Editing Bub-ulb

{{species infobox
|title=Bub-ulb
|image=[[File:Bub-ulb better.PNG]]<br>Sprite of a Bub-ulb from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|notable=[[Bub-ulber]]
|latest_appearance= ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|You know what makes me happy? When folks see me and smile. That's every flower's dream. Every flower's hope. Every flower's...life.|Bub-ulb|Paper Mario}}
[[File:Bulb-ulb SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left|A Bub-ulb in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'']]

'''Bub-ulbs''' are plant-like creatures found in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]].

In ''Paper Mario'', Bub-ulbs give [[Mario]] [[Magical Seed]]s to plant them in [[Minh T.]]'s garden, revealing the way to [[Flower Fields]]. There are a total of four Bub-ulbs scattered around the world, which are found in [[Toad Town]], [[Mt. Rugged]], [[Forever Forest]], and [[Lavalava Island]]'s [[Jade Jungle]]. These Bub-ulbs, though, are buried underground, and all Mario and his party can see is a flower. Once Mario gets to Flower Fields, he meets several Bub-ulbs, all of which are in the main plaza of Flower Fields, where [[Wise Wisterwood]] resides. Bub-ulbs have different flower colors, from yellow to blue and from green to pink. When Mario first arrives, these Bub-ulbs are panicking due to the lack of sunshine in Flower Fields. When Mario restores Flower Fields back to its warm weather, Bub-ulbs personally thank Mario and even sing out of joy.

In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', two Bub-ulbs reside in [[Petalburg]]. One of them, [[Bub-ulber]], gives Mario a [[Dried Bouquet]] in exchange for a [[Hot Dog (item)|Hot Dog]] from the [[Glitz Pit]], after Mario completes his [[The food I want.|trouble]].

Although no Bub-ulbs appear in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Francis]] owns merchandise that is based on them.

Bub-ulbs have a name structure similar to [[Bob-omb]]s.

==Individual Tattles==
===''[[Paper Mario]]''===
;[[Toad Town#Paper Mario|Toad Town]]
*"''It's a flower. I guess that's pretty obvious... It doesn't seem to move like an ordinary flower, though.''"
*"''Oh! A Bub-ulb. Talking flowers seem weird... Didn't I hear that Bub-ulbs live in Flower Fields?''"
*"''He's one of the Bub-ulbs. Bub-ulbs are a type of talking plant. Aren't they hilarious? I think they come from Flower Fields.''"
;[[Mt. Rugged]]
*"''A flower, I think. But... Do most flowers move like that?''"
*"''Oh! A Bub-ulb. I don't know why, but they give out Seeds. Boy, if there are lots of these guys in Flower Fields, it must be a hopping place!''"
;[[Forever Forest]]
*"''It's a flower. I think... It doesn't seem to move like an ordinary flower, though.''"
*"''Oh! It's a Bub-ulb. The flower we saw must be the top of his head. He hands out Seeds. I'm willing to bet that these Seeds are really important. Let's plant 'em, Mario.''"
;[[Jade Jungle]]
*"''It's a flower. I guess that's pretty obvious... It doesn't seem to move like an ordinary flower, though.''"
*"''Oh! A Bub-ulb. I don't know why it's growing here. It's a very strange flower, don't you think? This Seed... I bet it's something very important. Important to Bub-ulbs, anyway.''"
;[[Flower Fields]]
*"''It's a Bub-ulb. It's one of many talking flowers in Flower Fields. Boy, it seems like as soon as creatures learn to communicate, they learn to gossip.''"
*"''You know, a lot of the flowers in Flower Fields will answer you if you talk to 'em. They're probably our best source of news around here.''"
*"''A lot of flowers live here, huh? They're so...so very... uh...beautiful, I guess.''"
*"''It's a Bub-ulb. The flowers around here hate cloudy weather. They need the sun's rays! I don't like the rain, either, because I can't play outside.''"

===''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''===
;[[Petalburg]]
*"''That's Bub-ulber. Doesn't it kinda weird you out to see a talking flower? I mean, where's his head? Is it the flower part? ...Or the bulb part?''"
*"''That's a Bub-ulb, a talking flower. I think he lives in Petalburg. I know he's a plant, but he makes more sense than these other crazy Petalburgers!''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PM Bub-ulb pink.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PM Bub-ulb Blue.png|''Paper Mario''
PM Bub-ulb Green.png|''Paper Mario''
PM Bub-ulb sprite.png|''Paper Mario''
Bub-ulb better.PNG|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
PMTTYDBubulbBlue.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYDBubulbGreenUnused.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (unused)
PMTTYDBubulbWhiteYellowCenterUnused.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (unused)
PMTTYDBubulbWhitePinkCenterUnused.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (unused)
SPM Francis 2nd Room.png|''Super Paper Mario'' (plushies)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フラワーさん
|JapR=Furawā-san
|JapM= Mr. Flower
|Chi=花先生
|ChiN=''Paper Mario''
|ChiR=Huā Xiānsheng
|ChiM=Mr. Flower
|Chi2=花花
|Chi2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|Chi2R=Huāhuā
|Chi2M=Flower
|Dut=
|Fre=Bub-ulb
|Ger=Knospi
|GerM=From ''Knospe'' ("bud")
|Ita=Fiorbulbo
|ItaM=Flowerbulb
|Kor=플라워씨
|KorR=Peullawo-ssi
|KorM=Mr. Flower
|Spa=Bubulbo
|SpaM=Bub-ulb
}}

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[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Paper Mario species]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door species]]
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