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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])

{{quote|I'm the Big Bob-omb, lord of all blasting matter, king of ka-booms the world over! How dare [[Mario|you]] scale my [[Bob-omb Battlefield|mountain]]? By what right to do you set foot on my imperial mountaintop? You may have eluded my guards, but you'll never escape my grasp... And you'll never take away my [[Power Star]]. I hereby challenge you, Mario! If you want the star I hold, you must prove yourself in battle. Can you pick me up and hurl me to this royal turf? I think you cannot!|King Bob-omb|Super Mario 64}}

In ''Super Mario 64'', Big Bob-omb, also named '''King Bob-Omb''',<ref>''Nintendo Official Magazine'' (UK) issue 54, pages 21 and 24.</ref> is found at the top of the mountain in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]. [[Mario]] merely has to run around to the back of him, pick him up, and toss him three times. If Mario runs into the Big Bob-omb after tossing him, but before he gets back up, the former will take damage, likely to prevent the player from picking the king back up immediately. After the third throw, the Big Bob-omb will give up the [[Power Star]]. If he is thrown off the mountain or baited into walking off, he accuses Mario of cheating and the battle starts over. After defeating him, the [[Bob-omb Buddy]] at the beginning of the level will express gratitude and note that the Big Bob-omb is now "just a big dud," in other words, defeated.

In the remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Big Bob-omb is fought twice. The first time, he is encountered while playing as [[Yoshi]]. Instead of picking him up, Yoshi has to grab the [[Bob-omb]]s thrown at him with his tongue and spit them back at him before they explode in Yoshi's mouth. Yoshi can also lead a Bob-omb to explode next to him; if playing as one of the other three characters or wearing their caps, the original method from ''Super Mario 64'' can also be used.  After being hit by three Bob-ombs, the Big Bob-omb is defeated. The second time, he can only be defeated by one of the three unlocked heroes using the same strategy as in ''Super Mario 64''. If the first mission is played as Mario, Luigi, or Wario, he says something different for each of them at the start and the end of the battle, relating to their mustaches; in the second mission, he uses identical dialogue for all characters. If the player touches him as he is knocked down, they will take damage. He also received a slight redesign, being given large white gloves and pointed shoes aside from the yellow spheres he had in earlier iterations. He retains this look in every subsequent appearance aside from ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'', which ignores ''Super Mario 64 DS''{{'}}s redesigns in general.

Two King Bob-ombs make an appearance in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' in the [[minigame]] [[Defuse or Lose]], this being the first time King Bob-omb is referred to as such. The players have to defuse wires leading to each by [[Ground Pound]]ing them.

Big Bob-omb makes another appearance in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. He is the leader of the [[Bob-omb Mafia]] which protects [[Shroom City (Mario Party Advance)|Shroom City]], and lives in the basement of [[Mushroom Condo]]. When the player encounters him, he is sitting on a throne with two Bob-ombs next to him. He then challenges the player to the dice game, where the player and Big Bob-omb roll dice blocks, and the one with the higher number three times wins. If the player wins, they get the [[Gaddget]] [[Stress Press]]. The ending states that he retired and moved to the jungle, and [[Bob-omb (Mario Party Advance)|Bob-omb]] becomes his replacement.

Two Big Bob-ombs make a reappearance in the ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' minigame [[You're the Bob-omb]]. One of them blows up when the correct wire is detonated, causing the player who selected it to lose the minigame. Both can also blow up resulting in a tie.

In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', King Bob-omb (Big Bob-omb in the British English version) is the stage boss of [[Bob-omb Factory]]. He appears in the minigame [[Bombard King Bob-omb]], where four players have to throw [[Bob-omb]]s at him. He only attacks back when his health is half depleted and if two or more players choose the same bomb.

King Bob-omb appears in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as a High-End driver. He first appeared as the opponent in the [[Vs. Mega]] challenge of the [[Dry Bones Cup]] in the [[Wild West Tour]], in a similar vein to [[Hammer Bro]] and [[Nabbit]]'s debuts in the [[Baby Rosalina Tour]] and the [[Exploration Tour]], respectively. He uses a brand new item called the [[Giga Bob-omb]] as his special item throughout the race. He became playable in the [[Pirate Tour]], marking his playable debut in the ''Mario Kart'' series and the ''Mario'' series in general. Starting with the [[Rosalina Tour]], King Bob-omb became a regular High-End driver. The [[Ninja Tour]] introduced a gold variant of King Bob-omb with silver eyes and a silver crown, named '''King Bob-omb (Gold)''', which is also classified as a High-End, but utilizes the [[Coin Box]] as his special item.

King Bob-omb appears in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' on a golf course in [[Peach's Castle Grounds]]. Hitting him causes him to get up and flee from the course instead of exploding. In Ring Attack, the golfer must hit a ring that is circling him to complete the hole successfully.

====''Mario Superstar Baseball''====

King Bob-omb is an item in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' in the minigame, [[Bob-omb Derby]]. When a player smacks and get a homerun with him, he causes large fireworks and around 400-500 points for the player.

 

In ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', King Bob-omb is a stage obstacle on the [[Bowser Castle (baseball stadium)|Bowser Castle]] stadium, which he throws [[Bob-omb|Bob-ombs]] down onto the field. He rides a vehicle similar to the [[Koopa Clown Car]]. He can also interfere with the player's hit. Once again, in the minigame Bob-omb Derby, he plays the same role he had in ''Mario Superstar Baseball''.

====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''====

King Bob-omb appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' as a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]].

 

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====

King Bob-omb appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. The fight in order to capture him takes place on [[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]], and features [[Kirby]] with a dark recolor and bright yellow eyes, made to resemble King Bob-omb. He can also be summoned using a [[Shake King]] and [[Bob-omb]] core.

King Bob-omb's boss fight is unique in that it involves a special countdown timer, similar to [[Pi'illodium]]'s boss fight. If King Bob-omb is not defeated within four minutes (three minutes in the Boss Battle Ring), he explodes and deals a lot of damage to potentially cause a [[Game Over|game over]]. If at least one Bro survives the final explosion, the battle ends and the party does not gain any [[Experience Point|EXP]] or coins. He attacks by throwing Bob-ombs at the trio which if stomped on will turn around and damage King Bob-omb, attempting to pick up Mario or Luigi before throwing them at Paper Mario which can be prevented by hammering his hand right as the bro is about to be picked up, or by rallying a large red bomb at Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario in a sequence which is knocked back with the hammer. If the trio successfully counter the red bomb rally, King Bob-omb's timer will be set back by a minute, to King Bob-omb's shock; most likely due to his unbalanced state afterward. All of King Bob-omb's attacks have a high chance to give a Dizzy status if not counter-attacked. Due to the timer in the battle, [[Boo Biscuit]]s cannot be used; due to his crown, he is immune to [[Jump]] attacks and certain [[Bros. Attack]]s, such as [[Rocket Blast]] or the second half of [[Mega Thwonk]].

King Bob-omb appears as an assistant in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'', though unlike most assistants, he is obtained solely through winning battle boxes in the game's versus mode (in a similar vein to [[Banzai Bill]]), where he can be obtained starting from Tier 3 onwards. In stage mode, he grants a chance that two viruses are eliminated when starting a stage, but won't completely eliminate any that requires multiple hits to be eliminated such as floatie viruses. In versus mode, he grants a chance that the doctor's attack sends an extra row of viruses to the opponent's side of the field.

===Physical description===

King Bob-omb has a large, circular, explosive body. The color of his body is black just like in the first games, but is sometimes shown in a dark purple tint like in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. His large eyes and body shape are identical to a Bob-omb's, although he has no visible wind-up keys or fuses (as he wears a large bejeweled crown), and he has a large white mustache. Originally, he was depicted with yellow spheres as hands and smooth shoes, but this was changed to white mittens and pointed shoes and he has retained this appearance from ''Super Mario 64 DS'' onward. His method of attack, which involves throwing his opponents, is like that of [[Chuckya]], an enemy similar in appearance; he is also defeated in a very similar way. In his artwork for ''Mario Party: Star Rush'', King Bob-omb has visible scratches on his body.

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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' trophy====

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!width="10%"|Name

!Image

!American English description

!British English description

|[[File:KingBobOmbTrophy3DS.png|100px]]

|''The Bob-ombs are soldiers, and King Bob-omb is their general. Not only does he have a magnificent mustache, a shiny crown, and no key in his back, he also has two arms perfect for winding up his Bob-omb troops. Someone has to do that, right?''

|''The ruler of all Bob-ombs. What makes him different from his explosive subjects is his size, his moustache and the fact that he has a crown. He also doesn't have a wind-up key on his back. Instead, he's got two arms, which he presumably uses to wind up his subjects...And now you know who does that job!''

|}

 

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit====

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|''Super Mario'' Series

|Primary (1)

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|'''{{color|Attack|red}}'''<br>Throw Power ↑

|Giant [[Kirby]]

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|[[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]]

 

 

 

 

! width=40% | Title

! width=20% | Description

! width=20% | Release Date

! width=20% | System/Format

| ''[[Super Mario 64]]''

| Boss

| Japan:<br>June 23, [[List of games by date#1996|1996]]

| [[Nintendo 64]]

| ''[[Mario Party 2]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| Japan:<br>December 17, [[List of games by date#1999|1999]]

| Nintendo 64

| ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| North America:<br>July 28, [[List of games by date#2003|2003]]

| [[Nintendo GameCube]]

| ''[[Mario Party 5]]''

| Non-Playable Character/Cameo

| North America:<br>November 11, [[List of games by date#2003|2003]]

| Nintendo GameCube

| ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''

| Boss

| North America:<br>November 21, [[List of games by date#2004|2004]]

| [[Nintendo DS]]

| ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| Japan:<br>January 13, [[List of games by date#2005|2005]]

| [[Game Boy Advance]]

| ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| Japan:<br>July 21, [[List of games by date#2005|2005]]

| Nintendo GameCube

| ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''

| Boss

| North America:<br>November 14, [[List of games by date#2005|2005]]

| Nintendo DS

| ''[[Mario Party 8]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| North America:<br>May 29, [[List of games by date#2007|2007]]

| [[Wii]]

| ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| Japan:<br>June 19, [[List of games by date#2008|2008]]

| Wii

| ''[[Mario Party 9]]''

| Boss

| Europe:<br>March 2, [[List of games by date#2012|2012]]

| Wii

| ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| Japan:<br>July 25, [[List of games by date#2013|2013]]

| Arcade

| ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''

| Boss

| North America:<br>November 22, [[List of games by date#2013|2013]]

| [[Nintendo 3DS]]

| ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''

| Name mentioned

| Japan:<br>May 1, [[List of games by date#2014|2014]]

| Nintendo 3DS

| ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''

| Trophy

| Japan:<br>September 13, [[List of games by date#2014|2014]]

| Nintendo 3DS

| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]

| Boss

| Japan:<br>December 3, [[List of games by date#2015|2015]]

| Nintendo 3DS

| ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''

| 3D pixel art in the Super Mario Mash-up world

| Japan:<br>December 17, [[List of games by date#2016|2016]]

| [[Wii U]]

| ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]

| Boss

| Europe:<br>October 7, [[List of games by date#2016|2016]]

| Nintendo 3DS

| ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''

| 3D pixel art in the Super Mario Mash-up world

| North America:<br>May 11, [[List of games by date#2017|2017]]

| [[Nintendo Switch]]

| ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''

| Non-Playable Character

| North America:<br>November 10, [[List of games by date#2017|2017]]

| Nintendo 3DS

| ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]''

| 3D pixel art in the Super Mario Mash-up world

| North America:<br>September 13, [[List of games by date#2017|2017]]

| [[Nintendo 3DS#New Nintendo 3DS/New Nintendo 3DS XL|New Nintendo 3DS]]

| ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''

| Boss

| Worldwide:<br>September 18, [[List of games by date#2020|2020]]

| Nintendo Switch

|Worldwider:<br>June 25, [[List of games by date#2021|2021]]

Sticker King Bob-omb - Mario Party Superstars.png|''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''

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|Ita=Re Bob-omba<br/>Boss Bob-omba

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|Rus=Король Боб-омб

|RusR= Korol' Bob-omb

|RusM= King Bob-omb

|Kor=킹폭탄

|KorR=King Poktan

|KorM=King Bomb

|Por=Rei Bob-bomba

|PorM=King Bob-omb

|ChiS=炸弹国王<br>''Zhàdàn Guówáng''<br>炸弹王 (since ''Super Mario Party'')<br>''Zhàdàn Wáng''

|ChiSM=King Bomb

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|ChiTR=Zhàdàn Wáng

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