Big Bob

Big Bob in the remake

“Hut! Leave it to me! Now, men! You know the drill! Load Big Bob!”

—General White, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

Big Bob (originally known as the big bomb cannon) is a cannon that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It is located in Fahr Outpost under a huge underground chamber. The name "Big Bob" is a wordplay on "Bob-omb," as the cannon is loaded with a large number of Bob-ombs and fired with a powerful explosion, as well as "Big Bertha," a famous large artillery model. When Mario goes there in hopes of finding a way to the Moon, he is informed that he must seek out Goldbob to gain permission to use the cannon and General White to have him operate it if he wishes to use the cannon. After he locates them, Mario speaks to the Fahr Outpost mayor once more, and Big Bob is activated. A hatch underneath Mario and his partner opens to load them into the barrel, and then numerous Bob-ombs are loaded into a chamber. After Mario is shot towards the Moon, all of the Bob-ombs parachute back down.

The cannon additionally appears in volume 34 of Super Mario-kun, but it is destroyed by Bowser before it can be used to launch Mario, Goombella, and Koops to the Moon; Bowser has to throw them instead.

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  Big Bob, ready to fire

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  Big Bob aiming for the Moon in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Big Bob in Super Mario-kun

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ビッグ・ボム Biggu Bomu	Big Bomb
Chinese (simplified)	大炸弹[?] Dà Zhàdàn	Big Bomb
Chinese (traditional)	大炸彈[?] Dà Zhàdàn	Big Bomb
Dutch	Bolle Bob[?]	Round Bob
French	Big Boum	Big Boom
German	Großen Kanone[?]	Big Cannon
Italian	Grande Boom	Big Boom
Korean	빅폭탄[?] Bik Poktan	Big Bomb
Spanish	Gran Cañón[?]	Grand Cannon