Vacuum Helmet
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The Vaccum Helmet is a device used by Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. It is used to get Fawful around and attack the Mario bros. It is also noticed to have many functions and is Fawful's most used invention.
History
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fawful uses the Vaccum Helmet to suck up Princess Peach's voice before the onset of the game. He uses the Vaccum Helmet's fireball ability to battle Mario and Luigi when they come to reclaim Peach's Voice; he then uses the attack to destroy Bowser's Koopa Cruiser. Later, when Cackletta is defeated by the Mario bros., Fawful sucks her soul up with the Vaccum Helmet and deposits it inside Bowser's unconscious body, thus saving her from death.
During the final battle of Superstar Saga, Fawful and his Vaccum Helmet are seen in one of Cackletta's attacks, but in ghost form. In the attack, the Vaccum Helmet will shoot fire balls at both bros. If Fawful is in front of Mario, the Vaccum Helmet will first shoot at Luigi first, then Mario. On the other hand, if Fawful is in front of Luigi, the Vaccum Helmet will shoot at Mario first.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story the Vaccum Hemet is used by Fawful to suck the power out of the Dark Star and become Dark Fawful. Afterwards the helmet is fought in the battle against Dark Fawful where Bowser can inhale it and the Mario Bros. will fight it from inside him. In this game, the helmet is less important, although it is much more life-like than before. So far, the helmet's last appearance was in Bowser's Inside Story.
Functions
The Vaccum Helmet has many functions, and is primarily used by Fawful to fly around or hover. The Vaccum Helmet's nozzle can both shoot fiery balls of energy at Fawful's opponents and vacuum up other things, which are then stored within the Vaccum Helmet.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story introduces more functions, including the Vaccum Helmet's ability to function independently from Fawful. It is also revealed that the Vaccum Helmet's nozzle can morph into a kind of basket, inside of which Mario or Luigi can be trapped and drained of their HP. While Fawful is fighting Bowser, he may use his Vaccum Helmet to avoid some of Bowser's attacks or he can revive some of his own HP. The Vaccum Helmet also morphs it's nozzle into what looks like teeth, allowing Fawful to grab onto objects and swing from them. At some point, the Vaccum Helmet will fly above Fawful's head on the top screen, where Bowser can use his vacuum ability to suck it up into his body, where the bros. will fight it. After taking a certain amount of damage, the Vaccum Helmet will explode and cease to exist, making its last appearance.
Trivia
- It is unknown if the Vaccum Helmet has a life of its own. However, during the battle against Dark Fawful, the Vaccum Helmet can be seen blinking giving more evidence that it has it's own life.
- The top of the Vaccum Helmet in Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story makes it resemble R.O.B.
