Time Bomb

A Time Bomb is mentioned in Metroid and Super Metroid. The Bombs are extremely devastating in effect, and were rigged to activate their countdowns if Mother Brain was destroyed in Tourian.
After killing Mother Brain, Samus Aran will receive a message that a Time Bomb has been set and that she has 999 time units (in Metroid, with three units representing one second, indicating five and a half minutes) or 3 minutes (in Super Metroid) to escape. In Metroid, she only has to escape Tourian, and the events of Super Metroid confirm that the Time Bomb only destroys Tourian. However, in Super Metroid, she needs to escape to her Starship in Crateria before a more powerful Time Bomb decimates the entirety of planet Zebes. In either instance, failing to escape in time and getting caught in the Time Bomb's explosion will result in an instant Game Over.
In Metroid: Zero Mission, a remake of the original Metroid, a Self-Destruct System is used instead of a Time Bomb.
==Quotes==
;Metroid
:"TIME BOMB SETGET OUT FAST!" (English version)
:"ジゲンバクダン サドウタダチニ ダッシュツ セヨ" (Japanese version)
;Super Metroid
:"TIME BOMB SET!ESCAPE IMMEDIATELY!"
==Gallery==
Time Bomb Japanese.png|The Metroid Time Bomb warning in Japanese.
Time_Bomb_2.png|The time bomb in Super Metroid activates
Category:Armaments
Category:Bombs
Category:Zebes
Category:Tourian
Category:Space Pirate technology