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| image = [[File:Hoodbomber2.jpg|180px|Hoodboomer]]

| appears in = ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''

| location = [[Clearleaf Forest]], [[the Land of the Livid Dead]], [[the Summit Beyond the Clouds]], [[Hoodlum Headquarters]]

| resistance = [[Image:Lifebar6.png|''6 HP'']]

| attacks = [[Plum Juice]] grenade throw

''‘It's hard to say where exactly the Hoodbooms' allegiances lie: with [[André|the Dark Lum Lord]] or with the firebombs they crave to set off. Striving to create the biggest explosion ever recorded, Hoodbooms craft explosives with a demolitionist's skill, only to detonate them with a maniac's glee. It's no wonder Hoodbooms can turn almost any household item into a high explosive, their favourite being a jug of [[plum juice]].’'' —official description

A '''Hoodboom''' is a type of [[Hoodlum]] which first appeared in ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''.

Hoodbooms often stand in high places where they cannot be reached without the aid of the [[Shock Rocket]]; they usually laugh in their high-pitched voices while throwing bombs down towards [[Rayman]]. However, even grounded Hoodbooms are not easy to defeat; Hoodbooms are more [[resistance|resistant]] than Hoodmongers, and when [[telescopic fist|punched]], they grow angry and begin to throw a large number of cocktails at once, making it difficult to avoid being damaged by them.

Some Hoodbooms stand on stilts in order to avoid attacks, but are susceptible to being brought down by the [[Vortex Fist]]. These are known as [[Stumbleboom]]s.

In an early piece of artwork, a Hoodboom was shown holding some kind of bazooka. Whether this was its original weapon remains unclear.

Hoodbooms are somewhat maniacal; they can often be seen laughing crazily and juggling their explosives. However, despite outward appearances, Hoodbooms are considered to be the most intelligent of all Hoodlums, as they are the only ones able to count to three. Hoodbooms are also known to write poetry; one Hoodboom wrote an anthology called 'Don't Take It Anti-Personnelly' which proved quite popular with other [[Hoodlum]]s, having sold well over three copies.

Hoodbooms first appear in ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]'', in [[Clearleaf Forest]], the second of the game's nine levels. They feature in most following levels.

Hoodbooms also appear in some of ''Rayman 3'''s minigames, most notably [[Sentinel]], in which the player controls a Hoodboom using his [[plum juice]] grenades to guard a tower from [[Knaaren]].

==In ''[[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)]]''==

Main article: [[Shielded Hoodboom]]

A [[shielded Hoodboom]] appears in the first part of [[Hoodlum Hideout]] and is shown throwing explosive bottles of [[plum juice]] at Rayman while holding a large, wooden shield, much like that of a [[Grim Keeper]]. This Hoodlum has a very different battle strategy because of its defenses and needs to be dispatched in a different way. The shield can be destroyed in two shots from Rayman's [[telescopic fist]], afterwards, the helpless Hoodlum carries on throwing Molotov cocktails but needs only one hit to be killed.

[[File:Hoodbomber.jpg|thumb|The first Hoodboom encounter in [[Clearleaf Forest]]]]

[[File:Hoodboom.gif|thumb|left|An earlier version of the Hoodboom]]