Bugaboom is a minor antagonist and boss from Super Mario Galaxy as well as its sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2. He is the leader of the Mandibug clan: a race of large stag beetle-like insect aliens, as well as the Honey Queen's archenemy.
Appearance[]
As fitting for his supreme ruler status, Bugaboom is an extraordinarily large Mandibug, about 15 to 20 times as Mario’s size, as seen when they meet in the opening cutscene. Although he’s presumably the pinnacle of physicality for his species, his general anatomical features differ very much from them. His design portrays him as a green stag beetle with longer legs and there are also wings on his back for flight. His belly has a slot that lets him drop bombs and is only used during his second and third phases. He is one of the largest non-Bowser bosses.
Biography[]
Super Mario Galaxy[]
As Honey Queen suggests, Bugaboom and his minions invaded the Honeyhive Galaxy/Kingdom to cause trouble.
In Super Mario Galaxy, Bugaboom is fought on a planet with two moons that Mario/Luigi starts on (they needs the Bee Mushroom to make their way to the planet itself.) several Banandelions (flowers that Mario/Luigi can use to swing into the air) and a tree with honeycombs that Bee Mario/Bee Luigi can climb on in the middle to plan his attack. There is also a pool of water which will deactivate Mario/Luigi's Bee Suit if they touch it. Under the planet is a black hole which will suck Mario/Luigi in if they fall off the planet, causing them to lose a life. When Mario/Luigi lands on the planet using the Bee Mushroom, Bugaboom jumps from the trees and lands on the ground ready to attack. First you have to jump on his backside and ground pound him, then he will jump in the air and start flying around, forcing Mario/Luigi to use either the Banandelions or the Bee Suit to hit him, and when Mario/Luigi ground pounds him again, the boss will turn red, get angry, and start twisting around in the middle of his flight, so Mario/Luigi will have to time their ground pounds to when the boss isn't sideways. Bugaboom will also drop bombs in the middle of his flight. Once Mario/Luigi deals one more ground pound to the boss's backside, Bugaboom will fall to the ground, scream, and explode, making a Power Star appear.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[]
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bugaboom makes an appearance in the level Bugaboom's Back, reprising his boss role. He is a secret boss in Puzzle Plank Galaxy.
In order to defeat him, the player needs to use Cloud Mario/Cloud Luigi's ability to create clouds to get high enough into the air and ground pound him three times like in Super Mario Galaxy. He will use the same attacks, but the Banandelions on his planet have been replaced with springboards and the honeycombs on the tree are no longer present. When you defeat him, the boss blows up for a second and last time and then a Power Star appears again.
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Trivia[]
- Bugaboom's name is a pun on the words "Bug-a-boo", a term which refers to monsters (generally minor ones from children's books), and "boom", referencing the bombs he drops from his bottom after Mario enrages him into turning into his red form.
- In Japan, Bugaboom does not seem to have an actual name, instead being referred to with a title, クワカブトキング (Mandibug King).
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