Microbomb

Microbomb
Microbomb from Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of	Bob-omb

“Handle with care!”

—Item description, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Microbombs are small Bob-ombs in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its Nintendo Switch remake. Their use is first demonstrated in the Mole Mines by Croco, who uses one in an attempt to flee from Mario. Once Croco is defeated, he drops a single Microbomb (known as Bambino Bomb in the SNES version), which is used to proceed further in the mines. Later, an unlimited supply is seen being thrown by Punchinello at the end of the path. They are the first bombs to be thrown as well as the weakest, but they can still be a problem if they are left alone. Soon after they are defeated, more are thrown, but when Punchinello loses enough HP, they stop being thrown and are replaced by regular Bob-ombs.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Microbomb
	HP	30	FP	100	Speed	15
	Location(s)	Coal Mines	Attack	42	Magic attack	6
	Role	Support	Defense	30	Magic defense	10
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	Jump, Fire	Strong	Sleep	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Items	None
Psychopath	"Small is as small does."

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Microbomb
	HP	30	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Mole Mines
	Monster List profile	Punchinello created these bombs by studying Bob-ombs. Due to their smaller size, they're also less powerful than a true Bob-omb
	Thought Peek	"I may be small, but I'm big inside!"
	Animations

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  Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	プチボム[?] Puchi Bomu	Mini Bomb
Chinese (simplified)	极小炸弹[?] Jí xiǎo zhàdàn	Mini Bomb
Chinese (traditional)	極小炸彈[?] Jíxiǎo zhàdàn	Mini Bomb
Dutch	Mini-Bob-omb[?]	Mini Bob-omb
French	Mini Bob-omb[?]	-
German	Mini-Bob-omb[?]	-
Italian	Mini Bob-omba[?]	Mini Bob-omb
Korean	미니 폭탄[?] Mini Poktan	Mini Bomb
Spanish (NOA)	Microbomba[?]	Microbomb
Spanish (NOE)	Mini Bob-omb[?]	-

Trivia

• The Microbomb's thought in the English SNES version is a reference to the 1994 film Forrest Gump, in which the titular character's catchphrase is "stupid is as stupid does".
• The rendition of the Microbomb in the game intro is internally known as "BB-Bomb" in the English version, whereas it was blank in the Japanese version. "BB" may be an abbreviation of "Bambino" or in reference to a round-shaped, small-sized type of ammunition.