Editing Bobbery

|image=[[File:PMTTYD NS Admiral Bobbery Artwork.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)

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{{quote|Oh, by Blabberton's beard!|Bobbery|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}

'''Admiral Bobbery''', usually referred to as '''Bobbery''', is an English-accented [[Bob-omb]] who is [[Mario]]'s sixth (or seventh, depending on whether the player has completed [[Ms. Mowz]]'s trouble at this point) partner in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. His wind-up key is the helm of a ship. He is a widower whose wife, a female Bob-omb named [[Scarlette]], died of a mysterious illness prior to the events of the game.

[[File:PMTTYD Admiral Bobbery Sprite.png|thumb|A sprite of Bobbery in the original game]]

Many years prior to the start of the game, Bobbery was infatuated with a [[Bob-omb]] named [[Scarlette]]. He loved her madly and proudly, only matched by his love of the sea. A renowned sailor, Bobbery spent most of his time traveling on the oceans, and Scarlette would patiently await his return.

One particularly icy winter, Scarlette fell ill while Bobbery was out at sea. Her condition rapidly deteriorated, and by the time Bobbery returned, she was dead. Aghast and deeply saddened, Bobbery blamed himself for Scarlette's death, thinking that he could have nursed her back to health had he been there. Tormented by nightmares of Scarlette, Bobbery fell into depression and eventually vowed to never sail again out of guilt for his perceived failure to his beloved.

Unbeknownst to Bobbery, Scarlette gave [[Podley]] an [[Old Letter]] prior to her death, telling him to give it to her beloved. Podley agreed to her last request, but found himself unable to do it when he saw how depressed Bobbery was, implying that he thought the letter would only make Bobbery feel worse. Nonetheless, he tried to help his old friend however he could. When introduced in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 5: The Key to Pirate|Chapter 5]], Bobbery appears to have settled down in [[Rogueport]], drowning his grief in the bar.

In Chapter 5, Mario meets up with Bobbery needing a navigator to get to [[Keelhaul Key]], though he denies his identity. After checking with [[Professor Frankly]], Mario returns to renew his request to the old sailor; he admits that he is Bobbery, but still refuses to help.

Further advice from Professor Frankly sends Mario to [[Podley's Place]]. After hearing Bobbery's depressing tale, Mario receives the Old Letter from Podley, who requests that Mario give it to Bobbery. Upon reading the letter, which contains Scarlette's encouragement for him to embrace his other love of the sea, Bobbery agrees to join Mario.

[[File:PMTTYD BombSquad.png|thumb|Bobbery using Bomb Squad]]

A retired [[Bob-omb]] sea captain, Bobbery assists Mario in his quest with his bomb-related attacks and abilities. Out of all the partners in the game, he has the highest [[Heart Point|HP]] total (with 20 in Initial Rank, 30 in Super Rank, and 40 in Ultra Rank), has the highest attack power, and is the only one who can give himself the [[Payback]] status effect. Despite Bob-omb enemies having defense, Bobbery does not have default defense, unlike [[Koops]]. In battle, Bobbery is also useful for clearing fog by using his Bomb move or by using [[Appeal]]. Outside of battle, he uses the same ability as [[Bombette]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'' to explode and blow up cracks. However, unlike Bombette, he can be thrown onto high ledges to explode and Mario can also hold {{button|gcn|x}} to hold Bobbery in place.

He also proves useful when Mario and co. visit [[Fahr Outpost]] in search of the cannon that can shoot them to the moon, as he helps to improve relations between Mario and the resident Bob-ombs and explains their situation to the mayor. It is during this sequence that Bobbery reveals he once visited the outpost before, though the details of the trip are never given. Despite these hints being given, in the prologue of Chapter 7 when Professor Frankly mentions the only way to reach the [[Moon]] is by using the cannon in Fahr Outpost, Bobbery says, ''"This Fahr Outpost already sounds like it will be a bother to reach,"'' claiming he knows no bounds of its area; this is fixed in the remake, where Bobbery instead says he once saw a cannon during a visit to Fahr Outpost.

After defeating the [[Shadow Queen]], Bobbery joins [[Cortez]] and sails the seas with him.

 

[[Goombella]]'s field [[tattle]]s on Bobbery are viewable after Mario stumbles into Bobbery's house in [[Rogueport]], at Rogueport harbor before taking off to [[Keelhaul Key]] aboard the [[S.S. Flavion]], and again in Keelhaul Key before Bobbery joins Mario's party.

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Admiral 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'' installments are in a photo at the [[Mario Bros.' House]]. Lastly, [[Francis]] has a plush toy of Bobbery at [[Fort Francis|his fortress]]. He along with all of Mario's partners from the first two games were [[list of Super Paper Mario pre-release and unused content|planned]] to appear in this game but were removed for unknown reasons.

===''Super Mario-kun''===

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Bobbery appears during the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' arc of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Unlike in the original game, he is not a widower, as Scarlette is revealed to still be alive.

 

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===

*'''In-game description:''' ''Bobbery is a salty old Bob-omb sailor who was once married to the lovely Scarlette. Press {{button|gcn|X}} to make him take a few steps forward and then explode. His blasts can even flip switches.''

*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Admiral Bobbery is a salty old Bob-omb sailor who was once married to the lovely Scarlette. Press the X Button to pick him up and throw him. After walking a few steps, he'll explode (you can expedite the process by pressing X again).''<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|url=archive.org/details/papermariothethousandyeardoorplayersguide_201909/page/n13/mode/2up|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=October 1, 2004|isbn=1-930206-51-8}}</ref>

**'''Rogueport, Bobbery's house''': ''That's a Bob-omb sailor. The workers at the docks say he’s some kind of legend. I heard he was stubborn, but who knew he’d give us this much trouble? Seriously! It’d be nice if [[Professor Frankly]] could tell us something about him... ''

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===''Super Paper Mario''===

!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]

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

==Gallery==

PMTTYD Bobbery Artwork.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''

PMTTYD Bobbery Joins.png

PMTTYDNS The End.jpg|Bobbery with the rest of the cast in the ending credits parade

Bobbery8bit.jpg|Bobbery's 8-bit sprite appearance in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]

TTYDPartnersHD.png|Photo of the partners from the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''

PMTTYDNS Profile Admiral Bobbery.jpg|Character profile card

PMTTYDNS concept art characters 8.png|Concept artwork

PMTTYDNS concept art Ch5 4.png|Concept artwork for [[Keelhaul Key]]

Bobbery Instagram.jpg|Promotional character introduction

Nintendo Magazine Summer 2024 TTYD Relationship Chart.png|Bobbery on the Nintendo Magazine for summer 2024, showing a relationship chart featuring many characters from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''

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|GerM=Play on ''Bart'' ("beard") and "Bob-omb"

|SpaM=Portmanteau of ''bomb'' and ''Luard'' (a sailor from the song "La balada de Luard el mariner"); also a clipping of ''bombardeo'' ("bombing")

|ItaM=From ''cannone'' ("cannon") and the noun-deriving suffix ''-io''

|Fre=Bombart

|FreM=Pun on ''bombe'' ("bomb") and short for "Bartholomew", or ''bombarder'' ("to bombard")

[[File:Admiral Bobbery TTYD early.png|thumb|An early variant of Bobbery]]

*Graphics for an earlier soldier-like version of Bobbery can be found in the game's code. This version also has respective unused menu graphics.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|url=tcrf.net/Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door/Early_Graphics|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''|publisher=TCRF|accessdate=May 22, 2024}}</ref> In the Nintendo Switch remake, this design is shown in Bobbery's concept art.

*Bobbery is referenced by [[nookipedia:Gulliver|Gulliver]], in ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Leaf|Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]''. If the [[nookipedia:Player|player]] agrees to help him, he occasionally says, ''"I haven't seen such a noble skipper since Bobbery of Rogueport!"''

*In the GameCube version of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bobbery is the only partner that does not fall asleep while [[Luigi]] is telling his stories. This was fixed in the Nintendo Switch remake.<ref>{{cite|quote=In the original version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bobbery is the only partner who does not fall asleep during Luigi's stories, likely due to an oversight. This was fixed in the Switch version, though whether this is an improvement is up to individual interpretation.|author=Supper Mario Broth|url=https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1794378284383473826|title=Supper Mario Broth on X|publisher=X|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>