Bomb (power-up)

Bomb^[1] (エクスプロージョン^[2], Ekusupurōjon^?, lit. "Explosion"), also referred to as Smart Bomb^[3] (エクスプロージョン^[4], Ekusupurōjon^?, lit. "Explosion") and Detonate,^[5] is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When obtained, this power-up clears out all enemies on-screen.

Description

The Item Boxes with Bomb typically feature or depict the icon of a black bomb with an ignited fuse. In gameplay, upon opening an Item Box with Bomb, all enemies that are visible on the screen in that moment will be destroyed, making it a useful item for clearing out areas.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure

Bomb made its first appearance in Sonic Adventure and its remake Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, where it is referred to as Smart Bomb^[3] (エクスプロージョン^[4], Ekusupurōjon^?, lit. "Explosion"). In this game, the Item Boxes with Bomb contain the icon of a black bomb with an ignited fuse. Several explosive barrels can also be found at Twinkle Park, which have the same effect as the Bomb power-ups.

Sonic Adventure 2

In Sonic Adventure 2 and its remake Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, this power-up is referred to as the Bomb^[1] (エクスプロージョン^[2], Ekusupurōjon^?, lit. "Explosion"). In this game, like in Sonic Adventure, the Item Boxes with Bomb contain the icon of a black bomb with an ignited fuse.

Sonic Jump series

Sonic Jump (2012)

In the 2012 remake of Sonic Jump, this power-up is called Bomb. In this game, it can be found randomly inside TVs. In gameplay in this game, when obtaining this power-up, its effect will presist for a short duration, thereby allowing the player to destroy any additional enemy that appears on the screen while Bomb is active along with those that already were on the screen when the power-up was activated. Bomb can also be bought from the game's shop for 100 Rings or 300 Rings for x5 bundle.

Sonic Jump Fever

Destroys Badniks and increases combo for extra points!

— In-game description, Sonic Jump Fever

In Sonic Jump Fever, this power-up is referred to as the Detonate for the first time. Like the power-up in Sonic Jump (2012), Detonates are found randomly inside TVs and when in use, all on-screen enemies will be destroyed for a short time. However, if the player falls off-screen, the effect immediately ends. The player can refresh the duration of Detonate by collecting additional Detonate TVs and extend its base duration by spending Rings to upgrade each individual user.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast) United States instruction booklet, pg. 19.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 26.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Stratton, Bryan (17 June 2003). "Sonic the Hedgehog's Action Stages". Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 28. ISBN 978-0761542865.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 (in Japanese) ソニックアドベンチャーナビゲーションガイド. Soft Bank. 16 March 1999. p. 16. ISBN 4797308621.
↑ Sonic Jump Fever

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Magnetic Shield	Super Ring

Enerbeam	Magnet (Sonic Boom)	Score Doubler
Shield (Sonic Boom)	Super Ring (Sonic Boom)

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch

Sonic Adventure

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| E-102 Gamma \| Big \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Beta (Mark II) \| Chao \| Chaos (Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) \| Cream* \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Froggy \| Grandma \| Mr. Know-It-All \| Pachacamac \| Tikal \| Unnamed Sonic robot* \| ZERO \| Zeta \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk, Swallow)
Adventure Fields		Egg Carrier \| Mystic Ruins \| Station Square
Action Stages		Emerald Coast \| Windy Valley \| Casinopolis \| IceCap \| Twinkle Park \| Speed Highway \| Red Mountain \| Sky Deck \| Lost World \| Hot Shelter \| Final Egg
Sub Games		Sky Chase \| Sand Hill \| Hedgehog Hammer \| Twinkle Circuit \| Boss
Enemies		Beat \| Bladed Spinner \| Boa-Boa \| Buyoon \| Cart Kiki \| Cop Speeder \| Egg Keeper \| Electro Spinner \| Fighter Aircraft A \| Fighter Aircraft B \| Gola \| Ice Ball \| Icecap's unnamed aircraft \| Kiki \| Leon \| mechanical fish \| Pirate \| Rhinotank \| Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter \| Spiky Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Chaos 0 \| Chaos 2 \| Chaos 4 \| Chaos 6 \| E-101 Beta \| E-101 Mark II \| E-102 Gamma \| E-103 Delta \| E-104 Epsilon \| E-105 Zeta \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Hornet \| Egg Viper \| Egg Walker \| Knuckles the Echidna \| Perfect Chaos \| Sonic the Hedgehog \| ZERO
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Bolt of lightning \| Climb \| Dig \| Flight Mode \| Glide \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Homing Missile Launch \| Jump Attack \| Laser Gun \| Light Speed Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lure Attack \| Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack \| Pick \| Propeller Flight \| Punch Attack \| Rapid Tails Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Hammer Attack \| Spin Jump \| Tails Attack
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Arm Punch \| Bomb Attack \| Bomb Gun Attack \| Charge \| Double Punch \| Earthquake Attack \| Electric Arm \| Energy Ball Attack \| Flame Thrower Attack \| Guiding Missiles \| Instantaneous Liquefaction \| Laser Beam Attack \| Homing Tail Slice \| Inhale Attack \| Marble Attack \| Phantom Shadow Move \| Punch \| Quarter Attack \| Scorpion Attack \| Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6) \| Sonic Boom \| Spin Attack \| Spinning Spike Attack \| Spouting Attack \| Squash Roll Attack \| Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Bumper Car \| Cannon \| Conveyor Belt \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Drum Can \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Goal Balloon \| Hanging Bell \| Helicopter \| Hint Box \| Hint Orb \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Jump Ramp \| Laser field \| Lit Panel \| Mirror \| Monkey Detonation Switch \| Orca \| Power cube \| Rocket \| Satellite \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Switch \| Teleporter \| Wide spring \| Wind Path \| Zip Line
Objects	General	Air Bubble \| Capsule \| Cart pass \| Chao Egg \| Chaos Emerald \| Doll \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Employee ID Card \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, Extra Life, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Random Rings, Shield, Smart Bomb) \| Key Stone (Gold Statue, Ice Stone, Silver Statue, Wind Stone) \| Point Marker \| Ring \| Sandboard \| Snowboard \| Sonic Token
Objects	Level Up Items	Ancient Light \| Crystal Ring \| Fighting Gloves \| Jet Anklet \| Jet Booster \| Laser Blaster \| Life Belt \| Light Speed Shoes \| Long Hammer \| Lure \| Power Rod \| Rhythm Badge \| Shovel Claw \| Warrior Feather
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Corey Bringas (Tails) \| Michael McGaharn (Knuckles) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal, Station Square Train Voice, Default Menu Voice) \| Steve Broadie (Gamma, Pachacamac, Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Kaori Asoh (Tikal) \| Jōji Nakata (Gamma) \| Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac) \| Kaho Kōda (Station Square Train Voice) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Elara Distler (Default Menu Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	Believe In Myself \| It Doesn't Matter \| Lazy Days \| My Sweet Passion \| Open Your Heart \| Unknown from M.E.
Music	Albums	Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) \| Sonic Adventure Remix \| Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album \| Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other		777 Slots Pinball \| Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Card & Pinball \| Chao Adventure^ \| Chao Garden (Station Square Garden, Mystic Ruins Garden, Egg Carrier Island) \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao in Space \| Chao Machine \| Chao Search* \| Corkscrew loop \| Debug Mode \| E-100 Series \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Carrier 2 \| Emerald Radar \| Freeze \| Life gauge \| Mission Mode \| Mystic Ruins \| Shrine of Knuckles's race \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Adventure (LCD) \| Station Square \| Station Square Police Department \| Tails' Lab \| Tornado \| Tornado 2 \| Transporter Machine Exclusive to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut* ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure

Sonic Adventure 2

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy* \| Shadow (Super Shadow) \| Rouge \| Eggman \| Big^ \| Tikal \| Chaos* \| Dark Chao Walker* \| Chao Walker* \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao, Chaos Chao) \| Gerald \| Maria \| President \| Secretary \| Sigma-Alpha 2 \| Researcher \| Animals (Bat, Bear, Boar, Cheetah, Condor, Dragon, Gorilla, Half Fish, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Phoenix, Rabbit, Raccoon, Seal, Sea Otter, Sheep, Skeleton Dog, Skunk, Tiger, Unicorn)
Stages	Hero	City Escape \| Wild Canyon \| Prison Lane \| Metal Harbor \| Green Forest \| Pumpkin Hill \| Mission Street \| Aquatic Mine \| Route 101 \| Hidden Base \| Pyramid Cave \| Death Chamber \| Eternal Engine \| Meteor Herd \| Crazy Gadget \| Final Rush
	Dark	Iron Gate \| Dry Lagoon \| Sand Ocean \| Radical Highway \| Egg Quarters \| Lost Colony \| Weapons Bed \| Security Hall \| White Jungle \| Route 280 \| Sky Rail \| Mad Space \| Cosmic Wall \| Final Chase
	Misc.	Cannon's Core \| Green Hill
	2P Stages	Downtown Race \| Grind Race \| Planet Quest \| Pool Quest \| Deck Race \| Pyramid Race
Enemies	G.U.N.	Blue Eagle \| Bomb Beetle \| Bomb Wing \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Hawk \| Gun Beetle \| Gun Hawk \| Gun Hunter \| Gun Wing \| Hornet-3 \| Hornet-6 \| Hornet-9 \| Laser Hawk \| Laser Hornet \| Laser Hunter \| Mono Beetle \| Phoenix \| Rhino Cannon \| Rhino Jet \| Rhino Metal \| Rhino Spike \| Shield Hunter \| Sky Hawk \| Spark Beetle \| Spring Beetle
	Badniks	Buzz Bomber \| Chopper \| E-1000 \| Gola \| Unidus \| Kiki
	Misc	Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1, Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell, Float Type, Guard Type) \| Boo \| Boom Boo
Bosses		B-3x Hot Shot \| Biolizard \| Dr. Eggman \| Egg Golem \| F-6t Big Foot \| Finalhazard \| King Boom Boo \| Knuckles \| R-1/A Flying Dog \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Sonic \| Tails
Moves/Techniques		Amy Flash* \| Black Shield* \| Black Wave* \| Booming Missile* \| Bounce Attack \| Captive Light* \| Chaos Bind* \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Impact* \| Chaos Screw* \| Chaos Spear \| Chaos Strike* \| Charm Ray* \| Crazy Rush* \| Crouch \| Dark Finish* \| Dark Omochao* \| Dig \| Drill Claw \| Drill Drive \| Fire Somersault \| Glide \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Hammer Punch* \| Heaven's Justice* \| Hell Bomber* \| Hip Drop* \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Kick/Kick Attack \| Knuckle Spin* \| Laser Missile* \| Light Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lock-on \| Lock-On Missile \| Magic Hands \| Omochao \| Pick \| Power Flash* \| Power Laser* \| Propeller Punch \| Punch (Eggwalker) \| Punch/Punch Attack \| Rocket Launcher \| Rumble Launcher* \| Screw Kick \| Somersault \| Sonic Wind* \| Speed Up* \| Spin Jump \| Spin Dash \| Spiral Upper \| Storming Heart* \| Super Sonic Boost \| Swim \| Thunder Arrow* \| Time Stop* \| Volkan Cannon \| Wrath of Gaia* \| Zap Laser*
Gimmicks and obstacles		Ancient Ruin \| Ball Switch \| Bungie Vine \| Dash Panel \| Dynamite \| Egg Beetle \| Gravity Control Switch \| Green energy fluid \| Grind Rail \| GUN Military Truck \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Box \| Hourglass \| Iron ball \| Jump Plate \| Laser field \| Missile \| Pipe \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Ramp \| Rocket \| Safe \| Spikes \| Spinning drum \| Swing Bar \| Time Stop Switch \| Turtle \| Warp Hole \| Warp Wall \| Weight \| Wide spring
Objects	General	Balloon \| Chao Egg \| Chao Key \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaos Drive \| Container (Cage, Chao Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, 20 Rings, Bomb, Extra Life, Health, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Shield) \| Key Stone (Gate Key) \| Meteorite \| Outfit \| Point Marker \| Ring \| Snowboard
Objects	Level Up Items	Air Necklace \| Air Shoes \| Ancient Light \| Bazooka \| Booster \| Bounce Bracelet \| Flame Ring \| Hammer Gloves \| Iron Boots \| Jet Engine \| Large Cannon \| Laser Blaster \| Light Speed Shoes \| Magic Gloves \| Mystic Melody \| Pick Nails \| Protective Armor \| Shovel Claw \| Sunglasses \| Treasure Scope
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Connor Bringas (Tails) \| Scott Dreier (Knuckles/GUN Soldiers) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy Rose) \| David Humphrey (Shadow the Hedgehog) \| Lani Minella (Rouge/Omochao) \| Deem Bristow (Doctor Eggman) \| Moriah Angeline (Maria Robotnik) \| Marc Biagi (Gerald/GUN Soldiers) \| Steve Broadie (President) \| Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Yuri Shiratori (Maria) \| Kinryū Arimoto (President) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup \| Believe In Myself \| Deeper \| Dive into the Mellow \| E.G.G.M.A.N. \| Escape from the City \| Fly in the Freedom \| For True Story \| It Doesn't Matter \| Kick the Rock! \| Live and Learn \| My Sweet Passion \| Rhythm And Balance \| Space Trip Steps \| Supporting Me \| The Supernatural \| Throw It All Away \| Unknown from M.E. \| Vengeance is Mine
Music	Albums	Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track \| Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed \| Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack \| Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler \| Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other		Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Central City \| Chao Adventure 2^ \| Chao Garden (Dark, Hero, Neutral) \| Chao in Space \| Chao Kindergarten \| Chao Machine \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao Transporter^ \| Chao World \| Corkscrew loop \| Cyclone \| Eclipse Cannon \| Eggman Bombom \| Eggwalker \| Emerald Radar \| Fake Emerald \| Gerald Robotnik's diary \| Health Gauge \| Hi-Speed Shoes \| Kart Race \| Prison Island \| Project Shadow \| Rank \| Shuttle loop \| Space Colony ARK \| Station Square \| Teleporter \| Totem Pole \| Winding Tunnel Appears or is playable only in the 2P mode ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure 2*

Sonic Jump (2012)

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Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Blaze \| Rouge \| Silver
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Cucky, Picky, Pecky)
Zones		Green Hill Zone \| Mountain Zone \| Jungle Zone \| Blue Sky Zone \| Mechanical Zone
Enemies		Batbrain \| Bomb \| Bubbles \| Buzzer \| Caterkiller \| Crabmeat \| Moto Bug \| Spikes \| Spinner
Gimmicks and obstacles		Goal Plate \| Spikes \| Spring
Objects		Red Star Ring \| Ring \| TV (Bomb, Magnetic Shield, Ring Time, Shield)
Other		Egg Mobile \| Rank

[SA2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast) United States instruction booklet, pg. 19.

[SA2Jap-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 26.

[SA-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Stratton, Bryan (17 June 2003). "Sonic the Hedgehog's Action Stages". Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 28. ISBN 978-0761542865.

[Nav-4] 4.0 ^4.1 (in Japanese) ソニックアドベンチャーナビゲーションガイド. Soft Bank. 16 March 1999. p. 16. ISBN 4797308621.

[5] Sonic Jump Fever

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5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Big 50 Ring
Blue Shield	Bomb	Bowling Strike
Chaos Emerald	Change	Character
Colorball	Combi Catcher	Combine Ring
Combination Dash	Combo Bonus	Confusion
Continue Monitor	Damage Recover	Eggman Mark
Explosion	Exploding Balloon	Flame Jump
Fly Charge	Free Throw	Gauge Up
Gold Shield	GP Boost	Grow

Health	Heat Barrier	High Speed
Hyper Heli-Tails	Jet Board	Jump
Magnet	Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus
Mine	Minus Ring	Mosaic
Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink	Player Swap
Pogo Spring	Power Core	Random
Random Ring Bonus	Reaper	Red Shield
Ring Can	Rings	Rocket Shoes
S	Propeller Shoes	Shrink
Skateboard	Slow	Soda Rocket

Speed Down	Stage Select	Steal Boost
Steal Wisp	Special Combination	Spring
Support Spring	Swap	Target Torpedo
Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus
Time Bonus	Time Stop	Transparency
Twister	Warp

Bashosen	Bat Bomb	Blizzard Bomb
Booby Trap	Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost
Captive Light	Chao Attack	Chao Chase
Chao Guardians	Chao-nado	Chopper Chomp
Cyan Laser	Cyclone Charge	Dead End
Drac-O'-Lantern	Dragon Dance	Electro Boost
EMP Boost	Explosive Mine	Festive Umbrella Boost
Fire Boost	Fire Whirl	Fireball
Firework Flurry	Flue Shot	Frozen Chopper Chomp
Gift Trapped	Gold Rush	Green Hover
Harvest Time	Hedge Maze	Home Run
Ice Boost

Ice Mine	Ice Wave	Illusion Boost
Illusion Mine	King's Judgement	Lava Bomb
Lightning	Lilytrap	Meteor Charge
Moto-Bug	Pyro-Mine	Ring Portal
Rocky Road	Pink Spikes	Soul Surge
Star Trail	Steal	Storm Cloud
Strike Out	Tail Spring	Tail Strike
Tornado	Trap Shot	Umbrella Boost
Whirlwind	Wind Boost	Wipeout
Wrench Rush	Zap Trap