History Characters / EnterTheGungeon

[[folder: The Paradox ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]

[[folder: The Gunslinger ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]

[[folder: Bullet-based]]

* JokeCharacter: In most situations, Rubber Kin aren't much of a threat. Even if being knocked back would cause problems, their attack is telegraphed and slow enough to dodge. Even the game treats them like jokes, with their subtitle in the Ammonomicon being "Non-Issue."

[[folder: Blobulonians]]

[[folder: Big Enemies]]

* SpidersAreScary: Its description in the Ammonomicon mentions that its a combination of "two worrying features: the ability to fire bullets, and being a spider."

[[folder: Other Enemies]]

[[folder: ''Exit the Gungeon'']]

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: ...Which they intend to correct with the Gun That Can Kill The Past.

%%[[folder: ''Exit the Gungeon'']]\\
!!Toadstool\\
The Bullet King's chancellor, having made himself comfortable in the King's throne.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''HIS MAJESTY'S CHANCELLOR''']]\\
!!Buffammo\\
A mercenary bull who was sent to steal the Gun That Can Kill The Past. He’s good friends with the Gatling Gull.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''TAUR DE FORCE''']]\\
* {{Expy}}: Of the Minotaur from ''Castlevania'', fitting with the other Konami reference Gatling Gull provided\\
!!Medusalier\\
The Gorgun hiding within the shell of a Fuseilier.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''BOMB SHELL''']]\\
!!Meowitzer\\
A genius cat riding inside a weapons platform. The enemy of Tonic the Sledgedog.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''EGG NYAN''']]\\
* CatsAreMean: This one's an evil genius, and gleefully obstructive.\\
* {{Expy}}: Meant to be one of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]].\\
!!Bolt Python\\
The Ammoconda, having applied a robotic body to itself. It’s still as dangerous as it was before.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''ELECTRIC STEEL''']]\\
!!Eyeballrog\\
The Beholster is back, wearing the shell of the Cannonballrog for added protection.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''BEHOLSTERED''']]\\
!!Sepulchergeist\\
The four spirits who possessed the Kill Pillars, now having decided to possess a Challenge Sheine instead.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''THE SHRINING'']]\\
!!Killinder\\
A Jammed-possessed revolver cylinder.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''THE 36 CHAMBERS'']]\\
* MythologyGag: The Killinder is based on the loading icon for the original ''Enter the Gungeon'', as mentioned by its description as a now-living altar designed to help Gungeoneers kill time between elevator floors.\\
!!Mutread Head\\
A machine that the Tinker built to be a Chamber Guardian. He never completed it, but an errant Tazie activated it.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''BARE ARMS''']]\\
* {{Expy}}: Of Mutoid Man, from ''Smash TV''.\\
!!Gungamesh\\
A four-armed gunslinger that wandered into the Gungeon to hunt down the Mine Flayer and its Killithid bretherin.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''A KING''']]\\
* FastestGunInTheWest: Several of his attacks are telegraphed by him preparing to draw his pistols.\\
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Four arms, four guns, and four times as many bullets to dodge.\\
* TeleportSpam: One of his main methods of locomotion\\
!!Low Priest\\
The time-displaced acolyte that would become the High Priest.\\
* EvilCounterpart: To The Gunslinger, being a past version of a boss brought into the future. However, instead of being disgusted by his future self's actions, he serves Kaliber's will as dutifully as ever.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''BLAST FROM THE PAST''']]\\
!!Fallmonger\\
The hollow, but still-durable husk of the Wallmonger repurposed as an elevator.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''GOING DOWN''']]\\
!!The Last Dragun\\
The High Dragun's bones, returned to life by the Gungeon's remaining power.\\
* {{Dracolich}}: The High Dragun's corpse, empowered by the magic that would've created The Lich.\\
!! Gloctopus\\
A giant cephalopod Bulletkin that attacks the Gungeoneers as they attempt to escape from the crumbling island.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:'''KRAK SHOT''']]\\
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: A rare example for a firearm manufacturer. Due to "Glock" being a registered trademark, the enemy is very carefully named without a K, and to further complicate things is stated to be named as such due to being a masterful ''Glock''enspiel player.\\

* {{Expy}}: Slender silhouette, wears a BadassLongcoat and a wide-brimmed Bolero, and his confrontation starts out in a wide open area with tombstones surrounding a central circle of unmarked space. He's a dead ringer for any of Lee Van Cleef's characters in [[Film/DollarsTrilogy Sergio Leone's western films]], but that final point brings to mind [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Angel Eyes]] specifically.

* Dracolich: The High Dragun's corpse, empowered by the magic that would've created The Lich.\\

* BrilliantButLazy: The Ammonomicon comments that he probably has the skills to reach the Gun himself; however, he doesn't want to - [[{{ForTheEvulz}} he'd much rather stay in the Gungeon to screw with Gungeoneers.]]
* CallingCard: Usually, he leaves behind a note mocking you for leaving an item behind. He also leaves notes in chests he’s plundered ahead of time- but these notes can be used to traverse his lair.

* EnemyMine: Using the item "Ticket" spawns a friendly version of him to fight through the room. Its best used on boss fights. Wielding the Vulcan Cannon will summon ''two''.

A snake comprised of several turrets that really likes eating turrets it spawns- and you, for that matter.

* PunnyName: Cannon''balrog''. Combined with a ShoutOut, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing since "it will not]] [[YouShallNotPass permit anyone to pass.]]"

* ShoutOut: A ShoutOut within a ShoutOut, even; it's obviously a take on D&D's own [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mind Flayer]], but it's ''also'' a reference to a ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' enemy called Mind Flayer who happens to carry a bell just like Mine Flayer does. "Sinister Bell" also references ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''.

* AntiHero: She is a convicted criminal. [[spoiler:And while all other characters' pasts indicate a degree of selflessness (saving your squad from an EldritchAbomination, saving your friend from a battleship, or escaping a trap to prevent a MadScientist from getting his hands on a powerful relic), the Convict plans to get revenge on her former ally and escape with her money.]]

* ButThouMust: [[spoiler:You cannot chose not to surrender or give up before the last fight in your past, and the game is actually honest about it.]]

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: She smokes cigarettes [[spoiler:like any self-respecting ex-crime boss.]]
* GunsAkimbo: In her VersusCharacterSplash screen, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation although she can't dual wield in-game]], unless the player finds one or another gun synergy which allows to do so.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: She's maybe the most attractive of the gungeoneers, so she's the only one whose [[spoiler:character portrait on the Punch-Out phase of the rat fight doesn't get covered in comical bruises and whelts when at low health, instead just wincing and closing an eye in pain.]]

* {{Expy}}: The Pilot is essentially [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]. [[spoiler:He even had an alien best friend]].

A low-ranking Primerdyne Marine, he comes equipped with the Marine's Sidearm. He can call for ammo with his Supply Drop, starts with a piece of armor and his military training means he's more accurate and reload faster than other characters.

* 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 their Dart Gun's description implies that the wrong they're trying to fix is to make sure their 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, aging up and then dying without ever really growing out of their childike mindset.]]

** {{Nerf}}: Before the ''Advanced Gungeons & Draguns'' Update, Heart container items gave it armor and Master rounds gave it armor equal to the current floor plus one.

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

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

* BookEnds: Every other playable character but the Paradox came to the Gungeon to kill their past. He's there to [[OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow kill his FUTURE.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After conquering the Gungeon, he was [[FallenHero eventually corrupted, becoming]] [[FinalBoss The Lich.]] For an untold period of time, his corrupted self continued to enslave and manipulate the Gungeon, dooming an untold number of people to being trapped there with no possible escape. When the Paradox's appearance gives him a second chance, he proceeds to kill his future self, presumably preventing any of the game's events from taking place.

* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: They wield crossbows instead of the standard suite of firearms. Strangely, [[OlderisBetter they're more dangerous than most of the guns the Gundead wield]].

* TooDumbToLive: It can't cross pits like other non-flying enemies - unlike them, it can fall to its doom should you trick it into following you.

* BossInMookClothing: 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.

* UncannyValley: She's polite enough, but her mannerisms and the fact that all her items are cursed invoke this.

* GatlingGood: His WeaponOfChoice. ''It's in his name!''

* AnAxeToGrind: Executioners carry Huntsman shotguns, which have axe heads attached to their business ends.

* ShopKeeper: He'll offer up to three free guns if you take a shortcut, since you still start off with only your minimal loadout.

* ShopKeeper: The very first you'll run into and present on all floors but the last one, offering a general variety of items, including [[spoiler:Prime Primer]].

* ShopKeeper: Set up in The Breach, you can unlock items with Hegemony Credits to later find them in the Gungeon proper.

* ShopKeeper: Specializes in Blank-based items.

* ShopKeeper: He sells chest-related items in exchange for keys.

* ShopKeeper: He sells realistic-themed weapons and items. After buying something from him the first time, he'll set up shop in the Breach, where you'll be able to unlock items using Hegemony credits.

* ShopKeeper: He sells goop and poison-themed weapons and items. After your first purchase, he'll appear in the Breach, where you'll be able to unlock items using Hegemony credits.

* ShopKeeper: Provides charm-related items at lowered prices in exchange for raising your Curse.

* ShopKeeper: Replaces Bello in the Forge.

* ShopKeeper: Once freed, he'll occasionally show up in The Breach to let you unlock items introduced in Supply Drop, Advanced Gungeons & Draguns, and A Farewell To Arms updates for Hegemony Credits.

* ShopKeeper: Sells synergy chests, which can either give you a random gun/item or one that completes a synergy with items you already have.

* BadassCape: Wears a neat green poncho... with a blinking, [[ExpressiveMask changing face]] on it. Considering that [[WordOfGod DodgeRoll Dave]] jokingly claimed that [[https://twitter.com/dave_crooks/status/1020451171914461190 every single thing in the Gungeon would be replaced by Mimics,]] the poncho may very well be considered its [[DancingPants own]] [[LivingClothes entity]].

* {{Expy}}: Meant to be one of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]].

A Gorgun hiding within the shell of a giant bomb.\\

A genius cat riding inside a weapons platform.\\

A close relative to the Ammoconda.\\

* 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. And don't assume that lowering your curse to below 10 will get rid of him, the only way to escape him is to go to the next chamber

* WarmupBoss: They definitely have the simplest bullet patterns of any boss.

* NiceHat: Wears a pretty snazzy wide-brimmed one to go with his [[BadassCape Poncho.]]

* NiceHat: They have these to distinguish them from the normal Bullet Kin. Subverted in case of a Shroomer, where [[BodyHorror it's not a hat.]]

* NiceHat: They all wear a sultan hat with a large red gem on it.

* {{Expy}}: Slender silhouette, wears a BadassLongcoat and a wide-brimmed [[NiceHat Bolero]], and his confrontation starts out in a wide open area with tombstones surrounding a central circle of unmarked space. He's a dead ringer for any of Lee Van Cleef's characters in [[Film/DollarsTrilogy Sergio Leone's western films]], but that final point brings to mind [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Angel Eyes]] specifically.

* NiceHat: He wears a stylish top hat.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Poopulons will occasionally stop and spin wildly, releasing spirals of bullets in all directions.

* {{Expy}}: Strongly resembles the men with no name of the various ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' installments, especially with his poncho.

* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Unused dialogue indicates that he sold [[FantasticDrug Spice]], which is just as addictive and destructive as it was in [[Franchise/{{Dune}} its original source media]], to [[WouldHurtAChild children]] before the Hegemony detained him]].

* TerminatorImpersonator: [[spoiler:Its backstory and unlockable skin effectively makes it a parody of the Terminator, with its nemesis being a Sarah Connor parody]].

* IChooseToStay: In ''Exit'', [[spoiler:completing the game as the Bullet will cause them to stay behind and refuse to leave with the rest of the Gungeoneers, choosing to watch as the Gungeon is destroyed.]]

* {{Expy}}: Gameplay-wise, it's basically this game's answer to [[Videogame/TheBindingOfIsaac Eden.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Of a sort; When you reach The Lich as The Gunslinger after setting forth to kill his "past", he's accompanied by The Paradox taking the form of a ''second Lich''.

* BadassCape: Wears a neat green poncho...with a blinking, [[ExpressiveMask changing face]] on it. Considering that [[WordOfGod DodgeRoll Dave]] jokingly claimed that [[https://twitter.com/dave_crooks/status/1020451171914461190 every single thing in the Gungeon would be replaced by Mimics,]] the poncho may very well be considered its [[DancingPants own]] [[LivingClothes entity]].

* OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow: Seems to be his objective - unlike everyone else in the game, he isn't there to kill his past. He's there to kill his FUTURE, preventing the Gungeon from ever existing.

* EliteMooks: Several stronger variants of Bullet Kin appear later in the game. Of note are Veteran Bullet Kin who lead their shots, Ashen Bullet Kin who [[ConfusionFu lead their shots on occassion]] and can pop out of nowhere and [[spoiler:Fallen Bullet Kin]] with their triple shot.

* TheGoomba: Bullet Kin are the most basic and straightforward enemy in the game, with the standard variant having no other tricks besides firing single shot rounds at the player. Given that this is a BulletHell game, they are comparatively easy to overcome by even amateur Gungeoners and pose very little threat outside large numbers.

* MetalSlime: Keybullet Kin. The cheeky little bastards always attempt to run from the player and teleport away while their friends close in, which forces the player to wade through an ocean of bullets if they want to reach it in time. True to their name they always drop a key upon death, so its well worth the hassle to hunt them down. ''Advanced Gungeons and Draguns'' introduced Chance Kin which behaves in the same manner and drops random pickups instead.
* PraetorianGuard: Tombstoners are described as [[spoiler: The Lich's]] personal guard. You might rarely face them outside of [[spoiler: his boss fight]].
* UndergroundMonkey: On occasion you might find Bullet Kin wielding assault rifles rather than their usual pistols. They behave exactly like Bandana Bullet Kin.

* SupportPartyMember: Since they have a very slow rate of fire and they telegraph their shots, they are very easy to deal with when they're alone. As the Ammonomicon points out, they are far more effective (and annoying) when combined with groups of other Bullet kin, as they can ambush you with their very fast moving bullets while you're busy dodging the constant barrages of their allies.

* CoolHelmet: As their name would imply Skullets wear large metal helmets that give them extra protection from attacks.

* FletchetteStorm: His first phase throws spreads of kunai projectiles at blindingly fast speeds.

* KnifeNut: His first phase throws spreads of kunai projectiles at blindingly fast speeds.