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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMA Autobomb with Shyguy Artwork.jpg|160px]]<br>Artwork of an Autobomb with a Shyguy driving it from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]])<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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'''Autobombs''' are large, gray, wheeled cannons which launch projectiles and can be ridden on. It is a personal favorite of [[Shy Guy|Shyguy]]s.<ref name=stroller>「ヘイホーの{{hover|愛用者|あいようしゃ}}だ。{{hover|悪夢|あくむ}}の{{hover|砲弾|ほうだん}}を{{hover|撃|う}}つので{{hover|恐怖|きょうふ}}のうば{{hover|車|ぐろえ}}とも{{hover|呼|よ}}ばれている。」 ("''Heiho's regular favorite. It shoots the shells of bad dreams, so it is also referred to as a terrifying stroller.''") - ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 35 (ターボン).</ref><ref name=machine>"''Shyguy's favorite ride. It is also referred to as a “bad dream machine.”''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 26 (Autobomb description).</ref>
==History==
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''===
[[File:Autobom.png|thumb|right|150px|Original artwork and sprite]]
In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', Autobombs were utilized by red Shyguys as a means of transportation and offense. They would pursue and shoot fiery projectiles at the player. It can travel down steps but not up. If the Shyguy was removed, the Autobomb will stop shooting and travel in a straight line. The player can then ride it, but not control it or pick it up. In some levels, riding an Autobomb was mandatory in order to cross large, [[Spike Trap|spike-filled gaps]]. The Autobomb itself can be destroyed with a thrown object.

===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
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In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Autobombs are still manned by red [[Shy Guy|Shyguy]]s and act the same way they do in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''. In the NES version, they are black, white and red, in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, they are teal, and in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', they are gray.
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===="Koopenstein"====
[[File: AutobombCartoon.jpg|thumb|130px|An Autobomb from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', Autobombs, never referred to by name, only made one appearance, in the episode "[[Koopenstein]]"; an Autobomb first appeared in the episode when [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are captured by [[Mouser]] and a group of Shyguys. Later, [[Toad]], when surrounded by Shyguys, manages to light the fuse of a nearby Autobomb using a [[Piranha Plant]], causing it to blast the surrounding Shyguys, creating a distraction that allowed Toad to escape.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
*'''Instruction Booklet bio:''' ''Shyguy’s favorite ride. It is also referred to as a “bad dream machine.”''<ref name=machine/>

====''Super Mario Advance''====
*'''Instruction Booklet bio:''' ''These cannons-on-wheels can be very helpful. Steal them away and use them to cross areas with spiked floors.''<ref>[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf ''Super Mario Advance'' European Instruction Booklet, page 12]. ''Nintendo''.</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>ターペン</big>'''<br>
'''種族''' メカ族<br>
'''性格''' 冷酷<br>
'''登場ゲーム''' USA<br>
'''<big>火の玉を打つ自走砲</big>'''<br>
移動しながら、火の玉を撃ってくる大砲。車輪がついていて、左右に動いている。上に乗って移動することも何能。頭の上にハイホーレッド(P199)をのせている。アメリカ名はオートボム。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 101.]</ref>

'''''<big>Turbomb</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Mecha clan''<br>
''Disposition: Ruthless''<br>
''Game appearances: USA''<br>
'''''<big>Self-propelled cannon shooting fireballs</big>'''''<br>
''A cannon that shoots fireballs while moving. It has wheels and moves left and right. It is also possible to ride on it in motion. It has a Red Shyguy on top of its head. Its American name is Autobomb.''

===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===
'''Bio:''' ヘイホーレッドが乗っている。マリオに向かって炎を発射してくる。(''Red Shyguy is riding on it. It shoots flames at Mario.'')<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section, page 67.</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
DokiAutobomb.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMUSA Autobomb.png|''Super Mario USA''
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ターボン<ref name=stroller/>
|JapR=Tābon
|JapM=Likely a portmanteau of "turbo" and「ボン」(''bon'', Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent to "kaboom")
|Ita=Autobomba
|ItaM=Autobomb
|Ger=Autobomb
|GerM=-
|Chi=移动炸弹<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|ChiR=Yídòng Zhàdàn
|ChiM=Autobomb
}}

==Trivia==
*In the original instruction booklet, the "M" emblazoned on the side is red and a different shape on the sprite, whereas it is white in-game.<ref name=stroller/><ref name=machine/> While the artwork is redrawn in later releases, it is still depicted as red instead of white. Said "M" may also stand for Mamu, the Japanese name of [[Wart]], Muu, the original name of [[Subcon (species)|Subcon]], or possibly Mucho, the Japanese name of [[Snifit]].
*The ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet states that the Autobomb shoots the shells of bad dreams, and that because of that, it is also known as a terrifying stroller.<ref name=machine/> This may be a remnant of earlier versions of the game where Autobombs shot [[Bullet Bill]]-like rounds instead of fireballs, which can be seen in pre-release material.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Prerelease:Yume Koujou: Doki Doki Panic|Prerelease:Yume Koujou: Doki Doki Panic]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved February 1, 2021‎.</ref> The ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet removes mention of projectiles and instead states that it is also known as a "bad dream machine."<ref name=machine/>

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