Pretty Bomber is a recurring character in the Bomberman series. She is the only female member of the Five Dastardly Bombers as well as the World Bombers. She was originally one of the first main antagonists of the series, but was later depicted as a friend and even love interest of Bomberman. In Super Bomberman R, she goes by her alter ego Karaoke Bomber, not to be confused with Karaoke-Bomber. She is also called Cute Pink in English releases of the Bomberman Land series, not to be confused with Pink Bomber.
Bio[]
At some point in the past, she was involved in a plot on the planet Phantarion in which the Five Dastardly Bombers fought against the world's army and severely wounded Max before being forced back.
In Super Bomberman 2, she and other Dastardly Bombers captured the original Bomberman, but he broke free on their ship. Pretty Bomber appeared as the third boss of the third world, utilizing Heart Bombs. In her boss machine, she did not openly attack Bomberman unless he broke the hearts that her machine created. She was defeated, and fell to Earth alongside the wreckage of her ship.
In the PC Engine version of Bomberman: Panic Bomber, Pretty Bomber returned as one of the last opponents alongside Golem Bomber. She also reappeared in Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W as a wandering combatant. Believing herself to be the sole survivor of the Dastardly Bombers, she interrupted Bomberman's fight with the World Bombers in order to challenge him and avenge her comrades.
She returned in Super Bomberman 3, revived by Professor Bagura, her master. Pretty Bomber controlled Deep Sea in the Bomber Nebula and guarded the blue Mother Computer Chip. She later returned to battle in the combined mecha at the end of the game, but was bested again and left inside the exploding Battleship. She was also a playable World Bomber in Battle Mode (representing France).
In Panic Bomber, Pretty Bomber is after the Gold Bomber statue, and attacks Bomberman after he has defeated Count Dracu-Boom in battle and gained access to the artifact. She is called "Ms. Flashy" in the North American version of the game.
In Neo Bomberman, Pretty Bomber is kidnapped by Bagura for unknown reasons. After being rescued by White Bomberman and Black Bomberman, she flees. Pretty Bomber also appears as a rival racer against Bomberman, Black Bomberman, and Bagura in Bomberman Fantasy Race.
In the first Bomberman Land, she appears as a minor antagonist that engages in mere mischievous acts. Bomberman tracks her down on more than one occasion to reclaim the goods she steals. In subsequent Bomberman Land titles, Pretty Bomber is on friendly terms with Bomberman and appears as one of the main protagonists of the series.
In Bomberman Tournament, Pretty Bomber finally reunites with her old comrades and returns to Phantarion as the second boss, causing water pollution from Pretty Base. She tries to stop Bomberman for the last time, fusing with Pommy Sea to become PrettyBalloon, but is defeated and forced to flee.
Before the events of Super Bomberman R, the five ended up as deactivated on Planet Scrapheap. Evil Emperor Buggler (Bagura) revived them to conquer the five planets of the Starry Sky Solar System in his name. The Bomberman Bros. (White and Black along with Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Pink and Aqua) set out to stop the expansion of the Buggler Army's intergalactic conquest and liberate the invaded planets.
Pretty Bomber, as Karaoke Bomber, is encountered on World 4: Planet Lalaland. She teases and flirts with Black when he refuses to fight a girl, but Pink interjects when Black starts turning red. Believing herself to be an interstellar star, Karaoke Bomber initiates her on-foot battle. After being blown clear, she utilizes her robot, Elegant Dream. Afterwards, Karaoke Bomber swears revenge and retreats, dropping a familiar heart-shaped pendant. Pink recognizes it as the same one she gave to their scrapped eldest sister, who had a fatal accident before all of them were built -- revealing that she is in fact Pretty Bomber, the missing ninth member of the Bomberman Bros.
Later, Emperor Buggler is chased to an artificial Black Hole which threatens to engulf the solar system and eventually the whole universe. He summons the Five Dastardly Bombers to form Great Gattaida, which is defeated by the Bomberman Bros. As a last resort, Buggler uses his own power to grow into Ultimate Buggler. The Five Dastardly Bombers finally regained their senses after Great Gattaida was destroyed and voluntarily give their strength to the Bomberman Bros., defeating Buggler for now. Afterwards, the formerly Dastardly Bombers peacefully resumed their previous lives, again on good terms with the people of Planet Bomber.
In one of the images of the credits of Super Bomberman R, Pretty and Pink are singing for a huge crowd of fans.
In Super Bomberman R 2, Pretty Bomber returns (in her Karaoke form) as a playable character in the Battle Mode of the game. She is absent during the whole Story Mode of the game, but she however, makes a minor appearance during the ending credits, where she can be seen along the other Dastardly Bombers and Bomberman Bros, repairing the damages on Planet Bomber.
Appearance[]
As Pretty Bomber, she wears a pink dress-like body with white limbs. A large heart is on her forehead and on her belt.
As Karaoke Bomber, she has a pink body with a mask covering her face and a yellow cracked heart on her forehead. She also wears a black dress and cape with red lines and wears a sash with a skull bomb on it.
Personality[]
As a villain, Pretty Bomber is a calculated opponent who relies on her charm to confuse and trap foes. She appears as both a member of the Dastardly Bombers' schemes and as a rival to Bomberman in other ventures. In the Land sequels, Pretty Bomber is a fierce and confident competitor, but her sweet and generous side enabled her to befriend Bomberman. In Super Bomberman R, Pretty Bomber is a good singer and even has a song in the game's credits (sung by her Japanese voice actor, and again by her English voice actor) -- but her persona, Karaoke Bomber, has horrific singing, which is played to comedic effect during her Elegant Dream boss battle.
Powers[]
- Heart Bomb - Heart-shaped bombs that hover about randomly, causing chaos. During the mecha battle in Super Bomberman 3, Pretty Bomber's Heart Bombs take on the form of two spinning hearts that shoot across the screen in opposite horizontal directions, constantly exploding.
- Karaoke Bomb (Sexy Bomb in Japanese) - This bomb, introduced in Super Bomberman R, goes off if Bomberman gets too close.
- Pretty Bomber also retains the same general abilities that the other Dastardly Bombers have: Becoming a ball of light and fusing with Karaboms.
Melodic Microd[]
Trivia[]
- In Super Bomberman R, Pretty Bomber can be unlocked by completing all six worlds with a three-star rating and is purchased for 30000 gems. Additionally, after simply finishing Story mode for the first time, Karaoke Bomber and the rest of the Dastardly Bombers can be purchased for 5000 gems each.
- She, Black Bomber, and Red Bomber are the only Bomberman characters to have an akumatized form.
- She is the also the only Five Dastardly Bomber member to be an akumatized villain
- Likewise, Pretty Bomber's akumatized villain form will be named as "Discorded Rhythm" in Miraculous Harmony Adventures
- She is the also the only Five Dastardly Bomber member to be an akumatized villain
- In Miraculous Harmon Adventures, there are numerous times Pretty Bomber is sometimes the target for the akumatized villain
- Different AU roles
- Panty Anarchy (Pretty & Hacker with ??? (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) AU)
- Ice Man (Bomberman (Mega Man) AU)
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- Birth date:
TV Tropes[]
In canon[]
- Action Girl: Sometimes. But whenever she's an antagonist.
- Badass Cape: As Karaoke Bomber.
- Breakout Character: Was popular enough to become the most recurring female character in the series, in spite of her status as one of the resident Psycho Rangers.
- Brother–Sister Incest: She flirts very suggestively with Black Bomber in R even though he's her brother. Justified and subverted, though, as Pretty didn't appear to remember her family when meeting them at Planet Lalaland, and she's wholeheartedly welcomed back as the eldest sister at the end of the game.
- The Cameo: Has a couple, such as in an episode of Bomberman Jetters.
- Cool Big Sis: Karaoke Bomber was the Bomberman Bros.' eldest sister, Pretty Bomber, before being scrapped.
- Cryptic Background Reference: The "accident" she had before Pink Bomber and Aqua Bomber were made is never explained.
- Damsel in Distress: Almost every single Land game and Neo Bomberman by Buggler for… some reason.
- Decomposite Character: In Super R, Pretty Bomber's good and evil roles have been separated into two characters; much of her original design along with her heroic traits have been split off into Pink Bomber (see "Bomberman Bros." above for more info), whereas Pretty Bomber of the Five Dastardly Bombers has been updated to be more in line with her team.
- Dreadful Musician: Apparently has daily "blood-curling ballads" in Super Bomberman R, which her underlings must endure. She gets better.
- Dub Name Change:
- Ms. Flashy in the Virtual Boy version of Panic Bomber, Pink Bomber in the English localization for Bomberman Kart, and Cute Pink in the English Bomberman Land localizations.
- In Super Bomberman R, she is known as Karaoke Bomber in English, and Sexy Bomber in Japanese. Subverted, as her name really is Pretty Bomber and she goes by it again by the end of the game.
- Dude Magnet: She's shown to have multiple Fanboys in most of the games, more so in Super Bomberman R.
- Eyelid Pull Taunt: Does this if the player inputs a wrong password in Super Bomberman 3.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her heartbroken helmet in Super Bomberman R.
- French Jerk: Technically, as she once represented France as a World Bomber in Super Bomberman 3.
- Good Costume Switch: After Pretty Bomber undergoes her Heel–Face Turn in Super Bomberman R, she changes into an outfit that resembles her original design. Averted in Super Bomberman R 2, where she reverts back to her Karaoke Bomber sona for some reason.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Is Bomberman's friend almost as often as she's his enemy. In Super Bomberman R, they just cut to the chase, eventually pulling off a full Heel–Face Turn in the ending.
- Humongous Mecha: The Elegant Dream, a weaponized sound system shaped like a butterfly that can amplify her singing to deadly volumes.
- Implied Love Interest: In the credits of Saturn Bomberman, her head is together with Bomberman's under an ai-ai gasa (lovey-dovey umbrella).
- Karaoke Box: Her namesake pastime in Super Bomberman R.
- Landmine Goes Click: Her Kareoke Bombs are motion-activated, meaning that while they take a longer time to become active, once they detect someone in their blast radius, they'll go off almost instantly.
- Magic Skirt: As Pretty Bomber.
- Ms. Fanservice: As much as something like a Bomberman could get to this trope, anyway. In her original design, she is quite busty and wears a skirt that shows her legs. Her redesign in R downplays her figure, though it still draws attention to her legs with a hip-exposing dress or skirt.
- Ninth Ranger: Pretty Bomber's identity in Super Bomberman R is the scrapped eldest sister of the Bomberman Bros. She reunites with them in the ending.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: In Super Bomberman R, at least when set to Japanese.
- One-Steve Limit: Karaoke-Bomber was previously the name of the World Bomber representing Japan (changed to Bomberman) in Super Bomberman: Panic Bomber W.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Pink Girl to White's Blue Boy.
- Pink Means Feminine: Especially as Pretty Bomber.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: In Super Bomberman R, she and Pink are the Red to Aqua's Blue.
- Related in the Adaptation: Is the thought-to-be lost sister of the Bomberman Brothers in Super Bomberman R, which acts as a soft reboot for the series.
- Scarf of Asskicking: She wears a yellow neckerchief except in Super Bomberman R.
- Secret Character: In Super R, getting three stars on all story mode stages unlocks Pretty Bomber in the store, although she's just a Moveset Clone of Karaoke Bomber at a higher price.
- Ship Tease: Bomberman tends to pine for her, and it is often shown she returns these affections. Especially so in the Land games. Averted in Super Bomberman R where they are siblings instead.
- Smitten Teenage Girl: In the Land series.
- The Smurfette Principle: Is always the one female in the Five Dastardly Bombers.
- Spoiled Brat: In the Land series and Super Bomberman R.
- Tsundere: According to her profile on Bomberman Land Wii, "She's quite self-centered, but has a really kind heart!"
In Starable's Projects[]
- Big Brother Instinct: Not only she's protective to the Bomberman Bros, but also the Five Dastardly Bombers
- Cheery Pink:
- Is This Thing On?: Her line before she uses her Arctic Weapon, Melodic Microd, for the first time
- Nice, Mean, and In-between: Nice
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Pink to Magnet's blue
- Retraux:
- The Smurfette Principle: At first to the Five Dastardly Bombers, before Hacker joins in
- Token Good Teammate:
- Unwilling Roboticisation: In her past when she was a human
Amanda[]
- Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Beauty
- The Smurfette Principle: At first, until Demon joins in
Groups she's in[]
- Five Dastardly Bombers
- The Guardians of Friendship
- The Arcticnexa Squadron of Harmony
- Bombermen Z
- Hugtto Pretty Cure (NAS)
Nicknames[]
- Ms. Flashy
- Cute Pink
- Karaoke Bomber
- Discorded Rhythm
- Pretty Panther
- Princess Pretty (Super reader)
- Chill of Hearts (Amber Harmony Heroes Z)
- Sailor ??? (Sailor senshi)
- Cure ??? (Cure form, Nexaverse)
Items/Weapons[]
- PreHearts
- Melodic Microd (her Arctic Weapon)
Songs she sang[]
- My past is not today (MLP) (along with many reformed members)
- Doki Doki Forever (with Amanda, Bon Bon, and Starable/as Natsuki)
Theme songs[]
- Elegant Dream
- Crash Man Stage (Smash Ultimate Remix)
- The Battle of Award 42 (A Hat in Time)
Relationships[]
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
