Bomberman

**Bomberman**, sometimes referred to as **White Bomberman**, is the main protagonist of the *Bomberman* games.

The original Bomberman and one half of the Bomberman Bros. He is created to defend the universe alongside him, but he made *himself* that way from a simple worker robot.

In the AWA fics, Bomberman is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Bomberman is depicted as a human with overalls, a visible mouth, hair, and a white hat with a red feather.

In the Famicom/NES *Bomber Man* (1985), the hat was swapped with a helmet and antenna, and he was given a blue suit with white and pink limbs. He also had a white horizontal stripe on his back, which was replaced with a black belt in subsequent appearances. This is actually a palette swap of the enemies seen in the 1984 Hudson Soft port of *Lode Runner*, but this appearance has more or less remained constant in the series.

## **Personality**

Bomberman is usually portrayed as the heroic, upbeat, yet cheerful and jolly type, but sometimes goofy, all too willing to make friends with people he had once considered enemies. His bright, kind spirit and courage are greatly appreciated by others. He never holds back while fighting and focuses a lot on training to be the strongest warrior ever.

## **Abilities**

Bomberman's got a storied history under his belt, and when all he has is bombs, this has made for many, many different *kinds* of bombs; those harnessing the forces of nature are no exception.

* The standard **Bomb**, known at times as the Fire Bomb, is just that: a bomb that creates a spreading trail of fire in its wake. Despite its name, however, it's often treated as Non-Elemental.
* The **Aqua Bomb**, which didn't appear in *The Second Attack!*, is used to create underwater explosions in *Quest* and *Tournament*. In *Generation*, it can be used outside water and explodes into water.
* The **Ice Bomb**, which... well, does about exactly what you'd expect.
* The **Hurricane Bomb**, which creates ferocious gusts of wind that can harmlessly carry him large distances. The Wind Bomb in *Generation* is similar, but causes damage rather than carry him.
* The **Lightning Bomb**, which calls down a spreading bolt of lightning. The Thunder Bomb in *Jetters* is similar, but has a cylindrical explosion.
* The **Napalm/Navarm Bomb**, which incites a molten variation of this in unearthing plumes of *lava*.
* The **Mute/Light Bomb**, which generates an intense flash that both holds potential for one-shot kills as well as stopping time for everything in the blast radius.
* The **Gravity Bomb**, which creates a localized *black hole*. Has similar power to the Mute/Light Bomb, as well as being the only force that can counteract it.

## **Trivia**

* White Bomberman made certain crossover appearances, such as *DreamMix TV World Fighters*, a fighting game with characters from Hudson Soft, Konami and Takara. He also makes a playable appearance in a giant mecha crafted after himself in *Star Parodier*, a spoof of the *Star Soldier* series which is also developed by Hudson Soft.
* Traditionally, White Bomberman starts each Battle Mode round in the upper left corner of the stage.
* Bomberman was first voiced by Kazuko Sugiyama in *Bomberman: Panic Bomber*. After *Bomberman 64*, he almost always gets a different voice actor outside Japan for each successive game, save for *Bomberman Generation* and *Bomberman Jetters*, in which he is voiced by Sheryl Stanley.
* In *Bomberman 64: The Second Attack*, Bomberman apparently used the Fire Stone's power as a source of his standard explosives. This is not shown in other games, so this may be because he was weakened and needed it to augment his abilities.
* Bomberman's implied love interests include Pretty Bomber (whenever she is an ally), Cutie Bomber, Princess Millian, and (at first) Lilith. He also has a daughter by the events of the early title *Lode Runner's Rescue* (as well as a son according to the North American storyline of *Bomber Boy*).
* In *Bomberman (iOS)* Bomberman appears with with blue eyes, like the other characters, but this was changed back in *Taisen! Bomberman*
* His English voice actor is Peter von Gomm (known for his roles as X in "Mega Man X7" and Grey in "Mega Man ZX Advent") in *Super Bomberman R*.
* Bomberman makes a brief cameo in the anime called *Virus Buster Serge*.  In chapter 6, he appears on a screen, putting a bomb and the screen explodes.
* Bomberman is an assist trophy in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* for the Nintendo Switch, as well as a collectible spirit whose bomb ability is utilized on the map in the World of Light mode.