Bob-omb

A Bob-omb is a living bomb character, featured in the Super Mario Brothers series of video games.

First introduced in Super Mario Brothers 2, where its general habits (walk around for a while, then explode) were made quite clear. In Super Mario Bros 3, some Bob-ombs have small wind-up keys on them -- if the key is disturbed, they will explode after a few seconds. Otherwise, they will peacefully wander back and forth.

The Bob-omb also appears in the Super Mario Bros Movie.

In Super Mario 64, the red Bob-omb Buddies were introduced. They were friendly to Mario and at war with the normal black Bob-ombs. The black Bob-ombs either tried to chase you down and explode if they saw you, or they manned cannons and shot water blasts at you.

Bob-Ombs have also appeared in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, where golf balls impacting on Bob-Omb causes it to explode, sending the ball out in the opposite direction.