This is an expanded remake of a video I released in January 2022. The original video had less than 400 views over the course of the year and a half I had it public. If you've seen the original video, there is a lot of new content included in this remake, so you should still watch it! The original video was one of my favorite videos that I ever made for my channel. It was the first well-edited video of mine, and even though it's pretty rough now, I was very proud of it, and I was quite excited while making it too. You can watch the original video here, but it has content that is basically identical to stuff in the new one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8-fdrWDq9HSoWg.html But in that original video, I featured a KZfaqr that I wasn't friends with. I knew her for years (she was on my Discord server) and I included her out of obligation. It was disappointing to put so much effort into a video like that, and then have to include memes and advertisements I didn't like. I should've stood up for myself and backed out, but I promised I would include her early on, so I kept my word. She didn't force me to include her. Furthermore, I do not wish to associate with her anymore. I do not have any beef with her personally. We did ban her from my Discord Server for repeatedly acting obnoxious though. However, I did find out about some pretty bad things she had done elsewhere, and I don't want to be associated with someone like that. I don't want any drama on my channel, so I won't go into detail. But I felt obligated to bring it up. Please do not discuss this in the comments section. I would like to move on from all of this. Anyway, the primary catalyst for making this remake was so I could remove the collaboration. But more important to me was going over the "Why does Bobby die?" question, which I promised as a separate video way back in the original. I also discovered other details about the nature of Bob-ombs that I wanted to share. I treated this video almost like a reboot. I put a lot of effort into creating a visual style that I can continue using in my future videos. I put a lot of time and love into this.

Honestly, whenever I first played this game, I loved Bobby. I never found him annoying, and I genuinely cried when he died.

I like how they managed to make Bobby feel so unique despite literally just being a bob-bomb without a fuse.

R.I.P. Bobby

I feel like the origami king was built around the out cry of fans, slightly poking fun at them. Ollie was a guy that HATED toads, saw them all as the same and wanted them all silenced. Fans were saying that all the toads were the same boring design, and of course, that toads voice is annoying. I feel the origami king was trying to push past the weird limitations set by Nintendo (or the director, I don't remember) and actually built an entire story revolved around these generic people, showing they all still had lives to live and stories to tell. It was a neat thing to do, though I am glad that we might be going back to the era of interesting character design and normal paper Mario mechanics.

Great video, always happy to see some Origami king appreciation, genuinely love that game so much. Though fan theories like wondering why Bobby died are fun, I do think it was just because Mario's cannon is fairly loose and the writers don't feel obliged to stick to it rigidly. This was the story they wanted to tell so they simply chose to go against what has been established before.

Bobby is my favorite character in the entire Mario franchise, so I immediately knew I had to give this video a watch when I saw it!

dude, it's so weird. This video was scarily Perfect timing for me, as literally a couple days ago I was looking up videos of Bobby story arcs

9:01 the scream was perfect 😂😂😂

This is an amazing video omg! Awesome work! Really love how in depth you went on bobby and actually learned some stuff from this. Also bro that japanese guy's reaction to seeing the bob omb killed me omg.

Bowser‘s minions and Bowser juniors journey are so underrated. Especially jrs journey. The story of that game is the best Mario story we have gotten since super paper Mario and the story is genuinely better than the main games story

Man, Bobby... I originally got TOK when I was away from home for 2 weeks on a work thing. I was a bit homesick and wanted something somewhat familiar. I grew up with TTYD, but this was in 2021 way before we knew of the remake. So I got TOK as it looked fun. I cried so bad for Bobby when he died. Whether that was because I was homesick or because of his writing, I'll never tell, but I did love Bobby's story.

4:22 I knew what was going to happen..I thought I was ready for it, but I wasn't, I dropped the controller at this point, and in my head I screamed BOBBY NOOOOOOOOOO! I stood there for a solid ten minutes, Ive had experienced my share of game character sacrifices, but this one, nearly broke me.

I don't care what anybody else says, Bobby is one of the best partners to ever grace the Paper Mario series. It is impossible to change my mind on this. Great work on the video!

This game made me adore simple things, simple characters, everything simple. Simple stories, simple tropes, everything simple. It has helped me appreciate fiction more for what it is no matter how much tropes and cliches it used, made me stop being a critic and hate people take everything so seriously and more. Bobby truly is the best character that they have done in the Mario universe and I honestly love that Bobby also represents a concept about life and why we should treasure it, same thing with Olly and Olivia.

didn't even knew you had a channel, but i already like the content you make!

This video is so amazing. Thank you so much for making it

At least they‘ve fully utilized the generic designs, but I still fundamentally disagree with the idea of them, so I‘ve feel kinda torn on this

I think Bob-Ombs can control the strength of their explosions, so a tiny explosions would be like a sting to them, while a boulder-destroying explosion like Bobby’s would most likely end him.

The problem with Bobbys sacrifice for me is just the fact that the other bob-omb partners always come back from their explosion. So when it happened, I thought it was gonna be a joke where he thinks he's sacrificing himself, but he's perfectly fine. And when he didn't come back, I was just like "Why is he the only bob-omb to not come back? That's dumb. " so it had less of an emotional impact for me

my theory for him surviving is that origami king (and color splash) take place in an alternate universe from the first 3 paper mario games so the rules are different the size theory is the next best guess

I actually think that Bob-ombs should die when they explode. It would give the story more impact. Plus it'd be nice to see some variety in their abilities rather than just being a clone of Bombette. A Bob-omb with a sword perhaps?

A theory I have is when a Bob-omb is missing a key component, they will actually not recover from blowing up, meaning they will need to properly replace it in order to actually survive blowing up, that is why we see custom keys in the other games, and why Bobby didn’t survive, it was a improper replacement

8:07 Just wanted to point out that your translation is correct. でも(de-mo) is "But" //I don't know what the text was prior to this statement, but when you begin a sentence with this, its basically calling into question whatever you had stated prior...just like the way we use "but" in English あなた(a-na-ta) is a formal version of "You." A term you would use for a person you don't know well. When you add のこと(no ko-to) to it, あなたのこと, you're basically saying "everything about you"...or rather, "everything that is associated with you" 何となく(nan-to-na-ku) means "For some reason" おぼえているような(o-bo-e-te-i-ru yo-u na) is a bit more tricky to breakdown. The first part, おぼえている is a conjugated form of the verb おぼえる[覚える](o-bo-e-ru), which can mean "to remember." To make a verb like this an 'active' term, as in it is something currently happening, you conjugate it by replacing the る with て, and adding いる behind that. ような is the tricky part, as it is a way to same some seems "like" something. Putting it behind a continuous state of remembering, a literal translation would be "It's like I'm remembering ___." Its safe to say that there is no direct translation for what he's trying to say, but that's as close of a translation I can offer. なんで(na-n-de) is "Why," followed by a sentence ender だろう(da-ro-u), which is a way to express one's unsurety about the statement they are making. DeepL is pretty good with translations, and it did you well this time. This concludes my Japanese lesson (I've been learning it on the side the past couple of years. I don't know everything, but I know some things :P)

[ SPOILERS ] "Although my life was short, you gave me more than a lifetime's worth of joy. Though you will mourn, I beg that you remember that time, like love, is a tide." - Scarlette, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Ah... I think I just realized another reason they had a reference to Admiral Bobbery on 'The Princess Peach' cruiseliner in Origami King... You know what adds to all this- Later, watching Bowser Jr. nearly get killed getting cut in half by Scissors, it- It hits. After moments like this, you for a second hold your breath. Especially where throughout this game Bowser talks about fatherhood and the joys of raising a child. Like- Mario just has to keep seeing terrible things happen and persevere. The Paper Mario games even in the lesser-liked games still have those themes of friendship and love and tragedy and sacrifice.

I can't believe I got "whop whop whopped" by King Bob-bomb! 😭

Me when Bobby dies: I’m not crying you’re crying.

Only thing that would make me kind of doubt the durability theory is the fact that Admiral Bobbery is literally one of the tankiest party members in the entire game.

Damn, this really puts Bobby in a new light. Such a powerful message he sends to the player...

There was a very poignant meme on /v/ comparing “Me? Well… I’m Bob-omb” vs how TTYD would have handled Bobby giving him a cowboy hat and saying “well, nice ta meet ye, Mario. was havin' a Chuckola with a pal o' mine back in Rogueport the other day. was ramblin' on about one of his seadog pals named Mario. Me? I'm Bombo. Hopin' ta start a new life of Whacka ranchin' over in Dry Dry Desert.” I also have some contrasting Bobby and Bobbery in the swole doge/cheems and the Chad/Virgin format. I think Bobby was written way better. I used to be dead set on wanting more imaginative variations of classic Mario species, I didn’t even like Super Paper Mario because the Pixls were so one note. I’m happy for you all that Nintendo acknowledged the poll that uniquely designed party members are desired, I would’ve wanted that too. But after the Origami King, I just appreciate the notion that you don’t have to stick out from the crowd visually to still be an individual. Your personality is more than your design gimmick and short recruitment arc. I trust Intelligent Systems to strike a reasonable balance, but my tastes have been overwritten by Bobby.

Great video! I love Bobby :’>

I gotta know who where and how that ending dance animation was made, it’s really well done! Also great video :)

I hope theres a game about Paper Cutouts

BOBBY VIDEO

Just as Bobby, this video left an impact on me. 👍

When people bring up “oh but bob ombs didn’t die when they were in the canon” Yeah…That was 100 Bob ombs in 1 space together Bobby needed a strong explosion to break a huge boulder with no cracks all by himself, He had no team to work with unlike them He literally put all power he could to break that while the others wouldn’t need such strong power

Bobby was pretty much the only part of origami king I actually liked

I always thought the reason Bobby dies upon exploding is because he is a factory bob-omb not organic like Mario's past partners. Thats why the bomb-ombs you fight in the games don't come back.

10:45 I think this seriously undercuts all the fun and interesting stories and dialogue that those partners had. Especially in TTYD, Bobberys' backstory is such a good one in that game. I'd say this better applies to the pixis of Super Paper Mario that have absolutely no dialogue or significance past obtaining them.

You know I think how bob ombs live is similar to the Robots Movie

I'm not sure if the size explosion theory works when you consider generic bob-ombs you fight though Even in TTYD enemy bob-ombs you fight very much blow themselves up, while bobbery using a clearly larger explosion can do it just fine. Plus you could always argue that paper bob-ombs and non paper ones operate on different logic (Also hold up Bombette's group don't have fuses too. Huh.)

How do you feel about Bob-ombs?

Why are my eyes welling up rn

Bobby my goat

Hello, it is me, Flurrie *WRONG*

I think it would be a bit strange if bobombs where not very durable, as any partner can technically be present in most cutscenes after they join the party, both in non related cutscenes, and sone cutscenes with bobbery naturally in them, he takes quite alot of damage, i mean. He can survive being shot out pf a cannon, and into the moon. That does not exactly scream fragile to me.

I think the problem is with the story of these modern paper mario games is that yes the older games were godly in both the story and gameplay, people are so hellbent over nostalgia they disregard the better things about these games. Like imagine if we had the mechanics and and gameplay of the two og games, the dark yet profound storytelling of super paper mario, and the beauty and environment of the new ones.

bobby

Maybe Miuamoto want to make the game realistic so he made bobby gone after he blew up

NOOO IVE BEEN WOP WOP WOPPED

So the Japanese text implies that Olivia was right about that being Bobby. Though dang poor guy. He exploded so hard that he can barely remember Olivia. I do wonder how the soul transfer process even works though since the Japanese text clearly implies that is Bobby in a new body.

It’s kind of weird that they change the rules about how the bob-ombs work unless there’s supposed to be a distinction between the enemy variety and the civilian variety

Bobby's insignificance would have been more siginficant within a game that doesn't treat every NPC as generic. Unfortunately, the premise of acknowledging Bobby as an individual, despite his lack of outstanding qualities, rang hollow in a game that lacks any outstanding characters.

I spotted that this is a reupload!

Well mario needs a Lot of Money To Buy expenisve Rock exploding Tools but since they got sold out well you only had the only hope you got which is Bobombby

chazington?????

-FOOLBRIGHT!-

I believe the reason why he looks generic and why he doesn’t survive exploding is because he was most likely meant to be expendable, he wasn’t made to be *person* like the other bob-omb partners, he was made to hit an opposing force and explode, that’s why he also didn’t have a name. He wasn’t a person to his creator, he was *ammunition*

Bobby means Bobomb

Wop wop wop

😔

ngl tok was just baiting the whole way throughout reveal to release if they just made the characters unique looking npcs and kept exp i think we woudlve had a banger in our hands but as is i think this is the most frustrating paper mario game

Haha yes.

Note: his name actually isn't Bobby, Olivia just calls him that, his name is actually Bob-omb. Edit: Oh, you mentioned that later, ok.

i think that the reason bobby dies is because the devs just didn't put any care into it before. look at the classics. the rules on bob-ombs are very inconsistent. some come back after exploding, others (enemy bob-ombs) are gone forever. they explode and that's that. "but the glitz pit bob-ombs-" they most likely just picked some random enemies to use, and thought bob-ombs would be nice. they didn't look 16 years into the future, i think

His name is actually just Bob-omb, but Olivia calls him Bobby.

6:13 Incorrect. I played through this entire game and beat it a few days before it officially came out (shoutouts to hacked switches and leaked nsps), and "Bobby" only left one impact from me: the bullshit asspull that was him dying after exploding. It showed me that the Paper Mario devs during that day and age can't even follow the structure they've shown time and time, a race trait of bob-ombs specifically being that they don't die after exploding, then just breaking their own rule for the sake of "memorability" (convenience because they didn't want to implement a proper partner system and make a good battle system which actually utilized them.) When you make already make two games in the series and establish a fundamental idea (Bombette and Bobbery exploding and it NOT killing them), breaking it without rhyme or reason is horrible writing, and horrible worldbuilding in general.

you talk a lot in circles and your talk about the theories was very un-constructive.

blud killed himself (the only likeable charecter in the modern series) for the most annoying charecter ever, f in chat

I think Bob-Ombs can control the strength of their explosions, so a tiny explosions would be like a sting to them, while a boulder-destroying explosion like Bobby’s would most likely end him.