Editing Bub

{{about|the character from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|the enemy known as "Bub" in [[Super Mario 64]]|[[Cheep Cheep]]}}
{{character infobox
|title=Bub
|image=[[File:Bub.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|species= [[Bob-omb]]
}}
{{quote|Well, so... Think [[Mario|you]] can detect what I really want for my birthday?|Bub|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Bub''' is a spoiled, bronze [[Bob-omb]] kid in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is always with his dad [[Goldbob]] and his mother [[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]]. [[Mario]] first sees him and his parents in [[Glitzville]], then the [[Excess Express]], and lastly at their home in [[Poshley Heights]]. 

Bub wishes to work on a train when he grows up, possibly as an engineer. His fascination with trains is made obvious when he states that he would rather have an [[autograph]] of the [[Excess Express engineer]] for a birthday present rather than getting a car, a house, or an encyclopedia set (all three being things his parents thought he wanted). When Mario gets the autograph from the engineer and hands it over to Bub, the Bob-omb kid thanks Mario and rewards him with a [[Shine Sprite#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Shine Sprite]]. 

On the third day, Bub and his parents are among the passengers who are absorbed into a hoard of [[Smorg]]s that attacks the train. They are eventually freed when Mario defeats the Smorgs, causing them to blow away in the wind. With that, the rich family of Bob-ombs safely return to Poshley Heights.

When [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] visit Poshley Heights during an intermission after Chapter 7, Bowser can optionally talk to Bub, who will ask him for his name: Evil King Extraordinaire, Businessman of Legend, or [[Koopa Koot]]. If Bowser answers "Evil King Extraordinaire", Bub will become terrified and flee.

In Bub's [[Help me make up.|trouble]] (posted at the [[Trouble Center]] in [[Rogueport]]), he gets into a fight with Sylvia and needs Mario's help to make up. He has written her a letter and wants any item listed within the trouble: [[Mushroom Cake]], [[Keel Mango]], or [[Fright Mask]]; if Mario chooses [[Mushroom Cake]], he will need [[Zess T.]] to mix a [[Mushroom#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Mushroom]] with a [[Cake Mix]] (bought from [[Pianta Parlor]]) to make one. After delivering the item to Bub, he makes a [[Present (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|present]] out of the item and his letter, and asks Mario to deliver the present to Sylvia, which Mario does so. The letter reveals that the fight occurred because Bub did not do his homework. For solving the trouble, Bub rewards the player with three [[Coin]]s, which he says are his "entire fortune", showing that Bub himself does not possess much money, despite Bub's overly generous parents and posh upbringing.

Bub one of few friendly Bob-ombs with a visible fuse, while most friendly Bob-ombs wear hats or lack one entirely such as [[Lucky]]. 

==Tattle==
*"''That's Bub the Bob-omb. He's from a very rich family, so he's kind of spoiled. Still, kids are kids, no matter how big their trust fund is... Aren't they?''"
[[Goombella]] has an alternate [[tattle]] for Bub when Mario takes on his [[Help me make up.|trouble]].
*"''That's Bub the Bob-omb. He's from a very rich family, so he's kind of spoiled. He put in a request to help him make up with a certain someone.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMTTYDNS concept art characters 9.png|Concept art of the [[Excess Express]] passengers and staff, including Bub and his family
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=コナリキン
|JapR=Ko'narikin
|JapM=Portmanteau of「小」(''ko'', "child") and「成金」(''narikin'', "parvenu")
|Chi=
|ChiR=
|ChiM=
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Bairain
|FreM=A mixture between "Bob-Omb" and ''airain'' ("bronze")
|Ger=Bronzmuth
|GerM=From "bronze" and the German name "Helmuth"
|Ita=Bomb-ottino
|ItaM=From "Bob-omb" and ''bottino'' ("booty")
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Bombino
|SpaM=Pun on ''bomba'' ("bomb") and ''bambino'' (Italian word for "kid")
}}

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