Bob-omb Buddy

Bob-omb Buddies are NPCs that appear in Super Mario 64 and it's remake, Super Mario 64 DS. They appear in most of the courses (except Big Boo's Haunt, Hazy Maze Cave, Lethal Lava Land, Dire, Dire Docks and Tick Tock Clock) to open the cannons on their respective courses.

Behavior
You can talk with them but they won't open any cannons until you defeated Big Bob-omb, if you defeated him, they'll be able to open the locked cannons that appear in their respective courses

Hats
In some reports, Bob-Omb Buddies are the same color as the rest of the Bob-Ombs. They can be told apart by the hats they wear over their fuses. The hats resemble patrol caps worn by military personnel and are colored pink.