History Characters / TeamFortress2NonPlayerCharacters

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud

* TomeOfEldritchLore: One that contains "over 400 pages of spells, enchantments, recipes and anecdotes about blowing things up", and one of those spells sees use when Merasmus uses the Bombinomicon to rain bombs on the mercenaries.

* TheCasanova: Claims to know how to attract the ladies.

* ReliableTraitor: He dislikes Merasmus and will help you from time to time.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: One that contains "over 400 pages of spells, enchantments, recipes and anecdotes about blowing things up".

* ActionBomb: Subverted: the Bombinomicon can turn ''you'' into one. This forces you into the humiliation pose (though with a speed boost) in which you can only run around helpless. The goal is to run into Merasmus with it.

* AWizardDidIt: His existence is as much of a defiance to this trope as a literal example. He actually ''is'' (somewhat) responsible for the Demoman losing his eye, unleashing MONOCULUS! upon the mercenaries, and sending them to DeGroot Keep.

An old magician and an early contractor of the Demoman, partially responsible for the latter's loss of his eye. He was also the Soldier's roommate until the Soldier became intolerable. Eventually, Soldier killed Merasmus by accident, (if reflexively burning dead bodies can be considered an accident), causing the magician to vow revenge on Soldier's entire team; these events led him being the Scream Fortress 2012 boss.

* AWizardDidIt: His existence is as much of a defiance to this trope as a literal example. He actually ''is'' (somewhat) responsible for the Demoman losing his eye, unleashing MONOCULUS! upon the mercenaries, and sending them back in time in Medieval Mode.

-->'''Merasmus:''' Mortus Longdistinus!

** He can also randomly throw a bomb at you while in his regular attack phase. It's rarer and much easier to avoid, but he may surprise you with it.

* PaletteSwap: He's a sized-up reskin of the Sniper.

-->'''Merasmus:''' I was born before time, dark larvae from the putrid womb of [[OldGods the ancient ones!]]

* StoneWall: Tanks. They can't even attack players, but they more than make up for it in HP.

* ShoutOut: When Merasmus casts the dance curse, gives a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lzdclR53N0Q#t=626s shout out]] to Thriller, which is fitting since his voice is modelled after Vincent Price.

** Subverted during the actual fight however, as this form of ÜberCharge [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything immediately fizzles out when he spawns]]. The Wheel of Fate Crits aren't subject to this, though their effect at the start of the fight is [[DamageSpongeBoss negligible]].

An old magician and an early contractor of the Demoman, partially responsible for the latter's loss of his eye. He was also the Soldier's roommate until the Soldier became intolerable. Eventually, Soldier killed Merasmus by accident, (if reflexively burning dead bodies can be considered an accident), causing the magician to vow revenge on Soldier's entire team.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His death animation involves him spinning and flailing wildly in mid-air. Can either be played straight or an aversion.

** Other than dropped crit-pumpkins or Kritzkrieg-boosted players, only Snipers using the Huntsman are able to do constant crit-damage with headshots. Notably, Merasmus is the only boss vulnerable to this. This is the reason people agree that a Huntsman Sniper-rush is the best way to tackle Merasmus. He takes a thousand or so damage per every headshot with a fully-drawn arrow.
* GetBackHereBoss: Like MONOCULUS!, he can teleport around the map unless he's stunned. At both 50% (one half) and 17% (one sixth) of his HP, he will take a cue from [[GameMod Prop Hunt]] and spawn random objects around the map, at the same time [[VoluntaryShapeshifter turning into one himself]]. Fakes will explode and drop items that bestow a crit boost, while the real one will reveal a stunned Merasmus upon destruction.

* MadBomber: Thanks to the Bombinomicon's magic, he has as many bombs as he wants.
** He uses this to varying effect during his Halloween boss fight, either turning a character's head into a bomb or causing masses of bombs to rain from the sky. Either is a OneHitKill unless the victim is invulnerable.

-->'''Merasmus:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU! ARE! GODS!]] [[LampshadeHanging ...I don't know why I put that on the wheel...]]
* TarotMotifs: He has a custom-made deck of eight tarot cards for use on the Lakeside event map. A random one is chosen every time the control point changes teams, each with a different effect including [[GravityScrew Gravity Screws]], SuperSpeed, all players suddenly [[InvoluntaryDance dancing on the control point]], the aforementioned Jarate Rain, and so on.

* TimedMission: He only sticks around for 90 seconds, like MONOCULUS! does.

* WildCard: He will happily tell you to run at Merasmus when you have a bomb head, yet he'll have no qualms about turning the control point into a blasting zone at Merasmus' command.

-->''Magic is... not an exact science.''

** Other than dropped crit-pumpkins or Kritzkrieg-boosted players, only Snipers are able to do constant crit-damage with headshots. Notably, Merasmus is the only boss vulnerable to this. This is the reason people agree that a Huntsman Sniper-rush is the best way to tackle Merasmus. He takes a thousand or so damage per every headshot with a fully-drawn arrow.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His death animation involves him spinning and flailing wildly in mid-air. Can either be played straight or an aversion [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your point of view]].

* VitrolicBestBuds: With the Soldier, possibly. A few of his punchlines indicate that he might not hate the Soldier quite so much as he claims.

* GetBackHereBoss: Like MONOCULUS!, he can teleport around the map unless he's stunned. At both one-half and one-sixth of his HP, he will take a cue from [[GameMod Prop Hunt]] and spawn random objects around the map, at the same time [[VoluntaryShapeshifter turning into one himself]]. Fakes will explode and drop items that bestow a crit boost, while the real one will reveal a stunned Merasmus upon destruction.

-->'''Merasmus:''' I was born before time, dark larvae from the putrid wounds of [[OldGods the ancient ones!]]
* TimedMission: He only sticks around for two minutes.

* ActionBomb: Subverted: during his boss fight, he can turn ''you'' into one. This forces you into the "scared" state in which you can only run around helpless until the bomb explodes and kills you.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: Running into Merasmus in this state will damage ''him'' instead and stun him; all attacks done to him while he's stunned, if not already critical, will count as [[ForMassiveDamage mini-crits]]. This is key to defeating him.

* GetBackHereBoss: At both one-half and one-sixth of his HP, he will take a cue from [[GameMod Prop Hunt]] and spawn random objects around the map, at the same time [[VoluntaryShapeshifter turning into one himself]]. Fakes will explode and drop items that bestow a crit boost, while the real one will reveal a stunned Merasmus upon destruction.

* OffWithHisHead: He can decapitate players with this staff.

* PortmanteauName: "Bomb" and "Necronomicon".

* ArtificialBrilliance: Not limited to one attack like the Horsemann and MONOCULUS!, and he knows how and when to use them effectively.

* ActionBomb: Subverted: during his boss fight, the Bombinomicon can turn ''you'' into one. This forces you into the "scared" state in which you can only run around helpless until the bomb explodes and sends you flying.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: Running into Merasmus in this state will damage ''him'' instead and stun him. Thanks to a composite Ubercharge/Kritzkrieg buff upon doing this successfully, you take no damage and are free to wail on him.

* BackFromTheDead: After the very second he died!

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Merasmus actively apologizes and expresses shame for the "Jarate rain" card in the Wheel of Fate.

** Other than dropped crit-pumpkins or Kritzkrieg-boosted players, only Snipers are able to do constant crit-damage with headshots. Notably, Merasmus is the only boss vulnerable to this.
*** This is the reason people agree that a Huntsman Sniper-rush is the best way to tackle Merasmus. He takes a thousand or so damage per every headshot with a fully-drawn arrow.
* GetBackHereBoss: At both one-half and one-sixth of his HP, he will take a cue from [[GameMod Prop Hunt]] and spawn random objects around the map, at the same time [[VoluntaryShapeshifter turning into one himself]]. Fakes will drop crit-pumpkins, while the real one will reveal Merasmus upon destruction. Be careful, as he'll attack you immediately after being discovered!

** One of his Wheel of Fate cards is essentially this trope incarnate, lighting up ''every player on the map''!

** He uses this to varying effect during his boss fight, either randomly rolling a bomb at you, turning a character's head into a bomb or causing masses of bombs to rain from the sky. The second one is severely-damaging (possibly even a OneHitKill if you die from the fall damage) while the third destroys anything on or around the control point that isn't Ubercharged with deadly efficiency.

* OffWithHisHead: If his staff swing kills what it hits, the victim is decapitated.

* RevengeByProxy: After remembering the Soldier ate Merasmus' "Come Back Stronger" pills, he decides to kill his teammates instead.
* SizeShifter: One of the Wheel of Fate cards does this to ''your head'', either making it marginally smaller or marginally bigger. Tends to make playing as a Sniper a pain when you have to adjust for the varying target size.
** [[FridgeBrilliance Which might be Merasmus' plan since it discourages the best class to fight him with.]]
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Adding ubercharges to the wheel of fate doesn't seem like such a good idea in hindsight.

** This is ''especially'' true of the all-crits card, should Merasmus decide to spawn while it's still active. Still not a CurbStompBattle by any means though.
** Not to mention that you can't trigger the cards while he's spawned, as he locks the control point, making the effects less likely to make it easier to kill him.
* TarotMotifs: He has a custom-made deck of tarot cards for use on the Lakeside event map. A random one is chosen every time the control point changes teams, each with a different effect including [[GravityScrew Gravity Screws]], SuperSpeed, all players suddenly [[InvoluntaryDance dancing on the control point]], raining Jarate jars, and so on.

* WildCard: Not so much Merasmus, but rather the Bombinomicon. The sentient TomeOfEldritchLore will happily give you the main hint on how to stun Merasmus as he turns your head into a bomb, yet he'll have no qualms about turning the control point into a blasting zone at Merasmus' command.