Shrimp Thug

Thug ShrimpTemplate:Basic Enemy Info (Better)Shrimp Thug is an enemy in Pizza Tower.

Description

Shrimp Thug is a shrimp with arms that wears gloves. His whiskers are shaped in a way that makes it look like a mustache. He also has large eyebrows and usually visible teeth. He is usually seen with an angry expression.

Behaviour

When spotting the player, Shrimp Thug will dash towards them and attempt to punch them. If the player is too far away, it will also charge forwards in an attempt to reach them. The Shrimp Thug also has 2 HP.

Under high heat levels, the Shrimp Thug will start throwing knives instead of punching.

Variations (Scrapped)

There were at one point two other planned variants of this enemy, a blue one and a green one:

The blue Shrimp Thugs threw knives from afar instead of punching, which eventually became the Heat Meter attack for the normal Shrimp Thug.

The green Shrimp Thug, instead of knives, threw junk in a small arc, which flattened the player. The junk wasn't able to be picked up. It was scrapped because it was found to be too annoying to deal with.

Trivia

• Shrimp Thug was inspired by classic beat 'em up games, mostly from Streets of Rage.
• The green Shrimp Thug seemed to be based on another enemy from PTG's earlier game, Weenie Cop. In it, there was a burger enemy that also threw junk in an arc.
• The palette for the green and blue Shrimp Thugs were found in the game files of the April 2021 Build, confirming they would be palette swaps.

Gallery

Regular animations

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  Shrimp Thug chasing after the player.

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  Shrimp Thug jumping.

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  Shrimp Thug punching.

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  Shrimp Thug throwing a knife.

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  Shrimp Thug's knife projectile.

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  Shrimp Thug's scared animation.

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  Shrimp Thug's stunned animation.

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  Shrimp Thug's defeat sprite.