General White

General White
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species	Bob-omb
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“I am General White. I am a Bob-omb! And I have lost my hopes and dreams. My heart has grown cold... I must apologize, but I ask that you leave me alone.”

—General White, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

General White is a retired Bob-omb general that helped create Big Bob, which can launch people to The Moon, at Fahr Outpost in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For most of the game, General White remains at Petalburg where he sulks about losing his life's work. Mario and his party must find him and get him to fire the cannon. He is elusive and sends Mario and friends on a long chase across the map looking for him, ending in his house in Fahr Outpost where Mario must repeatedly jump on him to wake him up from his deep sleep.

The first time is when Mario must get the cannon back online. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:

• Either Kroop or the Koopa Troopa in front of the inn at Petalburg.
• Pa-Patch in Keelhaul Key.
• Podler in Glitzville.
• The Puni at the entrance of the Great Tree.
• The Twilighter in front of the inn at Twilight Town (Mayor Dour or the Twilighter near the Twilight Shop in the Nintendo Switch remake).

During this search, General White leaves a message on the Graffiti Corner of the Rogueport message board, requesting information about Mario's location.

The second (optional) time is when Goldbob sends Mario and friends to deliver a package to him for his trouble. The order of characters Mario must talk to while searching are as follows:

• A Bob-omb in General White's house at Fahr Outpost.
• Podley in Rogueport.
• Podler in Glitzville.
• Goldbob in Poshley Heights.

General White also appears in volume 34 of Super Mario-kun. Like in the game, he has to be woken up, but he never seems to have left Fahr Outpost and does not need to be searched for. While he does activate Big Bob, Bowser ends up destroying it before it can launch Mario, Goombella, and Koops to the moon.

Tattle information

• "That's General White, the Bob-omb. I guess white Bob-ombs are pretty rare. He has a cool mustache, too. He might even give your lip fuzz a run for its money!"

Gallery

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  General White sleeping

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  General White in Petalburg in the remake

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  Mario jumping on General White in the remake

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  General White in the remake credits

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ホワイトしょうぐん[?] Howaito Shōgun	General White
Chinese (simplified)	白色将军[?] Báisè Jiāngjūn	General White
Chinese (traditional)	白色將軍[?] Báisè Jiāngjūn	General White
Dutch	Generaal de Wit[?]	General von White
French	Général Blanc[?]	General White
German	Bomb-umm[?]	Pun on "Bob-omb" and "bumm" (onomatopoeia for an explosion)
Italian	Generale Candido Bucaneve[?]	General White Snowdrop
Korean	화이트장군[?] Hwaiteu-Janggun	General White
Spanish	General Bomblanco[?]	Pun on "bomb" and blanco ("white")

Trivia

• In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door's end credits parade, General White's silhouette can be seen with the Fahr Outpost characters.
  • In the remake, a sleeping General White is passed down a group of Bob-ombs following the Fahr Outpost mayor; they eventually throw him on the stage, a callback to his heavy sleeping.