Editing Boomerang Bro

{{about|the ''Super Mario'' franchise enemy|the enemy known as "Boomerang Bro" in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''|[[Beanerang Bro]]}}

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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])

|variant_of=[[Hammer Bro]]

|variants=[[Beanerang Bro]]<br>[[Circus Bro]]<br>[[Dark Boomerang Bro]]<br>[[Gold Bro]]<br>[[Goomerang Brother]]<br>[[Paper Boomerang Bro]]

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|comparable= [[Krook]]

{{quote|What's wrong with you dodos? You WANT to get hit with my [[boomerang]]?|Boomerang Bro|[[Mario Super Sluggers]]}}

'''Boomerang Bros.''' are variants of [[Hammer Bro]]s. that specialize in the use of boomerangs for weapons. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where their name is formatted '''Boomerang Brothers'''.<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=41|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''NES Game Atlas'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page=48|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=Spring 1991|language=en-us}}</ref> Instead of throwing [[Hammer]]s like the Hammer Bros., Boomerang Bros. use [[Boomerang]]s that move back and forth to them. They are not as commonly found in the ''Super Mario'' franchise as their Hammer Brother relatives. The physical appearance of Boomerang Bros. has changed throughout the series. Early artwork depicts them identically to Hammer Bros. of that era, with orange skin along with black shells and helmets. The Boomerang Bros. in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' appear to be based on this coloration. In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and its remakes, they have green skin and striped underbellies. ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' started the trend of depicting Boomerang Bros. with yellow skin and blue shells and helmets. Most games since have retained this depiction.

[[File:SMB3 Boomerang Bros Artwork.jpg|thumb|left|Boomerang Brother's original design, as seen in their ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' artwork]]

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In their debut appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Boomerang Brothers are green-skinned (sky blue in [[Treasure Ship]]s and {{world-link|8|tank3|World 8-Big Tanks}}) Hammer Brothers that throw multiple boomerangs that return to them. As with every other Hammer Brother variant, they face the player as they move back and forth in a small area, occasionally jumping and attacking with one or two projectiles at a time, and defeating them via [[stomp]]ing yields 1000 points, while defeating them with any other attack (hitting the block below them, [[Shell Toss|thrown shells]], [[fireball]]s, tail swipes from [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]] or [[Tanooki Mario]], hammers from [[Hammer Mario]], and contact with players made invincible by a [[Super Star|Starman]]) gives out only 100 points by default, unless the enemy was not one of the first to be defeated by the thrown shell. While they usually retrieve the boomerangs they throw, there are certain circumstances where they do not; namely, if the Boomerang Brother is eliminated before they can make contact with their boomerangs, if they jump over their own returning boomerangs, or if they throw their boomerang while jumping, causing it to fly over their heads upon its return (unless they jump and catch it at the last second); in these cases, the boomerangs continue traveling forward while onscreen, never looping back again.

Not counting Treasure Ships, a total of 11 Boomerang Brothers appear in the game, with six of them residing in [[Desert Land]]. Two separate individuals appear in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-3]], one in [[World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 1-4]], two [[Enemy Course|patrolling]] the map of Desert Land (with one holding a [[Music Box]] and the other a [[hammer]]), three in [[World 2-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 2-4]], one by the end of {{world-link|2|desert|World 2-Desert}}, one as the boss of the aforementioned {{world-link|8|tank3|World 8-Big Tanks}}, and one as the penultimate enemy of the first [[World 8-Hand Traps|Hand Trap]].

Aside from these levels, a pair of Boomerang Brothers serve as the bosses of [[Treasure Ship]]s, special coin-filled airships that are summoned whenever the player fulfills certain conditions. In the [[Family Computer]] and {{wp|Western world|Western}} [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] releases, the Boomerang Brothers present in Treasure Ships and {{world-link|8|tank3|World 8-Big Tanks}} are sky blue as opposed to their usual green skin, due to the space in the data most commonly occupied by green palettes being replaced by a sky blue palette in artillery levels.<ref>[https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/supermariobros3/sheet/25685/ Discussion on The Spriters Resource]</ref> Futhermore, Boomerang Brothers are represented by the same map icon as Hammer Brothers. In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Boomerang Brothers have their own map icons.

 

[[File:NSMBDS Boomerang Bro Sprite.png|thumb|left]]

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Boomerang Bros. are rare enemies, with only five appearing, yet they are more common than other Hammer Bros. Only one appears in [[World 2-5 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-5]], two appear in [[World 7-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-3]], and two appear in [[World 8-7 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-7]]. Boomerang Bros. retain their usual patterns, attacking Mario or Luigi by throwing boomerangs at them.

Boomerang Bros. return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', acting and appearing in much the same way as in the previous game. However, they are extremely rare, with only two of them appearing in [[World 2-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 2-1]]. While their boomerangs are usually immune to damage, in this game, it is revealed that throwing a [[Ice Flower|frozen]] enemy at a boomerang will knock the weapon down. Also, unlike in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', uncaught boomerangs would only travel twice as far as they did before they looped back; once they cover that distance, they gradually lose lift, tumbling downwards off the stage.

[[File:SMG2 Boom Bunker Boomerang Bros.png|thumb|left|Boomerang Bros. throwing boomerangs in [[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]

Boomerang Bros. make their first 3D ''Super Mario'' appearance in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They first appear at [[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker]], and like the Hammer Bros., mostly appear in Bowser and Bowser Jr. galaxies. Three of them also appear at the end of the [[Grandmaster Galaxy]], where they have to be defeated to get the Power Star in [[The Ultimate Test|the first mission]] and the final [[Launch Star]] in [[The Perfect Run|the second mission]]. As usual, Boomerang Bros. use boomerangs to attack the player. If one is defeated while its boomerang is out, the boomerang will still turn around and fly back towards the area from which it was thrown until it hits a wall. Yoshi can catch the boomerangs with his tongue and then spit them out as weapons against the Boomerang Bros. The player can flip them over by using Yoshi's tongue, by jumping on them or via [[spin]]ning, and then walk into them to defeat them. It is possible to avoid boomerangs by crouching, and since Mario can walk while crouching, this makes it relatively easy to approach and defeat a Boomerang Bro.

The Boomerang Bros. return again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', operating in the same manner as before. Unlike the other Hammer Bro members that are in this game, the Boomerang Bro appears in five different levels, which are [[World 2-2 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2-2]], [[World 2-5 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2-5]], {{world-link|mushroom|cannonn2|World Mushroom-Warp Cannon}}, the [[Second Course (Platform Panic Pack)|second course]] of the [[Platform Panic Pack]], and the [[First Course (Mystery Adventures Pack)|first course]] of the [[Mystery Adventures Pack]]. In the latter, it is shown that they can be affected by [[Gold Ring]]s; when this happens, they toss three coins instead of their normal weapons, like the other Hammer Bro species.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====

Boomerang Bros. return once more in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' where they act in the same way as in the predecessors. They can only be found in the level [[Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs]] from [[Meringue Clouds]], which features five of them. In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', there are even fewer Boomerang Bros., but one can be found in the middle of [[All Aboard!]], an airship level which features every type of Hammer Brother, much like the first [[Hand Trap]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Three Boomerang Bros. appear in [[Above the Bouncy Clouds]], the game's equivalent of [[Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs]].

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====

[[File:BoomerangBroSM3DW.png|110px|thumb|A Boomerang Bro from ''Super Mario 3D World'']]

Boomerang Bros. return once again in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|port]], working as they did in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. They appear primarily in [[Beep Block Skyway]], [[Fire Bros. Hideout 3|Fire Bros. Hideout #3]], and [[Bowser's Lava Lake Keep]].  

 

In the short anime film ''[[Super Mario Momotarō]]'', a Boomerang Bro becomes the second creature to join forces with [[Mario]] on his mission to rescue [[Princess Peach]] after helping it get up from being stuck on its back. During the battle with [[Bowser]], the Boomerang Bro helps by hitting him on the head with its boomerang, as well as knocking out [[Iggy|Iggy Koopa]] with it. After the battle, the Boomerang Bro helps [[Mario]] deliver the treasures Bowser stole back to their rightful owners. He could represent the dog from [[wikipedia:Momotarō|Momotarō]].

[[File:BoomerangBros.jpg|thumb|Two Boomerang Brothers from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode, "[[A Toadally Magical Adventure]]"]]

===''Nintendo Comics System''===

A Boomerang Brother made a relatively minor appearance in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story ''[[The Kingdom Enquirer]]'', where it attacks Mario and [[Toad]] with its boomerangs after the two heroes exit a [[Warp Pipe]].

===''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]''===

If Mario chooses to follow the main path to Fort Koopa in the [[Koopahari Desert]] in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', he encounters the Boomerang Brothers (described as monstrous twins, despite the illustrated activity depicting four), who send a barrage of boomerangs at him after deciding the plumber looks tasty. Depending on how the accompanying puzzle is solved, Mario escapes either narrowly or easily and reaches Fort Koopa, or is hit in the back of the head by a returning boomerang while taunting them. This leads to one of the book's few [[Game Over]]s—one of them nonchalantly picks the knocked-out Mario up by the leg, tosses him into a sack of old orange peels and other things he has picked up in his travels, and, upon sheepishly agreeing with his brother that they are tired, plans to go home to make themselves "a nice pot of plumber soup."

In ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'', Boomerang Brothers occasionally appear as mini-bosses that attack Mario and [[Yoshi]] by throwing boomerangs at them. These Boomerang Brothers are difficult adversaries to defeat, as they possess a large amount of health and run back and forth quite quickly. Mario can knock away an incoming boomerang by blasting them with his [[Super Scope]].

In ''Minion Quest'', Boomerang Bros. are ranged troopers, and attack by throwing their boomerangs at enemies. Their special skill, Piercing Projectile, allows them to throw a boomerang at a targeted enemy, damaging any other enemy in its path, along with hitting the targeted enemy a second time as it flies back. Boomerang Bros. are strong against [[Pokey]]s and [[Goomba Tower]]s. One is seen alongside [[Wendy]], who was wondering how [[Captain Goomba (Mario & Luigi series)|Captain Goomba]] and his Squad made it through the first round of the Cutie Contest without some [[Koopa Troopa]]s, which he confirms that they did not, causing him to get tackled by Wendy.

Boomerang Bros reappear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' as enemies, along with their [[Paper Boomerang Bro|paper counterparts]]. They appear in [[Bowser's Castle]] and one room in [[Neo Bowser Castle]].

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', several Boomerang Bros. are brainwashed by [[Nastasia]] to serve under [[Count Bleck]]. They are encountered in [[The Overthere]], [[Castle Bleck]], and the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]], although they no longer appear in the former after [[Bonechill]] is defeated. Boomerang Bros. attack by throwing two Boomerangs at a time. The game also features a new, shadowed type of Boomerang Bro known as a [[Dark Boomerang Bro]] which like all "dark" enemies is encountered in the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]].

{{quote|Boomerang! Bros.! Aw, two-for-one special on aisle three! Boomerang Bros. are outta their trees! Who cares if you swear a pair's unfair? We go together like pencils and pap-err!|Boomerang Bros.|[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]}}

Boomerang Bros. reappear in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. Unlike previous ''Paper Mario'' games, their helmets and shells are now the standard blue, and as with most returning enemies appearing in the more standard ''Super Mario'' platform games, they with other Bros. enemies they have gotten a visual revamp. Boomerang Bros. appear in numerous areas, starting from World 3. They are mostly found in outdoor areas. Outside of battle, they can attack Mario by tossing a Boomerang at him, which damages him. Their main attack is throwing a boomerang at Mario that causes damage twice, during the initial throw and when it returns. Their Boomerangs also sometimes spread a curse on Mario, [[dizzy]]ing him and lowering the success rates of his attacks, as well as keeping him from using evasive stickers. Since their defense is 2, Boomerang Bros. are immune to [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)#Hopslipper|Hopslipper stickers]]. Sometimes after battle, a Boomerang Bro may drop a [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)#Boomerang|Boomerang]] sticker.

A couple of Boomerang Bros. stop and ambush Mario to prevent him from getting the [[Comet Piece]] in [[Leaflitter Path]]. These same Boomerang Bros. (after defeating [[Gooper Blooper]]) guard a Heart Block and an [[MAX UP Heart|HP-Up Heart]]. However, instead of fighting together, they are fought individually. The two Boomerang Bros. this time are assisted by two [[Ninji]]s (one in each battle) and one [[Snifit]].

Boomerang Bros. return in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', keeping their appearance and behavior from the previous game. They are only found in [[Sunset Express]], [[Green Energy Plant]] and [[Black Bowser's Castle]]. A circus version of them called [[Circus Bro]] appears in [[Mossrock Theater]] and during the battle with [[Lemmy]] in [[the Emerald Circus]].

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====

Boomerang Bros. return in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', with origami Boomerang Bros. appearing as enemies. They appear in the [[Sea Tower]] and [[Origami Castle]]. When engaged in battle, Boomerang Bros. either attack by throwing boomerangs as they usually do, or they perform Super Bro Throw, which involves lifting another enemy and throwing it at Mario, which defeats the thrown enemy. Much like [[Fire Bro]]s. and [[Ice Bro]]s., Boomerang Bros. also have their own unique variant of the move, Bro-merang, which is the same as Super Bro Throw except for the fact that the thrown enemy hits Mario for a second time like a boomerang, making it the only Bro Throw variant that deals two hits.

===''Mario Baseball'' series===

[[File:BoomerangBroMSS.PNG|thumb|Boomerang Bro from ''Mario Super Sluggers'']]

Boomerang Bro is a playable character in both games of the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]]: ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. In both games, it is an alternate color scheme for the playable Hammer Bro, like with Fire Bro, and it wields a large boomerang in place of a baseball bat, similarly to how Hammer Bro wields a hammer instead of a bat. Boomerang Bro is a power-type player, so he can easily obtain home runs. In ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and beyond (excluding ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''), Boomerang Brothers wear a blue helmet and a blue shell, similarly to blue-shelled Koopa Troopas. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', Boomerang Bro has average pitching and fielding abilities, and his batting is tied with Hammer Bro, though inferior to [[Fire Bro]]'s.

===''Mario Golf'' series===

In ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', "Boomerang Bro" is one of the names that can appear on the tournament scoreboard. The first time a Boomerang Bro physically appears in the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]] is ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', where one appears on [[Bonny Greens]] in front of the clubhouse as the head coach. He gives the player a [[Golfwatch]], then he is then seen at the [[Rookie Course]] for the rest of the game.

====''Mario Kart 8''====

Boomerang Bros. appear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' on the courses [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)|Bowser's Castle]] and {{classic-link|3DS|Neo Bowser City}} as spectators. One of the sponsors in the game is [[Boomerang Bros. International Airlines]], which appears to be run by Boomerang Bros.

[[File:MKT Hammer Bro and Boomerang Bro.jpg|thumb|Boomerang Bro, alongside Hammer Bro, in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]

A Boomerang Bro, alongside a [[Hammer Bro]], [[Ice Bro]], and [[Fire Bro]], make their playable debuts in the ''Mario Kart'' series in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', starting with the [[Hammer Bro Tour]]. He is classified as a Super character and his special item is the [[Boomerang Flower]]. In addition to being in the first week's spotlight, he is also obtainable as a Gold Pass tour gift after obtaining 161 [[Grand Star]]s. Starting with the [[Vacation Tour]], Boomerang Bro also possesses his own [[Boomerang Bro Cup|self-named cup]].

Boomerang Bros. are virtually identical to Hammer Bros. in appearance, featuring the same colored skin, belly plate, nose, and eyes, though with differences, such as wearing dark blue helmets, shoes, and shells. In comparison to Hammer Bros., Boomerang Bros. have maintained consistent designs more often. Official artwork of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' depicted Boomerang Brother with somewhat darker yellow skin than in recent games, while his shoes, shell, and helmet are black. In-game, they are depicted with light green (occasionally blue) skin and white belly plates instead, likely due to technical limitations of the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System; however, all other aspects of their design are faithful to their artwork. Boomerang Brothers' sprites in ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' depict them with darker green skin, as well as tanned belly plates. ''Yoshi's Safari'' depicts Boomerang Bros. with off-white belly plates, green helmets, and shells, darker yellow skin, and no shoes, while also being very large, in the vein of both Hammer Bros. and Sledge Bros.

Though Boomerang Bros. did not have voice acting in earlier appearances, some games like ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' give them text dialogue. As of ''Mario Super Sluggers'', they have received voice acting from [[Motoki Takagi]], who also voices Hammer Bro, Fire Bro and [[Ice Bro]]. When voiced, Boomerang Bro's speech primarily consists of grunts and yells, but sometimes includes exclamations like ''"NO!"''.

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