List of Bomberman series characters
Though usually light on story, there have been several recurring characters in the Bomberman series that often appear in the Story Mode of the various games.
Bomberman characters
White Bomberman
Although he is also referred to as "White Bomb", "White Bomber", or "Shirobon" occasionally, the hero of the series is usually simply called "Bomberman". In the standard games, he is the star and is always controlled by the player in the single player modes. He is portrayed as the heroic yet cheerful (and sometimes goofy) type, often saving his home planet from disaster. In the earlier titles he battles his rival, a black version of himself called "Kurobon", with whom he would later become friends and allies. In later games, such as Bomberman Max and Bomberman Tournament, he is shown to be part of an interplanetary police force stationed at Bomber Base.
The White Bomberman also made appearances in other games, such as Wario Blast, a Bomberman game featuring Nintendo mascot Mario's rival, Wario. He also appears in DreamMix TV World Fighters, a Hudson fighting game with characters from Hudson Soft, Konami and Takara.
Black Bomberman
Also known as "Kurobon", Black Bomberman (AKA Black Bomb or Black Bomber) looks identical to Bomberman, only colored black. In many of his first appearances, he was shown to be the main rival to Bomberman. His activities have included robbing banks (Bomberman 2), kidnapping (PC Engine Bomberman) and disabling cities (Bomberman '93). However, with the Super Bomberman series on the SNES, he was changed to being a gradual friend of Bomberman. In many games since then he is controlled by the second player in the two-player story modes. Hudson has given him a cool and collected personality in the later games.
The Five Bad Bombers
The Bad Bombers are a gang of recurring boss enemies in several games of the series.
Magnet Bomber
One of the Five Bad Bombers, Magnet Bomber's true personality has yet to be revealed as he is always the first of the group to be defeated. Magnet Bomber sports a scarf-like cape and has a magnet shape attached to his helmet that has the apparent ability of magnetism, shown in several images. "Magnet" refers to Magnet Bomber's bombs (and possible ability), which are attracted to Bomberman and can put him in sticky situations.
Golem Bomber
Golem Bomber is intriguing because his original name in Super Bomberman 2 and 3 was Fire Bomber. This name was later given to another villain in Bomberman Wars and Bomberman World (on Saturn and PSX) and when he appeared again in BomberMan Story on Gameboy Advance it was with this new name. Also his robotic features are more notable than in other bombers; this is most evident in his face (no eyes, just electricity crossing it), but can be seen in his limbs (the joints) and his finger joints too. Golem Bomber is the only member of the Five Bad Bombers who doesn't wear something around his neck. Golem Bomber's helmet has a flame emblem on the forehead. "Golem" refers to Golem Bomber's extreme strength (while Fire supposedly used to refer to the power of his bombs). Golem Bomber is also the largest of all the Five Bad Bombers (at about twice the height and 3 times the width compared to Magnet Bomber).
Pretty Bomber
A female bomber who is distinguished from her male counterparts by her pink skirt, yellow handkerchief/neckerchief, and the large heart attached to her helmet, she is also known as "Beauty Bomber". In her first appearance, Super Bomberman 2, she was an enemy and one of the Five Bad Bombers. She was resurrected in Super Bomberman 3 and was a playable character in the multiplayer mode (although different game sprites are used). She reprised her role as villainess in Bomberman Tournament. However, she has also been portrayed as a close friend to Bomberman in several games (apparently both White Bomber and Black Bomber are in love with her, probabily because she's, as the name implies, pretty). In Super Bomberman 3 it was revealed that without her helmet she looks very much like a human girl, it is unknown if this is a characteristic of the Five Bad Bombers. She also differs from the others in the fact that she looks nothing like a robot (while the others display some parts that appear robotic). She has made a short cameo in the Bomberman Jetters anime.
On a side note, she was inexplicably referred to as "Ms. Flashy" in the Virtual Boy game "Panic Bomber." She also makes an appearance in the upcoming new Bomberman Land Touch! for DS as one of the main characters. Pretty Bomber is the only member of the 5 Bad Bombers to switch to the side of good in other games; despite the fact that Plasma Bomber tried to make peace with White Bomber at the end of Super Bomberman 2.
Brain Bomber
Brain Bomber is probably the most wicked Bomberman in the group, although Plasma Bomber was the leader at first. Brain Bomber somehow became leader of the Five Bad Bombers beforehand or through the duration of Bomberman Story/Bomberman Tournament, and it is unknown if he is going to stay in this position or not, as the team has yet to make another appearance. Brain Bomber wears a cloak and has the symbol of a crown on his helmet (similar to Golem Bomber's in some games), his arms and legs are not covered (like Pretty Bomber's and Kurobon's); he is shorter than the other characters and sometimes floats above the group. "Brain" refers to the fact that Brain Bomber is the engineer of the group, as shown in Super Bomberman 2 and Bomberman Story/Bomberman Tournament.
There is a connection between him and Max, but details are, so far, only suggested and up to interpretation.
Plasma Bomber
Plasma Bomber is normally the leader of the Five Bad Bombers, who are (to a lesser extent than that of Bagular their supposed creator) Bomberman's archenemies. Plasma Bomber seemed to want to make peace with Bomberman at the end of Super Bomberman 2 (by his gesture of alighting from his war machine and wanting to shake hands with Shirobon), but he was killed by a bolt emitted from his own war machine within which had been hiding their alien mastermind (or supposed such). Afterwards, revived by Bagular, he seems to have forgotten or regretted this action. Plasma Bomber wears a handkerchief/neckerchief around his neck and has a lightning bolt attached to his helmet which seems to be able to create electric currents. "Plasma" refers to the fourth state of matter, plasma.
Crush Bombers
The Crush Bombers are bosses in the Bomberman Generation GameCube game
Megaton Bomber
A huge bomber who is the strength of the Crush Bombers and his signature weapon is a flail (weapon). The ball is held by a claw at the end of his arm and the chain is fed through the palm of his hand. His signature move is the "Megaton Crush," where he pounds the ground, sending shockwaves through the arena.
Mistress Beauty Bomber
Another Beauty Bomber who gloats about her looks and uses three light show/real lasers to attack and defend, she is the symbol of love and beauty of the Crush Bombers. She believed herself so beautiful that Bomberman had to bow to her.
Eagle Bomber
The speed and wings of the Crush Bombers.
Assault Bomber
A huge terrorist bomber who is loaded with weapons and is the fire power of the Crush Bombers. Assault Bomber is more of a mech than a "Bomber" as he attacks mainly using his machine gun mounted on his arm. He can also separate his upper body from his lower body and hover around. He is also crazy, as he laughs maniacally throughout the whole entire fight.
Bomber Elite
The cape wearing leader of the Crush Bombers and as expected, the strongest. Has more honor then the rest of the Crush Bombers, and his death saddens Bomberman. He appears as the semi-final boss. He toys with Bomberman in the first part of the battle and starts to take him seriously after he takes a certain amount of damage. He has psycho kinetic powers and can teleport.
He is sometimes mistaken to be a she, however in cut-scenes Dr. Ein clearly describes Bomber Elite as male.
Bomber Shitennou
The Group of Four artificially created Bombermen are mid-world bosses in the Bomberman Jetters GameCube game
Mermaid Bomber
The Water element Bomber Shitennou. She is the mid-world boss of World 1.
Thunder Bomber
The Lightning element Bomber Shitennou. He is the mid-world boss of World 2.
Fire Bomber
The Fire element Bomber Shitennou. He is the mid-world boss of World 3.
Grand Bomber
The Earth element Bomber Shitennou. Whether or not his name is supposed to be "Ground Bomber" is a mystery. He is the mid-world boss of World 4.
Dark Bomber
Dark Bomber appears posses all of the Bomber Shitennou's powers to a certain extent. His attacks were Dark Bubble (Mermaid Bomber's Bubble Bomb), Dark Thunder (Thunder Bomber's Thunder Strike), Dark Needle (Grand Bomber's Needle Ball), and Dark Fire (A fireball version of Fire Bomber's Fire Stream). He could also get bigger, but he was reduced to trying to squash Bomberman while he was in giant mode.
Other Characters
Bagular
The main villain in many of the games. He looks like a blue and white, large, elderly Bomberman with a bushy white beard, and (in some games) appears to be bigger than Bomberman. Bagular's monocle and cape are also distinguishing features. He supposedly first appeared as the main villain of Bomberman '94, in which he attempted to run a comet-disguised ship into Planet Bomber after throwing it into chaos, but his name was not stated. He went on to appear in Super Bomberman 3, 4, Bomberman Hero, Bomberman Wars, Bomberman World (PSX), and Neo Bomberman, among other games.
In the English manual for Super Bomberman 3 Bagular is known as "Bugler" and in the PlayStation game known as Bomberman World "Burglar", which is another possible translation of his Japanese name, as is "Bagura", though his official translation could be "Bugglar" since that name was shown in the credits of Bomberman Fantasy Race in both English and Japanese versions. Bagular is also the main villain in the recent new Bomberman PSP. The English manual of Bomberman PSP refers to Bagular as Professor Bagular.
Mujoe
A pawn of Bagular, Mujoe is usually in charge of commanding the Hige-Hige Gang's troops in the Bomberman Jetters anime. His first appearance was in Saturn Bomberman, was behind the events in Bomberman Max2 and he also summons the final boss in Bomberman Generations and is seen as the main antagonist of said games.
Hige-Hige bandits
The basic members of the Hige-Hige gang (hence the name). They are very weak and usually seen doing Mujoe's dirty deeds.
Max
Bomberman's ally who likes to do things his own way. He is, however, a villain throughout the Bomberman Jetters anime. Max wears a black suit/droid-like armor with a helmet that resembles Ultraman. It is noted however that this is not his "skin" as he appears to be of Bomberman's species. (or possibly of the human like people found on the planet featured in Bomberman Tornament as Max has a five fingered hand as compared to a pink ball Bomberman's species have.) In Jetters, however, he is purely android. Max appears in the later Bomberman games. Max is the main character in Bomberman Max for GBC and Bomberman Max Advanced Red for the GBA, and uses his own set of plasma bombs (which are no different from Bomberman's). Max's disappearance is an important part of the plot of Bomberman Story/Bomberman Tournament, which reveals some of Max's backstory. He has also made an appearance in the game Bomberman Generation. When Bomberman is in a boss fight and is low on health, he'll appear and aid Bomberman by taking a chunk of the boss' health (exactly one full heart) if Bomberman has collected enough lightning cards. He is also a playable character in the game Bomberman Jetters. He is similar to Bomberman, but is unable to use charaboms. He can use the Hyper Plasma Bomb to blow away enemies but this is not very effective against bosses, only doing one small heart's worth of damage.
Dr MechaDoc
Dr. MechaDoc is the Hige Hige Bandit's corrupted mad scientist who first made his appearance along with Mujoe in Saturn Bomberman. In early games, MechaDoc has white hair, whereas, in recent games, he has grey hair. He prefers not to engage in combat, but to rather create the many machines used by Mujoe and the Hige Hige bandits.
Regulus/Bulzeeb
Main article: Regulus (Bomberman)
In his first appearance, Bomberman 64, he was the subordinate of Altair. He has blue armor that slightly resembles a jet. He wears a large visor completely covering his face. With a personality similar to Black Bomber, he seems more intelligent than the other subordinates (Artemis and Orion). After Bomberman's "friend", Sirius, betrays him, Regulus joins him for the secret final battle. In the sequel Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, Regulus changes from blue to black color and calls himself Bulzeeb. He is also revealed to be the 7th Astral Knight. After Bomberman defeated him in a rematch he reveals that unlike the other 6 Astral Knights, he managed to resist being brainwashed by the God of Chaos. He then promises that they will eventually have another rematch. At the end of the game, he is found defeated by the Rukifelth, and gives Bomberman his remaining energy. Rukifelth then kills him using a gravity sphere similar to his own. Bulzeeb is resurrected and grateful later on, but still wants to finish his rivalry with Bomberman one day. In the ending, when he is referred to as Bulzeeb, he corrects them and says that his true name is Regulus, and he is the 7th Elemental Knight. Reassuring his respect for Bomberman, he leaves with the Shadow Stone. He has not appeared in any game since. The name "Regulus" like the other bosses in Bomberman 64 is derived from star constallations while "Bulzeeb" is probably derived from Beelzebub which in Christian demonology is another name for Lucifer or Satan, and in Jewish demonology is a fly-like demon.
Strangely, in Bomberman 64 he didn't have any shadow-based powers, but he's in a snow area (which doesn't necessarily mean that he has snow-ice powers).
Orion
Orion (Hout in Japan) is one of the subordinates of the Emperor Altair. His base of operations is an active volcano. He is one of the few bombers in the game that will actively seek to knock Bomberman unconscious, pick up his stunned body, and toss him off the edge. This is dangerous for Bomberman since he has a shield ability which will knock him out if he walks inside the barrier radius. After he defeats him, he does not die, but rather leaves like Regulus. Instead of flying away, though, Orion blows himself up and uses the blast to get away from the fight. (One may believe he blows up but if you look closely you will see him flying up in the air as he starts screaming.) Orion comes back during the boss battle controlling the mobile-suit Hades, which he modified from a mining robot, but presumeably dies when Hades is defeated and sinks into molten lava with it.
Artemis
Artemis (Kapera in Japan) is the only bomber under Altair's leadership that actually dies the first time she is defeated. Upon being beaten, Artemis shorts out and blows up. Artemis uses a tri-shot flame technique which is effective at a distance, but useless if Bomberman rushes her.
Altair
From the beginning, Altair is acknowledged as the main villain, and he keeps that title until the true ending is unlocked. Altair is dressed in purple and black armor. He has a small droid that shoots a laser beam capable of vaporizing any matter it hits. Altair uses the droid as a distraction in the "final" battle and fuses with it once the first stage of the fight is over. After fusion he gains more power and the ability to shoot a slashing energy wave at Bomberman.
Sirius
At the beginning of Bomberman 64 Sirius confronts Bomberman telling him that Altair killed his family and he wishes to help Bomberman in return for revenge. Sirius tests Bomberman's skills in the second level of the first world. He is the only bomber that will pump up a bomb and toss it at Bomberman. He takes it easy on Bomberman and flies away as soon as he's had enough.
Sirius, however, is the true villain of the game. There are two different endings to Altair's fight. The first is the one where Altair no longer has enough power to fight. Regulus picks him and flies him out of the fortress. In the true ending, however, Sirius ambushes Regulus and knocks him into a bottomless pit. Sirius then takes the Omni Cube from Altair, destroying him in doing so, and then gloats to Bomberman that Sirius had been manipulating him into leading him to the Omni Cube by encouraging him and telling him fake stories. He then tells Bomberman that he will repay him by destroying Planet Bomber from the Rainbow Palace which hovers high above Altair's Black Fortress guarded by a wizard.
In the final stage of the game, Bomberman fights Sirius in a two-part battle, receiving the aid of Regulus in the second part of the fight. After being defeated, Sirius explodes. If you play again a battle or stage that Sirius is in, he will present as a robot of himself that has green eyes and words.
Mighty
Mighty is Bomberman's brother and bears a striking resemblance to Bomberman, he is the main character in Bomberman Jetters for GameBoy Advance. Mighty has a silver visor covering his right eye, wears a red cape and has slightly thicker eyebrows and has fingers, but those are the only major differences between him and Bomberman. It is later revealed that his grandfather wore similar clothing. The two also have a very close relationship. He has made few appearances in the games, and supposedly died during a mission. Mighty is an unlockable character in Bomberman Jetters; after collecting all cards of a certain color, he can be played in "Versus" mode.
Dr. Ein
A scientist who assists Bomberman in a lot of games and founded the Jetters.
Nitros
Nitros was a former Bomber Base guard until he was brainwashed so that he would gather the gold disks that could revive Bagular. Nitros attacks using red bombs (like those in Bomberman 64) and special floor panels which can give him the power to use energy strikes. He also uses an icicle attack where pillars of ice move diagonally from his body (making an x). After several battles, Bomberman manages to free Nitros from Bagular's control. In Bomberman Hero (the only game he appears in so far) he appears on every level. Each level he becomes more powerful and acquires new weaponry like flying discs, fire spouts, and electronic shields.
Charaboms
Charaboms resemble Pokémon, and they often help Bomberman progress in the story. The most famous of these Charaboms is Pommy, who looks like and is possibly named after a combination of Kirby and Pikachu. Pommy has been Bomberman's sidekick ever since Bomberman 64: The Second Attack in which he is loyal, but cowardly. Oddly enough in the opening cinema of The Second Attack, he claims to be a mimic rather than a charabom. He is capable of shooting lightning and taking on many different forms, such as Pommy Dragon when merged with Pseradon (or, in the earlier games, fed the right food), he looks like an all red earless stubby tailed Gigimon with wings, he also makes a short cameo in the Bomberman Jetters anime. Pommy has appeared in every Bomberman game that involved Charaboms, Pommy himself constantly says 'Myu". There are a variety of other Charaboms, each classified by element (fire, earth, thunder/lightning, water, etc.). Charaboms fight using a skill set (attack, special, guard) in any order. The battle then plays out as in a Pokémon game, with effective attacks, less effective attacks, Defense, Offense, and HP. Charaboms can be merged (given that they are of different types) into stronger Charaboms with new abilities (combinations of the abilities of the two Charaboms that were merged) that can help Bomberman in the game.
In Bomberman Jetters, all of the charaboms can evolve three times, which increases the resemblance to Pokémon.
Louies
Rooeys are kangaroo-like animals with rabbit ears who help Bomberman by letting him ride on their backs. Louie is the name of one of these creatures. Louie is green, as all Rooeys have individual colors. His most recent game appearances were in Hero, Fantasy Race, Tournament, and the opening scene of Jetters.