Impressive meat by-product attack. Smarter than it looks. Goes well with broccoli and a nice Chianti.
—Police Station
Ham-Mers are robots that appear as an enemy in the video game Battle for Bikini Bottom and its remake Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated. These enemies make their debut in Jellyfish Fields as the second robot SpongeBob encounters, more specifically after the part where he creates a bridge to cross a gap; in the cutscene where it is introduced, the enemy is seen hitting a Bikini Bottomite with its hammer, before it hits their own head. SpongeBob is frightened to see this before his eyes.
Description
Ham-Mers are large cylindrical robots with green eyes, a green mouth, and a green glowing compartment on its chest. They use a water wheel to move around, and their right arm is a large bamboo pole with a ham on it with "Mer" written on the ham.
In the remake, the Ham-Mers' glowing compartment is covered by a grate, its bamboo pole is replaced by a metal one, and its ham is now a large metal block shoddily colored to look like a ham with the word "Ham" on it.
Abilities
- Impressive Meat By-product Slam
- Intelligence
Role in game
Ham-Mers are semi-common enemies in Battle for Bikini Bottom and are first seen in Jellyfish Fields. Similar to Fodders, Ham-Mers will, upon spotting SpongeBob, Patrick and/or Sandy, begin to give chase and, at close range, it will slam the ham down in an attempt to crush the player, although it will not swing its weapon as quickly.
The best way to avoid being struck by the robot is to dodge its striking radius. Ham-Mers, despite their large size, can be temporarily stunned by Patrick's body slam and can carry and throw one. It can also be defeated in one hit and is usually found alongside a large group of Fodders. They are found in Jellyfish Fields, Goo Lagoon, the Mermalair, the Kelp Forest, and the Flying Dutchman's Graveyard. Destroying a Ham-Mer will award the player twenty-five Shiny Objects.
A Ham-Mer is responsible for the main problem in Goo Lagoon, having stolen all the sunscreen and hiding on a far-away island. Larry the Lobster tells SpongeBob to redirect the sun reflectors on the lifeguard towers to point the sunlight at the tower on the island. After SpongeBob travels through the sea caves and across the pier, he makes it to the island and redirects the sunlight to the Ham-Mer, destroying it. After speaking to Larry again, SpongeBob will be rewarded with a golden spatula.
Trivia
- The enemy's name is a play on the word "hammer," due to it using a ham as a hammer. The ham having "Mer" on it reinforces the pun.
- During encounters with the Ham-Mer, SpongeBob will say "Ham...Mer. I get it!" However, if the player is playing as Patrick, Patrick will simply say "I don't get it," indicating that Patrick does not understand the play on words in the robot's name; however, he still acknowledges it as a joke.
Gallery
| Battle for Bikini Bottom Enemies (V • E) | |
|---|---|
| Standard: | Jellyfish • Blue jellyfish • Fodder • Ham-Mer • Tar-Tar • Chomp-Bot • G-Love • Chuck • Monsoon • Bomb-Bot • Sleepy-Time • Arf • Arf Dawg • BZZT-Bot • Tubelet • Slick |
| Mini Bosses: | King Jellyfish • Prawn • Flying Dutchman |
| Bosses: | Robo-Sandy • Robo-Patrick • Flying Dutchman • SpongeBot SteelPants • Robo-Plankton • Robo-Squidward |