Pulse Beam

Pulse Beams are an enemy which can be found in Super Mario Odyssey. They are a variant of the Ring Burner.

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Physical description

Pulse Beams have a spike on top of their head (preventing them from being jumped on), and their bodies are black. Whenever they are activated, Pulse Beams shoot out yellow electric rings, and whenever these rings appear, red sparks are shown.

Behavior

Pulse Beams act similarly to Ring Burners and Ring Beamers in that they shoot a large ring of electricity, but unlike either of those, Pulse Beams must be activated by being hit with Cappy or enemies, such as Bullet Bills, instead of being activated when Mario is close to them. Therefore, they do not seem to be sentient. Their electric rings can destroy some blocks and clear fog in Mario's path, but they will also hurt him and any enemies they touch. Additionally, the rings can cause other Pulse Beams to be activated when collided with them, which in some cases can cause an infinite loop. They cannot be destroyed by any means.

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Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Cappy
	Antagonists	Bowser • Broodals (Hariet, Rango, Spewart, Topper) • Madame Broode
	Supporting	Bonneter biologist • Desert Wanderer • Glydon • Goombette • Luigi • Music Toad • Pauline • Poochy • Princess Peach • Roving Racers • Shiverian Elder • Shiverian Racer • Sphynx • The Super Mario Players • Talkatoo • Tiara • Toad Brigade (Banktoad • Captain Toad • Hint Toad • Mailtoad • Toadette • Yellow Toad) • Uncle amiibo • Volleyball coach • Yoshi
Bosses	Bosses	Bowser • Broodals (Hariet • Rango • Spewart • Topper) • Cookatiel • Knucklotec • Madame Broode • Mechawiggler • Mollusque-Lanceur • RoboBrood • Ruined Dragon • Torkdrift
Enemies and obstacles	Enemies	Astro-Lanceur • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Chain Chomp • Bill Blaster • Bitefrost • Bullet Bill • Burrbo • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Chef Bro • Chincho • Coin Coffer • Dark Burrbo • Fire Bro • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Gushen • Hammer Bro • Klepto • Komboo • Koopa Troopa • Magmato • Maw-Ray • Mega Poison Piranha Plant • Micro Goomba • Parabones • Paragoomba • Podoboo • Poison Piranha Plant • Pokio • Pulse Beam • Sherm • Snow Cheep Cheep • Spiny • Stairface Ogre • T-Rex • Trapeetle • Tropical Wiggler • Ty-Foo • Uproot • Urban Larva • Urban Stingby • Venus Fire Trap • Yoofoe
	Obstacles	Barrel • Icy Water • Icicle • Lava • Lava Plume • Moonsnake • Oil Drum • Pepper • Poisoned Water • Spike Trap • Spiked Ball • Spiked Shell • Wind
Items and objects	Wedding articles	Binding Band • Frost-Frosted Cake • Lochlady Dress • Soirée Bouquet • Sparkle Water • Stupendous Stew
	Collectibles	Berry • Clothes • Coin • Coin Ring • Coin Stack • Heart • Key • Life-Up Heart • Multi Moon • Moon Shard • Power Moon • Rainbow Note • Regional coin • Souvenirs
	Capturable objects	Binoculars • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Cactus • Jizo • Letter • Manhole • Meat • Mini Rocket • Picture Match Part • Pole • Puzzle Part • RC Car • Spark pylon • Taxi • Tree • Zipper
	Blocks and platforms	? Block • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Cap Cloud • Coin Block • Crate • Girder • Hat Trampoline • Hidden Block • Lift • Push-Block • Steel Block
	Transport	8-Bit Pipe • Door • Lava Cannon • Moon Pipe • Motor Scooter • Odyssey • Painting • Slingshot • Warp Pipe
	Switches	Goomba button • Ground-Pound Switch • Lever Switch • P Switch • Scarecrow
	Other	Bin • Boombox • Bubble • Checkpoint Flag • Golden Turnip • Gravity Wall • Hat Launcher • Hint Art • Moon Rock • Rocket Flower • Sand Geyser • Seed • Starshroom • Treasure chests • Turnip • UFO • Yoshi Egg
Kingdoms	Kingdoms	Cap Kingdom (Bonneton) • Cascade Kingdom (Fossil Falls) • Sand Kingdom (Tostarena) • Lake Kingdom (Lake Lamode) • Wooded Kingdom (Steam Gardens) • Cloud Kingdom (Nimbus Arena) • Lost Kingdom (Forgotten Isle) • Metro Kingdom (New Donk City) • Snow Kingdom (Shiveria) • Seaside Kingdom (Bubblaine) • Luncheon Kingdom (Mount Volbono) • Ruined Kingdom (Crumbleden) • Bowser's Kingdom (Bowser's Castle) • Moon Kingdom (Honeylune Ridge) • Mushroom Kingdom (Peach's Castle) • Dark Side (Rabbit Ridge) • Darker Side (Culmina Crater)
Moves	Moves	Backward Somersault • Cap Jump • Cap Throw • Capture • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Dive • Double Jump • Downward Throw • Drill Spin • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump • Jump • Long Jump • Quick Swim • Roll • Side Somersault • Spin Jump • Spin Throw • Swim • Triple Jump • Upward Throw • Wall Jump
Minigames	Minigames	Balloon World* • Beach Volleyball • Bound Bowl Grand Prix • Jump-Rope Challenge • Koopa Freerunning • Koopa Trace-Walking • Picture Match • RC Car Challenge • Slots
Miscellaneous	Other	Break Free (Lead the Way) • Costume • Crazy Cap • Jump Up, Super Star!