him enough height to Ground Pound Bugaboom on the back. Three direct hits will result in the demise of Bugaboom, and a Power Star will appear. After each hit, Bugaboom moves more quickly, attacks more frequently, and turns on its side more often.

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.