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[[File:SMB-Hammer Bro Art.png|thumb|150px|A Hammer Brother, as he appears in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]

Hammer Brothers were one of the many recurring ''Super Mario'' enemies introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' More often than not, they are encountered in pairs, hindering the player's progress by tossing claw hammers and jumping up and down one or two rows of [[Brick Block]]s and the ground. While the player can avoid them by running past them while they are jumping, defeating them by any means of attack ([[jump]]s, hitting the block they are standing on from below, [[Shell Toss|kicked shells]], [[fireball]]s, or touching them while rendered invincible by a [[Super Star|Starman]]) would grant the player 1000 points. If a Hammer Brother is onscreen for a certain amount of time without being defeated, it starts to chase after the player.

A total of 20 Hammer Brothers appear in the game: a pair in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 3-1]], two pairs in [[World 5-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-2]], two pairs in [[World 7-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-1]], one in [[World 7-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-4]] that is [[Fake Bowser|disguised as Bowser]], eight in [[World 8-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]], and one in [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]] before the true [[Bowser]].

Hammer Brothers, redesigned with more prominently-yellow skin, black helmets, and black [[Buzzy Beetle]]-like shells, act the same in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', though they hurl mallets as opposed to the claw hammers they wielded in previous appearances (a mere aesthetic difference), they no longer chase after the player after some time, and only defeating them with a [[stomp]] would yield 1000 points, as defeating them with any other attack (hitting the block below them, [[Shell Toss|thrown shells]], [[fireball]]s, tail swipes from [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]] or [[Tanooki Mario]], hammers from [[Hammer Mario]], and contact with players made invincible by a [[Super Star|Starman]]) gives out only 100 points by default, unless the enemy was not one of the first to be defeated by the thrown shell.

In this game, three new species of Hammer Brothers appear: [[Boomerang Bro]]thers, semi-common green-skinned (light blue in artillery levels in the original version) variants the throw boomerangs that can return to them; [[Fire Bro]]thers, rare, red-skinned variants which spit bouncing fireballs like those of [[Fire Mario]]; and [[Sledge Bro]]thers, huge, green-skinned versions of standard Hammer Brothers that can immobilize the player by causing earthquakes whenever they land after a jump. Unlike Hammer Brothers, however, none of these new variants are capable of jumping between rows of [[Brick Blocks|bricks]] and the ground, a skill that remained unique to the main species in most (but not all) of their future appearances.

A total of 19 Hammer Brothers appear in the game, though they are never seen in any actual level except for the first [[World 8-Hand Traps|Hand Trap]] (which features all Hammer Brother species). Instead, they and their variants [[Enemy Course|patrol]] the map screen of every world except [[Pipe Land]] and [[Dark Land]] (which instead have Piranha Plant and Hand-Trap levels, respectively, that serve a similar purpose); touching one there results in a battle with them. Upon defeat, they leave behind a treasure chest that yields an item. Hammer Brothers are encountered in the following worlds and can reward one of the following items:

 

*'''[[Grass Land]]:''' [[Super Star|Starman]]

*'''[[Water Land]]:''' Hammer, Starman

*'''[[Sky Land]]:''' Starman, P-Wing, Music Box

*'''[[Ice Land]]:''' Hammer, Lakitu's Cloud, Starman

In the [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Game Boy Advance version]], three more Hammer Brothers appear in [[World-e]]. In [[Bowser's Last Stand]], the player can enter one of three doors, each leading to a tweaked version of the [[World 8-Hand Traps|Hand Traps]], with the first door leading to a room with all the Hammer Brother variants, including a pair of Hammer Brothers encountered after the section's first Boomerang Brother, stationed by two rows of eight bricks and an [[Advance Coin]]. A single Hammer Brother can also be found at the beginning of the second section of [[Koopaling Confusion]], stationed by two wooden platforms under the level's third [[Advance Coin]].

Hammer Bros. appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', along with [[Boomerang Bro]]s., [[Fire Bro]]s., [[Sledge Bro]]s., and a new variation called [[Ice Bro]]s. that throw [[Ice Ball]]s to first damage, then freeze, the player. Only four Hammer Bros. are seen (thus making them the rarest type of Hammer Bro in the game), with two separate individuals and one pair encountered in [[World 1-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1-3]]. [[Yoshi]] cannot eat Hammer Bros. (or any of their other variants), though he can catch their hammers with his tongue and spit them back at them, defeating them and causing them to release coins.

Hammer Bros. return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', having the same role as they did in previous games. Like every other enemy that is affected by the [[Gold Ring]], Hammer Bros. become [[Gold Bro|gold]] and throw three [[Coin]]s each time instead of hammers while under the effect. Like in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', they appear in only one level during the adventure story, [[World 2-2 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2-2]], which features just three of them.

 

A total of 24 Hammer Bros. also appear in DLC courses. Four are featured in the [[Third Course (Coin Challenge Pack A)|third course]] of Challenge Pack A, one in the beginning of the [[Second Course (Coin Challenge Pack B)|second course]] of Coin Challenge Pack B, 15 in the [[First Course (Mystery Adventures Pack)|first course]] of the Mystery Adventures Pack, and four in the final section of the [[First Course (Impossible Pack)|first course]] of the Impossible Pack.

Hammer Bros. return along with their variants from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. Much like the [[Fire Bro]]thers of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', only three of them appear in the entire game, with all three individuals appearing in a single level early in the game (as is the case in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''), [[Rise of the Piranha Plants]], separated rather than being paired up. However, Hammer Brothers do make further appearances in two [[Coin Courses]] in {{world-link|coin|1|World Coin-1 (New Super Mario Bros. U)}} and {{world-link|coin|2|World Coin-2 (New Super Mario Bros. U)}}, and also appear in several challenges. The same number of Hammer Bros. also appear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', with two separate individuals in [[Piranha Gardens]] (the game's equivalent of [[Rise of the Piranha Plants]]) and another stationed near the end of [[All Aboard!]], an airship level which features every type of Hammer Bro, like the first Hand Trap of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.

In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]], Hammer Bros are slightly different, with hammers made entirely of wood and bodies that are significantly larger than typical depictions. While they are updated to strongly resemble their modern design in the remake, they retain design elements from the original such as the black coloring of their shells and helmets, as well as the wooden hammers they wield.

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|ChiS=铁锤兄弟

|ChiS2=锤子兄弟<small> (before ''Super Mario Party'')</small>

|ChiS2R=Chuízi Xiōngdì

|ChiS2M=Hammer Brother

|ChiT=鐵鎚兄弟

|ChiTR=Tiěchuí Xiōngdì

|ChiTM=Iron Hammer Brother

|Fre=Frère Marto

|FreM=Brother + a familiar spelling of ''marteau'' ("hammer")

|Fre2=Frère Marteau <small>(occasionally)</small>

|Fre2M=Hammer Brother

|Ita=Fratelli Hammer<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' Italian instruction booklet|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Italian instruction booklet|page=16}}</ref>

|Ita2=Fratello Martello<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Italian instruction booklet|page=23}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' European instruction booklet|page=109-110}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=[[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii trading cards|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' - Album ufficiale]]|page=8}}</ref>

|Ita3=Hammer Brother<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Italian instruciton booklet|page=23, 41}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' European instruction booklet|page=116}}</ref>

|Ita4=Martelkoopa

|Ita4M=Portmanteau of ''martello'' ("hammer") and "Koopa"

|PorE=Mano Martelo

|PorE2=Irmão Hammer <small>(''New Super Mario Bros.'')</small>

|PorE2M=Hammer brother

|SpaA=Hermano Martillo

|SpaAM=Hammer Brother

|SpaA2=Hammer Bro <small>(2007-2008)</small>

|SpaE=Hermano Martillo

|SpaEM=Hammer Brother

|SweM=''Bröderna'' means "The Brothers", ''Yx'' is a shortened form of ''Yxa'' which means "axe", and ''Joe'' is a term analogous to the British word "chap" which refers to a friend.

|Fre=FrR Marto L33T <small>(SMS language) (dialogue)</small>

|FreM=From ''Frère Marto'' ("Hammer Bro") and ''L33T''. The "R" in ''FrR'' can be pronounced like ''ère'' in ''frère''

|Fre2=Frères Marto <small>(target marker)</small>

|Fre2M=Hammer Bros.

|Ita=MAR73LKOOPA <small>(dialogue)</small>

|ItaM=1337 speak adaption of the Italian name for Hammer Bros, ''Martelkoopa''

|Ita2=Martelkoopa <small>(target marker)</small>

|Ita2M=Hammer Bro

|Ger=Hammer Brüdern <small>(dialogue)</small>

|GerM=Hammer Brothers

|Ger2=Hammer-Bruder <small>(target marker)</small>

|Ger2M=Hammer Brother