Five Dastardly Bombers

The **Five Dastardly Bombers** are a recurring (former) antagonist group who resemble Bombermen. In early English translations, they were also called the **Five Bad Bombers**.

## Story

In *Super Bomberman 2*, the Five Dastardly Bombers appear for the first time to antagonize White Bomberman. They claimed that they were sent by aliens who wanted to take over the universe, and came to Earth so they could "capture the original Bomberman." They were strong enough to defeat Bomberman and put him a prison cell in Magnet Bomber's base, but were defeated one-by-one when he broke loose on their ship. In their defeat, they fell to Earth alongside the wreckage of their ship.

They returned in *Super Bomberman 3*, revived by Professor Bagura, the one who modified them in the first place. Each Dastardly Bomber took control of a planet in the Bomber Nebula, stealing and scattering the shards of the Mother Computer Chips. Again they were bested, this time by the combined efforts of White Bomberman and Black Bomberman. Aboard Bagura's Battleship, they combined into the fighting mecha Gattaida, but were ultimately defeated and left inside the exploding saucer.

In the spin-off Super Famicom game *Bomberman B-Daman*, the four male characters appear as living targets on some of the game boards, while Pretty Bomber appears on the edge of the screen in the background of one of the worlds.

At some point in the past, they were involved in a plot on Phantarion, led by Brain Bomber, in which they fought against the world's army and severely wounded Max. They returned many years later in *Bomberman Tournament* to follow through with the same old plot, but with revised plans based on their previous mistakes - they stole the four medals of Fantasy and sealed the Phantarion army inside Fairy Palace. The plan worked, and they ruled over the planet for about one year until Bomberman came to stop them. They were last seen retreating.

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. Along the way, it is discovered on Planet Lalaland that Pretty Bomber (masquerading as Karaoke Bomber) is in fact the scrapped eldest sister of the family who had suffered an accident before all eight original Bombermen were built.

Plasma Bomber is eventually confronted on Planet Scrapheap, and states that he views organic life-forms as inferior and ungrateful to robotic life-forms, gravely saying that White will one day be tossed aside as discarded junk like him. After he is fought, he attempts to take out White during the confusion but his memory returns in the nick of time, making him realize that he was built and beloved as a protector of mankind. Enraged, Emperor Buggler appears and paralyses Plasma Bomber. It is revealed that the reason the Five Dastardly Bombers were so dastardly was because they were forcibly under Buggler's control all along.

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 Team Harmony’s Adventures Series/Chronicles

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### In Amanda Johnson’s Adventures Adventures Series/Chronicles

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### In Starable and Amanda’s Adventures Series/Chronicles

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### In The Newgrounds’ Adventures Series/Chronicles

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## Traits

The Five Dastardly Bombers are cyborgs, given the ability to plant bombs like Bomberman. They have several similar characteristics:

* Each Dastardly Bomber has his or her own unique bomb.
* They all wear rounded helmets with chins and golden emblems on their foreheads.
* Starting in *Super Bomberman 3*, they all have the ability to become light comets in order to escape defeat.
* Starting in *Bomberman Tournament*, they all have the ability to "fuse" with Karabons to become large boss monsters.

### Fanon

* Each of the members have different colors of blood/oil (Magnet has cyan, Golem has Orange, Phantom and Hacker have indigo, Pretty/Karaoke has the same as the Bomberman Bros, Demon has magenta/lime and Plasma has lime)
* In Team Harmony's Adventures Series/Chronicles,
	+ Plasma
	+ Pretty/Karaoke, being Plasma's rival-turned love interest,
	+ Phantom
	+ Golem
	+ Magnet
	+ Hacker
* In Amanda Johnson's Adventures Series/Chronicles, each member has their own backstory (whether tragic or not) before this group itself is reunited
	+ Plasma was turned into a Reaper by Koku Johnson due to
	+ Pretty/Karaoke, being Plasma's rival-turned love interest, as well as being turned to an angel by Alana Johnson ???
	+ Phantom
	+ Golem
	+ Magnet
	+ Demon, who was a long-lost brother of Plasma
* As contrast to the angel alignment of Alana's, they are the ???
* Different Elementals
	+ Magnet Bomber
	+ Golem Bomber
	+ Phantom Bomber
	+ Pretty/Karaoke Bomber:
	+ Plasma Bomber: Electrokinesis
	+ Hacker
	+ Demon Bomber
* Their disguise names/human names
	+ Pretty/Karaoke Bomber: ??? Pretty/
	+ Demon Bomber: ??? Demon
* In Smile at Despair in the Name of Hope (AJAoDR:3:DA) and Goodbye, Hope's Peak High School (AJAoDR:3:DA), being the Remnants of Despair members, each member conquers/took control in one location:
	+ Plasma conquered the cemetery, overrunning the entire town with the undead
	+ Phantom and Golem took control of the airship fleet
	+ Pretty/Karaoke, along with her sisters, took over the concert
	+ Magnet joins with Top, Mermaid and Ring on conquering the sea and pillaging treasures
	+ Demon
* Upon being angelified in THAOPASWG, AJAOPASWG, NAOPASWG, SAAAOPASWG
	+ Magnet Bomber: ??? (from his magnets)
	+ Golem Bomber: ??? (from his)
	+ Brain Bomber: ??? (from his cloak)
	+ Pretty Bomber: ??? (from her microphone)
	+ Plasma Bomber: ??? (from his pickaxe (THAS/THAC/NAS/NAC)/cape (AJAS/AJAC))
	+ Hacker: ???
	+ Demon: ??? (from her ???)
* Debuts in Adventures of Pretty Cure including their cure selves (THAS/NAS/AJAS/saaas)
	+ Pretty Bomber: AJAOSPC
	+ Plasma Bomber:
	+ Hacker: NAOHuPC
	+ Demon Bomber
	+ All members: NAOHuPC

## Nicknames

* Redeemed Bomber Robot Masters (by River, Hunter, Spectra and Skid)
* ??? (by Spade Bat and Draco Bat)
* Redeemed Combatant Robots
* ??? (Saban)
* Five Nicest Bombers (By the Buggler Army)
* Five Redeemed Bombers (by ???, ???, ??? and ???)
* ??? (by Jayden, Tord Larsson and Junko Enoshima)
* ??? (By Blackable)
* Childish traitors (By Monaca Towa)

## Members

* Plasma Bomber (Leader)
* Phantom Bomber (Co-Leader)
* Magnet Bomber
* Golem Bomber
* Karaoke Bomber (Pretty Bomber)

### Other Dastardly Bombers/OCs

#### Nexaverse

* Hacker Bomber (OC)
* Feral Bomber (Starable)
* ??? (Bomberman-themed Reploid)
* Destructifox Bomber (Imagifox Bomber's Dastardly Bomber Form)
* Water Dragon Bomber
* Wildcat Bomber
* Basset Hound Bomber

#### Amanda

* Demon Bomber (Amanda johnson)
* Virus Bomber (Game Buddy)

## TV Tropes

### In Canon

* Ball of Light Transformation: All have demonstrated this ability in Super Bomberman 3 and Bomberman Tournament.
* Brainwashed and Crazy: In Super Bomberman R, it's revealed the reason they're so, well, dastardly is because Buggler had complete control over them.
* Evil Knockoff: Buggler modified them based on Bomberman. The whole plot of Super Bomberman 2 was for them to kidnap the original Bomberman.
* Fusion Dance:
	+ Everyone except Brain Bomber in Bomberman Tournament does this with a Charabom (against its will).
	+ In Super Bomberman 3 and Super Bomberman R, all five members do this to create a giant mecha for Buggler.
* Heel–Face Turn: In R, the entire gang does this in the final world after the defeat of Great Gattaida.
* One Steve Limit: Their Japanese name, Kyoaku Bomber 5 Ninshuu (Dastardly Bomber 5), is similar to the criminals of Super Bomberman 5, the 8 Kyoaku Bombers.
* The Psycho Rangers: To the Bomberman Bros. in Super Bomberman R.
* Quirky Mini Boss Squad: The earliest example in the series. And easily the most notable/recurring.
* Throw Down the Bomblet: Each has a specially-designed bomb, though they don't use them in every appearance.
* Unlockable Content: After beating Super R's Story Mode, they can be purchased from the store.

### In Starable’s Projects/Nova's Adventures Series/Chronicles

* The Atoner:
* Ball of Light Transformation: First seen in ??? (MHA) with Hunter, Amanda and Robert being surprised became surprised that didn't know they can do that
* Beauty, Brains and Brawn: Pretty is the Beauty of the group, Hacker, Phantom and Plasma are brains, and Magnet and Golem are the Brawns
	+ Magnet
	+ Golem
	+ Phantom
	+ Pretty
	+ Plasma
* Ironic Nickname: They are called as kids, though this is ironic, since their age is actually pre-teen/teen/adult age.
	+ Magnet Bomber is 17 Years Old
	+ Golem Bomber is 25 Years Old
	+ Phantom Bomber is 22 Years Old
	+ Pretty/Karaoke Bomber is 19 Years Old
	+ Plasma Bomber is 22 Years Old (older by two months then Phantom)
	+ Hacker Bomber is 20 Years Old
* Leitmotif: In White Bomber (Mega Man) AU, theirs and Darnell's boss battle theme is "Debate Scrum" from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
	+ In White Bomber: Powered Up, theirs, Darnell, Hacker Bomber and Green Bomber's boss battle theme has "Warriors of Hope" from Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls.
* Mass "Oh Crap": Their reaction in Cruelbow (MHA), when Jayden realizes that they're the ones who killed the villains (as seen in the photo are Monokid, Monodam, King Knight, Mustache Girl, Tinker Knight, Kageki) during the villains abuse
		- ???
	+ In AUs:
* True Companions: They always have each other. Nova's Adventures Series/Chronicles, to be more specific, has each Dastardly Bomber to bond other members of TANSoH
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	+ ???
	+ ???
* Two Girls to a Team: You thought Pretty Bomber is only female of the team? Well, then there's Hacker Bomber now.
* Weapon of Choice: Besides Hacker, from the usage of Demon Miraculous power, Demonification, each Dastardly Bomber had different weapons from that miraculous power from the following
	+ Magnet Bomber: Nunchucks (from his ???)
	+ Golem Bomber: Battle Axe (from his ???)
	+ Phantom Bomber: Bazooka (from his Fedora)
	+ Pretty Bomber: Spear (from her ???)
	+ Plasma Bomber: Mace (from his Captain's Hat)

### In Amanda’s Projects

* Beauty, Brains and Brawn: Pretty and Demon are the beauty, Phantom and Plasma are the brains and Magnet and Golem are the brawn

### Saban

* Long Lost Relative: Or Lost Lost member, Petunia Pretty (Karissa Karaoke)
* What Could Have Been: The Five Dastardly Bombers are considered as evil creations in the canon, while Five Dastardly Bombers in this Saban are heroic creations.
	+ Patton Phantom (co-)leads this group similarly to Bomberman Tournament

### In the Newgrounds’ Adventures Series/Chronicles

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### Starable and Amanda's Adventures Series/Chronicles

* Sleeves are For Wimps: Only Magnet, Phantom and Pretty in their swimsuit outfits

## Trivia

* They will encounter Starable, Team Harmony, Bell and The Guardians of Friendship in Team Harmony's Adventures of Super Bomberman R and will later redeem themselves and become members of The Guardians of Friendship at the end along with The Bomberman Bros.
* They will meet Amanda and her Team in Amanda Johnson's Adventures of Super Bomberman R and become apart of the Amber City Heroes.
* They will meet Zack, Madelyn, Pico and the team in The Newgrounds’ Adventures of Super Bomberman R and becomes their allies.
* Different Next Gen Kids (unnamed Next Gen!Five Dastardly Bombers):
	+ Plasma Bomber: Electra Bomber (Female) (NexaVerse/SAAASVerse/With Pretty Bomber), ??? Bomber (Male) (Amber City Universe/With Pretty Bomber)
	+ Phantom Bomber: Sparkle Bomber (Female) (Amber City Universe/With Spark Bomber), Space Bomber (Female) (NexaVerse/SAAASVerse/With Galaxy Bomber)
	+ Magnet Bomber: Comet Bomber (Amber City Universe/With Aqua Bomber), Twinkle Bomber (Female) (NexaVerse/SAAASVerse/With Aqua Bomber)
	+ Golem Bomber: Impact Bomber (Male) (NexaVerse/SAAASVerse/With ???), ??? Bomber (???) (Amber City Universe/With ???)
	+ Pretty Bomber: Pink Lemonade Bomber (Female) (???/With Plasma Bomber), ??? Bomber (???) (???/With Plasma Bomber)
	+ Hacker Bomber: Programmer Bomber (Male) (NexaVerse/SAAASVerse/With ???)
	+ Demon Bomber:
* In Miraculous Harmony Adventures, the Five Dastardly Bombers will have the miraculous of the following:
	+ Plasma Bomber: Judge Meekrat (Meerkat Miraculous) (later phatomized to ???)
	+ Phantom Bomber: Spider Hatter (Spider Miraculous)
	+ Magnet Bomber: Iron Husky (Husky Miraculous) (later phantomized to ???)
	+ Golem Bomber: Fort Rhino (Rhino Miraculous) (later phantomized to Hinoki Solar)
	+ Pretty/Karaoke Bomber: Pretty Panther (Panther Miraculous) (later akumatized to Discorded Rhythm) (later phantomized to Melodious Rhythm)
	+ Hacker Bomber: Techno-Demon (Demon Miraculous)
	+ Demon Bomber: Succubus Roseflame
* They will have the teshified forms by Amanda/Lavender Moth of the following
* In Amber Harmony Heroes Z, they will have the White Z-Ray forms of the following (in both NexaVerse and Amber City Universe)
	+ Magnet Bomber: Metal Magneton (Later Black Z-Ray to ???)
	+ Golem Bomber: Moss Brute
	+ Phantom Bomber: Crash Cloaker
	+ Pretty/Karaoke Bomber: Chill of Hearts
	+ Plasma Bomber: Spark Beam (Later Black Z-Ray to ???)
	+ Hacker Bomber: Virtual Glitcher
* In Miraculous Harmony Adventures, there numerous times Five Dastardly Bombers were sometimes the target for the akumatized villain.
	+ In Mechanical Exterminators (MHA), they along with their Amanda’s Universe self, Hacker Bomber, Starable’s Bomber Creations (Fennec Fox Bomber, Galaxy Bomber, Concrete Bomber, Tornado Bomber, Magma Bomber, Splash Bomber, Jewel Bomber, Plug Bomber and Hornet Bomber), Amanda’s Bomber Creations (Hard Bomber, Gemini Bombers, Top Bomber, Spark Bomber, Needle Bomber, Pharaoh Bomber, Bright Bomber and Ring Bomber), Mermaid Bomber, Kitsune Bomber and Max Bomber were part of the target of Blackable/Kurona Kitsune, Buggler/Bomber Destroyer, Altair/Masked Bomber Hunter, Ichika/Ombré Moondrop, and other members of Buggler Army (Gravity Bomber, Wave Bomber, Charge Bomber, Napalm Bomber, Gyro Bomber, Stone Bomber, Crystal Bomber, Starlit Bomber, Falcon Bomber, Cheetah Bomber and etc.) due to their redemption and always siding with the heroes
	+ In Black Tidal Quintet (MHA), they along with Starable, Amanda, Hat Kid, Bow Kid and other characters who weren't turned into a polyp (Hunter, Kaitlyn, Yutaro, Morgan, River, Metal Man, Bubble Man, Air Man, Quick Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man, Wood Man, Dr. Wasabi Cookie, Nurse Valentine, one of the Mafia Goon, Citron, Sunny (Sunflower), Brocky (Bonk Choy), Fennec Fox Bomber, Galaxy Bomber, Splash Bomber, Hornet Bomber, Concrete Bomber, Hard Bomber, Ring Bomber, Gemini Bomber, Spark Bomber, Sash Lilac, Milla Basset, Lil' Judd, Callie, Marie, White Bomber, Black Bomber, Aqua Bomber, Yellow Bomber, Max Bomber, Skid, Pump, Ronald, Robert, Jason, Nerissa, Bill, Keith, Annie, Pico, Darnell, Genesis, Zack, Kapi, Whitty, Aldryx, Monika, Ellie, Sanford, Bonnie, Toffy, Priscilla, Henry and Charlie) were part of the target of Phanty Seaway/Master Seawitch, Cornelia Seaway/Mistress Oceanbounder, Fale Schy/Intelligence Siren, Jinx Chantelle/Cursed Seacat, Keiko Umikawa/Aquatic Harémon, Aqura/Atlantica and their Deepsea Pioneer self (Five Dastardly Pioneers) for continuous refusal of making a deal
	+ In Mastermind (MHA), they along with Hacker Bomber, Max Bomber, Starable’s Bomber Creations (Fennec Fox Bomber, Concrete Bomber, Tornado Bomber, Splash Bomber, Plug Bomber, Jewel Bomber, Hornet Bomber, Magma Bomber and Galaxy Bomber), Amanda’s Bomber Creations (Quake Bomber, Needle Bomber, Gemini Bombers, Hard Bomber, Top Bomber, Spark Bomber, Bright Bomber, Pharaoh Bomber and Ring Bomber), Mermaid Bomber and Kitsune Bomber were part of the target of Monaca Towa/Mastermind, due to their escape of brainwashed, mind controlling, reprogramming for evil or roboticized, even Monaca wants to avenge Junko and Tsumugi for what the Five Dastardly Bombers did to them (specifically since Despair Giver (MHA) and Record Breakers (MHA))
* Different Pretty Cure Names for both Team Harmony/NexaVerse, Amber City Universe (Amanda’s Universe) and Starable and Amanda’s Duel Universe:
	+ Magnet Bomber: Cure ??? (Nexaverse)
	+ Golem Bomber: Cure Metallix ()
	+ Phantom Bomber: Cure ???
	+ Pretty/Karaoke Bomber: Cure ???
	+ Plasma Bomber: Cure ???
	+ Hacker Bomber: Cure ???
	+ Demon Bomber: Cure
* Different pmmm magica names and nature
	+ Magnet Bomber: ??? (with the ??? nature)
	+ Golem Bomber
	+ Phantom Bomber: (spy witch with)
	+ Pretty Bomber
	+ Plasma Bomber