El-Baal, known as Gabara in Japan, is a boss in Bomberman '93 and Bomberman DS. He is a giant green stone head with three orbs.
Description[]
Bomberman '93[]
El-Baal acts as the fourth boss of the game, appearing on Planet Wither. He has three glowing orbs, though only one is lit at a time. Whichever orb is lit, is the player's target. El-Baal spawns four hands, which pursue Bomberman. The hands can fire projectiles, which, in addition to harming Bomberman, can erase bombs. If a single bomb destroys one of the hands, he will spawn another two hands. After taking 3 hits, El-Baal spawns four more hands, making a total of eight, which will make the fight a bit harder.
El-Baal takes 5 hits to defeat and yields a score of 30000 points. Upon defeat, the player will gain the fourth chip.
Bomberman DS[]
El-Baal reappears as the boss of the second world in Bomberman DS. He shares the same behavior from his Bomberman '93 incarnation and even the same amount of hit points. However, El-Baal now bears resemblance to the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. In addition, his hands are now standing on their flat circular ends of the wrists and move more slower. In the tenth level of a later stage, a snowy blue variant of El-Baal that resembles a humanoid ape with two protruding lower canines is the main boss with the recycled behaviors and hit points.
Trivia[]
In the comedic scene after defeating the boss in Bomberman '93, In the American version, Bomberman has removed the orbs and is feeding El-Baal food while getting shocked that El-Baal's mouths behave inappropriately, much to El-Baal's cross-eyed awkwardness. The foods seen are an apple, a loaf of bread, a bagel and meat on a bone. While in the Japanese version of the comedic scene after, it remains largely unchanged except that Bomberman is holding an Onigiri.