Editing Pom Pom

{{Character-infobox

|image=[[File:SMP Pom Pom.png|200px]]<br>Pom Pom, as she appears in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''.

|species=[[Boom Boom (species)|Boom Boom]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

|latest_portrayal=[[Lani Minella]] (2011-present)

}}

 

 

'''Pom Pom''' is a boss who debuted in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. She appears to be both the female counterpart and partner of [[Boom Boom]]. She is also seen wielding a [[boomerang]] with a ribbon on it. Pom Pom often appears on airships where she could fight Mario or [[Luigi]]. Pom Pom shares her name with a loose, fluffy material used by cheerleaders and sports fans, or in crafts, the pom-pom.

[[File:N3DS_SM3DL_screenshot_29.png|thumb|left|170px|Pom Pom's battle with [[Mario]] in ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]

Pom Pom debuts in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' as one the bosses encountered alongside Boom Boom. At the beginning of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', Pom Pom, Boom Boom, [[Bowser]] and the [[Koopa Troop]] had invaded the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] during a storm, stole the [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] and kidnapped [[Princess Peach]].

After the defeat of Boom Boom in [[World 3 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 3]], Pom Pom resides in her pink [[airship]], first seen in [[World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 4]]. In battle, Pom Pom will throw [[boomerang]]s at [[Mario]], a maximum of 2 Boomerangs, and jump a fair distance, similar to a [[Boomerang Bro]] (though she does back flips and front flips). When Pom Pom takes damage, she will hover in her shell and try to land on Mario, unlike Boom Boom. This can be avoided by stepping to the side, and repeatedly jumping on top of her shell during her hover attack will yield a number of [[1-Up Mushroom]]s. After taking three hits from Mario's stomps, Pom Pom is defeated and will vanish while releasing ten coins.

Pom Pom reappears in [[World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6]]; this time, the arena's floor is covered in fire on the side of the platforms. She will occasionally jump to different platforms in this battle, but otherwise is fought the same. In [[World 7 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7]], Pom Pom will fight her last battle in the regular worlds with Mario, alongside her partner Boom Boom. Unlike the first two encounters, she will throw a maximum of 3 boomerangs instead of 2. After defeating Bowser, she and Boom Boom appear frequently in the Special Worlds, fighting against Mario and Luigi until the last level. For unknown reasons, shortly before fighting the Mario Bros., she winks at them in a somewhat flirtatious manner.

On a side note, both Pom Pom and Boom Boom are referred to in the plural sense on the European and Australian websites of ''Super Mario 3D Land''<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS/SUPER-MARIO-3D-LAND--274908.html Nintendo.co.uk's page on ''SM3DL'' reads]: "''Boom Booms lie in wait for Mario on the battleship.''" and "''Pom Poms lead Mario a merry dance''". (Retrieved January 21, 2013)</ref>, rather than individuals in the overall [[Boom Boom (species)|Boom Boom species]]. Therefore, it's possible that the player is fighting different Pom Poms and Boom Booms on the various ships, although the North American website suggests that they're one pair of recurring characters<ref name="SM3DL%20NA">[http://supermario3dland.nintendo.com/ Nintendo.com's page on ''SM3DL'' reads]: "''Boom Boom & Pom Pom [...] may look tough, but they're a bit of a pushover''". (Retrieved January 21, 2013)</ref>, the Prima guide refers to them in the singular, and even the Japanese website implies Pom Pom is a unique individual by describing her as 「クッパ<span class=explain title="ぐん">軍</span>の<span class=explain title="こういってん">紅一点</span>。」, meaning "The Koopa army's lone female."<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/arej/ Nintendo.co.jp's ''SM3DL'' page] (Retrieved January 21, 2013)</ref>.

====''Super Mario 3D World''====

Pom Pom returns in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' for the [[Wii U]]. She appears the same, but is now smaller when compared to Boom Boom. She appears to be wielding many [[wikipedia:shuriken|shuriken]], rather than a boomerang, and she uses transparent clones (the number of which varies depending on where fought and how many hits she took) to aid her in her boss fights, who also throw shurikens. The difference between her and the clones lie mostly in her colors and the color of her shuriken (the clones have gray shurikens while she has a pink one). She is the boss of World 3, but Mario and the others have a rematch with her in {{world|bowser|train}}, where she produces more clones. In her third encounter in {{world|flower2|12}}: [[Boss Blitz]], she reuses her strategy from the first encounter.

===''Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games''===

Pom Pom appears in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' as a goalie for the [[Football]] event in the Nintendo 3DS version. Although she is not among the main cast of playable characters, the player can take control of her while playing the event, making this her first playable appearance in a game.<ref>Nintendo of Japan (December 20,2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO9ae2nlOng 【マリオ＆ソニック ＡＴ リオオリンピック】オリンピック競技：サッカー]. ''Youtube''. Retrieved February 21, 2016.</ref>

Pom Pom makes her playable debut in ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]''. In baseball she is classified as a Power type character. In soccer, she is one of the two selectable goalies, with the other being Boom Boom. Players can have two Pom Poms in the same field at once, possibly indicating that she is a species (this has yet to be confirmed, as Pom Pom has been shown to have the ability of cloning herself).

===''Super Mario Party''===

Pom Pom makes her ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' debut in ''[[Super Mario Party]]'' as an unlockable playable character. She is unlocked by completing the fifth world of Challenge Road, Salty Sea. This is the first game in which Pom Pom speaks, as well as the first game where Pom Pom is physically present while Boom Boom is not, who only makes a cameo as artwork in the minigame [[Absent Minded]].

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Pom Pom appears alongside Boom Boom as an Attack-type, ace class, primary [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]], which is the enhanced form of the Boom Boom spirit once it has reached level 99. The artwork is from [[Super Mario 3D Land]]

[[File:Pompom3dLand.png|thumb|Pom Pom's game model from ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]

Pom Pom appears to be the female counterpart of [[Boom Boom]], though she has a ponytail and a pair of beads on her head, shorter arms than Boom Boom's, and a smoother and smaller shell with dots similar to that of [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, while other [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]s have shells with plates and grooves. She has shaped cheeks, a high nose, a low jaw, and deeply curved lips, similar to that of the [[Koopalings]], two large teeth, padded feet and, since ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', claws like her male counterpart. Unlike the latter, Pom Pom has magenta skin, tan head with red eyes instead of black and pink foot pads instead of light yellow. Her closest resemblance (apart from Boom Boom) is [[Wendy O. Koopa]]. The Prima Guide for ''Super Mario 3D World'' states that Pom Pom is Boom Boom's sister.

In ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', Pom Pom's way of fighting is similar to that of a [[Boomerang Bro]]. She throws at least two to three boomerangs at Mario, and then jumps away. She also spins in her shell to attack Mario anytime she gets hurt, though in a different manner from Boom Boom and the [[Koopalings]]: She hovers in her hard shell and tries to smash on her opponent overhead. Pom Pom can shake her airship just by impacting the floor with her spinning shell. Pom Pom is highly acrobatic as she can perform high jumps and elegant flips after she attacks.  

In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', she uses the art of ninjutsu to battle. She performs a hand gesture to disappear into pink smoke, which splits and teleport across the arena. She reappears from the split smoke with a large horde of clones equipped with large shurikens to attack with the real Pom Pom, who can be identified by her hair tie and pink shuriken with a bow, traits the clones do not share.

According to the commentary in ''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]'', Pom Pom wants to be refined and elegant, but is actually prone to losing her temper.<ref>[http://www.game-ost.com/static/covers_soundtracks/5/3/53465_495712.jpg The Official ''Super Mario 3D World'' Soundtrack Booklet reads]: "''Pom Pom adds a little ladylike elegance to Bowser's crew... or so she'd like to think, anyway. She wants to be refined and elegant, but is actually prone to having major meltdowns. She's a complex character and we wanted to get this across in the music". (Retrieved October 28, 2015)</ref>

==Official profiles==

'''North American website bio'''<ref name="SM3DL%20NA"/>:

*"''Cruising for a bruising in Bowser's airships, Boom Boom and Pom Pom wait for you in the lower chambers. They may look tough, but they're both a bit of a pushover—three quick stomps to the head will take them out.''"

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SMP Icon Pom Pom.png|Icon of Pom Pom in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''

*''"I’m so inspired! You make me wanna be a Super Star too! Perhaps next time we’ll meet as rivals."'' - ''[[Super Mario Party]]''

*''"Wow, what a neat-looking place! Name’s Pom Pom! I’m not TOO late, am I?"'' - ''Super Mario Party''

*''"Where ya headed? I’ll come with!"'' - ''Super Mario Party''

*''"Great! I’m a winner at pretty much everything!"'' - ''Super Mario Party''

|Jap= プンプン

|JapM=A mimetic word for a person being angry.

|FraA=Pom Pom<ref name=>[http://supermario3dland.nintendo.com/fr/ Nintendo.com's french page on ''SM3DL'' reads]: "''Boum Boum et Pom Pom attend patiemment de vous combattre sur le pont inférieur des vaisseaux aériens de Bowser''". (Retrieved May 30, 2015)</ref>

|ChiM="Touch-Touch"

|KorM=-

|Ger=Pom Pom

|GerM=-

|RusM=Pam pam}}

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