Bobo

Bobo Artwork of Bobo from Kirby: Canvas Curse. Details First game Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) Latest game Kirby: Canvas Curse (2005) Other game(s) Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Copy Ability Burning Enemy Info Card

This article is about the common fire-bubble enemies which appear in several Kirby games. For the larger mid-boss version, see Boboo.

This article is about common fire-bubble enemies, and should not be confused with Bohboh or Brobo.

Bobo is an enemy that appears in a small number of Kirby games, debuting in Kirby's Dream Land 3 and making its most recent appearance in Kirby: Canvas Curse. It resembles a sentient, red and yellow flame with a pair of oval, black eyes and two flat, blue or white feet.

A bigger version of them known as Boboo appears in Kirby's Dream Land 3 as a Mid-Boss.

Game appearances

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Artwork from Kirby's Dream Land 3

Bobos make their first appearance in Kirby's Dream Land 3, where they are first seen as early as the second stage of Grass Land. Here, three varieties of them exist, which slightly differ in size; whereas the most common type of Bobo is as wide as it is tall, thinner as well as a chubbier specimens may also be encountered. All three types possess a similar behavior.

In-game sprites of all three varieties

Regular Bobos behave like Waddle Dees, either slowly strolling in a straight line until they touch a wall or running back and forth within a small area. Thin ones occasionally turn around to walk towards Kirby and do not walk off edges, while chubby ones always walk in a straight line and move at a more sluggish pace than the other types. Certain normal-sized Bobos may also jump, in addition to making a small hop whenever they move off the edge of a platform.

Like most enemies in the game, Bobos are vulnerable to any attack. Inhaling and swallowing them awards Kirby the Burning Copy Ability.

Locations

In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Bobo can be found in the following levels and stages:

Bobo locations in Kirby's Dream Land 3
Stage	Grass Land	Ripple Field	Sand Canyon	Cloudy Park	Iceberg
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Screenshot from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Bobos return as a common enemy type. They are encountered very early in the game, debuting at the beginning of the first stage of Pop Star. While they retain their basic design from their previous appearance, their shoes are a more intense shade of blue and all Bobos in this game are the same size. They also all share a common behavior, running faster than in the previous game and always turning around at the edge of a platform instead of walking off.

Like in Kirby's Dream Land 3, Bobos can once more be destroyed by any attack and possess the Burning ability (known as Burn in this game).

Locations

Bobo can be found in the following levels and stages:

Bobo locations in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Stage	Pop Star	Rock Star	Aqua Star	Neo Star	Shiver Star	Ripple Star	Dark Star
Stage 1
Stage 2							N/A
Stage 3							N/A
Stage 4	N/A					N/A	N/A

Kirby: Canvas Curse

Bobos make another appearance in Kirby: Canvas Curse, where their design has been changed slightly to give them white feet instead of blue ones. In this game, they again yield the Burning ability.

Locations

In Kirby: Canvas Curse, Bobo appears in the following locations:

Bobo locations in Kirby: Canvas Curse
Reddy Land	Arange Gorge	Iello Adventure	Neo Greo	Bloo Hills	Omarine Zone	Wonder Lilane
Tiny Town	Ghost Grounds Mag Mount	Contrast Cave

Gallery

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  Model of Bobo from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

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  Group artwork for Kirby's Dream Factory

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  Dedede Directory about Bobo

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ボボ Bobo	Bobo; from「ボーボー」(bōbō, an onomatopoeia for burning vigorously)
French	Bobo	-
German	Bobo	-
Korean	보보 Bobo	Bobo