Thursday, February 17, 2011

50 Video Game Characters: 50

"How many times have I told you? I am NOT to be used as a projectile!"



50. Bob the Killer Goldfish (Earthworm Jim)

Bob is all about the melodrama. From the start of his levels, Jim must traverse nearly endless hallways, invincibly muscular cats and long stretches of water level bullshit like moving from one area to another in an easily breakable glass...submarine?

Regardless, make it through all that and your reward for a job well done is the boss fight with Bob. After a lengthy introduction where Bob is shown to truly be just an average goldfish(albeit an evil, talking goldfish), Jim simply knocks over Bob's fishbowl, leaving the villain incapacitated and the hero victorious in a matter of seconds. If that fight wasn't embarassing enough, in the sequel, Bob returns to do more evil, only for this boss to end with Jim actually picking up and eating him.

Turns out, being a goldfish? Huge handicap for evildoing.

Best moment: The giant Mortal Kombat-style "FIGHT" intro before the first battle, only for him to be knocked over.

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