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* [[100% Completion]]: The N64 games, most notably.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Nitros from Bomberman Hero

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Nitros from ''Bomberman Hero''.

* [[The Anime of the Game]]: ''[[Bomberman Jetters]]''. Also ''[[Bomberman B Daman Bakugaiden]]'', which predates ''Jetters''.

* [[Arc Number]]: 5656. Entering it as a password in the various 16-bit Bomberman games almost always had an effect, though what it did varied depending on the game.

* [[Arc Number]]: 5656. Entering it as a password in the various 16-bit ''Bomberman'' games almost always had an effect, though what it did varied depending on the game.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Assault Bomber. From the moment he crashes into the arena in a freaking ''meteor'' and you hear his insane cackle, to him flying all over the arena shooting enough bombs to level a small town without much care for anything resembling accuracy, it's pretty clear that the guy is absolutely unhinged.

{{quote|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}F5Wg9i3UNOY#t{{=}}13s So.. are you BOMBERMAAAN!?!?]}}

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** ''Saturn Bomberman'''s intro sequence is notable for including some truly GIGANTIC bombs being thrown at Bomberman that are several times his size. This doesn't stop him from grabbing and flinging one back to his assailants, but overshooting and having it fall into a volcano. Cue [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] over the next few seconds as the camera zooms out, the planet starts bulging, and then ''turns into a planet-sized [[Cartoon Bomb]]'' before [[Earthshattering Kaboom|exploding]].

** Bomberman can do this in ''Generation'' as well.

* [[Big Damn Villains]]: {{spoiler|Regulus/Bulzeeb in ''The Second Attack!'' Zoniha is about to kamikaze Bomberman after losing when he shows up and cancels her attack. Then he loudly declares that [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|he's the only one that gets to defeat Bomberman]] right before making her one with a black hole.}}

* [[Big Damn Villains]]: {{spoiler|Regulus/Bulzeeb in ''The Second Attack!'' Zoniha is about to kamikaze Bomberman after losing when he shows up and cancels her attack. Then he loudly declares that [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|he's the only one that gets to defeat Bomberman]] right before making her one with a black hole}}.

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Thunder Bomber from Bomberman Online and Bomberman Jetters has a rather impressive pair of eyebrows.

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Thunder Bomber from ''Bomberman Online'' and ''Bomberman Jetters'' has a rather impressive pair of eyebrows.

* [[Bonus Level of Heaven]]: ''Bomberman 64''.

* [[Bonus Stage]]: ''Bomberman Hero'' has one after each of the first 4 bosses, in the form of simple timed areas with gems, power-ups and 1-ups to grab.

* [[Boss-Only Level]]: Pretty much every boss in ''64''.

* [[Boss Game]]: ''Bomberman Quest''.

* [[Brain In a Jar]]: {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Bagular]]}} at the end of Super Bomberman 3. He continues like this in Super Bomberman 4. {{spoiler|He gets his body back in Bomberman Hero.}}

* [[Brain In a Jar]]: {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Bagular]]}} at the end of ''Super Bomberman 3''. He continues like this in ''Super Bomberman 4''. {{spoiler|He gets his body back in Bomberman Hero}}.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Max}} in ''Bomberman Tournament''.

** {{spoiler|Nitros}} in ''Bomberman HERO''

** {{spoiler|Nitros}} in ''Bomberman HERO''.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Almost every major character in ''Bomberman HERO'' is a [[Captain Ersatz]] to a ''[[Star Wars]]'' character.

** Pommy is an expy to both [[Kirby]] and [[Pokémon|Pikachu]].

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* [[Chasing Your Tail]]: The Sphinx-like Bolban in ''[[Bomberman]] HERO'' has an armored front and a vulnerable tail. In the second battle, both his frontal shield and his breath weapon are disabled, but his missiles are harder to avoid because you're fighting him in an underwater tunnel.

* [[Cheerful Child]]: Bomberman, he was even called Cheerful White.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: When {{spoiler|Regulus/Beelzebub saves Bomberman by cancelling out Zoniha's light attack with his dark bombs. During the true final battle, The Angel of Light and Shadow uses a similar attack as she did, and using the dark bombs cancels it out.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: When {{spoiler|Regulus/Beelzebub saves Bomberman by cancelling out Zoniha's light attack with his dark bombs. During the true final battle, The Angel of Light and Shadow uses a similar attack as she did, and using the dark bombs cancels it out}}.

* [[Collision Damage]]: 2D games kill you on contact with enemies. The 3D games tend to just stun you for a few seconds instead if you walk into them instead of killing you outright, but the stun could easily be long enough for the enemy to deal a killing blow.

* [[Combining Mecha]]: The Five Bad Bombers from ''Super Bomberman 3'' enter into/become a large mecha for Bagular to ride after entering a vortex.

** Combine-3 from ''Bomberman MAX 2''.

** Let's not forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXKL7Ei--s CONSTRUCTOOOOOOOOOOR X] in ''Generations''. (It's doubtful that [[Large Ham|he'd let us]].)

** Let's not forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXKL7Ei--s CONSTRUCTOOOOOOOOOOR X] in ''Generations'' (it's doubtful that [[Large Ham|he'd let us]]).

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]

* [[Contemptible Cover]]: The U.S. release for the first TurboGrafx ''[[Bomberman]]'' had [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Bomberman_(TurboGrafx-16)_boxart.jpg this] as its cover.

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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''Bomberman: Act Zero'', a prime example of how this trope can be misused.

** ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!'' is also this to a lesser extent.

* [[Dead Character Walking]]: In most of the newer [[Bomberman]] games, there's usually an option to allow defeated players to harrass the living ones by riding around the edge of the stage in a hovering vehicle and throwing bombs at them. In some of the games, managing to directly kill one of the players this way could also revive you and let you resume playing normally, hopefully not getting killed in turn by the same player who you just offed.

* [[Dead Character Walking]]: In most of the newer ''[[Bomberman]]'' games, there's usually an option to allow defeated players to harrass the living ones by riding around the edge of the stage in a hovering vehicle and throwing bombs at them. In some of the games, managing to directly kill one of the players this way could also revive you and let you resume playing normally, hopefully not getting killed in turn by the same player who you just offed.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack'', Bomberman is revealed to be this in the Good Ending.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: In ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack'', Bomberman is revealed to be this in the Good Ending.

* [[Destroyable Items]]: Practically all games in the series. In some games, only good items can be destroyed by accident-the Skull just gets blasted across the arena!

** In some games, destroying a powerup results in a swarm of enemies!

* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: {{spoiler|Bomberman does not get anywhere with Lilith}} in ''The Second Attack!''.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Altair.}}

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Altair}}.

* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: ''Bomberman Hero'' was originally going to be a new Bonk game, but at some point or another the staff decided it'd have more mass appeal as a Bomberman game. Sure explains why it's a mainstream 3D platformer where Bomberman can actually jump on his own.

* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: ''Bomberman Hero'' was originally going to be a new ''Bonk'' game, but at some point or another the staff decided it'd have more mass appeal as a Bomberman game. Sure explains why it's a mainstream 3D platformer where Bomberman can actually jump on his own.

* [[Do Not Call Me Paul]]: Regulus in ''The Second Attack''.

* [[Don't Try This At Home]]: Pile Driver from Generation.

* [[Don't Try This At Home]]: Pile Driver from ''Generation''.

* [[Double Knockout]]: Mass-mutual KOs are common in multiplayer, due to the hectic pace of battle.

* [[Downer Ending]]: The [[Bad Ending]] for ''The Second Attack'' more or less implies that {{spoiler|the universe and all life will be destroyed by the God of Chaos. To say nothing of how the Astral Knights stay dead, Rukifellth is engulfed by Sthertoth, and Lilith stays behind on the Warship Noah to be with Rukifellth just as it's being destroyed, leaving Bomberman, Pommy, and Sthertoth as the only surviving characters.}}

* [[Downer Ending]]: The [[Bad Ending]] for ''The Second Attack'' more or less implies that {{spoiler|the universe and all life will be destroyed by the God of Chaos. To say nothing of how the Astral Knights stay dead, Rukifellth is engulfed by Sthertoth, and Lilith stays behind on the Warship Noah to be with Rukifellth just as it's being destroyed, leaving Bomberman, Pommy and Sthertoth as the only surviving characters}}.

* [[Dragon Ascendant]]: For some reason, Brain Bomber becomes the [[Big Bad]] in Bomberman Tournament.

* [[Dragon Ascendant]]: For some reason, Brain Bomber becomes the [[Big Bad]] in ''Bomberman Tournament''.

** [[Demoted to Dragon]]: Plasma Bomber.

* [[Dummied Out]]: ''Atomic [[Bomberman]]'' came with modding tools, making [[Dummied Out]] portions of the game easy to find - including unused, profanity-laced vocal taunts.

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** [[Shock and Awe]]: Zhael. The thunder bombs in ''Generation'' and Max's plasma bombs.

** [[Magma Man]]/[[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Molok.

** [[Light'Em Up]]/[[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Zoniha, {{spoiler|Mihael!Lilith, The Angel of Light and Shadow.}} The light bombs in ''Generation''.

** [[Light'Em Up]]/[[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Zoniha, {{spoiler|Mihael!Lilith, The Angel of Light and Shadow}}. The light bombs in ''Generation''.

** [[Casting a Shadow]]: Regulus/Beelzebub uses both solidified shadows and the gravity type.

** [[Power of the Void]]/[[Blood Magic]]: {{spoiler|Rukifellth.}}

** [[Power of the Void]]/[[Blood Magic]]: {{spoiler|Rukifellth}}.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Bomberman and {{spoiler|Regulus.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Bomberman and {{spoiler|Regulus}}.

** Bomberman and Max in the ''Jetters'' game, due to Max's nature in the anime the game was based on.

* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: ''Saturn Bomberman''. They're [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|adorable]] and [[Powerup Mount|give you a ride]], along with a charging or jumping ability. Also ''Bomberman Fantasy Race'', where they're an optional alternative to the roois. Different dinosaurs also show up early on in ''Super Bomberman 4'' as generic enemies... until you blow them up and they turn back into eggs. The first one you walk over hatches back into the same dinosaur and gives you a ride, while any extra ones follow you around like Yoshi eggs.

* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Let's see, [[Mooks]], fish, kid mice holding balloons, pandas, walking bombs, dragons, dinosaurs (unless they hatch from giant eggs when you walk over them), snowmen, giant spiders, tornadoes, [[Light Is Not Good|a mystical sorcerer]], a male sphinx, a crazy cat, ''GIANT'' robots, and [[Long List|many other things, on top of your own bombs and the villains...]]

* [[Evil All Along]]: {{spoiler|Sirius. Hoo boy.}}

* [[Evil All Along]]: {{spoiler|Sirius. Hoo boy}}.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Bagular in ''HERO'', Rukifellth and Zoniha in ''The Second Attack!'', {{spoiler|Sirius}} in ''Bomberman 64''.

** Thunder Bomber has a decent one when using his special attack in Bomberman Online. He also has a hilariously narmy one in Bomberman Jetters.

** Thunder Bomber has a decent one when using his special attack in ''Bomberman Online''. He also has a hilariously narmy one in ''Bomberman Jetters''.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Black Bomber.

** [[Heel Face Turn|For a while, at least.]] He's become one of the White Bomber's good friends.

* [[Expy]]: Bomberman himself is based on the enemies from NES version of ''[[Lode Runner]]'', appearance-wise. The game acknowledges it at the end of the first NES game; and in the latest remakes by Hudson, the enemies resemble Bomberman even more.

** The World Bombers from ''Super Bomberman 3'' could also be this to the World Bombers from ''Super Bomberman Panic Bomber W'':

*** Rasta Bomber: Mexican Bomber

*** Rasta Bomber: Mexican Bomber.

*** Metal Bomber: Metal Bomber [[Shaped Like Itself|(?)]]

*** Metal Bomber: Metal Bomber [[Shaped Like Itself|(?)]].

*** Bomb Gunman: Bomber the Kid

*** Bomb Gunman: Bomber the Kid.

*** Animal Bomber: Bomber Uhho

*** Animal Bomber: Bomber Uhho.

* [[Five-Bad Band]]: The Five Dastardly Bombers:

** [[The Big Bad]]: Plasma Bomber

** [[The Big Bad]]: Plasma Bomber.

** [[The Dragon]]: Magnet Bomber

** [[The Dragon]]: Magnet Bomber.

** [[The Evil Genius]]: Brain Bomber

** [[The Evil Genius]]: Brain Bomber.

** [[The Brute]]: Golem Bomber

** [[The Brute]]: Golem Bomber.

** [[The Dark Chick]]: Pretty Bomber

** [[The Dark Chick]]: Pretty Bomber.

* [[Five-Man Band]]: In the ''Land'' games:

** [[The Hero]]: Cheerful White

** [[The Hero]]: Cheerful White.

** [[The Lancer]]: Cool Black

** [[The Lancer]]: Cool Black.

** [[The Big Guy]]: Giant Gold

** [[The Big Guy]]: Giant Gold.

** [[The Smart Guy]]: Bookworm Green

** [[The Smart Guy]]: Bookworm Green.

** [[The Chick]]: Cute Pink

** [[The Chick]]: Cute Pink.

** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Kid Blue

** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Kid Blue.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Natia's apperance from Bomberman Hero. Also she carries a whip.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Natia's apperance from ''Bomberman Hero''. Also she carries a whip.

* [[Giant Spider]]: Mantis in ''Bomberman 64''.

* [[God]]: {{spoiler|In ''The Second Attack!'', you have to fight ''The Angel of Light and Shadow'', who created the universe, as the [[True Final Boss]].}}

* [[God]]: {{spoiler|In ''The Second Attack!'', you have to fight ''The Angel of Light and Shadow'', who created the universe, as the [[True Final Boss]]}}.

* [[Graphics Induced Super Deformed]]: In the first game, as seen in the box art. Then it was adapted as a default version and the original one didn't see the light again until ''Act Zero''.

* [[Gravity Master]]:

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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Black Bomber. Originally the antagonist in ''Bomberman 2'' up through about ''Bomberman '94''/''Mega Bomberman''. After that, he's portrayed as a sidekick, companion, and perhaps rival to White Bomber when Max isn't taking that role instead, to the point where he's the second player character in co-op.

** {{spoiler|Plasma Bomber almost did}} in ''Super Bomberman 2''.

** {{spoiler|Regulus (a.k.a. Bulzeeb)}} twice, {{spoiler|though his latter appearance portrays him more as a neutral rival than an enemy.}}

** {{spoiler|Regulus (a.k.a. Bulzeeb)}} twice, {{spoiler|though his latter appearance portrays him more as a neutral rival than an enemy}}.

* [[High Heel Face Turn|High Heel]] [[Heel Face Revolving Door|Face Revolving Door]]: Pretty Bomber. She is either one of the bad guys in the main games, or one of the good guys in the spin-offs.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: The player can VERY EASILY do this if (s)he's not paying attention, especially in multiplayer. You're probably lying if you say you haven't blown yourself up at least once.

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{{quote|"It's not much fun making speeches about my plans without an audience..." }}

* [[Kangaroos Represent Australia]]: Started showing up with ''Bomberman '94''/''Mega Bomberman'' and have practically become a mainstay since then. They're [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|even more adorable]] and [[Powerup Mount|also give you a ride]], and for whatever reason, [[Whale Egg|hatch from giant eggs.]]

* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|The bad ending of ''The Second Attack!''.}}

* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|The bad ending of ''The Second Attack!''}}.

* [[Large Ham]]: Mujoe [[No Indoor Voice|(especially him)]], Machbom, Thunder Bomber, Gold Bomber, and Constructor X.

* [[Large Ham]]: Mujoe [[No Indoor Voice|(especially him)]], Machbom, Thunder Bomber, Gold Bomber and Constructor X.

* [[The Right Hand of Doom|The Left Hand Of Doom]]: Bomberman had an oversized claw glove on his left hand in ''Bomberman: Act Zero''.

* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Red Mountain.

* [[Let's Play]]: One for Bomberman Tournament is available [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBE0E97B19D6A3007 by Hawk3y389]

* [[Let's Play]]: One for ''Bomberman Tournament'' is available [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBE0E97B19D6A3007 by Hawk3y389].

** [http://lparchive.org/Bomberman-Hero/ Bomberman Hero] and [http://lparchive.org/Bomberman-Jetters/ Bomberman Jetters] Lets Plays are available by [[TheStrawhatNO!]], hosted on the Let's Play Archive.

** [http://lparchive.org/Bomberman-Hero/ ''Bomberman Hero''] and [http://lparchive.org/Bomberman-Jetters/ ''Bomberman Jetters''] Lets Plays are available by [[TheStrawhatNO!]], hosted on the Let's Play Archive.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The final boss of ''Bomberman 64''.

** At least 2 bosses from ''The Second Attack!''

** At least 2 bosses from ''The Second Attack!''.

* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: Nearly every final boss in the whole franchise.

* [[Man On Fire]]/[[Infernal Retaliation]]: One of the skull effects in Bomberman 64 and its sequel set the player on fire, which would force him to use his body to kill off everyone else before the fire killed him.

* [[Man On Fire]]/[[Infernal Retaliation]]: One of the skull effects in ''Bomberman 64'' and its sequel set the player on fire, which would force him to use his body to kill off everyone else before the fire killed him.

* [[Market-Based Title]]: ''Bomberman Tournament'' is known as ''Bomberman Story'' in Japan. It's a more fitting title if you ask this troper, since "Tournament" would imply more emphasis on online multiplayer with singleplayer that boils down to "multiplayer with bots". However, this game is more "''Bomberman'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' with a side of ''[[Pokémon]]''" in terms of the singleplayer... not that some people even bother with singleplayer in a ''Bomberman'' game.

** ''Bomberman 64'' can refer to TWO different games. The one we know is known as ''Baku Bomberman'' in Japan. The Japanese ''Bomberman 64'' is actually a 2D game [[No Export for You|that never got exported.]]

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* [[Monster Arena]]: Most towns in ''Bomberman Tournament'' had arenas for [[Mon|Karabon]] fighting.

* [[Monster Clown]]: The boss of the second world in ''Super Bomberman'' is a giant clown head.

* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]: An interesting case in ''Bomberman 64''. {{spoiler|Though Sirius actually does a great job at posing as your ally, Hudson Soft kind of ruins his disguise with their descriptions of him in the game and the manual by constantly questioning his true intentions. The fact that the level where Sirius tests Bomberman's battle skills is titled "Friend or Foe?" doesn't exactly help his disguise either.}}

* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]: An interesting case in ''Bomberman 64''. {{spoiler|Though Sirius actually does a great job at posing as your ally, Hudson Soft kind of ruins his disguise with their descriptions of him in the game and the manual by constantly questioning his true intentions. The fact that the level where Sirius tests Bomberman's battle skills is titled "Friend or Foe?" doesn't exactly help his disguise either}}.

* [[Musical Nod]]: In ''Bomberman Hero'', the menu theme is lifted from straight from the Famicom/NES [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNB8V1NPYc0 Bomberman].

* [[Mutually Exclusive Powerups]]: The piercing bombs and the manually thrown bombs.

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* [[Oh Crap]]: In the multiplayer mode of ''[[Bomberman Jetters (video game)|Bomberman Jetters]]'', the characters will say some things when they realize they're stuck between bombs, like:

{{quote|Oh no!!!

AAAAHHHHHH!!! }}

AAAAHHHHHH!!!}}

** Even if they don't audibly cry out in despair, they have special [[Oh Crap]] animations in ''Saturn Bomberman'' and ''Bomberman Tournament'', perhaps others.

* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: In the early games, getting caught in explosions or [[Collision Damage|colliding with enemies]] meant instant explodey death. Grabbing the Heart power-up granted you one hit of [[Mercy Invincibility]] (although you can pick it up again after it's blasted out of you in some games). Later games just give you a heart-based health meter ~~ala~~ [[The Legend of Zelda]], complete with [[Heart Container|Heart Containers]] either purchased from shops or hidden in the game world.

* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: In the early games, getting caught in explosions or [[Collision Damage|colliding with enemies]] meant instant explodey death. Grabbing the Heart power-up granted you one hit of [[Mercy Invincibility]] (although you can pick it up again after it's blasted out of you in some games). Later games just give you a heart-based health meter a la ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', complete with [[Heart Container|Heart Containers]] either purchased from shops or hidden in the game world.

* [[One Bullet At a Time]]: Without powerups, you can only have one bomb placed on the screen at a time.

* [[One Game for the Price of Two]]: The Charaboms in the ''Bomberman MAX'' games, as you'd expect of games with a [[Mons]] element.

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** Also seen in the minigames in ''Bomberman Tournament''; invincibility during the minigames meant the best strategy was to chain bombs and run around like a nutcase, trying to kill as many enemies as possible.

* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: The original "plot" was Bomberman's quest to escape the bomb factory, thereby becoming human.

* [[Poison Mushroom]]: The Skull item, which inflicts a random disease to Bomberman, such as reducing blast power to 1 temporarily or giving you, err, bomb diarrhea. ([[All There in the Manual|~~Well~~, at least that's how its referred to in the Mega Bomberman booklet.]])

* [[Poison Mushroom]]: The Skull item, which inflicts a random disease to Bomberman, such as reducing blast power to 1 temporarily or giving you, err, bomb diarrhea ([[All There in the Manual|well, at least that's how its referred to in the ''Mega Bomberman'' booklet]]).

** ''(Baku) Bomberman 64'' featured an "Evil" item, which activated a stage-wide effect potentially affecting all players. Some effects include a tornado, maxing out everyone's bomb count and explosion size, and an "evil disco light" that saturated the screen with bright colours, making it hard to see the action.

* [[Pokémon-Speak]]: The Charaboms/Karabons, depending on which game it is. Sometimes they can only say their name or some sort of roar and other times they're perfectly capable of speech, but occasionally throw their name into sentences like a [[Verbal Tic]]. In ''The Second Attack!'', Pommy seemed to fit somewhere between these two lines by being a [[Third Person Person]].

** Rui-Rui is also prone to this in ''[[Bomberman B Daman Bakugaiden]]''. Other B-Darons don't necessarily repeat their given names, but do have a [[Verbal Tic]] and don't actually speak.

* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]] / [[Fully-Absorbed Finale]] - kinda.. more of a Very Well Disguised And Absorbed Prequel. At the end of the original ''Bomberman'', he becomes human- particularly, the protagonist from ''[[Lode Runner]]''.

* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]/[[Fully-Absorbed Finale]] - kinda.. more of a Very Well Disguised And Absorbed Prequel. At the end of the original ''Bomberman'', he becomes human- particularly, the protagonist from ''[[Lode Runner]]''.

* [[Powerup Mount]]: Louie/[[Spell My Name with an "S"|Rooey]] the kangaroo/rabbit thing in some games, dinosaurs or miscellaneous critters in others.

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The "Five Bad Bombers" from ''Super Bomberman 2'', the "Crush Bombers" from ''Generation'' and whatever "_____ Bombers" squad appears in the other games.

** The 'Four Demons of Garaden' in ''Bomberman HERO'', which were the catfish-esque robot, Endol, the annoying big bird, Baruda, the sphinx-like Bolban, and the lusty catgirl Natia with her pet robo-spider Chronus.

* [[Recurring Boss]]: Nitros in HERO. For the first three planets, he's fought at the end of the second area, but on Mazone, he's fought at the beginning of the third instead.

* [[Recurring Boss]]: Nitros in ''HERO''. For the first three planets, he's fought at the end of the second area, but on Mazone, he's fought at the beginning of the third instead.

* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: The Jetters game.

* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: The ''Jetters'' game.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Pommy, first introduced in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!,'' and frequently seen thereafter as a Charabom/Karabon. For that matter, just about EVERY Charabom/Karabon.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Pommy, first introduced in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!'', and frequently seen thereafter as a Charabom/Karabon. For that matter, just about EVERY Charabom/Karabon.

** The cute rabbit/kangaroo-like critters Bomberman [[Powerup Mount|can ride on]] from the 3rd ''Super'' game and on. The official U.S. name is "Louie"... Or at least that was the name of the one Bomberman got to ride in ''Bomberman Hero''.

** The dinos in ''Saturn Bomberman'' are also quite adorable. Then there's most of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rlyLUCO_6s B-Darons] in the ''[[Bomberman B Daman Bakugaiden]]'' anime/manga [[Spin-Off]], ESPECIALLY Rui-Rui, who causes a lot of [[Cuteness Proximity]] reactions. {{spoiler|And then gets dumped by some high school girls when they find something ''even cuter''.}} ''The Second Attack!'' has various adorable critters to represent AI players in Battle Mode. And, hell, how about the cute-looking things in each stage that [[Everything Trying to Kill You|kills you on contact?]] Let's just say that there's enough of these in the ''Bomberman'' franchise to give someone a [[Cuteness Overload]].

** The dinos in ''Saturn Bomberman'' are also quite adorable. Then there's most of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rlyLUCO_6s B-Darons] in the ''[[Bomberman B Daman Bakugaiden]]'' anime/manga [[Spin-Off]], ESPECIALLY Rui-Rui, who causes a lot of [[Cuteness Proximity]] reactions. {{spoiler|And then gets dumped by some high school girls when they find something ''even cuter''}}. ''The Second Attack!'' has various adorable critters to represent AI players in Battle Mode. And, hell, how about the cute-looking things in each stage that [[Everything Trying to Kill You|kills you on contact?]] Let's just say that there's enough of these in the ''Bomberman'' franchise to give someone a [[Cuteness Overload]].

* [[Rule of Fun]]

* [[Secret Level]]: ''Bomberman Hero'' has a surprising amount of these, including {{spoiler|revisiting a flying and underwater stage on foot as the Golden Bomber, a snowboard race against a snowman enemy, a second collection quest, and a few completely new stages accessed by mashing Start as you boot up the N64}}.

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* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Up until ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!'', there were few females.

** ''Bomberman 64'' has just Artemis (a female sidekick to Altair) and Mantis (A giant spider and the boss of White Glacier), with the latter being tougher than the first. ''Bomberman Hero'' goes off with the [[Damsel in Distress]] Princess Millian and the token female villain Natia, with Millian being [[Save the Princess|the important part of the plot]] and Natia being just some big help to the [[Big Bad]].

** And before the 64 games the series female cast was Pretty Bomber and Lady Bomber. The former of the two would go on to fulfill this role by appearing in future Bomberman games as the only female character.

** And before the 64 games, the series female cast was Pretty Bomber and Lady Bomber. The former of the two would go on to fulfill this role by appearing in future Bomberman games as the only female character.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Bagular/Buggler/Bagura, the recurring [[Big Bad]].

** "[[Mons|Charaboms]]" in ''Bomberman MAX'', then "Karabons" in ''Bomberman Tournament'', then back to "Charaboms" in ''Generation''.

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** ''Bomberman Fantasy Race'' on the PlayStation. As you'd expect, it's more like ''[[Mario Kart]]'', except everyone's riding a rooi or dino. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9o0A8s7CNo Here's some video footage.] There's a later Japan-exclusive game called ''Bomberman Kart'' and its remake ''Bomberman Kart DX'' that's even more shameless about its inspirations.

* [[Spinning Out of Here]]: In ''Bomberman Tournament'', each [[Mon|Karabon]] has its own special ability that can help Bomberman when exploring (some are passive, others need to be activated manually). Pommy (your first ally and a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Kirby]] and [[Pokémon|Pikachu]]) has the ability to transport Bomberman to any (major) town he's previously visited. Using this power causes Bomberman to spin rapidly before he's launched into the sky and lands in his intended destination.

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Title]]: When the first Bomberman game got released in the US, it got Wario as a playable character. [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|True to his character]], the game was renamed to ''Wario Blast – Featuring Bomberman''.

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Title]]: When the first Bomberman game got released in the U.S., it got Wario as a playable character. [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|True to his character]], the game was renamed to ''Wario Blast – Featuring Bomberman''.

* [[Stellar Name]]: ''Bomberman 64'' features characters named Sirius, Orion, Regulus, Altair, and Vega.

* [[Stellar Name]]: ''Bomberman 64'' features characters named Sirius, Orion, Regulus, Altair and Vega.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: This speaks for itself.

* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!'' [[Never Live It Down|multiple times]] in the form of Pommy's taunts to the main character for his inability to swim down to noticeable underwater ruins in Aquanet, as well as his fear of crawling through a pipe filled with running water.

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** It even states in the instruction booklet that he is in fact, [[Lampshade Hanging|quite obsessed]] with overkill.

** Assault Bomber from ''Generations'' seems to love this trope, from his psychotic attack patterns, to his entrance in which he enters the arena in a ''giant meteor'' that crashes into the center of the arena then explodes.

** You ''fart bombs.'' There ''IS'' no other kind of kill.

** You ''fart bombs''. There ''IS'' no other kind of kill.

* [[Third Person Person]]: [[Department of Redundancy Department|"Pommy's name is Pommy!"]]

* [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: Bomberman himself, of course, along with numerous other characters.

* [[Timed Mission]]: All of the classic 2D games which don't play like "''Bomberman'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''" have a timer. If Bomberman doesn't complete the stage in time, he spontaneously dies for no logical reason. [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in all of the 3D games, for the most part.

* [[True Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Sirius}} in ''Bomberman 64''.

** In ''Super Bomberman 2'', Plasma Bomber's doomsday device fulfills this role quite surprisingly by {{spoiler|killing Plasma Bomber just before he could complete a [[Heel Face Turn]] then attacks Bomberman.}}

** In ''Super Bomberman 2'', Plasma Bomber's doomsday device fulfills this role quite surprisingly by {{spoiler|killing Plasma Bomber just before he could complete a [[Heel Face Turn]] then attacks Bomberman}}.

** {{spoiler|Evil Bomber}} in ''Bomberman HERO''.

** Dr. Mechadoc in the ''[[Bomberman Jetters (video game)|Jetters]]'' game.

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* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Regulus in the N64 games. Especially in ''The Second Attack''.

* [[You!]]: {{spoiler|Sirius to Regulus}}, before the '''final''' final battle in ''Bomberman 64''.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Spoken word for word by {{spoiler|Sirius to Bomberman after Altair has been killed.}}

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Spoken word for word by {{spoiler|Sirius to Bomberman after Altair has been killed}}.