Bumper

Bumper
A Bumper from Super Smash Bros. 4.
Universe	Super Smash Bros.
Appears in	SSB Brawl SSB4
Item class	Throwing/Trap

The Bumper (バンパー Banpā) is an item in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. 4. When a player touches an activated bumper, they get bounced with much force in the direction away from the bumper, and receive 1% of damage (Smash 64 only). When smash thrown, it gives very powerful knockback, almost always resulting in a KO.

In the original Super Smash Bros., the bumper would recoil a distance when touched. After being thrown, it'll only stick to the ground. In Brawl, however, it remains stationary from when activated until it disappears. After being thrown, it will only move for a second before placing itself, similar to the Flipper, an item in Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Brawl it will only reflect the player who came in contact with it horizontally, making it near impossible to use it to recover vertically.

Damage

Action	SSB	Brawl
Collision	1%	0%
Stationary throw	6%	7%
Forward tilt throw	6%	7%
Up tilt throw	7%	8%
Down tilt throw	1%	9%
Dash throw	8%	9%
Forward smash throw	9%	10%
Up smash throw	9%	11%
Down smash throw	1%	13%
Aerial drop	9%	1%
Aerial forward tilt throw	8%	7%
Aerial up tilt throw	9%	8%
Aerial down tilt throw	9%	9%
Aerial forward smash throw	9%	7%
Aerial up smash throw	9%	8%
Aerial down smash throw	9%	9%

Note: A Bumper cannot be dropped when on the ground; instead, the Bumper will be thrown by a standard throw.

Origin

This item is based on the bumpers used in a typical pinball machine.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

After an absence in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Bumper returned in Brawl.

Description from the Super Smash Bros. Instruction Booklet

Hit an opponent with this item for a little pinball action - but be careful, because the bumper just might bump you!

Trophy

The Bumper item appears as a trophy in Brawl. It is received by hitting a total of 5,000 metres or 15,000 feet with all fighters Home-Run Contest records.

The Bumper trophy in Brawl

Bumper
An item that originally appeared in Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. After many years, it now makes its triumphant return. Bumpers are used in pinball to send balls flying, and they perform the same role in Smash Bros. They react to anything that touches them, including the people who set them. As they can also be set in midair, using them requires good tactics.

: Super Smash Bros.

: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. 4

The Bumper returns in Super Smash Bros. 4. Announced on Miiverse on March 4, 2014, the Bumper received an all new red design.

Gallery

• BumperSSB.jpg

  The Bumper from Smash 64.

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  Bumper artwork from Brawl.

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  Toon Link and Olimar trapped between bumpers.

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  The bumper stationary, with Fox and Pit being knocked back.

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  Mega Man alongside the new Bumper.

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  The underside of the Bumper's new design in Super Smash Bros. 4.

Trivia

• Set Bumpers can be reflected in Smash 64. As a result, if the platform is small enough (such as the top of the right structure on Hyrule Castle or the pipes of Mushroom Kingdom), Fox can reflect a Bumper repeatedly until his Reflector breaks, at which point the super-reflected Bumper will deal extreme damage (but still set knockback). (example video)
• Despite not being an item on Melee, the Bumper makes an appearance in Collect the Trophies in Classic Mode, being two giant parts to each side of the stage.
• When thrown on a platform that disappears or shrinks, the bumper will bounce when the platform does either.
• In Brawl, when a Bumper is placed in midair, it can be picked up while rotating into place before it is fully set. With luck, a player can attack an opponent with a bumper and grab it again. (example video)

See also

• Flipper