Conker (series)
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The Conker series is a spin-off of the Donkey Kong series, based on the main character Conker's first appearance in Diddy Kong Racing. Many elements of the Donkey Kong series and the Conker series were developed by Rare, a second-party company once owned by Nintendo. The stars of the series are Conker and his girlfriend Berri. They have confronted many strange villains throughout the course of the series. Besides Diddy Kong Racing, there have been three games in the Conker series: the child-friendly Conker's Pocket Tales, and the mature games for adults Conker's Bad Fur Day and Conker: Live & Reloaded. The first two titles were licensed by Nintendo, while the last title was licensed by Microsoft. After Rare's founders and Nintendo sold their shares of Rare, the company was briefly a third-party developer before being purchased by Microsoft, then becoming one of its first-party developers.
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[edit] Franchise History
[edit] Games
[edit] Diddy Kong Racing
- Main article: Diddy Kong Racing
[edit] Conker's Pocket Tales
Conker's Pocket Tales was a game released by Rareware in 1999. It was a simple overhead adventure game, starring Rare character Conker the Squirrel in a dual-format cartridge that served as both an original Game Boy game and a Game Boy Color game. While the two versions both co-existed on the same cartridge, only one could be played on the appropriate system. There were actually several differences in the layouts of worlds, so it was really two games in one.
The game was lighthearted in nature, and designed to appeal to younger gamers (or older gamers young at heart). It was intended to serve as a precursor to the planned N64 title Twelve Tails: Conker 64, however that game ultimately ended up being massively re-tooled into Conker's Bad Fur Day, an "adult" title featuring profanity and scatological humor. Conker's Pocket Tales can thus be seen as somewhat of an anachronism in the Conker franchise, as it represents an intended direction for the series which has since been abandoned.
[edit] Story
Berri, Conker's girlfriend, decides to throw Conker a surprise birthday party. However, the Evil Acorn jumps out of the cake and kidnaps Berri and the presents. Conker then has to save Berri and get his presents back. In the end, Conker rescues Berri and the Evil Acorn gets away, claiming that he'll be back.
[edit] Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day is a game created by Rare, Ltd. for the Nintendo 64.
[edit] Production
Conker's Bad Fur Day, originally known as Conker's Quest and later Twelve Tails: Conker 64 was to be a game similar to Conker's Pocket Tales, an overly cutesy game geared towards younger gamers. It was only after Rare realised that the game would probably be ridiculed and ignored like Conker's Pocket Tales was, that Rare decided to heavily revamp the game, giving it an extremely large amount of adult themes.
[edit] Story
The opening cut scene of the game shows Conker, seated on a large, golden throne drinking a glass of milk. Inside Conker's throne room are several bizarre creatures; it is only after introductions are done that Conker tells his story.
After a night of heavy drinking, Conker, extremely drunk, ends-up wandering away into the night in the direction opposite of his house. Passing out, Conker wakes up later in a strange land ruled by the evil Panther King.
The chapters of Conker's Bad Fur Day are as follows:
- Hungover: Waking up in a field, Conker finds himself dazed and confused and must deal with a scarecrow named Birdy and find his way past an annoying Gargoyle.
- Windy: The overworld of the game, Windy is named after the giant, prominent windmill located in the area.
- Barn Boys: Taking place in a large barn and the surrounding area, the boss of this area is a giant, missile-wielding robot named the Haybot.
- Bats Tower: Conker has to navigate his way through a gigantic safe filled with creatures such as living cogs and Fire Imps. The boss of this area is The Boiler.
- Sloprano: A chapter consisting mostly of Conker's battle against the Great Mighty Poo on Poo Mountain.
- Uga Buga: A chapter mostly taking place in a prehistoric world filled with such things as cavemen and dinosaurs. The boss of this area is a giant, egotistical caveman named Buga the Knut.
- Spooky: A chapter consisting mostly of Conker, transformed into a bat by his vampire ancestor, Count Batula, capturing and feeding villagers to Count Batula. After Batula is killed, Conker must fight his way out of Batula's mansion using a shotgun to kill off zombies.
- It's War: Conker, along with his ally, Rodent, must fight their way out of a Tediz base. The boss of this level is the Experiment.
- Heist: The final chapter of the game, Conker and Berri find themselves participating in a robbery of the Feral Reserve Bank for the mob boss Don Weaso. The boss of this area is a giant, alien monster named Heinrich.
[edit] Gameplay
Conker's Bad Fur Day was hailed as revolutionary, possessing superb graphics and sound, for this, Conker's Bad Fur Day is often hailed as one of the best Nintendo 64 games.
Like Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day was not simply a platform game, more or less an adventure one. Conker is capable of using not only his fists in combat, but also makeshift melee weapons and firearms.
[edit] Multiplayer
The multi-player mode in Conker's Bad Fur Day is often sited as one of the games best features, having a diverse amount of playability.
The various multi-player modes are as follows:
- Death Match: A standard, "kill-everyone else" game.
- War: Features the war between the Squirrels and Tediz.
- Heist: Players play as either Mr. Yellow, Mr. Blue, Mr. Green and Mr. Red, weasel gangsters working for Don Weaso. Players have to steal as much money as possible from a poorly guarded bank.
- Raptor: Players can either be a team of Uga Bugas hunting for raptor eggs or a team of raptors on the job to feed their baby dino some caveman flesh.
- Beach: A group of French refugees are attempting to evade the Tediz and make it to the pickup point alive. Players can either be a French squirrel trying to get across a beach or a Tediz soldier who has to stop any and all Frenchies from getting to the pickup point.
- Race: Players must race against one another on lava-proof hoverboards.
- Tank: Players must blast and kill each other using tanks.
[edit] Ports
A port of Conker's Bad Fur Day, called Conker: Live & Reloaded, was made for the XBox and XBox 360. Conker: Live & Reloaded was met with much criticism, due to being extremely censored and "untrue" to the original.
[edit] Trivia
- Banjo and Kazooie make two small cameos in Conker Bad Fur Day. Banjo's severed and stuffed head can be seen mounted above a fireplace while Kazooie's head can be found being used as the handle of an umbrella.
- Conker's Bad Fur Day has a large amount of movie parodies in it; some of these parodies include A Clockwork Orange, Alien, The Matrix and Saving Private Ryan, among others.
- According to the Official Nintendo Player's Guide, the events of Conker's Bad Fur Day takes place on March 5th, 2001.[1]
[edit] Conker: Live & Reloaded
Conker: Live & Reloaded is a remake of Conker's Bad Fur Day. The game was released for Microsoft's Xbox. Conker: Live & Reloaded features improved graphics, a different multiplayer (with online capabilities), and changes to gameplay elements of the original adventure.
[edit] Trivia
- In one of the multiplayer maps, Gruntilda's Lair from Banjo-Kazooie can be seen in the background, implying that Conker's games may take place near or on the Isle O' Hags, the setting of the Banjo series.[citation needed]
- In the options menu, Cooper, the main character from Grabbed by the Ghoulies, can be seen throwing up in the bathroom.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Berri
Berri is Conker the Squirrel's somewhat dim, yet loving girlfriend and confidant.
Berri's first appearance was in the game Conker's Pocket Tales. Planning a surprise party for Conker, Berri was kidnapped by the Evil Acorn, who had jumped out of the cake she had made for Conker. After some adventuring, Conker managed to track down the Evil Acorn, defeat him and rescue Berri from his grasp.
Berri next appeared with a drastically altered appearance in Conker's Bad Fur Day. In this game, Conker's goal was to return home to Berri after becoming drunk and lost in the Panther Kingdom. During the Conker's adventure, Berri was kidnapped from their home by a rock monster and forced to dance in a cage at the Rock Solid Nightclub. Later in the game, Conker stumbled upon the nightclub and his girlfriend. He managed to rescue Berri from the club, but she did not recognize Conker due to his caveman disguise. As such, she simply ran off to the club's owner, the mafia boss Don Weaso, while Conker grabbed some cash left behind in the cage. Before he could escape the nightclub, the bouncer intercepted Conker and brought him before Don Weaso for stealing the Don's money. When Conker arrived at the Don's headquarters, he saw Berri, who was giving Don Weaso a back massage. She still did not recognize Conker the "caveman," and eventually left to "powder her nose."
Conker next ran into Berri outside the Federal Reserve Bank. Berri was in the process of robbing the bank for Don Weaso. With help from Conker, Berri managed to clear out all of the bank's guards and make it to the vault. It is there that Berri and Conker were ambushed by Don Weaso, the Panther King and The Professor. The bank heist was actually a set-up planned by the trio – Don Weaso was paid to deliver Conker to the Panther King so that the red squirrel could be installed by The Professor as a replacement leg for the King's coffee table. Before Conker could react, Don Weaso was ordered to gun-down Berri, as the Panther King only needed Conker, not her. A horrified Conker was forced to watch as Berri's body was riddled with bullets. She eventually died in Conker's arms.
It is not elaborated upon as to what happened to Berri's body afterwards, but it can be assumed it was sucked into outer space, along with the Panther King's remains and the still living Professor during Conker's battle with Heinrich.
[edit] Physical Appearance
In Conker's Pocket Tales Berri was no taller than Conker and had reddish-brown fur. In Conker's Bad Fur Day, Berri was completely redesigned. She was now at least twice as tall as Conker, had gray fur, as well as a curvaceous body.
[edit] Personality
Though little of Berri's personality is shown in Conker's Pocket Tales, she was presumably kind and cheery much like Conker was in this game. In Conker's Bad Fur Day, Berri was portrayed as somewhat naive and ditzy. For example, she does not recognize Conker at the Rock Solid Club or at Don Weaso's headquarters, even though his caveman "disguise" does not conceal Conker's face, body or voice. Additionally, she has a stereotypical "valley girl" accent and all of her possessions are entirely pink. Conker and Berri appear to have had a close relationship when she was alive, although she was frustrated by Conker's regular drinking at The Cock and Plucker. When she was first introduced to Conker's bar friends, they all agreed the two made an "unlikely couple" as Conker is "short, impatient and cute" whereas Berri is "tall, impatient and cute." Because of these differences, Conker's friends thought Conker and Berri's relationship would "end in tears,"[citation needed] which indeed it did, but only because Berri was murdered by Don Weaso. Lastly, Berri appears to be a well-known sex symbol in Conker's world, possibly explaining her abduction by the Rock Solid Nightclub.
[edit] Trivia
- A poster of Berri as she would've appeared in Twelve Tales can be seen hanging above a bed in Rusty Bucket Bay in the game Banjo-Kazooie.
[edit] Conker
- Main article: Conker
Conker the Squirrel, or simply Conker, is the main character of the game. His trademarks include his red fur, and his big, bushy tail.
[edit] Count Batula
Count Batula is a gray, vampire squirrel in the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
When first encountered by Conker, Count Batula acts extremely pleasent, greeting Conker warmly and giving him food and wine. It is only when a mob of angry villagers come to attack Batula's castle that Count Batula reveals his true nature to Conker. He had planned on killing Conker and draining his blood, but upon realizing Conker was his great, great, great, great, great grandson, Batula had decided to try and convince Conker to join his side.
When Conker refuses to aid Batula, the evil vampire simply transforms Conker into a tiny Vampire Bat and commands him to bring Batula villagers to feed on.
Eventually, after draining several villagers, Batula becomes somewhat overweight which causes the ropes from which he hangs from to snap and falls into the giant grinder that he used to liquefy those he had devoured. His destruction returns Conker to his original squirrel form.
[edit] Don Weaso
Don Weaso is a weasel and a high-ranking mob boss in the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Conker first meeting with Don Weaso is less then pleasant. While in the Rock Solid Nightclub, Conker had stolen a large amount of cash that had belonged to the Don.
Don Weaso offers two choices to Conker: death, or do an "odd job" for the mobster. Accepting Weaso's "job", Conker found himself transporting a bomb which was meant to massacre several dozen Uga Buga cavemen.
After doing his deed, Conker's debt to Don Weaso is repaid and the squirrel is advised by Weaso to skip town and never show his face around him again.
Conker eventually does meet Weaso again, outside the Feral Reserve Bank. Once again, Conker finds himself employed to do a job for Weaso. Conker, along with his girlfriend, Berri, are to take out the bank's guards and rob the place.
Clearing the bank of it's occupants, Berri and Conker enter the bank's vault; it is there the two encounter the Panther King. It seems the entire robbery was a set-up by Don Weaso, who had been hired by the Panther King and his assistant, The Professor, to capture Conker.
Before Conker can attack the trio of villains, Don Weaso, under orders from the Panther King, guns-down Berri before Conker's eyes. Don Weaso was last seen fleeing the bank vault at the sight of Heinrich, the Professor's pet Xenomorph, which had burst forth out of the Panther King's chest.
Don Weaso also appears in the multi-player mode Heist in Conker's Bad Fur Day. After beating one of his associates with a baseball bat for "showing no respect," Weaso has four of his other minions, Mr. Yellow, Mr. Green, Mr. Blue and Mr. Red, rob the Feral Reserve Bank.
[edit] Trivia
- Much of Don Weaso's dialogue in the Heist multiplayer mode is taken directly from the mob-related film, Reservoir Dogs'
[edit] Fangy
Fangy the Raptor is a large, green, hostile dinosaur and an ally of Conker in the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Fangy is kept as a reluctant pet of the giant, egotistical caveman Buga the Knut, who uses Fangy in his coliseum to shred anyone who opposes Buga's rule.
After Fangy is set loose to capture/devour Conker, the squirrel manages to get on the dinosaurs back and use him as a steed to attack any nearby Uga Buga cavemen. Conker also utilizes Fangy in battle against the dinosaurs former master, Buga.
After Conker defeats and kills Buga with exposure-related embarrassment, Fangy, who had grown attached to Conker, begins to follow him around. Conker manages to get rid of Fangy by tossing the bone from a decapitated Uga Buga into Fangy's pen. The dinosaur, running to fetch the bone from his pen, gets trapped in there when Conker closes the pen door.
[edit] Gregg
Gregg, the Grim Reaper (also known as Death) is the personification of death in the Conker series. Gregg appears in Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Gregg first appears to Conker when he dies for the first time. At first Gregg plans on taking Conker to the after-life, but then realizes he is a squirrel and thus practically immune to death (due to extra lives). After telling Conker this, Gregg transports him back to the land of the living.
Gregg later appears in the level "Spooky", here he gives Conker a shotgun.
Despite being the grim reaper, Gregg is less than frightful. He is extremely diminutive in height and has a squeaky voice. In order to sound more scary Gregg uses a megaphone (which has a habit of breaking). Gregg also has an extreme hatred of cats due to the fact that they have nine lives and thus take forever to claim. He has recently discovered that there are "fish versions" of cats; suffice to say he now harbors a hatred of catfish.
[edit] Panther King
The Fabled Panther King, also known as The Fairy Panther King but usually called the Panther King, is a giant, anthropomorphic panther and one of the main villains of the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Though the Panther King's past is somewhat muddied, it is known that he is apparently more than three-hundred years old. During the "Milk Wars", the Panther King aided the Kulas of Conk, an early race of squirrels, in fighting the Weasel King and his minions.
The Panther King eventually came into power when he usurped the Weasel King, cutting off his legs and stealing his armies. While in power, the Panther King betrayed the Kulas of Conk, defeating them in war and banishing them from the kingdom, which he re-christened the "Panther Kingdom".
Centuries later, a new war began, between The Squirrles faction and the Tediz, the Panther King's robotic, teddy bear minions. Seemingly ignorant of the war, the Panther King showed more concern for his coffee table, which had a broken leg. The Panther King eventually charged his handyman, The Professor (who may in fact be the aforementioned Weasel King), with repairing the coffee table, threatening the Professor with the "duct tape" if he failed to repair the table.
After several failed attempts to capture Conker, a red squirrel whom the Professor planned on replacing the broken table leg with, the Panther King and the Professor eventually made a deal with the mob boss Don Weaso: in exchange for bringing Conker to the Panther King, Don Weaso would be given an extremely large amount of cash.
Conker and his girlfriend, Berri were eventually captured by the Panther King and the Professor after a bank robbery set-up by Don Weaso. After Don Weaso gun-down Berri, the Professor then began to ramble about "hatching cycles".
Demanding to know what the Professor was talking about, the Panther King got a violent surprise when he was torn open by an alien monster. It seems the Professor had betrayed the Panther King, having implanted an alien egg in him at an unspecified time, knowing it would kill him.
After the Panther King is killed, the Professor raises the room he, Conker and the alien, whom the Professor had dubbed "Heinrich" are in, into outer space. During Conker's battle with Heinrich, the Panther King's body, along with the Professor himself, was sucked into space through an airlock Conker had blown open while battling Heinrich.
In the multiplayer mode of Conker: Live and Reloaded, which takes place before the events of Conker's adventure, the Professor used a machine to go 200 years into the future, where there he found the The Thing, which was the Panther King, with his chest ripped open by Heinrich long ago. It is possible, that by going into the future, it resulted in a paradox in which the Professor, after seeing the Panther Kings body, planted the Xenomorph in the King back in the past, which resulted in him being the way he was when he found him in the future.
[edit] Professor Von Kripplespac
Professor Von Kripplespac is an insane weasel scientist and one of the main antagonists of the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Though much of the Professor's past is unknown (which was later revealed in Conker: Live and Reloaded), what is known is that he was the one who revived the production of the Tediz: killer, robotic teddy bears.
Von Kripplespac is the Panther King's handyman, reduced to making and repairing such things as furniture instead of creating weapons of mass destruction, though both are achieved if Conker dies by falling, which is rather easy to do. One day, the Panther King charged the Professor with the "responsibility" of repairing the king's wobbly table. If the Professor failed, the Panther King threatened to use the "duct tape" on him. An extremely disgruntled Professor decided to simply use a red squirrel sighted several times in the last few days as a replacement leg for the table.
After several failed attempts at capturing Conker, the Panther King and the Professor decided to make a deal with the mob boss Don Weaso: in exchange for bringing Conker to the pair of villains, Weaso would receive an extremely large sum of cash.
Ambushing Conker in a bank vault of the Federal Reserve Bank, the Professor, after Berri is murdered, begins to ramble about "hatching cycles". The Panther King, asking what the Professor is talking about, gets a horrific surprise as he is torn apart internally by an alien creature whom the Professor names "Heinrich".
With the flick of a switch, the Professor manages to raise the bank vault into outer space.
In the end the Professor is killed when Conker, in an attempt to defeat Heinrich, opens an air lock in the room. Von Kripplespac, along with all the oxygen in the room, gets sucked into to space where he presumably suffocated to death.
[edit] Trivia
- It is hinted at that the Professor may be the unnamed, weasel king whom the Panther King usurped during the "Milk Wars".
- The Professor bears a minor resemblance to Snide, a weasel ally of Donkey Kong.
[edit] Rodent
Rodent is a soldier of Squirrel High Command military faction in Conker's Bad Fur Day. He is a blue/gray squirrel with large glasses and an ally of Conker.
When Conker first discovers Rodent, he is tied up in a Tediz base and about to be executed by a firing squad. After defeating Rodent's captors and freeing Rodent, the soldier squirrel decides to aid Conker in sabotaging the Tediz base.
Due to the fact that Rodent wears a prototype, indestructible armor, he actually allows Conker to use him as a shield as the two squirrels navigate their way through the Tediz base.
After clearing their way through the bulk of the Tediz base, Conker and Rodent happen to come upon a little girl. Conker decides to rescue the girl, with a cash reward in mind. After saving the little girl, however, Rodent arrives and stops Conker from falling for the girl's trap.
Eventually the girl reveals her true nature, she is a part of an abomination simply dubbed "The Experiment". Conker and Rodent are forced to do battle against the giant monster in a Class Twenty-Two Tank.
After the Experiment's body is destroyed, the little girl portion of the creature sends several Spider Mines at Conker's tank. The mechanical bombs end up blowing up the tank with Rodent still in it.
Conker, thinking Rodent to be dead, quickly flees the scene as the little girl had activated the self-destruct mechanism in the Tediz base. Seconds before the base explodes, Rodent manages to become conscious again. However, before Rodent can act, the base explodes.
Rodent survives the explosion of the base thanks to his armor. Instead of being blown to smithereens, Rodent was sent sailing through the air and ended-up crashing into the windmill in Windy.
When Conker and Rodent next meet it is in the rubble of the aforementioned windmill, Rodent having destroyed it when he landed. After a brief conversation the two squirrels part ways, with Conker referring to Rodent as an "idiot" under his breathe.
Rodent was last seen in "Conker the King's" recently aquired castle in the closing cinema of Conker's Bad Fur Day. He asks Conker if he can be the general of his military, but Conker does not reply.
[edit] Bosses
[edit] The Experiment
The Experiment is a bizarre being that is actually two characters in one, the Experiment itself and the Little Girl attached to the creature's arm. The Experiment is also one of the bosses in the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
[edit] The Experiment
The Experiment resembles a giant Tediz without eyes and with stitch marks all over it. Instead of regular legs, the Experiment has mechanical, spider-like ones jutting out of it's robotic lower-body. The Experiment's left arm has also been replaced with a large mechanical claw.
Since the Experiment is virtually mindless it takes orders from the Little Girl, who replaces it's right hand. The Experiment is armed with a variety of weapons which includes two mini-guns, two missile launchers, two laser-cannons and a circular saw attached to its robotic claw.
[edit] The Little Girl
An unnamed gray squirrel with blond hair and a blue dress. When Conker and Rodent first encounter the Little Girl, she feigns innocence and claims that the Tediz had kidnapped here. To the protests of Private Rodent, Conker decides to save the Little Girl, thinking he'll be rewarded with cash.
When Conker approaches the Little Girl, she and the Experiment, whose right hand she is crudely stitched to, attack. Conker and Rodent are forced to battle the Experiment/Little Girl in a tank. After dodging barrages of projectiles, Conker and Rodent manage to blow-up the Experiment.
From the smoldering remains of the Experiment, the Little Girl rises and, after blowing-up Conker's tank with Rodent in it, begins to taunt Conker and activates the self-destruct mechanism in the Tediz base. When last seen, the Little Girl was laughing maniacally as her head spun around in a demonic manner.
Due to the fact the Experiment is mindless, the Little Girl acts as the "brains and eyes" to the abomination, who is the being's "brawn."
[edit] Great Mighty Poo
The Great Mighty Poo, also known as Sloprano, is a giant creature made of fecal matter and one of the bosses in the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
The Great Mighty Poo resides on Poo Mountain where he spends his time singing opera, eating sweet corn and attacking anyone who ventures into his turf.
When Conker ventures through Poo Mountain, he is attacked by a feces-throwing Great Mighty Poo who insists on singing an extremely unpleasent song throughout his battle with Conker. In order to injure the Great Mighty Poo, Conker must hurl giant rolls of toilet paper into his mouth. After enough hits, he breaks the door with the roll of money and the lever to flush the Great Mighty Poo. Conker finally destroys the Great Mighty Poo by flushing him down a giant toilet/drainage system.
[edit] Heinrich
Heinrich is a member of the alien species known as the Xenomorphs, he is also the final boss of the game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Heinrich was created when The Professor secretly implanted an alien egg he had somehow gained possession of into his master, the Panther King in an attempt to kill him. The alien ends up hatching right after Conker is betrayed by the crimeboss Don Weaso and handed over to the Panther King and the Professor. The egg hatches into a chestburster which subsequently bursts out of the Panther King's chest, killing him.
After Conker's girlfriend Berri is killed by Don Weaso (who flees at the sight of Heinrich) the Professor raises the entire room they are in into outer space. The mad weasel then names his newly born pet Heinrich.
Heinrich soon engages Conker in battle, Conker must avoid the monstrous creature and pull a nearby lever, this will open an airlock in the room. The Professor gets sucked into the void of space and dies; however, Heinrich manages to remain in the room and lunges at Conker. Conker must obtain a mechanical power suit in a nearby room to even his odds in battle. Conker must fight the rogue alien and knock him out the airlock.
When Heinrich is knocked into space (but still does not die) everything in the game (except Conker) freezes and a Rareware programmer appears. The programmer says that a glitch has occurred and that he is here to repair it. Suddenly Conker gets an idea, he says to the programmer that he will tell everyone about the glitch that occurred unless the programmer makes it so Conker defeats Heinrich completely. The programmer agrees to do this. Suddenly everything returns to normal and Heinrich is transported into the Panther King's throne room. Before the alien monster can do anything he is hacked apart by Conker with a katana.
[edit] Trivia
- The entire battle between Conker and Heinrich is a parody of Ripley's climatic battle with the Xenomorph Queen in the movie Aliens. The fight is also a parody of the battles Mario has with Bowser in Super Mario 64. In both games, the hero has to grab the villain by the tail, swing them around in a circle, then throw them in a specific direction. Like the final battle with Bowser, Conker must correctly toss Heinrich three times.
[edit] Enemies
[edit] Tediz
The Tediz are large, robotic teddy bears. They are enemies in Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Who first created the Tediz is unknown; what is known is that they were first used during the Milk Wars. These early Tediz, unlike the modern ones seen in Conker's Bad Fur Day, possessed many defect, the most obvious one being that they were made a highly-flammable material and their eyes had a habit of falling off.
Three hundred years after the Milk Wars, the Tediz were re-commissioned by a weasel scientist named "The Professor," who re-designed them and made them more durable.
The Tediz were then used as soldiers by the Professor against the Squirrel High Command in a war, which was started for reasons unknown. They are known to be suicidal, even to the point of pulling out a live stick grenade and charging at their enemies in a kamikaze attack.
During his adventures through the Panther Kingdom, Conker encountered the Tediz several times. He was even forced into infiltrating a Tediz base, which was subsequently destroyed when it self-destructed, destroying hundreds of Tediz soldiers.
[edit] Species
[edit] Gobling
The Goblings are a race of goblin-like creatures from Conker's Bad Fur Day. Goblings are located throughout most regions of the Panther Kingdom, albeit in small numbers. There are three classes of Goblings featured throughout the game: Clang Goblings, Other Goblings, and Monk Goblings.
[edit] Clang Gobling
Clang Goblings are green Goblings that wear round, spiked armor. They are typically found swimming in or walking near bodies of water. It is possible their armor and water-based mannerisms are somehow connected to the mechanical fish-like creatures of the same name.
[edit] Other Gobling
Other Goblings are a class of large purple Goblings that act as the servants of other creatures and for various political factions. They are generally altruistic, and will even sacrifice themselves to aid their masters.
[edit] Monk Gobling
Monk Goblings are short yellow Goblings that wear red robes. They are typically seen reading large stone tablets. If someone happens to stand on their tablets, the Gobling will flip him or her off the tablet, sending them far away so that the Gobling may continue reading. Near the beginning of the game, Conker the Squirrel throws up on a Monk Gobling standing outside The Cock and Plucker. Brother Clavius, author of Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition, is a Monk Gobling.
[edit] Places
[edit] Items
[edit] Anti-Gravity Chocolate
Anti-Gravity Chocolate, also known simply as "chocolate," is a common item that appears throughout Conker's Bad Fur Day. As its name suggests, Anti-Gravity Chocolate is a special type of chocolate that can hover above the ground, defying gravity. Anti-Gravity Chocolate was invented by the Professor, who knocked the chocolate out of his window in the Panther King's Castle to start a "clean slate," freeing up his time in order to solve the Panther King's milk table problem. The special type of chocolate started to appear throughout the Panther Kingdom thereafter. This event occurs after Conker completes the Hungover chapter of the game. Chocolate itself represents the health meter of Conker. The squirrel starts with three pieces of chocolate, but can have a maximum of six pieces by simply finding more Anti-Gravity Chocolate. Eating a piece of Anti-Gravity Chocolate recovers one "bar" of Conker's health. Additionally, Anti-Gravity Chocolate tends to reappear after Conker exits and reenters an area. When Conker loses all of his chocolate, he will die and will lose an extra life. If he loses all his extra lives, he gets a Game Over, either becoming "lost" forever or becoming the "fourth leg" of the Panther King's milk table.
Anti-Gravity Chocolate is a parody of the common video game convention of having items and power-ups hover just above the ground for no apparent reason.
[edit] Cash
“Who wants some of the dough?”
—Cash, Conker's Bad Fur Day
Cash (also known as dollars, money, etc.) is a major collectible in Conker's Bad Fur Day. Cash is the primary form of currency in the Panther Kingdom, and is likely used in nearby areas (such as The Cock and Plucker) as well. Collecting more cash allows Conker to advance through the game, and thus the currency is similar to Power Stars from Super Mario 64 and Jiggies from Banjo-Kazooie. Bundles of cash resemble U.S. dollar bills, except they have large eyes (and in Conker: Live & Reloaded, are always found smoking large cigars). Indeed, bundles of cash are actually sentient beings that can move and talk on their own – that is, they have their own individual will. At times during the game, cash may run away from Conker, or alternatively may leap from another character's pockets and return to Conker. If needed, Conker can hit escaping cash bundles with his Frying Pan in order to knock them out, allowing the squirrel to pocket the money. Conker earns cash by helping people he meets in the Panther Kingdom, as well as by discovering the bundles after completing challenges. With this cash in hand, Conker can pay other characters to gain access to new worlds and levels. Most of the cash in the Panther Kingdom is located in the Feral Reserve Bank - at the end of the game, Conker collects $1,000,000 in cash after breaking into the safe at the Feral Reserve.
[edit] Squirrels' Tail
Squirrels' Tails, also known as Squirrel Tails and simply "tails," are the extra lives of the game Conker's Bad Fur Day. While many creatures only have one life in Conker's world, according to Gregg, the Grim Reaper, squirrels are a "special case," as any one squirrel can have more than one life (similar to cats and catfish, which are inferred to both have a set of nine lives). According to "The Powers That Be," squirrels can have "as many lives as they think they can get away with." Or, as Gregg puts it, squirrels like Conker have a few more "chances" at life before they die. These extra "chances" come in the form of Squirrels' Tails, which can be collected to increase a squirrel's number of extra lives. This means that squirrels can practically have an unlimited number of lives, provided they collect many Squirrel Tails to increase their own count. Conker the Squirrel started with two Squirrels' Tails (two extra lives, or three lives total including Conker's "original" life) at the beginning of the Bad Fur Day. He could then earn an extra life for each Squirrel Tail he collected on his adventure. Squirrels' Tails could be found hanging from hooks located throughout the Panther Kingdom. If Conker were to die and lose a Squirrel Tail, the hand of Death would simply bring Conker back from the afterlife and deposit him at the start of the area where he lost the extra life. If Conker loses all his Squirrels' Tails plus his original life, the squirrel would receive a Game Over and his life's journey would end.
[edit] Special Moves
[edit] Helicoptery Tail Thing
The Helicoptery Tail Thing is one of Conker's special moves in Conker's Bad Fur Day. The ability is similar to the hovering techniques of Dixie Kong, Tiny Kong, and Miles "Tails" Prower, and its name is likely a parody of this relatively common video game technique. The Helicoptery Tail Thing technique allows Conker to hover in the air for a short period of time by spinning his bushy tail above his head, creating lift and slowing his descent to the ground. The player can activate this move by making Conker jump then by pressing and holding the "A" button when Conker is in midair. While hovering, Conker can maneuver in all horizontal directions like a helicopter. As Conker is only a squirrel, his tail is not strong enough to sustain the Helicoptery Tail Thing for prolonged lengths of time. The red squirrel can only perform the technique for a couple seconds before his tail gives out and he drops to the ground. If Conker is too high in the air, he will likely fall to his death and lose an extra life. According to the U.S. instruction manual, "[c]hicks really dig this move."
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Associate's Degree
An Associate's Degree is a type of academic degree awarded by institutions of higher education, such as colleges and universities. Typically the program of study for an Associate's Degree lasts about two years. Brother Clavius, the author of Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition, holds an Associate's Degree in technical writing from the Windy County Community College.[2]
[edit] Brother Clavius
“Clavius sucks arse!”
—Conker, Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide
Brother Clavius is the author of Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition, the guide "within" the Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide.[2] He is a Monk Gobling and a survival expert. Indeed, Brother Clavius has the ability to hold his breath for up to six minutes and only sustain minimal brain damage. As a survival expert, Brother Clavius has written numerous survival guides on behalf of BIRDY BRAND Enterprises. Each guide written by Clavius for BIRDY BRAND Enterprises is hand-chiseled on his personal medium of choice, slabs of granite, then electronically transcribed into a digital format by a team of gibbons. As of 2001, Brother Clavius lived with his wife and children in a cardboard box.
Prior to writing the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom, Brother Clavius was a cloistered monk from the Fundamentalist Non-Reformed Cult of the High Gobling Authority. In the past, he also attended the Windy County Community College, eventually receiving an Associate's Degree in technical writing from the institution. Before writing the Survival Guide, he also wrote a collection of children's stories titled Debra Drinks Dog Diarrhea. Additionally, seven years before the guide was published, Brother Clavius managed to climb Poo Mountain by himself without the use of supplemental oxygen. In addition to climbing Poo Mountain, Clavius once survived on a raft at sea for 47 days, completely subsisting on body lice and urine strained through a dirty sweat sock.
[edit] Debra Drinks Dog Diarrhea
Debra Drinks Dog Diarrhea is a book mentioned in the Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide.[2] The book was written by Brother Clavius, who is also the author of Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition. According to the Survival Guide, Debra Drinks Dog Diarrhea is a collection of stories for children.
[edit] Fundamentalist Non-Reformed Cult of the High Gobling Authority
The Fundamentalist Non-Reformed Cult of the High Gobling Authority is a religious organization mentioned in the Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide.[2] According to Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition, the "guide within the guide," Brother Clavius (the author of the Survival Guide) used to be a member of the cult. Presumably, the Fundamentalist Non-Reformed Cult of the High Gobling Authority is served by and serves the spiritual needs of Monk Goblings, as well as possibly other types of Goblings.
[edit] Mario
- Main article: Mario
Mario is the main protagonist of the Mario series and the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. He was mentioned by Conker in the Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide.[3] In the margins of his copy of Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition, Conker compares himself to Mario, writing "I bet Mario never got a stinger up his arse!" This is a reference to Conker's many confrontations with Wayne and the Wankas Gang, a group of unfriendly wasps.
The Conker series is loosely connected to the Mario series by way of Diddy Kong Racing. According to the game's instruction booklet, Conker befriended Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong on an adventure long before Wizpig's invasion of Timber's island. Donkey Kong was Mario's first nemesis, and eventually Mario would meet Diddy Kong in spin-off titles such as Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Interestingly enough, Mario and Conker have actually met each other once before. This occurred in the Club Nintendo comic "Freeze Frame."
[edit] Windy County Community College
The Windy County Community College is a school mentioned in the Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide.[2] Presumably the Windy County Community College is located within the Windy region of the Panther Kingdom, although the college does not appear in the actual game. Brother Clavius, the author of Birdy Brand Manuals Presents the Survival Guide to the Panther King's Kingdom: Squirrel Edition, received an Associate's Degree in technical writing from the Windy County Community College.
[edit] References
- ^ Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide, page 17.
- ^ a b c d e Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide, page 2.
- ^ Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Nintendo Player's Guide, page 31.
