Les Broodals : les lapins-boss de Mario Odyssey

The Broodals: Mario Odyssey's Rabbit Bosses

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A wedding-planning agency… working for Bowser. In Super Mario Odyssey, the four Broodal rabbits are setting up the Koopa King's forced wedding. This guide breaks down their gadgets — Topper's spiked top hats, Hariet's hidden bombs, Spewart's poison — the order of the fights kingdom by kingdom, Madame Broode and her gold Chain Chomp, and finally the RoboBrood.

In Super Mario Odyssey (released on October 27, 2017 on Nintendo Switch), Bowser is not content with simply kidnapping Princess Peach: he is throwing a forced wedding, and he calls on a very particular agency of planners. The Broodals, four anthropomorphic rabbits dressed to the nines, criss-cross the planet to prepare the ceremony and block Mario's path, kingdom after kingdom.

Behind the sharp suits and the stiff manners hide formidable opponents, each with a gadget of their own. Here is the complete guide to Topper, Hariet, Spewart and Rango, of their fearsome final machine the RoboBrood, and of their mysterious boss, Madame Broode.

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A wedding agency working for Bowser

The Broodals are a wedding-planner agency hired by Bowser to stage his forced union with Princess Peach. They are bipedal rabbits from the Dark Side of the Moon, where their lair stands: a carrot-shaped tower perched on a lunar plateau.

Their name, Broodals, blends the English words brood (a litter, a family) and bridal (wedding-related): a nod both to their sibling-squad look and to their trade as wedding planners. In every language, the four members keep their original names: Topper, Hariet, Spewart and Rango. Throughout the adventure they stay one step ahead of Mario, stealing the wedding ingredients (dress, bouquet, cake) and lying in wait for him in the kingdoms he passes through.

The four Broodals together, rabbits in formal ceremony outfits
A wedding agency run by rabbits: the premise sets the tone for the whole game.

The four bosses and their gadgets

Each Broodal has a specialty within the agency and a favourite weapon in battle:

  • Topper — The leader, in charge of client relations. Dressed in green, he stacks three spiked top hats on his head and hurls them at Mario. You have to knock them off one by one with Cappy before landing a hit on him.
  • Hariet — The pyrotechnics specialist. Small, in a mauve-and-pink dress and hat, she hides bombs in her long pigtails which she spins around and flings all over the arena.
  • Spewart — The entertainer of the group, portly and dressed in blue. He spits a purple poison that forms toxic puddles across the arena, shrinking the safe ground little by little.
  • Rango — The bouncer, tall and lanky. He throws his razor-sharp yellow hat like a boomerang, forcing Mario to jump over the spinning blade.

Every time, the counter is the same: dodge the attack, then use the returned gadget or the opening it leaves to land a jump on his head.

Spewart, one of the Broodals, and his paint attack
Every Broodal has a gadget: hat, paint, hammers or bombs.

The order of the fights, kingdom by kingdom

The Broodals come back for more in several kingdoms, often twice each. Here is the order in which Mario faces them:

  • Topper: first in Cap Kingdom, then in Bowser's Kingdom.
  • Madame Broode: in Cascade Kingdom (see below).
  • Hariet: in Sand Kingdom, then in Bowser's Kingdom.
  • Rango: in Lake Kingdom, then in Snow Kingdom.
  • Spewart: in Wooded Kingdom, then in Luncheon Kingdom.

These rematches raise the difficulty: smaller arenas, faster attacks and tighter attack chains. What all these duels have in common is the use of Cappy, Mario's living cap, essential for neutralising their gadgets.

Madame Broode and her gold Chain Chomp

At the head of the agency reigns Madame Broode, a massive rabbit in a crimson dress and hat. Unlike the other four, she never shows up alongside the group during their fights: she is the boss, giving orders from behind the scenes.

Mario faces her for the first time in Cascade Kingdom, at the top of the fossil falls, then a second time in Moon Kingdom. She fights alongside her pet, a gold Chain Chomp named "Broode's Chain Chomp", recognisable by its red spiked collar and the little pink hat matching its mistress's. To hit her, you have to capture the Chain Chomp with Cappy, then pull it backwards and let go to catapult it straight into Madame Broode.

It is in Wooded Kingdom that they steal an exceptional bouquet, just before the fight against the flower saucer Torkdrift.

The RoboBrood and the final showdown

The Broodals' grand finale plays out in Bowser's Kingdom, where the four rabbits climb aboard the RoboBrood, a huge walking battle robot topped with glass bubbles housing each pilot. Mario first has to destroy the armour on its legs by sending the robot's own bombs back at them, then climb to the top to burst each capsule and eject the Broodals one by one.

Beaten and out of a job, the rabbits fall back to their carrot-shaped tower, on the Dark Side of the Moon. That is where their last stand unfolds: Mario takes on the four Broodals again one by one, floor after floor, before the RoboBrood is brought back into action one final time at the top of the tower. Their defeat marks the end of the career of the most stubborn little wedding agency in the Mario universe.

The Broodals at a glance

Broodal Gadget / weapon and role
Topper Thrown spiked top hats; leader and client relations
Hariet Bombs hidden in her pigtails; pyrotechnics
Spewart Poison spat out in puddles; entertainer of the group
Rango Razor-sharp yellow hat thrown like a boomerang; bouncer
Madame Broode Gold Chain Chomp (Broode's Chain Chomp); boss of the agency
RoboBrood Giant robot piloted by the four Broodals

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FAQ

  • Who are the Broodals in Super Mario Odyssey?
    They are four anthropomorphic rabbits — Topper, Hariet, Spewart and Rango — forming a wedding-planner agency hired by Bowser to organise his forced union with Princess Peach. They take on Mario across several kingdoms.
  • How many Broodals are there and who is their leader?
    There are four fighting Broodals. Topper is the leader, in charge of client relations. Above them stands Madame Broode, the boss of the agency, who never joins them and is fought twice (in Cascade Kingdom and then in Moon Kingdom).
  • In what order do you fight the Broodals?
    Topper shows up in Cap Kingdom, Hariet in Sand Kingdom, Rango in Lake Kingdom and then Snow Kingdom, and Spewart in Wooded Kingdom and then Luncheon Kingdom. Topper and Hariet come back in Bowser's Kingdom.
  • What is the RoboBrood?
    It is a giant battle robot piloted by all four Broodals together, fought in Bowser's Kingdom and then one last time on the Dark Side of the Moon. Mario has to burst the capsules holding each rabbit to eject them.
  • Who is Madame Broode?
    Madame Broode is the boss of the Broodals' agency, an imposing rabbit in a crimson dress. You fight her in Cascade Kingdom alongside her gold Chain Chomp, which wears a little pink hat.

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