Pennyless Pete

"*Okay, ah admit it... Ah'm dead.*"
―Pennyless Pete (Lunatic Mode)

## Description/Backstory

Pennyless Pete is a very tall homeless man in his late 40s, donning a bowler hat with a pink stripe (presumably stolen from one of Vega's men) and turn blue fabric (probably what was a shirt) with green dots. He is found blocking the entrance to Lenny Land inside of a boarded off cave.

Pete is also war veteran in the Gulf War, in his dying quote/beaten up quote he says, "Left in the gutters once again...", implying that he was left behind in war by his fellow soldiers, and because we see him with his "war buddies" in Lunatic Mode, this probably means that either they were left with Pete, or Pete in the Lunatic Mode universe was never left behind in war and went back to Olathe with his friends.

Pennyless Pete after returning back from the Gulf War got a job working as a car mechanic, that is until he thought a customer was making fun of him. Pete proceded to beat up the customer, but to avoid jail time he gave up everything, being forced to live on the streets. EVIDENCE

## Personality

Pete is extremely stubborn and takes small things very heavily, in "Normal Mode" he is pissed because he is wearing his underwear backwards and took it to the **MAX** by attempting to kill Jerry. Another instance of Pete getting pissed is where he gets mad due to nobody saluting him during Veterans' Day (Lunatic Mode exclusive) and decides to get his old "war buddies" to kick peoples' asses "like in the ol' days". If Jerry salutes first thing in battle, Pete will say something along the lines of, "Saluting me now eh? Well it's too late!" and will attack Jerry full force, even if he is stunned! After being beaten to a pulp he refuses to join the "Vega Boys" and will knock out Gary Panther, the person who suggested that they should recruit him, and will proceed to attack Jerry again, as a last ditch effort.

Although he is extremely stubborn, he would sacrifice himself for his own squad.

## Battle (Normal Mode)

In "Normal Mode" Pennyless Pete's fight is arguably the most luck based battle in the game. As you're one man against a somewhat beefy enemy that can stun.

The strategy to defeat him is to get drunk before battle + blind (Speedy Hat) and spin-cycle swings if he is no longer blinded, try to blind him again.

## Battle (Lunatic Mode)

In "Lunatic Mode" he is joined by his "war buddies" in battle. You might want to level up to the point where you unlock Cat Scratches before fighting them, because the rake is arguably better than the bat as a weapon because of its ability to dish out high damage, status effect inflicting hits, and Pete is weak to Slice attacks.

This fight arguably is **WAY** more luck driven than the "Normal Mode" fight. And even with 2 extra guys (Gary and Johnny) you're now up against 3 brutes, each capable of stunning.

A strategy that you might want to use is using a Gay Firebomb first thing in battle, then attack Pennyless Pete. You can then take out Dollarless Dale, but be careful of his AOE attack that he does at around half HP! Centless Cindy isn't a problem after that as he could theoretically kill himself by smacking himself.

## Notes

After getting to a certain percentage of HP, Pete will preform Grasp, regardless on rather or not he's stunned. His Lunatic Mode pals will also do this.

## Trivia

* Despite wearing green and being near Lenny's Land, he's unaffiliated.
	+ He is also not affiliated with the "Vega Boys" despite wearing a pink bowler hat.

* There is data for a party member named Pete Coon, this might've been a beta Pennyless Pete party member.
	+ Pennyless Pete has been officially confirmed to be a party member in the future.

* Pete served in the Gulf War. EVIDENCE