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{{quote2|What's wrong with you dodos? You WANT to get hit with my [[boomerang]]?|Boomerang Bro|[[Mario Super Sluggers]]}}

==History==

===''Super Mario'' series===

In their debut appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Boomerang Brothers are green-skinned (sky blue in [[Treasure Ship]]s and {{world-link|8|tank3|World 8-Big Tanks}}) Hammer Brothers that throw multiple boomerangs that return to them. As with every other Hammer Brother variant, they face the player as they move back and forth in a small area, occasionally jumping and attacking with one or two projectiles at a time, and defeating them via [[stomp]]ing yields 1000 points, while 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. While they usually retrieve the boomerangs they throw, there are certain circumstances where they do not; namely, if the Boomerang Brother is eliminated before they can make contact with their boomerangs, if they jump over their own returning boomerangs, or if they throw their boomerang while jumping, causing it to fly over their heads upon its return (unless they jump and catch it at the last second); in these cases, the boomerangs continue traveling forward while onscreen, never looping back again.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Boomerang Bros. appear as rare enemies, although they are one of the most common species of Hammer Bros. in the game. Only one appears in [[World 2-5 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-5]], two appear in [[World 7-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-3]], and two appear in [[World 8-7 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-7]]. Boomerang Bros. retain their usual patterns, attacking Mario or Luigi by throwing boomerangs at them.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====

Boomerang Bros. return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', acting and appearing in much the same way as in the previous game. However, they are extremely rare, with only two of them appearing in [[World 2-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 2-1]]. While their boomerangs are usually immune to damage, in this game, it is revealed that throwing a [[Ice Flower|frozen]] enemy at a boomerang will knock the weapon down. Also, unlike in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', uncaught boomerangs would only travel twice as far as they did before they looped back; once they cover that distance, they gradually lose lift, tumbling downwards off the stage.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====

Boomerang Bros. make their first 3D ''Super Mario'' appearance in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They first appear at [[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker]], and like the Hammer Bros., mostly appear in Bowser and Bowser Jr. galaxies. Three of them also appear at the end of the [[Grandmaster Galaxy]], where they have to be defeated to get the Power Star in [[The Ultimate Test|the first mission]] and the final [[Launch Star]] in [[The Perfect Run|the second mission]].

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====

Boomerang Bros. return once again in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|port]], working as they did in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. They appear primarily in [[Beep Block Skyway]], [[Fire Bros. Hideout 3|Fire Bros. Hideout #3]], and [[Bowser's Lava Lake Keep]].  

In ''Bowser's Fury'', cat variations which behave the same way as regular Boomerang Bros. are found in [[Pounce Bounce Isle]].

===''Super Mario Momotarō''===

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====''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''====

[[File:BoomerangTroopas.jpg|thumb|left|Boomerang-wielding Koopa Troopas from the episode "Crocodile Mario" in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====

Boomerang Bros. return in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', with origami Boomerang Bros. appearing as enemies. They appear in the [[Sea Tower]] and [[Origami Castle]]. When engaged in battle, Boomerang Bros either attack by throwing boomerangs as they usually do, or they perform Super Bro Throw, which involves lifting another enemy and throwing it at Mario, which defeats the thrown enemy. Much like [[Fire Bro]]s and [[Ice Bro]]s, Boomerang Bros also have their own unique variant of the move, Bro-merang, which is the same as Super Bro Throw except for the fact that the thrown enemy hits Mario for a second time like a boomerang, making it the only Bro Throw variant that deals two hits.

===''Mario Baseball'' series===

Boomerang Bro is a playable character in both games of the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]]: ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. In both games, it is an alternate color scheme for the playable Hammer Bro, like with Fire Bro, and it wields a large boomerang in place of a baseball bat, similarly to how Hammer Bro wields a hammer instead of a bat. Boomerang Bro is a power-type player, so he can easily obtain home runs. In ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and beyond (excluding ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''), Boomerang Brothers wear a blue helmet and a blue shell, similarly to blue-shelled Koopa Troopas. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', Boomerang Bro has average pitching and fielding abilities, and his batting is tied with Hammer Bro, though inferior to [[Fire Bro]]'s.

===''Mario Golf'' series===

In ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', "Boomerang Bro" is one of the names that can appear on the tournament scoreboard. The first time a Boomerang Bro physically appears in the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]] is ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', where one appears on [[Bonny Greens]] in front of the clubhouse as the head coach. He gives the player a [[Golfwatch]], then he is then seen at the [[Rookie Course]] for the rest of the game.

Boomerang Bros. are virtually identical to Hammer Bros. in appearance, featuring the same colored skin, belly plate, nose, and eyes, though with differences, such as wearing dark blue helmets, shoes, and shells. In comparison to Hammer Bros., Boomerang Bros. have maintained consistent designs more often. Official artwork of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' depicted Boomerang Brother with somewhat darker yellow skin than in recent games, while his shoes, shell, and helmet are black. In-game, they are depicted with light green (occasionally blue) skin and white belly plates instead, likely due to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]'s technical limitations; however, all other aspects of their design are faithful to their artwork. Boomerang Brothers' sprites in ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' depict them with darker green skin, as well as tanned belly plates. ''Yoshi's Safari'' depicts Boomerang Bros. with off-white belly plates, green helmets, and shells, darker yellow skin, and no shoes, while also being very large, in the vein of both Hammer Bros. and Sledge Bros.

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