#king bob-omb

[weirdmarioenemies]

Is King Bob-omb a robot?

Is he? Huh?

Recently I have been thinking about the nature of King Bob-omb, because I think it is more interesting than one may think upon first consideration! Yes, he is a big living bomb. But what does this mean for him? Let's discuss!

Bob-ombs

Bob-ombs! They are bombs. Even a dog could look at a Bob-omb and tell you "Rhat's a ralking romb! Hreeheehee!" What do we know about Bob-ombs? Well, they are very clearly artificially created entities. I mean, they're bombs. They're powered by wind-up keys! And they're mass-produced in factories. These are artificial, mechanical creatures. Automatons! The ones in Sunshine are very overtly robotic, and even if those ones are Bowser Junior creations, it may reflect how he views the real ones.

There is a history of sentient, talking Bob-ombs and Bob-omb society, so these are clearly rather advanced automatons. All the more reason for me to confidently declare them to be robots! It's weird to make a living bomb capable of thought and emotion, but as established by Origami King, the ones working for Bowser are intent on making their single blast really make a difference. So I guess making them sapient is ultimately helpful for Evil purposes, if unethical.

King Bob-omb

Now let's consider the King! That guy loves to be considered. He is NOT mass-produced. He does not have a wind-up key. He does not even have a fuse! And of course, he has arms. No Bob-ombs have arms...

...but Chuckyas do! Big, Bob-omb-like, with arms for throwing Marios. King Bob-omb seems like he could be a stronger, more refined model of Chuckya! Chuckyas are absolutely robotic, so this does make a good case for the King being such, as well!

Could a robot have such a magnificent mustache, though? Yes, a robot could. Even standard Bob-ombs are capable of having mustaches, as are creatures made of ice, and also this is a silly cartoon world. So yes, I think a robot could have a mustache.

Mecha King Bob-omb

Now HERE's the thing that got me thinking of this in the first place! Mecha King Bob-omb, from Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope. This is a robotic version of King Bob-omb... hm. This IS obviously a robotic replica based on him, and there's no reason a robot based on another robot couldn't exist, but that WOULD make the "Mecha" title pretty weird! Is the original king mechanical or what? I guess the "Mecha" could also be referring to this version being a pilotable mecha, unlike the real version, which is a Guy. This brings up questions, and answers none!

The Big Dud

Finally, the last possibility of King Bob-omb's origins. If you are aware of the Super Mario 64 Iceberg, you are aware of the Big Dud theory! After Big Bob-omb (as he is known in 64) is defeated, an additional metal ball will be rolling around at the base of the mountain, and a Bob-omb Buddy will declare that the Big Bob-omb is nothing but a big dud now. This has led some to believe that the additional cannonball might be Big Bob-omb himself, made inanimate upon his defeat!

And then THIS gets me thinking about Power Stars. They do weird things to Mario creatures! I think it is likely King Bob-omb could have been created BECAUSE of the Power Star he holds. Maybe he was an ordinary Bob-omb enhanced into a new, regal form by the Star, or maybe he even was an ordinary inanimate metal ball, chosen to be extra resilient compared to his subjects! You know, in 64, he doesn't even explode like a Bob-omb. Is he a FRAUD? (No, he explodes in other games)

Final thoughts

So, after all this analysis, is King Bob-omb a robot or what? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. No one knows. This guy is weird! He can fly with no effort if thrown off the mountain. When killed, he congratulates Mario for killing him and invites him to do it again sometime. If I HAD to come to a conclusion... I would say he is technically robotic, but that's not something the designers/developers actually ever have or had in mind, and is just a result of being a Bob-omb.

I don't mind that there is no concrete answer! I was not expecting there to be! This is Super Mario we're talking about. They're not going to expect us to analyze evidence about characters and come to conclusions. But it is so much fun to do! That's why we do it! Call this guy a robot if you want! Or affirm that he is not if you don't! I don't really care as long as you are nice!

[zieghost]

Super Mario 64 (and 64 DS) bosses, humanized!

From upper left to bottom right: King Bob-omb, Whomp King, Goomboss, Big Bully, Eyerok King Boo, Big Mr. I, Chief Chilly, and Wiggler

[fangirls-other-art]

Here are some other villains for the Mario games :]

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

Hello dear blog owner whose blending blog I have recently found out.

Would you mind blending Blender, the 3d art software?

If Blender is already blended, then maybe King Bob-Omb from the Mario series.

Thank you. Happy blending.

:^]

(blender the software has already been blended, and ill save you the trouble of trying to search for it by giving you the link for it :) )

King Bob-Omb from Super Mario is being blended!!

You cannot save him.

That actually went a lot better than i expe-

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[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

We see King Bob-omb appear in a variety of Mario games, and in many of these games such as Super Mario 64 or the Party games he blows up. Yet he always seems to be around even though in the main world at least Bob-ombs can only blow up once. So I have a hypothesis that similar to the 2 King Boos one but, different with some possible evidence to back it up. So we know Bob-ombs are made in factories, as stated in a previous post. So it's possible the King of the Bob-ombs is made in a factory as well. This could explain why after blowing up he is still around, he's just replaced by another. My evidence for this hypothesis is that in the Mario Party 5 mini game Defuse or Lose we see at least 2 King Bob-ombs that must be protected.

[naimahtaylor]

Here’s a Fanart of King Bob-omb and The King of The Bob-ombs and He Make His Debut in Super Mario 64 and He Wears a Giant Crown with the Red Gems He Has Blue Arms White Gloves a White Mustache White Eyes and Mario Who Found Him Top of the Bob-omb Battefield and Mario Runs Around Him and Picks Up Him and Toss 3 Times and Mario Defeat Him and Give Him a Power Star

[duckapus]

If Mario ever gets a Dynasty Warriors style spinoff Bowser should be the main protagonist, because 1) Leading an army into battle and then tearing through the enemy mooks like tissue paper with his bare claws fits Bowser to a tee in a way that no other Mainline Mario character can properly match, 2) If they don’t want the “Bad Guy” to “Win” he has a somewhat consistent history of being on the side of good during spinoffs 3) Dynasty Warriors games often have a lot of dialogue and whenever Bowser gets to talk he’s hilarious. And of course 4) Since we’d be following the Koopa Troop they’d probably also make some of Bowser’s elite minions playable, which means we’d finally have playable iterations of Kamek and King Bob-omb.

[saikaberry]

[963] 100 Super Mario Characters Challenge Day 21~25

[pembrokewkorgi]

Unscripted Honesty - Super Mario Bros. Movie

In today's installment of Unscripted Honesty, I discuss my feelings on The Super Mario Bros. movie. What I like, what I don't like, the who shebang. https://youtu.be/uGeEt8SvdJk

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[hunter-husky]

version with sound: https://twitter.com/Nanothehedgehog/status/1519242394687840256?s=20&t=_HbVg9ZbF17-oIIY7B_JTg @BeauSquam getting STARCHED Im learning how to animate my pictures, its usually dirty stuff but a little boxing in motion doesnt hurt

[powerploff]

Family cinema trip🍿

AND Happy Bowser Day!✨✨🎉

[crestamorph]

[goofybandit]

A Mario Party!

[lumsparko]

Mario Madness (hold the Mario)

[f1oricide]

2/4 <3

aaaAHHH FINALLY ITS HERE. Introducing King Bob-omb! Mikey🧡 this one honestly took way longer than Leo solely bc there’s just more going one and I had NO CLUE one what background to make for him. King bob-omb doesn’t have a lot of content so finding inspo was so much more difficult, but I digress >:)

Idea created by @gal-with-pastels

Inspired by: @lexiechr and @sweaterrat

[dopethingexpert]

drew the 7 evil kings that collab with Bowser to defeat Mario & Luigi! they dont show up in person that often, but their armies sure do!