Very silly part 2 question

[Niemandswasser]

Currently on part 2, and I absolutely need to know if 

 

an explanation ever presents itself for why he's suddenly called "Apple Bob" rather than just "Bob." That's not a name he ever had before, is it? I've certainly never heard it.

 

I'm only able to play an hour or two a day and I don't want to spend the next however-long tearing the game apart for an answer that never comes. I just want my life back.

[LuigiHann]

Nothing I caught in-game.

 

I don't know why but I didn't question it, my brain was just like "Oh, 'Bob' was short for 'Apple Bob', good to know" and didn't think anything of it

 

[Remi]

He hangs upside down. You're upside down when you're bobbing for apples. I don't think there's more to it than that, other than possibly being the opposite of Iron Rose on the hardness scale.

[Niemandswasser]

That's basically what I figured--I was just curious if the game ever addresses it in any way (possibly in the Writers' Cut), since it's a new nickname for an old character seemingly presented rather suddenly and without comment. I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed something somewhere. (Not that it matters in literally any measurable way.)

[Radogol]

Are we sure Apple Bob is supposed to be Bob? I assumed it’s just a different ghost pirate Bob.

[Remi]

4 minutes ago, Radogol said:

Are we sure Apple Bob is supposed to be Bob? I assumed it’s just a different ghost pirate Bob.

 

I doubt they'd use the same voice actor (Rob Paulsen) for different Bobs.

[Niemandswasser]

27 minutes ago, Radogol said:

Are we sure Apple Bob is supposed to be Bob? I assumed it’s just a different ghost pirate Bob.

 

It's definitely Bob. Besides having an identical outfit/appearance and voice actor, Dave Grossman confirmed it on the MI Monday when the crew sequence was revealed.

[ThunderPeel2001]

Dave Grossman's very silly answer to this question:

 

 

[BaronGrackle]

41 minutes ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:

Dave Grossman's very silly answer to this question:

 

 

Canon now. BOOM!