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[[File:Giant Cannon.png|thumb|The big bomb cannon, ready to fire]]
[[File:Giant Cannon.png|thumb|The big bomb cannon, ready to fire]]
[[File:Big Bob - Remake.jpg|200px|thumb|Big Bob in the remake]]
[[File:Big Bob - Remake.jpg|200px|thumb|Big Bob in the remake]]
{{quote|Hut! Leave it to me! Now, men! You know the drill! Load the big bomb cannon!|General White|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Hut! Leave it to me! Now, men! You know the drill! Load Big Bob!|General White|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The The Thousand-Year Door]]</i> ([[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 the [[Fahr Outpost]] under a huge underground chamber and is made fully operational. When [[Mario]] goes there in hopes of finding a way to the [[Moon]], he is informed that he must seek out [[Goldbob]] and [[General White]] if he wished to use the cannon. After he locates them, Mario speaks to the [[Fahr Outpost mayor]] once more and the big bomb cannon is activated. Loaded with tons and tons of [[Bob-omb]]s, Mario hops inside and is shot to the Moon, his final destination before [[The Thousand-Year Door]].
'''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 the [[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 amount of Bob-ombs and fired with a powerful explosion, as well as the {{wp|Big Bertha (howitzer)|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 [[party member|partner]] opens to load them into the barrel and then numerous [[Bob-omb]]s are loaded into a chamber. After Mario is shot towards the [[Moon]], all of the Bob-ombs parachute back down.
 
==Names in other languages==
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==Trivia==
*The name "Big Bob" is a wordplay on "''Bob''-omb", as the cannon is loaded with a large amount of Bob-ombs and fired with a powerful explosion, as well as the {{wp|Big Bertha (howitzer)|Big Bertha}}, a famous large artillery model.
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Revision as of 17:23, June 3, 2024

Big bomb cannon
The big bomb cannon, ready to fire
The Big Bob in the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake
Big Bob in the remake
“Hut! Leave it to me! Now, men! You know the drill! Load Big Bob!”
General White, Paper Mario: The 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 the 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 amount of Bob-ombs and fired with a powerful explosion, as well as the 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.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Big Boum[1] Big Boom
German Großen Kanone[?] Big Cannon
Italian Grande Boom[3] Big Boom
Spanish Gran Cañón[?] Grand Cannon

References

  1. ^ «Général Blanc! Big Boum est prêt?» — Fahr Outpost mayor, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (French)
  2. ^ ホワイトしょうぐん!
    ビッグ・ボムの じゅんびは よいかね?
    」— Fahr Outpost mayor, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Japanese)
  3. ^ «Generale Bucaneve, a che punto sono i preparativi del Grande Boom?» — Fahr Outpost mayor, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Italian)