I suddenly had an ITCH to redraw two specific images because they looked fun to do? but also kinda funny. I really just wanted to experiment more with shading and background of how much i could..do them i suppose
they took painfully longer to finish but honestly i'm proud of both of them :D
(also drawing phantom was pain in the ass, never going to draw this man ever again.)
Scene from Rayman Dictées (provided from RayWiki)
Scene from Mario + Rabbids Spark of Hope: Rayman in the Phantom Show DLC (screenshot by me cuz this face made me dying out of laughter)
In Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, a glitch may occur on the team summary screen whereby Bowser will uncontrollably spit fire during all of his animations. Bowser will continue to spit fire indefinitely until the menu is exited.
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I still can't get over the fact that the writers on the Mario + Rabbids sequel decided to give a Rabbid version of Princess Rosalina clinical depression and make that the emotional anchor of the entire narrative, and somehow that worked.
Recently I have been thinking about the nature of King Bob-omb, because I think it is more interesting than one may think upon first consideration! Yes, he is a big living bomb. But what does this mean for him? Let's discuss!
Bob-ombs
Bob-ombs! They are bombs. Even a dog could look at a Bob-omb and tell you "Rhat's a ralking romb! Hreeheehee!" What do we know about Bob-ombs? Well, they are very clearly artificially created entities. I mean, they're bombs. They're powered by wind-up keys! And they're mass-produced in factories. These are artificial, mechanical creatures. Automatons! The ones in Sunshine are very overtly robotic, and even if those ones are Bowser Junior creations, it may reflect how he views the real ones.
There is a history of sentient, talking Bob-ombs and Bob-omb society, so these are clearly rather advanced automatons. All the more reason for me to confidently declare them to be robots! It's weird to make a living bomb capable of thought and emotion, but as established by Origami King, the ones working for Bowser are intent on making their single blast really make a difference. So I guess making them sapient is ultimately helpful for Evil purposes, if unethical.
King Bob-omb
Now let's consider the King! That guy loves to be considered. He is NOT mass-produced. He does not have a wind-up key. He does not even have a fuse! And of course, he has arms. No Bob-ombs have arms...
...but Chuckyas do! Big, Bob-omb-like, with arms for throwing Marios. King Bob-omb seems like he could be a stronger, more refined model of Chuckya! Chuckyas are absolutely robotic, so this does make a good case for the King being such, as well!
Could a robot have such a magnificent mustache, though? Yes, a robot could. Even standard Bob-ombs are capable of having mustaches, as are creatures made of ice, and also this is a silly cartoon world. So yes, I think a robot could have a mustache.
Mecha King Bob-omb
Now HERE's the thing that got me thinking of this in the first place! Mecha King Bob-omb, from Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope. This is a robotic version of King Bob-omb... hm. This IS obviously a robotic replica based on him, and there's no reason a robot based on another robot couldn't exist, but that WOULD make the "Mecha" title pretty weird! Is the original king mechanical or what? I guess the "Mecha" could also be referring to this version being a pilotable mecha, unlike the real version, which is a Guy. This brings up questions, and answers none!
The Big Dud
Finally, the last possibility of King Bob-omb's origins. If you are aware of the Super Mario 64 Iceberg, you are aware of the Big Dud theory! After Big Bob-omb (as he is known in 64) is defeated, an additional metal ball will be rolling around at the base of the mountain, and a Bob-omb Buddy will declare that the Big Bob-omb is nothing but a big dud now. This has led some to believe that the additional cannonball might be Big Bob-omb himself, made inanimate upon his defeat!
And then THIS gets me thinking about Power Stars. They do weird things to Mario creatures! I think it is likely King Bob-omb could have been created BECAUSE of the Power Star he holds. Maybe he was an ordinary Bob-omb enhanced into a new, regal form by the Star, or maybe he even was an ordinary inanimate metal ball, chosen to be extra resilient compared to his subjects! You know, in 64, he doesn't even explode like a Bob-omb. Is he a FRAUD? (No, he explodes in other games)
Final thoughts
So, after all this analysis, is King Bob-omb a robot or what? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. No one knows. This guy is weird! He can fly with no effort if thrown off the mountain. When killed, he congratulates Mario for killing him and invites him to do it again sometime. If I HAD to come to a conclusion... I would say he is technically robotic, but that's not something the designers/developers actually ever have or had in mind, and is just a result of being a Bob-omb.
I don't mind that there is no concrete answer! I was not expecting there to be! This is Super Mario we're talking about. They're not going to expect us to analyze evidence about characters and come to conclusions. But it is so much fun to do! That's why we do it! Call this guy a robot if you want! Or affirm that he is not if you don't! I don't really care as long as you are nice!
Happy Holidays to all the friends, mutuals and casual followers! It has been an awesome year meeting all of you and sharing ideas, art and brainrottings!
What i love about this cutscene is that when Allegra bowed to Mario is when he realized that she wasn’t a threat and bowed back to her, showing her that him and the others mean no harm either 🥹
Everyone was drawing The Phantom with legs and my brain was immediately like "oh hey".
I like to think that "Tom Phan" can absolutely do something like this so he can hang out with the unwashed masses. He prefers his regular form because he loves attention and a massive ghost gets ALL of the attention (and he doesn't want people to think that his powerful self is somehow a curse, perish the very thought!), but there are certainly advantages to being completely corporal and having the trappings of mortal flesh. To him, it's just another costume to wear.
This is one of the best moments of the DLC, Rabbid Mario gives him a big hug, Rayman reacts impressed and for a moment he doesn't know how reacts.....
The rabbids were those that he had previously hated and believed were all beings full of madness and evil, but after his adventures with Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Mario, he realized that he was wrong....
The rabbids were not the beings he thought they were, he realized that they could be good, helpful and loyal, after that he really changed a lot of his perspective on them.
and he decides to accept that hug and return it, thus accepting the rabbids as his friends, as beings that can be like us, some good and incredible, others neutral and clearly bad.
This is a great step for the rabbids and for rayman, for the rabbids since they finish redeeming themselves by making passes with rayman and demonstrating their great change, for rayman why does he leave a grudge and hatred, in general it is a moment where they ask each other forgiveness and acceptance.
But above all, it is a teaching to the fandom, a representation of how we can leave that grudge against the Rabbids for supposedly having killed him, and as Rayman we can see them in a different way.
and that is why I love this scene a lot as they show that there is no longer any resentment and everything ended at a bad time.