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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:ParabombNSMBU.png|200px]]<br>A Parabomb in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variant_of=[[Bob-omb]]
|variants=[[Glad Parabomb]]
|comparable=[[Parachute Galoomba]]<br>[[Tail Bob-omb]]
|relatives=[[Paper Macho Bob-omb]]
}}
'''Parabombs''' (occasionally formatted as '''Para-bombs''' or '''Para Bombs'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi's Safari'' instruction booklet|page=19|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>), also known as '''Parachute Bob-ombs''',<ref>{{cite|url=www.lego.com/en-us/product/character-packs-series-3-71394|title=Character Packs – Series 3|publisher=LEGO|accessdate=August 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en English|title=''Super Mario World'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-141758/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are [[Bob-omb]]s that descend slowly from the sky and become regular Bob-ombs upon touching the ground.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:Parabomb SMW.png|frame|left]]
Para-bombs make their debut in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where they spawn from the sky, slowly descending until they land on the ground, or other platforms or blocks that would otherwise act as such. They then begin taking on the normal traits of Bob-ombs in this game of walking back and forth until they flash and explode. They appear endlessly in [[Vanilla Secret 2]], while only a few spawn along with [[Parachute Galoomba]]s in [[Chocolate Island 5]].

====''Super Mario 64 DS'' / ''New Super Mario Bros.''====
[[File:BOS Parabomb.png|frame]]
In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', there is a [[minigame]] called [[Bob-omb Squad]], where Para-bombs must be blown up before they hit guarded flowers. In this game, they sport pink and white parachutes as opposed to their blue and white parachutes from ''Super Mario World''.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Parabombs are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They act identical to their ''Super Mario World'' counterparts. Parabombs are first encountered in [[World 8-5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-5]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Para-bombs are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They have the same function as in earlier games. They are occasionally shot out of [[cannon]]s. They appear only in [[World 2-B (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2-B]] and [[World 6-2 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6-2]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Para-bombs are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|shared port]]. Para-bombs act the same as in previous games. The appear only in [[Red-Hot Elevator Ride]], while ''New Super Luigi U'' includes them in both [[Current Event]] and [[Bowser Jr. Showdown]].

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Parabombs are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They can be made by placing a parachute on a Bob-omb. Newly designed sprites of them were created for ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', since they appear in neither of the three games. Parabombs can be placed in pipes, [[Lakitu]]s, [[Bill Blaster]]s, and [[Bull's-Eye Blaster]]s, though not in cannons.

===''Yoshi's Safari''===
[[File:Para-Bomb.png|110px|thumb|Artwork of a Para Bomb from ''Yoshi's Safari'']]
Para Bombs are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''.

===''Hotel Mario''===
[[File:HM Parabomb.png|frame|left]]
Parabombs are enemies in ''[[Hotel Mario]]''. They can crash into enemies from above, similarly to their counterparts from ''Super Mario World'', except they can follow Mario and [[Luigi]] while falling. A Parabomb can close a door by hitting it.
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===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
Para-bombs are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. [[Booster]] throws them from his train midway up [[Booster Tower]]. Touching one prompts a [[Rob-omb]] battle. Booster will continue throwing them until he runs out, causing him to leave in annoyance, or the player hides or leaves first, causing him to stop early and leave in dejection.

===''Yoshi's Story''===
Para-bombs are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They appear during the fight with [[Baby Bowser]], and hitting them with eggs is required to hurt the [[Ghost (Yoshi's Story)|ghost]].

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Para-bombs make a brief cameo in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. When Mario and his partner are shot out of [[Big Bob]] in [[Fahr Outpost]], the hatch that holds the Bob-ombs opens up and releases the Bob-ombs. They come down slowly using red parachutes.

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
[[File:Pmssguide33.png|thumb|Parabombs falling from the sky in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'']]
Parabombs appear in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. They are found in [[Goomba Fortress]]. The cannons that appear blast the Parabombs from the tower after a [[Goomba]] wakes up a sleeping group of [[Bob-omb]]s using a trumpet. Once they hit the ground, they attack like normal [[Bob-omb]]s. Many Parabombs actually miss the desired area and fall into what seems to be a bottomless [[pit]]. After Mario beats the [[Megasparkle Goomba]], Parabombs do not appear anymore. At the rest stop in [[Bowser's Snow Fort]]'s mine cart ride, [[Shiny Bob-omb]]s drop into battle in the form of a Parabomb.

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
{{main|Paper Macho Bob-omb}}
While regular Parabombs do not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', [[Paper Macho Soldier|Paper Macho]] variants of Bob-ombs resemble Parabombs, parachuting in [[Hotfoot Crater]] during the section where Mario escapes from the small [[Paper Macho Goomba]]s. When they land, they chase Mario upon detection and explode after a short period of time.
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===''Super Princess Peach''===
Parabombs are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They behave much in the same way as in ''Super Mario World''. There is also a variant of Parabomb named [[Glad Parabomb]].

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', paper versions of Parabombs appear in the [[Cannonball Chuck]] minigame in the arcade's [[Attackathon]]. They are seen suspended in mid-air after [[Mario]] throws the cannonball with [[Luigi]] on it. If the cannonball hits a Parabomb, the minigame ends. In the [[Mega Thwonk]] minigame, Luigi may have to avoid some Parabombs by ducking; colliding with one will end the minigame.

===''Dr. Mario World''===
Parabombs are assistants in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. In both stage mode and versus mode, their effect is to transform two objects, mainly [[virus]]es, into [[exploder]]s when the stage starts, where the chance of activation is higher at higher levels (15%, 30%, 45%, 60%, and 80% from levels 1 to 5 respectively). Parabomb assistants are each rewarded after clearing the first area in [[World 15 (Dr. Mario World)|World 15]] and [[World 28]].

===''Mario Golf: Super Rush''===
Parabombs are obstacles in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''. Unlike their common design, Parabombs lack legs and a wind-up key. They appear as part of [[King Bob-omb]]'s Bob-ombs Away Special Shot, where they blow away nearby opponents' golf balls. Parabombs also appear in the Battle Golf mode at Super Golf Stadium, during the Bob-omb Rush event, in which players are targeted by multiple Parabombs, especially higher ranked ones.

===''Super Mario Party Jamboree''===
Parabombs make their first ''Mario Party'' appearance in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', appearing in the background of the board [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]] where they fall out of the sky whenever [[Impostor Bowser]] takes over the central tower. They also appear in [[Bowser Crashers]] where they are summoned by [[Kamek]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=パラボム (JP) / Para-bomb (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Parabomb Perfect.png|x200px]]
|shuzoku=ウエポン{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=まじめ
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>ボム{{ruby|兵|へい}}が{{ruby|空|そら}}から{{ruby|舞|ま}}い{{ruby|降|お}}りる</big><br>
{{ruby|空中訓練|くうちゅうくんれん}}を{{ruby|受|う}}けて{{ruby|緞|きた}}えられたボム{{ruby|兵|へい}}（Ｐ207）。パラシュートを{{ruby|使|つか}}い、{{ruby|空|そら}}から{{ruby|降|お}}りてくる。{{ruby|地上|ちじょう}}に{{ruby|降|お}}りると{{ruby|近|ちか}}づいてきて、{{ruby|自爆|じばく}}しようとする。{{ruby|集団|しゅうだん}}で{{ruby|降|お}}りてくるので、{{ruby|相手|あいて}}にせず{{ruby|進|すす}}もう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/CFXNZBx.jpeg 163]}}</ref>
|tribe=Weapon clan
|disposition=Serious
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>Bomb soldiers descend from the sky</big><br>
''A Bob-omb (P207) who has undergone aerial training. They use parachutes to descend from the sky. When they land on the ground, they approach you and try to self-destruct. They will descend in groups, so do not fight them and continue on your way.''
}}

===''Super Princess Peach''===
{{SPP enemy
|name=Parabomb
|image=[[File:SPPParabomb.png]]
|levels=[[Ladida Plains 1-5]]<br>[[Hoo's Wood 2-9]]<br>[[Fury Volcano 4-2]]<br>[[Wavy Beach 5-4]]<br>[[Giddy Sky 7-2]]
|number=67
|glossary=A Bob-omb with a parachute. Stomp on it to blow it up.
}}

===''Dr. Mario World''===
*'''Stage mode:''' "''Grants 15%/30%/45%/60%/80% chance exploders (2) will appear on stage start.''"
*'''Versus mode:''' "''Grants 15%/30%/45%/60%/80% chance exploders (2) will appear on stage start.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW Artwork Parabomb.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
Para-Bomb.gif|''Super Mario World''
SMW Para-bomb.png|''Super Mario World''
SMWParaBombCastRoll.png|''Super Mario World'' (cast roll)
Safari Parabomb.png|''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''
Parabomb SuperMarioKun.jpg|Volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
SMMPB4 Maze5.jpg|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4]]: Princess Peach Disappeared''
Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle
Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
Mario Undōkai card 10.jpg|''[[Mario Undōkai]]'' trading card
1996 NCM sizechartC.png|A size chart for a 1996 ''Nintendo Character Manual''
YSParabomb.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
Bob-omb Squad.png|Parabombs in the minigame [[Bob-omb Squad]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
NSMBW Asset Model Parabomb.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBW World 8-5 Screenshot.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMB2-W2-B.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
NewPara-Bomb.png|''New Super Mario Bros. 2''
MLPJ Parabombs.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''
DMW-Parabomb.png|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
NSSM Cover.jpg|''Nurie Selection Super Mario''
Supernintendoworldpowerupbandkeychallenge-c.jpg|[[Super Nintendo World]]
Tencent Switch JD Promotional Banner 5.jpg|Promotional banner from {{wp|Tencent}}'s online [[Nintendo Switch]] store on {{wp|JD.com}}
LEGO Super Mario Character Pack Series 3 Sets.jpg|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
Parabomb birthday artwork.png|3D promotional artwork 
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=パラボム
|JpnR=Parabomu
|JpnM=Parabomb, officially romanized as "Para Bom"<ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese ending cast roll</ref>
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=28|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>
|ChiS=炸弹空降兵<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译]|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=May 19, 2024}}</ref> (''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'')
|ChiSR=Zhàdàn Kōngjiàngbīng
|ChiS2=空降炸弹兵 (since ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'')
|ChiS2R=Kōngjiàng Zhàdànbīnɡ
|ChiSM=From on "炸弹兵" (''Zhàdànbīnɡ'', "Bob-omb") and "空降兵" (''kōngjiàngbīng'', "paratrooper")
|ChiS2M=Airborne Bob-omb
|ChiT=空降炸彈兵
|ChiTR=Kōngjiàng Zhàdànbīnɡ
|ChiTM=Airborne Bob-omb
|Fre=Parabomb
|FreM=Parabomb
|FreE=Bob-omb parachute
|FreEM=Parachute Bob-omb
|Ger=Para-Bomb<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>
|Ger2=Fallschirm-Bob-omb
|GerM=Para-Bomb
|Ger2M=Para-Bomb
|Ita=Bob-omba Parà
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Canale New Super Mario Bros. U|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClRRscbbtY|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Castello di Peach CASTELLO 1 - Vs Bowser con Gioco assistito (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|date=March 12, 2013|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Para Bob-omb; from ''paracadute'' ("parachute")
|Kor=파라폭탄
|KorR=Parapoktan
|KorM=Parabomb
|Por=Parabomba
|PorM=Parabomb
|PorE=Bob-bomba Paraquedista
|PorEC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.lego.com/pt-pt/product/character-packs-series-3-71394|title=Packs de Personagens – Série 3|publisher=LEGO.com|language=pt-pt|accessdate=March 30, 2025|archive=web.archive.org/web/20250330172705/https://www.lego.com/pt-pt/product/character-packs-series-3-71394}}</ref>
|PorEM=Parachuting Bob-omb
|SpaA=Parabomba
|SpaAM=Parabomb
|SpaE=Para-bomb
|SpaE2=Bob-omb Paracaidista
|SpaEM=Para-Bomb
|SpaE2M=Parachuting Bob-omb
}}

==Notes==
[[File:YoshiNES-Bobomb.png|frame]][[File:WWG Parachute Bomb.png|frame]]
*In the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version of ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'', regular Bob-ombs use Parabomb's ''Super Mario World'' sprite, but without the parachute.
*In the third level of the ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' microgame [[Crossing Guard (WarioWare: Twisted!)|Crossing Guard]], a returning microgame from ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'', some bombs landing with a parachute are similar to a Parabomb.
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==References==
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