Characters / Gift (2001)

A list of characters appearing in Gift. Currently under construction.

Friends

Gift (playable character)

• Breaking the Fourth Wall: He is once seen speaking to the player during a cutscene.
• Cross Attack: His Magic Staff is shaped like a cross.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He is goofy and silly in cutscenes but the game requires him to make lots of difficult things.

The Harmless Ones

• Made of Indestructium: Gift can't kill a Harmless One but can stun it.
• The Faceless: They only have mouths.

Magic Powder Generators

• Made of Indestructium: Gift can only hit a Generator to get some magic powder.
• The Faceless

Informers

• Living Shadow: The Informer's shadow has arms which the creature itself doesn't have, though the Informer is harmless and helps Gift by pointing out the right path.
• Made of Indestructium
• The Faceless

Invincible Enemies

Little Darks

• Achilles' Heel: They are invincible but die in darkness.
• Black Speech: They tend to mumble something like that.
• Dark Is Evil: They are made of darkness and evil.
• Invincible Minor Minion: Gift cannot kill them with his Magic Staff. The only way to kill them is to turn off the lights.
  • Made of Indestructium
• The Faceless: They only have mouths.

Little Clears

• Achilles' Heel: They are invincible but die in light.
• Black Speech: They tend to mumble something like that.
• Invincible Minor Minion: Gift cannot kill them with his Magic Staff. The only way to kill them is to turn off the lights.
• Light Is Not Good: They are made of light and evil.
• Palette Swap: Of Little Darks.
• The Faceless: They only have mouths.

Guardians

• Invincible Minor Minion: They are totally invincible and can only be avoided.
• Floating Limbs: Their heads float over the bodies.
• The Faceless

Patrollers

• Eye Beam: The Patroller's head resembles a large flashlight. Don't get under its beams, or you'll die!
• Invincible Minor Minion: They are totally invincible and can only be avoided.
  • Made of Indestructium
• The Faceless: Their heads look like large flashlights.

Killable Enemies

Dogs

• Angry Guard Dog: They block Gift's path to Lolita and are rather angry.
• Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit": They resemble four-legged spider-like creatures with large heads and blank black faces rather than actual animals.
• Mooks
• The Faceless
• The Goomba: They are the easiest enemies to defeat and the first killable enemies encountered by Gift.

Cosmonauts

• Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit": They are penguin- or frog-like creatures with green scarves and antennae on their heads.
• Mooks
• Floating Limbs: Their flipper-like hands.
• The Faceless

Dark Guardians

• Achilles' Heel: They die in darkness.
• Elite Mooks
• The Faceless

Light Guardians

• Achilles' Heel: They die in light.
• Elite Mooks
• The Faceless

Burners

• Elite Mooks
• Kill It with Fire: They use their burning arms as weapons and they leave a small temporary bonfire after death.
• The Faceless

Blue Burners

• Elite Mooks: They are a stronger version of Burners.
• Kill It with Fire: They use their burning arms as weapons and they leave a small temporary bonfire after death.
• Palette Swap: Of Burners.
• The Faceless

Plot and Cutscenes-Only Characters

Lolita Globo

• Damsel in Distress: The main goal is to save her.
• Ms. Fanservice: Has an Impossible Hourglass Figure and a short cut form fitting dress.

The Shadow of the Black Deep Dark Night

The Shadow is not the Gift but the darkness around him.

• Big Bad: The Shadow is the one who trapped Princess Lolita Globo.
  • Non-Action Big Bad: Despite being the Big Bad, The Shadow shows to Gift once and never fights him directly.

Boss Woman

• Breaking the Fourth Wall: She is once seen speaking to the player during a cutscene.
• Mean Boss: She is a strict and authoritarian woman who loves to yell at her subordinates.

Superhero

• Badass Cape

Viking

• Horny Vikings: He wears a horny helmet.

Zombie

Skeleton

• Dem Bones
• Face–Heel Turn: Possibly since he appeared from Lolita's coffin when Gift opened it for the first time.

Cartoon Dog

• Expy: Looks like a much uglier and lankier Mickey Mouse.

Gift Girl

Muscular

• Badass Boast: Implied to be this along with The Idiot. He was a mighty hero but failed to rescue Lolita Globo.
• Meaningful Name
• Posthumous Character

The Idiot

• Badass Boast: Implied to be this along with Muscular. He was a mighty hero but failed to rescue Lolita Globo.
• Meaningful Name
• Posthumous Character