Admiral Bobbery

Admiral Bobbery (usually referred to as simply Bobbery) is Mario's sixth partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is the final required one, as Ms. Mowz is optional. However, it is possible to recruit Ms. Mowz before Bobbery thus making him the seventh partner to join.

''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
A retired Bob-omb sea captain, Admiral Bobbery assists Mario in his quest with his bomb-related attacks and abilities. Outside of battle, he uses the same attack as Bombette from Paper Mario, to explode and blow up cracks. However, unlike his counterpart, he can be thrown onto high ledges to explode. Also, Bombette's main move is a body slam, and blowing up costs FP, though it's her FP standard. But Bobbery's main move is blowing up, and his FP standard is throwing time bombs.

When Mario is about to set sail on Flavio's ship, Flavio realizes that he has no navigator. Pa-Patch suggests that Mario finds Bobbery, the legendary sailor who lives in Rogueport. However, when he finds Bobbery, he says that he does not want to sail any more because his wife, Scarlette, died while he was at sea. Mario needs to talk to Podley to get Scarlette's Letter, which he tells Mario he couldn't bear to give to Bobbery. When Mario gives Bobbery the letter, he agrees to be the navigator on the S.S. Flavion.

However, when the ship sinks and the crew ends up on Keelhaul Key, Bobbery is thought to be dead. But Mario finds him near a tree, battling two Embers. Mario defeats them and Bobbery says he's about to die. He then asks Mario to bring him some Chuckola Cola as his last request.

When Mario brings the Chuckola Cola, his partner realizes that Bobbery was just asleep rather than dead. Mario hits him with his hammer to wake him up. Bobbery then joins Mario's party. At the very end of the adventure, he's sailing the seas with Cortez.

''Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Bobbery appears as a Catch Card won by winning the Duel of 100 in the Sammer's Kingdom. He also makes a very brief appearance during the introduction where he, along with all the other partners from the previous Paper Mario titles are in a photo at Mario's House. Lastly, Francis has a plush toy of Bobbery at his fortress.

Catch Card


Card Type: Rare

Card Description: "It's Admiral Bobbery from the last Paper Mario adventure. This salty dog knew how to blast his enemies broadside!"

How to Obtain the Card: The Duel of 100 in Sammer's Kingdom needs to be completed in order to obtain all Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door partner cards from King Sammer.

Tattle

 * (Rogueport) That's Admiral Bobbery. All the dock workers call him a legendary helmsman. I don't know if that's true, but he definitely seems like the most capable sailor here! I know he's been through a lot, but I'm glad we brought him around, aren't you?
 * (Keelhaul Key) That's Admiral Bobbery. He came with us on the ship, don't you remember? He washed ashore with the rest of us... but he seems hurt. You think he's doing OK?

Trivia

 * The picture to the left could be an early design of Bobbery before his sailor design was made. This "Bobbery" resembles a soldier more than a sailor, and can be found within the game's sprite resources.


 * His house is the locked one next to the Trouble Center.


 * Out of all the partners, Bobbery has the highest HP total.


 * Replenishing Bob-ombs like him (Exploding, then coming back) seem to be slightly hurt after exploding, as after Bobbery attacks, he lands sitting. If the player look fast, for a split second, his eyes are X-ed out. That means "KO'ed".


 * Bobbery speaks with a stereotypical English/British accent, using British sayings like "old bean". On a somewhat related note, Kolorado has a similar accent.


 * Bobbery is the only character who doesn't go to sleep during Luigi's stories.


 * Bobbery's key is the helm of a ship.


 * Bobbery's house is the only house in Rogueport that has a chimney.