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| image        = [[File:Smash.4 - The Bumper.png|200x200px]]

| caption      = A Bumper from ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.

| game1 = SSB | game2 = Brawl | game3=SSB4

The '''Bumper''' ({{ja|バンパー|Banpā}}, ''Bumper'') is an [[item]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. It acts as a combination of a throwing item and a stage obstacle in most cases.

==Operation==

*In ''Super Smash Bros.'', the item will continue flying through the air until it lands on a floor; upon doing so, it will adhere to the surface, and any players who touch it will be sent back in the direction from which they hit the item. In addition, every time the item is hit, it will move back away from the opponent, and it can potentially jump off platforms.

*In ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'', the item will either stop in midair or stop upon hitting a flat surface; in both cases, the Bumper will send players flying to either the right or left if they touch it, though it will stay in place when it does so. In certain situations, a character can be trapped between a Bumper and get repeatedly pushed in-place until it disappears.  

A floating Bumper appears above [[Peach's Castle]], moving side to side. Acting as a dynamic barrier, it can KO or potentially prevent players from getting [[Star KO]]ed. Of note is that in the game, Bumpers cannot be placed in the air, making the Bumper on Peach's Castle unique compared to the item. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', this Bumper also keeps its old design and its property of dealing 1% of damage when touched, unlike the Bumper item.

 

===''Brawl'' trophy===

[[File:Bumper - Brawl Trophy.png|100px|thumb|right|The Bumper trophy in ''Brawl'']]

''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.''

{{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Super Smash Bros.|console2=Wii|game2=Super Smash Bros. Brawl}}

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===''Smash 4'' trophy===

[[File:BumperTrophy3DS.png|100px|thumb|right|The Bumper trophy in ''for 3DS'']]

[[File:BumperTrophyWiiU.png|100px|thumb|left|The Bumper trophy in ''for Wii U'']]

{{flag|ntsc}} ''Ah, pinball... What a fun game. And with this item, you can add a bit of pinball wham to the battlefield. Once thrown, this item will bounce anything that comes near it violently away. Just don't get careless and walk into a deployed one yourself, or you'll get bounced too!''

 

{{flag|pal}} ''You might recognise this from a pinball machine. Just like the metal balls do, touch one of these and you'll go flying! You can throw them, but we'd suggest affixing them strategically so that they hit just the right people and send them soaring into the distance. Job done.''

{{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Super Smash Bros. (04/1999)|console2=WiiU|game2=Super Smash Bros. for Wii U}}

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==Origin==

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BumperIconSSB.png|The Bumper from ''Smash 64''.

Bumper.jpg|Bumper artwork from ''Brawl''.

*Set Bumpers can be [[reflect]]ed 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 {{SSB|Mushroom Kingdom}}), {{SSB|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). ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vigtSZz4EmA example video])

*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. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tKvxRE86VE example video])

**If one of [[Dr. Kawashima]]'s numbers collides with it, it will start repeatedly going off, causing the number to freeze. Even after the bumper vanishes, the number will stay perfectly still well after the other numbers have stopped spawning, and will only leave the screen if it is attacked, which will cause it to regain its momentum.

**If the [[Starman (EarthBound)|Starman]] teleports onto a bumper, it will stand inside of the bumper, flinching but not being knocked back, rendering it useless until either it or the bumper vanishes.