Pretty Bomber

Pretty Bomber is a recurring character in the Bomberman series. She is the only female member of the Five Dastardly Bombers as well as the World Bombers. She was originally one of the first main antagonists of the series, but was later revealed to be the formerly-scrapped eldest sister of the original eight Bombermen.
In Super Bomberman R, she goes by her alter-ego Karaoke Bomber (Sexy Bomber in Japanese), not to be confused with Karaoke-Bomber. She is also called Cute Pink in the English releases of the Bomberman Land series, not to be confused with Pink Bomber.
==Biography==
At some point in the past, she was involved in a plot on the planet Phantarion in which the Five Dastardly Bombers fought against the world's army and severely wounded Max before being forced back.
===Super Bomberman 2===
In Super Bomberman 2, she and the other Dastardly Bombers captured the original Bomberman, but he broke free on their ship. Pretty Bomber appeared as the third boss of the third world, utilizing heart bombs. In her boss machine, she did not openly attack Bomberman unless he broke the hearts that her machine created. She was defeated, and fell to Earth alongside the wreckage of her ship.
===Bomberman: Panic Bomber===
In the PC Engine version of Bomberman: Panic Bomber, Pretty Bomber returned as one of the four last opponents and is the lone female. She was guarding the Floating Castle and she is the last opponent fought just before facing Mad Scientist.
===Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W===
She also reappeared in Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W as a wandering combatant. Believing herself to be the sole survivor of the Dastardly Bombers, she interrupted Bomberman's fight with the World Bombers in order to challenge him and avenge her comrades.Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W manual, pg. 22
===Super Bomberman 3===
She returned in Super Bomberman 3, revived by Professor Bagura, her master. Pretty Bomber controlled Deep Sea in the Bomber Nebula and guarded the blue Mother Computer Chip. She later returned to battle in the combined mecha at the end of the game, but was bested again and left inside the exploding Battleship. She was also a playable World Bomber in Battle Mode (representing France).
===Panic Bomber (VB)===
In Panic Bomber for the Virtual Boy, Pretty Bomber is after the Gold Bomber statue, and appears as the true final boss of the game. She attacks Bomberman at Doom Castle after he has defeated Count Dracu-Boom in battle (he must be defeated twice in 3 rounds without losing) and gained access to the artifact. She is called "Ms. Flashy" in the North American version of the game.
===Bomberman GB 2===
In Bomberman GB 2, she is a playable character in Battle Mode.
===Bomberman B-Daman===
In Bomberman B-Daman, Pretty Bomber makes a minor appearance, appearing in one of the edges of the screen in the background of one of the worlds.
===Neo Bomberman===
In Neo Bomberman, Pretty Bomber is kidnapped by Bagura for revenge. After being rescued by White Bomberman and Black Bomberman, she flees. 
===Bomberman Fantasy Race===
In Bomberman Fantasy Race, Pretty Bomber also appears as a rival racer against White Bomberman, Black Bomberman, and Bagura.
===Bomberman Party Edition===
In Bomberman Party Edition, she appears as a playable character in Battle Mode, available when Normal Mode is selected.
===Bomberman Land===
In the first Bomberman Land game, she appears as a minor antagonist that engages in mere mischievous acts. Bomberman tracks her down on more than one occasion to reclaim the goods she steals. In subsequent Bomberman Land titles, Pretty Bomber is on friendly terms with Bomberman and appears as one of the main protagonists of the series.
===Bomberman Tournament===
In Bomberman Tournament, Pretty Bomber finally reunites with her old comrades and returns to Phantarion as the second boss, causing water pollution from Pretty Base. She tries to stop Bomberman for the last time, fusing with Pommy Sea to become PrettyBalloon, but is defeated and forced to flee.
===Super Bomberman R===
Before the events of Super Bomberman R, the five ended up as deactivated on Planet Scrapheap. Evil Emperor Buggler (Bagura) revived them to conquer the five planets of the Starry Sky Solar System in his name. The Bomberman Bros. (White and Black along with Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Pink and Aqua) set out to stop the expansion of the Buggler Army's intergalactic conquest and liberate the invaded planets.
Pretty Bomber, as Karaoke Bomber, is encountered on World 4: Planet Lalaland. She teases and flirts with Black when he refuses to fight a girl, but Pink interjects when Black starts turning red. Believing herself to be an interstellar star, Karaoke Bomber initiates her on-foot battle. After being blown clear, she utilizes her robot, Elegant Dream. Afterwards, Karaoke Bomber swears revenge and retreats, dropping a familiar heart-shaped pendant. Pink recognizes it as the same one she gave to their scrapped eldest sister, who had a fatal accident before all of them were built -- revealing that she is in fact Pretty Bomber, the missing ninth member of the Bomberman Bros.
Later, Emperor Buggler is chased to an artificial Black Hole which threatens to engulf the solar system and eventually the whole universe. He summons the Five Dastardly Bombers to form Great Gattaida, which is defeated by the Bomberman Bros. As a last resort, Buggler uses his own power to grow into Ultimate Buggler. The Five Dastardly Bombers finally regained their senses after Great Gattaida was destroyed and voluntarily give their strength to the Bomberman Bros., defeating Buggler for now. Afterwards, the formerly Dastardly Bombers peacefully resumed their previous lives, again on good terms with the people of Planet Bomber.
In one of the images of the credits of Super Bomberman R, Pretty and Pink are singing for a huge crowd of fans.
===Super Bomberman R 2===
In Super Bomberman R 2, Pretty Bomber returns (in her Karaoke Bomber alter-ego) as a playable character in the Battle Mode of the game. She is absent during the whole Story Mode of the game, but she, however, makes a minor appearance during the ending credits, where she can be seen along the other Dastardly Bombers and the Bomberman Bros, repairing the damages on Planet Bomber.
===Bomberman Jetters===
She also appears in the Bomberman Jetters anime, where she won the first round in the B-1 Grand Prix, but was not present in the second round.
== Personality==
As a villain, Pretty Bomber is a calculated opponent who relies on her charm to confuse and trap foes."Smarter than she looks, she specializes in setting up calculated but risky ambush attacks. The lone woman of the World Bombers who confuses opponents with her charm." - Super Bomberman 3 manual, pg. 27 She appears as both a member of the Dastardly Bombers' schemes and as a rival to Bomberman in other ventures. In the Land sequels, Pretty Bomber is a fierce and confident competitor, but her sweet and generous side enabled her to befriend Bomberman. In Super Bomberman R, Pretty Bomber is a good singer and even has a song in the game's credits (sung by her Japanese voice actress, and again by her English voice actress) -- but her alter-ego persona, Karaoke Bomber, has horrific singing, which is played to comedic effect during her Elegant Dream boss battle.
==Stats==
In Super Bomberman 2, Pretty Bomber is fought face-to-face. She actively pursues Bomberman unless bombs are nearby, at which point she will focus on hiding from potential explosions until the danger is gone. Her stats are as follows:Super Bomberman 2 Hudson Soft Guidebook, pg. 40
*HP - 3
*Bombs - 3
*Fire - 4
*Speed - Fast
*Weapon - Heart Bomb
==Powers== 
*Heart Bomb - Heart-shaped bombs that hover about randomly, causing chaos. During the mecha battle in Super Bomberman 3, Pretty Bomber's Heart Bombs take on the form of two spinning hearts that shoot across the screen in opposite horizontal directions, constantly exploding.
*Karaoke Bomb (Sexy Bomb in Japanese) - This bomb, introduced in Super Bomberman R, goes off if Bomberman gets too close.
*Pretty Bomber also retains the same general abilities that the other Dastardly Bombers have: Becoming a ball of light and fusing with Karaboms.
==Boss Forms ==
*Mask Change - The sun-shaped robot she uses in Super Bomberman 2.
*Gammebook - Her fighting robot seen in Super Bomberman 3.
*Gattaida - The combined mecha faced at the end of Super Bomberman 3.
*PrettyBalloon - The result of Pretty Bomber fusing with Pommy Sea in Bomberman Tournament.
*Elegant Dream - The giant karaoke-themed robot she uses in Super Bomberman R.
*Great Gattaida - The gigantic combined mecha faced at the end of Super Bomberman R.
==Trivia==
*In Super Bomberman 2, Pretty Bomber's Heart Bombs do not animate. However, there are unused tiles in the game that show a normal pumping animation for her bombs. These probably do not appear in-game because the bombs never intentionally stop moving, so the Heart Bombs always take the form of moving sprites, not stationary tiles.
*After her original death in Super Bomberman 2, there is a moment of silence rather than the usual victory music.
* In Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W, her battle music is of a flamenco style, and she doesn't have a known homeland.
*In Super Bomberman 3, she also appears in the password screen. Entering a wrong password will have her taunt the player, but entering it correctly will reveal Pretty Bomber's face, showing that she looks human. The first time she was pictured without her helmet was actually in materials for the obscure Hi-Ten Chara-Bomb although her features greatly resembled the later character Honey which is also based on her.
**This "helmetless trend" started when Japanese commercials for Super Bomberman 2 had the idol Haruka Sawaguchi portraying her and showed her without her helmet, she was also shown in Mr. B-Bee Bomberman Mini CD appearing as stickers again without helmet along with Haruka (who also did the vocals of the mini-cd) also being dressed as her, deepening the hint and connection that helmetless Pretty Bomber has been based on Haruka.
*In Saturn Bomberman, graffiti of her head and Bomberman's underneath the「相合傘」(ai-ai gasa, or "lovey-dovey umbrella") can be seen in the credits.
*In Saturn Bomberman, Pretty Bomber appears as an unobtainable plush (part of the background) in the Bomber Catcher minigame.
* Until Super Bomberman 3, Pretty Bomber was the only Dastardly Bomber available as a playable character.
**She still is the first member of the Five Dastardly Bombers to be playable, and one of two to be playable before Super Bomberman R. The other one is Golem Bomber.
*In Super Bomberman R, Pretty Bomber can be unlocked by completing all six worlds with a three-star rating and is purchased for 30000 gems. Additionally, after simply finishing Story mode for the first time, Karaoke Bomber and the rest of the Dastardly Bombers can be purchased for 5000 gems each. 
**Alternatively, if the player beats both Great Gattaida and Ultimate Buggler while playing as Plasma Bomber, Pretty Bomber will be purchased for and unlocked with 30000 gems.
* Though not playable, she can be seen in the background of Grand Prix matches in Super Bomberman R Online.
*Pretty Bomber appears as a nonogram picture in Pixel Puzzle Collection.
*There are hints that Pretty Bomber was supposed to be playable in Neo Bomberman, as there are some unused sprite graphics, as well as some battle icons for her in the game.
* A group in Bombergirl is called "Pretty Bombers", which is a reference to Pretty Bomber.
*Pretty Bomber shares some similarities with Cutesy/Diane from the Robopon series, also developed by Hudson Soft.
==Quotes==
“ What's a big, handsome Bomberman like you mumbling like that for? Come on, look me in the eye! ”
—Karaoke Bomber, Super Bomberman R
“ We can save the happy reunion for later! Right now we need to defeat the lowlife that's been controlling us! ”
—Pretty Bomber's reformation in Black Hole, Super Bomberman R
==Gallery==
Pretty Bomber SB2.png|Super Bomberman 2 artwork
Pretty Bomber.png|Super Bomberman 2 artwork
Dibujo.JPG|Hi-Ten Chara-Bomb title screen screen
Mr B bee.PNG|Hi-Ten Chara-Bomb Mr. B.Bee CD cover
Pretty Bomber (helmetless) - Mr. Bee Sticker Artwork 1.png|Mr. B.Bee Sticker artwork
Pretty Bomber (helmetless) - Mr. Bee Sticker Artwork 2.png|Mr. B.Bee Sticker artwork
Pretty Bomber (helmetless) - Mr. Bee Sticker Artwork 3.png|Mr. B.Bee Sticker artwork
Pretty Bomber SBPBW.png|Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W challenge
PrettyBomber Icon.gif|Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W icon
Pretty Bomber 2.png|Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W defeat
SB3 - Pretty Bomber Art 2.png|Super Bomberman 3 artwork
PrettyBomberSB3.jpg|Super Bomberman 3 artwork
PrettyBomberGold.jpg|Pretty in Gold
455234.png|White Bomber and Pretty Bomber in Super Bomberman 3 guide book
Pretty.png|Super Bomberman 3 password screen
Ms. Flashy.png|Panic Bomber challenge
Ms. Flashy 2.png|Boss Fight
Ms. Flashy 3.png|Defeat
Panic Bomber PCE - Ending.png|As seen during the Panic Bomber ending (PCE)
PBVB True End.png|True Ending Scene
Pause BGB.png|Bomberman GB 2 pause screen
B-Daman - World Bombers Cameo.png|Bomberman B-Daman (cameo)
Pretty Bomber - Bomberman B-Daman.jpg|Bomberman B-Daman (cameo)
Prerrybomber.JPG|Pretty Bomber plush in Saturn Bomberman
Story 3 NB.png|Neo Bomberman cutscene
Story 11 NB.png|Continued
Story 16.png|Continued
Pretty Bomber BFR.png|Bomberman Fantasy Race artwork
Pretty bomber.png|Bomberman Party Edition (Player 1)
Pretty bomber victory.png|Bomberman Party Edition victory
Pretty bomber gold.png|Gold Pretty Bomber in Party Edition (bottom right)
Pretty bomber gold hyper bomber.png|Gold Pretty Bomber in Hyper Bomber mini-game
PrettyBomberStoryart.jpg|Bomberman Story manual artwork
Pretty.gif|Pretty Bomber in her kart
Pretty Bomber (Bomberman 64 2001).png|Bomberman 64 (2001)
PrettyBomberAnime.png|Bomberman Jetters anime
AgainstBoomerangMax.png|Pretty Bomber (bottom left) along with others take over the fight against Boomerang Max
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Pretty Bomber.jpg|Bomberman Land Touch! wallpaper
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Pretty Bomber Artwork (Bomberman Land Portable).png|Bomberman Land Portable artwork
Pink 4.jpg|Bomberman Land Wii artwork
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BL Wii - Cute Pink.png|Bomberman Land Wii
BombermanLand Süße Pink.png|Bomberman Land Wii appearance
Pink 2.jpg|Bomberman Land Touch! 2 artwork
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Dibujo.PNG|Bomberman Land Touch! 2 card
12.jpg|Pretty Bomber in Taisen! Bomberman
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Screen Shot 2017-03-24 at 22.26.06.png|Pretty broken out of Buggler's mind control
Screen Shot 2017-03-24 at 22.25.36.png|Pretty reunited with her other siblings
Pretty Bomberman R-0.png|Super Bomberman R artwork
Karaoke.png|Bomberman R Karaoke Bomber full body
PrettyArmor.png|Pretty Bomber Armor in Bomberman 2 DS
IMG 0699.PNG|Super Bomberman R credits image
SBR2 - Karaoke Bomber - 01.jpg|As seen on Super Bomberman R 2 promotional artwork
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IMG 20170506 144301.jpg|Pretty Bomber in a rare manga of Bomberman land Touch 2
PPCBomberman7.png|Pretty Bomber Pixel Puzzle Collection
Pretty Bomber - Neo Unused Sprite.png|Neo Bomberman (Unused Sprite)
File:5433055.jpg|Land Touch! 2
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File:Cute Pink.jpg|Land Wii
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