History Characters / EnterTheGungeon

* ThoseWackyNazis: The implication is certainly there; one of Monster's attacks is firing a formation of bullets shaped not unlike [[http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=98659940 a Nazi ''parteiadler'']], and considering that the doctor's full name is [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D ''Wolfenclaw''...]]

* BonusBoss: Of a sort, finding a super rare glitch chest will take you to a floor where you need to fight two of these guys at once, with the prize for winning being multiple guns and items alongside regular boss drops.

* FlunkyBoss: Sometimes it will bring up two gun-wielding knives and toss them to the wall, where they'll stick and periodically fire a spray of projectiles at you.

* TurnsRed: Well, it turns black. Once it's knocked down to the last bits of its health, it begins covering the whole screen with projectiles, with only small patches of free space to roll from one to another, and is only open to attack between waves (see AttackItsWeakPoint above).

** [[RuleOfThree And as of Advanced Gungeons and Draguns]], it can turn ''[[GoldColoredSuperiority gold]]'' if [[spoiler:you have the serpent from either the Resourceful Rat's chambers or from pushing the Weird Egg into a fire]]. In this mode, it has [[BulletHell even more attacks]], an eye-radius that prevents shooting whilst inside it, [[SNKBoss and a full health bar on top of that.]]

* BonusBoss: Found only in [[AbsurdlySpaciousSewer the Oubliette]] that can only be accessed by [[spoiler:extinguishing the fireplace on Floor 1 and then using two keys on the trapdoor found in the secret room]].

* BonusBoss: Even worse than Blobulord. In addition to defeating the former, you have to [[spoiler:carry over the Old Crest to the altar in the Gungeon Proper and place it there. It functions like armor; however, it takes precedence over ''all'' other armor, even armor gained afterwards, so you have to avoid taking ''any'' damage between grabbing the Old Crest and getting to the altar.]] Killing him uniquely awards you with a free Synergy Chest.

* PaletteSwap: Of the Bullet King, except the Old King is [[ThatOneBoss much more difficult]].

* TrueFinalBoss: Can only be fought at the end of the BrutalBonusLevel, which is only accessible once you complete all four characters' pasts.

* BonusBoss: You'll only encounter him if you go out of your way to find him. Despite being effectively fought on the third chamber, he's the only boss in the game aside from the High Dragun [[spoiler:and the Lich]] to have [[SequentialBoss multiple full phases]], with the first two comparable in difficulty to them and the third and final one [[UnexpectedGameplayChange completely deviating from normal gameplay]]. Should you defeat at least the first two phases, you'll have a ton of rewards waiting for you, and clearing the third phase will net you some exclusive goods.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: When he was in a tradesman's ship with his family, he was forced to steal in an attempt to save their starving lives. It didn't work, and he had to watch his siblings [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty kill and eat each other]]. Unlike the Gungeoneers, however, he sees no regrets with his past, and thus isn't interested with Gun That Can Kill The Past.

* ShoutOut: His mecha is clearly modeled after [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear REX]]. The two of you also have a fist fight on top of it afterwards, just like Solid and Liquid did.

* TerminatorImpersonator: [[spoiler:It's backstory effectively makes it a parody of the Terminator, with it's nemesis being a Sarah Connor parody]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has purple hair.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: Gunreapers remain in the room until all enemies have been killed. They are immune to all forms of damage, but they can be put under status effects or [[BalefulPolymorph transmogrified]]. Lord of the Jammed does one better; he's immune to status effects, pursues you through the rooms, and disables shops.

* MookBouncer: Not only can they throw you into a room that you've already cleared, they'll also make that room ''un''cleared in the process!

* BossInMooksClothing: Despite not being officially listed as a boss. it otherwise behaves as one. Each encounter gives the player a large area to fight it in and rewards them with loot drops when the Shadow Magician is killed. Compared to even the toughest normal enemies, the Shadow Magician also has much more health and a large arsenal of tricks and attacks it can use. Luckily, this deadly foe is fairly rare and players can go through several playthroughs before encountering a single one.

* BossInMooksClothing: Basically a {{Mini Boss}} like Shadow Magician or [[spoiler: Blockner's ghost,]] with its own unique arena and a dangerous array of attacks.

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* BadassBeard: For some reason, Minelets are the only type of Gundead that can grow facial hair.

* BadassMoustache: So badass, in fact, it's a passive item you may find in the Gungeon.

A bird who has spent so long in the Gungeon it has lost it’s mind and now enjoys flexing and shooting intruders with a minigun.

* DuellingProtagonists: When you fight the Lich as the Gunslinger, the Paradox is there, having somehow transformed into a glitchy duplicate of the former. It must be killed to finish the game.

* StationaryBoss: Stays immobile the whole fight. Compared to other such bosses, it noticeably ''could'' move around, given that it doesn't take up the entire screen.

* BonusBoss: You'll only encounter him if you go out of your way to find him. He's the only boss in the game aside from the High Dragun [[spoiler:and the Lich]] to have [[SequentialBoss multiple full phases]], with the third and final one [[UnexpectedGameplayChange completely deviating from normal gameplay]]. Should you defeat at least the first two phases, you'll have a ton of rewards waiting for you.

* MookMaker: Ammomancers attempt to summon Shelletons if you leave him alone for too long. A single Shelleton is very dangerous, let alone several.

* ShootTheMageFirst: One thing that's consistent with all five of these enemies: they should almost always be your first target in a new room.

** Jammomancers and Jammerlengos take this up to eleven, giving either a single enemy or the entire room increased movement speed, fire rate, double damage, and triple health.

* BonusBoss: Even worse than Blobulord. In addition to defeating the former, you have to [[spoiler:carry over the Old Crest to the altar in the Gungeon Proper and place it there. It functions like armor; however, it takes precedence over ''all'' other armor, even armor gained afterwards, so you have to avoid taking ''any'' damage between grabbing the Old Crest and getting to the altar.]]

* DamageSpongeBoss: ''Par excellence:'' he has the most total health out of all bosses in the game discounting High Dragun and [[spoiler:The Lich]]. In fact, his total health still manages to be a little higher than Dragun's first phase.

The Co-op only character. His starting weapon is a Dart Gun. He carries a Friendship Cookie that lets him revive fallen comrades as well as the No. 2 Headband that makes him stronger when he's alone.

* OneUp: His Friendship Cookie can revive characters.
* InTheHood: He wears a purple cloak.

* ManChild: While seemingly an adult like the others, the Cultist is surrounded by such things as toy blocks and crayon sketches in the Breach and his Dart Gun's description implies that the wrong he's trying to fix is to make sure his sibling got blamed for spilling juice on the couch. [[spoiler:Given that the cultist has a skull for a face, it may very well be that they enter the Gungeon as a child, and spent their life and subsequent undeath in it, [[FridgeHorror aging up and then dying without ever really growing out of their childike mindset.]]]]
** Some [=NPCs=] do explicitly call him a kid.

* NerfArm: His starting weapon is the Dart Gun, which [[ShoutOut greatly resembles]] an actual Toys/NERFBrand revolver, specifically an Elite Strongarm or its predecessor, the N-Strike Maverick.

[[spoiler:In its past life, it was hailed as the finest warrior of the robotic regime hell-bent on eliminating all humans off their planet, but presumably failed to kill The Last Human.]]

* TheDitz: Kinda. Upon being chosen from the character select, he falls on his face. And when entering the Gungeon, instead of walking down the steps like every other Gungeoneer, the poor guy falls.

* ShockAndAwe: It can electrocute bodies of water simply by shooting towards it. His active item allows him to capitalize on this skill by creating large pools of water on use.
* TVHeadRobot: Of course. In fact, to unlock him, you have to bring said TV to the Blacksmith in the Forge.

The other unlockable secret character, a friendly sword-wielding Bullet-kin. Upon clearing a character's past, occasionally you'll find it wandering around the field before teleporting away. Repeat the process enough times and it will be unlocked. It starts off with Blasphemy, a sword that shoots {{Sword Beam}}s when it's at full health. It is also immune to contact damage and deals increased damage from rolling into enemies.

[[spoiler:In its past life, it wielded its sword against the evil king Cannon. Its failure doomed the Bullet-kin into servitude to the Gungeon.]]

* BadassCape: Its main trait that makes it stand out from other Bullet-kin.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]]. Not only is its weapon essentially the Master Sword, but [[spoiler:its past involves fighting a Ganon parody]].
* HeelFaceTurn: He's a Bullet Kin that has turned against his own.
* TheHeretic: The denizens of the Gungeon see favoring melee weapons as the greatest sin one can commit (even the armored knights use swords made out of "pure bullets"), hence why the Bullet is an outcast who favors the Gungeoneers more than his own kind.
* IChooseToStay: In ''Exit'', [[spoiler:completing the game as him will cause him to stay behind and refuse to leave with the rest of the Gungeoneers, choosing to watch as the Gungeon is destroyed.]]

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: A very melee class in a BulletHell game. Blasphemy itself helps mitigate some of the problems with this by being able to destroy bullets it hits and firing a piercing sword beam when at full health, encouraging the player to not get hit. It also has a passive item that boosts dodge roll damage and makes it immune to all contact damage to encourage dodge rolling to get into melee range.

* {{Expy}}: Gameplay-wise, he's basically this game's answer to [[Videogame/TheBindingOfIsaac Eden.]]

* WalkingShirtlessScene: It specifically ''flexes its feathers away'' to do it.

** The Convict is an offensive Fighter. Apart from her pistol, she gets a sawn-off shotgun, for close encounters. Her active items, molotov cocktails, are the only initial active items that are actually offensively-oriented, and her passive gives her a short damage bonus every time she sustains damage.

* TheBerserker: Her Enraging Photo item makes it so that she does double damage for a short while after taking damage. This is more recommended to be used as a way to capitalise on mistakes, however, rather than intentionally getting hurt to proc it.

* GunsAkimbo: In her VersusCharacterSplash screen, although she can't dual wield in-game, unless the player finds one or another gun synergy which allows to do so.

** RealityEnsues: That said, he's still the easiest of the past bosses.

* WallMaster: Both Wall Mimic and Pedestal Mimic.

* WallMaster: A mimic masquerading as the Boss Room door.