- “He Shoots, He Spores!”
- —Shroomboom's official catchphrase
Shroomboom is a one-eyed mushroom who is one of the eight new Skylanders in Skylanders: Giants. He is in the Life element. His Series 2 counterpart is named Sure Shot Shroomboom.
Background
Personality
Courageous and determined, Shroomboom lets nothing stand in his way. He's always ready to parachute into danger, no matter the risk.[1]
Biography
Shroomboom was most unfortunate to have been born in a pizza topping garden belonging to Kaos. Growing up among his fellow fungi, he knew it was only a matter of time before a late night craving would bring about their demise. So Shroomboom took a twig and a strand of spider web and made a slingshot. One by one, he launched all of his friends over the garden fence before flinging himself over to join them. Then he guided them all to the edge of the island and leapt to freedom, using his mushroom cap to catch a friendly breeze. Now as a member of the Skylanders, Shroomboom continues to perform courageous deeds... but he can be hard to find on pizza night.
Story
History
Growing up, there were two words Shroomboom lived in fear of: pizza night. As one of the group of living mushrooms inhabiting a pizza-topping garden owned by Kaos, Shroomboom knew he was destined to become part of a tasty midnight snack. While the other mushrooms resigned to their fate, Shroomboom decided there must be more to life than being sliced, cooked and slathered in cheese. Fashioning a catapult from a twig and a length of spider web, he fired his fungi friends over the wall, before launching himself over too. Their route to safety was not easy, but with Shroomboom taking the lead, the entire mushroom crop made their escape. It is believed a family of pineapple chunks weren't lucky. Shroomboom now uses his slingshot skills as a member of the Skyanders, althrough he is still haunted by the smell of mozzarella and tomato sauce.[2]
Gameplay
Shroomboom attacks by shooting exploding mushrooms with a slingshot. His secondary attack is a force field of mushrooms. He can also launch slow mushrooms that glide before they fall and explode and launch himself out of his slingshot.
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 260 (max. 520)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 18 (max. 48)
- Critical Hit: 20 (max. 70)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 60
- Defense: 80
- Agility: 50
- Luck: 80
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: ???
- Speed: ??
- Armor: ??
- Critical Hit: ??
- Elemental Power: ??
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 60
- Defense: 80
- Agility: 50
- Luck: 110
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: ???
- Speed: ??
- Armor: ??
- Critical Hit: ??
- Elemental Power: ??
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 60
- Defense: 50
- Agility: 120
- Luck: 120
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Slingshot | Mushroom Ring |
Self-Slingshot
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 Press the Attack 1 button to shoot exploding mushrooms. |
 Press Attack 2 to spawn a ring of mushrooms that damage enemies. |
 While holding Attack 1, press Attack 2 to slingshot Shroomboom towards enemies | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| Launch Paratroopers | Bigger Boomshrooms | Super Shrooms | Bouncing Boomshrooms | |||
 Press Attack 3 to shoot mushroom paratroopers who drop down from the sky. |
 Mushroom Ring gets bigger. |
 Press and hold Attack 1 to charge up a giant exploding mushroom. |
 Exploding mushrooms bounce on the ground and do increased damage. | |||
| Barrier Boost |
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| Spore Power | Ultimate Ring | Back to the Beginning | ||
 Mushroom Ring creates a damaging spore cloud. |
 Mushroom Ring is the biggest it gets. |
 Hold Attack 2 to remain underground, where you can move around freely. |
| Paramushroom Promotion |
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| Lock 'N' Load | Fungal Infestation | Paratrooper Invasion | ||
 Can fire exploding mushrooms faster that do increased damage. |
 Mushroom Paratroopers stick to enemies and do damage over time. |
 Shoot three Mushroom Paratroopers at once. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "He Shoots, He Spores!"
- "Awsome, a cap for my cap!" - After putting on a hat
- "Nice, more protection for my brain!"- After putting on a hat.
- "Growing stronger!" - When checking stats.
- "Look at my numbers grow!" - When checking stats.
- "The Spore the merrier!'
- "Spore!"
- "Room for one spore?"
- "Slingshot!"
- "Shroom shield!"
- "Put a cap on that victory!" - When he wins a battle
- "That put the fun in fungus!"
- "Hear me spore!"
- "Mush rush!"
Character Trailers
LightCore
Meet the Skylanders LightCore Shroomboom
Gallery
Trivia
- Shroomboom's official catchphrase is a play on "He Shoots, He Scores!"
- He, Eye-Brawl, Rocky Roll (the rock digger part), Magna Charge, and Dive-Clops are the only Skylanders with one eye.
- In his Lightcore form, his eye and the mushroom he holds in his right hand glows.
- In Giants, his eye and mushroom glows in the game. But in Swap Force, only his eye glows in the game.
- He and Chill are the only ones with something sticking out of the pedestals, namely the glowing mushroom.
- He slightly resembles the Super Mushroom power-ups from the Mario series.
- On the Wii vesion of Skylanders Swap Force, there is a series of annoying glitches when Shroomboom fires his parratroopers at large enemies if the player chooses the Paramushroom Promotion upgrade path.
- He and Tree Rex are the only Life Skylanders whose color schemes aren't green (though parts of Tree Rex's body parts are green).
- Fungal Infestation's upgrade's image in Swap Force replace the old Chompy design with the new Chompy model.
- But in Trap Team, it goes back to the old Chompy design.
- In-game and toy form, Shroomboom's slingshot is green. However, in the promotional artwork, it's brown.
- Shroomboom's mushroom species is a Fly Agaric, according to his cap and the real Fly Agaric.
- Shroomboom is one of the few Skylanders to have "Boom" in his name (others include Boomer, Boom Jet, Sonic Boom and Ka-Boom).
- Swap Force requires Bigger Boomshrooms to use his Soul Gem ability Self-Slingshot.
- Shroomboom is the only Skylander from Skylanders Giants to get a S2 redesign for Trap Team.
- As a S2 figure, the round spots on top of Shroomboom's helmet-like head become spikes after his Wow Pow is purchased.
- In Trap Team, "Self-Slingshot" doesn't require to also press Attack 2. Instead, just holding down Attack 1 will get him to shoot himself out of his giant slingshot.
- He and Pop Fizz are the only Skylanders who got a repose in Trap Team that doesn't have a Mini counterpart.
