Benny

benny is one of the various nextbots that hunts down players in nico's nextbots. It can be found in nn_russia and arcade mode.
benny was added on October 29th, 2022, within the Halloween Update.
==Overview== 
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|-|Appearance=
===Appearance===
benny appears to be a bronze brown human skull. It has spirals onto its eye sockets, although it's not hollowed all the way. It also has low cheekbones and a somewhat menacing smile. There were highlights above the eye areas and a few of the teeth.
The image appears to be wide in-game with the inclusion of white halos, usually because it was poorly cropped and widened in the game, differing from the original source in the Miscellaneous gallery section. It has an inner mouth colored black, indicating the background removal is partially unfinished. Among others, it was also saved as a .jpg format, as hinted by compression artifacts.
|-|Audio=
===Audio ===
benny emits menacing music, followed by some silence at the end of the audio. Its jumpscare sounds like some electric guitar tune, albeit being a little distorted.
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==Origin==
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|-|Image=
===Image===
benny’s image originates from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is known as the Ancient Traveler's Skull, which is an item that can be obtained and used as a home decoration.
|-|Audio=
=== Audio===
benny's audio is a song from a Kirby game called Kirby Mass Attack, which goes by the name "The Skull Gang." The in-game version of this audio has a few seconds of silence at the end of the audio, looping to the next.
Its jumpscare sound is an Undertale audio file named "mus_fearsting". The in-game Jumpscare audio cuts it halfway, ending it. This audio was also found here.
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==Gameplay==
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|-|Special Ability=
===Special Ability ===
benny can change the image to its transparency based on how far the player is from this nextbot.
|-|Strategy=
===Strategy===
benny can prove to be an extremely dangerous encounter for any players in nn_russia. The fact that this nextbot doesn't become visible until the player gets close, meaning players will usually never see him coming. This nextbot can easily catch people off guard, or if this nextbot is waiting somewhere, players can suddenly run into him without a chance to react. Some players that are b-hopping might run into this nextbot and then die.
In order to avoid this, players could do to predict his presence besides being on high alert and listening to this nextbot's music, ready to flick into a different direction at any moment.
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==Gallery==
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|-|General=
===General===
File:Benny animated blackout ig.gif|benny during a blackout event.
File:Benny animated bloodmoon ig.gif|benny during a bloodmoon event.
File:Semitransparent.png|Semi-transparent benny in nn_russia during the Halloween Update.
File:Benny bloodmoon.png|Ditto, but bloodmoon.
|-|Miscellaneous=
===Miscellaneous===
File:Skyrimbenny.jpg|Source image for benny.
File:Bennyinhighquality.png|High quality image.
File:Benny.PNG.webp|The original version of benny.
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==Trivia==
* benny is slower than normal nextbots by 0.95x.
* benny is based on the meme "The Skeleton Appears," which explains his gimmick.
** This makes it the first nextbot to turn invisible in a far view.
*There is a bug where the audio may not be present. This might get fixed in a future patch. (as of December 9th, 2022, his audio has finally been fixed.)
**Unfortunately, the audio broke again in the main game, which is why players thought they were seeing a static used for the chase when a nextbot chases the player. It turned out to be benny behind them. It's not known if its either a bug or issue with the proximity audio connection loop. (Note that benny's proximity audio is now fixed in the main game.)
***However, the audio works now.
* benny will fade the farther the player is away from it, which makes it very hard to outrun it as some players can't see where benny is; same with subspace tripmine.
*This is the first nextbot to have an issue with proximity audio. The second being boderman, whose model for the event in the testing servers was broken, causing more Richards to spawn and be stuck in a jumpscare loop, and now he is a 2D nextbot as his killfeed image.
*benny’s name may be a nod to Disney movie series “Halloweentown” (1998-2006), where a skeleton of the same name acts as a taxi driver. Disney Wiki article
*When benny was first released, it had no audio. The same goes for qubert.
*The quote in nextbots rng references the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. When the player starts a new game, they wake up on a moving wagon, and a character named Ralof says, “Hey you, you’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border? Walked right into that imperial ambush, like us and that thief over there.” This iconic moment has become a popular meme since the game’s launch in 2011.Where Does The You're Finally Awake Meme Come From? (thegamer.com)
== History ==
==References==
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