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'''Boomerang Bros.''' are variants of [[Hammer Bro]]s. that specialize in the use of boomerangs for weapons. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where their name is formatted '''Boomerang Brothers'''.<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=41|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|language=en-us|date=1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''NES Game Atlas'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=48|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=Spring 1991|language=en-us}}</ref> Instead of throwing [[Hammer]]s like the Hammer Bros., Boomerang Bros. use [[Boomerang]]s that move back and forth to them. They are not as commonly found in the ''Super Mario'' franchise as their Hammer Brother relatives. The physical appearance of Boomerang Bros. has changed throughout the series. Early artwork depicts them identically to Hammer Bros. of that era, with orange skin along with black shells and helmets. The Boomerang Bros. in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' appear to be based on this coloration. In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and its remakes, they have green skin and striped underbellies. ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' started the trend of depicting Boomerang Bros. with yellow skin and blue shells and helmets. Most games since have retained this depiction.

Aside from these levels, a pair of Boomerang Brothers serve as the bosses of [[Treasure Ship]]s, special coin-filled airships that are summoned whenever the player fulfills certain conditions. In the [[Family Computer]] and {{wp|Western world|Western}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] releases, the Boomerang Brothers present in Treasure Ships and {{world-link|8|tank3|World 8-Big Tanks}} are sky blue as opposed to their usual green skin, due to the space in the data most commonly occupied by green palettes being replaced by a sky blue palette in artillery levels.<ref>[https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/supermariobros3/sheet/25685/ Discussion on The Spriters Resource]</ref> Futhermore, Boomerang Brothers are represented by the same map icon as Hammer Brothers. In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Boomerang Brothers have their own map icons.

A total of nine Boomerang Brothers appear in [[World-e]]. One Boomerang Brother by the end of [[Slidin' the Slopes]] uses special blue [[boomerang]]s. When defeated, all of its boomerangs that are currently flying will drop to the ground, allowing the player to pick one up and use it for the rest of the level (provided that they catch it whenever it returns to them; otherwise, the boomerang will be lost). Two more appear in a Hand Trap-like section of [[Bowser's Last Stand]] (with the second one throwing blue boomerangs), another two in the first section of [[Koopaling Confusion]], a pair inside of [[Bowser's Airship 1]], and the last two inside [[Bowser's Airship 2]] (with the first one throwing blue boomerangs).